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Life
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| 1552 |
On October 6 born in Macerata.
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| 1561-68 |
Studied at Jesuit Boarding School in Macerata. |
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| 1568 |
Sent to Rome to study law by his father. |
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| 1571 |
Stopped his study and began his novitiate in the Society of Jesus. |
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| 1572-77 |
Following initial vows, stayed for several months in a boarding school in Tuscany, (possibly Florence), so acquired a certain knowledge of the humanities and science in the Roman College. |
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| 1577 |
Was assigned the East missions and set out for Lisbon, where there was a ship to India every spring. Studied theology while waiting in Coimbra College for one year. |
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| 1578 |
Left Lisbon March 24 and arrived in Goa September 13. |
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| 1579-82 |
Kept up theology studies; taught humane letters at the colleges of Goa e Cochin; was ordained priest (1580); received the order to go to Macao to help Father Ruggeri to enter China; August 7 1582 arrived in Macao. |
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| 1583 |
Having arrived in China in September with Ruggeri they established the first residence in Zhaoqing. |
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| 1584 |
Published the first ever map of the world in Chinese. Ricci collaborates with Ruggeri at the first writing of the Catechism in the Chinese language. |
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| 1585 |
After some attempts failed to found new residents, Ruggeri is sent to Rome to beg papal embassy at the Chinese Emperor. Ricci stays in Zhaoqing with Father De Almeida. |
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| 1589 |
The new vice-governor of Guangdong expelled missionaries from Zhaoqing. After a lot of negotiations, they were sent to Shaozhou, where Ricci established the second residence. |
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| 1592 |
Thieves attacked his residence in Shaozhou and Ricci sprained a foot. |
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| 1593 |
Began to write Tianzhu shiyi in Chinese. |
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| 1594 |
Made his first attempt to enter Beijing following a general assigned to Korea. Arrived in Nanjing and had to go back. |
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| 1595 |
Stayed in Nanchang, where he set up the third residence and published the first work in Chinese: Treatise on Friendship.. |
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| 1597 |
Was nominated superior of the mission in China. |
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| 1598 |
Following Wang Chung Ming, arrived in Beijing, and left the city due to the war in Korea. |
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| 1599 |
Founded the fourth residence of missionaries in Nanjing. |
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| 1600 |
Started out for Beijing again, but was arrested on his way by the powerful eunuch Ma Tang, who imprisoned him in the fortress in Tianjin until January 1601. |
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| 1601 |
January 24: a decree from the emperor permitted Matteo Ricci to enter Beijing, where he lived financially aided by the emperor and stayed there until his death. |
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| 1602 |
Reprinted the third edition of the map of World in Chinese. |
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| 1603 |
Printed the True Notions of the Lord Of Heaven. |
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| 1605 |
Published the Summary of the Christian Doctrines and Twenty-five Moral Sentences. |
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| 1607 |
Published the translation of the first six books of Geometry by Euclide, in collaboration with his friend, Xu Guangqi. |
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| 1608 |
Printed Ten paradoxes or Ten Chapters of a Strange Man and in the same year, as he felt his life coming to an end, he began to edit The story of the entry of the Society of Jesus and Christianity into China. |
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| 1610 |
May 11 died in Beijing after a brief illness. The emperor granted him a plot of land for his tomb, which had never before happened in Chinese history. |