Political turmoil as Dix-Decembre plot claim and dissolution
Committee reports a secret Dix-Decembre sitting plotting assassinations of Changarnier and Dupin, with 24 blank, two marked tickets drawn. The assembly orders a decree dissolving the society while officials call the plot a hoax. Moderates eye Louis Napoleon as crisis nears, National Assembly resumes with order, police guarding.
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Committee of Permanence
Neumayer
Bonapartist Society
MM. Changarnier
Dupin
MM. Baze
Leon Faucher
Monnet
Interior
M. Carlier
National Assembly
Elysée
Louis Napoleon
Place de la Concord
Prease
Germany on edge as mobilization threatens war crisis
Berlin faces ministerial split after Warsaw Conference news as Radowitz and allies push mobilization to save Prussian honour. Brandenburg dies amid crisis. Schwarzenberg demands retreat from Hesse Cassel, prompting full army and Landwehr mobilization and stock market panic.
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Warsaw
Berlin
M. Radowitz
Ladenberg
von der Heydt
Prussia
Manteuffel
Count Brandenburg
Bavaria
Austria
Peace Party
von der Heyndt
Gihiast
Frederick ‘William EH
Sophia Juliana Donhoff
Prince ‘Schwarzenberg
Hesse
Cassel
Frankfort
Schleswig Holstein
Prince Schwarzenberg
Landwehr
Bundestag
Grand Duke of Hesse
Duke of Nassaus
Brunswick
Hanover
Wirtemberg
Denmark and the Duchies in crisis and American unrest
A Frankfort decree urged Kiel to curb hostilities and reduce troops, sparking disputes over authority. The Duchies fight Denmark, risk foreign intervention, and endure a costly war. In America the Fugitive Slave Law prompts religious denunciations, vigilant committees, and attempts to aid fugitives in Boston and Canada amid presidential enforcement threats. A canal boat tragedy and Panama revolts are noted amid broader international turmoil.
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Frankfort Bundestag
Staathalterschaft
Kiel
Eider
Nicholas
Frankfort Club
Duchies
Denmark
Ideredt
America
Boston
Canada
Washington
Erie Canal
Harris
Syracuse
Loch Lock
Panama
New Grenada
New Columbia
Theller
Espinoe
Spain Proclaims Cortes Opening and Royal Procession
The Queen of Spain opened the Cortes in person with a grand procession to the palace. Troops lined streets, cannons fired, crowds cheered "Viva la Reina" as King and Queen met with deputies. The royal speech noted Rome expedition success and Britain re diplomacy.
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Spain
Congress
Rome
Great Britain
Cuba
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France
Germany
Pasha
Golden Horn
Constantinople
A. Presipentia
Partimne
Paris
Coburg
Holstein
Italy
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