| 1856 |
born May 26 |
| 1859 |
family moved to Germany |
| 1860 |
family moved to Vienna, where he remained until 1938 |
| 1873 |
began studies at University of Vienna |
| 1877 |
abbreviated his name from Sigismund Schlomo Freud to
Sigmund Freud |
| 1878 |
began research on central nervous system under Ernst von Brücke |
| 1881 |
received doctorate of medicine |
| 1882 |
worked at Theodor Meynert's Psychiatric Clinic until 1883 |
| 1884 |
published several articles on cocaine through 1887 |
| 1885 |
studied with Charcot, at the
Salpetrière, in Paris |
| 1886 |
married Martha Bernays (6 children) and established a
private practice as neurologist |
| 1887 |
met Wilhelm Fleiss, a doctor from Berlin. Their newfound
friendship cultivated Freud's interest in psychology |
| 1888 |
studies hypnosis as therapeutical treatment |
| 1895 |
published
findings with Breuer in Studies on Hysteria (cathartic method) |
| 1896 |
first used the term "Psycho-Analysis" in his
paper, "The Aetiology of Hysteria" |
| 1897 |
started his self-analysis |
| 1899 |
The Interpretation of Dreams (" Die
Traumdeutung"), which Freud considered the most important of
all his books*, was published |
| 1900 |
published The Interpretation of Dreams, and introduced the
wider public to the notion of the unconscious mind |
| 1901 |
published The Psychopathology of Everyday
Life in which he
theorized that forgetfulness or slips of the tongue (now called
"Freudian slips") were not accidental at all, but it was the
"dynamic unconscious" revealing something meaningful |
| 1902 |
appointed professor at the University of Vienna, and
founded the psychological "Wednesday Society" |
| 1905 |
published essays about sexual drive and "Oedipus
complex" |
| 1908 |
"Wednesday Society" became Viennese Association
of Psychoanalysis |
| 1909 |
delivered first international presentation of his theories
at Clark University |
| 1910 |
International Psycho-Analytical Association founded |
| 1923 |
presented his world famous idea of the id, ego and
super-ego and the unconscious, preconscious and subconscious, and found out
he had cancer of the jaw |
| 1930 |
honored with the Goethe Prize for Literature |
| 1935 |
elected Honorary Member of the British Royal Society of
Medicine |
| 1938 |
emigrated to England with his family |
| 1939 |
died on
September 23 in London |
| 1950 |
published posthumously as, Project for a Scientific
Psychology, a 100 page draft of an analysis of one of his own dreams known
as "The Dream of Irma's Injection" |
