Franz Erdmann Mehring (born 27 February 1846 in Schlawe, Pomerania, died 29 January 1919 in Berlin), was a German publicist, politician and historian. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sławno (Polish: Sławno; German: Schlawe), is a town in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 15,000 inhabitants. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, or for a work such as a book or movie. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ...

In 1891 Mehring joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He worked for various daily and weekly newspapers and over many years wrote lead articles for the weekly magazine Neue Zeit. In 1868 he moved to Berlin to study and worked in the editorial office of the Die Zukunft newspaper. 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... SPD redirects here. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

From 1871 - 1874, Mehring worked for the Correspondence Office in Oldenburg, writing reports on sessions of the Reichstag and the local parliament. He became a well-known parliamentary reporter, working for the Frankfurter Zeitung newspaper and Die Waage, a newspaper published by Leopold Sonnemann (1831-1909). 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The term Reichstag (   listen?) [ɹaɪçtak] (in English: Imperial Diet) is a composition of German Reich (Empire) and tag (which does not mean day here, but is a derivate of the verb tagen, which means to meet or assemble). ... The Frankfurter Zeitung is a German newspaper that appeared from 1856 to 1943. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Mehring left Die Waage after an argument with Sonnemann and in 1884 became chief editor of the liberal Berlin Volks-Zeitung newspaper. He spoke out against Bismarck's law banning socialism although he was himself a member of the bourgeoisie. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... Alternate meanings: See Bismarck (disambiguation). ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Bourgeois at the end of the thirteenth century Bourgeoisie () in modern use refers to the wealthy or propertied classes in a capitalist society. ...

Mehring was a strict dogmatic marxist. His image of Nietzsche as a capitalist had large influences for the negative image that socialists and communists in the 20th century had of Nietzsche. Nietzsche was opposed to the collective ideology of marxism, because there is no room for the individual. The SPD remained a autocratic party for decades, with no room for opposition. Mehring was a principal defender of the party dogmas.

Between 1902 and 1907 Mehring was the chief editor of the social-democratic Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper. From 1906 to 1911 he taught at the SPD's party school. He was a member of the Prussian parliament from 1917 to 1918. 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

During the First World War Mehring began to distance himself from the SPD. In 1916 the left-wing Marxist revolutionary Spartacist League was founded and Mehring was one of its main leaders alongside Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... The Spartacist League (Spartakusbund in German) was a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during and just after the politically volatile years of World War I. It was founded by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (nicknamed Red Rosa) along with others such as Clara Zetkin. ... Karl Liebknecht (August 13, 1871 - January 15, 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. ... Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1870 or 1871 - January 15, 1919, in Polish language Róża Luksemburg) was a Polish-born German Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. ...

Franz Mehring wrote a Marxist analyzing biography of the Swedish warrior king Gustavus Adolphus. Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ...