Peter Tersich von Cadesich
General Petar Terzić also spelled Peter Tersich von Cadesich (Serbian Cyrillic: Генерал Петар Терзић; Kovilj, Slavonia, Habsburg monarchy, 1739[1] - Pančevo, Banat, Habsburg Monarchy, 22 December 1806)[2] was an Austrian nobleman, major general[3] who fought in both the Ottoman and Napoleonic wars.[4]
Biography[edit]
Petar Terzić was born in 1739 in Kovilj in Slavonia the part of the Military Frontier of the ever-present conflict between the forces of two empires from the early 1600s into the 1900s. Petar Terzić came from an old Serbian family with a military history dating back in time. In 1751 he became a cadet; in 1752, an ensign; and in 1753, lieutenant. As a graduate cadet of the Imperial-Royal Army in the Habsburg Monarchy, he rose through the military ranks, in 1965, he was promoted to captain; and by 1790, he was a colonel.[5]
In the Serbian Banat there were the occasional occurrence of depriving officers and frontier guardsmen of their rank.[6] Terzić would always support the Serbian claim in military lawsuits when General Peter Duka came to adjudicate[7] even though Duka sought to blunt the accusations.[8]
In 1804 when the First Serbian Uprising broke out, Terzić openly supported Karađorđe's Serbia at a time when Austria stood neutral. Again Terzić found himself in trouble with his superiors for supporting Serb rebels and, if it were not for General Duka's intervention at a trial, General Terzić would have faced a court-martial.[9][10] It was Terzić who recorded the exact date of the start of the Serbian Revolution, "7 March 1804".[11]
He was promoted to brigadier general in 1794[12] and on 21 August 1796 he received the rank of General Major. He retired in 1807 but died the following year at the age of 67.[13]
See also[edit]
- Peter Duka von Kadar
- Martin von Dedovich
- Joseph von Dedovich
- Paul Dimich
- Ignaz Stojanich
- Aron Stanisavljević
- Andreas von Stoichevich
References[edit]
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1935.
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.
- ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1935.
- ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
- ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
- ^ Nastava povijesti. 1975.
- ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
- ^ Zemun i prvi ustanak : 1804-1813. Knjiz̆evni klub Zemun. 1975.
- ^ Годишњак града Београда. Изд. Новинско-издавачко предузеће "Седма сила". 1974.
- ^ Зборник за историју. Матица српска, Одељење за друштвене науке. 1974.
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.