Revolutions of 1848 in Europe and Italy
Note especially the sequence of events. In some areas the revolutionary events were just getting underway as they were being suppressed in others.
Europe Italy Italy Italy
Initiation of Revolution Process of Revolution Defeat of Revolution
Jan. 12. Revolution in Palermo demands Constitution of 1812
Feb. 10. Ferdinando II grants a constitution to Naples
Feb. 22. Riots, barricades in Paris.Feb. 24. Louis Philippe abdicates the throne of France  Feb. 17. Grand Duke Leopold grants Tuscany a constitution
March 12. Riots in Vienna
March 13. Metternich resigns
Mar. 4. Carlo Alberto grants Piedmont a constitution
Mar. 15. Hungarians and Croats demand autonnomy from Vienna. 
Mar. 15. Riots and Barricades in Berlin
Mar. 14. Pius IX grants a constitution to Papal states, but keeps a veto for himself and College of Cardinals
Mar. 18. King Frederick William agrees to grant Prussia a constitution Mar. 18-22. Five Glorious Days in Milan expell Austrian troops
Mar. 22. Piedmont declares war on Austria
Apr. 8. Czechs force Vienna to promise a Constitution Mar. 22. Venice declares itself a republic
Apr. 23. Elections to National Assembly in France Apr. 25. Papal troops join Piedmont Apr. 29. Pope denies intention to make war on Catholic Austria
May 17. Ferdinand I of Austria flees Vienna for Innsbruck
May 18. National Assembly of representatives of German states meet to write German constituion
May 15. Collapse of revolution in Naples. With Neapolitan troops in the north to aid Piedmont, Ferdinando II uses his Swiss guard to take control. Recalls troops from north.
June 17. Austrian troops bombard Prague, crush revolution there May 30. Piedmont defeats Austria at Goito
June 23-26. "June Days" in Paris. Thousands killed as poor rise against the Nat'l Assembly July 24. Austria crushes Piedmont at Custozza
Sept. 17. Austrians invade Hungary
 

 

Sept. 15. Increasing radicalism in Rome. Pius IX appoints the moderate Pelligino Rossi Prime Minister  
Oct. 31. Royal Austrian troops bombard Vienna, crush revolution there Nov. 15. In Rome Pelligrino Rossi is murdered
Hungarian resistance to Austria continues Nov. 16. riots in Rome.
Dec. 5. Frederick William dissolves constituent Asembly in Berlin Nov. 25. Pius IX flees Rome for Gaeta and Neapolitan protection
Dec. 10. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte wins presidential election by a landslide
Jan. 5, 1849. Austria captures Budapest Feb. 9, 1849. Proclamation of the Roman Republic
Mar. 12. Piedmont declares war on Austria again
Mar. 28, Frankfort Parliament elects Frederic William of Prussia "Emperor of Germany" Mar 23. Austria crushes Piedmont at Novara
Apr. 21. Frederick William rejects a "crown from the gutter" Mar. 29. A Tiumvirate is set up in Rome. Includes Mazzini. Garibaldi in charge of military
April.Louis Napoleon sends troops to restore Pius IX April 24. French troops land at Cività Vecchia to restore Pius
May 15. Neapolitan troops  enter Palermo, completing conquest of Sicily
June 17-18. Russian armies invade Hungary to crush revolution there May 25. Austrian troops enter Florence
June 18. Frankfort Parliament, wracked by dissent, moves to Stuttgart, where it was dispersed by Prussian troops June 30. After heroic defense, Garibaldi surrenders Rome to the French 
July 30. Austrian begins seige of Venice
Aug. 13. Hungarian resistance ends Aug. 28. Venice, beset with cholera and starvation surrenders

 
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