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Person
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, shot in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
- Dates
- 1863–1914
- Also known as
- Franz Ferdinand
- Wikidata
- Q43063
Connections 1
involved in
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 1863–1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Proof 1 source
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Record of the District Court at Serajevo against Gavrilo Princip and confederates (official Austrian report), from Source Records of the Great War, Vol. I, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923, Project Rastko (Serbian digital library), copy of text from firstworldwar.com, 1914.
Primary record
Gavrilo Princip confesses that he fired two shots from a Browning pistol against the Archducal motor car, by which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg received fatal wounds.
Page history 1 change
- Add the story of the July Crisis of 1914bcc029b
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