Jovan Mišković ( sr-cyr, Јован Мишковић; (

Negotin Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. ...

, 18 July 1844 –

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, 2 November 1908) was a Serbian general, Minister of Defence, military theorist, writer and the president of

Serbian academy of sciences and arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

Biography

Mišković was born in Negotin in 1844, and in 1865 he graduated from the Belgrade Artillery School. During Serbian-Turkish War of 1876–1877 he commanded the Čačak brigade and later on the Užice brigade. In the Second Serbo-Turkish War in 1877–1878, he was Chief of the Operational Department of the Supreme Command and the Timok headquarters. From 1878 to 1880 Miškovič was the new Minister of Defense, known for introducing a new formation and carrying out a partial reorganization of the Serbian army. From 1883 to 1885, he was the leader of the active army and its headquarters. Mišković was the commander In the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, leading the

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps whic ...

division and participating in the

Battle of Slivnitsa The Battle of Slivnitsa ( bg, Битка при Сливница, sr, Битка на Сливници) was a victory of the Bulgarian army over the Serbians on 17–19 November 1885 in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. It solidified the unification ...

and the fighting around

Pirot Pirot ( sr-cyr, Пирот) is a city and the administrative center of the Pirot District in southeastern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the urban area of the city has a population of 38,785, while the population of the city administrative area ...

. He was appointed the

Chief of the Serbian General Staff The Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff ( sr, Начелник Генералштаба Војске Србије, Načelnik Generalštaba Vojske Srbije) is the chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces. The Chief of t ...

from 1888 to 1890. Jovan Mišković was a regular member of the Serbian Scientific Society of Serbia and the Mathematical Committee and later on a regular member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1908, and its president in one term. He wrote many articles from the history of wars,

tactics Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to: * Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks ** Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield ** Chess tactics ** Political tact ...

and

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

and translated several works from

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. He also held the post of president of The

Red Cross of Serbia The Red Cross of Serbia ( sr, Црвени крст Србије, Crveni krst Srbije) is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that provides humanitarian aid, disaster relief and education in Serbia. It is the national affiliate of the I ...

from 1896 to 1897 when he was succeeded by General

Stevan Zdravković Stevan Zdravković (Zivica, Principality of Serbia, 16 April 1835 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 4 August 1900) was a Serbian general, professor and chief of the Serbian Military Academy in Belgrade, Minister of Public Works and State Adviser Z ...

. He married a daughter of

Milivoje Blaznavac General Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac (16 May 1824, in Blaznava – 5 April 1873, in Belgrade) was Serbian soldier and politician who served as the president of the ministry of Serbia from 1872 to 1873. Biography Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac fin ...

and they had two sons. Mišković was considered to be one of the most educated Serbian officers of his time as well as an example of high

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standards and

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

Works

He traveled throughout Serbia and gave descriptions of many areas. * "History of Serbia" (1880), * "From the War of the Serbs with the Turks" (1882, 1883) * "Serbian Army and Warfare during the Uprising of 1804–1815. year (1895) * "Travel to Serbia" (1874) * "Hydrography of the Independent Principality of Serbia" (1880) * "Through Bosnia, Herzegovina and Boka Kotorska" (1897) * '' Description of the Mining District'' (

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

) * "The war of Serbia with Turkey 1877–1878" (1879) * "From the Knjazevac district" (1881) for the purpose of getting to know the terrain of a military-strategic karaktear with a geographic-topographic image is considered the first work of a scientifically-scientific character about this region, whose author is not a foreigner. * "Two old churches in Knjazevac district", with descriptions of the monastery of the Holy Trinity near Donja Kamenica and the

Church of the Holy Mother of God, Donja Kamenica The Church of the Holy Mother of God ( sr, Црква Свeте Богородице / ''Crkva Svete Bogorodice''; bg, Църква „Света Богородица“, ''Tsarkva „Sveta Bogoroditsa“'') is a medieval Eastern Orthodox church ...

, published in the Star of the Serbian Archaeological Society * "Some old towns and their surroundings in the Kingdom of Serbia", with a special accent on Ravnu and Koželj, published in the Star of the Serbian Archaeological Society

Orders and decorations

Order of Miloš the Great The Order of Miloš the Great ( sr, Орден Милоша Великог), was an Order of the Kingdom of Serbia. Founded in 1898 by King Alexander I of Serbia, the order was named in honor of Miloš Obrenović, the leader of the Second Serbi ...

I degree, (

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) * Order of the White Eagle III, IV and V degree, (Serbia) *

Order of the Cross of Takovo The Order of the Cross of Takovo was a Serbian state order. History It was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbi ...

I degree, (Serbia) * Order of the Cross of Takovo II degree, (Serbia) * Order of the Cross of Takovo with swords II and III degree, (Serbia) *

Order of Saint Sava The Royal Order of St. Sava is an Order of merit, first awarded by the Kingdom of Serbia in 1883 and later by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was awarded to nationals and foreigners for meritorious ach ...

I degree, (Serbia) * Golden medal for bravery, (Serbia) * Silver medal for bravery, (Serbia) * Medal for military merits, (Serbia) *Commemorative medal of the wars with Turkey 1876–1878, (Serbia) *Commemorative medal of the war with Bulgaria 1885, (Serbia) *

Order of Franz Joseph The Imperial Austrian Order of Franz Joseph (german: Kaiserlich-Österreichischer Franz-Joseph-Orden) was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 2 December 1849, on the first anniversary of his accession to the imperial throne. Classes ...

, Knight's Cross (

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) *

Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) The Imperial Order of the Iron Crown (german: Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone; it, Ordine imperiale della Corona ferrea) was one of the highest orders of merit in the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary until 1918. It was founded in 1815 b ...

, (Austria-Hungary) * Order of Saint Alexander, I degree,

Kingdom of Bulgaria The Tsardom of Bulgaria ( bg, Царство България, translit=Tsarstvo Balgariya), also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom ( bg, Трето Българско Царство, translit=Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo, links=no), someti ...

Order of Saint Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

, II degree, (

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

) *Order of Saint Stanislaus, III degree, (

) *

Order of the Medjidie Order of the Medjidie ( ota, نشانِ مجیدی, August 29, 1852 – 1922) is a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire. The Order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I. History Instituted in 1851, the Order was awarded in fi ...

, II class (

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

) *

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

, Officer (

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) *Legion of Honour, Commandeur (France) *

Order of the Crown (Romania) The Order of the Crown of Romania is a chivalric order set up on 14 March 1881 by King Carol I of Romania to commemorate the establishment of the Kingdom of Romania. It was awarded as a state order until the end of the Romanian monarchy in 1947. ...

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