The Date the World Went to War

Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria and the heir apparent of the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Ferdinand’s unpopularity stemmed from the policies he intended to implement as Emperor and his poor attitude. Surprisingly, Ferdinand was a family man – the happy husband of Sophie Chotek and the devoted father of three. Moreover, Franz Ferdinand suffered from tuberculosis and many believed that he would not live to inherit the throne.

The assassination and the ultimatum both played a significant role in the outbreak of the war. They caused a chain reaction of events, which ended up eventually causing World War I. On July 23, 1914, nearly one month after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia. Serbia accepted all terms of the ultimatum except for one; consequently, on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, beginning the First World War.

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 28 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, while riding in an open car, had a grenade thrown at them by . The grenade missed and injured a guard who was behind their car. The guard worked for the archduke, and to pay his respects he visited the hospital the officer was in. They took a wrong turn and the associate of the man who threw the grenade happened to be on the street where they turned. 19 year old Gavrilo Princip, who was dying of tuberculosis, spotted the car and shot the archduke and his wife killing them both. The assassination was completed and a point had been made.

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June, 1914, precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian group set up to fight for the unification of all South Slav territories that had been annexed by Austria-Hungary. Two months after the shooting Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, setting off the next chain of events that brought

World War 1 came to life on the 28 July 1914 after a Serbian nationalist secret society known as ‘The Black Hand’ orchestrated the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The murder took place whilst the Archduke and his wife were riding in a carriage through the streets of civilised Saravejo, and sparked a drastic retaliation by Austria-Hungary. Prior to the assassination, the current holder of the Austria-Hungary throne Franz Josef had been searching for ways to establish a deeper influence in the Balkans and to overthrow abolish the current nationalist movement in Serbia. The slaying of his nephew and heir at the hands of the Serbian gave Franz Josef his long awaited opportunity to commence a rivalry and war between the nations. After a long 3 weeks, a final response was issued from Austria-Hungary whom demanded an answer

Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria-Hungary. On June 28, 1914, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were visiting Sarajevo when the two were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand. After several failed attempts from members of the Black Hand that day, the members were running out of hope. However, due to a communication problem with the driver of Ferdinand and his wife’s car, they were forced to turn around in an alley that Princip was hidden in. Two shots later, the pair was dead within minutes and Austria-Hungary was ready to make Serbian’s pay for what they did. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination had different effects but the biggest one was the start of World War I.

On June 28, 1914, a Serbian separatist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, descendant to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Taking place alongside a background of intensifying hostilities in the Balkans, the murder set off a concatenation of actions that would lead to the start of WWI hardly just one month later on July 28, 1914. Even though the war started on July 28, 1914, U.S.A. did not intervene until April 6, 1917.

On November 11, 1918 the war to end all wars came to an end with a ceasefire between the allied nations and Germany. One year later, the anniversary of this official end to World War I was marked to be an honorary day, Armistice Day, for all military personnel who had died defending the United States of America. Armistice Day was the first national recognition and important step towards the care and honor of those who had served protecting the country. Years later in 1938, Congress passed the 11th of November as a legal holiday; in 1954, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day to include an honoring to all military personnel and committees (“Office of Public Affairs”). Veterans Day was a highly respected and celebrated day; there were

On June 28, 1914, a young Serbian nationalist that was for the revolution in his country named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Tensions were high between these two countries at the time, and started to escalate dramatically till this event happened. This set off a chain of events that helped to developed into allies, revolutions, and led to a declaration of war. World War I started barely one month later [history.com].

If you eat with your fingers does it show you discomfort? Do you feel disgusted? A woman who is very distraught and very wise has an opinion on fingers and she thinks "fingers are filthy" (The Voyage Out 50). Visualize an old, boney, gray skin woman using utensils to eat a fruit. A young, mischievous man who tells the gruesome story of how he got away with murdering a German, with the terrifying graphic detailing story he claimed "with one blow it cut through his neck so deeply that his whole head fell forward and dangled down onto his chest" (Mdisho of Mwanumwezi 39). Envision this a man running for four hours and welcoming himself into another person's home and murdering him with one blow to the head, and then the victims head rolls down

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.

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

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." ).

On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, to inspect the army. At the same time, seven young Bosnian