City in which archduke was assassinated

Princip taken into custody after shooting Archduke Franz Ferdinand his wife Sophie. Rather than immediately flee Sarajevo, Ferdinand decided to continue on to the planned event at city hall. Upon finishing that up, he insisted on visiting the wounded officers in the hospital. In order to dissuade any other bomb throwers, the motorcade zipped down the Appel Quay at high speeds.

By mistake, however, the first three cars turned onto a side street right where Princip happened to be standing. Within minutes, though, both had passed away.

Princip, a slender, year-old Serbian army reject, later admitted to killing Ferdinand but said he had not meant to hit Sophie. Three weeks too young for the death penalty, Princip was given a year sentence, but contracted tuberculosis and died in jail in April , at the age of just First, Austria-Hungary gained German support for punitive action against Serbia.

It then sent Serbia an ultimatum, worded in a way that made acceptance unlikely. By the following week, Germany, Russia, France, Belgium, Montenegro and Great Britain had all been drawn into the conflict, and other countries like the United States would enter later. Overall, more than 9 million soldiers and nearly that many civilians would die in fighting that lasted until But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! A secret society called Ujedinjenje ili Smrt, 'Union or Death' was founded in Belgrade as an outgrowth of an older Serb nationalist group: Narodna Odbrana.

The Black Hand took over the older group's work of anti-Austrian propaganda within Serbia, which included sabotage, espionage and political murders abroad — especially in provinces Austria-Hungary wished to annex.

The group included many radicals, government officials, professionals and army officers. When it was learned that the heir-apparent to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, was scheduled to visit Sarajevo in June of , the Black Hand decided to assassinate him because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence. The murders triggered the outbreak of World War I a few weeks later. But what exactly happened on that morning in Sarajevo?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand pictured arriving in the spa town of Ilidza near Sarajevo and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, have been in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the past three days to attend military exercises.

This former Ottoman territory was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian empire in After spending a final night in Ilidza, the royal couple take the am train to the capital of Sarajevo, where they are due to attend several receptions.

At around am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife climb into the open-topped automobile that will take them to Sarajevo City Hall. Crowds of curious onlookers greet them as they drive through the streets. Military units that had participated in the military exercises nearby are not on hand to provide protection. Six members of the organisation, which calls for the unification of south-Slav peoples, have taken up position along the motorcade route.

Cabrinovic tries to commit suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill, but the poison fails to kill him, and he is arrested. Despite the assassination attempt, the motorcade continues towards City Hall. Franz Ferdinand and the Duchess are greeted by the mayor of Sarajevo, who has prepared a welcoming speech. The Duchess whispers to her husband, who regains his composure and asks the mayor to proceed with the formalities.

Around am the couple prepare to leave the town hall now a library.