Gavrilo Princip (Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb member of Young Bosnia who sought an end to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In order to supplement his income and feed his family, he resorted to transporting mail and passengers across the mountains between northwestern Bosnia and Dalmatia. Despite Petar's opposition, Gavrilo Princip began attending primary school in 1903, aged nine.
In 1910, he came to revere Bogdan Žerajić, a Bosnian Serb revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Marijan Varešanin, the Austro-Hungarian Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, before taking his own life.
Princip stepped forward, drew his FN Model 1910, and at point-blank range fired twice into the car, first hitting the Archduke in the neck, and then hitting the Duchess in the abdomen.
In 1911, Princip joined Young Bosnia (Mlada Bosna), a society that wanted to separate Bosnia from Austria-Hungary and unite it with the neighbouring Kingdom of Serbia.
During their meetings, they discussed literature, ethics and politics. In 1912, Princip was expelled from school for being involved in a demonstration against Austro-Hungarian authorities.
Princip practiced shooting, using bombs and the blade, after which training was completed and he returned to Belgrade. In 1913, while Princip was staying in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared a state of emergency, implemented martial law, seized control of all schools, and prohibited all Serb cultural organizations. == Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand == On 28 June 1914, Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophie Chotek.
At the age of 19, he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Archduke's wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
Princip practiced shooting, using bombs and the blade, after which training was completed and he returned to Belgrade. In 1913, while Princip was staying in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declared a state of emergency, implemented martial law, seized control of all schools, and prohibited all Serb cultural organizations. == Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand == On 28 June 1914, Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophie Chotek.
In January 1916, Princip unsuccessfully attempted to hang himself with a towel.
From February to June 1916, Princip met with Martin Pappenheim, a psychiatrist in the Austro-Hungarian army, four times.
In 1917, a pillar was constructed at the corner of where the assassination took place.
Gavrilo Princip (Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb member of Young Bosnia who sought an end to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He died on 28 April 1918 from tuberculosis exacerbated by poor prison conditions which had already caused the loss of his right arm. == Early life == Gavrilo Princip was born in the remote hamlet of Obljaj, near Bosansko Grahovo, on .
Pappenheim wrote that Princip believed the World War was bound to happen, independent of his actions, and that he "cannot feel himself responsible for the catastrophe." Gavrilo Princip died on 28 April 1918, three years and ten months after the assassination.
Yugoslavia was conquered by Germany in 1941 and Sarajevo became part of the Independent State of Croatia.
After the establishment of Communist Yugoslavia in 1944, the house of Gavrilo Princip became a museum again and there was another museum dedicated to him within the city of Sarajevo.
During the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, the house of Gavrilo Princip was destroyed and then rebuilt for the third time in 2015. Princip's pistol was confiscated by the authorities and eventually given, along with the Archduke's bloody undershirt, to Anton Puntigam, a Jesuit priest who was a close friend of the Archduke and had given the Archduke and his wife their last rites.
The pistol and shirt remained in the possession of the Austrian Jesuits until they were offered on long-term loan to the Museum of Military History in Vienna in 2004.
During the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, the house of Gavrilo Princip was destroyed and then rebuilt for the third time in 2015. Princip's pistol was confiscated by the authorities and eventually given, along with the Archduke's bloody undershirt, to Anton Puntigam, a Jesuit priest who was a close friend of the Archduke and had given the Archduke and his wife their last rites.
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