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Jun 28, 2023 · 28 Jun 2023. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated during a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. The day was already a significant one. For the archduke, it marked his wedding anniversary and a rare time that the emperor would allow him to be seen in public with his ...
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.
By Annika Mombauer. PDF EPUB KINDLE Print. The international crisis that began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 and culminated in the British declaration of war on Germany on 4 August is referred to as the July Crisis. In these five weeks decisions were made that led to the outbreak of a European ...
Charles's son and successor Ferdinand II in 1619 became Archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor as well as King of Bohemia and Hungary in 1620. The Further Austrian/Tyrolean line of Ferdinand's brother Archduke Leopold V survived until the death of his son Sigismund Francis in 1665, whereafter their territories ultimately returned to common ...
Jul 2, 2014 · A hundred years ago today, a teenager fired the bullet that sparked the chain of events leading to the First World War. The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 ...
Jul 17, 2018 · For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe’s western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited ...
King Ferdinand (Fernando) II of Portugal. Dom Ferdinand II (Fernando II), born Ferdinand August Franz Anton, was a German prince from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, who became King of Portugal through his marriage to Queen Maria II. His reign spanned from the birth of their first son in 1837 until Maria II's death in 1853.
