Historedia
Person

Karl Marx

Events
8
Episodes
18
Years
1776–1867

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Karl Marx, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Publication of The Wealth of Nations

    1776–1792

    Role: later critic and commentator on the work's significance

    1. 1776–1778 · British literary debateContemporary Criticism over the East India Company

      In the 1778 second edition of his poem's introduction, Mickle attacked Smith's laissez-faire doctrines on the East India Company question.

    2. 1776–1789 · British publishingLater Editions in Smith's Lifetime

      Five editions appeared during Smith's lifetime; the 1784 third edition added an index for the first time and incorporated his Additions and Corrections.

    3. date unknown · later history of economic thoughtMarxian and Liberal Reception

      Marx called the book the true Bible of eighteenth-century classical political economy, while Marxian economics critiqued the tradition it founded.

    4. 9 March 1776 · place of publication not attested in supplied passagesPublication of The Wealth of Nations

      Smith's treatise appeared on 9 March 1776 in two volumes, the culmination of roughly a decade of work and his central intellectual project.

    5. 12 April 1776 – 1778 · British political and literary circlesEarly Reception and Hume's Assessment

      Within weeks of publication, David Hume reportedly judged the book too demanding to become as popular as Gibbon's Decline and Fall.

    6. 17 February 1792 · House of CommonsParliamentary and Political Influence

      William Pitt praised the treatise in the Commons in 1792, and it was quoted by Whitbread, Fox, and Wilberforce in debates that year.

  2. Marx and Engels meet in Paris

    1844–1845

    Role: Philosopher and political economist

    1. 28 August 1844 · Café de la RégenceMeeting at Café de la Régence

      Engels met Marx in Paris in August 1844, beginning a lifelong friendship and permanent partnership.

    2. 1845 · Publication of The Holy FamilyFirst Joint Project

      Marx and Engels began their first joint project, a polemic against Young Hegelian associates, published in 1845.

  3. Engels publishes The Condition of the Working Class in England

    1845

    Role: Reader

    1. 1845 · German publicationPublication in 1845

      Engels' study of the industrial working class was published in German in 1845, compiled from observations in Manchester.

  4. Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto in London

    1847–1848

    Role: Co-author

    1. December 1847 to January 1848 · LondonWriting the Manifesto

      Marx and Engels wrote the programme for the Communist League from December 1847 to January 1848, shifting from a catechism format to a manifesto.

    2. 1848 · Germany (Cologne-based Communist League)Limited Influence in 1848

      The Manifesto's influence was restricted to Germany during the Revolutions of 1848, where the Cologne-based Communist League played a role.

    3. February 1848 · LondonPublication in London

      The Manifesto was anonymously published in London in late February 1848 by the Communist Workers' Educational Association.

  5. The Communist League holds its first congress in London

    1847

    Role: Member of the Communist Correspondence Committee

    1. June 1847 · LondonFirst Congress of the Communist League

      The London congress in June 1847 formally adopted a new charter, renaming the League of the Just to the Communist League.

  6. Karl Marx publishes A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

    1859

    Role: Author

    1. 1859 · Publication location not specified in sourcesPublication of A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

      Marx published his first serious critique of political economy in 1859, intended as a preview for his later major work, Das Kapital.

  7. Founding of the International Workingmen's Association, 1864

    1862–1864

    Role: Elected to General Council

    1. 1862–1863 · London International ExhibitionPre-Founding Contacts

      Contacts between British and French workers in 1862 and 1863 prepared for the founding.

    2. 28 September 1864 · St Martin's HallFounding Meeting

      A meeting of 2,000 workers in London established the International Workingmen's Association.

  8. Publication of the first volume of Das Kapital by Karl Marx

    1867

    Role: Author

    1. April 1867 · HamburgDelivery of Manuscript to Publisher

      Marx delivered the German manuscript for Volume I to publisher Otto Meissner in Hamburg in April 1867, setting the stage for publication.

    2. September 1867 · HamburgPublication of Volume I

      The first volume of Das Kapital was published in Hamburg in September 1867, the only volume released during Marx's lifetime.

Sources

  1. The Wealth of Nations Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
  2. Karl Marx Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
  3. The Condition of the Working Class in England Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-14
  4. The Communist Manifesto Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  5. Communist League Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
  6. A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-10
  7. Das Kapital Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02