CHRONOLOGY

	1813
May 5	Søren Aabye Kierkegaard born at Nytorv 2 (new number, 27), Copenhagen, son of Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard and Anne Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard.
June 3	Baptized in Helliggeist Church in Copenhagen.
	1821
Enrolls in Borgerdydskolen in Copenhagen.
	1828
April 20	Confirmed in Vor Frue Church by Pastor J. P. Mynster (later to become bishop).
	1830
October 30	Registers as student at University of Copenhagen.
November 1	Drafted into Royal Guard, Company 7.
November 4	Discharged as unfit for service.
	1831
April 25	Finishes first part of second examination (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and history, magna cum laude; mathematics, summa cum laude).
October 27	Completes second part of second examination (philosophy, physics, and mathematics, summa cum laude).
	1834
April 15	Entry 1 A 1 of journals and papers.
	1837
Between May 8 and May 12	On a visit to the Rørdams in Frederiksberg meets Regine Olsen for the first time.
Autumn	Begins teaching Latin for a term in Borgerdydskolen.
	1838
August 9	Father dies.
September 7	Publication of From the Papers of One Still Living, by S. Kierkegaard. (About H. C. Andersen as a novelist, with special reference to his latest work, Only a Fiddler.)
	1840
July 3	Completes examination for degree (magna cam laude).
July 19–August 6	Journey to ancestral home in Jutland.
September 10	Becomes engaged to Regine Olsen.
November 17	Enters the Pastoral Seminary.
	1841
January 12	Preaches sermon in Holmens Kirke.
July 16	Dissertation for the master of arts degree, The Concept of Irony, with Constant Reference to Socrates, accepted.
September 29	Defends his dissertation. [Around mid-century magister degrees came to be regarded and named officially as doctoral degrees, such as they are now.]
October 11	Engagement with Regine Olsen broken. October 25 Leaves Copenhagen for Berlin, where he attends Schelling’s lectures.
	1842
March 6	Returns to Copenhagen.
	1843
February 20	Either/Or, edited by Victor Eremita, published.
May 8	Leaves for short visit to Berlin.
May 16	Two Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
October 16	Repetition, by Constantine Constantius; Fear and Trembling, by Johannes de Silentio; and Three Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
December 6	Four Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
	1844
February 24	Preaches terminal sermon in Trinitatis Church.
March 5	Two Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
June 8	Three Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
June 13	Philosophical Fragments, by Johannes Climacus, published.
June 17	The Concept of Dread, by Vigilius Haufniensis; and Prefaces, by Nicholaus Notabene, published.
August 31	Four Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
October 16	Moves from Nørregade 230 (now 38) to house at Nytorv 2, Copenhagen.
	1845
April 29	Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
April 30	Stages on Life’s Way, edited by Hilarius Bogbinder, published.
May 13–24	Journey to Berlin.
May 29	Eighteen Edifying Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
	1846
January 2	First attack on S. K. in The Corsair.
January 10	S. K.’s reply by Frater Taciturnus in The Fatherland.
February 27	The Concluding Unscientific Postscript, by Johannes Climacus, published.
March 30	A Literary Review [The Present Age is part of this work], by S. Kierkegaard, published.
May 2–16	Visit to Berlin.
	1847
March 13	Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
September 29	Works of Love, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
December 24	Sells house on Nytorv.
	1848
January 28	Leases apartment at Rosenborggade and Tornebuskgade 152 for April occupancy.
April 26	Christian Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
November	Finishes The Point of View for My Work as an Author (Published posthumously in 1859 by S. K.’s brother Peter Christian Kierkegaard.) “Armed Neutrality,” by S. Kierkegaard, written toward the end of 1848 and the beginning of 1849 but not published.
	1849
May 14	Second edition of Either/Or and The Lilies of the Field and the Birds of the Air, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
May 19	Two Minor Ethical-Religious Treatises, by H. H., published.
July 30	The Sickness Unto Death, by Anti-Climacus, published.
November 13	Three Discourses at the Communion on Friday, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
	1850
April 18	Moves to Nørregade 43, Copenhagen.
September 27	Training in Christianity, by Anti-Climacus, published.
December 20	An Edifying Discourse, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
	1851
August 7	On My Work as an Author and Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
September 10	For Self-Examination, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
	1851–52
	Judge for Yourself, by S. Kierkegaard, written. Published posthumously in 1876.
	1854
January 30	Bishop Mynster dies.
April 15	H. Martensen named bishop.
December 18	S. K. begins polemic against Bishop Martensen in The Fatherland.
	1855
January–May	Polemic continues.
May	This Must Be Said; So Let It Now Be Said, by S. Kierkegaard, published. Publishes the first number of The Moment.
June 16	Christ’s Judgment on Official Christianity, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
September 3	The Unchangeableness of God, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
September 25	Ninth and last number of The Moment published; number 10 published posthumously. S. K. writes his last entry in his journals.
October 2	Enters Frederik’s Hospital.
November 11	Dies.
November 18	Is buried.