Gravilo Princip.
Gavrilo Pricip shot the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Serbia.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. He was a member of the Serbian separatist organization known as the Black Hand.
Ferdinand is known now as the man whose assassination touched off World War I. The nephew of the Hapsburg emperor Franz Josef, Ferdinand was first in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne when he visited Sarajevo in June of 1914. He and his wife Sophie were shot to death as they rode through the city in a motorcade on 28 June; the assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian nationalist group known as the Black Hand. The shooting led to war between Austria and Serbia, which escalated into World War I.
Franz Ferdinand's funeral was held in July 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death, along with his wife, by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on the 28th June 1914. It was this assassination that is accepted as leading to the the first world war.
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by the Serbian terrorist group called "The Black Hand" before the onset of WWI.
Heir to the Austrian throne, he was shot with his wife by a Serbian nationalist
Archduke Ferdinand was the heir of the throne. A Serbian nationalist shot him on June 28 1914. This started World War I.
Gavrilo Pricip shot the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Serbia.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. He was a member of the Serbian separatist organization known as the Black Hand.
Nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, while Ferdinand was traveling through Sarajevo, a city in Austria-Hungary. Princip was a member of the Black Hand (a Serbian terrorist organization). He shot Ferdinand in the throat and his wife Sophia in her stomach. Franz Ferdinand cried out, "Sopherl! Sopherl! Don't die! Keep alive for our children!"Princip swallowed poison, but the poison failed and he was caught by an angry crowd and beaten. He was then transported to a Theresienstadt prison in Austria to serve a 20 year sentence. Two years into his sentence, he died of tuberculosis.Ferdinand
The Archduke was shot to death by a Serbian youth with his wife when they were riding in an open car. This event started WWI.
The 'Black Hand Gang' were attempting to assassinate the Archduke and his wife, however the person who carried this out was Gavrilo Princip. He shot them both - Sophia in the abdomen and the Archduke in the neck.
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.
Ferdinand is known now as the man whose assassination touched off World War I. The nephew of the Hapsburg emperor Franz Josef, Ferdinand was first in line to the Austro-Hungarian throne when he visited Sarajevo in June of 1914. He and his wife Sophie were shot to death as they rode through the city in a motorcade on 28 June; the assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian nationalist group known as the Black Hand. The shooting led to war between Austria and Serbia, which escalated into World War I.
Franz Ferdinand's funeral was held in July 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death, along with his wife, by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on the 28th June 1914. It was this assassination that is accepted as leading to the the first world war.