Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated 100 years ago today. This April 4, 2014 photo shows a reproduction of a London newspaper front page from 1914, which writes about the assassination of ...

The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, set off a chain events that led to the start of World War I one month later. Here's a look at the people, places, and events connected ...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Czech Countess Sophie Chotek, leave the reception at City Hall in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 shortly before they were assassinated.

Saturday marked one hundred years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. In hindsight, the assassination clearly marks the beginning of the ...

Who knew that the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria — the event that reputedly triggered the start of World War I — could be so ridiculously witty? Apparently playwright Rajiv ...

The assassination Monday of the Russian ambassador to Turkey is a horror and a tragedy, but please stop comparing it to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked World War I.

The first was the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, a centuries-old empire that included most of central Europe. When his aging uncle Emperor Franz Joseph died ...

As I hope all of you remember, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is widely thought to have triggered World War I. Joseph, the daredevil author of ...

Archduke Otto's older brother is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Archduke Otto was born at Gratz in 1865, and when he was 21 years old married ...

One hundred years ago today in Sarajevo, a Serb nationalist shot to death at point-blank range the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Sophie.