July 28, 1914:  Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI On this day in 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  The “domino effect” of alliance obligations that ensued effectively started World War I. See exactly how the beginning of the war played out and the events leading up to it in The Great War’s WWI Timeline.
Pop-upView Separately

July 28, 1914:  Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI

On this day in 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  The “domino effect” of alliance obligations that ensued effectively started World War I.

See exactly how the beginning of the war played out and the events leading up to it in The Great War’s WWI Timeline.

Source: to.pbs.org

159 Notes/ Hide

  1. justanotherww1 reblogged this from interwar
  2. peemsterandhalsadick reblogged this from collectivehistory
  3. lovelylies2 reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  4. letsgonarnia reblogged this from moskovskiy-kreml
  5. bismillah-we-will-not-let-you-go reblogged this from moskovskiy-kreml
  6. moskovskiy-kreml reblogged this from collectivehistory
  7. anothermetanoic reblogged this from anothermetanoic
  8. christine-bean reblogged this from brennerdee
  9. brennerdee reblogged this from mooncosmicdelight
  10. intellectandelegance reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  11. salofreakinme reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  12. mooncosmicdelight reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  13. cat--stark reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  14. atomiksophia reblogged this from collectivehistory
  15. guns-pussy-and-cornish-pasties reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  16. the-intrepid-cow reblogged this from kaiulanis
  17. vvar-machine reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  18. kaiulanis reblogged this from kryptons
  19. kaniesia reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  20. lothlori-e-n reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  21. daughteroctober reblogged this from interwar
  22. kryptons reblogged this from bodaciouscans
  23. anyadinosaur reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  24. underthesnowdr reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory and added:
    July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI
  25. inutilium reblogged this from collectivehistory
  26. misseddowes reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  27. currysparadox reblogged this from interwar
  28. kmydland reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  29. constantcaraphernelia reblogged this from pbsthisdayinhistory
  30. stayforeveryang reblogged this from interwar and added:
    HAHA BALDRICK VERSION: It started when a bloke called Archie-duke shot an ostrich because he was hungry.
  31. cravingdesires reblogged this from collectivehistory and added:
    July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Starts WWI On this day in 1914, Emperor Franz Joseph of...
  32. theoceanisatourdoor reblogged this from splitsplat