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Karl Marx

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  • 1818

    1818
    Born of middle-class Jewish parents in the Prussian city of Trier.
    1830

  • 1835

    1835
    Enrols in the University of Berlin, reading law, history and philosophy. Becomes a Hegelian idealist.

  • 1842

    1842
    Moves to Cologne. Is influenced by the humanist philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach

  • 1843

    1843
    Marries Jenny von Westphalen. Moves to Paris. Writes Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."

  • 1846

    1846
    Sets up the Communist Correspondence Committee (with Engels).

  • 1848

    1848
    French revolution of 1848.Returns to France. Starts writing political pamphlets on The class struggles in France"there appeared the bold slogan of revolutionary struggle: Overthrow of the bourgeoisie! Dictatorship of the Working class!." Publishes the Communist Manifesto.(written jointly with Engels) that starts with "A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism", and ends with "Workers of the World Unite!".

  • 1849

    1849
    Moves to Cologne. Writes articles in the "Neue Rheinische Zeitung". Moves to London.

  • 1852

    1852
    Writes The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

  • 1861

    1861
    Completes "Grundisse" Outlines of the Critique of Political Economy

  • 1869

    1869
    Writes A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

  • 1875

    1875
    Writes Critique of the Gotha Programme, in which he coins the slogan "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need".

  • 1883

    1883
    Death and burial in London's Highgate Cemetery.