Revolutions of 1848

Cultural  

1. Liberal and nationalist (see nationalism) rebellions that broke out in 1848 in several European nations, including Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Belgium. The rebellions secured temporary gains, but faced with the conservative hostility of the peasants and growing fears of disorder among the bourgeoisie, they collapsed within a year.

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Palmieri’s predecessor, Macedonio Melloni, had conceived of it as a meteorological observatory in 1841, but Melloni, a liberal, was ousted by authorities for his perceived sympathy for the Revolutions of 1848.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

The SPD itself represented a major shift in the identity of socialism following the Revolutions of 1848.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Those kind of radical nationalists had their day in the Revolutions of 1848, but then saw their hopes dashed when the conservative kings of Prussia and Austria rallied their military forces and re-took power.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

While the group limited its activities to reading, writing, and discussing political change, it did so against a background of political upheavals across Europe, known as the Revolutions of 1848.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2016

But the Revolutions of 1848, in Paris and elsewhere, frightened him.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)