Herzegovinian rebellion
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The Herzegovinian Rebellion is a name used for the most infamous of the rebellions against the Ottoman Empire in Herzegovina that took place in 1875.
This particular event was precipitated by the harsh treatment of the Serb serfs under the Slavic Muslim begs and agas of this then-Ottoman province of Bosnia.
The 1875 rebellion began around the village of Nevesinje in eastern Herzegovina, and is thus called the Nevesinje gun (Невесињска пушка).
Other rebellions took place in Herzegovina in 1858-1862, 1878-1882 and 1887 but did not gather as much momentum. This particular uprising would flare up most of what was then called Turkey in Europe (notably Bulgaria). Thus ensued a major Christian war against the Turks in 1876-1878 which alternatively involved Montenegro, Serbia, Russia and Bulgaria. These wars against Turkey ended with a peace deal struck at the Congress of Berlin.