archduke

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“In 1914, such a chain reaction led, in the space of four weeks, from the assassination of a Habsburg archduke by a Serbian nationalist to all-out war between the Great Powers.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2023

A Serbian hothead pops off a Habsburg archduke during a trip to the Balkans in 1914: Why should I care in Iowa?

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

All we have left are the dry, impersonal facts from history class — the decay of the balance of powers and an assassinated archduke.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2018

That subject area has been largely worked over: the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian archduke in June 1914, the interlocking alliances and hatreds of the European powers, the horrors of trench warfare.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2017

Nevertheless, the nova marks, quite precisely, the beginning of the Revolution, as the death of the archduke marks the beginning of the war.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton