Danilo Ilic
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Danilo Ilić was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
in 1891 and died in 1915. He attended the State Teachers' College in Sarajevo
and for a while taught at a school in Bosnia. In 1913 Ilic moved to Belgrade
where he became a journalist and a member of the Black Hand
secret society.
Ilic returned to Sarajevo in 1914 where he worked as editor of a local Serb newspaper. He began recruiting young men into the Black Hand
group and that summer agreed to help Gavrilo Princip
, Nedeljko Čabrinović
, and Trifko Grabež
to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
On Sunday, 28 June, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie von Chotkow
were assassinated
by Gavrilo Princip. Princip and Nedeljko Čabrinović were captured and interrogated by the police. They held out but another member of the gang, who was picked up on a routine check, eventually broke down under pressure and named his fellow conspirators. Muhamed Mehmedbašić
managed to escape to Serbia but Veljko 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 Austro-Hungarian law, capital punishment could not be imposed on someone who was under the age of twenty when they had committed the crime. Nedjelko Čabrinović, Gavrilo Princip and Trifko Grabež therefore received the maximum penalty of twenty years, whereas Vaso Cubrilovic got 16 years and Cvijetko Popovic 13 years. Illić, Veljko Čubrilovic and Miško Jovanović, who helped the assassins kill the royal couple, were executed on 3 February, 1915.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
in 1891 and died in 1915. He attended the State Teachers' College in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
and for a while taught at a school in Bosnia. In 1913 Ilic moved to Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
where he became a journalist and a member of the Black Hand
Black Hand
Unification or Death , unofficially known as the Black Hand , was a secret military society formed by members of the Serbian army in the Kingdom of Serbia, which was founded on September 6, 1901. It was intent on uniting all of the territories containing significant Serb populations annexed by...
secret society.
Ilic returned to Sarajevo in 1914 where he worked as editor of a local Serb newspaper. He began recruiting young men into the Black Hand
Black Hand
Unification or Death , unofficially known as the Black Hand , was a secret military society formed by members of the Serbian army in the Kingdom of Serbia, which was founded on September 6, 1901. It was intent on uniting all of the territories containing significant Serb populations annexed by...
group and that summer agreed to help Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip was the Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914...
, Nedeljko Čabrinović
Nedeljko Cabrinovic
Nedeljko Čabrinović was a member of the nationalist Young Bosnia movement, and one of a group of seven who intended to assassinate Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria during his announced visit to Sarajevo.Born in Sarajevo, Čabrinović spent many of his post-school years as a handyman, before...
, and Trifko Grabež
Trifko Grabež
Trifun "Trifko" Grabež was a Bosnian Serb member of the organization the Black Hand involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria....
to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
On Sunday, 28 June, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie von Chotkow
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg ; 1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914) was a Czech aristocrat, the morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Their assassination sparked World War I.- Early life :...
were assassinated
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić...
by Gavrilo Princip. Princip and Nedeljko Čabrinović were captured and interrogated by the police. They held out but another member of the gang, who was picked up on a routine check, eventually broke down under pressure and named his fellow conspirators. Muhamed Mehmedbašić
Muhamed Mehmedbašic
Muhamed Mehmedbašić was a Bosniak/Muslim revolutionary and participant in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.-Background:...
managed to escape to Serbia but Veljko Čubrilović
Veljko Cubrilovic
Veljko Čubrilović was involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.He was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He became a schoolteacher in Priboj Majevicki, but in 1914, as a member of the Black Hand secret society, agreed to help Gavrilo Princip, Nedjelko Cabrinovic, and...
, Vaso Čubrilović
Vaso Cubrilovic
Vaso Čubrilović was a student in Sarajevo, when Danilo Ilić recruited him and his friend, Cvjetko Popović, to help assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria...
, Cvjetko Popović
Cvjetko Popovic
Cvjetko Popović was a Serb born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1896. He was a student in Sarajevo when Danilo Ilić recruited him and his friend, Vaso Čubrilović to help assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand....
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 Austro-Hungarian law, capital punishment could not be imposed on someone who was under the age of twenty when they had committed the crime. Nedjelko Čabrinović, Gavrilo Princip and Trifko Grabež therefore received the maximum penalty of twenty years, whereas Vaso Cubrilovic got 16 years and Cvijetko Popovic 13 years. Illić, Veljko Čubrilovic and Miško Jovanović, who helped the assassins kill the royal couple, were executed on 3 February, 1915.