In 1914 Sarajevo was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire which had illegally annexed and occupied the former Ottoman and mainly Serbian populated province of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated.
the prince of Austria-Hungary was shot by a 19 year old who was part of the black hand a terrorist group who wanted to rebel against their ruler.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1914 - sparking WWI.
The heir to the Austrian and Hungarian thrones, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Hapsburg, visited Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina in June, 1914. This visit was to show that Austro-Hungarians did in fact rule the area. Members of the "Young Bosnia" group plotted to assassinate him.
Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914