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Site of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Site of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Site of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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    August 9, 2025

    In the assassination attempt in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated during their visit to Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian nationalist movement Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia).

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      June 8, 2025

      The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28th 1914 will forever be remembered as one of the key turning points in twentieth century world history. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand gang, a group of Serbian nationalists, whose aim was to free Serbia of the rule of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

        June 23, 2025

        If you want to know more about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, highly recommend the podcast The Rest is History (episodes 465-468)

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