Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, along with his wife Sophie, on June 28, 1914, while visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (which was then under administration by Austria-Hungary). The assassination set off a chain of events that would lead to the start of World War I barely one month later.
In Sarajevo.
Her shooting can be viewed as collateral damage, since she was not an intended target of the assassinatioon plot.
Sarajevo.
Austria-Hungary declared war on serbia and Germany joined because it was allied with austria.
Sarajevo.
Sophia of Hohenburg.
Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria set-off chain reaction of national treaties guaranteeing alliances/protections and they honored those agreements until they were all at war with each other.The spark that caused the first world war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip
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World War One started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand