Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year old Serb, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
The Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Yes, The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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.
The murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a pro-Serbian terrorist sparked the First World War. After the murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a pro-Serbian terrorist on June 28, 1914, fears and friendships among the nations of Europe caused them to fall like dominoes to the hand of the war. The Austrian government, assuming that the Serbian government was at least passively responsible for the assassination, issued an incredible ultimatum on July 23. Austria demanded that Serbia submit to its rule until Serbia was purged of anti-Austrian sentiments. Surprisingly, Serbia replied that it was willing to accept most of Austria's demands. Austria was not satisfied, however, and declared war on Serbia on July 28.
Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year old Serb, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
Franz Ferdinand.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Austrian. Not german.
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, and wife Sophie, who was pregnant, Were assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28 1914, by Gavrillo Princip, a member of a Serbian Terrorist group known as the Black Hand. This sparked WW1.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria .
Franz-Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne. He was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group as an act of defiance against Austria-Hungary. Shortly after, Austria declared war on Serbia, which was the beginning of World War I.
Archduke Ferdinand.
Franz Ferdinand died on June 28, 1914 at the age of 50.
A 19 year old Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Ferdinand's wife Sophie, otherwise known as Sopherl
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife initiated the immediate series of events that led to World War I.
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife initiated the immediate series of events that led to World War I.
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (then Hungary, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on June 28, 1914, leading to the start of WWI.Gavrilo Princip, a member of a politicized group of Bosnian Serbs, The Black Hand, shot the Archduke with the intention of breaking Austria-Hungary's control over southern provinces so they could be merged with a portion of Yugoslavia and become a self-governing entity.