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Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was killed on which date?
1. 28 June 1914
2. 27 July 1914
3. 27 June 1914
4. 28 July 1914

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : 28 June 1914

On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand was in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina accompanied by his wife, Sophie.

  • He was there as inspector general of the imperial army.
  • The visit was not a popular one. 
  • Balkan politics were turbulent, and the neighbouring Kingdom of Serbia wanted Bosnia.
  • Moreover, the date chosen for this imperial visit and Hapsburg show of force was June 28, a black date in Serbian history as it was the anniversary of the Turkish victory over Serbia at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
  • This worsens the situation as Serbian nationalists were not happy with his visit and had disagreements.

Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was killed on 28th June 1914.

  • The royal couple was travelling in a motorcade through Sarajevo in an open-topped car, ignorant of the fact that several would-be assassins awaited along the route of their preannounced stops.
  • One of the attackers, Nedjelko Cabrinovic, threw a grenade at the royal couple’s car. The bomb bounced off the back of the vehicle and exploded behind them, injuring members of the entourage who were in the next car and showering bystanders with bombs.
  • After completing the planned reception at City Hall, the royal couple insisted on visiting the hospital to check on one of the officers injured in the morning attack.
  • Confusion among the drivers in the motorcade followed, with the drivers starting off in the wrong direction, down the very avenue where the conspirators were still present.
  • When the royal motorcade entered a side street and stopped to turn around, a compatriot of Cabrinovic, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, seized his opportunity.
  • Approaching the royal couple’s open car, he shot both Franz Ferdinand and Sophie with a Browning pistol.

Thus, it is clear that during the visit to the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina on  June 28, 1914, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed.

 

  • Sophie died en route and Franz Ferdinand died shortly after.
  • Princip tried to shoot himself but was apprehended by bystanders.
  • All of the conspirators were eventually found and arrested.
  • Exempted from the death penalty because of his young age, Princip was sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he died from tuberculosis in 1918.

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