Timeline
| Dates | Principle Events | Location | Major Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 May 1 | Marie - Joseph Pierre Teilhard de Chardin born | Sarcenat | |
| 1899 March 20 | Enters Jesuit noviciate | Aix-en Provence | |
| 1902 October | First year as a scholastic Geological field trip in Jersey |
Jersey | |
| 1905 End of August | Leaves for Egypt for required three years teaching in Jesuit college | Cairo | |
| 1909 October | First year of theology Geological field trip with Pere Pellotier |
Hastings The Weald; Jersey |
L'eocene des environs de Minieh |
| 1911 August 24 | Ordained priest | Hastings | |
| 1912 October | Begins course under Marcellin Boule at the Museum of Natural History Studies phosphorites in Quercy |
Paris | |
| 1914 July | Field trip with Jean Boussac | Alpes du Dauphine | |
| 1914 August | Begins tertianship | Canterbury | |
| 1914 December | Called up for service with medical corps | Clermont | Les carnassiers des phosphorites du Quercy |
| 1915 January | Stretcher-bearer (2nd class) in the 8th Moroccan Light Infantry | ||
| 1915 May | Ypres Sector | ||
| 1915 June | Transfers to 4th combined regiment of Zouaves and Light Infantry | ||
| 1915 August | Arras District | ||
| 1915 August 29 | Mentioned in divisional orders | ||
| 1915 September 1 | Croix de Guerre | ||
| 1916 January | In billets behind the line | Nieuport-Ville | |
| 1916 March 24 | From this date onwards drafts numberous writings | La vie cosmique (Ecrits guerre) | |
| 1916 April 24 | Finishes La vie cosmique | Dunkirk sector | |
| 1919 July | Passes certificate in geology | Paris | l'evangelisation des temps nouveaux |
| 1919 July | Passes certificate in geology | Paris | l'evangelisation des temps nouveaux |
| 1920 March | Passes certificate in zoology | Paris | |
| 1920 June | Preparation of doctoral thesis in geology at the Institut Catholique | ||
| 1920 July | Excavations near Rheims in connection with thesis | Rheims | |
| 1922 March 22 | Oral examination for doctoral thesis | Les mammiferes de l'eocene inferieur francais | l'evangelisation des temps nouveaux |
| 1922 March 22 | Assistant Professor of Geology | ||
| 1923 April 6 | To China via Suez, Ceylon, Sumatra, Hong Kong, Shanghai | ||
| 1923 May | Joins Pere Emile Licent, S.J. | Tientsin | |
| 1923 June | First field trip with Licent | Ordos | |
| 1923 August 6 | Writes Mass on the World in the Ordos Deser | ||
| 1924 April | Field trip with Pere Licent | Eastern Mongolia | |
| 1924 August | Joins Professor George Barbour | Kalgan | |
| 1924 September | Returns to France by sea | Shanghai | |
| 1924 October | Resumes courses at Institut Catholique | Paris | |
| 1924 October | Gives retreats for students of Grandes Ecoles |
