• SWAMI VIVEKANANDHA


    Chronology of Main Events related to Swami Vivekananda

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