While the underlying causes were numerous, historians generally accept that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was ...

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to events that meant even if people didn’t want to fight, they had made promises which had to be kept. 28th July 1914 – Austria-Hungary ...

Watch this video to find out how alliances and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak of World War One. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand ...

Who: Bosnian-Serbian nationalist who, at 19, assassinated heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg. Why is he important?: ...

An assassination attempt against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has sent shockwaves through a country where such violence is ‘unprecedented’. Central and Eastern European politicians ...

Who: Bosnian-Serbian nationalist who, at 19, assassinated heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg. Why is he important?: ...

When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, few could have known it would reverberate for four years of brutal war ...

On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death in Sarajewo. His assassination caused a chain of events that brought about World War I and the downfall of old Europe.