Franz Ferdinand was born in 1863 and died in 1914. He was born in Graz, Austria. He was originally the third in line to the throne, but he became the heir to the throne. He became the heir to the throne after the deaths of the Emperor's son, Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889, and Franz Ferdinand’s own father Archduke Charles Louis in 1896. He got married to Sophie Chotek von Chotkova in 1900. Sophie and Franz Ferdinand had three children. Franz Josef, the emperor, was against their marriage because he argued that he was marrying beneath his station. The marriage happened anyway only after Franz Ferdinand agreed to abandon all rights of succession for his children. Franz Josef did not attend their wedding.
Franz Ferdinand was unpopular man. The main
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Bosnia and Herzegovina were provinces that had been under Austro-Hungarian administration since 1878, by the international agreement. Austria annexed the provinces in 1908. It was a controversial move which upset the governments in the west but the Greater- Serbia proponents were outraged by this. They wanted the provinces to be part of a Serbian led pan-Slav state, instead of being a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While Franz Ferdinand was on his visit to Sarajevo, a Serbian terrorist group, called the Black Hand, was determined to assassinate Franz Ferdinand while he was there in Sarajevo. On June 28, 1914 the Bland Hand terrorist group planned on assassinating Franz Ferdinand. When Francis Ferdinand and his wife drove from the station through the parade, they were passed the first two conspirators. The cars were driving too fast for them to make a reasonable attempt and in the crowd were many Serbians; throwing a grenade would have killed many innocent people. When the car passed Gabrinovic, he threw his grenade. It hit the side of the car, but Francis Ferdinand was uninjured. The cars sped to the Town Hall after that and the rest of the conspirators did not interfere with them. After the reception in the Town Hall, General Potiorek, the Austrian Commander, pleaded with Francis Ferdinand to leave the city because it was boiling with rebellion. The Archduke was to drive the shortest way out of the city. The road to the maneuvers was shaped like the letter V, making a sharp turn at the bridge over the River Milgacka. Francis Ferdinand's car could go fast enough until it reached this spot but here it was forced to slow down for the turn. Here Gavrilo Princip had taken his stand. As the car came close to the curb, he drew his automatic pistol from his coat and fired two shots. The first shot
The group the black hands is often and quite accurately called responsible for the assassination of archduke ferdinand, though the group had been influenced by Nationalism. The members of this said terrorist group, had been influenced by nationalism through policy that had been inflicted on them by the Austrian-Hungarian empire. The assassination was why Austrian-Hungarian had to go to war against Serbia because it’s an act of breaking their treaty of 1990 with the Austrian-Hungarian empire, but first Austria-Hungary had given them an ultimatum. Which was basically a statement of demands made to Serbia, that if they didn’t abae then Austria-Hungary would attack them. Then all the allied countries with either side joined in as to prove how willing they were to die for their countries, this was true for them a few weeks or so after the beginning of the war when it actually had become more than just allies to either Serbia or Austria-Hungary. Altogether the Nationalism was the cause for the Black hands to essentially commit their crime, and later on to keep the war ongoing....
Bosnia had been part of Austria-Hungary since 1908 but it was claimed by neighboring Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination and on July 28th declared war. What began as the third Balkan war turned into a European war in two years? On August 4th Germany invaded neutral Belgium on its way to France it intended to knock France out of the war before turning its attention to Russia. Britain had guanteed to defend Belgium’s neutral zone and it declared war on Germany. The Great War had begun” (WWI Book
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1896. He was a threat to the Black Hand Terrorist group, a group of radical Serbian nationalists. They pledged “to destabilize the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire in order to incorporate their Serb population into a greater Serbia” (CITE) However the Archduke’s goals were “strengthening the Austro-Hungarian Empire” (CITE) which was contrary to the Serbs' desires. They feared that if he came into power, he would continue to persecute the Serbs, henceforth the decision to assassinate him.
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria visited the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. A group of six assassins, supplied by a Bosnian based terrorist group the Black Hand, had gathered on the streets where the Archduke's motorcade would pass. Some attempted to kill the Archduke, including one who attempted to throw a grenade at the car but missed. Others failed to act as the car drove past them. Later on the route through the city, the motorcade took a wrong turn onto a previously designated street. Gavrilo Princip, a Black Hand assassin, stood waiting with a pistol. Princip shot and killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. However, the assassination received almost disregard back in Austria. Yet, the death of the Archduke and his wife would be the beginning of an all out war in Europe as Austria-Hungary would declare war on Serbia. This declaration would bring in Germany on the side of Austria-Hungarian empire and Russia aiding the Serbians. By joining sides this would convey in France, Great Britain and during the later part of the war, Italy, Japan and the United States. Official war began on July 28, 1914.
On October 6, 1908, Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina directly into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The reasons were complex. Annexation would remove any hopes Turkey might have for reclaiming the provinces. Full inclusion into the empire would give Bosnians full rights and privileges. It may have been an act of will by the Austrians, just to show that they were still an active, sovereign power.
The people residing in Serbia did not want to be controlled by Austria which led to the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Document 5 states, “...the disaster began only at that disastrous moment when the successor of Austria-Hungary fell a victim to murderous hands.” The war was ignited because of nationalism and due to this assassination, an ultimatum was delivered to Serbia from Austria. Document 3 is the ultimatum that was given to Serbia. It reads, “The Royal Government see themselves compelled to demand from the Royal Serbian Government a formal assurance that they condemn this dangerous propaganda against the Monarchy… To accept the collaboration in Serbia of representatives of the Austrian-Hungarian Government.” Serbia agreed to only some of the terms which gave Austria the push it needed to declare war. The instant war was declared, the allies of both Austria and
Ferdinand. He took the life of his father, as told to him by his father. The
Oswald decided to keep cover in the Texas School of Book Depository on the sixth floor. The particular location was probably the because of the clear shots he had on Kennedy as he was leaving the parade(Bryce 21). The killing of Oswald was well planned because it made the investigation harder to solve with the prime suspect.... ... middle of paper ...
Ferdinand II descended from the Styrian line of the Hapsburgs. He was born in Graz on July 9, 1578. He studied at Jesuit College in Ingolstadt. The Jesuits educated him and influenced his decisions throughout his life and reign. In 1590 his father died. Ferdinand succeeded his father as king of the Inner Austrian dominions, which consisted of Styria, Corinthia, Carniola. He became the Archduke of Styria. Since Ferdinand inherited these lands when he was only twelve years old, the affa...
Franz Kafka grew up in a financially secure Jewish family in Prague. He spoke German and was neither a Czech nor German due to his Jewish upbringing. Born in 1883, he was the eldest child and the only son. He lived his life in the shadow of his dominating father under constant pressure to take over the family business. Kafka's father viewed Franz as a failure and disapproved of his writing because he wanted Franz to become a business man like him. This obsession with wanting Franz to become a businessman led Herrman to beat his son. Franz Kafka died on June 3, 1924 from tuberculosis of the larynx.
Bosnia is a country in Europe and its capital is a city called Sarajevo. Bosnia is bordered by Serbia and Croatia. In this genocide, between 1992 and 1995, the Serbians wanted to pursue genocide against the Muslims of Bosnia. After World War 1, a country called Yugoslavia was created in 1918. It was created out of the Austria-Hungary empire that lost the war and lost its land. Serbians, Croatians, Slovenes, and Bosnian Serbians and Muslims lived all in one country. The problem was the people didn't get along and each republic wanted to take control of the country. This went on until after WWII, when the Soviet Union took power and control over the country. Joseph Broz (Tito) was leader of Yugoslavia until the 6 republics separated. Then in 1992, Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Soon after, the Bosnian
He felt that several forces of opposing countries took part in fighting each battle and ultimately believed that global opposition caused the Great War. Similarly, in the Balkan Region, several ethnic minorities desired independence from Austria-Hungary. As shown in Document 3, the Austro-Hungarian government demanded that action be taken regarding propaganda against Austria-Hungary. This ultimatum was a result of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who was killed by a Serbian nationalist. Russia, a large Slavic nation, has close ties with Serbia.
Why It Proved to be Impossible to Solve the Problems Created by Balkan Nationalism Before 1914 Balkan nationalism was apparent in the years leading up to 1914 in two forms: The desire for expansion, or rather, self-determination, within the immediate region, and also in the support of Pan-Slav nationalism (a Russian idea). In the years from 1900 to 1914, this nationalism caused the key problems of mistrust and suspicion between the two great powers of Austria Hungary and Russia, who’s conflicting national interests concerning the Balkan states arose from mutual distrust and desire to gain influence in the area and brought to the surface the conflicting national interests of the two countries within the region. The reasons it why it proved impossible to solve these aforementioned issues and soothe the tensions will be the focus of this essay. The Bosnian crisis of 1908 resulted form the annexation of the Balkan provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria Hungary.
The history of modern Bosnia began with the country of Yugoslavia in the 1900s. At the beginning of World War I, the Baltic region was controlled by Austria-Hungary. The trigger for WWI actually took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia, when a group of insubordinate Serbs assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to Austria-Hungary). In the ashes of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, the Baltic countries formed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918. The Kingdom united as the country of Yugoslavia in 1929, of which Bosnia was a constituent republic until Nazi Germany invaded in 1941. After Nazi Germany fell, President Marshall Tito took over the country and controlled it. Although President Tito was a Communist, he did do some good in the country, especially by keeping the Soviet Union at arm’s length, which planted unity in his country against a common enemy. When Yugoslavia was under Tito, it had some of the best times in Slavic
... On 28 June, 1914, the assassination was successful and this was the action that triggered war. Austria-Hungary wanted revenge because their next ruler was killed so they declared war against Serbia. This is what caused the war. The Alliances ties in with these events as Austria-Hungary formed an alliance with Germany who also went to war with Serbia.