- The First Serbian Uprising against the Turks started on February 14, 1804, in Orašac, and quickly spread to the Čačak area
- The insurgents, under the command of Lazar Mutap and Milić Drinčić, entered Čačak on April 5, 1804
- In the insurgent battles in the valley of the West Morava during the following year, the elders of the Čačak region stood out: Archpriest Milutin Ilić Gučanin, Elder of the Požega region, and Raka Levajac, member of the Praviteljstvujušći Sovjet, which was the central authority of Serbian insurgents against the Turks established during the First Serbian Uprising
- In the spring of 1807, Milan Obrenović from Čačak and his assistant Lazar Mutap ruled the whole of southwestern Serbia. Under the command of their dukes, the people of Čačak took part in great battles at Mišar, Deligrad, Užice, Belgrade, Sjenica, and Suvodol
