Peter Tersich von Cadesich

General Petar Terzić (Peter Tersich von Cadesich (Serbian Cyrillic: Генерал Петар Терзић) was born in Kovilj, Slavonia, Habsburg monarchy, 1739[1] and died in Pančevo, Banat, Habsburg Monarchy, 22 December 1806.[2] He was an Austrian nobleman and major general[3] who fought in the Ottoman and Napoleonic wars.[4]

Early life

Petar Terzić was born in 1739 in Kovilj in Slavonia the part of the Military Frontier of the centuries-long conflict between two empires from the early 1600s into the 1900s. Petar Terzić came from a Serbian family with a military history.

Career

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, reached the rank of colonel.[5]

In the Serbian Banat occasionally officers and frontier guardsmen were stripped of their rank.[6] Terzić always supported 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. Terzić again found himself in trouble with his superiors for supporting Serb rebels and, if not for General Duka's intervention, Terzić would have faced a court-martial.[9][10] Terzić even 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

References

  1. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1935.
  2. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.
  3. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.
  4. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  5. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1935.
  6. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  7. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  8. ^ Nastava povijesti. 1975.
  9. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  10. ^ Zemun i prvi ustanak : 1804-1813. Knjiz̆evni klub Zemun. 1975.
  11. ^ Годишњак града Београда. Изд. Новинско-издавачко предузеће "Седма сила". 1974.
  12. ^ Зборник за историју. Матица српска, Одељење за друштвене науке. 1974.
  13. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1936.
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