Revolutions of 1848
January 12, 1848 – October 4, 1849 · Paris, Vienna, Berlin and other cities
Wave of liberal and national revolutions across Europe. Most were crushed, but they ended the French monarchy, serfdom in Austria and Metternich's career.
Key people
Napoleon III
Politician, Elected President of the French Republic in December 1848
Klemens von Metternich
Chancellor of Austria, Forced to resign and flee in March 1848
Giuseppe Mazzini
Revolutionary, Led the short-lived Roman Republic
Louis Philippe I
King of the French, Overthrown in February 1848
Participants
Battles and events 12
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German revolutions of 1848–1849 1848
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Palatine uprising May 2 – June 19, 1849
- Battle of Kirchheimbolanden June 14, 1849 · The irregulars (Freischaren) were defeated
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- Sicilian revolution of 1848 January 12, 1848 – May 15, 1849
- French Revolution of 1848 February 22 – December 2, 1848
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Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire March 1, 1848 – November 1848
- Serb uprising of 1848–1849 1848 – October 4, 1849
- Prague uprising (1848) June 12–17, 1848
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Hungarian Revolution of 1848 March 15, 1848 – October 4, 1849 · Austro-Russian victory
- 1848–1849 massacres in Transylvania 1848 – 1849
- Slovak Volunteer Campaigns September 19, 1848 – November 21, 1849
- Battle of Pákozd September 29, 1848 · Hungarian victory
- Battle of Schwechat October 30, 1848 · Austro-Croatian victory
- Battle of Mór December 30, 1848 · Austro-Croatian Victory
- First Battle of Vác (1849) 1849 · Hungarian victory
- Battle of Piski February 9, 1849 · Hungarian victory
- Battle of Kápolna February 26–27, 1849 · Austrian victory
- Second Battle of Szolnok March 5, 1849 · Hungarian victory
- Battle of Isaszeg (1849) April 6, 1849 · Hungarian victory
- First Battle of Komárom (1849) April 26, 1849 · Tactically inconclusive; strategical Hungarian victory
- Siege of Buda (1849) May 4–21, 1849 · Hungarian victory
- Siege of Temesvár (1849) June 11 – August 9, 1849 · Austrian victory
- Battle of Pered June 20–21, 1849 · Austro-Russian victory
- Battle of Győr (1849) June 28, 1849 · Austro-Russian victory
- Battle of Segesvár July 31, 1849 · Russian victory
- Battle of Szőreg August 5, 1849 · Austrian & Russian victory
- Battle of Temesvár August 9, 1849 · Austro-Russian victory
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First Schleswig War March 24, 1848 – May 8, 1851 · Danish victory
- Battle of Dybbøl (1848) 1848 · Danish victory
- Battle of Bov April 9, 1848 · Danish victory
- Battle of Schleswig April 23, 1848 · Prussian victory
- Battle of Nybøl May 28, 1848 · Danish victory
- Armistice of Malmö August 26, 1848
- Battle of Eckernförde April 5, 1849 · Schleswig-Holsteinian victory
- Battle of Kolding (1849) April 23, 1849 · Prussian victory
- Battle of Heligoland (1849) June 4, 1849 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Fredericia July 6, 1849 · Danish victory
- Battle of Isted July 25, 1850 · Danish victory
- Battle of Lottorf November 24, 1850 · Danish victory
- Greater Poland Uprising (1848) May 1848
- June Days uprising June 22–26, 1848
- Young Ireland rebellion July 29, 1848
- Wallachian Revolution of 1848 September 25, 1848
- Praieira revolt November 6, 1848
- May Uprising in Dresden May 3–9, 1849