When Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a bunch of treaties required everyone to go to war.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, is widely considered the event that triggered a chain reaction leading to World War I. This event escalated tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, leading to a series of alliances and declarations of war among European powers, ultimately culminating in the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914.
The first world war started after the assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand.
World War 2 started.
The Germans started both wars.