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  1. 1 day ago · 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.

    • 28 June 1914; 109 years ago
  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Gavrilo Princip, South Slav nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914, giving Austria-Hungary an excuse to open hostilities against Serbia, precipitating World War I.

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  4. Apr 19, 2024 · June 28, 1914. It is a historically accepted fact that the immediate flash-point that caused the First World War was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo. This event set into motion a collision of the leading European states at the time and resulted in the catastrophe known as the Great War.

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  5. 3 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.

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  6. May 3, 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...

  7. Apr 16, 2024 · It was made infamous as the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, as this pivotal event marked the start of World War I, and the assassinator Gavrilo Princip was named a hero during the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

  8. Apr 26, 2024 · The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)" delves into the pivotal moment that sparked the outbreak of World War I, changing the course of history forever. This documentary...

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