Death of sister Pauline; moves to Vienna, begins law studies at the University of Vienna
1881
Joins the student fraternity “Albia”
1882
Reads Eugen Dühring’s book “The Jewish Question as a Racial, Moral, and Cultural Question”
1883
Resigns from the fraternity “Albia” due to their Antisemitic stance; completes doctoral studies in law
1885
Starts an internship in law, steps down, and leaves the world of law
1887
Publishes his first booklet “Neues von der Venus”
1888
Joins the journalists and writer’s association “Concordia”
1889
Marries Julia (Julie) Naschauer
1890
Birth of daughter Pauline
1891
Birth of son Hans; appointed as a reporter for the Viennese newspaper “Neue Freie Presse” in Paris
1892
Publishes first article on the Jewish question, “French Antisemites”
1893
Birth of daughter Margaret (Trude)
1894
Writes the play “The New Ghetto”
1895
Attends the demotion ceremony of Alfred Dreyfus; begins writing his Zionist Diaries, meets Baron Maurice de Hirsch and pens his “Address to the Rothschilds”; appointed as the literary editor of the “Neue Freie Presse”; travels to Paris and London to meet with Jewish community leaders
1896
Publishes the booklet “The Jewish State” and the article “The Solution of the Jewish Question”; conducts meetings in London; encounters Rev. William Hechler and meets with Baron Edmond de Rothschild, initiating the organization of the Zionist movement
1897
Convenes a preparatory conference for a Zionist Congress in Vienna; founds the weekly newspaper “Die Welt”; convenes the First Zionist Congress in Basel; establishes Zionist Institutions and the Greater Action Committee; premieres his play “The New Ghetto” in Vienna and Berlin
1898
Convenes the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, deciding on the establishment of the “Jewish Colonization Trust”; travels to Constantinople and Palestine, meeting with German Kaiser Wilhelm II
1899
Incorporates the “Jewish Colonization Trust” in London; holds the Third Zionist Congress in Basel; tries to obtain a charter from the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
1900
Writes a memorandum about the Jewish Colonial Bank, travels extensively for diplomatic reasons, delivers a speech at the “Israelitische Allianz,” attends the mass meeting of the English Zionist Federation in the East End, and convenes the Fourth Zionist Congress in London
1901
Receives an interview with the Ottoman Sultan in Constantinople and is awarded the Medjidie-Decoration First Class; holds the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, establishing the Jewish National Fund (KKL)
1902
Appears before the Royal Commission on Alien Immigration in London; publishes the novel “Altneuland” (Old New Land); receives an interview with Joseph Chamberlain regarding the El-Arish plan, Herzl’s father, Jacob, passes away
1903
Travels to Cairo and meets with Lord Cromer and Boutros Ghali; visits Russia after the Chisinau pogrom, obtaining a promise from the Russian interior minister Wenzel von Plehve to recommend the Zionist cause to the Sultan; submits the Uganda proposal to the Sixth Zionist Congress
1904
Received by King Vittorio Emmanuele III of Italy and Pope Pius X, health declines
1904
July 3rd, Theodor Herzl passes away in Endlach
1949
Theodor Herzl is reburied in Israel, on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem