• Birth

  • Traveling

    Marx travels to the University of Bonn wishing to study philosophy and literature
  • Transfering

    In October 1836 he arrived in Berlin, matriculating in the University's faculty of law.
  • Finding himself a women

    He became engaged to Jenny von Westphalen
  • Moves to Cologne

    Became a journalist, writing for aradical newspaper expressing his early views on Socialism and his developing interest in economics.
  • Marriage

    Seven years after their engagement karl and Jenny married in a protestant church.
  • Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts

    These covered numerous topics, detailing Marx's concept of alienated labor
  • Meeting Friedich Engels

    Marx met Engles at the Cafe da la Regence, beginning a lifelong friendship
  • Marxism

    All of the major components of Marxism were in place
  • The Holy Family

    Marx and Engles were collaborating on Criticism of the philosophical ideas of Buno Bauer and decided to publish it
  • Visits England

    Karl and Engles visit the leaders of the Chartists, a socialist movement in Britain.
  • Expelled from France

    Marx is Expelled because of his ideas of Marxism and he moves to brussels
  • Writing of German Ideology

    Marx and Engles write a book which is about the concept of historical materialism. Book is not published until 1932.
  • Publishing of The Communist Manifesto

    Marx and Engles wrote the guide book to communism
  • Death

    Dies because of a Catarrh