Gavrilo princip, a member of the Serbian Terrorist group the Black Hand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
It was the Archduke Franz (or Francis) Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 28 June 1914. .
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It is general consensus amongst historians that his death at the hands of the Serbian organisation Black Hand was one of the main triggers of World War I.
1914. Austria Hungary was actually the country that started the war with their declaration of war on Serbia (after Serbs killed the heir to the Austrian throne).
answer: 28 July 1914- 11 November 1918. Extra interesting fact: Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austria Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb this was the spark which started the first world war.
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, but the War would have started, anyway, within a few months.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austrian throne and his death started World War I. He was killed by Serbians who did not want to be part of the Austrian empire. Russia said that they would help protect their Serbian brothers. So all these nationalist feelings led to the war.
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.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
read this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I If you can't be bothered to read that then basically an Austrian ruler was assassinated
It was the Archduke Franz (or Francis) Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 28 June 1914. .
King Ferdinand was an Austrian ruler during the turn of the 20th century who was assassinated. His death was the main cause of World War 1.
The main reason for the breakout of the world war was that the heir to the austrian-hungary throne was assassinated in Siberia. Austria laid down 10 conditions in front of Siberia which Siberia declined .Germany entered to show their support for Austria and Russia entered for Siberia. The war soon spread throughout Europe and was known as the first world war
The assassination of Austria-Hungary's heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria-Este and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 by a Serbian nationalist was a significant event that served as a catalyst for the outbreak of World War I. His death set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the global conflict.