Disorder and rebellion after the death of…
1861 CE
Disorder and rebellion after the death of Danilo I cause the Ottomans to dispatch a large expedition under Omar Pasha to Montenegro.
The country’s strong new prince, Nikola Petrovic, is an outstanding leader, educated abroad in Paris and Trieste, now faced with the difficult task of popularizing Western ways.
Turkish forces invest Cetinje, failing to subdue it fully but overrunning the small country.