Franz Ferdinand and his wife were both assissanted on June 28, 1914. The assissnations were organized by Gavrilo Princip because he thought it would free his people from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This assassination led to World War 1 which was almost a month later. Princip was not the ONLY assissanator, there were six others besides him. On that morning the Archduke and his wife were heading to City Hall, on the way TO City Hall on of the conspiritors threw a bomb at the Archduke's car but it bounced off and landed near the following car and explode. So the Archduke and his wife sped off to the City Hall, finished the events that was being held there, im not entirely sure what was goin down at City Hall but it was obviously very important. They left City Hall after the cerimonies were finished,but they didnt leave on the same route because the Austrian Commander asked Franz to leave the city soon because by that time there was alot of rebellion going on. They left on the route the Commander had told them to leave on, which was the shortest and fastest way out of Sarajevo. The road was straight so they could go fast and hence leave Sarajevo quickly but there was a fork in the road so they had to slow down to get the curve, they stopped at the curve where Princip was hiding, so Princip took advantage of the situation and fired the two fatal shots that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.
There are many versions to the story, so I didnt use any of the information of where they were shot and what happened to Princip directly AFTER he shot them, but one story says Sophie was shot in the abdomen and died instantly, one says she didnt accually die instantly she was alive for a very short time after she was shot. One story says the Archduke was shot near the heart and died instantly and another said he was shot near the heart and didnt die instantly he tried to tell the driver that he was fine then died. So im not entirely sure which story is if either story is true at all.
After Princip shot the Archduke and his wife he was going to shoot himself but was restrained by a near by officer. He and seven others were charged with treason and the Archduke and his wifes murder. Because Princip was not 20 and at the time the Austro-Hungarian law said he could not recieve the death penatly so he received the maximum duration of time in jail which was 20 years. He died on April 28, 1918 of terburculosis, so he could not serve all his years.
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