Timoleon Vasos Mavrovouniotis Greek general of Montenegrin Serb descent led a 1 500 men expeditionary force that landed February 3 1897 at Kolymvari and claimed Crete for George I of Greece Petar Zelalic born 1727 the first Serbian Orthodox Christian in the 18th century to be knighted by the authorities of Malta for defending the island from the Ottoman Empire A series of stamps called Captains of Boka Kotorska including Petar Zelalic Marko Ivanovic Matija Balovic 1718 1794 and Ivan Bronza d 1749 were issued in 2005 by Serbia and Montenegro honouring their maritime exploits