The political crisis during the German revolution of 1848/49 once again intensified after March 1848 due to the clashes between revolution and counter-revolution. The crisis was set off by a conflict ...

The National Assembly that met in May 1848 in Frankfurt's St. Paul's Church failed in its attempt to establish a German nation-state. But on the 175th anniversary, there are calls to commemorate ...

The Frankfurt National Assembly met for the first time on May 18, 1848. The delegates were meant to work on a constitution and prepare for elections. They appointed Heinrich von Gagern (1799 — 1880) ...

In some countries, revolution led to pitched battles between different ethnic groups. Others were brought to a halt by outside intervention. In fact, most of the 1848 rebellions failed.

Having drawn these preliminary conclusions from our premises, we shall see, in our next, how the aforesaid various classes of the German people were set into movement one after the other, and what ...

Union Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, the losing commander in the Battle of New Market, was born in Germany in 1824. He matured in the atmosphere of unrest preceding the German revolution of 1848, in which ...

In 1848, Europe erupted. Workers, peasants, liberals, and nationalists rose across the continent to demand freedom, reform, and unity. Monarchs trembled, empires staggered, and for a brief moment ...

But when the German revolution of 1848 failed, many young men in the Turner movement left Germany for the U.S. because they feared they’d be jailed or killed if they stayed in their homeland. ...

Many Turners, who supported the German Revolution of 1848 were forced to flee and immigrated to the United States, bringing the Turner gymnastic movement with them.