#revolution of 1848

[kyliaquilor]

There are a lot of reasons why the Orleans Dynasty (such as it was) started by Louis Phillippe after thd July Revolution would probably not have lasted all that long, but i can't help but feel like it would have lasted at least a generation longer if Louis Phillippe had died like, 1840ish, and someone else was in charge during the economic crisis that led to 1848. Like, there were issues with potential regents for his grandkid that was the heir (iirc) but Louis Phillipe was just... old and kinda set in his ways and lacked the energy or will that could have guided Paris out of 1848 without a regime change

[caelummy-blog]

Happy 15th March, aka backstabbing day ! 🏛🗡 (plus the start of the Hungarian revolution)

[1830sromanticist]

Daguerreotype portrait of a protester involved in the French Revolution of 1848 posing with a flag which reads in part 'Republic… Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood, 22, 23, 24 February'

[be-knowless]

just finished the first text, and I’m happy! It was super interesting, it was about the first causes to the Revolution of 1848 and how the republicanism was spreading itself in France.. lovely!

[scyllaya]

What is the national holiday tomorrow? You'll have to forgive my ignorance: I'm a Canadian living in the US and I can barely keep track of those holidays. Also, I've been so busy lately that I'm four chapters behind on BATW. I'm looking forward to catching up this weekend! Thanks for writing!

I'm Hungarian and it's a Hungarian National Holiday. In Hungary :)

March 15th stands for democracy and freedom and it commemorates the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which grew into a war for independence from Habsburg rule.

The war for independence lasted until August 1849. Initially the Hungarian forces achieved several victories, which led to Hungary’s complete independence from Austria.

The revolution was eventually defeated though. Lajos Kossuth, who was elected Governor-President fled into exile. He even visited the US, where he was widely honoured for his achievements. Kossuth County in Iowa was named after him.

Lajos Batthyány, the first democratically elected Hungarian Prime Minister was executed in Budapest. 13 other leaders were executed in the city of Arad.

We remember them on March 15th as well, they are called the ”13 Martyrs of Arad”.

That’s it briefly.

[humanoidhistory]

Attack on a Barricade in Paris, 1848:

This unsigned early pencil sketch by British artist John Everett Millais (1829-96) shows the chaos of the February 1848 revolution in Paris that ended the reign of Louis-Philippe and established the French Second Republic. In February 1848, the French merchant classes erected barricades throughout Paris to protest their lack of political rights and the difficulties caused by an extended economic depression. In an incident outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a soldier fired into a crowd, inciting a riot. By the end of February, Louis-Philippe had fled and the opposition had formed a provisional government.

(World Library)