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  • Austrian Galicia
    1846

    Uprising of Polish nobility in Austrian Galicia

    Austrian Galicia
    1846

    In 1846, there had been an uprising of Polish nobility in Austrian Galicia, which was only countered when peasants, in turn, rose up against the nobles. Additionally, an uprising by democratic forces against Prussia, planned but not actually carried out, occurred in Greater Poland.




  • Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847

    Sonderbund War

    Switzerland
    Thursday Mar 11, 1847

    The Sonderbund War of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons.




  • Poland and Ukraine
    1847

    Ukrainian national movement

    Poland and Ukraine
    1847

    On 2 May 1848, the Supreme Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Council was established. The Council (1848–1851) was headed by the Greek-Catholic Bishop Gregory Yakhimovich and consisted of 30 permanent members. Its main goal was the administrative division of Galicia into Western (Polish) and Eastern (Ruthenian/Ukrainian) parts within the borders of the Habsburg Empire, and formation of a separate region with a political self-governance.




  • Europe
    Jan, 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.




  • Italy
    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 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

    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

    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

    "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

    Chilean Revolution

    Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
    1848

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


  • Bogotá, Colombia
    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.


  • Germany
    Feb, 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.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 13, 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.


  • Wednesday Mar 15, 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.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    Sunday Mar 19, 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.


  • Schleswig and Jutland
    Friday Mar 24, 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.


  • Poland
    Mar, 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.


  • Moldova
    Apr, 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.


  • Romania
    Jun, 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.


  • Ireland
    Saturday Jul 29, 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

    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.


  • Brazil
    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.


  • Paris, France
    2022

    French Revolution of 1848

    Paris, France
    2022

    The "February Revolution" in France was sparked by the suppression of the campagne des banquets. This revolution was driven by nationalist and republican ideals among the French general public, who believed the people should rule themselves. It ended the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe, and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. The new government was headed by Louis-Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, who in 1852 staged a coup d'état and established himself as a dictatorial emperor of the Second French Empire.


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