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| 1847 |
| | | At a congress in London Engels persuades a group of radical Germans to adopt the name Communist League | |
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| 1848 |
| | | The Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels, is published in Paris with the ringing slogan: 'Workers of the world, unite!' | |
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| 1848 |
| | | A utopian community dedicated to the sharing of both property and sexual favours is established by John Humphrey Noyes near Oneida, New York | |
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| 1849 |
| | | Expelled from Germany after the year of revolutions, Marx makes his home in tolerant London | |
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| 1864 |
| | | The First International is established in London, with Karl Marx soon emerging as the association's leader | |
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| 1867 |
| | | The first volume of Das Kapital is completed by Marx in London and is published in Hamburg | |
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| 1887 |
| | | Lenin's elder brother Alexander, while still a student, is executed for his part in a plot to assassinate the tsar, Alexander III | |
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| 1889 |
| | | The Second International is established by the Socialist parties of ten nations, meeting at a congress in Paris | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Lenin is arrested in St Petersburg, along with other members of the Union for the Struggle for the Liberation of the Working Class | |
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| 1900 |
| | | Lenin and comrades launch in Munich a radical newspaper, Iskra ('the spark') | |
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