| 1860 |
March
20, Engels' father dies. |
|
March
23-April 6, Engels is in Barmen, in connection
with his father's death. |
|
April, Engels'
Savoy, Nice and Rhine appears in Berlin |
1860
|
to
1864, Engels
contributes to "Allgemeine Militar-Zeitung"
and "Volunteer Journal" for
"Lancashire and Cheshire". |
1861
d
d
|
April
1861-1865, US Civil War, Engels
writes a number of articles about the struggle of
North and South for "New York Daily
Tribune" and Vienna liberal newspaper
"Die Presse". |
| 1863 |
January
6, Engels'
wife, Mary Burns, dies in Manchester. |
| 1864 |
May
9, Wilhelm Wolff, a faithful friend of Marx
and Engels,
dies in Manchester. |
|
July
1, Engels
becomes co-proprietor of Ermen & Engels. |
|
Sept.
28, an international meeting in St. Martin
Hall, London, resolves to establish
"International Working Men's
Association" (the First International). Marx
is elected member of its Provisional Committee,
later renamed "Central Council" and then
"General Council". |
|
Nov.
4, In a letter to Engels,
Marx informs him of the establishment of
"International Association" and about
his work on the program documents of new
proletarian organization. Later, too, Marx keeps Engels
abreast of the state of affairs in
International. |
|
Nov.
7, in his reply, Engels
welcomes the founding of "International
Working Men's Association". |
|
Nov.
24, Marx sends Engels the just published
"Inaugural Address and Provisional
Rules" of "International Working Men's
Association". |
|
End
of 1864-Feb. 1865, Marx and Engels
contribute to "Der Social Demokrat", a
newspaper of "General Association of German
Workers". They hope to use it to propagate
scientific communism in Germany. But the newspaper
continues to flirt with Bismarck government and
Marx and Engels notify it of their refusal to
collaborate with it. |
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