See also:

• RISTITCH (or RIsTIcii), JOVAN (1831-1899)

RISTITCH (or RIsTIcii), JOVAN (1831-1899)  , Servian states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kragugevats in 1831 . He was educated at See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade, See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . After failing to obtain a professorship in the high school of Belgrade, he was appointed in 1861 Servian See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . His reputation was enhanced by the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of negotiations which ended in the withdrawal of the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish troops from the Servian fortresses in 1867 . On his return from Constantinople he was offered a ministerial See also:

• POST

post by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael, who described him as " his right See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm," but declined See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, being opposed to the reactionary methods adopted by the prince's See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He had already become the recognized See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Liberal party . After the assassination of Prince Michael in 1868, he was nominated member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of regency, and on the 2nd See also:

• JANUARY

January 1869 the first Servian constitution, which was mainly his creation, was promulgated . When Prince See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan attained his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in 1872, See also:

• RISTITCH (or RIsTIcii), JOVAN (1831-1899)

Ristitch became See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister; a few months later he was appointed See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister, but resigned in the following autumn (1873) . He again became prime minister in See also:

• APRIL

April 1876, and conducted the two See also:

• WARS

wars against See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey (See also:

• JULY

July 1876-See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1877 and See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1877-March 1878) . At the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Berlin he laboured with some success to obtain greater advantages for See also:

• SERVIA

Servia than had been accorded to her by the treaty of See also:

• SAN

San Stefano . The provisions of the treaty of Berlin, however, disappointed the Servians, owing to the obstacles now raised to the realization of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme; the Ristitch government became unpopular, and resigned in 1880 . In 1887 See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Milan (who had assumed the royal See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title in 1882), alarmed at the threatening attitude of the See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical party, recalled Ristitch to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition See also:

• CABINET

cabinet; a new constitution was granted in 1888, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year the king abdicated in favour of his son, Prince See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander .

Ristitch now became head of a council of regency, entrusted with power during the minority of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young king, and a Radical See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry was formed . In 1892, however, Ristitch transferred the government to the Liberal party, with which he had always been connected . This step and the subsequent conduct of the Liberal politicians caused serious discontent in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . On the 1st (13th) of April 1893 King Alexander, by a successful stratagem, imprisoned the regents and ministers in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, and, declaring himself of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, recalled the Radicals to office . Ristitch now retired into private See also:

• LIFE

life . He died at Belgrade on 4th See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1899 . Though cautious and deliberate by temperament, he was a man of strong will and See also:

• FIRM

firm See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . He was the author of two published See also:

• WORKS

works: The See also:

• EXTERNAL

External Relations of Servia from 1848 to 1867 (Belgrade, 1887) and A Diplomatic See also:

• HISTORY

History of Servia (Belgrade, 1896) . (J . D .