The Serbians. Serbia was a tiny independent country and a neighbor of the huge Austro-Hungarian Empire. There were ethnic Serbs in the Empire, and Serbia wanted them and the territory they occupied to be a part of Serbia. They feared that Franz Ferdinand, who showed signs of being a reformer, might be so accommodating to the ethnic Serbs in his Empire when he took the throne that these ethnic Serbs might lose their desire to get out of the Empire and join Serbia. There was a nationalistic group of Serbian terrorists, called The Black Hand, who decided to kill the Arch Duke. The Black Hand was backed by the Serbian Intelligence Service, perhaps without knowledge of others in the Serbian government.
The assassination of archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
From what I have learned the Serbian revolution is still in play. Assad is still in power, currently there is an ongoing war in Syria. There are multiple sides to this war, terrorists are also involved.
Sarajevo used to be Serbian, but after ethnic cleansing (during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina) it is not.
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, triggering World War I. He was Serbian, and was a Serbian Orthodox Christian. His family was poor. He was a believer in Bosnian independence from the Austro Hungarian empire. He was expelled from school for these beliefs. He had attempted suicide several times after the assassination, but succumbed to tuberculosis at age 23.
Serbian Empire was created in 1346.
The area of Serbian Empire is 250.001 square kilometers.
The Serb leaders wanted the rule, order, and prestige of the old Serbian empire that had been strong during this period of time.
Nikola Tesla was of Serbian descent. He was born in modern-day Croatia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Tesla's parents were Serbian Orthodox and he identified himself as Serbian.
One of the first Serbian settlements, Raška, was founded in the first half of the 12th century by the House of Vlastimirović which eventually became the Serbian Kingdom and then the Serbian Empire, which was ruled by the House of Nemanjić.
Krusevac. It was in Kruševac that the prominent Serbian noble, Lazar, assembled a Serb army to march against theTurks, at Kosovo, in 1389.Stefan Lazar Hrebeljanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Лазар Хребељановић; 1329 - June 28 [O.S. June 15] 1389), also known as Tsar Lazar (Цар Лазар), was a Serbian noble (knez), ruler of Moravian Serbia, who fought and perished at the Battle of Kosovo, to which his name and life are inextricably tied. He is a heroic figure in Serbia, and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
after they failed to agree to a list of demands from austria after a serbian nationalist assassinated Franz Ferdinand.
middle ages
middle ages
Modern Serbia was founded during First serbian Uprising in 1804 (part of Serbian revolution) when Serbian rebels led by Djordje Petrovic (a.k.a Karadjordje) fought Ottoman forces and was eventualy defeated in 1814. Serbs were first Balkan nation to rebelg against Ottoman empire.
Smith's great-grandfathers was an Austrian immigrant of Serbian descent who immigrated to the U.S. when he was 12 years old during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. To honor him, Smith, his brothers, and his father are each tattooed with four firesteels, the traditional Serbian cross. Smith's sisters planned to do the same
De facto 1835. De jure 1878. The first Serbian statehood was formed in 7th century. In 1217. Serbia was declared (by the pope) kingdom. In 1346 Serbia was upgraded to an empire. In 1371. Serbian empire collapsed. In 1389 Serbs were defeated by the Turks on the battle of Kosovo. In 1459. Serbia lost its independance. In 1804. Serbian rebellion started and 1835. Turks recognized Serbian prince as ruler of Serbia. In 1878 Serbia was de jure recognized. In 1918. Serbian king Alexander formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 2006. for the second time Serbia regained its independance.