| 1875 | 14. January born in Kaysersberg in the Alsace In July, the Schweitzer family moves to Günsbach |
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| 1893 | Study of theology and philosophy, music lessons |
| 1898 | First exam in theology, organ lessons with Charles Marie Widor in Paris |
| 1899 | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 1900 | Doctor of Theology |
| 1902 | Professor of Theology in Strasbourg |
| 1903 | Principal of the Theological Seminary St. Thomas in Strasbourg |
| 1905 | He begins to study medicine |
| 1912 | Marriage to Helene Bresslau |
| 1913 | Doctorate of Medicine. First departure to Lambarene |
| 1914 | Internment in Lambaréné |
| 1915 | He finds the term "Reverence for life" |
| 1918 | Return to the Alsace |
| 1924 | Second departure to Lambarene |
| 1927 | Transfer of the hospital to today's location |
| 1928 | Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| 1949 | Visit to America |
| 1953 | Nobel Peace Prize for 1952 |
| 1957 | Helene Schweitzer-Bresslau dies in Zurich |
| 1958 | Calls on Radio Oslo for abandonment of nuclear tests and the production of atomic bombs |
| 1959 | Last stay in Europe |
| 1965 | 4. September: Albert dies in Lambarene |
| 1998 | 85th anniversary of the hospital in Lambaréné |
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