c. 1520 or c. 1530 Poreč, Ottoman Empire (now Donji Milanovac, Serbia)
Died
February 5, 1601(1601-02-05) (aged 70–71) Kolozsvár, Principality of Transylvania (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Allegiance
Wallachia
Years of service
154x–1601
Rank
Captain
Unit
Hajduk unit of Michael the Brave
Battles/wars
Long Turkish War
Starina Novak (Serbian Cyrillic: Старинa Новак; Romanian: Baba Novac; Bulgarian: Баба Новак, meaning "Old Novak") was a Serb hajduk (brigand and rebel)[1] who distinguished himself in many battles against the Ottoman Empire. He is considered a national hero by both the Serbs and the Romanians.
StarinaNovak (Serbian Cyrillic: Старинa Новак; Romanian: Baba Novac; Bulgarian: Баба Новак, meaning "Old Novak") was a Serb hajduk (brigand and rebel)...
Look up Novak, novak, Novák, Nováková, or Nowak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Novak (in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene; Cyrillic: Новак), Novák (in Hungarian...
shelter for hajduks. In return, hajduks would give them part of the loot. StarinaNovak (~1530–1601), a military commander in Wallachian service, is said to...
lands were also part of the Uskoci. Notable freedom fighters include StarinaNovak, a notable outlaw was Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga. In medieval Vlachia...
of exaggerations and stories, such as the epic poem "StarinaNovak i knez Bogosav" ("Elder Novak and Prince Bogosav"), which stated that many people fled...
Michael the Brave † Ruprecht von Eggenberg Giorgio Basta István Bocskai StarinaNovak Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Koca Sinan Pasha Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan...
of Jovan Nenad on horseback holding up an impaled cat on his sword. StarinaNovak (1530s-1601), hajduk leader List of Serbian rulers List of rulers of...
Janko vojvoda udarao Đurđa despota buzdohanom", "Oblak Radosav" and "StarinaNovak i knez Bogosav". The anthroponym Irina became Jerina and it can be seen...
noble, September 11, 1594 István Jósika, statesman, September 11, 1598 StarinaNovak, prisoner of war, February 5, 1601 Habsburg monarchy Horea and Cloșca...
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