Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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 | |
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 Assassination illustrated in the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere, 12 July 1914 by Achille Beltrame | |
| Location | Near the Latin Bridge, Sarajevo (43°51′29″N 18°25′44″E / 43.857917°N 18.42875°E) |
| Date | 28 June 1914 |
| Perpetrator | Gavrilo 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.
Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria Media
- Postcard for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.jpg
Photograph of the Archduke and his wife emerging from the Sarajevo Town Hall to board their car, a few minutes before the assassination
- Gavrilo Princip, outside court.jpg
Gavrilo Princip outside the courthouse
Route of the weapons from Belgrade to Sarajevo
- L02 725 Gräf & Stift 28-32 PS Double Phaeton.jpg
The 1911 Gräf & Stift 28/32 PS Double Phaeton in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding at the time of his assassination, Museum of Military History, Vienna (2023)
- 1914 Sarajevo assassination map (cropped).jpg
A map annotated with the events of 28 June 1914, from an official report
- Atentado de Sarajevo en.png
A map showing the route of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's motorcade
- Ferdinand Behr arrested in Sarajevo 1914.jpg
Arrest of a suspect in Sarajevo during the aftermath of the assassination[2]
FN Model 1910 pistol (s/n 19074) displayed at the Museum of Military History, Vienna, 2009
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References
- ↑ "First World War.com Primary Documents: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's Assassination, 28 June 1914". 2002-11-03. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ↑ Butcher 2014, p. 277; Many sources describe this picture as showing Princip being arrested, but modern historians believe that the man was a bystander named Ferdinand Behr.
Other websites
| File:Commons-logo.svg | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarajevo assassination. |
- Map of Europe Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine at the time of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand at omniatlas.com
- Newsreels about Franz Ferdinand's assassination at www.europeanfilmgateway.eu
- Prison Interview with Gavrilo Princip after the Assassination