Serbia had been under Ottoman rule since the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Over the centuries, the Serbs experienced oppression, heavy taxation, and cultural assimilation under the Ottoman Empire. By the 18th century, … See more

In 1805, the first major battle took place at Ivankovac, where the Serbs defeated the Sultan's army and forced it to retreat towards Niš. It was … See more

• List of Serbian Revolutionaries
• History of the Serbian-Turkish wars See more

• Berend, I.T. (2005). History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24525-9.
• Ćorović, Vladimir (2001) [1997]. Историја српског народа (in Serbian). Belgrade: … See more

On 15 December 1801, Belgrade Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha was executed by Kučuk-Alija, one of four Janissaries originally from the Sanjak of Vidin (modern north-western See more

On February 14, 1804, a group of leading Serbs gathered at Marićević Gully, in the small village of Orašac (near Aranđelovac) to support a call for a general uprising. The meeting was held … See more

As a clause of the Treaty of Bucharest, the Ottomans agreed to grant a general amnesty to the participants of the uprising. However, as soon as Turkish rule was re-established in … See more