Friday, 6 January 2012
Chronology of Main Events related to Swami Vivekananda
1863
January 12
Birth in Kolkata
1879
Enters Presidency College
1880
Transfers to General Assembly Institution
1881
November
First meeting with Sri Ramakrishna
1882-1886
Association with Sri Ramakrishna
1884
Passes B. A. Examination
Father passes away
1885
Sri Ramakrishna’s last illness
1886
August 16
Sri Ramakrishna passes away
Fall
Establishes Baranagar Math
December 24
Informal vow of sannyasa at Antpur
1887
January
Formal vows of sannyasa at Baranagar Monastery
1890-1893
Travels all over India as itinerant monk
1892
December 24
At Kanyakumari, South India
1893
February 13
First public lecture, Secunderabad, South India
May 31
Sails for America from Mumbai
July 25
Lands at Vancouver, Canada
July 30
Arrives in Chicago
August
Meets Professor John Ft. Wright of Harvard University
September 11
First address at Parliament of Religions, Chicago
September 27
Final address at Parliament of Religions
November 20
Begins mid-western lecture tour
1894
April 14
Begins lectures and classes on East Coast
May 16
Speaks at Harvard University
July-August
At Green Acre Religious Conference
November
Founds Vedanta Society of New York
1895
January
Begins classes in New York
June 4-18
At Camp Percy, New Hampshire
June-August
At Thousand Island Park on St. Lawrence river, N.Y.
August-September
In Paris
October-November
Lectures in London
December 6
Sails for New York
1896
March 22-25
Speaks at Harvard University, offered Eastern Philosophy chair
April 15
Returns to London
May-July
Gives classes in London
May 28
Meets Max Muller in Oxford
August-September
In the Europe for six weeks
October-November
Gives classes in London
December 30
Leaves Naples for India
1897
January 15
Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka
February 6-15
In Chennai
February 19
Arrives in Kolkata
May 1
Establishes Ramakrishna Mission Association, Kolkata
May-December
Tours northwest India
1898
January
Returns to Kolkata
May
Begins North India pilgrimage with Western devotees
August 2
At Amarnath, Kashmir
December9
Consecrates Belur Math
1899
March 19
Establishes Advaita Ashrama at Mayavati
June 20
Leaves India for second visit to the West
July 31
Arrives in London
August 28
Arrives in New York City
August-November
At Ridgely Manor, New York
December 3
Arrives in Los Angeles
1900
February 22
Arrives in San Francisco
April 14
Founds Vedanta Society in San Francisco
June
Final classes in New York City
July 26
Leaves for Europe
August 3
Arrives in Paris for International Exposition
September 7
Speaks at Congress of History of Religions at Exposition
October 24
Begins tour of Vienna, Constantinople, Greece and Cairo
November 26
Leaves for India
December 9
Arrives at Belur Math
1901
January
Visits Mayavati
March-May
Pilgrimage in East Bengal and Assam
1902
January-February
Visits Bodh Gaya and Varanasi
March
Returns to Belur Math
July 4
Mahasamadhi
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