he died on June 28, 1914. it was a Sunday afternoon, he was on his way to perform inspection on his troops. a serbian terrorist group called "The Black Hand" set up points to assassinate him in his car. "So you greet your guests with bombs?!?!" the grenade exploded on the car behind him, but noone died. He went to see how the hurt were in the hospital from the exlosion and his driver turned down the wrong street. there a man named Gavrilo Princip (a member of The Black Hand) shot The Archdukes wife (then Pregnant) in the stomache and then the archduke in the juggular vein in the neck. they died where they stood. on July 28, World War 1 was declared because of the incident.
It is said that the murder of Archduke Frank Ferdinand started the First World War!
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is famous for his murder starting world war 1.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is famous for his murder starting World War 1.
It is said that the murder of Archduke Ferdinand led to the outbreak of WWI.
The Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand, although his murder wasn't the primary cause.
The assassination (political murder) of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the start of WW I.
the thing that directly led to ww1 was the murder of archduke franz ferdinand
Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 1914 June 28
The single event that started a chain of other events that led to World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. This event took place in June of 1914. Archduke Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Archduke Ferdinand was killed by an assasin sent by a Serbian Nationalist group called the Black Hand. Serbia as a whole was blamed by the Archduke's country, but the Assasin who pulled the trigger was named Gavrilo Princip.
FerdinandGarvrilo Princip assassinated the archduke. He also murdered the archduke's wife, Sophie. Which is pretty sad if you ask me. Not that the murder of the archduke isn't sad either.
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria in 1914 was the murder, Serbia and Austria declared war, and the Great War or WWI was the result.