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The year 1848 saw a wave of revolution break over the European continent.  It began in Paris, on 24 February, with an invasion of the Chamber of Deputies.  The poet, Alphonse de lamartine, described the mob of people who entered teh Chamber, 'desperadoes, who were come to make the last assault on the last refuge of royalty'.
 
From France, revolution spread rapidly; Germany, Austria, Italy and Hungary all saw popular leaders replaced with unpopular kings and rulers.  People celebrated what they thought was a great victory.  But the old powers of Europe were not so easily beaten; they marshalled their armies and attacked.  Despite heroic resistance, the revolutionaries were no match for soldiers armed with the newest weapons, artillery and horses.  Within two years, the revolutions had been defeated and many of the old rulers were back in power.