Assassinations That Changed the Course of History

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Re: Assassinations That Changed the Course of History

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Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro Hungarian, and Royal Princeof Hungary and of Bohemia from 1889 until his death. He was the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne. When he was only twelve years old, his cousin Duke Francis V of Modena died, naming Franz Ferdinand his heir on
condition that he add the name Este to his own. Franz Ferdin and thus became one of the wealthiest men in Austria. On June 28, 1914, Ferdinand and his wife were shot to death in Sarajevo, the capital of theAustro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ferdinand was hit in thejugular and eventually bled to death.

The assassination was carried out by Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old boy who was a member of Young Bosnia.Ferdinand’s death was one of a group of assassinations organized by the Black Hand, a secret society founded in Serbia. Franz Ferdinand’sdeath precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the creation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente Powers. The groups would ultimatley declare war on each
other, starting World War I

Several items related to this assassination that started World War I are on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria, which I visited a couple of months ago. That includes the car the couple was traveling on when they was shot and the gun they were killed with.