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OnyxCougar · 11-11-2004, 05:55 PM

The most important person in Croatia in the 19th century was Ban (Viceroy) Josip Jelacic (1801-1859). During his time, in 1848, the Hungarians revolted against Austria, whilst at the same time they tried to impose their language on the Croatians. The Croatian Viceroy Jelacic gathered an army and helped the Austrian czar defeat the Hungarians, thereby protecting Croatia from Hungarianization. He also managed to, for services rendered, attain certain privileges for the Croats. One of those was that the czar entrusted to Jelacic's rule Dalmatia that had until then been, after its liberation from the Turks and later Napoleon, under direct Austrian rule and so had been separated from the rest of Croatia. One of Jelacic's most important acts was the abolition of serfdom. There is a statue of the Ban in the square named after him. Trg Bana Jelacica is the main square of Zagreb. The statue in the square shows the Ban with his sword upraised toward Hungary, a symbolic gesture that they will never successfully invade Croatia.

Picture of Ban Jelacic from Croatia.net:

11-11-2004, 05:55 PM	#17
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	The most important person in Croatia in the 19th century was Ban (Viceroy) Josip Jelacic (1801-1859). During his time, in 1848, the Hungarians revolted against Austria, whilst at the same time they tried to impose their language on the Croatians. The Croatian Viceroy Jelacic gathered an army and helped the Austrian czar defeat the Hungarians, thereby protecting Croatia from Hungarianization. He also managed to, for services rendered, attain certain privileges for the Croats. One of those was that the czar entrusted to Jelacic's rule Dalmatia that had until then been, after its liberation from the Turks and later Napoleon, under direct Austrian rule and so had been separated from the rest of Croatia. One of Jelacic's most important acts was the abolition of serfdom. There is a statue of the Ban in the square named after him. Trg Bana Jelacica is the main square of Zagreb. The statue in the square shows the Ban with his sword upraised toward Hungary, a symbolic gesture that they will never successfully invade Croatia. Picture of Ban Jelacic from Croatia.net: Attached Images __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt