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 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-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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