Saturday 5 July 2014

Week of 29 June 1914 – 4 July 1914



100 years ago this week: the first part of the week focused on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo and the anti-Servian demonstrations that occurred in Sarajevo and Vienna as a result.  There is concern that these events may pose a danger to the fragile peace of Europe but this view is later discredited.  By mid-week, this had slipped further down the headlines and matters closer to home were the focus – the debate in the House of Lords on the Government of Ireland Bill, the King’s visit to Shrewsbury and the death of Joseph Chamberlain. 

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