In 1829, head of state Ioannis Kapodistrias made Nafplio the official capital of the newly independent Greece. After Kapodistrias was assassinated in 1831, many parts of the country fell into anarchy. The nations that assisted Greece in their struggle for independence, Britain, France, and Russia, intervened and held a series of meetings on what was next for the country. At the conferences that culminated with the Convention of London in 1832, resulted in the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece with Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig, the second son of King…
