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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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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On the eve of the assassination’s centennial, find out how a teenage Serbian nationalist provided the spark for World War I. By: Jesse...
Jun 28, 2014 · Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Countess Sophie Chotek, were shot dead on 28 June 1914, shortly after arriving in Sarajevo. An earlier attempt on their lives was made at 10.15am, as...
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Honenberg, were assassinated by the Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip. The murders triggered the...
On June 28th 1914, Ferdinand and his wife were touring Sarajevo, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, now the capital of Bosnia. They were targeted by a small band of Serbian nationalists, who had been inflamed by Austria’s takeover of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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NARRATOR: The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, in June 1914 by the Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip at Sarajevo, gave start to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: historical footage and photographs.
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