Do You Hear the People Sing? - The Revolutionary Wars of 1848-1868

1848-1868: Decades of Hell

The causes of the great upheavals, revolutions and wars of 1848 to 1868 were the pathetic attempts of the European Great Powers to stop the clock as it were, to stop the twin ideas of nationalism and liberty from growing powerful, this in itself caused by the nightmare that the French Revolution had caused. However, if the secret polices and armies they mustered were a great dam, then the revolutions would be the flood that swept all their defences away.

In 1820, the one-year old heir to the British throne, Princess Victoria, died of an illness, a tragedy that made Ernest Augustus of Hanover heir to the throne of Britain. This would be one of the key events that drastically expanded the scope of the 1848 revolutions.

However, many other events would lead to the utter disintegration of Europe's old monarchies in just one climactic year, and the great chaos that followed...





He is Heir AFTER his brother Frederick (Duke of York and childless) and his brother William (Duke of Clarence), and in 1820 after William's baby daughter who lived a few months

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Elizabeth_of_Clarence

To simplify things, you could have Victoria die in mid 1821 when Ernest Augustus is thus Heir Presumptive after both of his brothers, noting of course that George III himself didn't die until 1820

IIRC historically Victoria was very ill aged 11, which would remove all of the other confusion since by that time Frederick was dead (1827) and George IV only had a year or so to live

Ernest Augustus would still be heir to his brother William in 1830, but by then it would be obvious and more easy to write a simple sentence about!

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
He is Heir AFTER his brother Frederick (Duke of York and childless) and his brother William (Duke of Clarence), and in 1820 after William's baby daughter who lived a few months

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Elizabeth_of_Clarence

To simplify things, you could have Victoria die in mid 1821 when Ernest Augustus is thus Heir Presumptive after both of his brothers, noting of course that George III himself didn't die until 1820

IIRC historically Victoria was very ill aged 11, which would remove all of the other confusion since by that time Frederick was dead (1827) and George IV only had a year or so to live

Ernest Augustus would still be heir to his brother William in 1830, but by then it would be obvious and more easy to write a simple sentence about!

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

Have altered it to be more simple.
 
And your statement implies this world is a republican-wank - unless some more astute monarchs keep their thrones as constitutional monarchs.


Well, it refers more to the fact that 1848 is seen as the end of absolutism in Europe. I can tell you, not all states will be Republics...
 
A bit of TTL 2000's pop-culture:

Remember (Shadowlight)
Did you ever remember, that old history class?
Did you ever think, those people are living in the past?
Did you memorise Kossuth's name?
Did you try and find someone to blame?
For that ancient struggle of days gone by,
Did you ever wonder why?

CHORUS:
For sure as earthquakes strike and hurricanes bawl
Tyrants take their time to fall!
But when it comes, it's quick and sudden,
One man standing against a dozen!
When they try and use the shrine,
Remember seventeen-eighty-nine!
When they wield words of hate,
Remember eighteen-forty-eight!

Raise high the red flag of liberty,
Strike, consign them to history!
Tear down the walls dividing you,
Make them quickly pay their due!
With blood and iron kill 'em all!
Make 'em stand up against the wall!

CHORUS

When they send in their legions,
Please destroy those wicked demons!
When they have priests on their side,
Make sure that they all get fried!
Tear down those great mansions,
Let's take some very drastic sanctions!

CHORUS
 
The Revolutions of the 19th Century: 1830

The revolutions of 1830 are now seen by historians as a sign of the people's dissatisfaction with the state of affairs at the beginning of the 19th Century, a sort of proto-1848, if you will. In July 1830, in a matter of days, the French monarch Charles X was forced to abdicate in favour of Louis Phillippe of the House of Orléans, inspiring a copycat rising in Poland which failed to achieve much and was swiftly put down by overwhelming numbers of Russian troops. However, it inspired a revolutionary mood in the Polish people, and paved the way for the more successful revolution that was to come later.

In the various German states, minor risings of students took place but were swiftly put down, often by local law enforcement. However, no-one could doubt that German nationalism was rising rapidly, and the secret societies of students and other nationalist/liberal agitators only grew larger and more numerous for all the efforts the authorities wasted on trying to suppress them.

In Belgium, the Prussians smashed the revolutionaries who had risen there against the Dutch government and sacked Brussels and Namur as a warning against further activities. Nevertheless, this did not stop the Belgian desire for their own nation, which was realised in the risings of 1848. In the Balkans, in 1830 the Greek War of Independence ended with the creation of a Greek nation that was later to dominate the Balkans, but right now clung fearfully to the Pelleponese, Attica and Larissa.

Liberal tracts were printed day and night, for every agitator the authorities punished there seemed to be two more, and the situation was clearly untenable. The soldiers who would fight for liberty in 1848 were young yet, but the fighting would be decided by them and their courage against tyranny.
 
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Lusitania

Donor
The Revolutions of the 19th Century: 1830


In Belgium, the Russians smashed the revolutionaries who had risen there against the Dutch government and sacked Brussels and Namur as a warning against further activities. Nevertheless, this did not stop the Belgian desire for their own nation, which was realised in the risings of 1848.

I find the Russian moving across Prussia and the Germanies a bit much. Both Prussia and Austria had the means and also were much closer send troops. In 1830s France had their troops along the border with the Netherlands, what happened?
 
I find the Russian moving across Prussia and the Germanies a bit much. Both Prussia and Austria had the means and also were much closer send troops. In 1830s France had their troops along the border with the Netherlands, what happened?

The Russians actually were moving to crush the Belgians, but arrived too late due to the 1830 Polish Revolution.
 

Lusitania

Donor
Guys, I think he meant to say Prussian, not Russian.

But that still has not explained the lack of French involvement, or the British both were large players in iOTL. France because it wanted to protect the French speakers and Britain because it did not want the French in.
 
Bring on the Revolutions!
I think one of the main problems with British democracy is it's revolution was too early and we never got occupied.
 
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