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Franz Ferdinand was the hier of Austro-Hungarian empire he was shot dead by a 19 year old Gavrilo Princip he was working for a serbian terrorist The Black Hand.
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Events leading up to WW1
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Austria-Hungary presented an ultimatum to Serbia. Vienna, however, intentionally imposed impossible demands to Serbia in order to be able to declare war on its nieghbour, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the Austro-Hungarian troops invaded Serbia and started World War I.
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Germany declares war on russia
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Germany declared war on France.German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan, drawn up in 1905. The British foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding their withdrawal from the neutral Belgium
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Germany did not withdraw from Belgium and Britain declared war on Germany.