History of Becej

1419 to 1441) the town was a possession of the Serbian despot ĐurađBranković. In the end of the 15th century, army of the Kingdom of Hungary led by Serbian despot VukGrgurević (ZmajOgnjeniVuk) defeated the Ottoman army near Bečej. In 1551, Ottoman army led by Muslim Serb MehmedpašaSokolović conquered the town. Bečej was administered by the Ottomans between 1551 and 1687 (nominally to 1699) and was part of the Sanjak of Segedin and Budineyalet. In Ottoman Turkish it was known as "Beçe".

In the end of the 17th century the Ottoman administration was replaced by Habsburg one and settlement was populated by ethnic Serbs from Banat who ran away from the Ottoman Empire. Between 1702 and 1751, the town belonged to the Tisa-Mureş section of the Habsburg Military Frontier. After the abolishment of this part of the Frontier in 1751, many Serbs