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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815. He was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition. He was then exiled to St. Helena. (Endmemo 1) -
Karl Marx is born
Born in Trier, a German town on Mosselle River near Koblenz. This was a small town of about 15,000 inhabitants. Conditions were uncertain for Jewish residents. The Marx family had trouble, being a family of Jewish Rabbis. (Moss 208) -
Marx leaves for school at age 17
Karl Marx, at age 17, goes to the University of Bonn and then the University of Berlin. There he studies Law and Philosophy. He is deeply intriuged by the Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. (Moss 209) -
Marx graduates from the University of Berlin
Marx graduates from the University of Berlin in 1841, and submits his dissertation to the University of Jena. At Jena he would go on to get a degree of Doctor in Philosophy. (Moss 210) -
Karl Marx marries Jenny von Westphalen
After a lengthy secret engagement, Marx married Jenny von Westphalen. Jenny was from a sought-after family in Trier and was a valued woman. Three months after marriage, they moved to Paris.(Biography.com 2) -
Karl Marx's daughter Jenny is born
Jenny is born to Jenny and Karl Marx on May 1, 1844. She is his first child. They would go on to have more children, (Marxists 1) -
Karl Marx meets Friedrich Engels
In 1844, Marx met Friedriech Engels. The two quickly became friends. Engels showed Marx "The Communist Manifest", a book that he had published. It was then re-writeen into the Communist Manifest. (Palmer 203) -
Karl Marx is forced to leave France
On January 16, 1845, Marx is ordered to leave France. He was living there temporarily with Jenny at the time. The Prussian government sent this order. (Marxists 1) -
Mexican-American War starts
Starting in 1846, the mexican american war was fought over the border between the two countries. The war took a toll on both sides, with the Americans coming out on top. By it's end in 1848, Mexico lost nearly half it's territory, becoming what is the Southwest US today. (PBS 1) -
Marx & Engels publish The Communist Manifesto
This was Marx's call to communism. It is often seen as his crowning achievement. The book presents a brief history of bourgeois society with the prediction of the collapse of communism. It presented a platform for Europe to begin worker revolution. (Magill 1493) -
American Civil War Begins
The American Civil War begins in 1861. This was a battle fought between two parts of the US, the North and the South. A key part to this war was slavery. President Abraham Lincoln was the president at this time period. (History.com 1) -
Marx publishes the first volume of Das Kapital
In 1867 Marx published his first volume of Das Kapital. Throughout Das Kapital, he gives his ideas of the capitalist system and its tendencies towards self-destruction. (Palmer 224) Much of Das Kapital spells out Marx’s concept of the “surplus value” of labor and its consequences for capitalism. (Encylopedia Britannica 1) -
US purchases Alaska from Russia
In March of 1867, Alaska was purchased by the US. Secretary of State William H. Steward agreed to purchase it for $7.2 Million. Major discoveries of gold were later found there, Alaska went on to become a state in 1946. (America's library 1) -
Canadian Confederation formed
This was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed, officially beginning on July 1, 1867. Three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces. The British Province of Canada was divided into the new Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and two other British colonies, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, also became provinces of Canada. (Princeton 1) -
Suez Canal opened
The Suez Canal was opened on Nov. 17, 1869. The ceremony was attended by Napoleon III's wife, French Empress Eugénie. When it opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface. Consequently, fewer than 500 ships navigated it in its first full year of operation. By 1876 major improvements were made. (history.com 1) -
Karl Marx dies
Karl Marx died at the age of 65 in his home in Maitland Park, London. He was buried in Highgate Cemetary. Later volumes of his unfinished Das Kapital were published after his death by Friedrich Engels. (Palmer 224)
