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  1. 5 days 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.

    • 28 June 1914; 109 years ago
  2. 3 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 ...

  3. May 3, 2024 · Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his assassination which caused a series of Event Leading to World War 1#worldwar1 #assassination #sarajevo #austria #hungary #th...

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  5. Apr 24, 2024 · April 28, 1918, Theresienstadt, Austria (aged 23) Gavrilo Princip (born July 25 [July 13, Old Style], 1894, Obljaj, Bosnia—died April 28, 1918, Theresienstadt, Austria) was a South Slav nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg (née Chotek), at ...

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  6. Apr 16, 2024 · Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, shortly before their assassination, 1914. (Photo Credit: Henry Guttmann Collection / Hulton Archive / Getty Images) On the eve of the Great War, Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Nicholas II tried to establish communications with each other, hoping to mitigate the unprecedented levels of tension ...

  7. 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.

  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...

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