| 1822 |
born July 22 in what is the
modern day Czech republic |
| 1843 |
entered the Augustinian Order at St.
Thomas Monastery in Brünn and began his theological studies at the
Brünn Theological College |
| 1847 |
ordained to the priesthood |
| 1849 |
assigned to a secondary school in the city
of Znaim, where he was well received by his students |
| 1851 |
sent to the University of Vienna for two
years in order to improve his preparation for the reexamination |
| 1854 |
returned to teaching in Brünn |
| 1856 |
cultivated and tested almost 28,000 plants
between 1856 and 1863 |
| 1865 |
findings on plant hybridization were
presented in two lectures before the Society for the Study of the
Natural Sciences in Brünn |
| 1866 |
("Experiments in Plant
Hybridization" was published in the society's Proceedings and
then sent to 133 other associations of natural scientists |
| 1868 |
elected abbot of St. Thomas Monastery |
| 1884 |
died
January 6 in Brünn, Austria |
| 1900 |
three botanists, Hugo de Vries (Holland),
Karl Correns (Germany) and E. von Tschermak (Austria) reported
independent verifications of Mendel's work which amounted to a
rediscovery of his first principle |
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