June 28, 1914
That's 'when the whole world fell apart'.
Gavrilo Princip assassinated both the Archduke and his pregnant wife on 28 June 1914 ; see related link .
FerdinandGarvrilo Princip assassinated the archduke. He also murdered the archduke's wife, Sophie. Which is pretty sad if you ask me. Not that the murder of the archduke isn't sad either.
1914
Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year old Serb, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
The Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian nationalist (who had a revolver).
The instant cause that led to World War I is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Other things that led to the war is a four year conflict between the great European powers.
1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was killed on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo by a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. The assassination itself was coordinated by Danilo Ilić, a member of the Black Hand, a secret society with the primary goal of unification of the Slavic nations. Princip was actually a last resort to assassinated the Archduke. Nedeljko Čabrinović, who was to bomb the Archduke's motorcade, but failed to do so.
Archduke Frerinand and his wife of Austria-Hungary.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was murdered on June 28 1914
The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-hungary. He was killed by Gavrillo Princip, a slavic nationalist in Sarahevo, Bosnia in 1914. Austria-Hungary used this as an excuse to invade Bosnia.
A 19 year old Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Ferdinand's wife Sophie, otherwise known as Sopherl