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Battle of Mišar

Battle of Mišar was a battle fought on 12 August 1806 at Mišar, in what is now Serbia; it lasted 3 days. It was part of First Serbian Uprising, which ran from 1804 to 1813. The recorded result: Serbian victory. Recorded strength: 7,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 5 guns against 40,000.

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Battle of Mišar, painting by Afanasij Scheloumoff
Battle of Mišar, painting by Afanasij Scheloumoff. Afanasij Scheloumoff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought12 August 1806lasted 3 days
WhereMišar, Serbia44.729N, 19.761E
OutcomeSerbian victory
BelligerentsRevolutionary SerbiaagainstOttoman Empire; Bosnia Eyalet
Casualties and losses~ 500 killedand6,000 killed
Part ofFirst Serbian Uprising1804 to 1813

Where it sits in First Serbian Uprising

Battle of Drlupa, 1804Battles of Batočina and Jagodina, 1804Battle of Čokešina, 1804Battle of Ivankovac, 1805Battle of Mišar, 1806Battle of Deligrad, 1806Siege of Belgrade, 1806Battle of Čegar, 1809Battle of Suvodol, 1809Battle of Varvarin, 1810Battle of Loznica, 1810Battle of Deligrad, 1813Battle of Ravne, 191318041913Battle of Mišar, 1806
13 placed engagements of First Serbian Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 August 1806
to 15 August 1806
PlaceMišar, Serbia
44.729N, 19.761E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength7,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 5 guns40,000
Casualties and losses~ 500 killed6,000 killed
Commanders
  • Karađorđe
  • Jakov Nenadović
  • Luka Lazarević
  • Milan Obrenović (revolutionary)
  • Sulejman Pasha Skopljak
  • Kulin-kapetan
  • Sinan Pasha Sijerčić
  • Ali Pasha Vidajić
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Battle of Mišar is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2750389, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mišar, revision 1376675652, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.