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1868 - 1969Life of adventurer, writer, mystic, and world traveler Alexandra David-Néel.
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1888 - 1890Alexandra David-Néel embraces theosophy, Buddhism, and Stoicism.
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1891Alexandra David-Néel's first journey to India.
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1895Alexandra David-Néel is an opera singer in Indochina (Vietnam).
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1904Alexandra David-Néel marries Philip Néel.
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1911Alexandra David-Néel leaves for the East alone.
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1914Alexandra David-Néel meets Aphur Yongden, her adopted son and traveling companion.
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1914 - 1917Alexandra David-Néel lives with Yongden in the Himalayas.
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1917Alexandra David-Néel and Yongden explore Japan and Korea.
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1918 - 1920Alexandra David-Néel and Yongden live at Kumbum Monastery, China, translating texts.
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1923 - 1924Alexandra David-Néel and Yongden travel to Lhasa, Tibet; she becomes first European woman to enter Lhasa.
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1925Alexandra David-Néel returns to France with Yongden.
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1927Alexandra David-Néel publishes her famous My Journey to Lhasa.
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1928 - 1936Alexandra David-Néel and Yongden live at Digne, France where she continues to write.
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1937 - 1946Alexandra David-Néel and Yongden return to the east and live in China.
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1946Alexandra David-Néel returns to France.
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1955Alexandra David-Néel's adopted son Yongden dies.
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1959Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet becomes Alexandra David-Néel's housekeeper and companion.
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1968World leaders, authors, and others celebrate Alexandra David-Néel's 100th birthday.
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1969Alexandra David-Néel dies of natural causes at her home in Digne, France.
