The massacre of Samothrace occurred on September 1, 1821, where a Turkish fleet under the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha killed most of the male population, took the women and children to slavery and burned down their homes.
The Samothrace atrocity took place on September 1, 1821, when a Turkish naval force under Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha slaughtered most of the male inhabitants, abducted women and children to be sold into slavery, and razed their dwellings.