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Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist acting on his own. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany, with a military alliance with Austria-Hungary, backed them up militarily. This action forced Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The rest is history.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, born on December 18, 1863. His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, triggered the events leading to World War I. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of a nationalist group seeking independence for South Slavic peoples. The assassination led to a chain reaction of political and military events, eventually escalating into a global conflict. Franz Ferdinand's death marked a turning point in history and is often viewed as a catalyst for the outbreak of World War I, reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Europe an beyond
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Important Event: the World Wars! Important People: Everyone involved with those wars!Answerhow about the industrial revolution? or the neolithic revolution? AnswerGavrilo Princep in my mind is the most important person of the 20th century. By shooting Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 his actions led directly to WW1 and indirectly to WW2. As such, he is arguably responsible for over 100million deaths, the collapse of European world hegemony, the rise of Communism, and the Cold War to list but a few. He has a lot to answer for.
He got shot.
Though 'popular' history would like to claim the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was the cause of WW I it is simply not true . There was a concatenation of events that led up to the conflict.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist acting on his own. As a result, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Germany, with a military alliance with Austria-Hungary, backed them up militarily. This action forced Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The rest is history.
The assassination of the Archduke was a deadly event in the history of European peace. This is because that killing is what led to the First World War.
with the assassination of archduke Frans Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914. This single act triggered a war that took 15 million lives. It has been one of the greatest wars in history.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
History books record that World War I started when the nations went to war to avenge the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Habsburg throne, on June 28, 1914.Sources:www.threeworldwars.com/world-war-1/ww1.htm
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, born on December 18, 1863. His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, triggered the events leading to World War I. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of a nationalist group seeking independence for South Slavic peoples. The assassination led to a chain reaction of political and military events, eventually escalating into a global conflict. Franz Ferdinand's death marked a turning point in history and is often viewed as a catalyst for the outbreak of World War I, reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Europe an beyond
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He was the Archduke of Austria whose assasination on the 28th of June 1914 in Sarajevo supplied the spark that ignited the First World War.
What led to WW I is that Germany was still really ticked off that France beat them in their war in the late 1800s. Germany, still determined to take over France made various allies with other countries. The trigger that started the war was the murder of Archduke Ferdinand.
Franz Ferdinand's uncle was Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph, the second longest-ruling monarch in European history after Louis XIV of France.
1914 archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in the throat by Gavrilo Princip, providing the catalyst for the First World War.