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Revocation of the April Laws
- When
- 1848
- Where
- Hungary
In 1848, the new young Austrian monarch Francis Joseph arbitrarily revoked the April Laws without any legal competence.
The April Laws were passed by the Hungarian Diet in March 1848 in Pozsony and signed by King Ferdinand V at the Primate's Palace in the same city on 11 April 1848. In 1848, the new young Austrian monarch Francis Joseph arbitrarily revoked the laws without any legal competence. The supplied passage dates the revocation to 1848 without a month or day, though the event scope centers on 1849.
Sources
- April Laws Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-23
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