Karageorge
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Ottoman Empire
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, 18th Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Military significance: In 1804, Karageorge organized and led the first modern Balkan revolt against the Ottoman Empire, resulting in autonomous Serbia.
Karageorge, a chieftain of Serbia and founder of the Karageorgevich Dynasty, was first a successful swine herder. Karageorge fought with the Austrians as a sergeant in the Austro-Turkish War of 1787-1791. Later he organized the Serbs to aid the Turkish governor fighting renegade Janissaries (1802). The Janissaries, with the aid of a neighboring warlord, murdered the governor and beheaded more...
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