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People of the Revolutions of 1848

  • Victor Emmanuel IIVictor Emmanuel was born in Palazzo Carignano, Turin on the 14th of March 1820. He entered the world as the eldest son of Carlo Alberto Prince of Carignano…
  • Nicholas I of RussiaThe morning of the 14th of December 1825 dawned at minus eight degrees Celsius in St. Petersburg. A cold so biting that Russian superstition declared it an…
  • Mikhail BakuninMikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was born on the 30th of August 1814 into Russian nobility. His family owned the Priamukhino estate in the Tver region, which…