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 tragedy happened on September 1, 1821, when Ottoman forces under Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha committed widespread slaughter, enslaved survivors, and reduced the village to ashes.