 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutanga muna 1645, kukunda kweKrete neOttoman Empire kwakapedzwa muna 1669 nekuguma kweKukombwa kweCandia. Nguva yeOttoman munhau yechitsuwa chacho yakanga yakasanganiswa nokumukira. Muna 1821, Greece yakapandukira vaOttoman, uye Krete inobatanidzwa muGreek Revolution. Asi muna 1830, pakupera kwehondo, Krete yakanga isiri rutivi rweHurumende itsva yeGirisi. Chitsuwa ichi chakapfuura pasi pesimba raMuhammad Ali weEjipitori, nekuda kwemabasa kuHumambo hweOttoman muGreek Revolution muPeloponnese. Izvi zvakaramba zvichiitwa nevaIjipiti kwemakore gumi chete, uye muna 1840, chitsuwa cheKrete chakadzokera pasi pesimba raSultan. Pasinei zvapo nokuedza kutsva kwokupandukira kwavanhu veKrete, Krete yakava nenguva yorugare rwakati kusvikira muna 1866. 