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January,
Engels returns to Cologne |
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February
7, trial to "Neue Reinische Zeitung" on
charges of insulting the authorities. At the
trial, Marx and Engels defend their newspaper as
well as freedom of the press in Germany. The jury
acquits the paper. |
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February
24, Marx and Engels take part in the banquet
arranged to mark the anniversary of February
Revolution in France. |
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May,
Dresden, Palatinate, Baden and Rhine Province
become the scene of an armed struggle against the
counter-revolution and in defense of Imperial
constitution. |
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May
10-15, Engels is in Elberfeld, where an uprising
breaks out. On the instructions of Committee of
Public Safety, he supervises the building of
fortifications and insists on arming workers.
Under pressure of local bourgeoisie, which fears
Engels might proclaim a red republic, Committee of
Public Safety suggests that Engels leave Elberfeld.
To avoid a split among the insurgents, Engels
leaves for Cologne on May 15. |
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May
17, a warrant for the arrest of Engels is issued,
for his part in Elberfeld uprising. |
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May
19, The last, farewell issue of "Neue
Reinische Zeitung" is printed in red. |
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After
its closure, Marx and Engels go to Frankfurt (am
Main) and then to Southwestern Germany, where
fighting still continues. They do their utmost to
give the movement an all-German character, but
meet with the incomprehension of its
petty-bourgeois leaders. |
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June
3, Marx goes to Paris, to establish ties with
French socialists. Though major revolutionary
events are expected here, an attempt to start an
uprising fails. A state of siege is introduced in
Paris. |
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June
13 to July 12, Engels joins the insurgent
Baden-Palatinate army as a volunteer, fights in
General Willich's revolutionary corps, takes part
in planning military operations and fights in four
important engagements. |
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July
12, with the insurgent Baden-Palatinate army
defeated, Willich's corps is the last to cross
Swiss border. |
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July
19, Marx is expelled from Paris. |
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Mid
July to early October, while in Lausanne, Engels
works on a series of essays entitled "The
Campaign for the German Imperial
Constitution" |
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August
24, Marx emigrates to London, where he restores
order in the work of Central Authority of
Communist League and organizes a Committee of
Support for German Political Refugees. |
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October,
Engels leaves Switzerland and goes to England via
Italy, to join Marx. |
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November
10, Engels arrives in London. He is elected member
of the reorganized Central Authority of Communist
League and is active in German Workers'
Educational Society and Social-Democratic Refugee
Committee. |
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