Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1856, May 6 | Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud, Freiberg, Moravia |
| 1860 | Moved with family to Vienna, Austria |
| 1873 | Graduated summa cum laude, Leopoldstädter Kommunal-Real-und Obergymansium, Vienna, Austria |
| 1875 | Changed first name to Sigmund |
| 1876-1882 | Conducted research on the nervous system at Ernst Brücke's Institute of Physiology, Vienna, Austria |
| 1879-1880 | Fulfilled compulsory military service |
| 1881 | M.D., University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 1882 | Clinical assistant in Hermann Nothnagel's Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Met and became engaged to Martha Bernays |
| 1883 | Worked in Theodor Meynert's psychiatric clinic, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria |
| 1884 | Joined Department of Nervous Diseases, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Began studying the effects and potential medical uses of cocaine |
| 1885 | Appointed lecturer in neuropathology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Received grant to study neuropathology with Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, France |
| 1886 | Established private practice, Vienna, Austria Married Martha Bernays |
| 1887 | Began corresponding with Wilhelm Fliess |
| 1889 | Traveled to Nancy, France, to study Hippolyte Bernheim's hypnotic techniques |
| 1891 | Established residence and office at Bergasse 19, Vienna, Austria, where he would remain until 1938 |
| 1892 | Treated “Elizabeth von R.” (Ilona Weiss) in what Freud described as his first full length analysis of hysteria |
| 1895 | Published with Josef Breuer Studien über Hysterie [ Studies in Hysteria] (Leipzig: F. Deuticke. 269 pp.) |
| 1896 | First used the term “psychoanalysis” |
| 1900 | Published Die Traumdeutung [ The Interpretation of Dreams] (Leipzig: F. Deuticke. 371 pp.) |
| 1901 | Published Zur Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens [ Psychology of Everyday Life] (Berlin: S. Karger. 80 pp.) |
| 1902 | Founded the Psychologische Mittwoch-Gesellschaft (renamed the Wiener Psychoanalytische Vereinigung in 1908) Appointed Professor Extraordinarius, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 1905 | Published “Bruchstück einer Hysterie-Analyse” (“Dora” case study), Monatsschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie,18:285-310 Published Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewussten [ Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious] (Vienna: F. Deuticke. 205 pp.) Published Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie [ Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory] (Leipzig: F. Deuticke. 83 pp.) |
| 1908 | First International Congress of Psychoanalysis, Salzburg, Austria |
| 1909 | Lectured on psychoanalysis at Clark University, Worcester, Mass. Published “Analyse der Phobie eines fünfjährigen Knaben” (“Little Hans” case study), Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen, 1:1-109 Published “Bemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose” (“Rat Man” case study), Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen, 1:357-421 |
| 1910 | Published Über Psychoanalyse [ The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis] (Vienna: F. Deuticke. 62 pp.) |
| 1912 | Establishment of the “Committee,” a group composed of Freud's closest associates including Karl Abraham, Sándor Ferenczi, Ernest Jones, Otto Rank, and Hanns Sachs who consulted regularly on issues relating to Freud and the psychoanalytic movement |
| 1913 | Published Totem und Tabu: einige Übereinstimmungen im Seeleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker [ Totem and Taboo] (Leipzig: H. Heller. 149 pp.) |
| 1918 | Published “Aus der Geschichte einer infantilen Neurose” (“Wolf-Man”case study), Sammlung kleiner Schriften zur Neurosenlehre IV (Vienna: F. Deuticke. 139 pp.) |
| 1920 | Published Jenseits des Lustprinzips [ Beyond the Pleasure Principle] (Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. 60 pp.) |
| 1923 | Diagnosed with cancer of the jaw and palate Published Das Ich und das Es [ The Ego and the Id] (Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. 77 pp.) |
| 1930 | Awarded the Goethe Prize by the city of Frankfurt, Germany Published Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [ Civilization and Its Discontents] (Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag. 136 pp.) |
| 1931 | Bronze plaque erected by the city of Príbor, Czechoslovakia (formerly Freiberg, Moravia) at Freud's birthplace |
| 1933 | Published with Albert Einstein Warum Krieg? [ Why War?] (Paris: International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation. 61 pp.) |
| 1938 | Left Vienna, Austria, and settled in London, England |
| 1939 | Published Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion [ Moses and Monotheism] (Amsterdam: A. de Lange. 241 pp.) |
| 1939, Sept. 23 | Died, London, England |