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  2. 1 day ago · Introduction. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, is often cited as the spark that ignited World War I. The event, which claimed the lives of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, Duchess Sophie, set in motion a chain of events that would forever alter the course of history.

  3. 1 day ago · Events leading to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] 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.

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  5. 4 days ago · On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, assassinated the Archduke and his wife, Sophie, in Sarajevo. The assassination set off a chain reaction that would plunge Europe into war.

  6. 2 days ago · 2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and a key figure in the events leading up to World War I. His assassination on June 28, 1914, by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, sparked the July Crisis and set in motion the chain of events that ultimately led to the outbreak of the war.

  7. 2 days ago · To The July Crisis. Before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on 7 December 1941, the first ‘day of infamy’ for the Western world in the 20th century occurred with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on Sunday, 28 June 1914.

  8. 5 days ago · Date accessed: 21 May, 2024. ‘Shackled to a corpse’ is a quote widely attributed to General Erich von Ludendorff, which allegedly describes the alliance between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

  9. 4 days ago · Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.

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