events
German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
Related Wikipedia articles
German revolutions of 1848–1849
German part of the Revolutions of 1848
The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution, were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries. They were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ludwig I of Bavaria
King of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848
Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)