1836

In 1836, a young student at the University of Bonn got into a duel with a member of the Borussia Korps. During this duel, the student received a cut over his left eye. This student's name? Karl Marx. What if things went far worse for Marx in the duel, and he died?

My scenario, Andrew Jackson is successfully shot in 1835 by Richard Lawrence, but reveals his chosen successors of Van Buren and Johnson before his death. Van Buren becomes Acting President (he is never sworn in as president like Tyler) and develops gout, as he did in our timeline when he...