Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Australia

1863 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914). His assassination by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Austrian-annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, precipitated the Austrian declaration of war against Serbia which triggered World War I ...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Australia and USA
The Archduke arrived in Sydney, Australia on May 17, 1893 on board the Austrian warship SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth on a world tour when he was 29 ...

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