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Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, to inspect military maneuvers and to assert Austro-Hungarian authority in Bosnia, which had been annexed in 1908. The irony of his assassination lies in the fact that he was seen as a reformer who sought to improve relations with various ethnic groups within the empire, particularly the Slavs, yet his visit provoked nationalist sentiments and ultimately led to his death at the hands of a Bosnian Serb nationalist. His assassination not only sparked World War I but also set in motion a chain of events that would destabilize the very empire he aimed to unify.

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