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List Of Massacres In Serbia
, - , Novi Sad raid , January 1942 , Hungarian-occupied Bačka , 3,000–4,000 , Hungarian war crime (see: War Crimes of World War II#Hungarian perpetrated crimes) , - , Communist purges in Serbia in 1944–45 , October 1944 to May 1945. , Serbia , 80,000–100,000+ , Yugoslav Communist war crime (A total of 56,000 Germans, 20,000–40,000 Hungarians and 23,000-24,000 Serbs killed) , - , Paraćin massacre , 3 September 1987 , Paraćin , 5 , spree killing , - , - , Vranje massacre , 3 June 1993 , Vranje , 8 , spree killing , - , Jabukovac killings , 27 July 2007 , Jabukovac , 9 , spree killing , - , Velika Ivanča shooting , 9 April 2013 , Velika Ivanča, Mladenovac , 13 , spree killing , - , Žitište shooting , 2 July 2016 , Žitište , 5 , spree killing See also * List of massacres in Yugoslavia {{DEFAULTSORT:Massacres in Serbia Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaughter Of The Knezes
The Slaughter of the Knezes ( sr, Сеча кнезова, Seča knezova) was the organized assassinations and assaults of noble Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo in January 1804 by the rebellious Dahije. Fearing that the Sultan would make use of the Serbs to oust them, they decided to execute leading Serbs throughout the Sanjak. A total of 72 noble Serbs were assassinated, and their heads were put on public display. Notable victims were Aleksa Nenadović and Ilija Birčanin. The event triggered the Serbian revolution, aimed at putting an end to the centuries of occupation. Background In 1788, Koča's frontier rebellion saw most of Šumadija occupied by the Serbian Free Corps, a volunteer militia loyal to the Austrians. Belgrade was besieged by Austrian forces in late 1789, occupied until 1791 when it was handed back to the Caliphate after concluding peace. In 1793 and 1796 Sultan Selim III proclaimed firmans (decrees) which gave more rights to Serbs. Among other things, tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraćin
Paraćin ( sr-Cyrl, Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. It is located in the valley of the Velika Morava river, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac. In 2011 the town had a population of 25,104. It also had a civil airport. History There is a Neolithic archaeological site in the village of Drenovac. 8th century BC Basarabi pottery was found with the depiction of domestic cock. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565). A medieval town of Petrus was granted by Emperor Dušan to the local župan Vukoslav. Petrus was a center of , one of the spiritual centers of Medieval Serbia. It comprised 14 monasteries and churches, all from the 14th century, along the rivers Crnica and Grza. As of 2017 several of the monasteries are being restored while there are plans to restore the town of Petrus, too, and to establish a touristic complex which would enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia History-related Lists
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine, Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms. The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Massacres By Country
This category is for articles that describe by region and in list : aggressions, violence and mortal attacks on humans by other humans. The lists are not strictly per country, as some categories and articles are limited to geographic regions instead. {{Massacres * *Massacres Massacres * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Massacres In Yugoslavia ...
This is a list of massacres in Yugoslavia during the 20th century. Inter-war period (1919–41) * Šahovići massacre * Rugova Massacre World War II 1946–1991 * Foibe massacres Croatian War The Zagreb rocket attacks is one of the many massacres in Croatia. Bosnian War Kosovo War {{massacres Yugoslavia Massacres A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žitište
Žitište ( sr-Cyrl, Житиште; ; hu, Begaszentgyörgy) is a town and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 2,898, while Žitište municipality has 16,786 inhabitants. Name In Serbian, the town is known as ''Žitište'' (Cyrillic: Житиште), in Romanian as ''Jitiște'' or ''Zitiște'', in German as ''Sankt Georgen an der Bega'', and in Hungarian as ''Bégaszentgyörgy'' or ''Begaszentgyörgy''. The Serbian name of the town derived from the Serbian word "žito" ("wheat" in English). Its old names used in Serbian were ''Begej Sveti Đurađ'' and ''Senđurađ''. The Hungarian name of the town derived from the Hungarian family name Szentgyörgyi. History Žitište was founded in the 14th century during the administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, under the name of Zenthgyurgh (Szentgyörgyi). In 1660/1666, it was called Senđurađ, which was recorded as a settlement r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žitište Shooting
On 2 July 2016, a Serbian man killed five people and injured twenty-two others after he opened fire with an assault rifle in a café in the village of Žitište, in the Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The perpetrator was later identified as Siniša Zlatić ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Златић). Shooting On the nights of July 1st, 2016 and July 2nd, 2016, Zlatić visited a café during a local festival, where he noticed his estranged wife with a group of friends. He returned home and retrieved an AK-47 assault rifle he illegally owned. He then returned to the café and at about 1:40 a.m. local time started shooting into the air. The attacker then shot his wife and another woman dead before randomly shooting other diners in the café, killing three men and injuring 22 other people. Café diners then grabbed the gun from the attacker as he tried to run away. Police located in the vicinity quickly apprehended the gunman. Aftermath On 1 March 2017, the high court in Zr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladenovac
Mladenovac ( sr-cyr, Младеновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 53,050 inhabitants, while the urban area has 23,314 inhabitants. Name Its name stems from word 'youth' in Serbian. According to a legend, the emergence of the name is brought in connection with a man named Mladen, who established himself after the battle on the Kosovo in 1389 with his two brothers in this desert area. The brothers separated and the place, where Mladen had established himself, was called Mladenovac. History In the village of Kovačevac, from downtown Mladenovac, there is an archaeological locality Divičmeđ. It spreads on in the valley of the Veliki Lug river and contains remains from the prehistoric and medieval periods. Medieval settlement was located under the Brest plateau, surrounding the Divičmeđ and Bunar water springs. Excavations were conducted in 1986-1987 (headed by Milica Janković) and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika Ivanča
Velika Ivanča ( sr-cyr, Велика Иванча, ) is a village situated in Mladenovac municipality in Serbia. The village is southeast of Belgrade. 2013 Velika Ivanča shooting Velika Ivanča was the site of one of the deadliest spree shootings in modern-day Serbia. The shootings occurred in the early hours of 9 April 2013, when a gunman killed thirteen people, including six men, six women, and a two-year-old boy, before he tried to kill himself and his wife. They were both taken to hospitals in critical condition. The shooter, Ljubiša Bogdanović, died from his injuries two days later, while his wife survived. Notable people * Ljubiša Preletačević Luka Maksimović ( sr-cyr, Лука Максимовић, ; born 17 July 1991) is a Serbian comedian and political activist best known for his role as the satirical fictional politician named Ljubiša Preletačević "Beli" ( sr-cyr, Љубиша ..., Serbian political activist * Milorad M. Petrović, Serbian poet (1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika Ivanča Shooting
A spree shooting occurred in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča in the early hours of 9 April 2013. Fourteen people (including the gunman) were killed and one, the gunman's wife, was injured. Police identified the gunman as 59-year-old Ljubiša Bogdanović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубиша Богдановић), a relative of many of the victims. Bogdanović died of his injuries on 11 April 2013. The massacre was the deadliest in the country since the end of the Yugoslav Wars. Attack At approximately 05:00 Central European Time, CEST (03:00 UTC), Bogdanović shot and killed his 83-year-old mother Dobrila and his 42-year-old son Branko, and wounded his wife Javorka with a shot to the head in their home. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
