TIMELINE: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
IN MOTHER TERESA’S LIFE
1900 Nikola Bojaxhiu (father) and his bride, Drana
(mother), move to Skopje in Macedonia; Nikola
starts a prosperous construction business and moves
his wife to a home near the Vardar River.
1905 Aga Bojaxhiu, sister, is born.
1908 Lazar Bojaxhiu, brother, is born.
26 August 1910 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) is born.
1913 The Balkan Wars end; Macedonia is divided be-
tween Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria.
1919 Nikola Bojaxhiu dies of suspicious causes.
1925 Gonxha first becomes interested in mission work,
particularly in India.
29 November 1928 Leaves home to join the Loreto Sisters; she travels
to the convent at Rathfarnham near Dublin, Ire-
land.
6 January 1929 Gonxha is sent to India to begin her novitiate in
Darjeeling.
24 May 1931 After two years as a novice, Gonxha takes her first
vows; she takes the name Teresa.
24 May 1937 Sister Teresa takes her final vows in Loreto School,
Darjeeling, India.
1938–1948 Begins teaching geography at St. Mary’s High
School in Calcutta, where she will also serve as
principal of the school.