Vidovdan is a Serbian national and religious holiday, celebrated on June 28 (Gregorian Calendar), (June 15 - Julian calendar). The Serbian Church designates it as the memorial day to Saint Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the epic Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire on June 28, 1389.
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, which triggered the First World War, happened on that same day - June 28th 1914.
The following images and texts are excerpt from the book:
Ратни албум (War Album) 1914-1918,
Author: Андра Поповић (Andra Popovic),
Belgrade, 1926
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On June 28th 1389 our Empire was destroyed, on the battlefield of Kosovo Polje; on this day Sultan Mourad I, the greatest enemy of our Nation, was killed by Miloš Obilić.
On the same day in 1914, Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand, the greatest enemy to our freedom at Sarajevo. This was the first of the events which led up to the rebirth of our ancient Empire and to our reunion with our Croat and Slovenec brothers.
1. Franz Ferdinand, Heir Apparent to the Throne of Austria - Hungary, and his morganatic wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg.
2. Nedeljko Cabrinovic, who made the first attempt
3. Gavrilo Princip, who made the second and successful attempt
4. Franz Ferdinand leaves Vienna for Sarajevo
5 The Crown Prince and Princess shortly before the unsuccessful attempt by Cabrinović (this first attempt was made with a bomb)
6. The Crown Prince and Princess, after the first attempt on their lives, on the way from the Town Hall to the Hospital, immediately before the second attempt.
7. Princips arrest.
8. Trial of the criminals and their alleged accomplices (first row from the left: Grabez, Čabrinović, Princip, Ilić and Jovanović)
9. General K. v. Hotzendorf, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Great General Staff, studies the project of the "punitive expedition against Serbia".
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