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1852 in Germany

Explore 21 historical events and records for Germany in 1852.

Historical records for Germany in 1852

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August

Elections in England Tories and Whigs

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a New-York Daily Tribune article analysing the English election and the rivalry between Tories and Whigs.

The Chartists

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article examining the Chartist movement in Britain.

September

Corruption at Elections

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article on corruption and bribery in British elections.

Result of the Elections

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune analysis of the results and political consequences of the British election.

October

Movements of Mazzini and Kossuth

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article discussing Mazzini, Kossuth, Louis Napoleon and European revolutionary politics.

November

Pauperism and Free Trade

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article linking pauperism, free trade and the approaching commercial crisis.

Political Consequences of Commercial Excitement

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article on the political effects of commercial expansion and instability.

Attempts to Form a New Opposition Party

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article analysing attempts to create a new opposition grouping in British politics.

Political Parties and Prospects

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article assessing British political parties and their immediate prospects.

Dissolution of Communist League

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Philosopher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Marx supports dissolving the Communist League after the Cologne communist trial.

December

Kossuth Mazzini and Louis Napoleon

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Journalist ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Publishes a Tribune article on Kossuth, Mazzini and the politics surrounding Louis Napoleon.

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Cologne Communist Trial Opens

Hermann Becker ยท Cologne ยท Revolutionary ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Becker was among defendants prosecuted in the Cologne communist trial, which severely weakened the league's German organisation.

Cologne Trial Ends With Convictions

Peter Nothjung ยท Cologne ยท Revolutionary ยท Humanities / Philosophy

The Cologne communist trial concluded with convictions of several members, intensifying repression against the organisation.

Colonel

Frederick Charles ยท Colonel ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel

Communist League Formally Dissolved

Karl Heinrich Marx ยท London ยท Revolutionary ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Marx and his supporters dissolved the remaining Communist League organisation after the Cologne proceedings and factional divisions.

Diet

Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von ยท Frankfurt ยท Delegate ยท Government / German Confederation

Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation

Marx Challenges Police Evidence

Karl Heinrich Marx ยท London ยท Revolutionary ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Marx exposed inconsistencies in the prosecution evidence used against Communist League defendants at Cologne.

National Liberal Journalism Continues

Wolff, Bernhard ยท Berlin ยท Press figure ยท Media / Media

The National Zeitung continued as a Berlin voice for educated liberal readers despite restrictive conditions in Prussia.

The Eighteenth Brumaire

Marx, Karl Heinrich ยท London ยท Philosopher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Marx publishes The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte in a New York periodical.

Unification

Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von ยท Frankfurt ยท Delegate ยท Government / German Confederation

Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation

Unification

Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von ยท Frankfurt ยท Delegater-German Confederation ยท Government / German Confederation

Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austrias growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation

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