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Gavrilo Princip

Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The assassination triggered the July Crisis and the First World War, which led to the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Gavrilo Princip
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian)

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gavrilo Princip. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gavrilo-princip
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