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1820 - Born on the 28th of November in Barmen, Prussia.
1838 - Engels dropped out of High school and was sent to work as a nonsalaried office clerk at a commercial house in Bremen.
1841 - Engels joined the Prussian Army as a member of the Household Artillery.
1842 - The twenty-two year old Engels was sent to Manchester, England to work for the textile firm of Ermen and Engels in which his father was a shareholder.
1844 - His first book The Condition of the Working Class in England.
- Engels decided to return to Germany.
1845 - Engels and Marx lived in Brussels, spending much of their time organizing the city's German workers.
1848 - Engels and Marx were commissioned by the German Communist League to publish a political pamphlet on communism.
1864 - He started off as an office clerk, the same position he held in his teens, but eventually worked his way up to become a joint proprietor.
1870 - Engels moved to London.
1895 - Died of throat cancer in London on the 5th of August.
1838 - Engels dropped out of High school and was sent to work as a nonsalaried office clerk at a commercial house in Bremen.
1841 - Engels joined the Prussian Army as a member of the Household Artillery.
1842 - The twenty-two year old Engels was sent to Manchester, England to work for the textile firm of Ermen and Engels in which his father was a shareholder.
1844 - His first book The Condition of the Working Class in England.
- Engels decided to return to Germany.
1845 - Engels and Marx lived in Brussels, spending much of their time organizing the city's German workers.
1848 - Engels and Marx were commissioned by the German Communist League to publish a political pamphlet on communism.
1864 - He started off as an office clerk, the same position he held in his teens, but eventually worked his way up to become a joint proprietor.
1870 - Engels moved to London.
1895 - Died of throat cancer in London on the 5th of August.
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