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What lead to the Austria's declaration of war?

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On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austriaand his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
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