Franz Ferdinand - KI- Violet Litke

In June of 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie traveled to the Bosnian capital (Sarajevo), to attend military drills as instructed by his uncle (Emperor Franz Josef). While touring the city in an open car an assassin from a group known as the Black Hand, a group of Serbian nationalists, approached the car, then shot and killed the couple. The Austro-Hungarian blamed Serbia for the attack and decided to attempt to stop them before Slavic nationalism could take over.

In search of allies the Austrians turned to the Germans, who in turn promised to support them if war was declared. On July 28^th Austria had officially declared war on Serbia, and on August 1^st Germany did the same, not only declaring war against Serbia, but two days later again on France. This assassination is said to be one of the important events that triggered the first World War.