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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated.
The Archduke Franz Ferdiand was assassinated on the 28th of June 1914
Franz Ferdinand's funeral was held in July 1914.
On June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were murdered by thugs from the Black Hand.
As the key event that prompted the outbreak of World War I, the 'assassination in Sarajevo' took place on June 28, 1914, and was followed days and weeks later by various declarations of war that soon led to the world-wide conflict. Killed in the attack was the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.