Begaljica was first mentioned in 1528 , seven years after the Ottoman conquest of Serbia , as having 5 families , and the Rajinovac monastery on the hill above the village . As the region was located on the Ottoman-Habsburg war frontier , villages were constantly destroyed and deserted . In fact , the village of Begaljica ( literally " fleeing town " ) derived its name from these events . In 1804 , a notable '' knez '' from the village , Stevan Andrejević Palalija , was executed alongside some 70 nobles by the janissaries . This event sparked the First Serbian Uprising . In 1902 , an anthropogeographical study registered some 200 houses and 17 clans as living in Begaljica . The village is based on agriculture , namely fruits and viticulture , with 38,6 % of the population being agrarian in 1991
executed alongside some 70 nobles
Slaughter of the Knezes
Begaljica