Template talk:Events leading to World War I

Mayerling incident
I added Mayerling incident (1889) to the list; per article's lead:
 * This destabilization endangered the growing reconciliation between the Austrian and Hungarian factions of the empire, which became a catalyst of the developments that led to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip, a Yugoslav nationalist and ethnic Serb, at Sarajevo in June 1914, and the subsequent drift into the First World War.

This might only marginally fit within the category, and removal from this list would not be contested. —107.15.157.44 (talk) 16:20, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Franco-Prussian war should be added
This was a turning point in French diplomacy, the Year of the Three Kaisers should also be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:6E00:1E84:DB01:79F0:3368:D715:9D64 (talk) 13:06, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Why does this even exist? It seems completely arbitrary. --73.17.129.66 (talk) 03:13, 27 January 2021 (UTC)