Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Wikipedia
WEBThe political objective of the assassination was to free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austria-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav ("Yugoslav") state. The assassination precipitated the July Crisis which led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and the start of World War I .
Sarajevo Incident | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)
WEBFeb 14, 2019 · The Sarajevo incident refers to the events surrounding the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Archduchess Sophie during a state visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. It is traditionally regarded as the immediate catalyst for the First World War.
The assassination in Sarajevo - Alpha History
WEBAssassination in Sarajevo. Franz Ferdinand and his young daughter Sophie, who was orphaned by the events of June 1914. In another time and another set of circumstances, the assassination in Sarajevo of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand would have caused outrage, but not a world war. But coming as it did after two decades of tension within Europe ...
Gavrilo Princip - Wikipedia
WEBOn Sunday 28 June 1914 during the royal couple's visit to Sarajevo, the then-teenager Princip mortally wounded both Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by firing a pistol into their convertible car that had unexpectedly stopped 5 feet (1.5 m) from him.
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | HISTORY
WEBJun 26, 2014 · The start of World War I, the so-called "Great War" of 1914 to 1918, was triggered when a teenage Serbian revolutionary shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the presumptive heir to the...
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este - Britannica
WEBFranz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, Austrian archduke whose assassination was the immediate cause of World War I. He and his wife, Sophie, were murdered by the Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, and a …
Assassination at Sarajevo - History Learning
WEBAssassination at Sarajevo. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo was the immediate cause of World War One. Europe had become a ‘powder keg’ by 1914 and the assassination was the spark that ignited these tensions. On 28 June 1914, the heir to the Austrian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was visiting the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia ...
A Century Ago In Sarajevo: A Plot, A Farce And A Fateful Shot
WEBJun 27, 2014 · The assassination in Sarajevo, on June 28, 1914, triggered World War I and changed the course of the 20th century. The consequences of that act were devastating. But the beginning of the...
June 28, 1914 | National WWI Museum and Memorial
WEBWhen it was learned that the heir-apparent to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, was scheduled to visit Sarajevo in June of 1914, the Black Hand decided to assassinate him because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence.
28 June 1914: Archduke Ferdinand and wife assassinated - BBC
WEBOn 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, visited Sarajevo. What happened in the city that day would set in motion a series of events that would lead the...
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