SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I during the Xinhai Revolution. In 1913, the cruisers were ordered to rotate duties one final time, with "Kaiserin Elisabeth" going to China, and "Kaiser Franz Joseph I" returning to Austria-Hungary in 1914. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo triggered a chain of events which led to the July Crisis and Austria-Hungary's subsequent declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July. Events unfolded rapidly in the ensuing days. On 30 July 1914 Russia declared full mobilization in response to Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary declared full mobilization the next day. On 1 August
Archduke Franz Josef of Austria, Prince of Tuscany 1958, Archduke Franz Josef inherited the Carlist pretensions to the Spanish throne from them as a nephew of Jaime, Duke of Madrid. He assumed the title of Duke of Madrid and was involved in the Carlist movement, as Francisco I, from 1956 until his death. He died on 9 May 1975 at Hernstein, Austria. Archduke Franz Josef of Austria, Prince of Tuscany Archduke Franz Josef of Austria- Tuscany (born in Vienna 4 February 1905 - died Hernstein, Austria 9 May 1975) was the fourth son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain. At the fall