The leaders of both Bohemia's German and…

June 1848 CE

The leaders of both Bohemia's German and Czech nationalist movements are both constitutional monarchists, loyal to the Habsburg Emperor.

Only a few days after the Emperor had reconquered northern Italy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, takes provocative measures in Prague to prompt street fighting.

Once the barricades go up, he leads Habsburg troops to crush the insurgents.

After having taken back the city, he imposes martial law, orders the Prague National Committee dissolved, and sends delegates to the "Pan-Slavic" Congress home.

These events are applauded by German nationalists, who fail to understand that the Habsburg military will crush their own national movement as well.

Prague is the first victory of counter-revolution in the Austrian Empire.

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Prague > Praha Hlavni mesto Praha Czech Republic View →

People
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz View → Ferdinand I of Austria View →

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Lithuanians (Eastern Balts) View → Germans View → Slavs, West View → Slavs, South View → Poles (West Slavs) View → Czechs [formerly Bohemians] (West Slavs) View → Slovaks (West Slavs) View → Ukrainians (East Slavs) View → Bohemia, Kingdom of View → Austrian Empire View →

Topics
Austrian Revolution & Reaction: 1840-51 View → Czech Nationalists Uprising View → 1848, Revolutions of View →

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Language View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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