Turbulent Italy and German upheaval ripple across Europe
Reports from Bologna Venice and Rome detail Austrian reprisals and Garibaldi’s victories pressuring Naples. In Germany Bavarian and Prussian factions clash over constitutional reforms as Berlin diplomatic talks collapse and Russian and French notes surface amid a growing military mobilization across Prussia and Transylvania.
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Deutsche Reforme
Berlin
Daily News
Prokesch-Oaten
Prokesch
Baron von Kanitz
Vienna
M. Lerchenfeld
Baron Kanitz
Prussia
Austria
Bavaria
Camphausen
Bunsen
Germany
Russia
Jutland
Landwehr of
Turmoil Across German Lands Ends With Mass Arrests and Exile
Reported losses include 40 killed with many wounded as forces capture 107 insurgents and move them from Heppenheim to Maintz. In Dresden 500 arrests occur while Mannheim judges refuse the oath and choose exile. Soldiers face no pay as military chests run dry.
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Heppenheim
Maintz
Dresden
Courts of Justice
Mannheim
Hungarian Forces Push Across Banat and Frontiers
Reported May 7 and 11 detail Perczel’s victories over the Servians near Tomasevec and Pancsova, placing Banat and the frontier to Belgrade in Hungarian hands. Jellachich and Elden resist reorganizing troops as Hungarians hold 30,000 from Giuns to Szcred, while Russians guard Galicia with 120,000.
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Hungary
Austria
Perczel
Puffer
Fomassevacz
Pancsova
Banat
Transylvania
Belgrade
Karlowitz
Stratimirovics
Kniesanin
Jellachich
Eszek
Elden
Wohlgemuth
Oedenburg
Pressburg
Tyrnau
Giins
Szcred
Bruck
Galicia
Geérgey
Dembinski
Denmark and the Duchies in 19th Century Tensions
A St Petersburg report notes the Neva free of ice and a Russian fleet of 60 ships ready for action in the Baltic and Sound. Danish Schleswig Holstein troops demand armistice at Fredericia after envoy arrival, with General Von Bonin approving. Peace negotiations active in London and Berlin. Nicholas and Franz Joseph visit Warsaw, attending a grand review and theatre with the two autocrats seen at Poworski, Lazienki, and a royal palace.
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St. Petersburg
Korner Zeitung
Neva
Baltic
Sound
Germany
Denmark
Attona
Fredericia
Schleswig Holstein
Copenhagen
von Bonin
London
Berlin
Czar
Emperor of Austria
Warsaw
Nicholas
Poworski
Alexander
Lazienki
Riot at Astor Place Opera Ends in Bloodshed
Reports from New York describe a deadly riot on May 10 following clashes over William Macready and Edwin Forrest. Police and militia fired on rioters after stones and chairs flew from a hostile crowd, killing about twenty, with many wounded.
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Royal Mail
America
New York
Halifax
Astorplace Opera
Macready
Forrest
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Piazza del Popolo
Florence
Gaeta
Spain
M. Ordax Avecilla
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
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Olozaga
Cortina
Mendizabal
Concha
Catalonia
Frankfort
Munich
Saxony
Gageour
M. Simon
Frankfurtur Zeitung
Lauterbach
Hessen
M. Prinz
Bem
Ofen
Temesvar
Arad
Carlaburg
Henczy
Perth
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Fiume
Emperor
Baron Welden
Neutra
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