Chronology
CHRONOLOGY
* designates articles in Part I of this volume
** designates articles in Part II
1813
May 5
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard born at Nytorv 2 (now 27), Copenhagen, son of Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard and Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard.
1814
Apr. 18
Peder Ludvig Møller born in Aalborg.
1819
Oct. 26
Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt born in Vordingborg.
1830
Autumn
Kierkegaard enters the University of Copenhagen.
1832
Autumn
Møller enters the University of Copenhagen.
1837
Between May 8 and May 12. On a visit to the Rørdams in Frederiksberg, Kierkegaard meets Regine Olsen for the first time.
Oct.
Goldschmidt assumes editorship of Næstved Ugeblade.
1838
“The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellar” (a philosophical comedy drafted but not completed or published; Pap. II B 1-21).
Sept. 7
Publication of From the Papers of One Still Living, published against his will, by S. Kjerkegaard [sic] (about H. C. Andersen as a novelist, with special reference to his latest work, Only a Fiddler).
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Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt meet at the Rørdam residence in Frederiksberg.
1840
Sept. 10
Kierkegaard becomes engaged to Regine.
Oct. 8
First number of Corsaren (The Corsair) published by M. Goldschmidt.
1841
Spring
Møller wins University gold medal for essay on French poetry.
July 16
Kierkegaard’s dissertation for the Magister degree, The Concept of Irony, with Constant Reference to Socrates, accepted.
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Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt’s discussion of comic writing.
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Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt’s discussion of The Corsair.
Aug. 11
Kierkegaard returns Regine Olsen’s engagement ring.
Sept. 16
Dissertation printed.
Sept. 28 10 A.M.–2:00 P.M., 4:00–7:30 P.M. Kierkegaard defends his dissertation. (In 1854, Magister degrees came to be regarded and named officially as doctoral degrees.)
Oct. 8
Kierkegaard’s public defense of his dissertation reported in The Corsair, no. 49.
Oct. 11
Engagement with Regine Olsen broken.
Oct. 22
Review of The Concept of Irony in The Corsair, no. 51.
1842
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Conversation between Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt in which Kierkegaard took exception to anonymous writing in The Corsair and the invasion of privacy.
June 12
* “Public Confession,” by S. Kierkegaard, published in Fædrelandet, no. 904.
Autumn
Goldschmidt and Møller begin their association.
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Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est begun by Kierkegaard but not completed or published.
1843
Feb. 5
**“A Letter,” anonymously published in Berlingske Tidende, no. 33.
Feb. 7
**“Another Letter,” anonymously published in Berlingske Tidende, no. 35.
Feb. 8
**[“A Letter”], anonymously published in Fædrelandet, no. 1143.
Feb. 12
**“Literary Quicksilver,” anonymously published in Ny Portefeuille, I, 7, col. 198-216.
Feb. 13
Publication of fascicle 2 of Vol. II of Erslew’s Forfatter-Lexicon, containing Møller’s literary vita, including his writing for The Corsair.
Feb. 20
Either/Or, edited by Victor Eremita, published.
Feb. 27
*“Who Is the Author of Either/Or,” by A. F. . . . ., published in Fædrelandet, no. 1162.
Mar. 5
*“A Word of Thanks to Professor Heiberg,” by Victor Eremita, published in Fædrelandet, no. 1168.
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Goldschmidt and Møller celebrate the publication of Either/Or. Victor Eremita invited as the guest of honor.
Mar. 10
Review of Either/Or in The Corsair, no. 129.
May 8
Kierkegaard leaves for short visit to Berlin.
May 16
Two Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
May 16
*“A Little Explanation,” by S. Kierkegaard, published in Fædrelandet, no. 1236.
June
Møller in charge of The Corsair during Goldschmidt’s visit to Sweden. Goldschmidt sentenced to “six times four days” imprisonment for violation of the press laws.
July
Kierkegaard learns of Regine’s engagement to Johan Frederik Schlegel.
Autumn
Møller in charge of The Corsair during Goldschmidt’s visit to Paris.
Oct. 16
Repetition, by Constantin Constantius, Fear and Trembling, by Johannes de Silentio, and Three Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
Dec. 6
Four Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
1844
Mar. 5
Two Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
June 8
Three Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
June 13
Philosophical Fragments, by Johannes Climacus, published.
June 17
The Concept of Anxiety, by Vigilius Haufniensis, and Prefaces, by Nicolaus Notabene, published.
Aug. 31
Four Upbuilding Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
1845
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En Jøde, by Adolph Meyer, edited by M. Goldschmidt, published.
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Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt’s discussion of En Jøde and of Møller’s relation to The Corsair.
Apr. 29
Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
Apr. 30
Stages on Life’s Way, edited by Hilarius Bogbinder [Bookbinder], published.
May 9
Allusion in The Corsair, no. 242, to disclosure in Berlingske Tidende, no. 108, of Kierkegaard as the author of Either/Or and Stages.
May 9
*“An Explanation and a Little More,” by S. Kierkegaard, published in Fædrelandet, no. 1883.
May 13-24
Kierkegaard visits Berlin.
May 19-20
*“A Cursory Observation Concerning a Detail in Don Giovanni,” by A., published in Fædrelandet, no. 1890-91.
May 23
Report in The Corsair, no. 245, of fictitious case of Kierkegaard vs. Berlingske Tidende.
May 29
Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses (from 1843-1844), by S. Kierkegaard, published.
July 4
Praise of Hilarius Bookbinder, editor of Stages, in The Corsair, no. 251.
Praise of Victor Eremita, editor of Either/Or, in The Corsair, no. 269.
Dec.
Møller’s “A Visit in Sorø,” in Gæa 1846, published.
Dec. 27
*“The Activity of a Traveling Esthetician and How He Still Happened to Pay for the Dinner,” by Frater Taciturnus, published in Fædrelandet, no. 2078.
Dec. 29
Møller’s reply in Fædrelandet, no. 2079, to Frater Taciturnus’s article of Dec. 27.
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Møller writes four-part piece against Kierkegaard for The Corsair, rejected by Goldschmidt.
1846
Jan. 2
First attack on Kierkegaard in The Corsair.
Jan. 9–
Jan. 7, 1848
Nine issues of The Corsair, each with one to three pieces on Kierkegaard.
Jan. 10
Reply by Frater Taciturnus, *“The Dialectical Result of a Literary Police Action,” in Fædrelandet, no. 9.
Feb. 7
Kierkegaard considers qualifying himself for ordination (JP V 5972; Pap. VII1 A 4).
Feb. 27
Concluding Unscientific Postscript, by Johannes Climacus, published.
Mar. 27-28
Review by Prosper naturalis de molinasky (Møller) of Postscript in Kjøbenhavnsposten, no. 73-74.
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Kierkegaard and Goldschmidt meet in silence on Myntergade. Goldschmidt decides to give up The Corsair.
Mar. 30
Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and The Present Age. A Literary Review, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
May 2-16
Kierkegaard visits Berlin.
Oct. 2
Goldschmidt sells The Corsair and resigns as editor.
Oct. 7
Goldschmidt travels to Germany and Italy.
1847
Jan. 24
Kierkegaard writes: “God be praised that I was subject to the attack of the rabble. I have now 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” (JP V 5966; Pap. VII1 A 229).
Mar. 13
Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
Sept. 29
Works of Love, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
Oct.
Goldschmidt returns to Denmark and prepares for the publication of Nord og Syd.
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Kritiske Skizzer, by P. L. Møller, published.
Dec.
Møller and Goldschmidt part on bad terms.
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Møller leaves Denmark.
1848
Apr. 26
Christian Discourses, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
July 24-27
The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress, by Inter et Inter, published.
Nov.
The Point of View for My Work as an Author “as good as finished” (JP VI 6258; Pap. IX A 293); 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” (Pap. X5 B 105-10) but not published.
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.
July 30
The Sickness unto Death, by Anti-Climacus, published.
Nov. 13
Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
1850
Sept. 27
Practice in Christianity, by Anti-Climacus, published.
An Upbuilding Discourse, by S. Kierkegaard, published.
1851
Jan. 31
*“An Open Letter . . . Dr. Rudelbach,” by S. Kierkegaard, published in Fædrelandet, no. 26.
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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Carsten Hauch appointed professor of esthetics as Oehlenschläger’s successor.
1851-52
Judge for Yourselves!, by S. Kierkegaard, written; published posthumously, 1876
1854
Jan. 30
Bishop Mynster dies.
Apr. 15
H. Martensen named bishop.
Dec. 18
Kierkegaard begins polemic against Bishop Martensen in Fædrelandet.
1855
Jan. - May
Polemic continues.
May 24
This Must Be Said; So Let It 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 (JP VI 6969; Pap. XI2 A 439).
Oct. 2
Kierkegaard enters Frederiks Hospital.
Nov. 11
Kierkegaard dies.
Nov. 18
Kierkegaard buried in Assistents Cemetery, Copenhagen.