13 March 1848DemonstrationsMetternich
Vienna students & artisans protest
Historical records for Austria in 1848, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Vienna students & artisans protest
Forced to resign by a Vienna mob
Sends in the paramilitary police to restore order in the Diet
Forced to promise a constitution
Overthrown during protests in Vienna
Seeks exile in London
A bloodless revolution in Pest leads to wider social representation in the Diet
Overthrown during protests in Vienna
Italian revolutionaries rebel against Austrian rule
Sardinia-Piedmont declares war for the nationalists in Austrias Italian provinces
Sardinia-Piedmont declares war for the nationalists in Austrias Italian provinces
Demonstrations break out in Kracow
Demonstrations break out in Prague
The Hungarian Kingdom becomes a constitutional monarchy
Signs laws which abolish serfdom & makes peasants owners of the land they cultivate. Revokes the tax-free status of the nobility & ends censorship
Signs laws which abolish serfdom & makes peasants owners of the land they cultivate
Austrian troops bombard Cracow
The Committee of Public Safety rules Vienna
The Court flees to Innsbruck. The Committee of Public Safety rules Vienna
Students demonstrate over the limited franchise
Students demonstrate over the limited franchise
Croatia declares independence
Croatia declares independence
Victory at Custoza is followed by Radetzkys occupation of Milan. Radetzky drives Charles Albert out of Lombardy. Commands the Austrian army which defeats the Sardinians
Victory at Custoza is followed by Radetzkys occupation of Milan
Victory at Custoza is followed by Radetzkys occupation of Milan
Victory at Custoza is followed by Radetzkys occupation of Milan
Victory at Custoza is followed by Radetzkys occupation of Milan
The Court returns to Vienna
Appointed Prime Minister of Austria
The Court id forced to flee from Vienna again. Ordering troops from Vienna to Hungary provkes further demonstrations
Emperor Ferdinand abdicates at Olomouc, as part of Minister-president Felix zu Schwarzenberg's plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Hungary
Persuades Ferdinand I to abdicate
By the abdication of his uncle Ferdinand and the renunciation of his father, Franz Joseph succeeds as Emperor of Austria
Secures the replacement of Ferdinand I by Franz Josef I
Abdicates in favor of his nephew Francis Joseph after the revolution of 1848
Ferdinand I abdicates in favour of his nehew, Franz Josef I
Appointed Ambassador of Russia
Appointed Prime Minister of Austria. Appointed Chancellor of Austria
Founds a Provisional Parliament
Draws up a centralized & absolutist state
Appointed Foreign Minister
In the Revolutions of 1848 the Austrian dominated German Confederation is dissolved and the Frankfurt Assembly seeks to establish new constitutions for the German states
In the Revolutions of 1848 the Austrian dominated German Confederation is dissolved and the Frankfurt Assembly seeks to establish new constitutions for the German states
Appointed Minister of Commerce
Appointed Minister of Justice
Appointed Minister of Two Sicilies
Suppresses a rebellion in Hungary
Suppresses a rebellion in Italy
Rebellion breaks out in Milan
Piedmont declares war on Austro
Publishes the "Twelve Points", a list of radical demmands
Secures the Succession of Francis Joseph I
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