Editing Kragujevac (section)

===Habsburg-Ottoman conflict and major revolts===
In spite of its newfound consolidation under Turkish rule, the town's location in strategic borderland between the [[Habsburg monarchy]] and the Ottoman Empire made it an area of frequent conflict in the modern era. During the [[Great Turkish War]], the Austrians, under [[Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden|Louis of Baden]], pushed the Turks far to the south of the city. Although this occupation was short-lived, it spelled an end to consolidated Ottoman rule in the region. Soon after, in 1718, Kragujevac became a part of the [[Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1686–91)|Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia]] following conquest by [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]] and the signing of [[Treaty of Passarowitz]].

Under Austrian occupation, Kragujevac was fortified, the Muslim population was driven out and it became an uskok town. It was exclusively inhabited by Serbian Orthodox members of the national militia with their families. As one of the districts lying right on the Ottoman border, moreover, it was controlled by an [[Uskoks|uskok]] company (of the fourteen that guarded the frontier) and found itself under military jurisdiction.  Accordingly, its chief was a Serbian military officer, First Captain [[Staniša Marković Mlatišuma]], the second highest authority of the [[Serbian Militia (1718–1739)|Serbian militia]]. In 1725 the first officially recorded cases of [[vampirism]] occurred in Kragujevac, in which two alleged vampires were accused of murdering 42 people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marín |first=Álvaro García |date=2021-01-01 |title=Analysis of a 1725 Report of Vampirism in Kragujevac |url=https://www.academia.edu/53330102 |journal=Journal of Vampire Studies |access-date=8 July 2023 |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006195022/https://www.academia.edu/53330102 |url-status=live }}</ref> In other parts of Habsburg ruled Kingdom of Serbia similar cases followed after which the [[Serbian language|Serbian]] word vampir entered [[German language|German]] and later other world languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.glassumadije.rs/prvi-i-najkrvaviviji-vampiri-u-istoriji-bili-su-iz-kragujevca/|title = Prvi i najkrvaviviji vampiri u istoriji bili su iz Kragujevca|date = 20 September 2020|access-date = 27 April 2021|archive-date = 27 April 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210427111841/http://www.glassumadije.rs/prvi-i-najkrvaviviji-vampiri-u-istoriji-bili-su-iz-kragujevca/|url-status = live}}</ref> As the Ottomans retook the town in 1739, and lost it again in 1789 to the same enemy, the town was ripe for new rule—this time under Serbian rebels.<ref name="Politika" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bl/istorija/corovic/istorija/6_15_l.html|title=Kočina Krajina|publisher=Projekat Rastko|access-date=6 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064622/http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bl/istorija/corovic/istorija/6_15_l.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Wiki Šumadija XVI National Museum of Kragujevac 843.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A scale model of royal complex founded by [[Miloš Obrenović]]]]

As a settlement central to the [[Sanjak of Smederevo]] under Ottoman rule, Kragujevac was of utmost strategic importance to its agitating, largely rural Serb inhabitants. Therefore, it became a centre of the [[Serbian Revolution]], a national awakening of Serbs led by the grand ''[[vožd]]'', [[Karađorđe]]. First liberated on 5 April 1804 during the [[First Serbian Uprising]], the city was finally freed from imperial rule during the [[Second Serbian Uprising]] in 1815.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 1818, Kragujevac, though largely depopulated following the conflicts of the preceding centuries, was proclaimed capital of the [[Principality of Serbia]] on 6 May 1818 by [[Miloš Obrenović]] in the medieval [[Vraćevšnica monastery]]. To mark the occasion, he built the Royal residence on the left bank of the Lepenica river. [[Amidža Konak]] is the only remaining building from the complex and the only landmark of 19th century Ottoman architecture in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/170468/b|title=Photos of San Antonio – Images of San Antonio, Texas, USA|publisher=Members.virtualtourist.com|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630150212/http://members.virtualtourist.com//m/p/m/170468/b|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first institutions of the Principality of Serbia were founded in Kragujevac including the first courthouse, [[First Kragujevac Gymnasium|First gymnasium]] (grammar school) and the [[Princely Serbian Theatre|Princely Serbian theatre]]. The first Serbian constitution, the [[Sretenje Constitution]], was proclaimed in the city on 15 September 1835. It was one of the most liberal European constitutions of its time, modeled on the French and Belgian constitutions.