The first of these events occurred in Sicily, which led to its independence for 16 months.
The first of these events occurred in Sicily, which led to its independence for 16 months. During one of these events, the prohibition of the campagne des banquets united the popular Republicans and OrlÃ©anists against the French king. Lajos Kossuth led the Hungarian one of these events, prompting Metternich's resignation, and was crushed by the "gendarme of Europe," Czar Nicholas I. Friedrich Wilhelm IV refused the offer of the German crown by the Frankfurt Assembly during this event. For 10 points, name this series of political upheavals in Europe that took place in a certain year.
The first of these events occurred in Sicily, which led to its independence for 16 months.
revolutions of 1848 [or Springtime of the Peoples; or Spring of Nations] 