Some Important Dates in Rudolf Steiner’s Life

1861

Born in Kraljevec on 27 February

1872

Begins school in Wiener Neustadt

1879

Begins studies in Technical High School, Vienna

1891

Graduates from Rostock University with PhD

1900

Delivers first lectures

1902

Becomes Secretary of the German Section of the Theosophical Society

1913

Founds the Anthroposophical Society

1913

Lays foundation stone of first Goetheanum

1922

First Goetheanum burns down (night of 31 December)

1923/24  

Christmas Meeting (Weihnachtstagung) takes place in Dornach

1925

Dies on 30 March