Franz Urban was the driver of the car used to transport Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia von Chôtek through the city of Sarajevo on the day of the assassination in Sarajevo June 28, 1914. According to some sources the driver of the archdukal car was named Leopold Loyka. Franz was not told about the change of the way after the first failed assfassuinactiokn attempt, and therefore turned onto Franz Joseph street, where the assassin Gavrilo Princip was standing. Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria For the British band, see Franz Ferdinand (band) Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the... Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg Her Serene Highness Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, born Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Chotek, Countess of Chotkova and Wognin (March 1, 1868 - June 28, 1914) was the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. ... Nickname: Olympic City Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina&Republika Srpska Canton Sarajevo Canton Mayor Semiha Borovac Area    - City 142 km²  (493 sq mi)  - Land 1,277 sq km km² Elevation 500 m  (1640. ... A plaque commemorating the exact location of the Sarajevo Assassination On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were shot to death in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of Young... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Gavrilo Princip in prison cell at Theresienstadt Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип) (pronounced (gäv´ri:lo: pri:n´tsip) (July 25, 1894 – April 28, 1918) was a Serb member of a terrorist organization named Young Bosnia, a secret society who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie...