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2 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
3 days ago · The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sent shockwaves throughout Europe and triggered a diplomatic crisis that would ultimately lead to the outbreak of World War I. Austria-Hungary, convinced that Serbia was behind the attack, issued an ultimatum with a list of demands that were designed to be unacceptable to the Serbian government (Williamson ...
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6 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, set off a chain of events that rapidly escalated into World War I, a conflict that would engulf much of the globe. The immediate aftermath of the assassination saw Austria-Hungary seeking to assert its dominance over Serbia, whom it blamed for the attack.
May 2, 2024 · On the morning of June 28, 1914, Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were on a visit to Sarajevo when they were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group seeking to create a Greater Serbia.
May 20, 2024 · On 13 July, Austro-Hungarian investigators into the assassination of Franz Ferdinand reported to Berchtold that there was little evidence that the Serbian government had abetted the murders.
May 20, 2024 · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife,...
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1 day ago · At 11:15 am on June 28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, Franz Ferdinand and his morganatic wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead by a Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip.
