<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848_in_the_Austrian_Empire" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire">Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire</a>: After a month-long siege, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venice">Venice</a>, which had declared itself independent as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_San_Marco" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of San Marco">Republic of San Marco</a>, surrenders to Austria.