Habsburg & the Dual Monarchy · event 4 of 14

15 March 1848

Revolution begins in Pest. A crowd gathers at the National Museum, the Twelve Points are printed on a press seized for the purpose, and Petőfi’s National Song is read. The date is now a national holiday.

The Habsburg & the Dual Monarchy era

  1. 1703
  2. 1777
  3. 1838
  4. 15 March 1848
  5. 1849
  6. August 1849
  7. 1851
  8. 1867
  9. 1873
  10. 1884
  11. 1896
  12. 1897
  13. 1904
  14. 1913

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