Danilo Ilić(Serbian Cyrillic:Данило Илић; 27 July 1890 – 3 February 1915) was aBosnian Serbwho was among the chief organisers of theAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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| Born | 27 July 1890 |
| Died | 3 February 1915 (aged 24) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Resting place | Vidovdan Heroes Chapel,Sarajevo[1] |
Biography
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Born in what is modern-dayBosnia and Herzegovina,he attended the State Teachers' College inSarajevoand for a while taught at a school in Bosnia. In 1913, Ilić moved toBelgradewhere he became a journalist and a member of theBlack Handsecret society. Ilić returned to Sarajevo in 1914 where he worked as an editor of a local Serb newspaper. He became a member ofMlada Bosna(Young Bosnia).[2]He recruitedGavrilo Princip,Nedeljko Čabrinović,Vaso Čubrilović,Trifko Grabež,Muhamed Mehmedbašić,andCvjetko PopovićtoassassinateArchdukeFranz Ferdinand of Austria,which led directly toWorld War I.[2]He and Gavrilo Princip were close friends.[2]
On Sunday, 28 June 1914, Franz Ferdinand andSophie von Chotkowwereassassinatedby Princip. Princip and Nedeljko Čabrinović were captured and interrogated by the police. They held out, but Ilić, who was picked up, eventually broke down under interrogation and named his fellow conspirators.[3]Muhamed Mehmedbašić managed to escape to Serbia butVeljko Čubrilović,Vaso Čubrilović, Cvjetko Popović and Miško Jovanović as well as Danilo Ilić were arrested and charged with treason and murder.
Eight of the men charged with treason and the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand were found guilty. Under Austria-Hungarian law, capital punishment could not be imposed on someone who was under the age of twenty when they had committed the crime. Nedeljko Čabrinović, Gavrilo Princip and Trifko Grabež therefore received the maximum penalty of twenty years, whereas Vaso Čubrilović got 16 years and Cvjetko Popović 13 years.[4]Ilić, Veljko Čubrilovic and Miško Jovanović, who helped the assassins kill the royal couple, were executed at the Sarajevo barracks on 3 February 1915.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^Pokop.ba."Sveti Arhangeli Georgije i Gavrilo"(in Bosnian). Archived fromthe originalon 2019-06-05.Retrieved2019-07-12.
- ^abcEdward R. Kantowicz. The rage of nations. Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; Cambridge, England, UK: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1999. p. 97.
- ^West, Nigel (2017).Encyclopedia of Political Assassinations.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 29.ISBN9781538102398.
- ^Kiester, Edwin (2007).An Incomplete History of World War I.Allen & Unwin. p. 19.ISBN9781740459709.
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