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of 1832 and 1835. He became a member of the Instdtate, in the sec- tion of MOTal and Political Sciences, in 1832, and on the death of Charles Comte was appointed its Perpetual Secretary. In the dischai^ of these functions he has had occasion to present to. the Academy sketches of the lives and works of deceased members, a number of which have been collected and published under the title of " Notices et M^moires Historiques ; " and in 1837 the Academy elected him one of its members, in the place of M. Bay- nouard. After the breaking out of the revolution of Feb., 1848, M. de Lamartine, on taking possession of the Ministry of Foreign AiFairs, re- moved M. Mignet from the office of Director of Archives, suspecting his anti-republican opinions. He was promoted Commander of the Legion cf Honour, May 5, 1810. His latest work is, *' BivfiJit^ de Francois ler. et de Charles Quint,'' vols. i. and ii., 1875. He resigned the secretary- ship of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in Oct., 1882.

MILAN OBBENOVITCH I., King of Ser via, grandson of Efdiraim Obrenovitch, brother of Milos, and consequently second cousin of Prince Michael, who is noticed in previous editions of this work, was bom Aug. 10, 1854, at Jassy, of a Moldavian mother, who had married the only son of Prince Ephraim. He was adopted by Prince Michael^ who had no children by his mar- riage with Julia Hunyadi, and was sent by him, in 1864, to Paris to be educated at the Lyc^ Louis-le- Grand. The youth's studies were interrupted by the events of 1868, and the assassination of Michael Obrenovitch. Hastening to Servia, he was proclaimed Prince in July of that year, the government of the counta>y being intrusted, during his minority, to a Council of Begency, consisting of Messrs Blaznavatz, Bistics, and Garrilovics, three able and patriotic men, who continued the liberal and reforming policy

commenced by Michael III. Their regency terminated with the coro- nation of Prince Milan IV.; but M. Bistics continued to possess the confidence of the Prince, who was only eighteen years of age when he was crowned in Belgrade cathedral, Aug. 22, 1872. On June 12, 1876, Prince Milan issued a proclama- tion stating that " the insurrection in the Turkish provinces has found its way to tiie frontiers of Servia, enclosing the whole Prin- cipality by an iron band,'' whidi had compelled him "to place his people under arms." Shortly afterwards (June 22), he sent whi^ may be called a threatening letto* to the Grand Vizier, and then he formally proclaimed (June 30) tiiat he int^ded to join his ajrms to those of Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to secure the liberation of the Slavonic Christians from the yoke of the Porte. On July 2, a joint declaration of war was sent by the Prince of Servia and the Hoepodar of Montenegro to the Turkish (Go- vernment, their troops crossing the frontier at the same time. The Prince departed from Belgrade ( Jnly 24), to assume the command of the Servian troops in the field ; but he soon returned to his capital (Aug. 12), and appointed the Bussian general, Tchemayeff, to the com- mand of the Servian foroes. On Sept. 1, an important battle under the walls of Alexinatz resulted in the complete defeat of the Servian army. The great Powers now in- terposed, but the negodations for the suspension of hostilities were delayed by an ill-advised step which Prince Milan, at the instigation of General Tchemayeff, was induced to take. On Sept. 16, he was pro- claimed King of Servia at Deli^ad, although, upon the general expree- sion of disapproval which followed, his Highness appeared disposed to disclaim any active share in the performance. War broke out agaiBf and the Servian army, though largely reinforced by Bussian vo-