Cardiff Blavatsky Archive

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THE LIFE OF H P BLAVATSKY   

 

H P Blavatsky

 

INSTANT CHRONOLOGY

 

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1831

Born at Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russia                             (Now Dniepropetrovsk)

Russia at the Time of H P Blavatsky’s Birth

 

Russian Society at the Time of H P Blavatsky’s Birth

1849

Married an older man, State Official Nikifor Vassilyevich Blavatsky

1849/50

Left her husband and travelled in Turkey, Greece, Egypt and France

1851

Met the man who was to her guru in London (always referred to as 'Master')

1851

Sailed for Canada, travelled south to New Orleans, Mexico and South America

1852

From the West Indies sailed via the Cape and Ceylon to India

1852

Attempted unsuccessfully to enter Tibet

1853

Travelled via Java to England

1854

Returned to America, crossing The Rockies with a caravan of emigrants

1855

Returned to India via Japan and The Straights

1856/57

Travelled throughout India, Kashmir, Ladakh, Burma, and parts of Tibet

1858

Returned to Russia via Java, France and Germany

1860/65

Lived with the native tribes in the Caucasus

1866/67

Travelled in the Balkans, Egypt, Syria and Italy

1867

Wounded at the Battle of Mentana in Russia

1868

Returned to India and Tibet

1871

Shipwrecked off the island of Spetsai sailing from Greece to Egypt

1871/72

Lived in Cairo

1872

Travelled through Syria, Palestine, the Lebanon, and back to Odessa

1873

Lived in Paris

1873/78

Llived in the USA where she wrote and published 'Isis Unveiled'

1875

Co-founder of The Theosophical Society

1878

Became an American citizen

1878/85

Lived in India

1885/87

Worked on 'The Secret Doctrine' in Germany and Belgium

1887

Moved to London where she completed 'The Doctrine'

1887

Founded The Blavatsky Lodge

1888

Founded The Esoteric School

1890

Established the European Headquarters of The Theosophical Society

1891

Died in London; cremated at Woking Crematorium, Surrey

 

 

 

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