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Jan 30, 2018 · The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On Sunday June 28th, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie traveled in a motorcade through Sarajevo; their car was open topped and there was little security. The would-be assassins positioned themselves at intervals along the route.
Jan 2, 2024 · An important moment in modern history, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, greatly contributed to the outbreak of World War I. The Black Hand, a gang of Bosnian Serb nationalists, carried out this killing, which set off a series of events that ultimately resulted in the ...
Find out more about The Open University's History courses and qualifications. On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. To understand the importance of this event, imagine the Prince of Wales and his wife ...
June 28, which is one of the most famous dates in all of history. And you have the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. They're visiting Sarajevo which is now in annexed Bosnia. And when they are there, there is a ploy. There is a scheme to assassinate them, from a group-- they're called the Young Bosnians.
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Franz Ferdinand was born on December 18th, 1863 in Graz, Austria. His uncle, Franz Joseph, was the Emperor of Austria and ruled over the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Ferdinand’s father was Archduke Karl Ludwig and was the younger brother of Franz Joseph. In 1889, Franz Joseph’s only son, Rudolf, committed suicide.
Isang Hindi sikat na Archduke at isang Hindi sikat na Araw. Noong 1914 si Archduke Franz Ferdinand ay tagapagmana ng parehong trono ng Habsburg at ng Austro-Hungarian Empire. Siya ay hindi isang tanyag na tao, na nagpakasal sa isang babae na - habang isang Kondesa - ay itinuring na malayo sa kanyang istasyon, at ang kanilang mga anak ay ...
A new plaque commemorating the location of the Sarajevo Assassination. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead (while traveling in an open-topped car) in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group ...
