Miloš Obrenović born Miloš Teodorović, also known as Miloš the Great was the Prince of Serbia twice, from 1815 to 1839, and from 1858 to 1860. He was an eminent figure of the First Serbian uprising, the leader of the Second Serbian uprising, and the founder of the house of Obrenović. Under his rule, Serbia became an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire. Prince Miloš was an autocrat, consistently refusing to decentralize power, which gave rise to a strong internal opposition. Despite his humble background, he eventually became the most affluent man in Serbia and one of the wealthiest in the Balkans, possessing estates in Vienna, Serbia and Wallachia. During his rule, Miloš bought a certain number of estates and ships from the Ottomans and was also a prominent trader.
Ilija Garašanin was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867.
The White Hand was a secret military organization in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. It was established in order to counter the influence of the Black Hand, and relied on the People's Radical Party.
Božidar Janković was a Serbian army general commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. In 1901 he served as Minister of the Army in the Ministry of Defence.
Danail Tsonev Nikolaev was a Bulgarian officer and Minister of War on the eve of the Balkan wars. He was the first person to attain the highest rank in the Bulgarian military, General of the infantry. He was also known as "the patriarch of the Bulgarian military".
Serbophilia is the admiration, appreciation or emulation of non-Serbian person who expresses a strong interest, positive predisposition or appreciation for the Serbian people, Serbia, Republika Srpska, Serbian language, culture or history. Its opposite is Serbophobia.
Gallipoli Serbs were a group of Serbs from Serbian region named Srem (Syrmia) that were settled to Gallipoli by the Ottoman Empire some time after 1692 to engage in trade, then returned to the Niš region in the beginning of the 18th century, and finally settled by the Yugoslav authorities in Pehčevo in the beginning of the 20th century.
Jovan Belimarković, was a Serbian general and politician.
Musa was a Serbian nobleman who served Emperor Stefan Uroš V, with the title of čelnik. Musa married Dragana Lazarevic, the sister of Prince Lazar of Serbia. He is the founder of the Musić family, as father of Stefan, Lazar and Jovan. Jovan would later become the mytropolite of the Eparchy of Toplica.
Đuraš Vrančić was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Milutin with the court title of stavilac. He is the oldest known stavilac. The title of stavilac ranked as the last in the hierarchy of the Serbian court, behind čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title. He was the father of Ilija, and grandfather of Đuraš Ilijić. He is the earliest known member of the Đurašević (Crnojević).
Jefrem, also known as Elder Jefrem and Jefrem of Serbia, was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church twice, in 1375–1379 and 1389–1392, and also a renowned poet.
The Kolašin Affair was a rebellion in the Montenegrin military against the dictatorship of the Prince of Montenegro, Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš, that broke out in 1909. It followed the failed Bombaš Affair, a conspiracy organized in 1907 by a group of Montenegrin students connected to the Black Hand to break the Montenegrin government through terrorist attacks, and ultimately unite Montenegro with Serbia, that was detected and led to numerous arrests in 1908. In the same year, a secret organization of Montenegrin politicians and political emigrees in Belgrade in opposition to Nikola I was formed. The organization's statute said that Nikola I was to be killed. The organization planned to free the Bombaši and change Tomanović's reactionary regime. The organization had important subsidiaries in Vasojevići, Kuči and Bratonožići, and allegedly had 1,000 members. It was detected by the Montenegrin police and led to the imprisonment and death sentences of the conspirators. The two affairs led to deteriorating bilateral relations between Montenegro and Serbia.
Spiridon was the Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć from 1380 to 1389. He held office during the reign of Prince Lazar, who was recognized by the Serbian Church as the legitimate ruler of the Serbian lands, and with whom he closely cooperated.
The accession of the Serbian monarch was legitimised by a coronation ceremony, which was carried out by church officials.
The Čukur Fountain incident refers to a series of events in June 1862 in Belgrade, at the time the capital of the Ottoman subject state of Serbia. On 15 June a group of Ottoman nizami (soldiers) and Serbs quarreled by the Čukur Fountain, ending with the murder of a young Serb apprentice boy, which resulted in civil unrest and the bombardment of Belgrade by Ottoman troops. In the wake of the incident, a Great Power brokered conference was held in Constantinople which resulted in a reduction of Turkish citizens and troops on Serbian soil.
Jovan Mišković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мишковић; was a Serbian general, Minister of Defence, military theorist, writer and the president of Serbian academy of sciences and arts.
Janusz Gąsiorowski was a Polish general, commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Taken prisoner on 4 September in the battle of Częstochowa. He was awarded the Serbian Order of Saint Sava and a number of other decorations.
Milutin Garašanin was a Serbian politician who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia, President of the National Assembly, Minister of Finance, Internal affairs, Ambassador to France and Ambassador to Austria.
Aleksa Jovanović was a Serbian judge and politician who held the post of Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Antonije Tona Hadžić was the secretary and president of the Matica Srpska, playwright, and director of the Serbian National Theater and editor-in-chief of the Letopis (Chronicle) of the Matica Srpska.
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