See "THE REVOLUTION OF FEBRUARY
IN FRANCE." Gathering of a workingmen's convention in Paris.
- Outbreak of revolution in Vienna (March 13th) and in Berlin
(March 18th). See "REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN GERMANY."
- Meeting of the German Parliament at Frankfort.
- Venice declares itself a republic. Sardinia begins war for the
"liberation of Italy"; Battle of Custozza. Bloody outbreak of
communists in Paris. Unsuccessful revolts in Poland and
Bohemia.
- "THE REVOLT OF HUNGARY."
- Storming of Vienna by government troops. Flight of Pius IX from
Rome. Louis Napoleon elected President of France.
- The English crowd back the Boers in Southern Africa; the Boers
migrate and form the Transvaal Republic.
1849 - Zachary Taylor inaugurated as President of the United States.
- Rome declared a republic. The Sardinian troops defeated by the
Austrians at Novara, and the Sardinian King resigns his throne
to his son, Victor Emmanuel II.
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