European Revolutions of 1848 facts for kids
The European Revolutions of 1848 were a series of revolts in Europe. In some places they are called Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution.
These revolutions started in January with a Palermo republican uprising. The larger French Revolution of 1848 in February was followed in March by several other revolutions amongst them the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. In Ireland, the rebellions began because of famine conditions in their country.
People in the various countries tried to take over their governments.
Images for kids
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The June Uprising of 1848 in Prague injected a strong political element into Czech National Revival.
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The revolutionary barricades in Vienna in May 1848
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Revolutionaries in Berlin in March 1848, waving the revolutionary flags
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Danish soldiers parade through Copenhagen in 1849 after victories in the First Schleswig War
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Romanian revolutionaries in Bucharest in 1848, carrying the Romanian tricolor
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A depiction of Leopold I of Belgium's symbolic offer to resign the crown in 1848
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Trial of the Irish patriots at Clonmel. Young Irelanders receiving their sentence of death.
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Chartist meeting on Kennington Common 10 April 1848
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Alexander Schimmelfennig (Germany)
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Carl Schurz (Germany)
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Franz Sigel (Germany)
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August Willich (Germany)
See also
In Spanish: Revoluciones de 1848 para niños