Orašac Assembly
Illustration of the Orašac Assembly from Život i dela Kara-Đorđa (1903). | |
| Date | 14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1804 |
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| Location | Orašac, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia) |
| Also known as | Meeting in Orašac |
| Theme | Uprising against the Dahije |
| Cause | Slaughter of the Knezes |
| Participants | Belgrade and Kragujevac nahiya Serbs |
| Outcome | First Serbian Uprising |
The Orašac Assembly was the gathering of 300 Serbian chiefs and rebels on 14 February [O.S. 2 February] 1804 (Presentation of Jesus) at Orašac, a village near Aranđelovac, following the "Slaughter of the Knezes" which saw notable Serbs murdered by the renegade Janissaries (the Dahije) in January which prompted the Serbs to rise up against the tyranny (known in historiography as the "Uprising against the Dahije"), resulting in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. Karađorđe was appointed leader of the Serbian rebels after they all raised their "three fingers in the air" and thereby swore oath. The site of the assembly, Marićevića jaruga, is today a memorial complex.