Slaughter of the Knezes
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The Slaughter of the Knezes was a campaign of organized murders and assaults of notable Serbs in the Belgrade Pashalik in January–February 1804 by the renegade Janissaries known as "Dahije", who had s
Dahije beheading a Serb knez.
Hadži-Ðera and Hadži-Ruvim with conspirators.
Memorial in Valjevo.
Grave of Stevan Palalija at the Rajinovac cemetery.
Ilija Birčanin
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Ilija Birčanin was a Serb knez and militia commander in the Valjevo area of western Serbia. He was killed during the Slaughter of the Knezes, which sparked the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Re
Muselimov konak, where Aleksa and Birčanin were held in chains.
Bust of Ilija Birčanin outside the Museum of Valjevo.