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Events on Thursday 7 September 1848 1
1848Serfdom abolished in the Austrian EmpireEmancipation of the peasantsEmperor Ferdinand I approved a law passed by the Reichstag that abolished serfdom and feudal labour obligations across the Austrian lands on 7 September. Hans Kudlich had proposed it. It was among the few lasting results of the 1848 revolution in Austria.