Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated, along with his wife, in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Balkan state had been occupied by Austria-Hungary under the Congress of Berlin (1878), and was treated as a province although still considered the sovereign territory of the Ottoman Empire.
He was assassinated, along with his wife by Serbians while visiting Sarajevo (Bosnia, but annexed by Austria-Hungary) on June 28, 1914. His death triggered the outbreak of World War I, after decades of mounting militarization in Europe.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Austrian. Not german.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is famous for his murder starting world war 1.
Sarajevo
Gavrilo Princip Was the Serbian nationalist behind the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand
(Archduke Ferdinand). The first world war.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria died on 1914-06-28.
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On 28 June 1914.
Many would say that Archduke Franz Ferdinand did deserve to die. His assassination led to a chain of events that started World War 1.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 by terrorist.
World war 1 started after the Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Austrian. Not german.