Timeline Monday 21 February 1848

Events on Monday 21 February 1848 2

• 1848 The Communist Manifesto Published Landmark pamphlet with Engels Published in London in February 1848, "The Communist Manifesto" opened with the declaration that "a spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism" and famously closed with the call "Workers of the world, unite!" The pamphlet outlined the theory of class struggle, critiqued capitalism's contradictions, and called for the proletariat to overthrow bourgeois society. It became one of the most influential political documents in world history, translated into virtually every major language.
• 1848 The Communist Manifesto published Marx and Engels issue their political pamphlet in London The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was published in London in German on 21 February. It set out a theory of history as class struggle and called on workers of all countries to unite. It became one of the most influential political texts ever written.