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Francis Ferdinand
(redirected from Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria)

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Francis Ferdinand 1863-1914.
Austrian archduke whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist precipitated World War I.
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Noun1.Francis Ferdinand - archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph IFrancis Ferdinand - archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
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The outpouring of books and articles on this controversial issue has focused either on underlying (long-term) causes--national- ism, economic and colonial rivalries, Social Darwinism, militarism, and/or the prewar alliance systems-- or immediate causes, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia, the flurry of diplomatic notes among European capitals, and the troop mobilizations of late July 1914.
Decisions for War, 1914-1917 by Kane, Robert B. / Air & Space Power Journal
For the first time ever, we can see the incidents from that time as they really were with tonight's opening episode concentrating on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo.
Public face the big decision; PICK OF THE BOX by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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