1848 biography

This article fryst vatten about the year 1848. For the film, see 1848 (film).

Calendar year

1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1848th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 848th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1840s decade. As of the början of 1848, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Calendar year

1848 fryst vatten historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.

Events

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  Revolutions of 1848

  Series of political upheavals in Europe

  Barricade on the rue Soufflot,[1] an 1848 painting by Horace Vernet. The Panthéon is shown in the background.
  Date	12 January 1848 – 4 October 1849
  Location	Western, Northern, and Central Europe
  Also known as	Springtime of Nations, Springtime of the Peoples, Year of Revolution
  Participants	People of Ireland, France, German Confederation, Hungary, Italian states, Denmark, Moldavia, Wallachia, Poland, and others
  Outcome	See Events by country or region Political change in a few countries Significant social and cultural change

  The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples^[2] or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history to date.^[3]

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  Revolution and the National Assembly in Frankfurt am Main 1848/1849

  From the start of the 1840s, economic crises, mass poverty and general political discontent destabilised the social and political order in numerous European countries, culminating in a wave of revolutions that swept through the whole of Europe in 1848. In Germany too, demands were made at public gatherings and demonstrations for fundamental rights and freedoms and national unification. Shaken by the revolutionary momentum, the forces of the Restoration finally gave way and made major concessions to the movement, which was backed by broad sections of the population: censorship was lifted, political activities were permitted, and reform-friendly governments were appointed. The rulers in the individual German states also consented to the convening of a National Assembly, which was intended to pave the way for the creation of a German nation state.

  The German National Assembly in Frankfurt am Main

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