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  • Central Europe (Present-Day Switzerland)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Wagner left Dresden for Switzerland to avoid arrest

    Central Europe (Present-Day Switzerland)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849

    On May 9, 1849, together with the leaders of the uprising, Wagner left Dresden for Switzerland to avoid arrest. He spent a number of years in exile abroad, in Switzerland, Italy, and Paris. Finally, the government lifted its ban against him and he returned to Germany.




  • Central Europe (Present-Day Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    German composer Richard Wagner engaged in the revolution in Dresden

    Central Europe (Present-Day Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849

    German composer Richard Wagner passionately engaged himself in the revolution in Dresden, supporting the democratic-republican movement. Later during the May Uprising in Dresden from May 3–9, 1849, he supported the provisional government.




  • Central Europe (Present-Day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    Uprisings occurred in the Rhenish

    Central Europe (Present-Day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    Wednesday May 9, 1849

    On May 9, 1849, uprisings occurred in the Rhenish towns of Elberfeld, Düsseldorf, Iserlohn and Solingen.




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