tory in the
First
Serbian Uprising
when, in 1806,
KarađorđePetrović
led the Serbian insurgents into one of
the first victories over the Ottoman army near the nearby village of
Mišar. Until 1813, the town was part
of
Karađorđe's Serbia. After the
fall of Serbia in 1813, brief period of restored Ottoman control followed, but
after the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815, Šabac was included into autonomous
Principality of Serbia. However,
Ottoman army remained in the Šabac fort for next several decades. The
Obrenović
family also left a mark on the town as
the place of residence of the enlightened JevremObrenović, brother of Prince
MilošObrenović, who modernized and
urbanized it after the
Second
Serbian Uprising. The period from 1820-1850 saw the establishment for the first
time in Šabac of a hospital, a pharmacy, a Serbian grammar school, a
gymnasium, a theatre, and a musical
society.
The Ottoman army evacuated the fort of
Šabac for good in 1867, marking the end of the Ottoman presence in the area.
The first newspaper in the Kingdom
of Serbia was printed in
