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Princip however, died in prison from tuberculosis and was not executed in public. Some of them were sentenced for execution. The other conspirators were arrested and were presented to trial.

His murder precipitates the start of the massive armed. The officers immediately arrested Princip and he was beaten up pretty badly. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, is assassinated in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. However the conspirators are still after his life and whether by chance or not, the Archduke’s char stopped in front of Gavrilo who fired 2 shots that led to the death of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. Near the Latin Bridge in Sarajevo at June 28th year 1914, Gavrilo Princip (member of the Black Hand secret society) mortally wounded Archduke Franz Ferdinand of. Concerned for their safety, the Archduke agreed and told his driver to take the shortest route out of the city. The other conspirators didn’t want to ‘injure too many civilians, and let the car pass without attacking them.Īfter the ceremonies ended the Austrian Commander General Potiorek advised the Archduke to take the shortest route to leave the city. Due to the danger, they immediately went to the reception on the City Hall. The first threw a bomb that bounced off and exploded on the other car. Featured image: illustration of the asssassination in French newspaper Le Petit Journal. There were ‘seven conspirators, that planned to kill the archduke as he was touring the city. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip and then the Great War broke out. Gavrilo Princip was just used by Black Hand Society because they do not want the Archduke to rule over Bosnia and make their plan more difficult to accomplish. The powers gave the Kingdom of Serbia the authority to become a sovereign state. The Archduke holds dominion over the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the treaty of Berlin.

The motive behind the assassination was to break the Austria-Hungary’s provinces so that they would be able to form the Greater Serbia or what was later called Yugoslavia. On the faithful day of June 28, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria heir to the Austro Hungarian Throne was killed in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (19 years old), believed to be part of the Bosnian Serb Assassins. If Austria-Hungary had moved quickly to deal with the Serbs, not even Russia would have intervened on Serbia's behalf.Why Was Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated? Strong suspicions of Serbian complicity in the assassination existed throughout Europe, and the German government gave unconditional support to Austria-Hungary for any actions that it might take against the Serbs. Four of the five great powers were monarchies, and they saw the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne as an indefensible act of brutality. The initial reaction in Europe was one of universal shock and horror. On the afternoon of 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot and killed both Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie as their motorcade passed through the streets of Sarajevo.

He dispatched three Serbian-trained Bosnian terrorists, Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabez, and Nedjeljko Cabrinovic, to assassinate the Archduke during a state visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Royal Serbian Army's chief of intelligence, Lieutenant-Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijevic, was also a member of a secret terrorist organization, the "Black Hand." With the prospect of the liberal-minded Franz Ferdinand assuming the throne at any time, Dimitrijevic determined that Serbian interests could only be advanced by the death of the Archduke. They also promised to seriously undermine the Serbian goal of incorporating these provinces into "Greater Serbia." The last thing the Serbs wanted to see was contented Slavs within the empire.

These reforms, which included the granting of a substantial degree of autonomy to the Slavic minorities within the empire, had the potential to satisfy nationalist sentiments among the Bosnians, Croats, and Slovenians while offering them economic benefits and security within Austria-Hungary. The Archduke had publicly announced his intention to introduce many reforms once he came to the throne. His father, Emperor Franz Josef, was 84 years old and in failing health. In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.