Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

1914 murder of the Archduke of Austria-Este

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and of his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, happened on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo. Both of them were shot and killed by Gavrilo Princip.

Assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Assassination illustrated in the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere, 12 July 1914 by Achille Beltrame
LocationNear the Latin Bridge, Sarajevo (43°51′29″N 18°25′44″E / 43.857917°N 18.42875°E / 43.857917; 18.42875)
Date28 June 1914
PerpetratorGavrilo Princip

Princip was one of a group of seven assassins (five from Serbia and one from Bosnia) from the Black Hand. The political reason for the secret society to commit assassination was to make Austria-Hungary's South Slavic provinces and then combine them into a new country, Greater Serbia.

That led to the outbreak of war in Europe in late July 1914,[1] which started when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia. Both countries had allies that fought in World War I.

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  1. "First World War.com Primary Documents: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's Assassination, 28 June 1914". 2002-11-03. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

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