Chronological Table
Marx's writings, whether books or articles, which were not published in his lifetime, are in italics: those which were are in bold italics
H I S T O R I C A L
1818
1824
1830 Great Reform Bill
1835 Zollverein in Germany
1836
1837 Victoria's reign began
1838 Rise of Chartism
1839
1840 Accession of Frederick William IV
1841
1842
1843
P E R S O N A L
Birth
Baptism
Entered grammar school
Began at University of Bonn
Began at University of Berlin
Death of Heinrich Marx
Obtained Doctorate; moved to Bonn
Death of Baron von Westphalen; moved to Cologne as editor of
Rheinische Zeitung
Marriage; left for Paris (October)
W R I T I N G S
Letter to his Father
Doctoral Thesis
Doctoral Thesis
Doctoral Thesis
Poems
Articles for Rheinische Zeitung
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
On the Jewish Question
H I S T O R I C A L P E R S O N A L
1844
1845
1846 Repeal of Corn Laws
1847
1848 Year of Revolutions; Californian Gold
Rush
1 8 4 9
Birth of Jenny (May); met Engels (September)
Moved to Brussels (February); visited England (July); birth of Laura
Set up correspondence committee (January); quarrelled with Weitling (March); birth of Edgar (December)
Joined Communist League (January)
Moved to Paris (March) and Cologne (June) as editor of Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Left for Paris (May) and London (August); birth of Guido (November)
W R I T I N G S
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of
Right: Introduction
Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts
Critical notes on The King of Prussia
and Social Reform
The Holy Family
Theses on Feuerbach
The German Ideology
Circular against Kriege
Letter to Annenkov
The Poverty of Philosophy
Speech on Free Trade
The Communist Manifesto
Demands of the Communist Party in Germany
About 80 articles for Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Wage, Labour and Capital
About 20 articles for Neue Rheinische Zeitung
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H I S T O R I C A L |
P E R S O N A L |
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W R I T I N G S |
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1850 |
Ten Hours Act |
Death of Guido (September); settled in |
Addresses |
of the Central |
Committee |
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Dean Street (December) |
to the |
Communist League |
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Articles in Neue Rheinische Zeitung- |
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Revue |
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The Class |
Struggles in |
France |
185 |
Great Exhibition |
Birth of Franziska (March); birth of |
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Frederick Demuth (June) |
852 |
Beginning of Second Empire in France |
Death of Franziska (April); dissolved |
1852/62] |
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Communist League (November) |
1853 |
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1854 |
Crimean War |
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1855 |
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Birth of Eleanor (January); death of |
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Edgar (April) |
1856 |
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Death of Baroness von Westphalen |
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(July); moved to Grafton Terrace |
[Articles for New York Herald Tribune\
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Great Men of Exile
The Cologne Communist Trial
Palmerston: The Knight of the Noble
Conscience
Palmerston and Russia
About 100 articles for Neue Oder Zeitung
Revelations about the Diplomatic History of the Eighteenth Century
Articles for People's Paper and Free Press
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H I S T O R I C A L |
P E R S O N A L |
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W R I T I N G S |
1857 |
Indian Mutiny |
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General Introduction |
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1857/8 |
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Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy |
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(Grundrissej |
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1858 |
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Articles |
for New American |
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Encyclopaedia |
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1859 |
Darwin's Origin of Species; Mill's On |
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Preface |
to a Critique of Political |
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Liberty |
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Economy |
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Critique |
of Political Economy |
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Articles for Das Volk |
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1860 |
Kingdom of Italy established |
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Herr Vogt |
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1861 |
American Civil War began |
Visit to Holland and Germany to see |
15 articles for Die Priesse |
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Lassalle (April-February) |
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1862 |
Serfdom abolished in Russia; Bismarck |
Lassalle visited London (July) |
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Minister-President in Germany |
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1862/3 |
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Theories of Surplus Value |
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30 articles for Die Priesse |
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Manuscripts on Polish Question |
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1863 |
Lassallean Socialist Party (ADAV) |
Death of Mary Burns (January); death |
Capital Vol. II (until 1877) |
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founded |
of Marx's mother (November); Marx to |
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Trier (December) |
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1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
H I S T O R I C A L
First International
Austro-Prussian War
First Gladstone Ministry
Social Democratic Party founded in Germany
Franco-Prussian War
Paris Commune; German Empire
Hague Congress of International
P E R S O N A L W R I T I N G S
Moved to Modena Villas (March); death of Wolff (May); death of Lassalle (August)
Marx to Hamburg for Capital (April/ May)
Marriage of Laura
Retirement of F.ngels; Marx visited Kugelman (September-October)
Engels moved to London (September)
Marriage of Jenny
Inaugural Address of First
International
Capital Vol. Ill
Value, Price and Profit
On Proudhon
Programme for First Congress of International
Capital Vol. I
Two Addresses of Franco-Prussian
War
The Civil War in France
Alleged Splits in International Preface to Second Edition of
Communist Manifesto Amsterdam speech
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Preface to |
Second German Edition of |
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Capital |
Vol. I |