2006-12-28 03:28:25 · 9 answers · asked by sithgreg 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The most important assassination that took place that caused a big war was that of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
He was assassinated by a Serbian fanatic and this led to World War I.
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2006-12-28 03:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated the Austrian declaration of war which triggered World War I.
On June 28, 1914, at approximately 11:00 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young Bosnia and one of several assassins organized by The Black Hand (Crna Ruka). The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, was the trigger of World War I. Franz and Sophie had previously been attacked when a bomb was thrown at their car. It missed them, but many civilians were injured. Franz Ferdinand and Sophie both insisted on going to see all those injured at the hospital. As a result of this, Princips saw them and shot Sophie, who died instantly. Franz Ferdinand was shot in the jugular and took a few minutes to die. The assassinations, along with the arms race, nationalism (and Pan-Slavism) and the alliance system all contributed to the beginning of World War I, which began less than two months after Franz Ferdinand's death, with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia.
2006-12-28 08:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In recent times the only example of that is the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand to start World War I....but in all of history they may have been many others...but this was the major one for recent history...
2006-12-28 03:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Most people would point to WW1. But there was a much larger one, back to I think 756. It was in China and the prevailing Emperor was killed. There was what I believe is something like "The An Lush-an revolution". It killed about 36,000,000 people. Of course it is hard to keep up with the numbers but if that is true then it was far worse then WW1. And almost unheard of today. Thirty six million people, and today I doubt one out of a thousand people know it happened.
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2006-12-28 05:32:04 · answer #4 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try world war 1
2006-12-28 03:30:17 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky T 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
WWI, the Arch Duke of Serbia was assassinated.
2006-12-28 04:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i agree with the 1st answer
the the Archduke was shot by a Bosnian rebel, people took sides, and war started
2006-12-28 07:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ANY ASSASSINATION OF ANY PERSON IS AND HAS BEEN CAUSE OF WAR, CONFLICT, ETC.
2006-12-28 04:01:03 · answer #8 · answered by john t 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
WWI
2006-12-28 03:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by I Hate Liberals 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋