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1881 September 29. Born in Lemberg, Austria. Father, Arthur Edler von Mises. Mother, Adele (Landau) von Mises. Brother, Richard von Mises (1883-1953).
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1892-1900 Attended Akademische Gymnasium, Vienna.
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1900 Entered University of Vienna to study for a degree in law.
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1906 February 20. Received doctor of jurisprudence degree (literally, doctor of both, canon and roman, laws).
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1902 First book published, Die entwicklung des gutsherrlich-bäuerlichen l'erhaltnisses in Galizien: 1772-1848 (Leipzig: Franz Deuticke, 1902); a historical account of the Galician peasants and their land tenure arrangements.
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1902-3 Active duty with the Austro-Hungarian army.
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1909-34 Economic councillor of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (Kammer für Handel, Gewerte und Industrie). Mises' chamber appraised legislation and advised the government on public policy.
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1912 Published Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufsmittel (translated in 1934 as Theory of Money and Credit); most important work on monetary theory.
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1913 Appointed "professor extraordinary' at University of Vienna.
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1914-18 Active military duty in World War I as captain in the artillery, stationed on Eastern Front in Carpathian Mountains, in Russian Ukraine, and Crimea; toward end of war recalled to general staff office in Vienna.
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1918-20 Director of Austrian Restitution-and-Settlements Office (Abrechnungs Amt).
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1920 Published essay "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth.
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1922 Published Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus;translated as Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis.
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1923 Published Die Geldtheoretische Seite des Stabilisierungsproblems; untranslated. See "Monetary Economics," note 1.
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1926 Lecture tour of the United States under sponsorship of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial.
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1927 Founded Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research (Oesterreichisches Institut fur Konjunkturforschung).
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1927 Published Liberalismus; translated as The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth.
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1928 Published Geldwertstabilisierung und Konjunkturpolitik; untranslated. See "Monetary Economics," note 1.
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1929 Published series of articles attacking various forms of state interventions: Kritik des Interventionismus: Untersuchungen Zur Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsideologie der Gegenwart, Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1929; untranslated.
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1931 Published Die Ursachen der Wirtschaftskrise: Ein Vortrag; untranslated. See "Monetary Economics," note 1.
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1933 Published Grundproblems der Nationalökonomie; translated as Epistemological Problems of Economics.
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1934-40 Accepted professorship at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales) In Geneva, Switzerland.
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1938 Married Margit Sereny-Herzfeld in Geneva.
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1940 Immigrated to the United States; became a citizen in 1946.
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1940-44 Guest of the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York.
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1940 Published Nationalökonomie: Theorie des Handelns und Wirtschaftens; untranslated.
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1942 Visiting professor at National University of Mexico.
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1944 Published Bureaucracy.
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1944 published Omnipotent Government.
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1945-69 Appointed visiting professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University.
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1946-73 Advisor to Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.
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1946 Consultant to National Association of Manufacturers—Economic Principles Commission.
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1947 Co-founder of Mont Pelerin Society, an international association of intellectuals devoted to limited government and the market economy.
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1949 Published Human Action: A treatise on Economics.
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1954-55 Advisor to the National Association of Manufacturers.
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1956 Published The Anti-Capitalist Mentality.
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1956 February 20. Awarded a Festschrift on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his doctorate: On Freedom and Free Enterprise. Edited by Mary Sennholz. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1956.
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1957 Published Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
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1957 Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree, Grove City College, Pennsylvania.
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1961 October. Quarterly Journal of Mont Pelerin Society published a tribute to Mises on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
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1962 Published The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method.
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1962 October 20. Award received from Austrian Government (Oesterreichisches Ehrenzeichen zur Kunst und Wissenschaft).
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1963 June. Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree from New York University, New York.
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1964 July. Awarded honorary doctor of political science degree from University of Freiburg, Germany.
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1969 September. Named "Distinguished Fellow" of American Economics Association. For citation see Introduction.
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1969 Published The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics.
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1969 May. Retired from New York University.
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1971 September 29. Honored on the occasion of his 90th birthday by a Festchrift. In two volumes: Toward Liberty. Edited by F. A. Hayek and other members of Mont Pelerin Society. Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for Humane Studies, 1971.
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1973 October 10. Died at 92 years of age.
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