Dragutin Dimitrijević
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It sits within the topics 1876 births, 1903 crimes in Europe and 1917 deaths.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1876-08-17 ) 17 August 1876, Belgrade , Serbia
- Died
- 26 June 1917 (1917-06-26) (aged 40), Thessaloniki , Greece
- Cause of death
- Execution by firing squad
- Resting place
- Zeitenlik
- Other name
- Apis
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dragutin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Place of birth
- Belgrade
- Place of death
- Thessaloniki
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- First Belgrade Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Serbian Army
- Military rank
- soldier
- Image
- Dragutin Dimitrijević-Apis, ca. 1900.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis
- ethnic group
- Serbs
- date of birth
- 1876-08-17
- date of death
- 1917-06-24
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- member of
- Black Hand
- name in native language
- Драгутин Димитријевић
- nickname
- Апис
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Encyclopedic overview
Dragutin Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Димитријевић; 17 August 1876 – 26 June 1917), better known by his nickname Apis (Апис), was a Serbian army officer who was the main leader of the Black Hand, a paramilitary secret society devoted to South Slav irredentism that organized the 1903 overthrow of the Serbian government and assassination of King Alexander I of Serbia and Queen Draga. Many scholars believe that he also sanctioned and helped organize the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. This led directly to the July Crisis and the outbreak of World War I.
In 1916, the government in exile of Serbian prime minister Nikola Pašić, who considered Dimitrijević's refusal to compromise on South Slav irredentism to represent a serious threat to the secret peace negotiations taking place with Vienna during the Sixtus Affair, filed charges of high treason against the leadership of Unification or Death. Dimitrijević was tried in Thessaloniki before a Serbian Army court martial. He was found guilty of conspiring to assassinate both the Archduke and Prince Regent Alexander Karađorđević and executed by firing squad, along with two senior associates, on 26 June 1917.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dragutin Dimitrijević” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.