The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (WW1) - History

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Date of assassination

28 June, 1914

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Who was the assailant?

Gavrilo Princip of the Black Hand.

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What was the Black Hand?

A group of Serbians who wanted Austria-Hungary to leave Bosnia and unite all territories with a South Slavic majority into a single Serbian-dominated state.

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Why did the annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary anger many Bosnian people?

They wanted to join with Serbia, which was also a Slavic country.

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Where did the assassination take place?

Sarajevo, Bosnia

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The first assassination attempt failed. How did it?

The Black Hand’s bomb exploded and missed the car the archduke was travelling in.

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How did the second attempt play out?

Ferdinand ordered his car to take him to visit the injured people of the first attempt in hospital, when it drove past Gavrilo Princip, and he fired two bullets, killing Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.