The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is widely regarded as the event that sparked the start of World War I. He was killed on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist. This assassination set off a chain of events, including a series of diplomatic crises and mobilizations, which ultimately led to the outbreak of the war in July 1914.
Which world leader was assassinated and as a result, sparked the start of world War 1?
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