Europe 1848: German Question
3 May 1848
3 May 1848
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German Question
24 Feb 1848 Year of Revolution Begins
21 Mar 1848 March Revolutions
11 Apr 1848 First Italian War of Independence
3 May 1848 German Question
23 Jun 1848 June Days
24 Jul 1848 First Battle of Custoza
26 Aug 1848 Truce of Malmö
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3 Jul 1849 Fall of the Last Roman Republic
28 Aug 1849 Restoring the Old Order
29 Apr 1850 Erfurt Union
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The 1848 call for German unification had led to nationalists congregating in Frankfurt to establish a national assembly and work on replacing the German Confederation with an Empire. While there was some debate over whether German-speaking Austria would be included in the new Germany, there was little over Schleswig-Holstein, which had just thrown off Danish rule. In mid-April, the embryonic National Assembly declared war on Denmark, sending a Prussian-led mixed German army to Schleswig.
