The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire was killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
June 27, 20148m 58s
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Show Notes
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. He - and his wife Sophie - were shot by a young Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, while touring the Bosnian capital. His death was the trigger for the outbreak of World War One.
(Photo: The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo)