Dresden uprising of 1849

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armed insurrection event in the Revolutions of 1848 revolutionary event in Germany uprising

The Dresden uprising of 1849 was a short-lived but significant armed insurrection in the German city of Dresden during the 1848–1849 revolutions, in which revolutionaries, including anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, attempted to establish a more democratic government before being suppressed by royalist forces.

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Revolutions of 1848 in the German states	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed insurrection ⓘ event in the Revolutions of 1848 ⓘ revolutionary event in Germany ⓘ uprising ⓘ
characterizedBy	barricade warfare ⓘ short duration ⓘ street fighting in Dresden ⓘ urban armed conflict ⓘ
chronologyWithin	late phase of the 1848–1849 revolutions ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
endTime	1849-05-09 ⓘ
followedBy	increased political repression in the Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
goal	establishment of a more democratic government in Saxony ⓘ implementation of the Frankfurt Constitution ⓘ introduction of civil liberties ⓘ parliamentary government ⓘ
hasAftermath	exile of several revolutionaries ⓘ trials and imprisonment of participants ⓘ
hasCause	demands for German national unification ⓘ demands for a liberal constitution ⓘ demands for expanded civil rights ⓘ dissolution of the Frankfurt Parliament ⓘ reactionary policies of the Saxon monarchy ⓘ refusal of Saxon king to accept the Frankfurt Constitution ⓘ
hasLocation	Dresden ⓘ German Confederation ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
hasParticipant	Carl Gottlieb Todt ⓘ Mikhail Bakunin ⓘ Otto Leonhard Heubner NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian army Richard Wagner ⓘ Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner ⓘ Saxon revolutionaries ⓘ Saxon royal troops ⓘ
opponent	King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
partOf	1848 revolutions ⓘ surface form: German revolutions of 1848–1849 1848 revolutions ⓘ surface form: Revolutions of 1848
result	defeat of the revolutionaries ⓘ repression of democratic and revolutionary movements in Saxony ⓘ restoration of royal authority in Dresden ⓘ suppression of the insurrection by Saxon and Prussian troops ⓘ
significantFor	biography of Mikhail Bakunin ⓘ development of European anarchist thought ⓘ history of German liberalism ⓘ political radicalization of Richard Wagner ⓘ
startTime	1849-05-03 ⓘ

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Mikhail Bakunin → participatedIn → Dresden uprising of 1849 ⓘ

Prussian Constitution of 1850 → relatedTo → Dresden uprising of 1849 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutions of 1848 in the German states