Until 27 June Ilić had kept the identities of the assassins from Belgrade secret from those he had recruited locally and vice versa. While there, they attracted a crowd of onlookers, including Princip, but were apparently treated with warmth and politeness.Following a banquet with religious and political leaders, only one day of events remained before Ferdinand and Sophie were to return home. Ferdinand believed the Serbs to be “pigs,” “thieves,” “murderers” and “scoundrels.” Yet he had opposed annexation for fear that it would make an already turbulent political situation even worse. Within minutes, though, both had passed away. Serbia proposed arbitration to resolve the dispute, but Austria-Hungary instead declared war on July 28, 1914, exactly a month after Ferdinand’s death. Having received multiple warnings to cancel the trip, the archduke knew that danger potentially awaited them.
Under this same treaty, the Great Powers (Austria-Hungary, the United Kingdom, France, the German Empire, Italy, and the Russian Empire) gave official recognition to the Principality of Serbia as a fully sovereign state, which four years later transformed into a kingdom under Prince Milan IV Obrenović who thus became King Milan I of Serbia While there, they attracted a crowd of onlookers, including Princip, but were apparently treated with warmth and politeness.Following a banquet with religious and political leaders, only one day of events remained before Ferdinand and Sophie were to return home. Deeply in love, Ferdinand chose to marry Sophie Chotek in 1900 despite the opposition of his uncle, Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, who refused to attend their wedding. Hence, he decided, in 1914, to inspect the army in Bosnia. “I am a Serbian hero,” he purportedly shouted as the police led him away.
Were it not for the fact that he took a detour through the streets of Sarajevo and ran into Gavrilo Princip, the Archduke might have lived a life devoid of incident. Franz Ferdinand was only the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph, and had not been his first choice as heir. At imperial banquets, for example, she entered each room last, without an escort, and was then seated far away from her husband at the dinner table.His marriage notwithstanding, Ferdinand remained Franz Josef’s heir and inspector general of the army. They were still much better rulers than the kingdom of Yugoslavia or communist Yugoslavia. Austria-Hungary had just annexed these provinces a few years earlier against the wishes of neighboring Serbia, which likewise coveted them. As reported by Count Harrach, Franz Ferdinand's last words were "Sophie, Sophie! By mistake, however, the first three cars turned onto a side street right where Princip happened to be standing. in response to Harrach's inquiry as to Franz Ferdinand's injury.
Bosnia ceased to exist in Yugoslavia, and Bosnian Muslims were not recognised until 1968. It then sent Serbia an ultimatum, worded in a way that made acceptance unlikely. Ferdinand believed the Serbs to be “pigs,” “thieves,” “murderers” and “scoundrels.” Yet he had opposed annexation for fear that it would make an already turbulent political situation even worse. “Here our car burns, and down there they will throw bombs at us.” After arriving at a spa town a few miles outside of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s capital, Ferdinand attended two days of military exercises while Sophie visited schools and orphanages.
followed by six or seven utterances of "It is nothing." Grbić passed the terrorists and their weapons to the agents of the Serbian The Narodna Odbrana agents reported their activities to the Narodna Odbrana President, Boža Janković, who in turn reported to the then Serbian Caretaker Prime Minister Nikola Pašić.Čabrinović's father was a Sarajevo police official. The name of the band was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand. The assassins would meet with Ciganović and he would put them off. Ordinary people did not really care about what happened, and on the evening of the assassination the crowds in Vienna listened to music and drank wine, as if nothing had happened.After conducting a criminal investigation, verifying that Germany would honor its military alliance, and persuading the skeptical Hungarian Count Tisza, The next day, Serbian reservists being transported on tramp steamers on the The consequences of his action were very bad for Bosnia. Before Mehmedbašić was ready to act, Ilić summoned him to Mostar. In 5 June 1914 report by the President of the Narodna Odbrana Boža Milanović to Prime Minister Pašić one can sense the frustration of the President over the hijacking of his organization in the final sentence dealing with Sarajevo: "Boža has informed all the agents that they should not receive anyone unless he produces the password given by Boža.