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FRANCE
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PRUSSIA
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AUSTRIA
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FRANKFURT a.M.
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| Revolution breaks out Feb 22-24, 1848; Second Republic forms |
Riot in Cologne, March 3; Insurrection in Berlin, March 18; Camphausen-Hansemann ministry |
Revolution on March 13-15 in Vienna; March 15 in Budapest & March 18-22 in Milan |
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| April 23: national elections return a parliament more conservative than the Provisional Government | May: Prussian constitutional convention meets, as radical democrats debate with liberals | May: Emperor flees Vienna | May: National Assembly convenes in the Paulskirche |
| "June Days" --workers' uprising to protest dissolution of National Workshops | June: General Windischgrätz dissolves "Slav Congress" in Prague | ||
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July: General Radetzky defeats Kingdom of Piedmont
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| October: Citizens' militia fires on demonstrating workers in Berlin | October: Imperial troops conquer Vienna in fighting that kills over 4,000 |
September: armistice with Denmark dismays German nationalists
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| November: royal garrison reoccupies Berlin with little fighting | November: Austria announces that its empire will remain unified no matter what is decided in Frankfurt | ||
| December 1848: Louis Napoleon wins 75% of national vote in presidential election | December 1848: Frederick William IV adopts written constitution | March 1849: Austria adopts written constitution with powerful monarchy; Hungary conquered Jan-Aug 1849 with Russian assistance. | March 1849: federal constitution promulgated; 29 small states ratify it, but not Prussia, Austria, or Bavaria |
| In May 1849 the radical rump of Frankfurt Assembly appeals to the German people to implement its federal constitution through popular uprisings. By August Prussian and Austrian troops crush all revolutionary movements, and tens of thousands of revolutionaries flee Germany | |||
| December 1851: Louis Napoleon seizes power, creates Second Empire | |||
THE FRANKFURT
ASSEMBLY
THE EXECUTION OF ROBERT BLUM, 9 NOVEMBER 1848
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