History of Psychology Timeline

First Battle in the Greek War of Independence

Jul 30, 1821

BIrth of Sir Francis Galton

Feb 16, 1822

(1872-1911) Believed greatness runs in families.

Birth of Wilhelm Wundt

Aug 16, 1832

(1832-1920 )Structuralist and 1st psychologist.

Start of the Texas Revolution

Oct 2, 1835

Birth of William James

Jan 11, 1842

(1842-1910)
Functionalist

Seneca Falls Convention starts

Jul 19, 1848

Birth of Ivan Pavlov

Sep 26, 1849

(1849-1936) Behaviorism

Kansas-Nebraska Act Becomes Law

May 30, 1854

Birth of Sigmund Freud

May 6, 1856

(1856-1939) Psychoanalysis

Birth of Mary Whiton Calkins

Mar 30, 1863

(1863-1930) 1st woman to be president of the APA (American Psychological Association)

Murder of Abraham Lincoln

Apr 14, 1865

Birth of Edward. B. Titchener

Jan 11, 1867

(1867-1927) Structuralist

Birth of Max Wertheimer

Apr 15, 1880

Gestalt

Birth of Karen Horney

Sep 16, 1885

(1885-1952) Challenged the male bias of Freud's psychonalytic theory.

Revealing of the Benz Patent-Motorwagon (regarded as the 1st automobile)

Jul 3, 1886

May Day Riots of 1894 (Ohio)

May 1, 1894

Birth of Jean Piaget

Aug 9, 1896

(1896-1980) Cognitive

Birth of Inez Beverly Prosser

Dec 30, 1897

(1897-1934) 1st African American woman to earn a doctoral in psychology.

Start of the first Tour De France

Jul 1, 1903

Birth of B. F. Skinner

Mar 20, 1904

(1904-1990) Behaviorism

Birth of Abraham Maslow

Apr 1, 1908

(1908-1970) Humanistic

Sinking of the Titanic

Apr 15, 1912

Birth of Roger Sperry

Aug 20, 1913

(1913-1994) Demonstrated the importance of brains in our behaviors with Split-Brain research.

Birth of Kenneth Clark

Jul 14, 1914

(1914-2005) Brown Vs. Board of Education

Birth of Judith Rodin

Sep 9, 1944

(1944-) Showed the importance of perceived control.

Founding of NASCAR

Dec 14, 1947