Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Princip, Gavrilo

PRINCIP, GAVRILO, the assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife. He was a native of Bosnia and one of the extreme Serbian patriots. When the Archduke visited Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, an attempt was made to assassinate him with bombs. Narrowly escaping death, the Archduke and his wife were being driven in a carriage to the royal palace when Princip fired into the equipage just as it turned the corner of a narrow street. The Archduke and Duchess were killed almost instantly. Princip was arrested and died two years later while awaiting trial.