Princip, a Serbian nationalist enraged by the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Austro-Hungarian empire, had assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, presumptive heir to that empire’s ...

A contemporary painting depicting—rather sensationally—the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. The events surrounding their deaths have attracted abundant rumor and legend ...

On June 28, 1914, assassins killed the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and set off a chain of events that led to the First World War. Here’s how it went down on that momentous day. There were ...

The first was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, a centuries-old empire that included most of central Europe. When his aging uncle Emperor Franz Joseph died ...

The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, set off a chain events that led to the start of World War I one month later. Here's a look at the people, places, and events connected ...

He was Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, who was assassinated in Sarajevo exactly 100 years ago today. His murder by a young Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip ...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated 100 years ago today. This April 4, 2014 photo shows a reproduction of a London newspaper front page from 1914, which writes about the assassination of ...

He believes that World War One could have been prevented, if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had survived the assassin's bullet. "Franz Ferdinand was the strongest spokesman for peace in Austria-Hungary.

In the most literal sense, playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest dark comedy “Archduke” is about the Serbian radicals who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie ...

As I hope all of you remember, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is widely thought to have triggered World War I. Joseph, the daredevil author of ...

One hundred years ago today in Sarajevo, a Serb nationalist shot to death at point-blank range the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie.