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Agnes Bojaxhiu is born in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia.
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She joins the Loreto Sisters in Ireland.
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Agnes goes to Darjeeling to finish her studying and testing to become a nun.
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Agnes takes her first vows and changes her name to Teresa.
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Sister Teresa became a teacher at a girls' school operated by the Loreto Sisters and taught geography and history.
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Sister Teresa takes her final vows as a Loreto Sister. She is now known as Mother Teresa.
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Mother Teresa hears God calling her to serve among "the poorest of the poor" while on a train ride.
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Mother Teresa exchanged the heavy black habit of the Loreto Sisters for a simple white sari with a blue trim.
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Receives approval to start the Missionaries Of Charity.
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Opens first home for the dying in Calcutta, called Nirmal Hriday.
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Opens first home for abanded children and orphans in Calcutta, India.
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Missionaries of Charity begins work with lepers.
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MIssionaries Of Charity expand their work beyond India.
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A Britsh documentary "Something Beautiful for God" brings Mother Teresa international attention.
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Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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She was awarded the "Jewel of India" (Bharat Ratna) award.
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Mother Teresa was awarded for Excellence in her convent by Elizabeth II.
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She was awarded the U.S Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Mother Teresa opens the very first home for AIDS victims in Greenwich Village.
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In 1988, Mother Teresa opened her second home for AIDS patients in Wahington D.C. Called the Gift Of Peace.
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"Hell's Angel, " a highly critical television documentary on Mother Teresa, airs in Great Britain.
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Mother Teresa dies of a heart attack.
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Mother Teresa's funeral is held in India.
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Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. Over 250,000 people came to a Mass in Rome to celebrate Teresa's beatification.
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U.S Postal Service issues Mother Teresa Stamp.
