Mother Teresa’s life with her 10 best life accomplishments:

1910: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is born to Albanian parents in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia).

1928: Agnes joins the Sisters of Loreto, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to education and missionary work.

1929: Agnes travels to Darjeeling, India, for her novitiate training.

1931: Agnes takes her final vows as a Sister of Loreto and is given the name Teresa.

1937: Teresa is assigned to teach at St. Mary's School in Entally, Kolkata, India.

1946: Teresa receives a calling from God to leave the convent and work with the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.

1950: Teresa receives permission from the Vatican to start her own religious order, the Missionaries of Charity.

1952: Teresa opens Nirmal Hriday (Home of the Pure Heart), a home for the dying in Kolkata.

1957: Teresa opens her first home for abandoned children, Shishu Bhavan (Home of the Children).

1965: Teresa receives the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership.

1979: Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and destitute.

1980: Teresa opens her first home for AIDS patients, Shantiniketan (Abode of Peace).

1997: Teresa dies in Kolkata at the age of 87.

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