I hope you enjoy the new video! Quite a lot going on in 1848 - I count 4 abdications, 4 wars, and somewhere around 20 revolutions. And don't blame me if you end up humming the Radetzky March for the rest of the day! Thank you to our Patreon supporters, who voted for this topic. Find out how you can support the channel and get various perks here patreon.com/epichistorytv.
Thanks for your work, saying that your videos are incredible would be an euphemism. Thanks for your craftmanship, these are some of the best stuff on youtube. As for the Radetzky March, while I recognize that it is pretty catchy, as an italian I don't think it will stick in my head :P
Bismarck playing the March of the Prussian infantry instead of making a statement is so incredibly ominous. That would be incredible to witness put to film
Great video. I do wish they had mentioned the 'forty-eighters'. A term used to describe the two million Germans who immigrated to the United States after Prussia had crushed the revolution back home. During the American civil war more then 200,000 of those German immigrants had joined the Union army and helped Lincoln secure two elections and victory in the battlefield. The grandchildren of those Germans would go on to fight their German cousins in world war 2, men like Eisenhower and Nimitz, whose lives would not have existed had there been no revolution in 1848.
@@alexzero3736 very true. They, along with the millions of Germans and famished Irish, helped turn the tide during the civil war. More so then slavery or secession, the presence of millions of new liberal-minded voters in the North tipped the scale decisively in favor of the Union. I've always viewed the revolution of 1848 as being a direct cause of the civil war.
Great job as always. Without a doubt this is the highest quality historical channel on youtube, this just puts a perfect finishing bow on the napoleon series!
The execution of Robert Blum on the 9th of November started a series of big events in German history on a 9th of November: 1918: Proclamation of the German Republic (the Weimar Republic) 1923: Hitlers failed Beer Hall Putsch 1938: Night of the broken glass 1989: Fall of the Berlin wall All on a 9th of November. It is so much that the day is not a public holiday because it would be unclear whether it would be a day of celebration or of grief
BeWe, Robert Blum was executed in 1848. The Weimarer Republic was proclaimed 70 years later. After the first world war the King William II was kicked out of the country.
@@secretname4190 We actually do celebrate reunification! Just not on that day! Germany as it exists today officially united about a year after the Wall had fallen, on the 3rd of October 1990.
I get shivers everytime we see a new photograph from that time, to think of what innovation that was and how many historical event, major characters or even common people we didn't get to see. And those few moments that got immortalized make you breath the past.
As a Czech, I'm loving this. You are doing great job with putting all things to context. At schools, we learned all this mainly in the context of our country. You are doing a much better job than them.
Oui! "Enrichissez-vouz"! 🤣Essentially means "work hard and you will succeed"/"pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" or might as well by some miracle or act of God! Of which we know even to this day that such is utter Bourgeoisie/Hierarchy Continuation BS. 🤣 I hope it's not too late to unite once again...
The 1848 revolution had a huge impact in the United States. After the failure of the 1848 revolution, many Germans immigrated to the US and settled in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Most of the Midwest states were built my German immigrants. If the revolution hadn’t failed, the immigrants would of most likely not immigrated to the US.
Immigration to the US in general before the Civil War just fueled tensions as more and more territories asked to be incorporated as US states. The point of dispute was whether these new states should be either banned from keeping up slavery or should be allowed to vote on it. Next decade you get Bleeding Kansas and then a bunch of butt hurt southerners think they can take on the industrial might of the north.
Not to forget the role some of these German immigrants would play during the American Civil War. I'm pretty sure the student Carl Schurz who is mentioned in the video is the same Carl Schurz who would lead Union troops about one and a half decades later.
Also Australia. Many Chartists were exiled (‘transported’) from the UK to Australia, profoundly influencing Australian politics and character. By the end of the 19thC the Australian colonies could call themselves ‘the working man’s paradise’.
I really like the last quote of Bismarck in the video. Significant changes throughout history always sparked by ideas and speeches, but the deciding factor to make them reality were always iron and blood.
Bismarck's answer to the King's question of what action to take in Berlin, the Prussian Infantry March, or Prussian Glory tapped out on a piano. Epic, no pun. But perfect example of Bismarck's Iron and Blood.
So inavding all those countries and planting ideas via unprecedented propaganda through the dominant force of military occupation is just called 'sneezing' now? lol
It's so strange that this subject isn't that talked about when so many prominent figures from the rest of the century are brought up from the revolutions, Bismarck, Napoleon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Victorio Emanuelle, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Franz Joseph.
@@fromhegel4036 People now a days contribute Marx and Engels to genocide and poorness. They don't care about what ideas and opinions they actually stood for. Sad.
It’s simple actually, it’s because today nationalism is attached to the far right (whereas it was attached to the left in the 19th century). Roughly speaking, people don’t want to say today that nationalism is a « good » thing.
What I find interesting, a lot of things that people tried to make happen during revolutions of 1848-1849 happened rather conservatively about 20 years later: 1) Hungary gains equal status inside Habsburg monarchy in 1867 2) Italians defeat Austrians and unite the country in 1861 (1870 finished) 3) Denmark loses schleswig-holstein in 1864 4) Germany is united in 1871 5) France becomes a democratic republic after defeat in the war in 1871
@@alexo2235 well both wars win with help of other great power. In 1859 with help of France and during 1866 by help of Prussia. During both wars Italians would not be able win anything on thier own. 1866 campaign was even worst for them. As they loose both on sea and land with superior numbers.
Mike Duncan on the Revolutions Podcast did a great series on the 1848 Revolutions. One of my favorites was the New Years pact that the citizens of Milan made to quit smoking and gambling so as to deprive Austria of the taxes gained from it.
I can't believe how much historical events happened in just this tumultuous year alone, really! I've never encountered all of them in such a compressive manner before, really.
Amen. It's the first time I found this topic exciting. I tried several times, but never could get my head around it long enough to care. Now I feel like there should be an educational game about it. Kind of like "Here I Stand."
Radetzyk, one of the few really strong military commanders we ever had. And he got a musical score from one of the best composers to ever live, no wonder you used it. It is really catchy.
@@kevin8712 I think he means that the Austrian Empire is seen a militarily incompetent, largely due to their performance in ww1, but they had impressive military successes under their belt.
Mike Duncan has the absolute best and most thorough answer explanation of this conflict on his podcast called Revolution. I literally cannot give enough praise to how PHENOMENAL a job he did
No they don't. Unless you went to the shittiest University on earth, or more likely you didn't go to Uni at all and are just parrotting everyone else that makes these claims on YT. This is a great overview but it doesn't even scratch the surface of more in depth history courses on this subject, especially in terms of analysis
The fact that almost nobody knows the following is equally shameful. History of white slaves: Well over one million whites were enslaved in North Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries, most of them abducted and sold by Muslim pirates. Africans were raiding Europe for slaves for hundreds of years. The school system has totally erased this fact from history. Of course white people were enslaved in other parts of Africa too, and across the world for centuries. Including in North America where white "servants" were shipped to the colonies by the thousands. Slavery in America didn't begin in 1619. White children were being kidnapped and sold into servitude in the colonies before that. And of course slavery existed in the Americas for hundreds of years prior to Europeans ever setting foot there. Indian tribes all practised slavery. Slavery persisted in non-western countries long after it had been abolished in the west. Slavery was an accepted institution in Africa and Asia for millennia, and it seems to have never occurred to any of these societies that there might be something wrong with the practise. And of course the African slave trade was mostly furnished by Africans capturing other Africans and selling them into bondage. The African slave trade was abolished by the west, not by Africa. It was abolished by the west against the objections of the non-western world. Slavery remained legal in parts of Africa well into the 20th century.
So interesting to see how Europe tried to make a change in relative peace and by good ideals, to end up solving them by force for the next 100 years, such an important part of modern history no school teaches nowdays
Epic and great video with exceptional quality as usual. I have been reading the book “1848: Year of Revolution” written by Michael Rapport and I find this video very helpful for me to watch when reading the book for better understanding of the Revolutions of 1848.
So great to find an amazing history channel that covers the forgotten timelines of the 1700 - 1800’s. I have learnt so much from the napoleon series, and when I tell friends that he invaded Russia and marched into Moscow they can not believe it. It’s brilliant to have a break from WW2 and cover this area in history, which ultimately shapes the countries we live in now. 10/10 one of the best history channels on RUclips
can you just imagine the amount of people and ideas there would be if Napoleon and the failed revolutions of the 1800s didn't happen! so many young men and families died out during this time of wars. and then include ww1-2
Yeah right. Likely living in hell where one is living like a peasant with little to no rights. And no wars? Nah, there will be wars which likely be even worse than what happened IRL.
@@jugaloking69dope58 The 30 years war killed more people and it wasn't caused by revolutions or Liberal ideals, just aristocratic monarchies fighting eachother, there would be massive wars regardless
This channel is the only one that I've actually gone on patreon for just to watch a video early. Something about this content feels like the perfect blend of independent creation and the history documentaries that used to show on TV when I was younger. That's not to say other channels are bad, not by any means. But these videos in particular have some sort of secret ingredient. The Napoleon series always left me wanting more.
Incredibly well produced, better than any German TV channel. You guys are smashing it! I particularly enjoyed the old photographs, which complement the paintings nicely. The maps are of the highest quality, the narrartion is precise and manages to interwine so many events into such a coherent story, while still building some tension. I'm in awe :)
An awesome video! However, I think it could be a series, going more in-depth and starting with 1830 (and the revolutions/uprisings in France, Belgium and Poland). I'm glad that you at least mentioned the November Uprising at 1:31. You presented the Polish aspect of the revolutions of 1848 quite well. I'd like to add that Polish volunteers (many veterans of the November Uprising) joined practically all the other revolutions across Europe. They were particularly numerous in Hungary, including three generals. One of them - Józef Bem, distinguished himself in particular. Meanwhile Ludwik Mierosławski, after leading the unsuccessful Greater Poland Uprising (that's the one briefly mentioned by the Germanized name of the region's capital Poznań at 14:32), fought in Palermo and then in Baden and the Palatinate.
@Artur M. I am still working on my Bem video (I know, I haven't been the fastest, but oh well), it would be a great tie-in for this, but I'm not sure when it will be done, stay tuned tho. :) The script, maps and some assets are done at least.
@@milanseres9113 That's great news! (Everyone, go check out Milán's channel, especially the video about Bem, and the one about Emperor Julian 'the Apostate'.)
@@rennor3498 Well, in short, it was about fighting for independence (admittedly, not a realistic goal), or at least for greater autonomy of their region - with increased liberties; national and civic alike, which didn't seem that far-fetched, given the revolution raging all around. At the very least, the insurgents wanted all of the rights Poles were supposed to have, according to the Congres of Viena, fully respected. But in the end, it had the opposite effect; the Grand Duchy of Posen/Poznań (German: Großherzogtum Posen; Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) lost all of its autonomy and became a regular Prussian province. Later, harsh policies of Germanisation followed. BTW in 1846 there already was a failed attempt at starting an uprising in Greater Poland, also led by Mierosławski, which sometimes is counted as one of the Greater Poland uprisings, making it 4 in total. The ones in 1807 and 1918 were actually successful, so that's a 50% rate, far better than uprisings in other partitions. 😉 Fun fact: two American Civil War colonels (eventually brigadier generals) of the Union army: Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski and Józef Kargé were Polish veterans of the uprisings in Greater Poland in the 1840s (Krzyżanowski took part in that flopped one in '46, although some sources mistakenly claim he fought in '48).
I love the use of maps and highlighting when you mention a new country, and also the lines connecting points of revolt. It helps show the context of the revolutions instead of causing them to seem isolated. Also, I am glad you showed the nameplate for every important figure whenever you mentioned them instead of only showing it the first time. This repetition of names really helps remember and differentiate between which figure was in which region, etc. I'll be showing your videos to my classes!
An Epic overview of the revolutions of 1848. Thanks for the clarity of the details that explains what an important years this was for European history.
Absolutely masterful. I've always been interested in the events of that year, but it was so chaotic and in so many places at the same time that I never managed to get a solid picture of it in my mind. Now you've done that for me, and I can't thank you enough!!
The springtime of the peoples… god, the words themselves are so evocative, so powerful. Italians and Germans especially see it as the first step in the process of unification. May 1848 never die in the memory of Europeans🇪🇺
Watching this video from Sri Lanka, where we recently concluded more than three months of peaceful protests against a self-centered, absolutist government. Much like the revolutionaries in this video, we too had some gains, and have failed in achieving all initial goals, but remain hopeful that complete freedom will be soon achieved by peaceful means. This video is inspiring and well-timed in a period of turmoil around the world. Long time fan, love all your videos!
I compliment the creators of this video. It was not only really interesting, but really easy to follow. Every time this channel posts a video, I can’t wait to watch it!
Is it just me? Or are the stars aligned today? I’ve been ETERNALLY fascinated with the 1848 Revolutions! And RUclips just handed me down this subject down for an entire week! Capped off now by Epic History TV! THE GODS ARE ON OUR SIDE!
I always find it incredibly interesting how much of a hard time conservatives give college students in our current era for advocating for economic and social reform, yet universities have always been beacons of human intellectual achievement and ingenuity. History really does repeat itself. 10:21
Best channel on RUclips I've been here since the very 1st video and I'm still here today , anytime I see a notification from Epic History I just click! Much love & respect to Charles Kove and Epic History TV 💯
I just love all the callbacks. This channel is called epic history tv, and I think this video demonstrate it so, so well. Every quote hits. Every little anecdote, magnificent. The return of Napoleonic veterans, the emergence of new figures like Bismarck and Karl Marx, a sudden return of the Napoleonic dynasty to France, the reeling of Russia from PTSD and it's immediate reaction, everything in this amazing tale was outstanding.
I love your videos so much, it really ignites my passion for history. I wish I would find books that replicate your narrative style (offering a high level overview of the politics, but also narrating the smaller details in an interesting manner)
Brilliant. The work explains tough time in the revolution of Europe which brought to changes in society, politics, and geopolitics in the whole continent.
Outstanding work gentlemen! Another beautiful spectacle of history coming to life. 1848 is indeed infamous for the massive wave of revolutionary action and reform but never before have I seen any channel display the year on such an engaging platform. The king awaits your next masterpiece!👍
I really liked this video, it is explained in a very interesting way and, at least for me, it's always good to watch and hear something related to the XIX century, often abandoned compared to the XX. I would just make a note: In minute 31:32 when there's the map with the unification dates of Germany and Italy, both have the 1871 year. In reality Italy unified ten years earlier, 1861. Thanks for this video.
I was in pure joy when noticed new video of this channel is out. All the bits and pieces to give us the insightful story of particular moment in history - this channel does an indescribably good job. There are so much covered and so much to cover in our history. Well wishes from Lithuania.
I imagine Napoleon giga troll face in the coffin in 1848 Also, thanks for these video. Literally I get appassioned to every topic you touch. Thanks for your outstanding works
Watched first 4 minutes and I'm totally in love. It reminds me my exam at the University (I studied History) when I got a question about background of 1848 revolutions. So I was talking about censorship, no free press etc. Then doctor said: "Ok, that's all correct, you have no free press etc., but imagine you had a good job and a decent life. Would you like to revolt?". I replied: "No". Then doctor said: "Exactly" and elaborated more about economic reasons. Thanks Epic History TV for in depth view of the events!
Economic reasons are the most important and the most underrated one. French revolution of 1789 had also began after a particularly bad famine. Before that, most people had either happily or begrudgingly stayed under monarchy for centuries.
As someone in 30s in New Zealand. This stuff is so interesting. We havnt been around long enough to have all those revolutions, wars and things where ppl had to revolt or starve etc. Some ppl like me are so lucky to live in this time in some countries
Amazing show. You took something I always thought was kind of boring and made it... EPIC. Thanks. I guess I should get my book on this topic out again.
As someone who had to play Radetzky's March in middle school band class. The nostalgia of hearing this piece was one thing. Learning it was the result of a military victory by a Veteran Austrian commander just made it all the sweeter.
Awesome video guys , one of the best history channels out there! The music and narration is so tense, thrilling. It's a shame how after all that buildup the revolutions of 1848 did not live up to people's expectations , Bicksmark is right , many times speeches and small scale uprisings are not enough to garentee that reforms will come and more gruesome methods are needed as a lot of later reforms came as a result of war.
I do find it interesting that the countries where the monarchs refused to negotiate with the reformers and accept a constitution and some limits on their authority all eventually lost their thrones (and their lives in the case of Russia) as a result of violent revolution and war. Every monarch that accepted the reformers demands for constitution and limits to the monarch are still in power even if they are just figureheads. I.E England, Holland. Denmark are all constitutional monarchs that are mostly figureheads and all the power lies with the Parliament.
Exactly and because those monarchs held a high position in their country's politics they gradually lost credibility with the people when their countries continued to face poverty and got involved in long drawn out wars that they ended up loosing.
@@martinmorles1 Yeah, I don't think a single one of the monarchs that refused to negotiate with the reformers survived WW1 which isn't surprising since at least three of them were responsible in some way for starting the war.
@@crazyviking24 the monarchs shunted the responsibility, and thus the potential wrath of the people when things went wrong, onto the democratic assemblies. Quite clever actually
@@jamiengo2343 Exactly. I honestly think that is the main reason why they so eagerly went with the constitution the assemblies demanded. They had witnessed/read what had happened in 1789 France and in England with Charles I.
as a pole who is retaking my 1848 revolutions exam (in polish 1848 revolutions is wiosna ludów) this video actually made me stay interested the whole time and i dont watch history videos as long thanks for making this
Another fantastic video. I love your videos on modern European history, and this one is no exception. This channel always does a great job presenting the complexity of historical events and covering the factors that influenced important moments. Keep up the great work!
Great job with this video ! I appreciate the references to Marx especially. Most people know next to nothing about the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon , an important text and analysis written by Marx and of course the communist manifesto being written in 1848. Most historians try to just erase the history of socialism outright and most people are never taught much of anything about the 1800s so an extra cheers for that
Problem with Marx, one of many socialists, was who while his work on Napoleon III was pretty acuratte, it is based on popular german lies about Napoleon I
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I hope you enjoy the new video! Quite a lot going on in 1848 - I count 4 abdications, 4 wars, and somewhere around 20 revolutions. And don't blame me if you end up humming the Radetzky March for the rest of the day! Thank you to our Patreon supporters, who voted for this topic. Find out how you can support the channel and get various perks here patreon.com/epichistorytv.
Thanks for your work, saying that your videos are incredible would be an euphemism. Thanks for your craftmanship, these are some of the best stuff on youtube.
As for the Radetzky March, while I recognize that it is pretty catchy, as an italian I don't think it will stick in my head :P
Absolutely and always
It is so great if u will found unknow photos of historical characters
What will the next video be on?
This was amazing! Amazing 🤩
"When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold" is one of the most awesome quotes I have ever heard.
Vive la France 🇫🇷✊♥️⚜️✝️
When armies invade Russia, the armies starve.🤣
@@trentfila6186 weak
@@trentfila6186 boo
@@Diegomax22 France when convert to islamic France
Remember kids, if you get overthrown in a revolution...just head over to England!
Not anymore. The liberals of 1848 would be very upset about people being arrested for speech.
Advantages of already being a liberal constitutional monarchy (I am not English btw).
Ironic how Napolean III is also exiled to England's after being defeated in Franco-Prussian war
@@Wabu_227 it's even more ironic that Napoleon III was a policeman during the time when England recruited alot of policemen
@@madhurawat155 The people fleeing to England were anything but liberal democrats, so England was actually helping enemies of freedom, just saying.
Bismarck playing the March of the Prussian infantry instead of making a statement is so incredibly ominous. That would be incredible to witness put to film
True!!!!
They understood theatrics back in those days
@@PeachDragon_ Bismarck certainly did.
Great video. I do wish they had mentioned the 'forty-eighters'. A term used to describe the two million Germans who immigrated to the United States after Prussia had crushed the revolution back home. During the American civil war more then 200,000 of those German immigrants had joined the Union army and helped Lincoln secure two elections and victory in the battlefield. The grandchildren of those Germans would go on to fight their German cousins in world war 2, men like Eisenhower and Nimitz, whose lives would not have existed had there been no revolution in 1848.
Sicilians and Neopolitans also migrated to America in mass.
@@alexzero3736 very true. They, along with the millions of Germans and famished Irish, helped turn the tide during the civil war. More so then slavery or secession, the presence of millions of new liberal-minded voters in the North tipped the scale decisively in favor of the Union. I've always viewed the revolution of 1848 as being a direct cause of the civil war.
They must go back
@@anythingthoughanythingthou2453 Why would Germany want those traitors back?
German Diasporah...
That photograph of the Barricades in Rue Saint-Maur is amazing. An actual surviving photograph is able to communicate so much.
Great job as always. Without a doubt this is the highest quality historical channel on youtube, this just puts a perfect finishing bow on the napoleon series!
But I'm still waiting for the stuff about Napoleons early career and his rise to power.
1848 was an awful year. Napoleon did more harm than good and basically destroyed Europe
Bravo! Du très bon travail
@@eksadiss Screw the politics stuff, I want egypt and italy!
@@ImperiumMagistrate enjoy life in your absolute monarchy.
A huge round of applause to Toby for a great insight into this overlooked revolution, often overshadowed by its earlier counterparts. 👏
Thanks Fin!
@@EpichistoryTv Neigh, stank you Epic, Stank you.
The execution of Robert Blum on the 9th of November started a series of big events in German history on a 9th of November:
1918: Proclamation of the German Republic (the Weimar Republic)
1923: Hitlers failed Beer Hall Putsch
1938: Night of the broken glass
1989: Fall of the Berlin wall
All on a 9th of November. It is so much that the day is not a public holiday because it would be unclear whether it would be a day of celebration or of grief
Thanks for sharing that
Hitler's failed beer hall putsch should be celebrated because it delayed him coming to power.
BeWe, Robert Blum was executed in 1848. The Weimarer Republic was proclaimed 70 years later. After the first world war the King William II was kicked out of the country.
Why no both?
Celebrate during the day, mourn in the night
@@secretname4190 We actually do celebrate reunification! Just not on that day! Germany as it exists today officially united about a year after the Wall had fallen, on the 3rd of October 1990.
I absolutely loved the “When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold” quote by the Austrian chancellor. I think it really sums up the 1800s.
Klemens von Metternich. He was quite a real bastard.
@@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 was he really?
@@rose_city-86o51 Ask the Italians
@@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 I think I’ll just ask google this one and get back to you lol 😂
I get shivers everytime we see a new photograph from that time, to think of what innovation that was and how many historical event, major characters or even common people we didn't get to see. And those few moments that got immortalized make you breath the past.
Even of the photograph of old Prince Metternich had me amazed! I always only see him depicted in paintings as a young man.
As a Czech, I'm loving this. You are doing great job with putting all things to context. At schools, we learned all this mainly in the context of our country. You are doing a much better job than them.
@Source of Arrogance so did we, but since we talked about all of them, we barely got deeper insight into any
Im also Czech but when was the Czech flag the same as Polands?
It was like it, blue strip was added latter and it represented Slovakia. (or at least, that what parents told me)@@henrybarta2951
@@henrybarta2951Flag of "Bohemia" which is modern Czechia
I love how epic the EPIC MAN’S VOICE sounds even when he says “get-rich” in french in 3:50! Deserves an Oscar.
Charles Nove FTW!
He's Charles Lowe
Oui! "Enrichissez-vouz"! 🤣Essentially means "work hard and you will succeed"/"pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" or might as well by some miracle or act of God! Of which we know even to this day that such is utter Bourgeoisie/Hierarchy Continuation BS. 🤣
I hope it's not too late to unite once again...
@@leponpon6935 nahh, sounds more like: "Are gas prices too high? Just buy a Tesla!!!!"
@@leponpon6935 It sounds like Macron today. Same A-holes in power for centuries.
The 1848 revolution had a huge impact in the United States. After the failure of the 1848 revolution, many Germans immigrated to the US and settled in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Most of the Midwest states were built my German immigrants. If the revolution hadn’t failed, the immigrants would of most likely not immigrated to the US.
Immigration to the US in general before the Civil War just fueled tensions as more and more territories asked to be incorporated as US states. The point of dispute was whether these new states should be either banned from keeping up slavery or should be allowed to vote on it. Next decade you get Bleeding Kansas and then a bunch of butt hurt southerners think they can take on the industrial might of the north.
Not to forget the role some of these German immigrants would play during the American Civil War. I'm pretty sure the student Carl Schurz who is mentioned in the video is the same Carl Schurz who would lead Union troops about one and a half decades later.
Yes, you are right. He served in the civil war but was also a u.s. Senator.
Also Australia. Many Chartists were exiled (‘transported’) from the UK to Australia, profoundly influencing Australian politics and character. By the end of the 19thC the Australian colonies could call themselves ‘the working man’s paradise’.
They must go back
I really like the last quote of Bismarck in the video. Significant changes throughout history always sparked by ideas and speeches, but the deciding factor to make them reality were always iron and blood.
Bismarck's answer to the King's question of what action to take in Berlin, the Prussian Infantry March, or Prussian Glory tapped out on a piano. Epic, no pun. But perfect example of Bismarck's Iron and Blood.
'When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold' what an awesome quote. Incredible video as always!
So inavding all those countries and planting ideas via unprecedented propaganda through the dominant force of military occupation is just called 'sneezing' now? lol
@@Andrij-v6kts called a metaphor, its subtle i know, even if the message really just means "when France acts, Europe reacts" in a fancier way
"get rich" is much better
"You get a revolution!" "You get a revolution!" "Everyone gets a revolution!"
Poland: YAAYYYYY
Europe: Oh, except you.
Poland: -_-
It's so strange that this subject isn't that talked about when so many prominent figures from the rest of the century are brought up from the revolutions, Bismarck, Napoleon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Victorio Emanuelle, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Franz Joseph.
If we had a society that cared about the past then we would talk about it
Don't forget Marx and Engels, who wrote the Communist Manifesto directly in response to the 1848 revolutions.
Maybe your curriculum was different but here in cbse board india, we learnt all about the year of revolutions 1848, italian and German unification etc
@@fromhegel4036 People now a days contribute Marx and Engels to genocide and poorness. They don't care about what ideas and opinions they actually stood for. Sad.
It’s simple actually, it’s because today nationalism is attached to the far right (whereas it was attached to the left in the 19th century). Roughly speaking, people don’t want to say today that nationalism is a « good » thing.
What I find interesting, a lot of things that people tried to make happen during revolutions of 1848-1849 happened rather conservatively about 20 years later:
1) Hungary gains equal status inside Habsburg monarchy in 1867
2) Italians defeat Austrians and unite the country in 1861 (1870 finished)
3) Denmark loses schleswig-holstein in 1864
4) Germany is united in 1871
5) France becomes a democratic republic after defeat in the war in 1871
Italians defeat Austrians you say? In which battle? :P
@@falc6125 battle of Solferino and second Italian war of independence. With the help of France of course, but that doesn't change the point.
Good point!
@@alexo2235 well both wars win with help of other great power. In 1859 with help of France and during 1866 by help of Prussia. During both wars Italians would not be able win anything on thier own. 1866 campaign was even worst for them. As they loose both on sea and land with superior numbers.
@@falc6125 you're totally right
Mike Duncan on the Revolutions Podcast did a great series on the 1848 Revolutions. One of my favorites was the New Years pact that the citizens of Milan made to quit smoking and gambling so as to deprive Austria of the taxes gained from it.
I can't believe how much historical events happened in just this tumultuous year alone, really! I've never encountered all of them in such a compressive manner before, really.
You know the day's great when Epic History TV uploads😍
I got shivers by how good this documentary is. This is what the "history channel" should be.
Amen. It's the first time I found this topic exciting. I tried several times, but never could get my head around it long enough to care. Now I feel like there should be an educational game about it. Kind of like "Here I Stand."
Nah its Epic History that should incorporate more aliens and conspiracy themed videos. (jk)
@@Tolstoy111 Not to mention "Kings of Pain" and "The Pickers." They're utterly compelling...
History Channel is dead. Long live RUclips
Radetzyk, one of the few really strong military commanders we ever had. And he got a musical score from one of the best composers to ever live, no wonder you used it. It is really catchy.
Austria victories against the Ottoman Empire are nothing to be scoffed at.
Eugene of Savoy. Even if he was not Austrian (he was French and Piedmontese) he fought for Austria and was the Creme de la Crème.
@@maxanderson9293 What does the Ottoman Empire have to do with this?
@@kevin8712 I think he means that the Austrian Empire is seen a militarily incompetent, largely due to their performance in ww1, but they had impressive military successes under their belt.
Learning about this makes the context of WW1 make so much more sense with all the tension going around. Fantastic work.
Mike Duncan has the absolute best and most thorough answer explanation of this conflict on his podcast called Revolution. I literally cannot give enough praise to how PHENOMENAL a job he did
You guys teach history better than universities, hope you make your way through education in history universities all over the wo🔥
Universities are largely irrelevant for many studies
Its actually just one man behind all this!
@@hannibalb8276 he does research, editing and narration?
@@Best-gv1dm narration is done by Charles Nove, a different guy who works with EHTV
No they don't. Unless you went to the shittiest University on earth, or more likely you didn't go to Uni at all and are just parrotting everyone else that makes these claims on YT. This is a great overview but it doesn't even scratch the surface of more in depth history courses on this subject, especially in terms of analysis
The fact that very few people remember this pivotal point in Western history is shameful. Great work!
Mostly because it's left ignored during school time...
The fact that almost nobody knows the following is equally shameful.
History of white slaves:
Well over one million whites were enslaved in North Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries, most of them abducted and sold by Muslim pirates. Africans were raiding Europe for slaves for hundreds of years. The school system has totally erased this fact from history.
Of course white people were enslaved in other parts of Africa too, and across the world for centuries. Including in North America where white "servants" were shipped to the colonies by the thousands.
Slavery in America didn't begin in 1619. White children were being kidnapped and sold into servitude in the colonies before that. And of course slavery existed in the Americas for hundreds of years prior to Europeans ever setting foot there. Indian tribes all practised slavery.
Slavery persisted in non-western countries long after it had been abolished in the west. Slavery was an accepted institution in Africa and Asia for millennia, and it seems to have never occurred to any of these societies that there might be something wrong with the practise.
And of course the African slave trade was mostly furnished by Africans capturing other Africans and selling them into bondage. The African slave trade was abolished by the west, not by Africa. It was abolished by the west against the objections of the non-western world. Slavery remained legal in parts of Africa well into the 20th century.
That’s by design
Governments, even democratic ones, don't want you to know this
You are in a long and arduous path to enlightenment, friend.
I'm so relieved that this rare quality content is still produced on this platform.
Please keep up and congratulations on your work. Splendid job!
Awesome video, first time I heard about the 1848 events. Very well made, Thank you!
Google German 48ers or Forty-Eighters.
So interesting to see how Europe tried to make a change in relative peace and by good ideals, to end up solving them by force for the next 100 years, such an important part of modern history no school teaches nowdays
Epic and great video with exceptional quality as usual. I have been reading the book “1848: Year of Revolution” written by Michael Rapport and I find this video very helpful for me to watch when reading the book for better understanding of the Revolutions of 1848.
Another book I could 100% recommend about the revolutions is the “revolutions of 1848 a social history” by Priscilla Robertson
@@scsports7281 Thanks for your recommendation! I shall go check it out soon.
Thanks for the recommendation; I just bought the book!
Hope you'll do a biography series of Metternich, Talleyrand and Richelieu.
So much going on in this episode very VERY well done!
So great to find an amazing history channel that covers the forgotten timelines of the 1700 - 1800’s. I have learnt so much from the napoleon series, and when I tell friends that he invaded Russia and marched into Moscow they can not believe it.
It’s brilliant to have a break from WW2 and cover this area in history, which ultimately shapes the countries we live in now.
10/10 one of the best history channels on RUclips
I still want to see them do world war 2 though.
can you just imagine the amount of people and ideas there would be if Napoleon and the failed revolutions of the 1800s didn't happen!
so many young men and families died out during this time of wars. and then include ww1-2
Yeah right. Likely living in hell where one is living like a peasant with little to no rights.
And no wars? Nah, there will be wars which likely be even worse than what happened IRL.
@@jugaloking69dope58 The 30 years war killed more people and it wasn't caused by revolutions or Liberal ideals, just aristocratic monarchies fighting eachother, there would be massive wars regardless
This channel is the only one that I've actually gone on patreon for just to watch a video early. Something about this content feels like the perfect blend of independent creation and the history documentaries that used to show on TV when I was younger. That's not to say other channels are bad, not by any means. But these videos in particular have some sort of secret ingredient.
The Napoleon series always left me wanting more.
it is the voice
@@strahaironscale571 good one 🤣
I'm always stunned by these real, super early photographs, but that Chartist one takes the cake.
You should do a series on the French Revolution, it'd be awesome!
Great idea !
He kinda already did
@@Randomdude112 his napoleon series only slightly touched the topic
@@simonhagstenn heads will roll
@@Randomdude112 He definitely has not
21:28 Bismarck, of course, had a plan. Bismarck ALWAYS has a plan.
Great Video!
Ah Extra Credits Extra History
Nice
He was the man with the plan
Bismarck
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Just like Dutch Van der Linde
Steiner Also had a plan to turn the war
Incredibly well produced, better than any German TV channel. You guys are smashing it! I particularly enjoyed the old photographs, which complement the paintings nicely. The maps are of the highest quality, the narrartion is precise and manages to interwine so many events into such a coherent story, while still building some tension. I'm in awe :)
18:40 Imagine being so good at kicking Italian ass a famous composer creates one of the most iconic classical bangers of all time.
An awesome video! However, I think it could be a series, going more in-depth and starting with 1830 (and the revolutions/uprisings in France, Belgium and Poland). I'm glad that you at least mentioned the November Uprising at 1:31.
You presented the Polish aspect of the revolutions of 1848 quite well. I'd like to add that Polish volunteers (many veterans of the November Uprising) joined practically all the other revolutions across Europe. They were particularly numerous in Hungary, including three generals. One of them - Józef Bem, distinguished himself in particular.
Meanwhile Ludwik Mierosławski, after leading the unsuccessful Greater Poland Uprising (that's the one briefly mentioned by the Germanized name of the region's capital Poznań at 14:32), fought in Palermo and then in Baden and the Palatinate.
You got that right. Jarosław Dąbrowski, a red veteran of the 1863 Polish uprising was the head of the Communard militias during the Paris Commune.
@Artur M. I am still working on my Bem video (I know, I haven't been the fastest, but oh well), it would be a great tie-in for this, but I'm not sure when it will be done, stay tuned tho. :) The script, maps and some assets are done at least.
@@milanseres9113 That's great news!
(Everyone, go check out Milán's channel, especially the video about Bem, and the one about Emperor Julian 'the Apostate'.)
What was the Greater Poland uprising all about? I mean, what did they achieve before they were defeated by the Prussians?
@@rennor3498 Well, in short, it was about fighting for independence (admittedly, not a realistic goal), or at least for greater autonomy of their region - with increased liberties; national and civic alike, which didn't seem that far-fetched, given the revolution raging all around. At the very least, the insurgents wanted all of the rights Poles were supposed to have, according to the Congres of Viena, fully respected. But in the end, it had the opposite effect; the Grand Duchy of Posen/Poznań (German: Großherzogtum Posen; Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) lost all of its autonomy and became a regular Prussian province. Later, harsh policies of Germanisation followed.
BTW in 1846 there already was a failed attempt at starting an uprising in Greater Poland, also led by Mierosławski, which sometimes is counted as one of the Greater Poland uprisings, making it 4 in total. The ones in 1807 and 1918 were actually successful, so that's a 50% rate, far better than uprisings in other partitions. 😉
Fun fact: two American Civil War colonels (eventually brigadier generals) of the Union army: Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski and Józef Kargé were Polish veterans of the uprisings in Greater Poland in the 1840s (Krzyżanowski took part in that flopped one in '46, although some sources mistakenly claim he fought in '48).
Brilliant video, every single one gives me chills. It's insane how you keep impressing us and teaching history.
I love the use of maps and highlighting when you mention a new country, and also the lines connecting points of revolt. It helps show the context of the revolutions instead of causing them to seem isolated. Also, I am glad you showed the nameplate for every important figure whenever you mentioned them instead of only showing it the first time. This repetition of names really helps remember and differentiate between which figure was in which region, etc. I'll be showing your videos to my classes!
An Epic overview of the revolutions of 1848. Thanks for the clarity of the details that explains what an important years this was for European history.
Absolutely masterful. I've always been interested in the events of that year, but it was so chaotic and in so many places at the same time that I never managed to get a solid picture of it in my mind. Now you've done that for me, and I can't thank you enough!!
I like how Epic History TV is shifting its focus towards social and political history.
Every video is more exciting than the next. Love it!! Great job Epic History TV!
“Tell the people I agree to everything “ if that’s not a sobering moment for a king idk what is
The soundtrack amps me up, gives me goosebumps. I'm just lying on my bed on a Sunday evening while watching this video, it's like an epic movie
Such an overlooked year but critical to Europe's evolution. Thank you for filling in a critical gap in knowledge.
The springtime of the peoples… god, the words themselves are so evocative, so powerful. Italians and Germans especially see it as the first step in the process of unification. May 1848 never die in the memory of Europeans🇪🇺
These videos are beautiful, I love all the work that’s put into them!
Watching this video from Sri Lanka, where we recently concluded more than three months of peaceful protests against a self-centered, absolutist government. Much like the revolutionaries in this video, we too had some gains, and have failed in achieving all initial goals, but remain hopeful that complete freedom will be soon achieved by peaceful means. This video is inspiring and well-timed in a period of turmoil around the world. Long time fan, love all your videos!
Stupid comparison
I compliment the creators of this video. It was not only really interesting, but really easy to follow. Every time this channel posts a video, I can’t wait to watch it!
Is it just me? Or are the stars aligned today? I’ve been ETERNALLY fascinated with the 1848 Revolutions! And RUclips just handed me down this subject down for an entire week! Capped off now by Epic History TV! THE GODS ARE ON OUR SIDE!
I always find it incredibly interesting how much of a hard time conservatives give college students in our current era for advocating for economic and social reform, yet universities have always been beacons of human intellectual achievement and ingenuity. History really does repeat itself. 10:21
Best channel on RUclips I've been here since the very 1st video and I'm still here today , anytime I see a notification from Epic History I just click! Much love & respect to Charles Kove and Epic History TV 💯
This is amazing, it's a huge and beautiful work. Thanks folks, greetings from Uruguay!
Simply the best. A special thanks to my teachers for making me capable of easily understanding this.
13:16 This is amazing.
I just love all the callbacks.
This channel is called epic history tv, and I think this video demonstrate it so, so well.
Every quote hits.
Every little anecdote, magnificent.
The return of Napoleonic veterans, the emergence of new figures like Bismarck and Karl Marx, a sudden return of the Napoleonic dynasty to France, the reeling of Russia from PTSD and it's immediate reaction, everything in this amazing tale was outstanding.
agreed
I love your videos so much, it really ignites my passion for history. I wish I would find books that replicate your narrative style (offering a high level overview of the politics, but also narrating the smaller details in an interesting manner)
Wow, this immediately became one of my favorite videos of all time. Great work!
Brilliant. The work explains tough time in the revolution of Europe which brought to changes in society, politics, and geopolitics in the whole continent.
Main square in Zagreb is still called Josip Jelačić, and there is his statue there.
Outstanding work gentlemen! Another beautiful spectacle of history coming to life. 1848 is indeed infamous for the massive wave of revolutionary action and reform but never before have I seen any channel display the year on such an engaging platform.
The king awaits your next masterpiece!👍
Amazing video guys, some of the best quality on youtube!
Great job! Your videos are epic! You always inspire us to strive for greatness and learn lessons from remarkable events in history ❤️✨
I really liked this video, it is explained in a very interesting way and, at least for me, it's always good to watch and hear something related to the XIX century, often abandoned compared to the XX.
I would just make a note: In minute 31:32 when there's the map with the unification dates of Germany and Italy, both have the 1871 year. In reality Italy unified ten years earlier, 1861. Thanks for this video.
3:50 Best quote i have ever heard in my life
And for that quote and stance he got chased out of the country. Deservedly so
And then Karl Marx pops up somewhere
I was in pure joy when noticed new video of this channel is out. All the bits and pieces to give us the insightful story of particular moment in history - this channel does an indescribably good job. There are so much covered and so much to cover in our history. Well wishes from Lithuania.
I imagine Napoleon giga troll face in the coffin in 1848
Also, thanks for these video. Literally I get appassioned to every topic you touch. Thanks for your outstanding works
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Napoleon is would be against the revolution to be frank
History doesn't always repeat it's self, but it rhymes. Thank you EHTV.
Watched first 4 minutes and I'm totally in love. It reminds me my exam at the University (I studied History) when I got a question about background of 1848 revolutions. So I was talking about censorship, no free press etc. Then doctor said: "Ok, that's all correct, you have no free press etc., but imagine you had a good job and a decent life. Would you like to revolt?". I replied: "No". Then doctor said: "Exactly" and elaborated more about economic reasons. Thanks Epic History TV for in depth view of the events!
Economic reasons are the most important and the most underrated one. French revolution of 1789 had also began after a particularly bad famine. Before that, most people had either happily or begrudgingly stayed under monarchy for centuries.
This is by far the best history-related RUclips Cannel. Good Work as always
I love the art and the music in these videos! Good job
Your production quality is awesome. Keep up the good work!
As someone in 30s in New Zealand. This stuff is so interesting. We havnt been around long enough to have all those revolutions, wars and things where ppl had to revolt or starve etc. Some ppl like me are so lucky to live in this time in some countries
Bismarck playing the tune of Prussian infantry- What an absolutely Prussian thing to do and badass at that,
Best history channel on youtube. Spiritual successors to the History Channel.
this video is perfect, nothing more to say.
greetings from the southern hemisphere (Arg).
Amazing show. You took something I always thought was kind of boring and made it... EPIC. Thanks. I guess I should get my book on this topic out again.
As someone who had to play Radetzky's March in middle school band class. The nostalgia of hearing this piece was one thing. Learning it was the result of a military victory by a Veteran Austrian commander just made it all the sweeter.
But in the end Italy was unified anyway, while the mighty Austrian Empire would end 71 years later. Ride bene chi ride ultimo
@@carolinaalberdingi what does Italian unification have to do with my appreciation of Radetzkys March the musical piece ? 😂.
Excellent video. Liked the music, the map work, the graphics, and the quotes. Very well put together.
In Germany, a gymnasium is a prep school from middle and upper class students. It is not an exercise facility.
Awesome video guys , one of the best history channels out there! The music and narration is so tense, thrilling.
It's a shame how after all that buildup the revolutions of 1848 did not live up to people's expectations , Bicksmark is right , many times speeches and small scale uprisings are not enough to garentee that reforms will come and more gruesome methods are needed as a lot of later reforms came as a result of war.
Impressive work, I can see you are very dedicated to this, keep up the amazing work
I do find it interesting that the countries where the monarchs refused to negotiate with the reformers and accept a constitution and some limits on their authority all eventually lost their thrones (and their lives in the case of Russia) as a result of violent revolution and war. Every monarch that accepted the reformers demands for constitution and limits to the monarch are still in power even if they are just figureheads. I.E England, Holland. Denmark are all constitutional monarchs that are mostly figureheads and all the power lies with the Parliament.
Exactly and because those monarchs held a high position in their country's politics they gradually lost credibility with the people when their countries continued to face poverty and got involved in long drawn out wars that they ended up loosing.
@@martinmorles1 Yeah, I don't think a single one of the monarchs that refused to negotiate with the reformers survived WW1 which isn't surprising since at least three of them were responsible in some way for starting the war.
@@crazyviking24 the monarchs shunted the responsibility, and thus the potential wrath of the people when things went wrong, onto the democratic assemblies. Quite clever actually
@@jamiengo2343 Exactly. I honestly think that is the main reason why they so eagerly went with the constitution the assemblies demanded. They had witnessed/read what had happened in 1789 France and in England with Charles I.
@@martinmorles1 Just like capitalism today. People are only getting poorer and poorer now. Happened once already in 1929. It will happen soon again.
as a pole who is retaking my 1848 revolutions exam (in polish 1848 revolutions is wiosna ludów) this video actually made me stay interested the whole time and i dont watch history videos as long thanks for making this
I genuinely look forward to the videos on this channel. Beautifully made as always.
Great vidéo !
I think you could have gone deeper into politics and the fights of each city but still a huge work BRAVO 👏 👏
Epic History TV really never fails to deliver profoundly entertaining History content!
Another fantastic video. I love your videos on modern European history, and this one is no exception. This channel always does a great job presenting the complexity of historical events and covering the factors that influenced important moments. Keep up the great work!
it's just mind blowing to see a photo of Metternich and to think he saw Napoleon and lived through the napoleonic wars
Your narrator’s voice adds extra drama and emotions to the story, great research, thank you for your work!👍
This is genuinely one of the most fascinating history videos I have ever watched on RUclips. Great job.
Fun fact. Spain revolution FROM 1821 was considered more dangerous by all European monarchies than the french revolution.
Great job with this video ! I appreciate the references to Marx especially. Most people know next to nothing about the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon , an important text and analysis written by Marx and of course the communist manifesto being written in 1848. Most historians try to just erase the history of socialism outright and most people are never taught much of anything about the 1800s so an extra cheers for that
Problem with Marx, one of many socialists, was who while his work on Napoleon III was pretty acuratte, it is based on popular german lies about Napoleon I
Very well done. Your videos are always excellent. This one is no different. Thank you.
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!