An illustration by Achille Beltrame showing the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918), a member of the Black Hand organisation which pushed for a Greater Serbia. From a 1914 cover of the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere.
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Beltrame, A. (2025, October 02). Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21151/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-1914/
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Beltrame, Achille. "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914." World History Encyclopedia, October 02, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21151/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-1914/.
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Beltrame, Achille. "Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914." World History Encyclopedia, 02 Oct 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21151/assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-1914/.
