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1848: National assembly in the Paulskirche  
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What happened on 18 May 1848 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt?
  Karl Marx read excerpts from “Das Kapital”.
  The National Assembly convened for the first time.
  Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, held a speech.
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