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Why did Gavrilo Princip and six other young men want to kill the archduke?
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The Serbians had a dream of a greater Pan-Serbia, with all Serbian speaking people and the territory they lived on united under the Serbian flag. There were ethnic Serbs living in the massive neighboring Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Serbs coveted this population and the area where they lived for Serbia.
Ferdinand was Heir to the Throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The old Emperor, Franz Josef, had been on the throne fifty six years, and had to die sometime soon.
Ferdinand had shown signs of being a reformer. The Serbs worried that once on the throne Ferdinand might be so conciliatory and accommodating to the ethnic Serbs in his Empire that these ethnic Serbs would loose all desire, if they had any, to be out of the Empire and to become a part of Serbia.
So, in effect, Ferdinand was killed for being a nice guy.
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Gavrilo princip was a member of what?
Gavrilo Princip was in a group called the "Black Hand Gang" who wanted freedom from Austria and wanted Bosnia to be under their rule. The "Black Hand Gang" was later known as "Young Bosnia"
Where was franz Ferdinand shot?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in the jugular by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and The Black Hand. He was wearing constrictive clothing to make himself look slimmer, and by the time his would-be rescuers were able to remove his coat, he had bled to death.
What major event happened in 1914?
Astria- Hungary declared war on Serbia, because they had just taken over Bosnia, but the people there considered then selves serbs and thought that Bosnia sould be part of Serbia. Young natianalist Gavrilo Princip, a member from the serbian ggroup Black HAnd, assassinated Franz Ferainand and his wife at Sarajevo. Franz was next in line for the throne archduke. Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for this and sent them an ultimatum. the serbien goverment couldnt get all the things and austria declared war on tuesday july 28 1914 at11 10
What did Archduke Ferdinand do?
he was the controller of Bosnia and was assascinated by a young man
Where did Franz Ferdinand die?
Just before 10 o'clock on Sunday, 28th June, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie von Chotkovato arrived in Sarajevo by train. General Oskar Potiorek, Governor of the Austrian provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was waiting to take the royal party to the City Hall for the official reception. In the front car was Fehim Curcic, the Mayor of Sarajevo and Dr. Gerde, the city's Commissioner of Police. Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie were in the second car with Oskar Potiorek and Count von Harrach. The car's top was rolled back in order to allow the crowds a good view of its occupants. At 10.10, when the six car possession passed the central police station, Nedjelko Cabrinovic hurled a hand grenade station at the archduke's car. The driver accelerated when he saw the object flying towards him and the grenade exploded under the wheel of the next car. Two of the occupants, Eric von Merizzi and Count Boos-Waldeck were seriously wounded. About a dozen spectators were also hit by bomb splinters. Franz Ferdinand's driver, Franz Urban, drove on extremely fast and other members of the Black Hand group on the route, Cvijetko Popovic, Gavrilo Princip, Danilo Ilic and Trifko Grabez, were unable to fire their guns or hurl their bombs at the Archduke's car. After attending the official reception at the City Hall, Franz Ferdinand asked about the members of his party that had been wounded by the bomb. When the archduke was told they were badly injured in hospital, he insisted on being taken to see them. A member of the archduke's staff, Baron Morsey, suggested this might be dangerous, but Oskar Potiorek, who was responsible for the safety of the royal party, replied, "Do you think Sarajevo is full of assassins?" However, Potiorek did accept it would be better if Duchess Sophie remained behind in the City Hall. When Baron Morsey told Sophie about the revised plans, she refused to stay arguing: "As long as the Archduke shows himself in public today I will not leave him." In order to avoid the city centre, General Oskar Potiorek decided that the royal car should travel straight along the Appel Quay to the Sarajevo Hospital. However, Potiorek forgot to tell the driver, Franz Urban, about this decision. On the way to the hospital, Urban took a right turn into Franz Joseph Street. One of the conspirators, Gavrilo Princip, was standing on the corner at the time. Oskar Potiorek immediately realised the driver had taken the wrong route and shouted "What is this? This is the wrong way! We're supposed to take the Appel Quay!". The driver put his foot on the brake, and began to back up. In doing so he moved slowly past the waiting Gavrilo Princip. The assassin stepped forward, drew his gun, and at a distance of about five feet, fired several times into the car. Franz Ferdinand was hit in the neck and Sophie von Chotkovato in the abdomen. Princip's bullet had pierced the archduke's jugular vein but before losing consciousness, he pleaded "Sophie dear! Sophie dear! Don't die! Stay alive for our children!" Franz Urban drove the royal couple to Konak, the governor's residence, but although both were still alive when they arrived, they died from their wounds soon afterwards.
Who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife?
Gavril Princip, a 20-year-old Serbian nationalist, acted alone when he shot the Austrian Crown Prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his morganatic wife Sophie, Sarajevo 12 August, 1914. The Archduke's last words were "It is nothing" before collapsing onto his already dead wife. This regicide is widely acknowledged by most historians as the catalyst that brought on World War I and it's subsequent decimation of nearly every family, institution and a way of life never to be seen again after 1917.
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Feredinand?
He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and one of a group of assassins organized by the Black Hand.
Who killed Archduke Franz-Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip, 19 at the time, a member of Young Bosnia and one of a group of assassins organized by the Black Hand.
Who were the two young members of the black hand gang?
I'm not sure about both of them, but one was Gavrilo Princip.
Who killed arch duke franz ferdinard?
28 June 1914 in Sarajevo, a man named Gavrilo Princip (a member of the Black Hand) wanders the street. He is just one of a number of young assassins who have come to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. They line the route along which the Archduke is to drive. They have bombs and pistols ready in their pockets. Gavrilo nervously fingers the pistols in his pocket as he waits.....he hears a sound of explosion. The dead is done.One of his compatriots must have killed the Archduke but there he is! the car and Franz next to him is his wife in a white dress who is dead, Gavrilo has no time to think. He take his pistol out from his pocket, aims on the car and pulls the trigger....he doesn't know how many bullets he shot before he is grabbed and pushed to the ground. Punches and kicks the rain down on him. It is over.
How did gavrilo princip kill franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip was part of an underground resistance group that opposed Archduke Franz Ferdinand's rule, and the occupation of Serbia. He assassinated the Archduke as an act of patriotism and also because he did not like him.
Did the Serbian who killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand belong to a secret society?
Gavrilo Princip, the Serbian who shot the archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, belonged to a secret society called Young Bosnia/ Yugoslavia that was attempting to claim the southern territory of the then Austria-Hungary. If Franz Ferdinand were to ascend the throne, they would be unable to, so they elected Princip to shoot the archduke and his wife as they crossed the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo, on 28 June 1914. He was one of six assassins in the Young Bosnia society.
Gavrilo princip was a member of what?
Gavrilo Princip was in a group called the "Black Hand Gang" who wanted freedom from Austria and wanted Bosnia to be under their rule. The "Black Hand Gang" was later known as "Young Bosnia"
How did Gavrilo Princip start world war 1?
noo he didnt he just farted His shooting the Archduke was used as an excuse, certainly. But it is then a great stride to sinking the Lusitania, the Russian Revolution or Tannenburg, or the horrors of Verdun, the Somme, Ypres and so on. Truth is certainly the first casualty of war. It would be a very severe indictment to lay upon the actions of one man. The struggle for European power had been fomenting for many years. Quite what all this has to do with what Princip was objecting to is also vague and conditioned by opinion, far removed from his action & responsibility. My answer directly to the question is therefore No. Which is all I want to have in common with the first answer !
Where was franz Ferdinand shot?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in the jugular by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and The Black Hand. He was wearing constrictive clothing to make himself look slimmer, and by the time his would-be rescuers were able to remove his coat, he had bled to death.
What happed to the serian who assassinated Ferdinand and Sophie?
Gavrilo Princip was the Bosnian who assassinated the Archduke and his wife. He was immediately arrested, and because he was too young for the death penalty, he was instead imprisoned. He was (unsurprisingly) not well-treated, and became very ill... he died a few months before the war that he had caused ended.
What happened on the 28th July?
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It is believed to be the beginning of World War I.
