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Born of middle-class Jewish parents in the Prussian city of Trier.
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Enrols in the University of Berlin, reading law, history and philosophy. Becomes a Hegelian idealist.
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Moves to Cologne. Is influenced by the humanist philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach
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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."
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Sets up the Communist Correspondence Committee (with Engels).
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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!".
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Moves to Cologne. Writes articles in the "Neue Rheinische Zeitung". Moves to London.
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Writes The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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Completes "Grundisse" Outlines of the Critique of Political Economy
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Writes A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
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Writes Critique of the Gotha Programme, in which he coins the slogan "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need".
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Death and burial in London's Highgate Cemetery.
