A TIMELINE OF MOTHER TERESA'S LIFE By TSELINGA 1910 She was born in Skopje 1922 She decided to become a nun 1928 She went to Ireland and became a nun 1931 She went to Calcutta 1948 She began he charity work by bringing hungry and dying people into a home 1950 She started a charity organization 1979 She won the Nobel Peace prize 1997 She caught pneumonia and died