Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1848, i te wā i pāngia ai a Ūropi e ngā hurihanga maha, ko Nicholas i mua i te mahi whakahē. I te tau 1849, i awhina ia i nga Hapsburgs ki te whakakore i te hurihanga i Hungary
, ka akiaki hoki ia i a Prussia kia kaua e tango i tetahi kaupapa ture liberal.