The Principality of Serbia was an autonomous state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agreement between Miloš Obrenović, leader of the Second Serbian Uprising, and Ottoman official Marashli Pasha. It was followed by the series of legal documents published by the Sublime Porte in 1828, 1829 and finally, 1830—the Hatt-i Sharif. Its de facto independence ensued in 1867, following the evacuation of the remaining Ottoman troops from the Belgrade Fortress and the country; its independence was recognized internationally in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In 1882 the country was elevated to the status of kingdom.
Image: Milos Obrenovic 1848
Image: Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia
Image: Knez Mihajlo III Obrenovic
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The Serbian Revolution was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into a rebel territory, a constitutional monarchy, and modern Serbia.
Battle of Mišar (1806), painting by Afanasij Šeloumov
Karađorđe Petrović (Black George) leader of the First Serbian Uprising
Miloš Obrenović, leader of the Second Serbian Uprising and the first Prince of Serbia
Constitution of 15 February 1835.