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Maria Montessori was born.
She was born in Italy on August 31st, 1870. She was born in the province of Ancona. -
Moving to Florence
When Maria Montessori turned three, her family moved to Florence. -
Moving to Rome
When Maria Montessori was five, her family moved to Rome. -
Maria enrolled in the first grade
When Maria Montessori was six, she enrolled in the first grade of the public school on the Via di San Nicolo da Tolentino. -
graduated from the Technical School
Maria was graduated from the Technical School. -
Maria pursued to be a doctor
When Maria turned twenty years old, she began her undergraduate studies in Science and Math at the University of Rome. -
Maria Montessori's progress in Studies
With a grade of eight out of a possible ten, she received the University's Diploma di Licenza. -
Recognition from Maria Montessori's Professor
When one of Maria's professor died, the paper noted the presence of the young woman medical in the funeral procession. -
Prize and Scholarship
Maria won the coveted Rolli Prize and Scholarship in her medicine and surgery. -
Maria Montessori became the first female doctor in Italy
July 10, at the age of twenty-five, Maria became the first female doctor in Italy that graduated from the University of Rome.
"Woman of Italy at a feminist's congress, Berlin" (E.M. page 27) -
Audits courses in Pedagogy in Rome
She reads all works in Education Philosophy over the past two hundred years. Maria joined the clinic staff as an assistant doctor. -
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Maria's work expanding
- Maria wrote an article for the magazine Roma entitled, "Social Miseries and New Scientific Discoveries." The Italian Minister of Education invited Maria to give a series of lectures in Hygiene and Anthropology at the teacher-training school in Rome. Then in1899, Maria attended Women's Congress in London and worked at the Psychiatric Clinic in Rome. In 1900, Maria became a Director of School for training teachers of children with developmental disabilities.
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Left her position at the Orthophrenic School
She begins a Second Degree in Education, Experimental Psychology, and Anthropology(Rome). She visited Elementary Schools to do research. -
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More Lectures and First Children's House(Casa dei Bambini)
Lectures in Anthropology and Biology at the University of Rome's School of Education, incorporating her clinical observation of pupils in Rome's Elementary School. These lectures became the basis of her book Pedagogical Anthropology(1910). First Children's House was opened at 53 Via Dei Marsi in the San Lorenzo District of Rome on Jan 6. The Children's House in Milan ran by Maria Maccheroni. -
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First training course in her method
She gave first training course of her method to about 100 studetns in Citta de Castello. She wrote her first book in English Version called, "The Montessori Method" that later was translated into more than 20 languages. In 1910, two parallel teacher training courses were held in the Franciscan convent at a model Children's House. Then she wrote the second book called, "Pedagogical Anthropology". -
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Resigned her teaching post at the University of Rome and gave up her private medical practice
The Montessori Method, already being put into practice in English, Argentinean schools, beginning to be introduced into Italian, Swiss primary schools. Model Schools set up in Paris, New York and Boston. In 1912, English version of The Montessori Method had produced 5000 copies. In 1913, she ran the First International Training Course in her apartment in Rome, under the patronage of Italy's Queen Margheritta, had first trip to America, then Montessori Education Association also founded in USA. -
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1914-1916
Second International Training (Rome), Montessori third book, second trip to USA, accompanied by her son(Mario), addresses International Kindergarten Union and National Education Association, then ran the Third International Training. In 1916, moved to Barcelona by City's government invitation. She stayed there till the coup in 1936 and her fourth book appeared there. -
Publication of I Bambini
The Child in the church, London 1929(Maria's first book on the Catholic liturgy). First Children's House in Vienna which set up by Lili Roubiczen. -
Montessori movement spread all across Europe
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Association Montessori International oversee the Montessori schools
AMI supervise the training of teachers. -
Maria has been in and out of Italy
Although Maria Montessori had been in and out of Italy, Mussolini planned a big celebration to honor Dr. Montessori's return home. -
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Noble Peace Prize
Maria had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and she had lived through two world wars. The Ninth International Montessori Congress took place in London in 1951. -
Maria Montessori passed away on May 6, 1952
On May 6, while visiting friends in Holland, Maria Montessori died at the age of eighty two.