He was asassinated in the city of Sarajevo the Serb Capital.
A Serb terrorist shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the heir to Austrian throne in Sarajevo.The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, along with his wife Sophie, on June 28, 1914, while visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (which was then under administration by Austria-Hungary). The assassination set off a chain of events that would lead to the start of World War I barely one month later.
Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnai
Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnai
In Sarajevo, then in Serbia, now capital of Bosnia-Hercegovina.
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand during a visit to the city of Sarajevo in 1914 sparked off World War I. The Archduke was the heir to the powerful Austria-Hungary empire who had recently taken control of Bosnia (Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia). Most Bosnians were fine with this but a group of terrorists believed Bosnia should be part of neighbouring Serbia. Supported by the Serbian Government, they plotted to murder the Archduke during his visit to Sarajevo. Their plot to throw bombs at the Archduke's car failed comically, but by sheer bad luck the Archduke's car later ran into one of the terrorists (Gavrilo Princip) and he was shot. This led to the Austria-Hungary Empire declaring war on Serbia, triggering a chain reaction that started the war.
No Sarajevo is the capital of Serbia, and Paris is the capital of France.
On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Ferdinand was the heir apparent to the Austrian Empire. This event began a series of European power actions that led to World War One. The complex arrangements of European treaties pitted nations against nations.
Archduke Ferdinand was assassinate in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovinia 28 June 1914. He and his wife Sophia were killed by Gavrilo Princip
The assignation Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the spark of WWI. He, and his wife, were killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo (the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, the capital city of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia at the time.
The Powder Keg of EuropeThe southeaster area of Europe, the Balkans, was called "The Powder Keg of Europe" because of the nationalistic spirit that was causing revolts and rebellion in that area prior to World War I. It was where "the Great War," World War I, began with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.