On June 28, 1914, there was an assassination in the Balkans, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, which was also the "Sarajevo Incident", after which a European war began.
The assassination was not because of how important Archduke Ferdinand was, but because the Great Powers of Europe were already impatient to go to war for various reasons, and Archduke Ferdinand's death was nothing more than a proper excuse for the nations at the right time and in the right place.
So what is the origin of this slain Archduke Ferdinand?
In fact, this buddy did not know whether to say that he was lucky or bad luck. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him. Archduke Ferdinand was the eldest nephew of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. As a collateral descendant of the royal family, he is a role that is the envy of countless people - he cannot be an emperor but he is not worried about glory and wealth.
If nothing else, he would have lived his life in this way. But heaven gave him a big cake, which caught him a little off guard.
That is, rudolf, the heir to the throne of the Empire, committed suicide. Rudolf is the only son of the old emperor, but Rudolf is a typical person who does not love the country and loves beauty, to know and how many people dream of a position that cannot be reached for a lifetime, but he does not cherish it and directly commits suicide.
As soon as the crown prince died, the old emperor was depressed, and the great empire could only choose an heir for itself among its sons and nephews. So he chose his own brother "Karl? Archduke Louwig's eldest son, Franz? Ferdinand, this year Ferdinand was 26 years old.
The old emperor attached great importance to him and made him deputy commander-in-chief of the Austrian army. He was an avid explorer and an avid hunter.
He often took a "walk-and-go" trip, once traveling the world on a cruise ship, in which Ferdinand wrote more than 2,000 pages of diaries, from depictions of the narrow streets of Aden, to lamenting the charm of the South Pacific, to climbing the garbage dumps of Calcutta and lamenting the colonial exploitation of the Western powers.
The dusty Diary of Ferdinand's circumnavigation of the globe has been published in Europe, providing a new perspective for the public to understand the multifaceted figure and the times in which he lived. And this trip gave him a great satisfaction of increasing the hunting collection.
Archduke Ferdinand is also famous for his personal feelings, and although he has not embarked on the road of no return like his cousin, he is also persistent enough in this regard. The lover he chose was a declining aristocratic family, and the marriage attracted opposition, but his attitude was quite resolute, and the old emperor had no choice but to agree.
However, his wife was restricted from attending the state banquet together, so Archduke Ferdinand was very upset and took his wife with him whenever he had the opportunity.
So he cherished the opportunity to visit Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, and brought his wife with him, hoping to give her greater respect. But he forgot that this place had just been annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the people here were full of hatred for him.
There seemed to be a large crowd of people who seemed to welcome him, but there were too many people who wanted him to die, and they were fully prepared. The aim was to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Among these young Assassins was a university student from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, who finally completed a fatal blow that shocked the world.