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17 hours ago · The outcome of The Great War was the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire that had a hold on most of Europe at the time. The assasination was merely the spark. And by "spark" he means justification to do what they pretty much intended to do anyway. Most people didn't give one single shit that he was assassinated.
2 days ago · On 28 June 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This caused a rapidly escalating July Crisis resulting in Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, followed quickly by the entry of most European powers into the First World War. [24]
4 days ago · Largely seen as the catalyst that set World War I into motion, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary set off a domino effect of major events. Killed by Gavrilo Princip , a member of a Serbian Nationalist group, in June of 1914, their heir to the Austrian throne and his wife Sophie were assassinated by gunshot while ...
4 days ago · Believing that the Serbs’ cause would be served by the death of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph, and learning that the Archduke was about to visit Bosnia on a tour of military inspection, Apis plotted his assassination.
5 days ago · Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, in an open carriage at Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shortly before their assassination, June 28, 1914. (more) View historical footage and photographs surrounding Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
5 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,...
4 days ago · On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead after a wrong turn by two gun shots in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosniak) co-ordinated by Danilo Ilić, a Bosnian Serb and a member of ...
