Legend has it that a dignitary of the Ottoman government lost the keys to his harem while passing through this previously unnamed village.

[citation needed] The location of Kličevac, along a branch of the river Danube was attractive to Romans.

[citation needed] A Bronze Age figurine "The Idol of Kličevac" was found in a grave in the village.

[2] A dedicatory monument to Jupiter Dolichenus, inscribed by a priest from Coele Syria, was discovered at this site.

[3] One notable resident of Klicevac was Vojvoda (Duke) Milenko Stojkovic, a guerrilla commander during the First Serbian Uprising against the (Ottoman) Turks.