28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand visits Bosnian capital Sarajevo.
A group of serbian terrorists, the Black Hand Gang planned to kill him to publisice their anger at Bosnia being part of Austria-Hungary.
The first attempt was unsuccsesful - a grenade was thrown but exploded in the car behind the Archdul, injuring several people.
Franz Ferdiand continued the visit and insisted on visting the wounded in hospital.
On leaving the hospital the driver of the car took a wrong turning, as he stopped to reverse one of the waiting assassins, Gavrilo Princip, fired two shots.
One hit the Archduke, the second hit his wife Sophie.The Archduke's wife died instantly and he died on the way to hospital.
Such a murder would usually have been a matter for the two countries alone. But relations between the alliances of the great powers were so strained that it lead to the outbreak of WW1...
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