Gustav Struve and Radical Republicanism

Gustav Struve

A German lawyer, politician, writer, and revolutionary. He was one of the radical republican leaders during the German March Revolution of 1848–1849, particularly the Baden Revolution, who alongside Friedrich Hecker led the movement to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic in Baden. In September 1848, he personally launched an uprising in Lörrach declaring the establishment of a republic, and remained active in the 1849 Baden Revolution. After the failure of the revolution, he exiled himself to the United States, where he advocated for republicanism, the abolition of slavery, and educational reform. He also served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and is known as a pioneer of the early German vegetarianism movement.

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Year	Gustav Struve
1805	Birth of Gustav Struve (Period: October 11, 1805, Location: Munich, Germany)
1820	Legal Studies (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1820s, Location: Göttingen, Heidelberg)
1830	Conversion to Radical Democracy and Early Socialism (Age: 24 years old, Period: 1830s–1840s, Location: Baden, Mannheim)
1832	Participation in the German Vegetarian Movement (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1832–1870, Location: Germany, especially Stuttgart)
1833	Practice as a Lawyer in Mannheim (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1833–1836, Location: Mannheim)
1840	Political Activities with Friedrich Hecker (Age: 34 years old, Period: Late 1840s, Location: Mannheim, Baden)
1845	Editorial Activities at Mannheim Journal and Censorship (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1845–1846, Location: Mannheim) Marriage (Gustav Struve, Amalie Düser, Age: 40 years old, Period: November 16, 1845, Location: Mannheim)
1848	Publication of "Basic Rights of the German People" (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1848, Location: Switzerland) Rejection of Demands for a Republic at the Frankfurt Pre-Parliament (Age: 42 years old, Period: March–April 1848, Location: Frankfurt am Main) Armed Struggle in the Hecker Uprising and Baden Revolution (Age: 42 years old, Period: April 1848, Location: Grand Duchy of Hesse, Constance, Black Forest, Kandern) Proclamation of the Republic in Constance (Age: 42 years old, Period: April 12, 1848, Location: Constance) Struve Uprising (Age: 42 years old, Period: September 21 – September 24, 1848, Location: Lörrach, Staufen, Grand Duchy of Hesse) Struve Putsch (Lörrach Uprising, Age: 42 years old, Period: September 21–24, 1848, Location: Lörrach and Staufen)
1849	Baden Revolution (Age: 43 years old, Period: May–July 1849, Location: Baden, Freiburg, Rastatt, etc.) Release from Bruchsal Prison (Age: 43 years old, Period: May 1849, Location: Bruchsal) Opposition to Lorenz Brentano's Government (Age: 43 years old, Period: June 1849, Location: Grand Duchy of Hesse) Defeat of the Baden Revolution and Exile (Gustav Struve, Age: 43 years old, Period: July 1849 – 1851, Location: Rastatt, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom)
1851	Exile to the United States and Editing of "Deutscher Zuschauer" (Gustav Struve, Age: 45 years old, Period: 1851–1850s, Location: Philadelphia, New York)
1852	Writing of "Weltgeschichte" (World History, Age: 46 years old, Period: 1852–1860, Location: United States)
1856	Support for John C. Frémont and Abraham Lincoln (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1856–Around 1860, Location: New York and other locations in the United States)
1861	American Civil War (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1861–1865, Location: United States of America) Participation in the American Civil War (Age: 55 years old, Period: Around 1861–1862, Location: United States)
1863	Return to Germany (Gustav Struve, Age: 57 years old, Period: 1863, Location: Stuttgart, Coburg)
1865	Failure of Appointment as US Consul (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1865, Location: Sonneberg, Thuringia)
1867	Marriage (Gustav Struve, Katharina von Zentner, Age: 61 years old, Period: 1867, Location: Germany)
1868	Establishment of the Stuttgart Vegetarian Association (Age: 62 years old, Period: 1868, Location: Stuttgart)
1870	Death of Gustav Struve (Age: 64 years old, Period: August 21, 1870)

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liberalism	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Ernst Moritz Arndt Friedrich Ludwig Weidig Georg Büchner Friedrich Hecker Gustav Struve Robert Blum
German Empire	Otto von Bismarck Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Helmuth von Moltke Albrecht von Roon Albrecht von Bismarck Friedrich Wilhelm IV Friedrich III Leo von Caprivi
Musical Revolution	Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert Johannes Brahms Felix Mendelssohn Robert Alexander Schumann Richard Wagner Anton Bruckner Johann Baptist Strauss
Marxism	Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Ferdinand Lassalle August Bebel Eduard Bernstein Wilhelm Liebknecht Clara Zetkin

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