Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War One?
The assassination that led to the beginning of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his assassination took place on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The assassination was carried out by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand secret society. The event triggered a series of diplomatic tensions and military alliances that eventually escalated into a global conflict, known as World War I, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.