On June 28, 1914, 50-year-old Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, along with his 46-year-old wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot to death at 10:45 a.m while driving through Franz Joseph street in Sarajevo, the Capital of Bosnia. They were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, an 19-year-old Serbian nationalist who is part of a conspiracy by a terrorist group of six assassins called "Black Hand" hoping to inspire Bosnia to revolt against rule by Austria-Hungary. Two attempts were made on the archduke's life during the day. He was in Bosnia to direct the manoeuvres of the Austrian Army Corps stationed in the province. At 10:15 a.m, when the royal couple passed the central police station, 19-year-old student Nedeljko Čabrinović hurled a hand grenade at the Archduke's motorcade. The chauffeur accelerated when he saw the object flying towards him, but the bomb had a 10-second delay and exploded under the wheel of the fourth car. Two of the occupants, Eric von Merizzi and Count Alexander von Boos-Waldeck, were seriously wounded. About a dozen spectators were also hit by bomb shrapnel and were taken to the hospital. …show more content…
Later in the morning, the Archduke decided to go to the hospital to visit the victims of the bomb. Princip saw his motorcade passing near the Latin Bridge, and made the split-second decision to fire with his revolver. The first bullet pierced the side of the motorcade and hit Sophie in the abdomen, the second bullet struck the Archduke in the neck. Both died of their wounds fifteen minutes later. " They were such a lovely couple; I wish I had known about the change of route, that way I could have gone down Appel Quay road and save their lives" said Leopold Loyka, 28,
Ferdinand was married to the Duchess of Hohenberg, Sophie (Duffy, 2009). Their marriage was not accepted; his wife being of lower status than him. The two could only be married once Ferdinand accepted that his children could not take over the throne someday. Franz Ferdinand was not popular with the people of Austria-Hungary. “Considered a prideful and mistrusting man, and not overly cultured, and with a short temper, Franz Ferdinand lacked the necessary charisma to guarantee popularity” (Duffy, 2009). Due to the disapproval of their marriage, Ferdinand and Sophie could not be seen together in public (Clare, The murder of Franz Ferdinand, 2010). However, Ferdinand was also the Inspector General of the army, and as the inspector he was allowed to travel to army inspections with his wife. Ferdinand was invited to City Hall at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, to inspect their army. He was not aware that in Sarajevo, six individuals from a Serbian terrorist group called the “Black Hand” were waiting with bombs and
While on a visit in Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's motorcade was first attacked was not successful that was avoided by the Archduke's driver and his driving skills. Princip thinking that by now all security for the Archduke were change, He was buying a sandwich when he saw himself five feet away from the Archduke, he shot Franz Ferdinand in the
On June 28, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were riding through Sarajevo in an open car when suddenly, a young terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip stepped from the curb and took aim at the couple with a pistol. Just like that, the heir to the throne and his wife were
On June 28th, 1914, Austria-Hungary’s Archduke “Francis Ferdinand, Austrian heir, and [his] wife [were] murdered (Doc 10)” in Sarajevo, Bosnia. His assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a Bosnian Serb and was in an organization that seeked to end Austro-Hungarian rule in his home of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip was said to have “fired the shot that started World War 1”, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was considered one of the, if not THE, main cause(s) of The First World
On June Twenty Eighth Archduke was traveling with his wife, when the driver got lost and went down the wrong road. Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian assassin who shot and killed Archduke and his wife. The assassination was used to start a rebellion that would create a much larger Serbian nation. Austrian ambassador was very unsettled by that, so he decides to establish an alliance with Germany. They become allies on July fifth.
On June 28th Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated at a local coffee shop in Sarajevo, Austria by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the terrorist group ‘The Black Hand’. The Archduke and Duchess were at the coffee shop after their driver took a wrong turn which lead them to their end.
After two attempts, the assassins killed Franz Ferdinand. Gavrilo Princip was the man who shot Franz and his wife in a car on a busy street in Sarajevo. Austria saw this as an attack by the entire country of Serbia, and not by only the association that planned the assassination. After a month of the killing, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting the Great War.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not an excuse for the world powers to get involved in a war. Franz Ferdinand was visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia to check on his troops there. On his way there was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was working for a Serbian secret group called "The Black Hand Society." Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his heavily pregnant wife Sophie Chotek von Chotvoka on June 28, 1914 because of the decisions Ferdinand would make when he begins to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The murder didn't do as Princip hoped as it was used as an excuse for Austria to take hateful action against Serbia.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1896. He was a threat to the Black Hand Terrorist group, a group of radical Serbian nationalists. They pledged “to destabilize the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire in order to incorporate their Serb population into a greater Serbia” (CITE) However the Archduke’s goals were “strengthening the Austro-Hungarian Empire” (CITE) which was contrary to the Serbs' desires. They feared that if he came into power, he would continue to persecute the Serbs, henceforth the decision to assassinate him.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary rode in a parade to the town hall of Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip a Bosnian-born Serbian and six others had plans to assassinate the Archduke. The six of them were armed with pistols and small grenade. The assassins almost didn’t complete their mission. The first two were too nervous to fire and let the parade go on. The third man Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw his grenade, but missed the Archduke’s car and knocked out the oil pan of the car behind, then took a pill of cyanide ( which was too small to actually kill him) jumped into the River Miljacka. The next two were too shocked to fire. If it's not for the wrong turn by the Archduke’s car Gavrilo Princip wouldn’t have had a clear shot. Gavrilo Princip was the only one who had the opportunity to assassinate him and closed his eyes and shot twice, killing the Archduke and his wife. This outraged Austria-Hungary and within a month declared war on
Ferdinand and his wife had arranged to tour Bosnia. As the couple rode through Sarajevo, the capital of Austro-Hungarian, on June 28, 1914, a man by the name of Gavrilo Princip jumped on their car and fired two shots, killing Ferdinand and his wife. Gavrilo Princip, was linked to a Serbian terrorist group called the Black hand("World War I History." ).
In 1914 Bosnia was holding the annual summer manoeuvers of the Austro- Hungarian army that were centered on the XV and XVI corps there. It was said it was beautiful Sunday morning as it was bright and sunny that day. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was there serving as the inspector of the army. It was announced in March that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand would be attending this event, and would be visiting Sarajevo as well. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip on June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo as an act of terror by Princip, on behalf of the Slavic Nationalist Black Hand Organization. This date is often associated with being the start of the First World War.
The motor car travelled down the Appel Quay at high speed to attempt to avoid any other bomb throwers. By mistake, the car turned onto a side street, where Gavrio Princip happened to be loitering. As the cars attempted to reverse back out onto the Appel Quay, Princip pulled out his pistol and fired two shots into the direction of the Archduke and his wife. The first shot struck the duchess in the lower abdomen, as the second shot struck the neck of the heir, piercing the Jugular vein. The duchess lost consciousness almost instantly and fell across the knees of her husband. The Archduke lost consciousness a few seconds later. Both unconscious in the limousine, they were rushed to seek medical attention, however both died on the
Intro: As the battle died, the legend was born, and so was the nation. On the 28th of June, 1914, Archduke of Austro-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. The camel’s back was finally broken after years of alliances and tensions, and
On the way there the car stalled, this provided an opportunity for another assassin to shoot and kill the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the Heir to the Austrian Empire and his wife