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Gavrilo Princip

Bosnian assassin (1894–1918)

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Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in 1914, an act that triggered the chain of events leading to World War I. His assassination is considered one of the most consequential political murders in history because it set off the alliance system and conflicts that plunged Europe into a devastating global war.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1894
Died: 1918
Works: 7

Top works

Der Sarajevo-prozess
Bekenntnisse
Der Prozess gegen die Attentäter von Sarajewo
Ein geschichtlicher Beitrag zur Vorgeschichte des Attentates von Sarajevo: Gavrilo Princips Bekenntnisse
Princip o sebi

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Type: Group
Origin: United Kingdom

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Listeners: 1,209
Total plays: 23,552

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5 total works indexed

A global analysis of Y-chromosomal haplotype diversity for 23 STR loci
· 2014 · cited 252x
Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds
· 2022 · cited 89x
Corrosion of aluminium alloy AlSi7Mg0.3 in artificial sea water with added sodium sulphide
· 2018 · cited 76x
Arctic warming: nonlinear impacts of sea‐ice and glacier melt on seabird foraging
· 2015 · cited 71x
Plastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: a review
· 2020 · cited 67x

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Quotes

“There is no need to carry me to another prison. My life is already ebbing away. I suggest that you nail me to a cross and burn me alive. My flaming body will be a torch to light my people on their path to freedom.”
“Our shades shall tread Vienna's streets, roaming the courtyard, striking fear in noble hearts.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria–Hungary
Place of birth: Obljaj
Place of death: Theresienstadt Small Fortress
Occupation: revolutionary
Educated at: First Belgrade Gymnasium
Languages spoken: Serbian
Religion: Serbian Orthodox Church
Field of work: assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Conflict: World War I
Image: Gavrilloprincip.jpg
Work location: Sarajevo
Residence: Sarajevo
Convicted of: murder
Significant event: assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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member of: Young Bosnia
Commons category: Gavrilo Princip
date of birth: 1894-07-13
date of death: 1918-04-28
medical condition: tuberculosis
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Гаврило Принцип
place of burial: Vidovdan Heroes chapel
cause of death: tuberculosis
name in kana: ガヴリロ・プリンツィプ
relative: Slobodan Princip
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Encyclopedic overview

Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип, pronounced [ɡǎʋrilo prǐnt͡sip]; 25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The assassination set off the July Crisis, a series of events that within one month led to the outbreak of World War I.

Princip was born in western Bosnia to a poor Serb family. Aged 13, he was sent to Sarajevo, the capital of Austrian-occupied Bosnia, to study at the Merchants' School. He later transferred to the gymnasium, where he became politically aware. In 1911, he joined Young Bosnia, a secret local society aiming to free Bosnia from Austrian rule and achieve the unification of the South Slavs. After attending anti-Austrian demonstrations in Sarajevo, he was expelled from school and walked to Belgrade, Serbia, to continue his education. During the First Balkan War, Princip traveled to Southern Serbia to volunteer with the Serbian army's irregular forces fighting against the Ottoman Empire but was rejected for being too small and weak.

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