On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered a chain reaction that lead to World War ...

The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's throne was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, set off a chain events that led to the ...

The assassination in Sarajevo, on June 28, 1914, triggered World War I and changed the course of the 20th century. The consequences of that act were devastating.

The second attempt in the same day proved successful and Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, ...

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ... But the war’s not over. Watch over the next few weeks as the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the assassination in Sarajevo keep old animosities alive.

Sarajevo attack Matthias von Hellfeld / dc 10/17/2012 October 17, 2012. The attack by Serbian extremists on the heirs to the Austrian throne on June 28, 1914 sparked what was called the "July ...

SARAJEVO TIMELINE 15th century: Sarajevo is founded by the Ottoman Empire. ... 1914: Assassination of Austro-Hungarian Empire’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparks World War I.

Irrepressible Sarajevo was at it again last week, paying public homage to another hero of the assassination which put Sarajevo on the map and started the World War. Sturdy peasants mounted guard ...

T he assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914, is widely seen as the central, precipitating event of the First World War: the spark that lit the conflagration ...