![]() Yet the consequences were far more than Princip and his co-conspirators had bargained for: this event became the euphemistic "spark that lit the fuse," igniting the First World War. The infamous Jassassination aimed to remove Austria-Hungary from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thus clear the way for a unified Yugoslav (South Slav) state. When Serbian artillery began pounding Sarajevo in spring 1992, Bosnian Muslims struck back by destroying a potent symbol of Serb nationalism: the footprints marking the exact spot Gavrilo Princip stood when he shot dead Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The following is a summary of his presentation. He spoke at an EES Noon Discussion on January 10, 2007. ![]() Miller is Associate Professor of History, International University of Sarajevo and McDaniel College. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy.Main photo: Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie five minutes before their assassination, 28 June 1914. In 1918 he died in prison of tuberculosis and was unapologetic for his role in sparking the chain of events that resulted in the First World War. Princip, like his fellow conspirator Čabrinović, was captured and beaten on the spot. 38 Browning revolver and when Ferdinand’s driver stopped, Princip stepped forward and opened fire on the car killing Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. Unlike the other would-be assassins who were planted along the previous procession route, Princip’s weapon of choice was not a bomb, but a. On their way to the hospital, a wrong turn by the front car in the procession resulted in the Archduke’s car being forced to stop unexpectedly along the way. ![]() Čabrinović, as one might expect, was quickly grabbed by bystanders, beaten, and arrested.Īfter a brief visit at City Hall, the Archduke changed his plans and decided to visit those injured by the earlier attack. ![]() The would-be assassin then took a dose of cyanide (it was expired) and jumped into the river (only a dozen centimeters deep) in a failed suicide attempt. ![]() The bomb, given to the group of seven conspirators by an officer in the Serbian armed forces, bounced off the Archduke’s vehicle and exploded nearby, injuring several others in the procession. Suddenly, from a crowd on onlookers stepped Nedeljko Čabrinović, who hurled a bomb at Franz’s convertible. While on an official visit and making their way to Sarajevo City Hall, Ferdinand’s motorcade was driving the planned route beside the Miljacka River in the heart of the city. What follows is an assassination story describing how the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, while touring the recently annexed provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was shot by a Gavrilo Princip, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist. The most significant was the one referred to as the “ spark that lit the powder keg of Europe”, an act that many believe began the conflagration of the First World War. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinandīetween 19, forty political assassinations took place around the world. ![]()
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