lpetrich
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On June 28, 1914, Serbian-nationalist revolutionary terrorist Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Some of his fellow conspirators had earlier tried to do so by throwing bombs, but they failed.
Back then, Serbia had become independent, but Austria still ruled Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Sarajevo is.
The Archduke was Heir Apparent to Austria-Hungary's throne, and he advocated greater regional autonomy, like the Slavs having their own king as the Hungarians did. Some of his associates went even further, advocating a United States of Greater Austria, where most of the nation's major ethnicities would have their own states in it. Gavrilo Princip and his friends wanted to stop such plans as making his fellow southern Slavs too content with Austrian rule.
Austria-Hungary back then had Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Ukrainians, Romanians, Italians, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, ...
The New York Times thought Franz Ferdinand's assassination was good for peace - Vox on the ground that he supported an aggressively anti-Serbian foreign policy.
This war marked the end of what may be called the shifted nineteenth century, a century which started at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Three of the victors, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, formed the Holy Alliance to support monarchy and to suppress pro-democratic and ethnic-nationalist tendencies. Britain soon joined, and France joined in 1818. However, they were less than successful.
Back then, Serbia had become independent, but Austria still ruled Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Sarajevo is.
The Archduke was Heir Apparent to Austria-Hungary's throne, and he advocated greater regional autonomy, like the Slavs having their own king as the Hungarians did. Some of his associates went even further, advocating a United States of Greater Austria, where most of the nation's major ethnicities would have their own states in it. Gavrilo Princip and his friends wanted to stop such plans as making his fellow southern Slavs too content with Austrian rule.
Austria-Hungary back then had Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Ukrainians, Romanians, Italians, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, ...
The New York Times thought Franz Ferdinand's assassination was good for peace - Vox on the ground that he supported an aggressively anti-Serbian foreign policy.
This war marked the end of what may be called the shifted nineteenth century, a century which started at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Three of the victors, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, formed the Holy Alliance to support monarchy and to suppress pro-democratic and ethnic-nationalist tendencies. Britain soon joined, and France joined in 1818. However, they were less than successful.