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Second Congress of the Communist League

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At this meeting Karl Marx (attending as delegate of the Brussels Circle) and Frederick Engels (representing the Paris communities) were commissioned to write an action programme for the Communist League. This programme was published in February 1848 in German as 'Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei' or the Communist Manifesto.

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Second Congress of the Communist League

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The plaque fails to give the year of the Second Congress - it was 1847.

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Sir William Walworth

Sir William Walworth

Fishmonger and Mayor 1374 to 1375 and 1380 to 1381. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 King Richard II met the rebels, led by Wat Tyler, at Smithfield to discuss their demands. A scuffle broke out...

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1 memorial
Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth

Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth

One of Viscount Rothermere's three sons, of which the elder two died in WW1.

Person, Politics & Administration

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
John Dickinson

John Dickinson

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
François Guizot

François Guizot

Historian and statesman. Born François Pierre Guillaume at Nimes, France. His father was executed during the 'Reign of Terror' and he and his mother fled to Geneva. Eventually he went to Paris to s...

Person, History, Politics & Administration, France, Switzerland

1 memorial
Lord Drogheda

Lord Drogheda

Deputy chairman of The Economist, July 1975 - July 1985.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial