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Anti-Serbian rioting breaks out in Sarajevo, June 29, 1914. Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo – Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina Oskar Potiorek declared a state of siege in Sarajevo as violent pogroms were carried out against ethnic Serbians. Over 1,000 Serbian homes, businesses and churches were vandalized with little or no intervention by law ...
The imperial couple were dead by 11:30 a.m on 28 June 1914; [101] Sophie was dead on arrival at the Governor's residence, and Franz Ferdinand died 10 minutes later. [ 102 ] There is a myth which states that Princip had eaten a sandwich at Schiller's delicatessen just prior to the shooting, but there are no primary sources from the time which ...
The immediate cause of the war was the June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb citizen of Austria-Hungary and member of the Black Hand. The retaliation by Austria-Hungary against Serbia activated a series of alliances that set off a chain reaction of war ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
June 21–23 African, East African: Battle of Bukoba. June 22 Eastern: Mackensen again breaks through the Russian lines in the Lviv area. June 23 – July 7 Italian: First Battle of the Isonzo. June 27 Eastern: The Austro-Hungarians re-enter Lviv. June 28 – July 5 Middle Eastern, Gallipoli: The British win the Battle of Gully Ravine. June 29
Maritz Rebellion (1914–15) United States occupation of Veracruz (1914) Ypiranga incident (1914) United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934) Easter Rising (1916) Warlord Era (1916–1928) National Protection War (1915-1916) Manchu restoration (1917) Palace Coup against Lij Iyasu (1916–1921) (Zewditu victory) Battle of Segale (1916 ...
In 1914, Austria-Hungary was one of the great powers of Europe, with an area of 676,443 km 2 and a population of 52 million, of which Hungary had 325,400 km 2 with population of 21 million. By 1913, the combined length of the railway tracks of the Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary reached 43,280 kilometres (26,890 miles).
Date: 3 November 2006: Source: Own work The underlying design of this naval ensign dates from 1786, at which time it was published (flown publically), and therefore it was published well before January 1, 1928 and meets PD-US-expired.