Josip Filipović

Josip Filipović

Baron Josip Filipović (born April 28, 1819 in Gospić, CroatiaAugust 6, 1889 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Croatian general under the then Austrian army.

He saw action in Austria helping to quell the 1848 Revolutions. He scored victories at the Battle of Solferino and in the Austro-Prussian War. At one point Filipović was commander of a Viennese division and for a short time was promoted from general to colonel general.

From 1865 to 1869 Filipović was governor of Dalmatia. General Filipović participated in the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. After three months of battle his troops reached Sarajevo on August 19.


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