This gave Gavrilo Princip, who happened to be on the street ... meant he rapidly lost a critical amount of blood. After the ...

When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, few could have known it would reverberate for four years of brutal war ...

the car stalled directly in front of Gavrilo Princip, who had earlier missed an opportunity to shoot the Austrian heir but now killed him and his wife. The assassination would spark World War I.

Why is he important?: His assassination of the Archduke began a chain of events which led to Austria invading Serbia and the beginning of the Great War. Princip had become part of a Serbian secret ...

graphics and commentary explain how the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War One. Events are traced from the shooting by Serbian Gavrilo Princip on ...

On June 28, 1914 that bullet was used to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in the city of Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was a Bosnian Serb and the assassination was part of an ...

Why is he important?: His assassination of the Archduke began a chain of events which led to Austria invading Serbia and the beginning of the Great War. Princip had become part of a Serbian secret ...