A NoteThese papers are arranged chronologically. For instance, X1 A 587 means 587th entry in section A of the first book of the tenth volume. If you need to search for themes, use the search engine provided on the main contents page. It is interesting to see how Kierkegaard's ideas actually developed interactively as a whole, over time, inseparable from his deep life-concern to present Christianity truthfully. This is the main reason why I have decided not to present them in strict thematic or alphabetic order. |
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Chronology | ||
| 1813 | ||
| May 5 | Søren Aabye Kierkegaard born at Nytorv 2 (now 27), Copenhagen, son of Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard and Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard. | |
| June 3 | Baptized in Vor Frue Kirke congregation (meeting in Helliggeist Kirke) in Copenhagen.
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| 1821 | ||
| Enrolled in Borgerdydskolen in Copenhagen.
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| 1828 | ||
| April 20 | Confirmed in Vor Frue Kirke congregation (meeting in Trinitatis Kirke) by Pastor J. P. Mynster (later Bishop of Sjælland).
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| 1830 | ||
| Oct. 30 | Registered as student at University of Copenhagen. | |
| Nov. 1 | Drafted into Royal Guard, Company 7. | |
| Nov. 4 | Discharged as unfit for service.
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| 1831 | ||
| April 25 | Finishes first part of second examination (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and history, magna cum laude; mathematics, summa cum laude). | |
| Oct. 27 | Completes second part of second examination (philosophy, physics, and mathematics, summa cum laude).
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| 1834 | ||
| April 15 | Entry 1 A 1 of journals and papers. | |
| July 31 | Mother dies.
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| 1835 | ||
| Summer in north Sjælland.
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| 1837 | ||
| Between | May 8 and May 12 On a visit to the Rørdams in Frederiksberg meets Regine Olsen for the first time (see II A 67, 68). | |
| Autumn | Begins teaching Latin for a term in Borgerdydskolen. | |
| Sept. 1 | Moves from home to Løvstræde 7.
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| 1838 | ||
| "The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars" (a philosophical comedy drafted but not completed or published; see Pap. II B 1-21). | ||
| May 19 | About 10:30A.M. S.K.'s entry concerning "an indescribable joy" (see II A 228). | |
| Aug. 8/9 | Father dies, 2:00A.M. | |
| Aug. 14 | Father buried in family plot in Assistents Cemetery. | |
| Sept. 7 | Publication of From the Papers of One Still Living, published against his will by S. Kierkegaard. (About H. C. Andersen as a novelist, with special reference to his latest work, Only a Fidler.)
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| 1840 | ||
| Feb. 1 | Census list gives address as Kultorvet 132 (now 11). | |
| Apr./Oct. | Moves to Nørregade 230A (now 38). | |
| June 2 | Presents his request for examination to theological faculty. | |
| July 3 | Completes examination for degree (magna com laude). | |
| July 19-Aug. 6 | Journey to ancestral home in Jutland. | |
| Sept. 8 | Proposes to Regine Olsen. | |
| Sept. 10 | Becomes engaged to Regine. | |
| Oct. 8 | First number of Corsaren (The Corsair) published by M. Goldschmidt. | |
| Nov. 17 | Enters the Pastoral Seminary.
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| 1841 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Preaches sermon in Holmens Kirke (see II C 1). | |
| July 16 | Dissertation for the Magister degree, The Concept of Irony, with Constant Reference to Socrates, accepted. | |
| Aug. 11 | Returns Regine Olsen's engagement ring. | |
| Sept. 16 | Dissertation printed. | |
| Sept. 28 | 10A.M.-2:00P.M., 4:00P.M.-7:30P.M. Defends his dissertation. (In 1854 Magister degrees came to be regarded and named officially as doctoral degrees such as they are now.) | |
| Oct. 11 | Engagement with Regine Olsen broken. | |
| Oct. 25 | Leaves Copenhagen for Berlin, where he attends Schelling's lectures.
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| 1842 | ||
| March 6 | Returns to Copenhagen. | |
| Nov. 11 | S.K.'s brother Peter Christian Kierkegaard ordained. Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est begun but not completed or published.
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| 1843 | ||
| Feb. 20 | Either/Or, edited by Victor Eremita, published. | |
| May 8 | Leaves for short visit to Berlin. | |
| May 16 | Two Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| July | Learns of Regine's engagement to Johan Frederik Schlegel. | |
| Oct. 16 | Repetition, by Constantin Constantius; Fear and Trembling, by Johannes de Silentio; and Three Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Dec. 6 | Four Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaaard, published.
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| 1844 | ||
| Feb. 24 | Preaches terminal sermon in Trinitatis Kirke. | |
| March 5 | Two Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| June 8 | Three Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| June 13 | Philosophical Fragments, by Johannes Climacus, published. | |
| June 17 | The Concept of Anxiety [Dread], by Vigilius Haufniensis; and Prefaces, by Nicolaus Notabene, published. | |
| Aug. 31 | Four Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Oct. 16 | Moves from Nørregade 230A (now 38) to house at Nytorv 2, Copenhagen.
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| 1845 | ||
| April 29 | Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| April 30 | Stages on Life's Way, edited by Hilarius Bookbinder, published. | |
| May 13-24 | Journey to Berlin. | |
| May 29 | Eighteen Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourses (from 1842-43), by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Dec. 27 | Article "The Activity of a Travelling Esthetician...," containing references to P. L. Møller and The Corsair, by Frater Taciturnus, published in Fædrelandet [The Fatherland].
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| 1846 | ||
| Jan. 2 | First attack on S.K. in The Corsair. | |
| Jan. 10 | S. K.'s reply by Frater Taciturnus in Fædrelandet. | |
| Feb. 7 | Considers qualifying himself for ordination (VII1 A 4). | |
| Feb. 27 | Concluding Unscientific Postscript, by Johannes Climacus, published. | |
| Mar. 9 | "Report" (The Corsair) begun in first NB Journal (VII1 A 98). | |
| Mar. 30 | Two Ages: the Age of Revolution and the Present Age. A Literary Review [The Present Age is part of this work], by S. Kierkegaaard, published. | |
| May 2-16 | Visit to Berlin. | |
| June 12 | Acquires Magister A. P. Adler's books: Studier og Exempler, Forsøg til en kort systematisk Fremstilling af Christendommen i dens Logik, and Theologiske Studier. | |
| Oct. 2 | Goldschmidt resigns as editor of The Corsair. | |
| Oct. 7 | Goldschmidt travels to Germany and Italy.
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| 1847 | ||
| Jan. 24 | S. K. writes: "God be praised that I was subjected to the attack of the rabble. I have no had time to arrive at the conviction that it was a melancholy thought to want to live in a vicarage, doing penance in an out-of-the-way place, forgotten. I now have made up my mind quite otherwise" (VII1 A 229). | |
| Date of preface to The Book on Adler [On Authority and Revelation], not published; ms. in Papirer (VII2 B 235-70; VII2 B 1-27). | ||
| Drafts of lectures on communication (VIII2 B 79-89), not published or delivered. | ||
| Mar. 13 | Upbuilding discourses in Various Spirits, by S. Kierkegaaard, published. | |
| Sept. 29 | Works of Love, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Nov. 3 | Regine Olsen marries Johan Frederik Schlegel. | |
| Dec. 24 | Sells house on Nytorv.
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| 1848 | ||
| Jan. 28 | Leases apartment at Tornebuskegade and Rosenborggade 156A (now 7) for April occupancy. | |
| April 19 | S.K. notes: "My whole nature is changed. My concealment and inclosing reserve are broken — I am free to speak" (VIII1 A 640). | |
| April 24 | "No, no, my inclosing reserve still cannot be broken, at least not now" (VIII1 A 645) | |
| April 26 | Christian Discourses, by S. Kierkegaaard, published. | |
| July 24/27 | The Crisis and a Crisis in the life of an Actress, by Inter et Inter, published. | |
| Aug. | Notes that his health is poor and is convinced that he will die (IX A 216). Reflections on direct and indirect communication (IX A 218, 221-24). | |
| Sept. 1 | Preaches in Vor Frue Kirke (IX A 266-69, 272). | |
| Nov. | The Point of View of My Work as an Author "as good as finished" (IX A 293); published posthumously in 1859 by S.K.'s brother, Peter Christian Kierkegaard. "Armed Neutrality", by S.Kierkegaaard, "written toward the end of 1848 and the beginning of 1849" (X5 B 105-10) but not published.
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| 1849 | ||
| May 14 | Second edition of Either/Or; and The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air, by S.Kierkegaard, published. | |
| May 19 | Two Minor Ethical-Religious Essays, by H.H., published. | |
| June 25-26 | Councillor Olsen (Regine's father) dies. | |
| July 30 | The Sickness unto Death, by Anti-Climacus, published. | |
| Nov. 13 | Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
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| 1850 | ||
| April 18 | Moves to Nørregade 43 (now 35), Copenhagen. | |
| Sept. 27 | Practice [Training] in Christianity, by Anti-Climacus, published. | |
| Dec. 20 | An Upbuilding [Edifying] Discourse, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
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| 1851 | ||
| Veiviser (directory) listing for 1851: Øerbro 108A (torn down). | ||
| Jan. 31 | "An Open Letter ... Dr. Rudelbach," by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Aug. 7 | On My Work as an Author; and Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Sept. 10 | For Self-Examination, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
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| 1851-52 | ||
| Judge for Yourselves!, by S. Kierkegaard, written. Published posthumously, 1876. Veiviser listing for 1852-55: Klædeboderne 5-6 (now Skindergade 38).
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| 1854 | ||
| Jan. 31 | Bishop Mynster dies. | |
| April 15 | H. Martensen named Bishop. | |
| Dec. 18 | S. K. begins polemic against Bishop Martensen in Fædrelandet.
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| 1855 | ||
| Jan.-May | Polemic continues. | |
| May 24 | This Must Be Said; So Let It Now Be Said, by S. Kierkegaard, advertised as published. First number of The Moment. | |
| June 16 | Christ's Judgment on Official Christianity, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Sept. 3 | The Unchangeableness of God. A Discourse, by S. Kierkegaard, published. | |
| Sept. 25 | Ninth and last number of The Moment published; number 10 published posthumously. S.K. writes his last journal entry (XI2 A 439). | |
| Oct. 2 | Enters Frederiks Hospital. | |
| Nov. 11 | Dies. | |
| Nov. 18 | Is buried in Assistents Cemetery, Copenhagen. |