GESTALT THERAPY TIMELINE

Curated by Charlie Bowman

All Timeline Entries

1890

The Principles of Psychology by William James Published

Kurt Lewin Born in Mogilno, Poland

Über Gestaltqualitäten (On the Qualities of Form) by Christian von Ehrenfels Published; Coins Term “Gestalt”

Rayon (Chardonnet) First Mass Produced

Frederick (Fritz) Perls Born in Berlin, Germany, July 8, 1893

First Motorbus in by Karl Benz

Studies on Hysteria (Studien über Hysterie) by Josef Breuer and Sigmund Freud Published

First Automobile (Quadricycle) by Henry Ford

Guglielmo Marconi Invents Radio (Wireless Telegraph)

Franz Brentano Settles in Florence, Italy

The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology by John Dewey Published

Spanish-American War, April-December, 1898

First International Peace Conference, The Hague, May-June, 1899

The School and Society: Being Three Lectures by John Dewey Published

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud Published

1900

Boxer Rebellion

Friedrich Nietzsche Dies

First Reception of Transatlantic Radio Signals

Nobel Prize Established

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud Published