1863 January 12 - Birth in Kolkata

1879 Enters Presidency College

1880 Transfers to General Assembly Institution

1881 November - First meeting with Sri Ramakrishna

1882 To 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 To 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 To western lecture tour

1894

April 14 - Begins lectures and classes on East Coast

May 16 - Speaks at Harvard University

July To August - At Green Acre Religious Conference

November - Founds Vedanta Society of New York

1895

January - Begins classes in New York

June 4 To 18 - At Camp Percy, New Hampshire

June To August - At Thousand Island Park on St. Lawrence river, N.Y.

August To September - In Paris

October To November - Lectures in London

December 6 - Sails for New York

1896

March 22 To 25 - Speaks at Harvard University, offered Eastern Philosophy chair

April 15 - Returns to London

May To July - Gives classes in London

May 28 - Meets Max Muller in Oxford

August To September - In the Europe for six weeks

October To November - Gives classes in London

December 30 - Leaves Naples for India

1897

January 15 - Arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka

February 6 To 15 - In Chennai

February 19 - Arrives in Kolkata

May 1 - Establishes Ramakrishna Mission Association, Kolkata

May To December - Tours northwest India

1898

January - Returns to Kolkata

May - Begins North India pilgrimage with Western devotees

August 2 - At Amarnath, Kashmir

December 9 - 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 To 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 To May - Pilgrimage in East Bengal and Assam

1902

January To February - Visits Bodh Gaya and Varanasi

March - Returns to Belur Math

July 4 -Mahasamadhi