Francis Xavier | Timeline

Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: Francisco Javier; Portuguese: Francisco Xavier; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Navarrese Catholic missionary and saint who was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus. The Roman Catholic Church considers that it has converted more people to Christianity than any other missionary since St. Paul, deserving the epithet "Apostle of the Orient". He carried out his missionary activity especially in Portuguese India and Japan.

April 7, 1506 - Xavier, Navarre - Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta is born

October 16, 1515 - Xavier - He suffers the grief of his father's death, Don Juan de Jasso

January(?) 1(?), 1525 - Paris, France - Francis Xavier goes to study at the Collège Sainte-Barbe, University of Paris

January(?) 1(?), 1526 - Paris - Bachelor of Arts

January(?) 1(?), 1528 - Paris - Meeting with Ignatius of Loyola in Paris

January(?) 1(?), 1529 - Paris - Francis shares lodgings with Pierre Favre and Ignatius of Loyola

January(?) 1(?), 1530 - Paris - Receives the degree of Master of Arts. Enrollment in the Sorbonne Theology course

June(?) 1(?), 1530(?) - Paris - Begins teaching Aristotelian Philosophy at Beauvais College, University of Paris

August 15, 1534 - Montmartre, outside Paris - Seven students meet in a crypt beneath the Church of Saint Denis (now Saint Pierre de Montmartre), in Montmartre outside Paris: Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laínez, Nicolás Bobadilla from Spain, Peter Faber from Savoy, and Simão Rodrigues from Portugal. They make private vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Pope, and also vow to go to the Holy Land to convert infidels =(START)

March 24, 1535 - Paris - Letter to his eldest brother in Spain

November 15, 1536 - Paris - Departure to Venice of the The "Compañia de Jesus" (Company of Jesus) or also "Amigos en El Señor" (Friends in the Lord), which would later be known as "Society of Jesus"

January 2, 1537 - Venice, Italy - Francis Xavier and companions arrive in Venice, where Loyola was already waiting for them

June 24, 1537 - Venice - Francis Xavier and companions are ordained priests by the Bishop of Arbe

March 25, 1538 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome

April 15, 1539 - Rome - After long discussions, Ignatius of Loyola draws up a formula for a new religious order, the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) =(societyofjesusflag)

August 4, 1539 - Rome - D. Pedro de Mascarenhas, Portuguese ambassador in Rome, receives a letter from King John III, asking him to inform him about the activities of Ignatius of Loyola and his companions, and if they were prepared to be sent to India

September 3, 1539 - Rome - Approval of the new Institute by Pope Paul III through the bull "Regimini militantis ecclesiae" (To the Government of the Church Militant)

March 10, 1540 - While in Rome - Letter from the Portuguese ambassador in Rome, informing King John III that Ignatius's company was prepared to respond to the evangelization needs of India

March 15, 1540 - Rome - Francis Xavier leaves Rome on the Portuguese Ambassador's entourage towards the French-Spanish Atlantic border

March 21, 1540 - Bologna, Italy - The Ambassador's entourage arrives in Bologna

March 31, 1540 - Bologna - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

June 1(?), 1540 - Lisbon, Portugal - The portuguese ambassador and his entourage reach Lisbon, after more than 3-months of voyage on horseback, by Bologna, Parma, Turin, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bayonne, Irún, Loyola, Burgos, Salamanca, Santarém, Lisbon. Francis Xavier and Simão Rodrigues are going to serve at Todos-os-Santos (All Saints) Hospital

June 5(?), 1540 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier is summoned to a private audience with King John III

July 23, 1540 - Lisbon - Letters to Ignatius of Loyola and Nicolás Bobadilla

September 20, 1540 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier witnesses the first "auto-de-fé" celebrated in Portugal, at Rossio Square, in which 23 people are absolved and two are condemned to be burnt, including a french cleric

September 28, 1540 - Lisbon - Letter to Martín de Azpilicueta in Coimbra

November 4, 1540 - Lisbon - Letter to Martín de Azpilicueta in Coimbra

January(?) 1(?), 1541 - Lisbon - John III decides to send Francis Xavier with Paulo Camerte and Francisco de Mansilha to India, leaving Simão Rodrigues in Portugal

March 18, 1541 - Lisbon - Letters to Claude Jay and Diego Lainez in Rome

April 7, 1541 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier departs Lisbon in his 37th birthday aboard the "Santiago" with new Governor of India, Martim Afonso de Sousa

August 1(?), 1541 - Island of Mozambique - Francis Xavier arrives in Mozambique

March 15(?), 1542 - Island of Mozambique - Francis Xavier departs for Goa

March(?) 22(?), 1542 - Mailindi, Kenya - Stop at Mailindi, where they are visited by the local king

April(?) 1(?), 1542 - Island of Socotra, Horn of Africa - Stop at Socotra to load fresh water

May 6, 1542 - Goa, Portuguese India - Martim Afonso de Sousa and Francis Xavier arrive in Goa

September 20, 1542 - Goa - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

September 30(?), 1542 - Goa - Francis Xavier sets sail to Cape Comorin (Southern tip of India) to indoctrinate the 30 pearl fishing villages situated around Manapadd, Punicale and Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)

October 28, 1542 - Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

December(?) 1(?), 1542 - Kombuthurai, Tamil Nadu - Miracle atributed to Francis Xavier when visiting Kombuthurai: A pattangatti lady was suffering from labour for nearly three days. He baptized her and her family and within a short time, she delivered a child. Due to this miracle, the whole of this village along with its headmen and prince of the land converted to Christianity. Since then he visited the village numerous times. The second miracle is believed to be the greatest miracle that Francis Xavier ever performed. A boy named Matthew drowned in the well which is called well of miracle (or well of baptism) by the pattangatti, and was brought into the church just before mass, and through Francis Xavier's prayer, he was revived from death

November 1(?), 1543 - Goa - Returns to Goa where he receives the news that Ignatius of Loyola had been elected General of the Company, as well as his own appointment as superior of the Eastern Missions from the Cape of Good Hope to China

January 1(?), 1544 - Goa - Solemn vows in the Society in the presence of the Bishop of Goa; Francis Xavier is appointed Superior of the Mission in the East

January 15, 1544 - Cochin - Letter to the Society of Jesus

January 27, 1544 - Cochin - Letters to the Society of Jesus and Simão Rodrigues

February 1(?), 1544 - Manapadd, near the southern tip of India - Returns to Manapadd

February 23, 1544 - Punicale - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

March 14, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

March 27, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

April 23, 1544 - Livar - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

May 1(?), 1544 - Kombuthurai, Tamil Nadu - Francis Xavier builds St.Stephen's Church in Kombuthurai

June 11, 1544 - Virapandyanpatanam - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

June 16, 1544 - Manapadd, near the southern tip of India - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

June 30, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

August 3, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

August 19, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

August 29, 1544 - Punicale - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

September 5, 1544 - Alentalai - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

September 12, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

December 16, 1544 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin

December 18, 1544 - Cochin - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

January 20, 1545 - Cochin - Letter to King John III

March 29, 1545 - Nagapattinam (Negapatam, between Chennai and Ceylon) - Francis Xavier embarks in a ship to Malacca.

April 7, 1545 - Nagapattinam - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas

May 8, 1545 - Meliapor (Mylapore, Chennai) - Arrives at Meliapor and visits the tomb of Thomas the Apostle. He spends four months there. Letters to Master Diogo and Micer Paulo in Goa

September 1(?), 1545 - Meliapor - Continues his voyage to Malacca

September 25, 1545 - Malacca (Today Malaysia) - Francis Xavier arrives in Malacca, via Ceylon, Nagapattinam and Meliapor

November 1, 1545 - Malacca - Letter to the Society of Jesus

January 1, 1546 - Malacca - Sails for ambon Island, Maluku Islands

February 14, 1546 - Ambon Island - Reaches Ambon, where he finds a spanish fleet. Preaches the Gospel at Ambon for a year and a half

May 10, 1546 - Ambon Island - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

May 16, 1546 - Ambon Island - Letter to King John III

June 15(?), 1546 - Ternate, Baranura, Morotai - Visit to other Maluku Islands

March(?) 1(?), 1547 - Ambon Island - Returns to Ambon Island after Easter

July 1(?), 1547 - Malacca - Returns to Malacca

December 7, 1547 - Malacca - Ship captain Jorge Alvares introduces a japanese fugitive, Anjirō, to Father Francis Xavier

December 15(?), 1547 - Malacca - Francis Xavier sails to Goa with Anjiro to begin missionary work that was to bear fruit for the next hundred years, until the Japanese closed their doors to all foreigners

January 20, 1548 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin. Letters to King John III and Ignatius of Loyola

March 20, 1548 - Goa - Francis Xavier returns to Goa to attend to his responsabilities as superior of the mission there

March 30(?), 1548 - Baçaim (Vasai, near Mumbai) - Travels to Baçaim to join Viceroy D.João de Castro

April 15(?), 1548 - Goa - Returns to Goa with the (sick) Viceroy

June 6, 1548 - Goa - At Viceroy D. João de Castro's deathbed, who dies in his arms. Francis Xavier returns to the fishing coast

November 1(?), 1548 - Goa - Returns to Goa to prepare his trip to Japan

January 14, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

January 20, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola in Rome: "I asked a Portuguese merchant, … who had been for many days in Anjirō’s country of Japan, to give me … some information on that land and its people from what he had seen and heard …. All the Portuguese merchants coming from Japan tell me that if I go there I shall do great service for God our Lord, more than with the pagans of India, for they are a very reasonable people"

January 26, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to King John III

April 15, 1549 - Goa - Francis Xavier and Anjirō depart to Canton, via Cochin and Malacca

April 25, 1549 - Cochin - Francis Xavier departs for Malacca

May 31, 1549 - Malacca - Francis Xavier arrives at Malacca. He meets Fernão Mendes Pinto again

June 20, 1549 - Malacca - Letter to King John III

June 24, 1549 - Malacca - Departs for Japan with Fernão Mendes Pinto

July 27, 1549 - Kyushu, Japan - Francis Xavier arrives in Japan with Mendes Pinto, Anjirō and 3 other jesuits

August 15, 1549 - Kagoshima, Japan - Francis Xavier is allowed to go ashore

September 29, 1549 - Kagoshima - Friendly reception by Shimazu Takahisa, daimyō of Satsuma. He is hosted by Anjirō's family until October

November 5, 1549 - Kagoshima - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola

September 1(?), 1550 - Kagoshima - Francis Xavier departs Kagoshima

October 30(?), 1550 - Amami Island, NE of Okinawa - Francis Xavier arrives in Amami Island, then continues to Hirado Island, Japan

December 20(?), 1550 - Yamaguchi, Japan - Arrives at Yamaguchi

February 1(?), 1551 - Kyoto, Japan - Departs for Kyoto but fails to meet with the Emperor

March 1(?), 1551 - Yamaguchi, Japan - Returns to Yamaguchi

November 20, 1551 - Yamaguchi - Returns to Yamaguchi

November(?) 25(?), 1551 - Island near Guangzhou, China - A storm forces the ship to stop on an island near Guangzhou. Meets Diogo Pereira, a rich merchant and an old friend from Cochin. Pereira showed him a letter from Portuguese prisoners in Guangzhou, asking for a Portuguese ambassador to speak to the Chinese Emperor on their behalf

December 2, 1551 - Strait of Singapore - Letter to Francisco Pérez in Malacca

December 27, 1551 - Malacca - Upon arriving in Malacca, he learned that he had been appointed provincial of East India (from the Cape of Good Hope to China)

January 24, 1552 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin. Send letters to Europe and to King John III, asking him for help in the mission of Japan

January 31, 1552 - Cochin - Letter to King John III: "Fernão Mendes Pinto has been serving your highness in these parts and has lend me 300 cruzados to build a house in Yamaguchi"

February 15(?), 1552 - Goa - Francis Xavier returns to Goa to prepare for his expedition to China

April 17, 1552 - Goa - Sets sail for China with Diogo Pereira aboard the "Santa Cruz"

July 10(?), 1552 - Malacca - After arriving in Malacca, Xavier is was confronted by the captain Álvaro de Ataíde da Gama who now had total control over the harbour. The captain refused to recognize his title of Nuncio, asked Pereira to resign from his title of ambassador, named a new crew for the ship, and demanded the gifts for the Chinese Emperor be left in Malacca

July 13, 1552 - Malacca - Letter to Gaspar Barzaeus in Goa

August 30(?), 1552 - Shangchuan, near Taishan (WSW of Macao, China) - The "Santa Cruz" reaches the chinese Island of Shangchuan

Tomb of St.Francis Xavier, Goa

October 22, 1552 - Shangchuan - Letter to Francisco Pérez

November 12, 1552 - Shangchuan - Letter to Diogo Pereira

November 15(?), 1552 - Shangchuan - Francis Xavier is taken seriously ill. He writes a letter saying that a man agreed to taken him to the mainland in exchange for a large sum of money

December 3, 1552 - Shangchuan, near Taishan (WSW of Macao, China) - Francis Xavier dies from a fever while he was waiting for a ship to mainland China, aged 46 =(END)

Bruce Lee | Timeline

Lee Jun-fan (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), better known as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong American martial artist, actor, director, martial arts instructor and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. He is credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films. (Intro from Wikipedia)

November 27, 1940 - San Francisco, California - Lee Jun-fan is born

February 1(?), 1941 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Appears in his first film, 3-months old

January(?) 1(?), 1946 - Kowloon - Begins filming the first of 20 cantonese-language films before reaching the age of 18

May 30, 1950 - Kowloon - "The kid" is released, starring 9-year-old Lee Jun-fan

January(?) 1(?), 1952 - Kowloon - Enrolls at Hong Kong's La Salle College, a Catholic school for boys, where he starts using the name "Bruce"

January(?) 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Begins studying Kung Fu under the grandmaster of the Wing Chun system, Yip Man

April 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Young Bruce Lee acts in the movie “The Guiding Light”

June 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie "A Mother's Tears"

September 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie "Blame It on Father"

October 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “A Myriad Homes”

November 1(?), 1953 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “In  the Face of Demolition”

January 1(?), 1955 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “Love"

February 1(?), 1955 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “An Orphan’s Tragedy"

June 1(?), 1955 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “The Faithful Wife”

September 1(?), 1955 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “Orphan’s Song”

October 1(?), 1955 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “We Owe It To Our Children”

February 1(?), 1956 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “The Wise Guys Who Fool Around”

December 1(?), 1956 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “Too Late For Divorce”

March 1(?), 1957 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “Thunderstorm”

December 1(?), 1957 - Kowloon - Bruce acts in the movie “Darling Girl”

January(?) 1(?), 1958 - Kowloon - Wins the Hong Kong's Crown Colony Cha-Cha championship

March 29, 1958 - Kowloon - Transfered to St.Francis Xavier High School after being expelled from La Salle College

September 1(?), 1958 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee wins the Hong Kong schools boxing tournament, drawing on his knowledge of Wing Chun during fights and reaches the final defeating British-born champion Gary Elm, who had held the title for three consecutive years at Kowloon's King George V School in Hong Kong =(START)

April 29, 1959 - Kowloon - Bruce was the leader of a street "gang" called "Tigers of Junction Street", which was involved in many disputes against rival gangs or members of other Kung Fu schools. In one of these fights that took place on the terrace of a building, Bruce Lee representing the Wing Chun school, faced a representative of the Choy Lay Fut style (who was the son of an important member of the Triads mafia) and defeated him. His father considering the consequences of this fight, decides to send him to the US immediately, understanding that it was the only way to preserve his life, since he kept getting into trouble and gang fights. Threats from influential Hong Kong mobsters and warnings from the police were unrelenting. So his father sends Bruce to the United States to stay with his older sister, Agnes Lee

May 4, 1959 - Tokyo, Japan - The ship stops at Tokyo and Lee visits the city. During the 18-day trip, Bruce earns some money by teaching cha-cha-cha lessons.

May 12(?), 1959 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Stop at Honolulu, Hawaii

May 17, 1959 - San Francisco, California - Arrives in San Francisco

September 3, 1959 - Seattle, Washington - Moves to Seattle to continue his high school education. He also begins working as a waiter in Ruby Chow's restaurant

December 2, 1960 - Seattle - Completes his high school education and receives his diploma from Edison Technical School

March 27, 1961 - Seattle - Enrolls at the University of Washington, studying dramatic arts, philosophy and psychology

March 26, 1963 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Returns to Hong Kong to visit his family

August 1(?), 1963 - Seattle, Washington - Bruce Lee returns to Seattle and discovers he has been drafted into the army. But when taking the exams, he is considered unfit for military service due to an excessive curvature of the arch of his feet and because he had a suspended testicle. Bruce was also nearsighted and wore glasses since his pre-teen years, but in the US he started to wear contact lenses and, in addition, his right leg was almost an inch shorter than the left. Not to mention his height of 1.68m which, by American standards, was very short

September 1(?), 1963 - Seattle - Lee reaches the advanced studies of philosophy in his junior year at the University of Washington. There he meets 17-year-old Linda Emery, also in her first year at the university. Bruce starts to lecture regularly on Kung Fu and Chinese Philosophy

October 25, 1963 - Seattle - First date with Linda Emery

June 6(?), 1964 - Seattle - Bruce graduates and leaves the University of Washington to devote himself exclusively to Kung Fu classes in Seattle

July 19, 1964 - Oakland, California - Bruce Lee moves to Oakland to live with James Yimm Lee, a martial arts pioneer

August 2, 1964 - Long Beach, California - Invited to the Long Beach International Karate Championships - Lee demonstrates his technique

August 3, 1964 - Oakland - Begins Kung Fu instruction in Oakland

August 17, 1964 - Seattle - Marries Linda Emery

September 2, 1964 - Oakland - Letter to Bill Evans

December 1(?), 1964 - Oakland - Lee is challenged by a Northern Shaolin style martial artist of Kung Fu named Wong Jack Man, who represented the traditional schools of the Chinese community. The reason for the challenge was Lee's open criticisms and challenges to traditional Kung Fu styles, which he considered ineffective for real fighting compared to his Wing Chun-based style (Jun Fan Kung Fu). So, if Bruce won, he would have the right to continue teaching whoever he wanted; if he lost, he would have to close the institute. Bruce beat Wong Jack Man, but recognizes that he was at the limit of his breath and in inadequate physical shape for a life-or-death confrontation. James Yimm Lee and Linda (pregnant with Brandon Lee) and some of Wong Jack Man's companions were the only witnesses to the fight that took place behind closed doors inside Oakland's Jun Fan Kung Fu Institute.

February 1, 1965 - Oakland - His son Brandon Bruce Lee is born

February 4, 1965 - Oakland - Jay Sebring, a hair stylist to Hollywood stars who watched Bruce Lee's demonstration at Long Beach International Karate, recommends him to producer William Dozier, who was looking for someone to play the son of the famous chinese detective, Charlie Chan, in a series that would be called "The Number One Son". Bruce Lee is called in to audition at 20th Century Fox Studios

February 8, 1965 - While in Oakland - His father, Lee Hoi Chuen, dies in Hong Kong

February 15, 1965 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Attends his father's funeral. Letter to Linda Emery

March 6, 1965 - San Francisco | Seattle, Washington - Returns to the United States. Flies to Seattle on the same day

May 10, 1965 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Letter to Taky Kimura

August 16, 1965 - Kowloon - Letter to James Yimm Lee

September 1(?), 1965 - Seattle, Washington - Lee Family returns to Seattle and temporarily lives in the home of Linda Lee's mother, who had not yet approved her daughter's marriage to Bruce, considering the fact that he was still not working as he was expecting to be called for the recordings of "Green Hornet". Bruce's mother-in-law didn't see any future in teaching Kung Fu either

December 1(?), 1965 - Oakland - Lee Family moves to Oakland, living again in James Yimm Lee's house for a month until they rent an apartment

December 18, 1965 - Oakland - Letter to George Lee

March 1(?), 1966 - Los Angeles - Lee family moves to Los Angeles, California. Bruce opens the third Lee Jun Fan Kung Fu institute

March 31, 1966 - Los Angeles - Letter to George Lee. Bruce Lee informs him that he is about to start giving private lessons and that the prospective students are Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, James Garner, Don Gordon and Vic Damone

April 9, 1966 - Los Angeles - Letter to Fred Sato

June 6, 1966 - Los Angeles - Shooting of the "Green Hornet" TV series begins in Desilu-Culver Studio

September 9, 1966 - Los Angeles - The first episode of "Green Hornet" titled "The Silent Gun" is released

September 20(?), 1966 - Los Angeles - Van Williams and Bruce Lee appear with Green

Bruce Lee as Kato

Hornet and Kato on the Milton Berle Show to promote the TV series

September 28, 1966 - Los Angeles - Green Hornet and Kato quickly appear as guest stars in an episode of Batman, also produced by William Dozier, to promote the series The Green Hornet

January 8, 1967 - Los Angeles - Bruce Lee's first entry (in Chinese) is recorded in which he identifies his method as “Path of the Intercepting Fist”, aiming at personal development as a martial artist

February 5, 1967 - Los Angeles - Opens the Los Angeles chapter of the Jun Fan Kung Fu Institute

May 1, 1967 - New York City - Visit to New York

May 6, 1967 - Washington D.C. - Performs at the National Karate Championships in Washington, D.C.

May 10, 1967 - Oakland, California - Visit to his friend James Yimm Lee

May 26, 1967 - Oakland - Bruce returns to Oakland to oversee the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute and pass on new techniques to students under James Lee

June 15, 1967 - Inglewood, California - Letter to Linda Emery

June 24, 1967 - New York City - Appears at All-American Open Karate Championship, Madison Square Garden

June 27, 1967 - Oakland - Returns to California

July 1(?), 1967 - Los Angeles - Names his way of Martial Art “Jeet Kune Do”

July 3, 1967 - Springfield, Massachusetts - In Agawam, in the Springfield, Massachusetts, metropolitan area, Bruce performs three demonstrations in one day

July 5, 1967 - Inglewood, California - Returns to California, where he undergoes an interview at Universal Studios to act as a guest artist in an episode of the series “Ironside”, entitled “Marked for Murder”

July 14, 1967 - Los Angeles - Hired to appear in episode of "Ironside" TV series, shot in Los Angeles

July 30, 1967 - Long Beach, California - Performs at the Long Beach International Karate Tournament

November 3, 1967 - Fremont, California - Bruce goes to Fremont, California, and demonstrates his techniques at the gym of veteran boxing and Ju-jitsu master, Wally Jae, academy

January 28, 1968 - Oakland - Bruce Lee returns to Oakland for a surprise birthday party for James Yim Lee

February 16, 1968 - Frisco, California - Attends a national exhibition of Kung Fu in Frisco, California

June 23, 1968 - Washington D.C. - Attends the National Karate Championships in Washington D.C.

July 5, 1968 - Los Angeles - Bruce Lee is hired as technical director (for action scenes) in the film "The Wrecking Crew" (the film debut of Chuck Norris)

August 1, 1968 - Los Angeles - Bruce Lee is hired to play a killer wrestler of Chinese origin in the movie "Marlowe" (Little Sister), starring actor (and his disciple) James Garner

October 1, 1968 - Los Angeles - Moves to Bel Air, Los Angeles

November 12, 1968 - Los Angeles - Films episode of "Blondie", a Universal TV Series

January 4, 1969 - Los Angeles - Letter to William Cheung

April 16, 1969 - Los Angeles - Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter and friend of Bruce, lands him a job as stunt choreographer for a fight sequence in the film "A Walk In The Spring Rain" with Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman, scripted by Stirling Silliphant

April 19, 1969 - Santa Monica, California - Daughter Shannon Emery Lee is born

April 24, 1969 - Tennessee - Bruce returns from Tennessee after finishing his work on the movie “A Walk In The Spring Rain”. The film was released in 1970

February 5, 1970 - Dominican Republic – Bruce Lee travels with Jhoon Rhee to the Dominican Republic (until February 9th) to help the Korean master promote his academy network in that country. Bruce performs demonstrations in Santiago de los Caballeros, La Vega and Santo Domingo and participates in the TV program “Encuentro”

February 20, 1970 - Gstaad, Switzerland - Bruce Lee travels to Gstaad, na Suíça, to give private classes to movie director, Roman Polanski

March 3, 1970 - London, England - From his turn to Switzerland, Bruce made his way to London, staying at Polanski's house. Meets his friend Wu Ngan there

March 29, 1970 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Bruce goes to Hong Kong with Brandon to visit his family. Upon arrival, they are surprised by a crowd waiting to greet them. The series "The Green Hornet", despite having been a failure in the US and having failed to unseat rival "Batman & Robin", was a tremendous success in Hong Kong and throughout Asia, being known by fans like “The Kato Series”

April 7, 1970 - Kowloon - Beginning of a series of performances for the Hong Kong TV-B show “Enjoy Yourself Tonight”

August 13, 1970 - Kowloon - Bruce performs a barbell exercise called “Good Morning”, weighing about 55 kg on his back. Bruce somehow was not properly warmed up for the procedure and suffers an irreversible injury to the 4th sacral nerve. He had to remain for six months without physical activity confined to bed and then in a wheelchair, only undergoing physical therapy. Not letting himself down, he takes advantage of the "rest" time to review and redo his notes on his fighting system, which later (after his death) would be compiled and published for a book under the coordination of Linda Lee and Dan Inosanto, entitled "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do". During this period, he also turned to the script of a film that would at first be called “The Silent Flute”

September(?) 1(?), 1970 - Kowloon - During his recovery, Bruce works with actor James Coburn and screenwriter Stirling Silliphant on screenplay about the philosophy of martial art. The movie is to be entitled "The Silent Flute"

January 29, 1971 - Kowloon(?) - The script for “The Silent Flute” is sent to Warner Brothers, which gives the green light to carry out the project, but with the condition that everything is filmed in India since Warner Brothers had rupee blocked by the Indian government regarding the collection of the his films in the country that were not transferred to the US. So Bruce Lee, James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant are forced to fly to India to study the situation

February 1, 1971 - New Delhi, India - Lee, Coburn and Silliphant arrive in New Delhi, India, and spend 10 days looking for locations and skilled martial artists to work on the film

June 27, 1971 - Los Angeles - Films the first episode of “Longstreet” TV series for Paramount

June 28, 1971 - Los Angeles - Bruce, who had been contacted by the wife of Hong Kong director Lo Wei through producer Raymond Chow, offers him a contract he can't refuse to direct two films for Golden Harvest

July 10, 1971 - Pak Chong, Thailand - Bruce finishes recording another episode of “Longstreet”. He immediately travels to Hong Kong and as soon as he arrives at Kai Tak Airport, he takes a flight to Pak Chong, Thailand, to start filming his first film, “The Big Boss” (originally, Fists of Fury)

July 12, 1971 - Pak Chong - Under very harsh conditions, the filming of "The Big Boss" begins, with an initial budget of HK$ 100,000.00 in Thailand. During filming, the director, Wu Chai Wsaing, is rejected by the crew for his bad character and in his place is summoned Lo Wei, who doesn't show much better than his predecessor, and disagreements between him and Bruce Lee soon start

September 3, 1971 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - Bruce returns from Thailand with part of the film crew to Hong Kong and is expected to attend an impromptu press conference at Kai Tak Airport for Hong Kong's TVB News, along with director Lo Wei and actresses Maria Yi and Nora Miao. In the evening, Bruce appeared on the HKTVB show “Enjoy Yourself Tonight”.

September 6, 1971 - Los Angeles - Bruce Lee returns to the United States after being invited to participate in three more episodes of the TV series "Longstreet"

September 30(?), 1971 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee returns to Hong Kong for the long-awaited premiere of "The Big Boss"

October 17, 1971 - Kowloon - With the success of “The Big Boss”, the planning for filming for the next film “Fists of Fury” begins in Hong Kong, which would still have some locations in the then Portuguese colony of Macau. The initial budget was expected to be HK 200,000 and would feature a more elaborate production and the first appearance of a Western foreigner (Bob Baker, Lee's student at the Seattle Institute), as protagonist in a Chinese martial arts movie

October 22, 1971 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee appears on the HKTVB show “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” alongside Bob Baker and some assistants for a demo of Jeet Kune Do

October 31, 1971 - Kowloon - Premiere of “The Big Boss”. The film breaks all revenue records on its first day of screening, immediately earning more than three times the amount spent on its production (HK$372,000.00), totaling at the end of its release the incredible revenue of HK$3,197,417 .00 throughout Asia. In the USA Canada it reached the figures of US$ 2,800,000.00

November 19, 1971 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee appears on the HKTVB special program dedicated to the success of the movie "The Big Boss"

December 7, 1971 - Kowloon - In Hong Kong, receives official word he would not star in “The Warrior”. The role is given to American caucasian actor David Carradine

March 22, 1972 - Kowloon - “Fists of Fury” premieres in Hong Kong. The film earns HK$ 4,431,423.00 and in the US it reaches US$ 3,400,000.00. Bruce Lee's first two films together gross about $20 million across Asia. Bruce Lee automatically competes and wins the Golden Horse Award (Asian Oscar) for his performance in “Fists of Fury”

May 4, 1972 - Rome, Italy - Bruce Lee flies to Rome, Italy, to find suitable locations for filming “The Way of the Dragon” along with Raymond Chow and Japanese camera man Tadashi Nishimoto

May 19, 1972 - Kowloon - After filming in Rome, Bruce returns to Hong Kong with Chuck Norris and Bob Wall. The day after his arrival, Bruce is greeted by presenter Josiah Lau Kar-Kit on the HKTVB’S “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” (EYT) Show with Norris and Wall to promote “The Way of the Dragon”

June 18, 1972 - Kowloon - A typhoon ravages Hong Kong, causing a lot of damage and casualties

June 24, 1972 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee, Linda and Brandon participate in a show on HKTVB's EYT program (to raise funds for typhoon victims) titled “Operation Relief Charity Show”

September 1(?), 1972 - Kowloon - Taking advantage of the visit of some of his students to Hong Kong, Bruce starts filming fight scenes for “The Game of Death”. At Hong Kong's traditional restaurant, Red Pepper, Bruce simulates the atmosphere of a pagoda, filming three fight sequences with Dan Inosanto (responsible for the Los Angeles Lee Jung Fan Gung Fu Institute); Korean Hapkido Master Ji Han Jae; and one of his students, the 2,18m-tall Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Kareen Abdul Jabbar

Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon"

October 1(?), 1972 - Kowloon - Hollywood finally gives in to Bruce Lee's talent and offers him a contract he can't refuse to film “Enter the Dragon”. Bruce is forced to interrupt the project of "The Game of Death"

November 20, 1972 - Kowloon - Bruce appears on HKTVB's EYT show to participate in the network's fifth anniversary celebration. To the surprise of the audience and guests, Bruce Lee emerges from a giant birthday cake onto the stage

December 30, 1972 - Kowloon - Hong Kong premiere of “The Way of the Dragon”. The production, which had a budget of 130,000 Hong Kong dollars, grosses over 5 million dollars (HK$5,300,000) and again beats all the records achieved by the two previous films. Bruce participated in the production, played the roles of director, screenwriter, choreographer of fight scenes and was the main protagonist

January 1(?), 1973 - Kowloon - “Enter the Dragon” starts shooting with an estimated budget of US$ 850,000.00 in cooperation between Concord Productions and Warner Bros., it was the first production between the US and Hong Kong film industries

February 20, 1973 - Kowloon - Bruce Lee is St.Francis Xavier School's guest of honor for the Sports Day ceremonies

May 10, 1973 - Kowloon - During one of the dubbing sessions for “Enter the Dragon” at Golden Harvest Studios, it was extremely hot, as the air conditioning was turned off so as not to interfere with the recordings. Bruce, feeling uncomfortable, asks for a break to go to the bathroom to wash his face. There he collapses and loses consciousness. When they notice his delay in returning, they look for him and find him unconscious on the floor. It took nearly twenty minutes before he is revived. Back to consciousness, Lee, still on the bathroom floor, begins searching for the glasses he was wearing in a clumsy attempt to justify the incident. While trying to return to the dubbing room supported by assistants, Lee suffers another collapse and is immediately taken unconscious to the Kowloon's Baptist Hospital, where he is treated by Dr. Langford and neurologist Dr. Wu, who examine him thoroughly. Apparently having had a seizure or had an epileptic attack, he was prescribed a drug compatible with the given diagnosis, Dillatin, used to eliminate accumulation of water in cells, returning water to the blood. That drug would have been Bruce's salvation at the time, according to Dr. Don Langford

May 25, 1973 - Los Angeles - After completing the final details of the film, Bruce flies to Los Angeles for further examinations at the renowned medical center at the University of California, Los Angeles. A series of preventive medical tests are performed and all are positive. According to Dr. Karpland and neurologist Dr. Reisboard, Bruce had the health of an 18-year-old, despite the sudden loss of 5 kg of weight (Bruce weighed 57 kg), and they attribute the collapses to a severe crisis of stress

The way of the Dragon - Famous fight scene
with Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in Rome

July 10, 1973 - Kowloon, Hong Kong - At Golden Harvest, Bruce Lee catches Lo Wei talking bad about him in a room, Bruce confronts him, and they both have a serious argument. Lo Wei withdraws and calls the police, accusing Bruce Lee of threatening him with a knife. In local search by police, the knife was not located. Lo Wei demands that Bruce Lee sign a declaration that will no longer threaten him. Bruce gives in to the request to get rid of the incident and signs a statement. The incident quickly reaches the Hong Kong press. On the same night, Bruce is the special guest on the TV show “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” hosted by Ho Sho Shin and ends up mentioning his differences with a director without mentioning the name of Lo Wei

July 20, 1973 - Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong - Bruce goes to actress friend Betty Ting-Pei's apartment and complains of a severe headache. He takes an Equagesic pill given by Betty and goes to bed in her room to recover so that they go out to meet George Lazenby and Raymond Chow. However, Bruce Lee dies of an allergic reaction to the Equagesic, aged 32 =(END)

Gichin Funakoshi | Timeline

Gichin Funakoshi (船越 義珍, Funakoshi Gichin, November 10, 1868 – April 26, 1957) was the founder of Shotokan karate-do, perhaps the most widely known style of karate, and is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate, but after Ankō Itosu sensei, Funakoshi sensei's teacher, had introduced the art pre-1922, to the Japanese mainland in 1922. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949. (Intro from Wikipedia)

This particular timeline is sketchy due to lack of precise dates

November 10, 1868 - Yamakawa, Shuri, Okinawa - Gichin Funakoshi is born

January(?) 1(?), 1880 - Yamakawa, Shuri - From 11-years-old he begins studying "to-te jutsu" under Azato Anjo and Itosu Anko. The practice of this martial art was banned by the government, so it had to take place in secret and students were forbidden by their masters to talk about it with anyone

January(?) 1(?), 1888 - Yamakawa, Shuri - After taking the qualifying exams, 21-year-old Funakoshi takes charge of a classroom for the first time as a substitute teacher. At night he sneaks to Master Azato's house to practice karate

January(?) 1(?), 1890(?) - Naha, Okinawa - Funakoshi passes more examinations and qualifies for instructor. He is transfered to the okinawan capital of Naha =(START)

January(?) 1(?), 1906 - Naha - His third son, Yoshitaka (Gigō) Funakoshi, is born

January(?) 1(?), 1913 - Naha - 7-year-old Yoshitaka is diagnosed with tuberculosis

June(?) 1(?), 1913 - Naha - As chairman of the Shobukai, the martial arts association of Okinawa, Funakoshi organizes a group to travel around Okinawa performing public demonstrations of karate

January(?) 1(?), 1917 - Tokyo, Japan(?) - Visits mainland Japan and demonstrates karate at the Butokuden, the japanese center of martial arts

January(?) 1(?), 1918 - Naha - 12-year-old Gigō Funakoshi begins studying karate as a means to improve his health

December(?) 1(?), 1921 - Naha - The Okinawa Prefecture is invited to participate in a demonstration of ancient japanese martial arts. The japanese Department of Education asks Funakoshi to introduce the okinawan art of karate in Tokyo. He accepts immediately.

January(?) 1(?), 1922 - Tokyo, Japan - 54-year-old Gichin Funakoshi introduces "karate-jutsu" in mainland Japan at the first Ministry of Education-sponsored Physical Education Exhibition. It is an incredible success

May 1(?), 1922 - Tokyo - With the success of his demonstration in mainland Japan, Funakoshi is pressed to stay in Tokyo. So he relocates to the japanes capital and becomes a professional teacher of Karate-do

June(?) 1(?), 1922 - Tokyo(?) - Funakoshi publishes a book entitled "Ryukyu Kempo Karate", about the art of "karate-jutsu"

September 1, 1923 - Tokyo - His dojo is not destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake, but he looses several students when the city burns

April 1(?), 1924 - Tokyo - Funakoshi produces the first ever "Dan ranking certification"

January(?) 1(?), 1929 - Tokyo - Changes the name of "karate-jutsu" (Chinese-hand martial art) to "karate-do" (the way of the empty hand), establishing the philosophy of karate and the twenty precepts of the new martial art

January 29, 1936 - Tokyo - Establishes the "Shotokan" dojo in Tokyo at his own expense. (Shoto = Pine waves, the sound of wind blowing through the pines, resembling ocean waves)

May(?) 1(?), 1945 - Tokyo - Gigō is hospitalized. Funakoshi moves to the Koishikawa District of Tokyo when is dojo is destroyed by an air raid

September 1(?), 1945 - Ōita, Kyushu, Japan - Moves to Ōita, Kyushu, with other refugees, after Japan's surrender. He reunites with his wife there

November 24, 1945 - While in Ōita - Gigō Funakoshi dies of tuberculosis, aged 39

January(?) 1(?), 1946 - Ōita, Kyushu - The book "Karate Do Nyumon" by Gigō and Gichin Funakoshi is released. Gigō wrote the technical part, while his father wrote the preamble and historical parts

October(?) 1(?), 1947 - Tokyo, Japan - Returns to Tokyo in Autumn

January(?) 1(?), 1948 - Tokyo - Develops osteoarthritis

May 1(?), 1949 - Tokyo - Becomes honorary head of the Japan Karate Association (JKA)

September 1(?), 1956 - Tokyo - Writes the preface for his book "Karate-do - My way of Life"

April 10, 1957 - Tokyo - The Ministry of Education gives official recognition to the JKA

April 26, 1957 - Tokyo - Gichin Funakoshi dies, aged 88 =(END)