Peter Tersich von Cadesich

Peter Tersich von Cadesich
Born1739 (1739)
Kovilj, Habsburg Monarchy
Died22 December 1806(1806-12-22) (aged 66–67)
Pančevo, Habsburg Monarchy
Allegiance Habsburg Monarchy
Austrian Empire
BranchArmy
Service years1751–1806
RankGeneralmajor

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] By 1802, Tersich von Cadesich was the director of the Ingenieur Akademie in Vienna.[5]

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 1765, he was promoted to captain; and by 1790, reached the rank of colonel.[6] In 1794, Tersich von Cadesich was promoted to Generalmajor.[7]

In the Serbian Banat occasionally officers and frontier guardsmen were stripped of their rank.[8] Terzić always supported the Serbian claim in military lawsuits when General Peter Duka came to adjudicate,[9] even though Duka sought to blunt the accusations.[10]

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.[11][12] Terzić even recorded the exact date of the start of the Serbian Revolution, "7 March 1804".[13]

He was promoted to brigadier general in 1794[14] and on 21 August 1796 he received the rank of General Major.

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. ^ Oesterreichischer Militaer-Almanach: für das Jahr 1802 [Austrian Military Almanac: for the year 1802] (in German). Vienna: Gräffer. 1802. p. 168.
  6. ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: II odeljenje. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. 1935.
  7. ^ Kurze Geschichte der kais. koenigl. Regimenter, Corps, Bataillons und anderen Militaer-Branchen: Von ihrem Ursprung an bis zu Ende des Feldzuges von 1799. Annalen der k. k. Österreichischen Armee ... welcher mehrere interessante Gegenstände enthält. 3 [Brief history of the kais. koenigl. Regiments, corps, battalions and other military branches: from their origin until the end of the campaign of 1799. Annals of the k. k. Austrian Army ... which contains several interesting objects. 3] (in German). Vienna: Gräffer. 1812. p. 398.
  8. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  9. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  10. ^ Nastava povijesti. 1975.
  11. ^ Војводина и Србија у време првог устанка. Просвета. 1974.
  12. ^ Zemun i prvi ustanak : 1804-1813. Knjiz̆evni klub Zemun. 1975.
  13. ^ Годишњак града Београда. Изд. Новинско-издавачко предузеће "Седма сила". 1974.
  14. ^ Зборник за историју. Матица српска, Одељење за друштвене науке. 1974.
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