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And just to give you a sense of how important this is, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is the heir. He's the nephew of Franz Josef, who was the ruler of Austria-Hungary. And so he is the heir to the empire. And so he gets assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. So Franz Ferdinand assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
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Dec 15, 2003 · On June 28, 1914, Austria -Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. This excerpt from an eyewit- ness account by a fellow conspirator in the assassination plot explains why the attack took place, what happened during the attack, and how Princip, the 19- year-old Serbian assassin, was captured. Why did the Archduke’s plan to ...
Oct 29, 2009 · World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central ...
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, Austrian archduke whose assassination was the immediate cause of World War I. He and his wife, Sophie, were murdered by the Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, and a month later Austria declared war on Serbia.
Nov 8, 2008 · Assassination crisis. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, nephew of the aged emperor and heir to the throne, was assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, yesterday ...
Jun 26, 2014 · An artist's rendition shows the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, 28 June, 1914. Photograph: AP
Jun 28, 2016 · Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, the duchess of Hohenberg, moments before they were assassinated in 1914.Credit Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images
