Gavrilo Princip
Revolutionary figure of World War I
Born
Died
1918
107 years ago — 24 years old
Category
Activists & Humanitarians
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Born in 1894, a Bosnian Serb revolutionary initiated a major political shift by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914. This event triggered World War I, which had profound global consequences. Princip was a member of the nationalist group known as the Black Hand, which sought to end Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans. He was subsequently arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison, the maximum penalty for a juvenile at that time, given that he was only 19 at the time of the assassination. Princip died in prison from tuberculosis in 1918.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Triggering the outbreak of World War I
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