Serbo-Ottoman Conflict
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Ottoman Empire
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Serbia and Montenegro
- Date: January, 1804-July, 1878
Article abstract: At issue: Serbian independence and Ottoman control of the Balkans. Result: Serbian independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Background
The Ottoman Empire had ruled Serbia since the late fourteenth century, suppressing periodic uprisings with harshness and punitive measures. The Serbian Orthodox peasants resented domination by the Muslim Turks and their local collaborators, and many chose to leave Ottoman territory to serve the Austrian Habsburgs, settling along the military frontier in Croatia. After a wave of violence in Belgrade...
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