Mišković was born in Negotin in 1844, and in 1865 he graduated from the Belgrade Artillery School. During Serbian-Turkish War of 1876–1877 he commanded the Čačak brigade and later on the Užice brigade. In the Second Serbo-Turkish War in 1877–1878, he was Chief of the Operational Department of the Supreme Command and the Timok headquarters. From 1878 to 1880 Miškovič was the new Minister of Defense, known for introducing a new formation and carrying out a partial reorganization of the Serbian army. From 1883 to 1885, he was the leader of the active army and its headquarters. Mišković was the commander In the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, leading the Drina division and participating in the Battle of Slivnitsa and the fighting around Pirot. He was appointed the Chief of the Serbian General Staff from 1888 to 1890. Jovan Mišković was a regular member of the Serbian Scientific Society of Serbia and the Mathematical Committee and later on a regular member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1908, and its president in one term. He wrote many articles from the history of wars, tactics and geography and translated several works from French. He married a daughter of Milivoje Blaznavac and they had two sons. Mišković was considered to be one of the most educated Serbian officers of his time as well as an example of high moral standards and ethics.
Works
He traveled throughout Serbia and gave descriptions of many areas.
"History of Serbia",
"From the War of the Serbs with the Turks"
"Serbian Army and Warfare during the Uprising of 1804–1815. year
"Travel to Serbia"
"Hydrography of the Independent Principality of Serbia"
"Through Bosnia, Herzegovina and Boka Kotorska"
Description of the Mining District
"The war of Serbia with Turkey 1877–1878"
"From the Knjazevac district" for the purpose of getting to know the terrain of a military-strategic karaktear with a geographic-topographic image is considered the first work of a scientifically-scientific character about this region, whose author is not a foreigner.
"Two old churches in Knjazevac district", with descriptions of the monastery of the Holy Trinity near Donja Kamenica] and the Church of the Holy Mother of God, Donja Kamenica], published in the Star of the Serbian Archaeological Society
"Some old towns and their surroundings in the Kingdom of Serbia", with a special accent on Ravnu and Koželj, published in the Star of the Serbian Archaeological Society
