Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire

Austrian Revolutions
Austrian Revolutions
Part of the revolutions of 1848
	Barricades in Prague during the revolutionary events
Date	13 March 1848 – November 1849
Location	Austrian Empire
Caused by	Economic recession and food shortages; Peasant uprisings over land rights; Rise of liberal, nationalist and left-wing political ideas;
Goals	End of absolute monarchy; Representative democracy; Decentralization and independence; Land reform;
Resulted in	Counterrevolutionary victory Abdication of Ferdinand I; Abolition of serfdom; Cancellation of censorship;
Parties
Revolutionaries German Empire; Hungarian State; Republic of San Marco; Provisional Government of Milan; Polish National Committee; Romanians in Transylvania; Supreme Ruthenian Council; Prague Slavic Congress;	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary; Kingdom of Croatia; Kingdom of Bohemia; Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia; Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria; Slovak National Council; Serbian Vojvodina;

The revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire took place from March 1848 to November 1849. Much of the revolutionary activity had a nationalist character: the Austrian Empire, ruled from Vienna, included ethnic Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Bohemians (Czechs), Ruthenians (Ukrainians), Slovenes, Slovaks, Romanians, Croats, Italians, and Serbs; all of whom attempted in the course of the revolution to either achieve autonomy, independence, or even hegemony over other nationalities. The nationalist picture was further complicated by the simultaneous events in the German states, which moved toward greater German national unity.

Besides these nationalists, liberal and socialist currents resisted the Empire's longstanding conservatism.