| February 21, 1801 |
Born in London |
| May 1, 1808 |
Student at Ealing |
| March 8, 1816 |
Father’s financial crisis |
| August/December 1816 |
Newman’s evangelical conversion |
| December 14, 1816 |
Began matriculation at Trinity College, Oxford |
| February 12, 1822 |
Elected Fellow of Oriel College |
| May 16, 1824 |
Curacy at St. Clement |
| June 13, 1824 |
Ordained a deacon in the Anglican Church |
| September 1824 |
Father died |
| 1925 |
Apollonius of Tyana |
| May 29, 1825 |
Ordained an Anglican priest |
| March 21, 1826 |
Tutor at Oriel |
| October/November 1827 |
Serious illness |
| January 5, 1828 |
Death of sister, Mary |
| December 8, 1832 |
Mediterranean vacation |
| 1833-1841 |
Tracts for the Times |
| July 8, 1833 |
The Arians of the Fourth Century |
| July 14, 1833 |
Oxford movement |
| 1834-1838 |
The Via Media of the Anglican Church |
| 1834-1842 |
Parochial and Plain sermons |
| 1838 |
Lectures on Prophetical Office of the Church Lectures on Justification |
| 1839-1841 |
Crisis and doubts |
| 1841 |
Tract 90 |
| April 19, 1842 |
Moved to Littlemore |
| 1843 |
University Sermons |
| Essay on Miracles |
| Sermons on the Subject of the Day |
| September 18, 1843 |
Resigned from St. Mary’s |
| 1844 |
Year of struggle |
| Lives of English Saints |
| 1845 |
Development of Doctrine |
| October 9, 1845 |
Conversion to Roman Catholicism |
| February 22, 1846 |
Moved to Oscott, Maryvale |
| 1846–1847 |
Studies in Rome |
| May 30, 1847 |
Ordained a Catholic priest |
| 1848 |
Loss and Gain |
| February 1, 1848 |
Oratory founded at Maryvale |
| 1849 |
Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations |
| Maryvale Oratory moved to Birmingham |
| Oratory at London |
| 1850 |
Catholic hierarchy restored |
| Lectures on Difficulties Felt by Anglicans |
| 1851 |
Lectures on Present Position of Catholics in England |
| November 12, 1851–November 12, 1858 |
The Catholic University in Ireland |
| 1852 |
Discourses on Scope and Nature of University Education (Idea 1) |
| 1853-1885 [1976] |
Theological Papers on Faith and Certainty |
| 1854-1856 |
Office and Works of Universities |
| 1856 |
Callista: A Sketch of the Third Century |
| 1857 |
Sermons Preached on Various Occasions |
| 1858-1859 |
Rambler incident |
| 1859 |
Lectures and Essays on University Subjects (Idea 2) |
| On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine |
| July 1859 |
Editor of Rambler |
| 1859–1864 |
Years of silence |
| 1864 |
Kingsley controversy |
| Apologia pro Vita Sua |
| 1864–1867 |
Oxford controversy |
| 1866 |
The Dream of Gerontius |
| 1868–1870 |
The Certitude of Faith |
| 1870 |
A Grammar of Assent |
| 1872 |
Historical Sketches |
| 1873 |
The Idea of a University, Defined and Illustrated, final revision |
| 1874 |
Revision of works |
| 1874-1875 |
Gladstone controversy |
| 1875 |
Letter to the Duke of Norfolk |
| February 1878 |
Honorary Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford |
| May 12, 1879 |
Made a cardinal |
| 1879–1890 |
Final years |
| 1884 |
Obligations of Catholics Concerning the Inspiration of Scripture |
| August 11, 1890 |
Died at Birmingham Oratory |
