HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Revanchism, Chain Reaction, Franco-Prussian War

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June 28, 1914 assassination of archduke francis ferdinand 1863-1914. Sarajevo, bosnia herzegovina, occupied by austro hungarian empire 1878 annexed 1908. Ferdinand in favor of greater serbian autonomy, not enough for serbian extremists. Princip shot ferdinand and his wife sophia as couple went to hospital to visit victims. Princip swallows ineffective cyanide, captured and tortured. Too young to be executed but died of tuberculosis. Austrian decline, russian development and german impatience. Self-determination and independence movements: belgiu(cid:373) (cid:1005)83(cid:1004, unification of italy 1861, unification of germany 1871. Ottoman empire (greeks, serbians, romanians, and bulgarians) Imperial competition (germany latecomer, but aggressive, small scale disputes around the globe, especially in balkans) Arms race between united kingdom and germany to control seas. Decisive for control of trade routes in case of war. Triple entente ( germany and austro hungarians 1879, joined by italians 1882. Triple alliance ( russia, france & great britain) Worries over english domination of the sea.

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