01:510:381 Lecture 16: March 23 Eastern Europe

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:381
• Professor: Paul Hanebrink

Document Summary

Wwi: started in 1914 in sarajevo, bosnia ferdinand assassinated that triggered a series of events that led to wwi th century, the house of habsburg in early 20. Franz josef i = emperor of austria-hungary. His successor = archduke franz ferdinand: reputation: taken seriously as a future leader. Assassinated by a serbian anarchist named gavrilo. Note: the allies (brit, france, russia) and the central. Trigger effect: austria-hungary goes to war against. German involvement, which triggers french and british involvement = world war i. What was franz ferdinand doing in sarajevo: bosnia belongs to the ottoman empire in 19th century (most western part of ottoman territory) Serbia is next to bosnia and is independent (ruled by a new political elite with a vision of what serbia should be) Audience of christians and peasants growing to support bosnia and serbian unity. ^ problem for habsburg empire: big population of croats and serbs in the empire .