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Born in Obljaj , Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. Its capital is Sarajevo and it was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia. The republic gained its independence in the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and due to the, Princip was a member of the Serb group Young BosniaYoung Bosnia ( Serbo-Croatian Mlada Bosna was a revolutionary youth organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 20th century. On June 28, 1914, its member Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary in Sarajevo. (Mlada Bosna), which advocated Bosnia's unification with Serbia.
On June 28, 1914 Princip participated in the assassination in SarajevoOn June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Countess Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the revolutionary youth organization Young Bosnia. The event triggered. General Oskar PotiorekOskar Potiorek ( 1853 1933) was an Austrian administrator who served as the Austrian governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1911 and 1914. Potiorek was a co-passenger in the car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie Chotek w, Governor of the Austrian provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina had invited Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie to watch his troops on maneuvers. Franz Ferdinand knew that the visit would be dangerous. Just before 10 o'clock on Sunday, the royal couple arrived in Sarajevo by train. In the front car was Fehim Curcic , the MayorA mayor ( Latin major "better") is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs as to the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means of becoming mayor. The French of Sarajevo and Dr. Gerde, the city's Commissioner of Police . Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were in the second car with Oskar Potiorek and Count von Harrach . The car's top was rolled back in order to allow the crowds a good view of its occupants.
At 10.10, when the six car procession passed the central police station, Nedeljko Cabrinovic hurled a hand grenade at the archduke's car. After Cabrinovic's bomb missed the Archduke's car and five other conspirators, including Princip, didn't get an opportunity to attack because of the heavy crowds, it was beginning to look like the assassination would fail. However, Franz Ferdinand decided to go to the hospital and visit the victims of Cabrinovic's bomb. In order to avoid the city centre, General Oskar Potiorek decided that the royal car should travel straight along the Appel Quay to the Sarajevo Hospital. However, Potiorek forgot to tell the driver, Franz Urban , about this decision. On the way to the hospital, Urban took a right turn into Franz Joseph Street.
Princip had gone to a nearby shop for a sandwich, apparently giving up, when he spotted Ferdinand's car as it drove past, having taken the wrong turn. After realizing the mistake, the driver put his foot on the brake, and began to back up. In doing so he moved slowly past the waiting Princip. Princip stepped forward, drew his gun, and at a distance of about five feet, fired several times into the car. Franz Ferdinand was hit in the neck and Sophie in the abdomen. They were driven to the governor's residence where they died within an hour from their wounds.