1806 - Born in Bayreuth, Bavaria onthe25th of October.
- He attended the University of Berlin, where he studied Philology, Philosophy and Theology.
1841 - Stirner participated in discussions with a group of young philosophers called "The Free", and whom historians have subsequently categorized as the so-called Young Hegelians.
1842 - Das unwahre Prinzip unserer Erziehung or Humanism and Realism, was published in Rheinische Zeitung, which was edited by Marx at the time.
- Art and Religion was also Published in Rheinische Zeitung while Marx was editor.
1843 - He married Marie Dähnhardt, an intellectual associated with Die Freien.
1844 - Stirner's main work is The Ego and Its Own, which appeared in Leipzig.
- He resigned from his teaching position in anticipation of the controversy arising from his major work's publication in October.