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Gavrilo Princip

1894 - 1918

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Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип, pronounced [ɡǎʋrilo prǐntsip]; 25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The assassination of the Archduke and his wife set off the July Crisis, a series of events that within one month led to the outbreak of World War I. Princip was born in western Bosnia to a poor Serb family. At the age of 13, he was sent to Sarajevo, the capital of Austrian-occupied Bosnia, to study at the Merchants' School. He later transferred to the gymnasium, where he became politically aware. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gavrilo Princip is the 3rd most popular extremist (up from 6th in 2019), the most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Extremist.

Gavrilo Princip is most famous for assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. This assassination led to the start of World War I.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Gavrilo Princip ranks 3 out of 283. Before him are Jack the Ripper, and John Wilkes Booth. After him are Elizabeth Báthory, Osama bin Laden, Charles Manson, Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Abdullah Öcalan, Herostratus, Amon Göth, and Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Gavrilo Princip ranks 4. Before him are Edward VIII, Nikita Khrushchev, and Rudolf Hess. After him are Aldous Huxley, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Georges Lemaître, Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, Maximilian Kolbe, and John Ford. Among people deceased in 1918, Gavrilo Princip ranks 6. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia, Gustav Klimt, Claude Debussy, Abdul Hamid II, and Alexandra Feodorovna. After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Egon Schiele, Guillaume Apollinaire, Mehmed V, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Georg Cantor.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gavrilo Princip ranks 1 out of 375. After him are Ivo Andrić (1892), Ratko Mladić (1942), Valerius Severus (300), Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1505), Alija Izetbegović (1925), Ante Pavelić (1889), Emir Kusturica (1954), Vladimir Prelog (1906), Goran Bregović (1950), Zoran Đinđić (1952), and Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among extremists born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gavrilo Princip ranks 1. After him are Nedeljko Čabrinović (1895), Dinko Šakić (1921), and Radislav Krstić (1948).

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