Pestalozzi's time, his life and his work
| 1746 | - January 12th : Birth in Zurich |
| 1751 | - His father's death - Entry to school |
| 1753 | - Rousseau: Discours sur l'origine de l'inégalité (German 1756: «Über den Ursprung der Ungleichheit unter den Menschen)» |
| 1754-1765 | - Attendance of the Latinschool, the Collegium Humanitatis and the Collegium Carolinum - Membership in the "Helvetische Gesellschaft zur Gerwe" (Helvetic society of Gerwe) and in the "Bewegung der Patrioten" |
| 1761 | - Rousseau: La Nouvelle Héloïse |
| 1762 | - Rousseau: Emile (German: "Emil oder über die Erziehung") |
| 1766 | - First publication": "Agis" and "Wünsche" |
| 1768-1770 | - Construction of "Neuhof" near Birr |
| 1769 | - Marriage with Anna Schultheß |
| 1770 | - Birth of his son Hans Jacob |
| 1773-1774 | - Foundation of an "homeindustrial" business with poor children |
| 1774 | - Pestalozzi becomes a member of the "Helvetische Gesellschaft zu Schinzach" where he meets Isaak Iselin (1728-1782) - "Tagebuch über die Erziehung seines Sohnes" |
| 1776 | - American declaration of independence |
| 1777 | - "Herrn Pestalotz Briefe an Herrn N. E. T. über die Erziehung der armen Landjugend" (Tscharner letters) |
| 1778 | - Rousseau's death (1712-1778) |
| 1780 | - Breakdown of Neuhof- institute - Breakdown of Neuhof- institute- "Die Abendstunde eines Einsiedlers" (Abendstunde): introduction |
| 1781 | - "Lienhard und Gertrud" (1st part): introduction |
| 1782 | - Publication of the weekly paper "Schweizer Blatt" - Pestalozzi joins the swiss section of the "Illuminatenorden" -"Christoph und Else" |
| 1783 | - "Über Gesetzgebung und Kindermord": introduction - "Lienhard und Gertrud" (2nd part) |
| 1785 | - "Lienhard und Gertrud" (3rd part) |
| 1787 | - "Lienhard und Gertrud" (4th part) |
| 1789 | - Conquest of the "Bastille" Proclamation of human rights |
| 1790-1792 | - Second version of "Lienhard und Gertrud" |
| 1792 | - Journey to Leipzig - Pestalozzi becomes freeman of the French republic - First coalition war |
| 1793 | - Execution of Ludwig XVI. - "Ja oder Nein?" - Meeting with Fichte and long philosophical and political discussions |
| 1794 | - riots in Stäfa at Zurich’s lake |
| 1795 | - Papers concerning the Stäfner popular front |
| 1797 | - French troops invade Switzerland and promote the revolutional political movement - "Nachforschungen über den Gang der Natur in der Entwicklung des Menschengeschlechts" (Nachforschungen): introduction - "Figuren zu meinem ABC-Buch oder zu den Anfangsgründen meines Denkens" (Fabeln) introduction |
| 1798 | - Proclamation of the Helvetic Republic - Second coalition war - The French troops fight down the last resistance in Nidwalden - Editor of the "Helvetisches Volksblatt" (Luzern) - "Zehntenschriften" - "Foundation of an orphanage in Stans (december) |
| 1799 | - "Stanser Brief" |
| 1800 | - Teacher in Burgdorf and foundation of an approved school. First colleagues are joining him |
| 1801 | - "Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt" - Tod des Sohns Hans Jacob |
| 1802 | - The helvetic republic crumbles after the French troops retreat - Pestalozzi travels as a delegate to the "Konsulta" to Paris - "Denkschrift an die Pariser Freunde über Wesen und Zweck der Methode" (Denkschrift) |
| 1803 | - Mediationsakte |
| 1804 | - Napoleon’s coronation as emperor |
| 1804-1805 | - The institute moves to Münchenbuchsee, discrepancies with Fellenberg and the institute’s final move to Yverdon at the south end of Neuenburger See in the French part of Switzerland |
| 1806 | - "Über Volksbildung und Industrie" - "Ansichten, Erfahrungen und Mittel" - "Ansichten und Erfahrungen" |
| 1806-1809 | - Publication of "Wochenzeitschrift für Menschenbildung" and "Journal für die Erziehung" |
| 1809 | - "Über die Idee der Elementarbildung" (Lenzburger speech) |
| 1814 | - Congress of Vienna: The Swiss confederation gets his contemporary borders |
| 1815 | - death of Anna Pestalozzi-Schultheß - "An die Unschuld , den Ernst und den Edelmuth meines Zeitalters und meines Vaterlandes" (An die Unschuld) |
| 1815-1816 | - Public arguments between the employees in Yverdon |
| 1818 | - "Rede an mein Haus" (Birthday speech from 1818) - Foundation of an institute against poverty in Clindy |
| 1818-1819 | - "Letters on early education" (letters to Greaves) overview of available original texts |
| 1819-1826 | - The Cotta-edition is published with Pestalozzi’s writings and the third version of "Lienhard und Gertrud" (1819/ 1820) |
| 1825 | - The institute’s shut-down in Yverdon, Pestalozzi moves back to Neuhof |
| 1826 | - "Pestalozzi's Schwanengesang" (Schwanengesang): introduction (German) - "Meine Lebensschicksale als Vorsteher meiner Erziehungsinstitute in Burgdorf und Iferten" (Meine Lebensschicksale) - " Langenthaler Rede" |
| 1827 | - February 17th: Pestalozzi dies in Brugg (Kt. AG) and is buried next to the school in Birr. At this place, near his Neuhof, the Kanton Aargau builds a monument for him in 1846, which exists till today |