The explosion nevertheless destroyed the next car, seriously injuring its passengers, a policeman and several people in the crowd. It seems that the prince had time to take the bomb in his hand and to throw it out of his car. A third member, Nedeljko Čabrinović, threw a bomb on the car of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but in his haste, he did not wait the recommended eight seconds to throw it. A second member did not attempt anything since he was fearful of harming the Duchess. On the morning of 28 June 1914, the Archduke’s parade of six cars passed a first conspirator who tried to shoot from the window of an upper floor, but renounced as he could not get a clear shot. The seven conspirators had no experience in the use of weapons, and it is only by an extraordinary series of coincidences that they succeeded. The trial minutes inform us nevertheless that a conspiracy took place. No source allows us to know with certainty what happened. When looking back on European newspapers of the time, two main common themes can be distinguished: Yet what might be obvious today was not so much at that time and the announcement of this assassination in the newspapers of the time throughout Europe does not reflect or foresee the gravity of the situation. Indeed, the exacerbation of nationalistic tensions in Central and Balkan Europe, an Austro-Hungarian declining monarchy and the play of strategic and diplomatic alliances precipitated within a month the European continent into war. For about one century this dramatic event is known as the triggering event of World War One. On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were murdered in Sarajevo by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Today we start with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This week we’ll publish a series of three articles, each covering one important event in WWI. How did European newspapers of the time cover this crucial event and the political opinions? Did the news travel fast? Europeana Newspapers has gathered historic newspaper material to illustrate how different European newspapers reported on this crucial event. This event triggered the outbreak of WWI one month later. This week one hundred years ago, on 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated.
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