Gavrilo Princip fired the shots on June 28 , 1914 . He fatally wounded Austro - Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife . The assassination is considered the beginning of World War I .
Gavrilo Princip fired the shots on June 28 , 1914 . He fatally shot Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife . The assassination is considered the start of World War I .