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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Born
18 December 1863
Died
28 June 1914, aged about 51
Record
Wikidata Q43063 · Wikipedia

Victim in The Sarajevo Assassination

Heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne; shot by Princip near the Latin Bridge.

1914–1915 · Latin Bridge, Sarajevo · Convicted

A wrong turn, a stalled engine and a nineteen-year-old with a pistol: how Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Read the case.

Dated events

  1. Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, which it has occupied since 1878.

  2. Austria-Hungary delivers an ultimatum to Serbia.

  3. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War.