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Čukur Fountain Incident
The Čukur Fountain incident () refers to a series of events in June 1862 in Belgrade, at the time the capital of the Ottoman subject state of Serbia. On 15 June (O.S. 3 June) a group of Ottoman '' nizami'' (soldiers) and Serbs quarreled by the Čukur Fountain, ending with the murder of a young Serb apprentice boy, which resulted in civil unrest and the bombardment of Belgrade by Ottoman troops. In the wake of the incident, a Great Power brokered conference was held in Constantinople which resulted in a reduction of Turkish citizens and troops on Serbian soil. Background Since 1813, with the Ottoman suppression of the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), the city of Belgrade had been under a type of dual government. The Belgrade Fortress was garrisoned by Ottoman soldiers and the surrounding part of Belgrade was inhabited by "Turks", primarily the families of the soldiers, living under an Ottoman administration. The rest of Belgrade was inhabited by Serbs under their own administ ...
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Mihailo Obrenović III
Mihailo ( sr-cyr, Михаило) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is a variant of the Hebrew name ''Michael'', and its cognates include Mihajlo and Mijailo. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname. Notable people with the name include: * Mihailo Vojislavljević (–d. 1081)), King of Duklja * Mihailo Ovčarević (), Habsburg Serb commander * Mihailo Đurić (1925–2011), Serbian philosopher, retired professor, and academic * Mihailo Janković (d. 1976), Serbian architect * Mihailo Jovanović (b. 1975), Serbian footballer * Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992), Montenegrin and Serbian novelist * Mihailo Marković (1927-2010), Serbian philosopher * Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serb flight pioneer * Mihailo Obrenović (1823–1868), Prince of Serbia * Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868–1943), Serbian mathematician and inventor * Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik) (1871-1941), Serbian archpriest and freedom fighter * Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967), Serbian co ...
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19th Century In Belgrade
19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics Nineteen is the eighth prime number. Number theory 19 forms a twin prime with 17, a cousin prime with 23, and a sexy prime with 13. 19 is the fifth central trinomial coefficient, and the maximum number of fourth powers needed to sum up to any natural number (see, Waring's problem). It is the number of compositions of 8 into distinct parts. 19 is the eighth strictly non-palindromic number in any base, following 11 and preceding 47. 19 is also the second octahedral number, after 6, and the sixth Heegner number. In the Engel expansion of pi, 19 is the seventh term following and preceding . The sum of the first terms preceding 17 is in equivalence with 19, where its prime index (8) are the two previous members in the sequence. Prime properties 19 is the seventh Mersenne prime exponent. It is the second Keith number, and more specifically the first Keith prim ...
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1862 In Serbia
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official and general (b. 133) * Paccia Marciana, Roman ...
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June 1862
Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – Second French intervention in Mexico, French intervention in Mexico: Second French Empire, French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January 16 – Hartley Colliery disaster in north-east England: 204 men are trapped and die underground when the only shaft becomes blocked. * January 30 – American Civil War: The first U.S. ironclad warship, , is launched in Brooklyn. * January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through an eighteen-inch telescope at Northwestern University in Illinois. February * February 1 – American Civil War: Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the ''Atlantic Monthly''. * February 2 – The Dun Mountain Railway, first railway is opened in New Zealand, by the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Compan ...
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Simeon Roksandić
Simeon Roksandić (14 May 1874 – 12 January 1943) was a Serbian sculptor and academic, famous for his bronzes and fountains. He is frequently cited as one of the most renowned figures in Serbian and Yugoslavian sculpture. Life and work Roksandić was born in the village of Majske Poljane and schooled in Glina and Zagreb. After discovering an interest in sculputre, he obtained a stipend for studies in Budapest. In 1895, he continued his education in Munich, where he met Djordje Krstić, who encouraged him to move to Belgrade. Since 1898, Roksandić lived and worked in Serbia for most of his life. In 1904, he was one of the founders of the Association of Serbian Artists LADA, alongside Beta Vukanović, Marko Murat, Đorđe Jovanović, Uroš Predić, and others. Roksandić exhibited his artworks as a part of Kingdom of Serbia's pavilion at International Exhibition of Art of 1911. He sculptured the "Unfortunate Fisherman" fountains in Kalemegdan Park in Belgrade, Serbia an ...
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Ministry Of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (; abbr. MUP) or the Ministry of the Interior, is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Serbia. The Ministry is responsible for local and national Police services, with municipal and district branches throughout the country. Its core responsibilities include: crime prevention, criminal apprehension, investigations, customs and border control, counter-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-narcotics and disaster relief. The ministry is also responsible for issuing passports and personal identification to citizens. The current minister is Ivica Dačić, in office since 2 May 2024. As of August 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a total of 42,817 employees, of whom 28,266 are uniformed officers. Of those, 70.2% have secondary education, while 27.8% have higher or high education. Organization * Minister of Interior * Cabinet of Minister: ** Bureau for Strategic Planning ** Bureau for International Cooperation ...
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Police Of Serbia
The Serbian Police (), formally the Police of the Republic of Serbia (), is the national civilian police force of the Serbia. The Serbian Police are responsible for all local and national law enforcement. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia), Ministry of Internal Affairs. History Serbian Revolution The roots of public security in revolutionary Serbia appear during the Serbian Revolution. At the 1807 Revolutionary Assembly police authority in ''nahijas'' (districts) was entrusted to ''Voivode, voivodes'' and ''obor knezovi'', and in local communities to local ''knezovi''. The executive officers of the ''obor knezovi'' were represented by ''golaći'' or ''bećari''. Later, the role of executive bodies of the newly established courts was taken over by ''Pandur, pandurs''. The organization of police authorities in Belgrade and other places was established on 30 December 1807 with regular and permanent police force stationed in Belgrade, which consi ...
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Gendarmery (Serbia)
The Gendarmery () is the national gendarmerie force of Serbia, tasked with high-risk and specialized law enforcement duties. It is under the authority of the Police Directorate of the Serbian Police. History The word ''žandarmerija'' is a French loanword ("gendarmerie"), and is pronounced "zhandarmeriya". The Žandarmerija corps date back to the Principality of Serbia, established on June 28, 1860, and originally consisted of 120 infantrymen and 15 cavalrymen. From 15 to 17 June 1862, the Serbian Gendarmerie played a crucial role in the conflicts around the Čukur fountain in Belgrade - a little more than 100 gendarmes opposed a Turkish force several hundred times stronger and practically saved Belgrade and Serbia. The 1884 Law on the Gendarmerie established the State Gendarmerie which was organized into detachments with one detachment in Belgrade and every district town. In 1919, the Gendarmerie became an integral part of the Royal Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, tasked ...
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Police Day
Several nations observe or formerly observed a Police Day to recognize the public holiday, professional holiday or anniversary of their national police force. By country Armenia Celebrated on 16 April, Police Workers Day () in Armenia commemorates personnel of the Police of Armenia. It was first celebrated in 2002 and was introduced year earlier by the National Assembly of Armenia. The 2011 Law "On Police Duties" was also passed on that same day. Traditionally, the President of Armenia and/or the Prime Minister of Armenia receives the salute at a ceremony in the Yerevan police headquarters. Azerbaijan Celebrated on 2 July, the Azerbaijani Police Day () commemorates personnel of the Police of Azerbaijan. Initially, 6 June was declared the Azerbaijani Police Day by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey, dated 6 June 1992. On 24 May 1998, by the decree of the President Heydar Aliyev, the date of the Azerbaijan Police Day was changed to 2 July in reference to ...
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Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to the 2022 census, the city has a population of 59,261, with 97,930 people living in its administrative area. Its history starts in the 1st century BC, after the conquest of the Roman Empire, when there existed a settlement by the name of Vinceia. The modern city traces its roots back to the Late Middle Ages when it was the capital (1430–39, and 1444–59) of the last Serbian Despotate, independent Serbian state before Ottoman Empire, Ottoman conquest. Smederevo is said to be the city of iron ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, гвожђе, gvožđe, separator=" / ", label=none) and grapes ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, грожђе, grožđe, separator=" / ", label=none). Names In Serbian language, Serbian, the city is known as ''Smederevo'' ...
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Kladovo
Kladovo ( sr-Cyrl, Кладово, ; or ) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of Southern and Eastern Serbia, eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube river. Name In Serbian language, Serbian, the town is known as ''Kladovo'' (Кладово), in Romanian language, Romanian ''Cladova'', in German language, German as ''Kladowo'' or ''Kladovo'' and in Latin language, Latin and Romanised Greek language, Greek as ''Zanes''. In the time of the Roman Empire, the name of the town was ''Zanes'' while the Roman forts were known as ''Diana Fort, Diana'' and ''Pontes'' (from Greek "sea" -''pontos'', or Roman "bridge" - ''pontem''). Later, Slavs founded a settlement that was named ''Novi Grad'' (Нови Град), while Ottoman Empire, Ottomans built a fortress here and called it ''Fethülislam''. The present-day name of Kladovo is first recorded in 1596 in an Austrian military document. There are several theories about the origin of the current n ...
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