Serbian Learned Society
(1884-1888)

1884.
	30 January	Speaking about the discontinuation of state funding, the Minister of Education stated that the primary task of the Society was to study and advance the sciences, while its secondary task was to promote the arts and literature among wider circles. He opposed the existence of the fifth Board, as no funds had been allocated for it. (Gl. SUD 57 (1884), XXXVII–XL).
	3 April	The Board for Art decided that art exhibitions should regularly be organized in Belgrade. (Gl. SUD 59 (1884) 86).
	15 June	Sima Lozanić exhibited a new mineral, Avalite, he had discovered in the Avala mercury mine. (Gl. SUD 59 (1884) 77).
	27 June	Jovan Bošković reported on his trip to Vienna and his negotiations with Mina Vukomanović concerning the rights to reprint all of Vuk’s works. Mina was willing to cede all rights, not only to printed works but also to manuscripts and letters. (Gl. SUD 59 (1884), 106–107).
	September	Risto Kovačić reported on Serbian settlements in Southern Italy. (Gl. SUD 62 (1885) 273-340).
	15 September	Jovan M. Žujović presented a Geological Map of the Kingdom of Serbia he had recently completed.

1885.
	30 January	President Vladimir Jovanović advocated for the establishment of a university and an academy of sciences in his programme speech. The Assembly adopted a decision to make arrangements for the transfer of Vuk’s mortal remains and to establish a commission for monuments in honour of Dositej and Vuk, at the expense of Đorđe Aćimović, a merchant. (Gl. SUD 62 (1885), 1–32).
	8 and 9 September	A celebration was held to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Đorđe Maletić and Matija Ban’s literary work.

1886.
	13 May	Confrontations within the Society led to the suspension of its activities and the withdrawal of state funding. (Gl. SUD 69 (1889), 330–350).
	1 November	The Law on the Serbian Royal Academy was adopted.

1887.
	27 March	The Minister of Education dissolved the Society’s Management Board due to improper conduct and malpractice, and appointed an interim board to which all the Society’s assets were to be transferred (the treasury, library, archives, scientific records, etc.). (Gl. SUD 68 (1889), appendix, 89).
	25 June	By an act of the Minister of Education, the interim board was dissolved, and the Society’s Management Board regained its authority.

1888.
	16 November	Jovan Žujović proposed that all Society’s boards prepare a critical overview of high-school textbooks in all subjects.
	23 December	In his letter, Felix Philipp Kanitz called upon the Society to undertake the protection of Roman antiquities across Serbia. Mihajlo Valtrović agreed to take the responsibility for the protection of the Trajan’s Plaque – Tabula Traiana.