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  • Algeria
    1848
    Algerian War

    Integral part of France

    Algeria
    1848

    Algeria was subsequently declared by the constitution of 1848 to be an integral part of France and divided into three departments: Alger, Oran and Constantine. Many French and other Europeans (Spanish, Italians, Maltese, and others) later settled in Algeria.




  • Palermo, Italy
    Jan, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The first major outbreak came in Palermo

    Palermo, Italy
    Jan, 1848

    The first major outbreak came in Palermo, Sicily, starting in January 1848. There had been several previous revolts against Bourbon rule; this one produced an independent state that lasted only 16 months before the Bourbons came back.




  • Europe
    Jan, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Urban workers

    Europe
    Jan, 1848

    The liberalization of trade laws and the growth of factories had increased the gulf between master tradesmen, and journeymen and apprentices, whose numbers increased disproportionately by 93% from 1815 to 1848 in Germany.




  • Central Europe (Present-Day Austria)
    Saturday Jan 1, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Causes of events of 1848 in the Austrian Empire

    Central Europe (Present-Day Austria)
    Saturday Jan 1, 1848

    The events of 1848 were the product of mounting social and political tensions after the Congress of Vienna of 1815. During the "pre-March" period, the already conservative Austrian Empire moved further away from ideas of the Age of Enlightenment, restricted freedom of the press, limited many university activities, and banned fraternities.




  • Italy
    Jan, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    Unification process was precipitated by the revolutions of 1848

    Italy
    Jan, 1848

    The unification process was precipitated by the revolutions of 1848, and reached completion in 1871, when Rome was officially designated the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.




  • Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    The revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy

    Italy
    Wednesday Jan 5, 1848

    On 5 January 1848, the revolutionary disturbances began with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy, as citizens stopped smoking cigars and playing the lottery, which denied Austria the associated tax revenue. Shortly after this, revolts began on the island of Sicily and in Naples.




  • Italy
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states

    Italy
    1848

    The 1848 Revolutions in the Italian states, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 in Europe, were organized revolts in the states of the Italian peninsula and Sicily, led by intellectuals and agitators who desired a liberal government. As Italian nationalists they sought to eliminate reactionary Austrian control.


  • Denmark
    Jan, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Revolutions of 1848 Denmark

    Denmark
    Jan, 1848

    In January 1848 during a period of rising opposition from farmers and liberals. The demands for constitutional monarchy, led by the National Liberals, ended with a popular march to Christiansborg on 21 March. The new king, Frederick VII, met the liberals' demands and installed a new Cabinet that included prominent leaders of the National Liberal Party.


  • Belgium
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Belgium did not see major unrest in 1848

    Belgium
    1848

    Belgium did not see major unrest in 1848; it had already undergone a liberal reform after the Revolution of 1830 and thus its constitutional system and its monarchy survived.


  • Germany
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    A depiction of Leopold I of Belgium's symbolic offer to resign the crown

    Germany
    1848

    The most serious threat of revolutionary contagion, however, was posed by Belgian émigré groups from France. In 1830 the Belgian Revolution had broken out inspired by the revolution occurring in France, and Belgian authorities feared that a similar 'copycat' phenomenon might occur in 1848.


  • Ireland
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    "Crime and Outrage Bill"

    Ireland
    1848

    The spark for the Young Irelander Revolution came in 1848 when the British Parliament passed the "Crime and Outrage Bill". The Bill was essentially a declaration of martial law in Ireland, designed to create a counter-insurgency against the growing Irish nationalist movement.


  • Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Chilean Revolution

    Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
    1848

    In Chile, the 1848 revolutions inspired the 1851 Chilean Revolution.


  • Bogotá, Colombia
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Spanish Latin America

    Bogotá, Colombia
    1848

    In Spanish Latin America, the Revolution of 1848 appeared in New Granada, where Colombian students, liberals, and intellectuals demanded the election of General José Hilario López.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Friday Feb 4, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Baden sent two democrats to the pre parliament

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Friday Feb 4, 1848

    Baden sent two democrats, Friedrich Karl Franz Hecker and Gustav von Struve, to the pre parliament. In the minority and frustrated with the lack of progress, Hecker and Struve walked out in protest on April 2, 1848.


  • Florence, Italy
    Feb, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    Revolts in Tuscany that were relatively nonviolent

    Florence, Italy
    Feb, 1848

    In February 1848, there were revolts in Tuscany that were relatively nonviolent, after which Grand Duke Leopold II granted the Tuscans a constitution. A breakaway republican provisional government formed in Tuscany during February shortly after this concession.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Bavaria, Germany)
    Wednesday Feb 9, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Demonstration in Bavaria

    Central Europe (Present-Day Bavaria, Germany)
    Wednesday Feb 9, 1848

    On February 9, conservatives came out onto the streets in protest.


  • Italy
    Monday Feb 21, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    Pope Pius IX granted a constitution to the Papal States

    Italy
    Monday Feb 21, 1848

    On 21 February, Pope Pius IX granted a constitution to the Papal States, which was both unexpected and surprising considering the historical recalcitrance of the Papacy.


  • Germany
    Feb, 1848
    Unification of Germany

    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Germany
    Feb, 1848

    The "March Revolution" in the German states took place in the south and the west of Germany, with large popular assemblies and mass demonstrations. Led by well-educated students and intellectuals, they demanded German national unity, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly.


  • France
    Wednesday Feb 23, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    King Louis Philippe of France was forced to flee Paris

    France
    Wednesday Feb 23, 1848

    On 23 February 1848, King Louis Philippe of France was forced to flee Paris, and a republic was proclaimed. By the time the revolution in Paris occurred, three states of Italy had constitutions—four if one considers Sicily to be a separate state.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Feb, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Baden was the first state to have popular unrest

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Feb, 1848

    Baden was the first state in Germany to have popular unrest, despite the liberal reforms. Baden happened to be one of the most liberal states in Germany. After the news of the February Days in Paris reached Baden.


  • Germany
    Feb, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Germany
    Feb, 1848

    The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution, were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries. They were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the German Confederation, including the Austrian Empire.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sunday Feb 27, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    An assembly of people from Baden adopted a resolution demanding a bill of rights

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sunday Feb 27, 1848

    On February 27, 1848, in Mannheim, an assembly of people from Baden adopted a resolution demanding a bill of rights. Similar resolutions were adopted in Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau, and other German states.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    "March Revolution" in the German states

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Mar, 1848

    The "March Revolution" in the German states took place in the south and the west of Germany, with large popular assemblies and mass demonstrations. Led by well-educated students and intellectuals, they demanded German national unity, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly. The uprisings were poorly coordinated but had in common a rejection of traditional, autocratic political structures in the 39 independent states of the German Confederation.


  • Egypt
    Thursday Mar 2, 1848
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim was appointed Regent when his father became senile

    Egypt
    Thursday Mar 2, 1848

    Ibrahim was appointed Regent when his father became senile.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
    Monday Mar 6, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    A group of German liberals began to make plans for an election to a German national assembly

    Central Europe (Present-Day Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
    Monday Mar 6, 1848

    In Heidelberg, in the state of Baden, on March 6, 1848, a group of German liberals began to make plans for an election to a German national assembly. This prototype Parliament met on March 31, in Frankfurt's St. Paul's Church.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    "Address to the king"

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Mar, 1848

    In March 1848, crowds of people gathered in Berlin to present their demands in an "address to the king". King Frederick William IV, taken by surprise, verbally yielded to all the demonstrators' demands, including parliamentary elections, a constitution, and freedom of the press. He promised that "Prussia was to be merged forthwith into Germany."


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Sunday Mar 12, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Vienna had been restive

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Sunday Mar 12, 1848

    Vienna had been restive and was encouraged by a sermon of Anton Füster, a liberal priest, on Sunday, March 12, 1848 in their university chapel. The student demonstrators demanded a constitution and a constituent assembly elected by universal male suffrage.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 13, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire

    Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 13, 1848

    The Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire were a set of revolutions that took place in the Austrian Empire from March 1848 to November 1849.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany)
    Monday Mar 13, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Warnings by the police against public demonstrations

    Central Europe (Present-Day Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany)
    Monday Mar 13, 1848

    On March 13, after warnings by the police against public demonstrations went unheeded, the army charged a group of people returning from a meeting in the Tiergarten, leaving one person dead and many injured.


  • France
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The revolutions spread from France

    France
    Mar, 1848

    The revolutions spread from France across Europe; they erupted soon thereafter in Austria and Germany, beginning with the large demonstrations on March 13, 1848, in Vienna. This resulted in the resignation of Prince von Metternich as chief minister to Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, and his going into exile in Britain. Because of the date of the Vienna demonstrations, the revolutions in Germany are usually called the March Revolution.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Students mounted a large street demonstration in Vienna

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Mar, 1848

    On March 13, 1848 university students mounted a large street demonstration in Vienna, and it was covered by the press across the German-speaking states. Following the important, but relatively minor, demonstrations against royal mistress Lola Montez in Bavaria on February 9, 1848, the first major revolt of 1848 in German lands occurred in Vienna on March 13, 1848.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Tuesday Mar 14, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Emperor Ferdinand ordered to fire on the students rebels

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Tuesday Mar 14, 1848

    Emperor Ferdinand and his chief advisor Metternich directed troops to crush the demonstration. When demonstrators moved to the streets near the palace, the troops fired on the students, killing several. The new working class of Vienna joined the student demonstrations, developing an armed insurrection.


  • Wednesday Mar 15, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Hungarian Revolution of 1848

    Wednesday Mar 15, 1848

    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 or fully Hungarian Civic Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 was one of many European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. Although the revolution failed, it is one of the most significant events in Hungary's modern history, forming the cornerstone of modern Hungarian national identity.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Bavaria, Germany)
    Thursday Mar 16, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ludwig I abdicated in favor of his eldest son Maximilian II

    Central Europe (Present-Day Bavaria, Germany)
    Thursday Mar 16, 1848

    Ludwig tried to institute a few minor reforms but they proved insufficient to quell the storm of protests. On March 16, 1848, Ludwig I abdicated in favor of his eldest son Maximilian II. Ludwig complained that "I could not rule any longer, and I did not want to give up my powers".


  • Milan, Italy
    Saturday Mar 18, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    Tensions increased until the Milanese and Venetians rose in revolt

    Milan, Italy
    Saturday Mar 18, 1848

    In Lombardy, tensions increased until the Milanese and Venetians rose in revolt on 18 March 1848.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Saturday Mar 18, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    A large demonstration occurred in Germany

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Saturday Mar 18, 1848

    On March 18, a large demonstration occurred. After two shots were fired, fearing that some of the 20,000 soldiers would be used against them, demonstrators erected barricades, and a battle ensued until troops were ordered 13 hours later to retreat, leaving hundreds dead.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    Sunday Mar 19, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    March Unrest in the Swedish

    Stockholm, Sweden
    Sunday Mar 19, 1848

    During 18–19 March, a series of riots known as the March Unrest (Marsoroligheterna) took place in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Declarations with demands of political reform were spread in the city and a crowd was dispersed by the military, leading to 18 casualties.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Monday Mar 20, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Prussia annexing the Greater Polish region as the Province of Posen

    Central Europe (Present-Day Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Monday Mar 20, 1848

    It began on 20 March 1848 and resulted in Prussia annexing the Greater Polish region as the Province of Posen.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Friedrichshain cemetery, Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Mar 21, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The King proceeded through the streets of Berlin to attend a mass funeral at the Friedrichshain cemetery for the civilian victims of the uprising

    Central Europe (Present-Day Friedrichshain cemetery, Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Mar 21, 1848

    On March 21, the King proceeded through the streets of Berlin to attend a mass funeral at the Friedrichshain cemetery for the civilian victims of the uprising. He and his ministers and generals wore the revolutionary tricolor of black, red, and gold. Polish prisoners, who had been jailed for planning a rebellion in formerly Polish territories now ruled by Prussia, were liberated and paraded through the city to the acclaim of the people.


  • Italy
    Thursday Mar 23, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    First Italian War of Independence

    Italy
    Thursday Mar 23, 1848

    The First Italian War of Independence, part of the Italian Unification, was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia and Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other conservative states from 23 March 1848 to 22 August 1849 in the Italian Peninsula.


  • Schleswig and Jutland
    Friday Mar 24, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    First Schleswig War

    Schleswig and Jutland
    Friday Mar 24, 1848

    The First Schleswig War was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig-Holstein Question, contesting the issue of who should control the mainly German-speaking Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Ultimately, the Danish side proved victorious with the diplomatic support of the great powers.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Austrian Empire)
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Revolution in Vienna was a catalyst to revolution throughout the German states

    Central Europe (Present-Day Austrian Empire)
    Mar, 1848

    The March Revolution in Vienna was a catalyst to revolution throughout the German states. Popular demands were made for an elected representative government and for the unification of Germany.


  • Poland
    Mar, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Greater Poland uprising

    Poland
    Mar, 1848

    The Greater Poland uprising of 1848 or Poznań Uprising was an unsuccessful military insurrection of Poles against Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Mar, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Greater Poland uprising of 1848

    Central Europe (Present-Day Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Mar, 1848

    The Greater Poland uprising of 1848 or Poznań Uprising was an unsuccessful military insurrection of Poles against Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Saturday Apr 8, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    A law allowing universal suffrage

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Saturday Apr 8, 1848

    On April 8, 1848, a law allowing universal suffrage and an indirect (two-stage) voting system was agreed to by the assembly.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Apr, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand appointed new ministers

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Apr, 1848

    Ferdinand appointed new, nominally liberal, ministers. The Austrian government drafted a constitution in late April 1848. The people rejected this, as the majority was denied the right to vote.


  • Moldova
    Apr, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Moldavian Revolution of 1848

    Moldova
    Apr, 1848

    The Moldavian Revolution of 1848 is the name used for the unsuccessful Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist movement inspired by the Revolutions of 1848 in the principality of Moldavia.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Paulsplatz, Paulsplatz, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse 60311, Germany)
    Monday May 1, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    A Constituent National Assembly was elected in late April and early May

    Central Europe (Present-Day Paulsplatz, Paulsplatz, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse 60311, Germany)
    Monday May 1, 1848

    A Constituent National Assembly was elected from various German states in late April and early May 1848 and gathered in St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main on May 18, 1848.


  • Germany
    1848
    Unification of Germany

    Frankfurt Parliament

    Germany
    1848

    The Frankfurt Parliament was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, including the German-populated areas of Austria-Hungary, elected on 1 May 1848.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Baden and the Palatinate,Germany)
    Wednesday May 10, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Frederick Engels took part in the uprising in Baden and the Palatinate

    Central Europe (Present-Day Baden and the Palatinate,Germany)
    Wednesday May 10, 1848

    Frederick Engels took part in the uprising in Baden and the Palatinate. On May 10, 1848, he and Karl Marx traveled from Cologne, Germany, to observe the events of the region.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Frankfurt, Germany)
    Thursday May 18, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Frankfurt National Assembly was convened

    Central Europe (Present-Day Frankfurt, Germany)
    Thursday May 18, 1848

    On May 18, 1848, 809 delegates (585 of whom were elected) were seated at St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt to convene the Frankfurt National Assembly. Karl Mathy, a right-center journalist, was among those elected as a deputy to the Frankfurt National Assembly.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Monday May 22, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Another elected assembly sat for the first time in Berlin

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Monday May 22, 1848

    On May 22, 1848, another elected assembly sat for the first time in Berlin. They were elected under the law of April 8, 1848, which allowed for universal suffrage and a two-stage voting system.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    May, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The citizens of Vienna returned to the streets

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    May, 1848

    The citizens of Vienna returned to the streets from May 26 through 27, 1848, erecting barricades to prepare for an army attack. Ferdinand and his family fled to Innsbruck, where they spent the next few months surrounded by the loyal peasantry of the Tyrol.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand issued two manifestos on May and June

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    1848

    Ferdinand issued two manifestos on May 16, 1848, and June 3, 1848, which gave concessions to the people. He converted the Imperial Diet into a Constituent Assembly to be elected by the people. Other concessions were less substantial, and generally addressed the reorganizing and unification of Germany.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Wednesday Jun 14, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Hermann von Natzmer refused to shoot the insurgent forces

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Wednesday Jun 14, 1848

    Hermann von Natzmer was the former Prussian officer who had been in charge of the arsenal of Berlin. Refusing to shoot insurgent forces who stormed the arsenal on June 14, 1848, Natzmer became a hero to insurgents across Germany.


  • Romania
    Jun, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Wallachian Revolution of 1848

    Romania
    Jun, 1848

    The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and nationalist uprising in the Principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the unsuccessful revolt in the Principality of Moldavia, it sought to overturn the administration imposed by Imperial Russian authorities under the Regulamentul Organic regime, and, through many of its leaders, demanded the abolition of boyar privilege.


  • Italy
    1848
    Unification of Italy

    The King of Sardinia urged by the Venetians and Milanese to aid their cause

    Italy
    1848

    Charles Albert, the King of Sardinia, urged by the Venetians and Milanese to aid their cause, decided this was the moment to unify Italy and declared war on Austria.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 4, 1848
    Flag of the United States

    Star for Wisconsin

    U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 4, 1848

    The flag was changed to have 30 stars. (for Wisconsin)


  • Seneca Falls, New York, U.S.
    1848
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass was the only African American to attend the Seneca Falls Convention

    Seneca Falls, New York, U.S.
    1848

    In 1848, Douglass was the only African American to attend the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, in upstate New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton asked the assembly to pass a resolution asking for women's suffrage. Many of those present opposed the idea, including influential Quakers James and Lucretia Mott. Douglass stood and spoke eloquently in favor of women's suffrage; he said that he could not accept the right to vote as a black man if women could not also claim that right. He suggested that the world would be a better place if women were involved in the political sphere. In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the degradation of woman and the perpetuation of a great injustice happens, but the maiming and repudiation of one-half of the moral and intellectual power of the government of the world. After Douglass's powerful words, the attendees passed the resolution.


  • Custoza, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
    1848
    Unification of Italy

    Charles Albert was defeated by Radetzky

    Custoza, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
    1848

    Charles Albert, the King of Sardinia, urged by the Venetians and Milanese to aid their cause, decided this was the moment to unify Italy and declared war on Austria. After initial successes at Goito and Peschiera, he was decisively defeated by Radetzky at the Battle of Custoza on 24 July.


  • Custoza, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
    Jul, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    Battle of Custoza

    Custoza, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
    Jul, 1848

    The First Battle of Custoza was fought on July 24 and 25, 1848, during the First Italian War of Independence between the armies of the Austrian Empire, commanded by Field Marshal Radetzky, and the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by King Charles Albert of Sardinia-Piedmont.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Jul, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Struggle for constitutional rights

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Jul, 1848

    Democrats of the Palatinate and across Germany considered the Baden-Palatinate insurrection to be part of the wider all-German struggle for constitutional rights. Franz Sigel, a second lieutenant in the Baden army, a democrat, and a supporter of the provisional government, developed a plan to protect the reform movement in Karlsruhe and the Palatinate.


  • Ireland
    Saturday Jul 29, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    Young Ireland rebellion

    Ireland
    Saturday Jul 29, 1848

    The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 that affected most of Europe. It took place on 29 July 1848 at Farranrory, a small settlement about 4.3 km north-northeast of the village of Ballingarry, South Tipperary.


  • Ireland
    Jul, 1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    The Young Ireland Party launched its rebellion

    Ireland
    Jul, 1848

    In response, the Young Ireland Party launched its rebellion in July 1848, gathering landlords and tenants to its cause.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Saturday Aug 12, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand returned to Vienna

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Saturday Aug 12, 1848

    Ferdinand returned to Vienna from Innsbruck on August 12, 1848. Soon after his return, the working-class populace hit the streets again on August 21, 1848, to protest high unemployment and the government's decree to reduce wages.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Austrian troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1848

    On August 23, 1848, Austrian troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators and shot several.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848
    Frederick Douglass

    Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld

    U.S.
    Sunday Sep 17, 1848

    In September 1848, Douglass published an open letter addressed to his former master, Thomas Auld, berating him for his conduct, and inquiring after members of his family still held by Auld.


  • Egypt
    1848
    Muhammad Ali of Egypt

    Wali ruled until 1848

    Egypt
    1848

    Ibrahim, progressively crippled by rheumatic pains and tuberculosis (he was beginning to cough up blood), was sent to Italy to take the waters, Muhammad Ali, in 1846, traveled to Constantinople. There he approached the Sultan, expressed his fears, and made his peace, explaining: "[My son] Ibrahim is old and sick, [my grandson] Abbas is indolent, and then children will rule Egypt. How will they keep Egypt?" After he secured hereditary rule for his family, the Wali ruled until 1848, when senility made further governance by him impossible.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Ferdinand decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Sep, 1848

    In late September 1848, Emperor Ferdinand, who was also King Ferdinand V of Hungary, decided to send Austrian and Croatian troops to Hungary to crush a democratic rebellion there.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Marx and Engels and Karl Ludwig serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Sep, 1848

    In late 1848, Marx and Engels intended to meet with Karl Ludwig Johann D'Ester, then serving as a member of the provisional government in Baden and the Palatinate. He was a physician, democrat and socialist who had been a member of the Cologne community chapter of the Communist League.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian

    Central Europe (Present-Day Hungary)
    Friday Sep 29, 1848

    On September 29, 1848, the Austrian troops were defeated by the Hungarian revolutionary forces.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Oct, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The citizens of Vienna had demonstrated against the emperor's actions

    Central Europe (Present-Day Vienna, Austria)
    Oct, 1848

    On October 6 through 7, 1848, the citizens of Vienna had demonstrated against the emperor's actions against forces in Hungary.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 30, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    D'Ester had been elected to the Central committee of the German Democrats

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 30, 1848

    D'Ester had been elected to the Central Committee of the German Democrats, together with Reichenbach and Hexamer, at the Second Democratic Congress held in Berlin from October 26 through October 30, 1848.


  • Brazil
    1848
    Revolutions of 1848

    The Praieira Revolt

    Brazil
    1848

    In Brazil, the Praieira Revolt, a movement in Pernambuco, lasted from November 1848 to 1852.[citation needed] Unresolved conflicts from the period of the regency and local resistance to the consolidation of the Brazilian Empire that had been proclaimed in 1822 helped to plant the seeds of the revolution.


  • U.S.
    1848
    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination

    U.S.
    1848

    Lincoln supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.


  • Egypt
    Friday Nov 10, 1848
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim Pasha's death

    Egypt
    Friday Nov 10, 1848

    Ibrahim Pasha's death on 10 November 1848.


  • Italy
    Nov, 1848
    Unification of Italy

    The assassination of his Minister Pellegrino Rossi

    Italy
    Nov, 1848

    In November 1848, following the assassination of his Minister Pellegrino Rossi, Pius IX fled just before Giuseppe Garibaldi and other patriots arrived in Rome.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Czech Republic)
    Saturday Dec 2, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Emperor Ferdinand fled to Olomouc in Moravia

    Central Europe (Present-Day Czech Republic)
    Saturday Dec 2, 1848

    Emperor Ferdinand I fled to Olomouc in Moravia. On December 2, 1848, Ferdinand abdicated in favor of his nephew Franz Joseph.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    A constitution took effect on December

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1848

    King Frederick William IV of Prussia unilaterally imposed a monarchist constitution to undercut the democratic forces. This constitution took effect on December 5, 1848.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The Berlin Assembly was dissolved

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    Tuesday Dec 5, 1848

    On December 5, 1848, the Berlin Assembly was dissolved and replaced with the bicameral legislature allowed under the monarchist Constitution. This legislature was composed of a Herrenhaus and a Landtag.


  • Verkhnie Aremzyani (now a village near Tobolsk in Siberia)
    Dec, 1848
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    Burned Factory

    Verkhnie Aremzyani (now a village near Tobolsk in Siberia)
    Dec, 1848

    In December 1848, the factory of Mendeleev's mother burned down, which strongly affected the financial situation of the family. During that time, Mendeleev was attending the gymnasium(school) in Tobolsk.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The Revolution of 1848 brought reforms in the government of Saxony

    Central Europe (Present-Day Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    1848

    The Revolution of 1848 brought more popular reforms in the government of Saxony.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
    1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The liberal petty bourgeoisie led the uprisings of 1848

    Central Europe (Present-Day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
    1848

    By 1848, a large industrial working class, the proletariat, had developed, and owing to Napoleonic France, the level of education was relatively high and it was politically active. While in other German states the liberal petty bourgeoisie led the uprisings of 1848, in the Rhineland the proletariat was asserting its interests openly against the bourgeoisie as early as 1840.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Prussia controlled the Rhineland as part of "Western Prussia"

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Germany)
    1848

    In 1848, Prussia controlled the Rhineland as part of "Western Prussia", having first acquired territory in this area in 1614.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Dec, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    "Basic Rights for the German People"

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Dec, 1848

    In December 1848 the "Basic Rights for the German People" proclaimed equal rights for all citizens before the law.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Thursday Dec 28, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The Prussian aristocrats and generals had regained power in Berlin

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Thursday Dec 28, 1848

    By late 1848, the Prussian aristocrats and generals had regained power in Berlin. They had not been defeated permanently during the incidents of March but had only retreated temporarily.


  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    The Revolution of 1848 failed in its attempt to unify the German-speaking states

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    1848

    The Revolution of 1848 failed in its attempt to unify the German-speaking states because the Frankfurt Assembly reflected the many different interests of the German ruling classes. Its members were unable to form coalitions and push for specific goals.


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