Timeline of Modern Anarchism
| 1757 | First anarchist essay. General critique of statism. |
Edmund Burke | A Vindication of Natural Society (1757) |
| 1793 | First anarchist treatise. First positive theory. |
William Godwin | An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) |
| 1833 | First anarchist. | Josiah Warren |
The Peaceful Revolutionist (1833), True Civilization (1863) |
| 1840 | First self-described anarchist. | Pierre Proudhon | What is Property? (1840) |
| 1844 | Egoist quasi-anarchist. | Max Stirner | The Individual and His Property (1844) |
| 1849 | First anarcho-capitalist. | Gustave de Molinari | The Production of Security (1849) |
| 1866 | First anarcho-socialist. | Michael Bakunin | Revolutionary Catechism (1866) The Immorality of the State (1873) |
| 1867 | Individualist anarchist, natural law theorist. |
Lysander Spooner |
No Treason (1867), Natural Law (1882) |
| 1884 | Collectivist anarchist. | Errico Malatesta |
Fra Contadini (1884) Anarchy pamphlet (1891) |
| 1888 | Individualist anarchist publisher. | Benjamin Tucker | State Socialism and Anarchism (1888) Why I Am An Anarchist (1892) |
| 1902 | First anarcho-communist. | Peter Kropotkin | Mutual Aid (1902) The Conquest of Bread (1906) |
| 1938 | Anarcho-syndicalist. | Johann Rudolf Rocker | Anarcho-syndicalism: Theory and Practice |
| 1973 | First modern anarcho-capitalist. | Murray Rothbard |
For a New Liberty (1973), The Ethics of Liberty (1982) |
| 1973 | Utilitarian anarcho-capitalist. | David Friedman | The Machinery of Freedom (1973) |
| 1974 | Libertarian philosopher. | Robert Nozick | Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) |
| 2013 | Intuitionist anarcho-capitalist. | Michael Huemer | The Problem of Political Authority (2013) |
