Colonel Api (The Bee) was the leader of the Black Hand Gang. Nedeljko Cabrinovic first attempted to assassinate him but forgot about the delay of his grenade. Gavrilo Princip was the person who successfully killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia.
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The six assassins caught by Austria-Hungary were tried and convicted of treason. The leader, Danilo Ilić, was hanged. The remaining assassins in custody were not yet twenty years old at the time of the assassination and so were given prison terms.
Yes, The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
assassination of Franz Ferdinad and his wife
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused World War I. This took place in 1914.