* Gradačac Castle is a citadel, also a palace of Husein " Dragon Of Bosnia " Gradaščević who was a renowned 19th-century military Bosnian Captain, overlooking the historic core of Gradačac-National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the 1830s revolt by Husein Gradaščević the green flag with a yellow crescent and star was used.

In the 1830s the area around the city was ground to several battles of the Bosnian rebellion, led by Husein Gradaščević.

Husein-kapetan Gradaščević ( 31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834 ) was a Bosniak ( Bosnian Muslim ) general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire.

During the uprising Husein Gradaščević was chosen as the leader and Vizier of Bosnia Eyalet in the year 1831 during the summer of that year he led nearly 25, 000 men and marched towards Kosovo where his forces battled against Ottoman regulars under the command of Grand Vizier Reşid Mehmed Pasha had set up encampments near Štimlje in their efforts to subdue the Muslim uprisings in both Kosovo and Bosnia.

By 1832, after a series of smaller clashes, a decisive battle occurred outside Sarajevo ; although Husein Gradaščević was initially successful, he was defeated when fellow Bosniaks from Herzegovina arrived, sided and reinforced the forces of Mahmud II.

Husein Gradaščević was forced to flee to the Austrian Empire on May 31.

Husein Gradaščević was an able military commander and administrators from the northern Bosnian town of Gradačac.

Mehmed-kapetan was in turn succeeded by Osman Gradaščević, who was known to be one of the most powerful Bosnian captains of the period.

As Hamza died in 1212 A. H. ( 1797 – 1798 ) it was Murat-beg Gradaščević who succeeded him to the captaincy.

Husein was born to Osman and his wife Melek-Hanuma in 1802 in the Gradaščević family house in Gradačac.

Upon his father's death, Husein deferred to his eldest brother Murat because of his age and status as successor to the Gradačac captaincy, in fact Husein Gradaščević rose to the head of the Gradačac military captaincy only after his brother Murat was poisoned in the 1821 by rival aristocrats attempting to gain the favor of the desperate Grand Vizier.

Although the exact date is unknown, his son Muhamed beg Gradaščević was probably born no later than 1822 when Husein himself was twenty years old.

The first and most notable construction was that of the Gradaščević family castle.

Contrary to popular belief, however, Husein Gradaščević was not greatly opposed to these reforms.

Husein Gradaščević did realize that economic hardship was the main reason of Janissary dissent.

When Abdurahim-paša became vizier in 1827, Gradaščević was said to have become one of his more trusted advisors.

Gradaščević was also relatively loyal to Abdurahim's successor, Namik-paša, reinforcing Ottoman garrisons in Šabac upon his orders.

Soon afterwards, Husein Gradaščević was honorably proclaimed the: Commander of Bosnia, chosen by the will of the people.

The Tsar's Mosque in Sarajevo, where Gradaščević was officially proclaimed the vizier of Bosnia.

The first known captain of the Gradaščević captaincy in Gradačac is Mehmed-kapetan, whose rule lasted until 1169 A. H. ( 1755 – 1756 ).

Following a riot in the Sarajevo camp during these preparations, Gradaščević even provided shelter for the ousted Abdurahim-paša in Gradačac before assisting him in his escape from the country.

Between the December 20 and December 31, 1830, Gradaščević hosted a gathering of Bosniak aristocrats in Gradačac.

Gradaščević fled to Gradačac as the imperial army entered the city on June 5 and prepared to march on Travnik.

Upon realizing the difficulties that his home and family would experience if he stayed there, Gradaščević decided to leave Gradačac and continue on to Austrian lands instead.

An impressive statue and monument to Gradaščević are to be built in Gradačac sometime in the near future.

Osman Gradaščević was the captain of the Ottoman military captaincy of Gradačac, which he was in control of since 1765.

* August 17 – Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian rebel leader ( b. 1802 )

Husein-kapetan Gradaščević ( 1802 – 1834 ): Biografija: uz dvjestu godišnjicu rođenja.

Near the very end, however, Herzegovinian troops under the command of Ali-paša Rizvanbegović and Smail-aga Čengić broke through defenses Gradaščević had set up on his flank and joined the fighting.

This, combined with frustrations over political concessions to nascent Christian states in the east, culminated in a famous ( albeit ultimately unsuccessful ) revolt by Husein Gradaščević in 1831.

The town has a fort with 18-meter high walls built between 1765 and 1821, and a 22-meter high watchtower, built in 1824 by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević on foundations made originally by the Romans.

Very soon Mahmud II planned to abolished Bosnia Eyalet and conferred its historical territories to the newly created Principality of Serbia and when he tyrannically attempted to forcefully mass-recruit the Bosnian populace into his new army in the year 1830, the Bosniaks led by Husein Gradaščević felt compelled to launch a massive uprising.

Husein Gradaščević knowing of the eventual outcome sent another well equipped force towards Stolac from Sarajevo, under the command of Mujaga Zlatar, but was ordered back by Husein Gradaščević on March 16 after he received news of a major offensive on Bosnia being planned by the Grand Vizier.

The Bosnian army was led by Gradaščević himself, while the Ottoman troops were under the command of Kara Mahmud Hamdi-paša, the new imperially recognized vizier of Bosnia.

Gradaščević stayed in the city for two months, during which his health deteriorated ( as was documented by local doctor Bartolomeo Kunibert ).

As a reward for confronting Husein Gradaščević and Bosnia Eyalet, Ali-paša Rizvanbegović was awarded his very own schismatic Pashaluk of Herzegovina by Mahmud II, it was later reintegrated into the Bosnia Eyalet in the year 1851.

A year later, Gradaščević was mentioned by Kunibert in his works on the first Serbian Uprising, which painted a positive picture of Gradaščević as a tragic hero.

In the years that followed, Gradaščević was mentioned, either specifically or in the context of the movement he led, by D. Pavlović, Slavko Kaluđerčić, and Hamdija Kreševljaković.

Gradaščević was briefly mentioned in such a light by Avdo Sućeska in his 1964 work on Bosnian captains.

Works by Ahmed S. Aličić, Mustafa Imamović, and Husnija Kamberović have all cast Gradaščević in a more positive light.

Vitez is mentioned once again during an uprising against Turks led by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević, when he defeated Turkish Army at Kosovo, after which he was named for Bosnian de-facto ruler ( Vezir ).