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Bosnian Crisis

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Bosnian Crisis

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Also known as Annexation crisis, First Balkan Crisis

1909 international relations crisis ᅟafter Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina

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crisis
Location
Europe
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Le Petit Journal Balkan Crisis (1908).jpg
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start time
1908-01-01
Commons category
Bosnian Crisis
end time
1909-01-01
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Cover of the French periodical Le Petit Journal on the Bosnian Crisis: Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria declares independence and is proclaimed Tsar, and the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II looks on.

The Bosnian Crisis, also known as the Annexation Crisis (German: Bosnische Annexionskrise, Turkish: Bosna Krizi; Serbo-Croatian: Aneksiona kriza, Анексиона криза) or the First Balkan Crisis, erupted on 5 October 1908 when Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, territories formerly within the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire but under Austro-Hungarian administration since 1878.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bosnian Crisis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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