Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . among the people ofPrague and gave General Windischgratz, the commander ofthe Austrian forces, a sufficient excuse for intervening. Heestablished a military government, and the prospect of inde-pendence for Bohemia vanished. This was Austrias first realvictory. The eastern and southern portion of the Hapsburg domainswere not more homogeneous than the west and north. Whena constitution was granted to Hungary it was inevitable thatthe races which the Hungari
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . among the people ofPrague and gave General Windischgratz, the commander ofthe Austrian forces, a sufficient excuse for intervening. Heestablished a military government, and the prospect of inde-pendence for Bohemia vanished. This was Austrias first realvictory. The eastern and southern portion of the Hapsburg domainswere not more homogeneous than the west and north. Whena constitution was granted to Hungary it was inevitable thatthe races which the Hungarians (Magyars) had long dominated 1 The Slavic inhabitants of Bohemia. The Revolutions of l8^8 and their Results 603 should begin to consider how they, might gain the right togovern themselves. The Slavs inhabiting Carniola, Carinthia,Istria, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, and Servia had long meditatedupon the possibihty of a united Slavic kingdom in the the Servians and Croatians now revolted against October, 1S4S, the radical party rose in Vienna itself, asit had in Paris after the deposition of Louis Philippe. The. Fig. 162. FRA>fcis Joseph ?? minister of war was brutally murdered and the emperor fled. InsurrectionThe city was, however, besieged by the same commander who „ vienna^^had put down the insurrection in Prague, and was forced to suppressedsurrender. The imperial government was now in a positionstill further to strengthen itself. The emperor, a notoriouslyinefficient person, was forced to abdicate (December 2, 1848) 1 Francis Joseph was bom in 1830, so that he witnessed the revolutions of1848 at the age of 18 and the Great War of 1914 at the age of 84. Pictures ofhim as an old man are familiar; but this one of him at his accession recalls tous his long reign. (See last chapter.) 6o4 Medieval and Modem Times Accession ofFrancisJosepii I,1848-1916 Suppressionof Hungarianrepublic Final peace-ful unionbetweenAustria andHungary,1867 Austriadefeats t
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