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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