page_title: Serb uprising of 1848–49
section_title: May Assembly
hierarchical_section_title: Serb uprising of 1848–49 / May Assembly
caption_attribution_description: English: Serbian patriarch Josif Rajačić is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848. Српски / srpski: Српски патријарх Јосиф Рајачић благосиља војску Српске Војводине 1848. године.
context_page_description: The Serb uprising of 1848–49, also known as the Serb revolution of 1848–49 and Serb People's Movement of 1848–49, took place in what is today Vojvodina, Serbia, and was part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire. During the Hungarian Revolution, Hungarians achieved significant military successes, but were defeated after Russian intervention. Serbs led fierce battles against the Hungarians for autonomy or merge with the help of volunteers from the Principality of Serbia. The outcome of the uprising was the establishment of Serbian Vojvodina, a special autonomous region under the Austrian crown. However, the Voivodeship failed certain expectations that Serbian patriots had expressed at the May Assembly. Serbs did not constitute an absolute majority of the population, while the administration was largely in the hands of German officials and officers. The Voivodeship was abolished in 1860, however, some rights were kept by the Serb community. The Serbian Patriarchate was renewed, while the uprising had increased national awareness of the Serb people north of the Sava and Danube in the struggle for freedom.
context_section_description: Several thousand Serbs met at the May Assembly in Sremski Karlovci on 1 May 1848. The delegates chose Šupljikac as voivode, the civil and military commander. Josif Rajačić was elected the patriarch of the Serbs. The Serbs demanded a national unit consisting of Banat, Backa, Baranja and part of Srem, known collectively as Vojvodina.
caption: Serbian patriarch Josif Rajačić is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848.
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