Probably Nothing apart from annoying some Serbians
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist acting on his own. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany, with a military alliance with Austria-Hungary, backed them up militarily. This action forced Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The rest is history.
He got shot.
Geography, Religion and People all contribute to or influence history.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, born on December 18, 1863. His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, triggered the events leading to World War I. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of a nationalist group seeking independence for South Slavic peoples. The assassination led to a chain reaction of political and military events, eventually escalating into a global conflict. Franz Ferdinand's death marked a turning point in history and is often viewed as a catalyst for the outbreak of World War I, reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Europe an beyond
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was the Archduke of Austria whose assasination on the 28th of June 1914 in Sarajevo supplied the spark that ignited the First World War.
History books record that World War I started when the nations went to war to avenge the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Habsburg throne, on June 28, 1914.Sources:www.threeworldwars.com/world-war-1/ww1.htm
Franz Ferdinand's uncle was Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, the second longest-ruling monarch in European history after Louis XIV of France.
1914 archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in the throat by Gavrilo Princip, providing the catalyst for the First World War.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist acting on his own. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany, with a military alliance with Austria-Hungary, backed them up militarily. This action forced Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The rest is history.
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Sir Francis Drake. Phillipe Bunau-Varilla. Dr Amador. Ferdinand De Lesseps. That's four, take your choice. Sir Francis Drake. Phillipe Bunau-Varilla. Dr Amador. Ferdinand De Lesseps. That's four, take your choice.
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with the assassination of archduke Frans Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914. This single act triggered a war that took 15 million lives. It has been one of the greatest wars in history.
Though 'popular' history would like to claim the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the cause of WW I it is simply not true . There was a concatenation of events that led up to the conflict.
the next book by Scott Westerfeld will be Leviathan. it will be released in 2009. it is the first of a trilogy set in an alternate-history World War I and the main character will be the teenage son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria