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  • Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    Monday Mar 5, 1849
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    May Uprising in Dresden

    Central Europe (Present-Day Berlin, Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
    Monday Mar 5, 1849

    In Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony, the people took to the streets asking King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to engage in electoral reform, social justice, and for a constitution.




  • Italy
    Mar, 1849
    Unification of Italy

    Giuseppe Mazzini arrived in Rome

    Italy
    Mar, 1849

    In early March 1849, Giuseppe Mazzini arrived in Rome and was appointed Chief Minister.




  • Italy
    Friday Mar 23, 1849
    Unification of Italy

    The powers could respond to the founding of the Roman Republic

    Italy
    Friday Mar 23, 1849

    Before the powers could respond to the founding of the Roman Republic, Charles Albert, whose army had been trained by the exiled Polish general Albert Chrzanowski, renewed the war with Austria. He was quickly defeated by Radetzky at Novara on 23 March 1849.




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

    Draft of the Paulskirchenverfassung constitution was finally passed

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Wednesday Mar 28, 1849

    On March 28, 1849, the draft of the Paulskirchenverfassung constitution was finally passed. The new Germany was to be a constitutional monarchy, and the office of head of state ("Emperor of the Germans") was to be hereditary and held by the respective King of Prussia.




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