Blockade of Belgrade (First Serbian Uprising)

Blockade of Belgrade
Part of First Serbian Uprising
Typeblockade
Location
PlannedApril 1804
Commanded byKarađorđe, Janko Katić, Vasa Čarapić, Sima Marković
ObjectiveBlockade and capture of Belgrade
DateApril 1804–December 1806
Executed bySerbian rebel army, combined nahija units
Outcomesiege of Belgrade

The blockade or encirclement of Belgrade refers to the Serbian rebel blockade of Belgrade, the capital of the Sanjak of Smederevo (or "Belgrade Pashalik"), initially in the hands of the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) that had wrested the power in the province, and then against the Ottoman Empire itself, during the First Serbian Uprising. It included a range of skirmishes in the years of 1804–1806, culminating in the assault and final siege of Belgrade.