First Serbian Uprising, 1804–1813

First Serbian Uprising

A rising of the Serbs of the Pashalik of Belgrade led by Karađorđe, begun against the lawless Janissary commanders known as the dahije, grew into a war of independence from the Ottoman Empire and for almost ten years created a self-governing Serbian state.

Date

14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813exact date · duration: ≈ 10 years

Place

Orašactoday: Orašac, Aranđelovac municipality, Serbia · Balkans and Anatolia

Participants

Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Karađorđe (Đorđe Petrović)

Threads

The world in the Age of Revolution

Also known as

Сербская революция; Први српски устанак

At an assembly in Orašac on 14 February 1804 (on Sretenje, the Feast of the Presentation, 2 February Old Style) the livestock trader Đorđe Petrović — Karađorđe — was elected leader. The insurgents, who at first fought nominally on the sultan’s side against the dahije, went on to defeat Ottoman armies at Ivankovac (1805), Mišar and Deligrad (1806), and at the end of 1806 they took Belgrade. A People’s Assembly and a Governing Council were set up, and feudal obligations were abolished.

From 1807 the Serbs were aided by Russia, then at war with the Ottoman Empire, but under the Treaty of Bucharest of 1812 the Russian troops withdrew, and in 1813 the Ottomans reoccupied the country; Karađorđe fled to Austria. As early as 1815 the Second Serbian Uprising began, which led to Serbian autonomy.

Connections

Related events

Treaty of Bucharest16 (28) May 1812 · Balkans and AnatoliaArticle 8 of the Treaty of Bucharest promised the Serbs an amnesty and self-government, but after the Russian troops left, the Ottomans crushed the uprising in 1813

Same participants

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Adjacent events in the thread

Rum Rebellion26 January 1808 · Southeast Asia and Oceania

Cry of Dolores16 September 1810 · Latin America

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Other regions, within a year of this event

Western and Central Europe

Finnish War9 (21) February 1808 – 5 (17) September 1809
Battle of Wagram5–6 July 1809
Treaties of Tilsit25 June (7 July) 1807
Continental System21 November 1806 – 11 April 1814
Slave Trade Act 180725 March 1807

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Eastern Europe

Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812
Fire of Moscow (1812)2 (14) September 1812 – 6 (18) September 1812
French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812
First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806
Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812

Middle East and Egypt

Muhammad Ali becomes ruler of EgyptMay 1805
Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813

Africa

Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808
Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806

South Asia

Battle of Assaye23 September 1803

East Asia

Rezanov’s embassy to Japan26 September (8 October) 1804 – April 1805
White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804

Southeast Asia and Oceania

Rum Rebellion26 January 1808
British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811

North America

Lewis and Clark Expedition14 May 1804 – 23 September 1806
Founding of Fort RossMarch – 30 August (11 September) 1812
War of 181218 June 1812 – 17 February 1815
Louisiana Purchase30 April – 20 December 1803

Latin America

Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil29 November 1807 – 8 March 1808
Cry of Dolores16 September 1810
Balmis Expedition30 November 1803 – 14 August 1806
Haitian Declaration of Independence1 January 1804
Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804