StarÄ eviÄ was born in Å 1\/2 itnik near GospiÄ , a small town of the Military Frontiers , in what was then part of Austria-Hungary . StarÄ eviÄ was born in Å 1\/2 itnik near GospiÄ , a small town in Lika , not far from the Adriatic Sea , in what was then part of Austria-Hungary .