Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Born Dec 18, 1863

On June 28, 1914, nineteen-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, along with his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. Backed by the Serbian nationalist society known as the Black Hand, Princip intended to liberate South Slavs from Habsburg rule. Instead,…

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