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Kuridža's Rebellion
__NOTOC__ Kuridža's Rebellion (, ) was a rebellion against the Republic of Venice due to taxation on newly conquered territory, which included a large peasant Orthodox Christian (Serb) population, led by Serbian Orthodox priest Petar Jagodić - "Kuridža" (1666–1749) in Bukovica and Ravni kotari (in the Dalmatian hinterland of Croatia) that took place in 1704. The Venetian government implemented a tax of a tenth of yield on all lands that were conquered from the Ottoman Empire with the Great Turkish War (1683–99). With special decrees or investments, lands were assigned to natural and legal persons, with regular payment of an annual tenth collected by tenants. The tenth () was introduced in Venetian Dalmatia during the Morean War around 1690. Serbian Orthodox priest Petar Jagodić organized the poor population in a rebellion against Venetian taxation. Breaking out in Bukovica, it eventually expanded into Ravni kotari. Apart from Kuridža, Žegar chieftain Ilija Nanić and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biovičino Selo
Biovičino Selo ( sr-Cyrl, Биовичино Село) is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. According to the population census from 2011, 223 inhabitants lived in the settlement. According to preliminary data from the last census in 2021, 129 inhabitants lived in the village. Geography Biovičino Selo is located in central Bukovica, Northern Dalmatia, about 12 km north of Kistanje. History The village was initially named ''Modrino Selo'', and later became divided into present-day Biovičino Selo and Modrino Selo. According to the 1528-1530 Ottoman defter the village Modri had 8 Christian houses, being part of the nahiye of Zrmanja of Roman Catholic " Vlachs of Istria" who recently returned to old estates from Istria where temporarily escaped the Ottoman conquest of Croatia. In 1550 the wider area of Kistanje (including this village) was part of the djamaat of ''knez Bijoviče, son of Vučko'' after whom the Biovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krka (Croatia)
The Krka () is a river in Croatia's Dalmatia region, known for its numerous waterfalls. It is long and its basin covers an area of . It was known in ancient Greek as ''Kyrikos'', or maybe also as ''Catarbates'' (literally "steeply falling") by the ancient Greeks, it was known to the ancient Romans as ''Titius'', ''Corcoras'', or ''Korkoras''. Course The river has its source near the border of Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the foot of the Dinara mountain. After meandering through the Krčić canyon, it enters the karst valley of Knin through the Krčić waterfall of . At the foot of the second, called the Topoljski waterfall, of these is a spring in a cave with of passage. The river then flows through the valley, where it is fed by the Kosovčica on the left and the Orašnica and the Butižnica on the right, passing the Fortress of Knin between the last two on the way, and into the main canyon. What follows belongs to the Krka National Park. The first waterfall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grujica Žeravica
Grujica Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Грујица Жеравица; 1665–69) was a Serb ''hajduk'' commander active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia during the Venetian–Ottoman war (1645–69). The hajduks, Ottoman subjects, crossed into Venetian territory from where they "jumped into" Ottoman territory. These guerilla forces closely cooperated and were recruited by the Republic of Venice to defend the Venetian–Ottoman frontier during the war. He was a comrade of acclaimed Bajo Pivljanin. Žeravica hailed from Banjani, in the Sanjak of Herzegovina (now in western Montenegro). A 1665 appeal of hajduk leaders to Venice was signed by Bajo Pivljanin and Grujica Žeravica. In December 1669 Antonio Priuli brought from Perast to Venice hajduk leaders including Pivljanin, Žeravica, Vukosav Puhalović and ''buljubaša'' Milošević. Earlier, in June, the Venetian ''provveditore'' issued the termination of the "chiefs that protect the Kotor area", the first th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajo Pivljanin
Bajo Pivljanin ( sr-cyr, Бајо Пивљанин – 7 May 1685), born Dragojlo Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгојло Николић), was a Serbian ''hajduk'' commander mostly active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia. Born in Piva, a Serbian Herzegovinian tribe, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, he was an oxen trader who allegedly left his village after experiencing Ottoman injustice. Mentioned in 1654 as a brigand during the Venetian–Ottoman war, he entered the service of the Republic of Venice in 1656. The hajduks were used to protect Venetian Dalmatia. He remained a low-rank ''hajduk'' for the following decade, participating in some notable operations such as the raid on Trebinje. Between 1665 and 1668 he quickly rose through the ranks to the level of ''harambaša'' ("bandit leader"). After the war, which ended unfavourably for the Venetians, the hajduks were moved out of their haven in the Bay of Kotor under Ottoman pressure. Between 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronije Selaković
Petronije Selaković ( sr-cyr, Петроније Селаковић; fl. April 1648) was a Serbian Orthodox monk of the Krka monastery who led a Morlach army during the Cretan War (1645–69) against the Ottoman Empire. His army came as far as the Sava river (April 1648). See also * Petar Jagodić * Matija Žabetić * Ilija Nanić *Morlachs * Morlachs (Venetian irregulars) *Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1648), military commander in Venetian service *Stojan Janković (1636–1687), Morlach leader * Stanislav Sočivica, Venetian rebel * Sinobad *Cvijan Šarić *Bajo Pivljanin * Grujica Žeravica * Vukosav Puhalović * Ilija Smiljanić *Petar Smiljanić Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mon ... *Vuk Močivuna *Juraj Vranić *Tadije Vranić References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selakovic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cvijan Šarić
Cvijan Šarić ( sr-cyr, Цвијан Шарић; 1652–1668) was a Dalmatian Serb ''harambaša'' (senior hajduk commander) in the service of the Republic of Venice, part of the Morlachs (Venetian irregulars), Morlach army that fought in the Cretan War (1645–69) alongside other notable fighters such as Janko Mitrović and Smiljanić family, Ilija Smiljanić. He was a Serbian Orthodox priest. Biography Šarić was an Serbs, ethnic Serb, part of the ''Morlachs, Morlach'' community in Dalmatia. It is said that he was from the Šibenik frontier. He was a Serbian Orthodox priest. He held the rank of ''serdar (title), serdar''. He is known by the title ''harambaša'' (bandit leader). Around 1666, Šarić had a crucial influence on the Morlachs. In 1668, Šarić asked the Venetian ''provveditore'' of Venetian Dalmatia and Venetian Albania, Albania, on behalf of all the Orthodox Morlachs, to stop the local Catholics from harassing their bishop Kiril and throwing garbage near the Orthodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinobad
Sinobad ( sr-cyr, Синобад) was a Serb family of Kninska Krajina ("Knin Krajina"), part of the so-called "Morlachs", a community in the Dalmatian hinterland that fought for the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire. The Sinobad family moved to Venetian Dalmatia from Herzegovina in the second half of the 17th century. Members *Petar Sinobad (fl. 1654–d. 1684), hajduk **Mitar Sinobad (fl. 1654–d. 1684), Venetian soldier **Filip Sinobad (fl. 1691–d. 1694), hajduk barjaktar and serdar of Kninska Krajina (1691–94) **Jovan Sinobad (fl. 1691–d. 1715), Venetian knight (''cavalieri di San Marco'', 1696) Descendants *Siniša Sinobad, Yugoslav pilot See also *Morlachs * Morlachs (Venetian irregulars) *Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1648), military commander in Venetian service *Stojan Janković (1636–1687), Morlach leader * Stanislav Sočivica, Venetian rebel *Cvijan Šarić *Petronije Selaković *Bajo Pivljanin * Grujica Žeravica * Vukosav Puhalović * Ilija Smiljanić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Sočivica
Stanislav "Stanko" Sočivica ( 1715 – 1777) was a Serbian ''hajduk'' (brigand) active in the Ottoman territories in western Balkans (sanjaks of Herzegovina, Bosnia and Montenegro). Born in a village close to Bileća, his family owned a farm subject to a harsh Ottoman bey family. After murdering the beys and taking their collected taxes, the family subsequently relocated to Venetian Dalmatia from where Sočivica and his brothers began their brigandage. After decades of brigandage, and the capture of his wife and children, he retired to the Habsburg monarchy, where he was appointed commander of the Pandurs by Emperor Joseph II himself, in 1775. Life Origin and early life Sočivica was born in 1715 in the village of Simijova northwest of Bileća in the Sanjak of Herzegovina (Ottoman Empire). Ivan Lovrić ( 1756–77) wrote the biography of Sočivica, while his life story was mentioned by Alberto Fortis (1741–1803), based on Sočivica's own narrative. He was of normal statur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elia Peraizza
Ilija Peraica (, 1685), was a Venetian Dalmatian '' harambaša'' (bandit leader), with the title of ''serdar'', one of the commanders of the Morlach troops that participated in the Great Turkish War. Life According to Venetian documents, his large family (clan) was listed as Morlachs. The clan inhabited large territories of Dalmatia, mostly centered on Zadar and Šibenik. They had their own parochial constitution (according to the document from 1611 first mentioned and listed by the Parish Zmino in the register of the priest Bonaventure Biloglava from 1679 and 1686). Venetian documents claim the "people of Peraizza" having 400 men-at-arms at the moment but were able to mobilize about 1,400 more. Peraica escaped from a Turkish prison and in 1685, with 1,600 soldiers and people from the Cetina district, started an uprising.Boško Desnica, Istorija kotarskih uskoka II – 1684.–1749., Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda, XIII, SAN, Beograd, 1951 He collaborated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stojan Janković
Stojan Janković Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Стојан Јанковић Митровић; also known as ''Stoian Jancovich Mitrovich'', ''Stoian Mitrovich'', ''Stoiano Mitrovich''; about 1636 – 23 August 1687) was the commander of the Morlachs (Venetian irregulars), Morlach troops in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan War (1645–1669), Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Morlach troops, of which he is enumerated in Croatian and Serbian epic poetry. He was one of the best-known uskok/hajduk leaders of Dalmatia. Life Origin Stojan was born in ca. 1636, somewhere in the mountainous Bukovica, Dalmatia, Bukovica region in northern Dalmatia, modern-day Croatia, presumably in the village of Žegar, Croatia, Žegar, or Zelengrad. The village itself lied above the Žegar field, from where the population had long "jumped into" (i.e. guerilla warfare) the Dinara, the Venetian-Ottoman borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Mitrović
Janko Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Јанко Митровић; 1613–1659) was a ''harambaša'' (Ottoman for "bandit leader"), and the commander of the '' Morlach army'', in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1648 until his death in 1659. He participated in the Cretan War (1645–69), alongside Ilija Smiljanić, as the supreme commanders of the Venetian Morlach troops, of which he is enumerated in Croatian and Serb epic poetry (as Janko of Kotari, Јанко од Котара). His son, Stojan Janković, followed in his father's footsteps. Life Janko was the son of Mitar (born c. 1585), whose family hailed from village Zelengrad or Žegar in the area of Bukovica. Janko had brothers Jovan, Stjepan, Pavle, and Andrija, and probably was among the youngest brothers. Vukadin Mitrović was also a ''harambaša'' in Venetian service, possibly another brother, or a cousin. Mitrović in 1646 was recorded as a defender of Šibenik, and in 1649 was rewarded with a monthly payment of 4 du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lika
Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika (Brinje, Donji Lapac, Gospić, Lovinac, Otočac, Perušić, Plitvička Jezera, Udbina and Vrhovine) is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County, and it takes up about 12% of Croatia, Croatia's land area. Major towns include Gospić, Otočac, and Gračac, most of which are located in the karst poljes of the rivers of Lika (river), Lika, Gacka and others. The Plitvice Lakes National Park and Northern Velebit National Park are also in Lika. History Antiquity Since the first millennium BC the region was inhabited by the Iapodes, an ancient people related to Illyrians. During the Gallic invasion of the Balk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
