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Zrenjanin (Зрењанин; Hungarian Nagy Becskerek; Romanian Becicherecul Mare) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro (in Serbian northern province Vojvodina) at 45.37° North, 20.40° East. It is the administrative center of the Central Banat okrug of Serbia. In 2003, the city's population was 79,800.History
The town of (Nagy) Becskerek was first settled in the 14th century, the first mention of it dates from 1326. The merchant city on the Begej river became a property of the Serbian prince Stefan Lazarevic in the 14th century. It then passed to Hungary until 1551 when it was occupied by the Ottoman Empire.
In 1716 it passed to Austria and it developed significantly by Maria Theresia's order of 1769Events Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the " Mechanical Turk", a chess-playing machine May 14 Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlem. Zrenjanin got a theatre hall in 1839Events January 9 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. January 19 British East India Company captures Aden January 20 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. February 24 William Ot and a gymnasiumA gymnasium is a school of secondary education in parts of Europe. The word "" (gymnasium) was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men. At some countries there is a notion of progymnasium which in 1846Events January 5 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom February 5 The Oregon Spectator becomes the first newspaper on the Pacific coast of the United States. February 10 Many Mormons, as well as a City Hall in 1820Events January 1 Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cadiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament ( March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution ( March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. January 29 George the Prince Regent becomes king George IV of the and the Palace of Justice in 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T.
After World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, it became part of Yugoslavia. In 1935 it was renamed to Petrovgrad in honour of king Peter I of Yugoslavia.
Zrenjanin got its present name in 1946 in honour of the revolutionary hero Žarko Zrenjanin Uca (1902-1942). Žarko Zrenjanin was a leader of the Vojvodina Communists and wartime Partisans who during the World War II endured torture and months of incarceration by the Nazis, was released and later killed while trying to escape recapture.
Zrenjanin is the largest city in the Serbian Banat and was once its administrative center (of the old Torontál county in Hungary).
Cities in Serbia and Montenegro
