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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was working towards revamping the Austro-Hungarian Empire in such a way that all of its many ethnicities would be represented, as opposed to the system at the time in which only Austrians and Hungarians wielded any power. This threatened the plans of a Serbian separatist group, who felt that the Archduke's idea would prove popular among the locals whose support they needed. They assassinated the Archduke and his wife on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, providing the spark for World War 1.

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