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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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