Timeline June 1848

Events in June 1848 6

• 1811 – 1848 Vissarion Belinsky (1811-1848) Died 7 June 1848, aged 36 Russian literary critic who championed Gogol and the realist school and shaped the Westernizer movement. His Letter to Gogol of 1847 became a key text of the Russian intelligentsia. He died of tuberculosis in St Petersburg.
• 1848 – 1849 Revolutions of 1848 and Neue Rheinische Zeitung Political activism during the Springtime of Nations As revolutions swept Europe in 1848, Marx returned to Cologne and founded the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, a radical newspaper supporting democratic and working-class causes during the German revolution. The paper was suppressed by Prussian authorities in May 1849, and Marx was expelled from Prussia, forcing him first back to Paris and then permanently to London later that year.
• 1848 – 1903 Paul Gauguin Post-Impressionism · France Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 8, 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist who left Europe for Tahiti, seeking a more primal authenticity. His bold colour and flat forms influenced Fauvism, Expressionism and Primitivism.
• 1848 Prague Uprising Czech revolt crushed by Windischgrätz Fighting broke out in Prague on 12 June, during the Slavic Congress. Austrian troops under Prince Alfred zu Windischgrätz bombarded the city and the uprising ended on 17 June. It was the first major victory of the counter-revolution in the Habsburg lands.
• 1848 Wallachian Revolution begins Islaz Proclamation issued Liberal revolutionaries in Wallachia issued the Islaz Proclamation on 21 June, calling for reforms including the end of serfdom and equal rights. A provisional government took power in Bucharest. Ottoman and Russian troops crushed it in September.
• 1848 June Days uprising Paris workers crushed by the army The closure of the National Workshops led workers in Paris to rise on 23 June. General Cavaignac put down the uprising by 26 June, and thousands were killed or deported. The defeat moved the Second Republic sharply to the right.