European revolutions 1848

Due to the great wave of social unrest, the year 1848 was named “the year of revolutions” or “the Spring of Nations or Peoples”.

Devido à grande onda de agitações sociais, o ano de 1848 recebeu a denominação de “ano das revoluções” ou “Primavera das Nações ou dos Povos”.

Otto Bache (1839-1927)-'Danish soldiers return to Copenhagen'-oil on canvas-1894    Hillerod-Fredericksborg Castle (Museum of National History)

Jakobey Károly (1825-1891)-'battle of Buda'-oil on canvas

Jan Lewicki (1795-1871)-'massacre of the Polish notable by Polish peasants in Galicia'-oil on canvas-ca 1871    Warsaw-Polish Army Museum

Mór Than (1825-1899)-'Hungarian hussards in battle of Tápióbicske'-oil on canvas

German anonymous (19th century)-'Berlin March revolution'-oil on canvas

Vienna revolution 1848 (III)

The revolution ended on 29th October with the victory of the Imperial forces. In December of that year Ferdinand I abdicated in favor of Franz Joseph I.

A revolução terminou a 29 de Outubro com a vitória das forças Imperiais. Em Dezembro desse ano Ferdinand I abdicou a favor de Franz Joseph I.

Johann Christian Schöller (1782-1851)-'the crowd gathers around the body of the Minister of War, Count Theodor Baillet de Latour, hanged by revolutionaries on the square Am Hof, October 6, 1848'-watercolour   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous (19th century)-'barricade in Vienna in front of the armoury, October 7, 1848'-lithograph   Wien-Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Anonymous (19th century)-'Imperial troops attack the Burgtor, one of Vienna city Gates, October 1848'   Wien-Heeresgechichtliches Museum

Joseph Heike-'Croatian troops under Banus Jellacic arrive in the outskirsts of Vienna to support the Emperor against therevolutionaries in the Imperial Capital, October 1848'  
Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous (19th century)-'the revolution is quenched: Imperial troops under Field Marshal Windischgretz attack Vienna, October 23-28, 1848   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous (19th century)-'fire in Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, October 31, 1848'   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Paris Revolution 1848

King Louis Philippe took the throne during the revolution of 1830 and abandoned it in 1848, a year of countless revolutions in most European countries.

O rei Luís Filipe adquiriu o trono na revolução de 1830 e abandonou-o na de 1848, ano de inúmeras revoluções em grande parte dos países da Europa.

Félix-Henri-Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884)-'the poet Alphonse de Lamartine rejects the red flag of the extreme left; the blue-white-red Tricolore become the National Flag of the Second Republic'-oil on canvas   Paris-Musée du Petit Palais

Anonymous-'Louis Philippe of France leaves the Tuileries Palace in 1848'-coloured etching   Private collection

Jean-Jacques Champin (1796-1860)-'proclamation of the Second French Republic on the Place de la Concorde, February 14, 1848'-oil on canvas   Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891)-'barricade in the rue de la Mortellerie, Juin 1848-oil on canvas   Paris-Musée du Louvre  / Orsay

Gaspard Gobaut (1814-1882)-'barricade in the rue Culture Sainte-Catherine, August 23 1848-oil on canvas   Paris-Musée Carnavalet

Vienna revolution 1848 (II)

The revolution had an apparent nationalistic feature because of the uprisings within the
Empire (Hungarians, Slovenes, Czechs, Slovaks, Croats, Serbs, Italians) but in reality it was organized by a socialist current.

A revolta tinha aparente carácter nacionalista por levantamentos pelo Império (Húngaros, Eslovenos, Checos, Eslovacos, Croatas, Sérvios, Italianos) mas na realidade foi organizada por corrente socialista.

Johann Nepomuk Höfel (1788-1964)-'the first uncensored newspaper are sold in street of Vienna after the revolution of 1848'-watercolour   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anton Ziegler-'big barricade on Michaeler square, May 26-27, 1848'-oil on canvas   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous Austrian painter (19th century)-'officer Johann Pollet refuses orders to tram his cannons on the people of Vienna, 1848'-coloured lithograph   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous (19th century)-'Archduke Johann inaugurating the Imperial Constitutional Assembly on June 22, 1848 (the meeting took place in the Hall of the Spanish Riding School)'-lithograph hand-coloured   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Franz Schams-'guard room of the Academic League in the Hall of Vienna's Old University in City Center'-pen, and watercolour   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous (19th century)-' a day-labourers' uprising is broken up by the National Guard in Vienna Prater on August 23, 1848´-lithograph hand-coloured       Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Vienna revolution

March 1848
The Revolution of 1848 centered in Vienna, seat of the Habsburg Empire, took place between March and October. The confrontations were sometimes violent. Over the last few days the minister of war was hung near the imperial palace and the National Library was burned. On 13th March, after 30 years in power, Prince Klemensvon Metternich was dismissed from his prime minister post by the Emperor Ferdinand I.

A revolução de 1848 centralizada em Viena, sede do Império dos Habsburgos, decorreu entre Março e Outubro. Os confrontos foram por vezes violentos. Nos últimos dias enforcaram o ministro da guerra perto do palácio imperial e incendiaram a Biblioteca Nacional. Depois de 30 anos no poder o Imperador Ferdinand I demitiu o Príncipe Klemens von Metternich do cargo de primeiro-ministro a 13 de Março.

J. Albrecht-'soldiers disperse demonstrating crowds in front of the Lower Austrian Diet in Vienna on March 13, 1848-coloured lithograph   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Johann Christian Schöller (1782-1851)-'caricature of the role of Chancellor Metternich during the revolution of 1848'    Wien-Furst Metternich Palast

Franz Kaliwoda ( -1859)-'storm on the factory at Granichstaetten in Vienna, March 14, 1848'-watercolour, pen and sepia   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous-'evening on March 15, 1848 in Vienna'-lithograph-19th century   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous-'the popular poet Friedrich Kaiser reading out the Constitution on March 15, 1848 in Vienna'-hand-coloured lithograph-19th century   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Franz Gaul (1837-1907)-'a group of armed railways, led by a student of the Academic League, on their way to the center of Vienna, May 26, 1848'-watercolour   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien