Assassination attempt on Milan Obrenović in Belgrade
- When
- 1899
- Where
- Belgrade, Serbia (inferred from legacy row; not stated in supplied passages)
- Episodes
- 1
Former King Milan Obrenović, serving as commander-in-chief of the Royal Serbian Army, was the target of an assassination attempt by a member of the Radical Party on 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1899, on the Orthodox holiday of Ivanjdan. The opposition blamed him for the increasingly authoritarian rule of his son, King Alexander. No supplied passage names the city where the attempt occurred; the Belgrade attribution rests on the legacy row and context, not on sourced text.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. Milan Obrenović returned to Serbia in 1897 and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Royal Serbian Army. Pro-Democratic opposition blamed him for the increasingly authoritarian rule of his son, King Alexander. This political friction culminated in an assassination attempt by a member of the Radical Party on 6 July 1899, coinciding with the Orthodox holiday of Ivanjdan.
Aftermath. The legacy row places the attempt in Belgrade, but no supplied passage states the city where it occurred; the Belgrade article describes the city only generally. The legacy row also claims Milan was uninjured and began a campaign to arrest radicals, claims the supplied passages do not confirm. Later, relations between Milan and his son were interrupted by Alexander's marriage to Draga Mašin in July 1900, after which Alexander banished Milan from Serbia.
People involved
- Milan Obrenović · Former King of Serbia and Commander-in-Chief
- King Alexander · Son of Milan and King of Serbia
- Radical Party Member · Assassin
Sources
- Milan I of Serbia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
- Belgrade Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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