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                <span class="year">1914</span>
                <span class="month">June 28</span>
                <p>Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Duchess Sophie by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip.</p>
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                <span class="month">July 5	</span>
                <p>Austria-Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian militarism. Germany gives assurances of support.</p>
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                <span class="year">1915</span>
                <span class="month">January 2</span>
                <p>The Russian offensive in the Carpathians begins. It will continue until April 12.	</p>
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                <span class="month">January 18–19	</span>
                <p>Battle of Jassin.	</p>
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                <span class="year">1916</span>
                <span class="month">January 5–17</span>
                <p>Austro-Hungarian offensive against Montenegro, which capitulates.	</p>
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                <p>Battle of Mojkovac.	</p>
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