Austria imposes a repressive regime on Hungary…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

Austria imposes a repressive regime on Hungary after quashing the revolution, and rules Transylvania directly through a military governor.

German again becomes the official language, but the Austrians reinstate neither serfdom nor the nobles' monopoly on land ownership or tax-exempt status.

Austria also abolishes the Union of Three Nations and grants the Romanians citizenship.

Former feudal lords hesitate to give up their land, however, and most of the newly freed serfs become sharecroppers on inferior land that barely yields subsistence.

These dismal conditions uproot many Romanian families, who cross into Walachia and Moldavia searching for better lives.

Locations
Klausenburg > Cluj Cluj Romania View →

People
Franz Joseph I of Austria View → Nicholas I View →

Groups
Transylvania, region of View → Hungarian people View → Romanians View → Union of Three Nations View → Moldavia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Wallachia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Russian Empire View → Transylvania, (Austrian) Grand Principality of View → Austrian Empire View →

Topics
Hungarian Revolution & Reaction 1840-51 View → Austrian Revolution & Reaction: 1840-51 View → Hungarian Revolution of 1848 View → Austrian Revolution of 1848-49 View → 1848, Revolutions of View → Hungarian Revolution & Reaction 1848-67 View → Austrian Revolution & Reaction: 1848-51 View →

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Slaves View →

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

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