1852
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f
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May to
June, Marx and Engels write a pamphlet, "The
Great Men of the Exile", against leaders of
petty-bourgeois emigres, exposing their
self-seeking drive for popularity and adventurous
plans of an immediate revolution. |
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Oct.
to Dec., in connection with the trial of prominent
Communist League members in Cologne, Marx and
Engels publish statements and articles in a number
of newspapers, exposing the unseemly conduct of
Prussian police. Marx' pamphlet, "Revolution
concerning the Communist Trial in Cologne",
is published in Basle, January 1853. |
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Nov.
17, on Marx' proposal, London Circle of Communist
League dissolves itself, because the further
existence is untimely in view of the growing
reaction of European continent and the arrest of
many of the League's active members. |
| 1853 |
May-June,
Engels studies Persian and the history of Oriental
countries. |
|
Oct.
4, 1853 to March 30, 1856, The Crimean War. Marx
and Engels follow the course of military
operations, analyze them and publish articles on
the position of the belligerent countries, the
prospects of the war and the possibility of
revolution in Europe. |
1855
f
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June-Sept.,
Engels writes a series of articles, "Armies
in Europe", for "Putman's Monthly",
New York. |
| 1856 |
May,
Engels and his wife "Mary Burns" visit
Ireland. |
1857
b
b
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The
world is gripped by an economic crisis. In their
letters, Marx and Engels exchange information and
opinions on the crisis in Europe and USA. They see
it as a prologue to a new revolutionary upsurge. |
|
July
1857-Nov. 1860, Engels writes articles for
"The New American Cyclopedia" on
military history and theory. |
| 1858 |
Engels
studies natural sciences. |
1859
b
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Feb.-March
9, Engels works on the pamphlet "Po and
Rhine", exposing Bonapartism and advocating
democratic revolutionary ways of unifying both
Germany and Italy. |
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May-August,
Marx and Engels contribute to "Das Volk"
(People), a newspaper of German Workers'
Educational Society in London. Their article deal
with major questions of revolutionary theory and
tactics. |
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June
11, "A Contribution to the Critique of
Political Economy", part one, by Marx is
published in Berlin. |
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August
3-15, Engels writes a review of Marx' "A
Contribution to the Critique of Political
Economy" and publishes it in "Das
Volk". |
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November,
Engels studies Gothic and intends to study Old
Norse and Old English. |
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December,
Engels reads "Darwin's On the Origin of
Species". |
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