Basically, he shot Archduke Franz Ferdinandof Austro-Hungary, in Bosnia, part of a Serbian uprising. This led to Austro-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, so Germany got involved (they were allied with Austro-Hungary). At this point, Germany also thought they might aswell start a war on the other side, so they declared war with France.
Gavrilo Princip was the assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand and sparked the war.
He shot Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and started the War
The assasin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was killed by Gavrilo Princip of Serbia.
The major cause the first world war the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip Other reasons are secondary.
While there are many factors that would've probably caused a world war to ensue, the Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 by Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip is the spark that started the first world war
Gavrilo Princip was the assassin who killed Franz Ferdinand and sparked the war.
The assassination was of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by the rebel group the Black Hand. It was the spark of World War 1
His assassination (by Gavrilo Princip) is what triggered World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdiand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip
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Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914.
He shot Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and started the War
Franz Ferdinand was killed by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, just before the war.
Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnia Serb protesting Austrian imperial rule, killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, on June the 28th of 1914. Within a month, Princip's actions led to the start of the First World War.
Gavrilo Princip, who hated the Hapsburgs. It was a bad idea to visit Sarajevo anyway. It has all the glamor of Vicksburg, MS during Halloween.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip .
One of them was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip