Serbian Learned Society
(1864-1868)

1864.
	26 January	The main assembly was particularly tense as the liberals proposed prominent revolutionaries and democrats of the time as new members (Garibaldi, Cobden, Deák, Chernyshevsky…). When Minister Kosta Cukić prohibited Vladimir Jovanović from delivering a speech on saving, university students commenced demonstrations and the assembly was adjourned.
	27 January	The Society was suspended, and the leaders of the liberal wing, Vladimir Jovanović and Alimpije Vasiljević, were punished by being dismissed from their posts and transferred to the interior.
	29 July	Prince Mihailo Obrenović issued the Highest Princely Decree, which effectively renewed the Society of Serbian Letters under the name Serbian Learned Society and approved the Administrative Organisation Rules, which defined the structure and tasks of the new Society.
	25 October	By decree, the Prince appointed Jovan Gavrilović as president. The members were assigned to four divisions: 1. Moral, Linguistic and Literary Sciences Division; 2. Natural and Mathematical Sciences Division; 3. Historical and State Sciences Division; 4. Arts Division. The assembly elected Janko Šafarik as the Society’s secretary. The assembly discussed establishing contacts with German learned societies, as well as raising funds for Glasnik [Herald] and providing an annual financial assisstance to Vuk’s widow through the Ministry. (Gl. SUD 18 (1865) 366-371).
	25 October	The Society carried out its task at Captain Miša’s Mansion.

1865.
	7 November and 14 November	The Society’s draft Rules of Procedure were discussed. Changes and amendments were adopted, and it was agreed that they would be printed in the following volume of Glasnik. It was decided to donate 30 ducats from the State Treasury to support the printing of Vuk’s works. (Gl. SUD 19 (1866)362-364).

1866.
	1 April	The Moscow Society of Natural Sciences Enthusiasts sent a request for national folk attire, tools and photographs of people and traditions to be sent for an ethnographic exhibition which was to be held in Moscow in April 1867. (Gl. SUD 20 (1866) 425).
	12 May	Jovan Gavrilović urged that measures be taken to preserve and investigate the archaeological monuments in Podunavlje (Kostolac) and a Roman cemetery near Požega (Užice County). (Gl. SUD 20 (1866) 426).

1867.
	2 January	The President expressed his gratitude for the priceless gifts received by the Society from Metropolitan Mihailo (the Typikon of Hilandar by Saint Sava) and Milan Đ. Milićević (Svrljig Gospel Extracts, with an inscription dating from the 13th century). (Gl. SUD 21 (1867), 382).
	8 January	The Society received 200 ducats from the Government and 200 ducats from the Prince for the ethnographic exhibition in Moscow. (Gl. SUD 21 (1867) 382).
	20 January	President Jovan Gavrilović proposed commencing work on the study of literary antiquities (the cataloguing of manuscripts and books) in the Hilandar Museum and other monasteries outside Serbia. The Society appealed to Ljubomir Nenadović to continue the work on Memoirs of Prota Matija (Gl. SUD 21 (1867) 392, 393).
	18 April	The Sultan’s firman, which handed over towns in Serbia to Prince Mihailo, was ceremonially read. A Turkish garrison left the Belgrade Fortress.
	22 April	A decision was reached to publish records of Serbian folk life in a new series of Glasnik (the second division). (Gl. SUD 21 (1867), 412).
	22 August	The Board recommended that the painter Steva Todorović make a list of all paintings in the Topčider Church and the National Museum. (Gl. SUD 22 (1867), 413).
	22 August	Emilijan Josimović, the first Serbian urban planner, drew up and published a plan for the regulation of Belgrade within the moat.

1868.
	11 January	The Board proposed that the Society mediate with the Ministry of Education on the introduction of the new orthographic rules in primary schools. (Gl. SUD 23 (1868), 328).
	21 January	The Art Division was recommended to procure artworks and prepare exhibitions, as well as to erect a monument in honour of Filip Višnjić. (Gl. SUD 23 (1868) 332-335).
	31 January	The following authors submitted their works for publication: Stojan Novaković – Bibliography of Serbian Recent Literature from 1741 to the End of 1866; and Steva Todorović – How Many and What Kind of Paintings There Are in Belgrade, in the National Museum and the Topčider Collection. (Gl. SUD 23 (1868), 54–73, 336–337).
	12 March	At the suggestion of the Minister of Education, Dimitrije Crnobarac, the ban on the new orthography in Serbia was suspended.
	21 and 22 April	The Assembly approved changes to the Administrative Organisation Rules, Article 1 of which stated: ‘The Serbian Learned Society cultivates and improves sciences and arts, particularly those that concern Serbia and the Southern Slavs in general…’ (Gl. SUD 24 (1868), 315–319).
	29 May	Prince Mihailo was assassinated.
	18 June	Jovan Bošković proposed preparing a critical edition of Jovan Sterija Popović’s works. (Gl. SUD 24 (1868) 327).
	18 June	The book titled Protokoli šabačkog magistrata, 1808–1812 [The Protocols of the Šabac Magistrate], from the time of Karađorđe, was published as the first volume of Glasnik of the second division.