1845	Mary Caroline Page (Fillmore) was born in Pagetown, Ohio, August 6. As a small girl, she adopted the name Myrtle. She graduated from Oberlin College and later secured a teaching position in Clinton, Missouri. Not a robust person, she was reared in the belief that she was a semi-invalid because she had inherited tuberculosis.
1854	Charles Sherlock Fillmore was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, August 22.
1864	Charles was in a skating accident; his hip was dislocated, and disease of the hip developed, leaving him with a withered leg.
1869	Charles went to work as a printer's helper. He was tutored by Mrs. Edgar Taylor and was influenced by the writings of Shakespeare, Tennyson, Emerson, and Lowell. He later worked as a grocery clerk and in a bank.
1874	Charles left Minnesota for Caddo, just north of the Texas border in the Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma. Later that year he left Caddo for Dennison, Texas.
1876	Charles met Myrtle Page in Texas.
1879	Charles became a mule-team driver in Colorado; he later became an assayer and sold real estate. Myrtle left Texas and returned to Clinton.
1881	Charles and Myrtle Fillmore married and settled in Colorado.
1882	Lowell Fillmore was born in Pueblo, Colorado.
1884	The Fillmores' second son, Waldo Rickert Fillmore, was born in Pueblo. The Fillmore family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Charles sold real estate.
1886	Charles and Myrtle attended a New Thought lecture by Dr. E. B. Weeks. Myrtle, who was very ill, quickly accepted the ideas presented.
1887	Charles' interest in New Thought plunged him into the study of many religions and philosophies. He had a dream that foretold his work in Kansas City.
1888	Myrtle was completely healed of a lifelong tubercular condition.
1889	Charles Fillmore opened himself to the healing process taking place in him. He gave up his business and devoted all his time to the study and mastery of Truth teachings. The first issue of Modern Thought was published. Charles and Myrtle's third son, John Royal Fillmore, was born.
1890	Modern Thought became Thought. The Society of Silent Help, now Silent Unity, was formed.
1891	Charles named the movement Unity. The first issue of Unity magazine was published, with the winged-globe emblem. The word Magazine was officially incorporated into the title in 1994.
1892	Charles and Myrtle Fillmore made their "covenant," which was discovered among Myrtle's papers in 1942. Dr. H. Emile Cady's first article appeared in Unity Magazine.
1893	The first issue of Wee Wisdom magazine was published. Publication ceased in 1991.
1894	The first "Lesson in Truth" appeared in Unity Magazine. Lessons in Truth became Unity's first book.
1895	Thought was consolidated with Unity Magazine. The Fillmores became vegetarians.
1903	Unity Society of Practical Christianity was incorporated.
1905	The Fillmores started Unity Inn (vegetarian) at 913 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
1906	The cornerstone for the Unity Society building was laid at 913 Tracy Avenue. Charles and Myrtle accepted ordination as Unity ministers, then ordained seven other people.
1909	Weekly Unity began publication, with Lowell Fillmore as editor. The Unity Correspondence School was established. It was discontinued in 1973.
1910	Construction started on new Unity School headquarters at 917 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Silent-70 was organized to distribute free literature. The Prosperity Bank plan was begun.
1914	Unity School of Christianity was incorporated.
1915	The new headquarters building at 917 Tracy Avenue was dedicated.
1916	Clara May Rowland became director of Silent Unity.
1920	The first fifty-eight acres of the present Unity Village site were purchased in Jackson County, Missouri. The new Unity Inn opened at Ninth Street and Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
1922	The First Unity radio talk was given over station WOQ, Kansas City. A new magazine, The Christian Business Man, was launched.
1923	Royal Fillmore made his transition.
1924	Radio station WOQ was purchased by Unity and moved to 917 Tracy Avenue. Charles Fillmore devoted much time to radio lecturing. The first issue of Unity Daily Word was published.
1925	"The Arches" was built at Unity Farm for Charles and Myrtle.
1926	The Christian Business Man was changed to Christian Business.
1927	Youth magazine was launched. The Sunday School Department was started.
1928	The first meeting of Unity leaders was held at Unity Farm. A lot was purchased in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza district for Unity Temple.
1929	The Tower and the Silent Unity building at Unity Farm were completed and occupied.
1931	Myrtle Fillmore made her transition. Unity Training School began sessions. The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary was published.
1933	Christian Business was changed to Good Business. Youth was changed to Progress, which was discontinued in 1968. Charles Fillmore retired from the pulpit of Unity Society of Practical Christianity. On December 31, he and Cora G. Dedrick were married.
1934	Unity ministers were organized as the Unity Ministers Association. Radio station WOQ was discontinued.
1939	The Unity movement celebrated its golden anniversary. Unity Daily Word was changed to Daily Word.
1940	Construction (suspended due to economic conditions) was resumed at Unity Farm.
1942	The Heritage Room library was established.
1947	The Printing Department moved from Kansas City to Unity Farm.
1948	Charles Fillmore made his transition July 5. Lowell Fillmore was named president of Unity School.
1949	The new Administration building at Unity Farm was completed.
1951	The first spiritual retreat was held at Unity Farm.
1952	Wee Wisdom School, a preschool based on Montessori methods, was established. It was discontinued in 1982.
1953	Unity Farm became Unity Village, incorporated on April 13. Unity's first television program was begun by Rosemary Fillmore Rhea, daughter of W. Rickert Fillmore.
1965	W. Rickert Fillmore made his transition.
1966	The Department of World Unity , now known as World Outreach, was established. The Association of Unity Churches was incorporated. The School for Ministerial and Religious Studies was established to train Unity ministers. Good Business merged into New Magazine.
1967	The Unity Institute of Continuing Education was established to provide educational programs for Unity students. A carillon was installed in Unity Tower in honor of W. Rickert Fillmore.
1969	The Unity radio-television program "The Word" was launched. It ceased airing in 1992.
1970	The Unity Cassette Department was begun.
1971	James Dillet Freeman succeeded May Rowland Bezio as director of Silent Unity.
1972	Weekly Unity and New were incorporated into Unity Magazine. Charles Rickert Fillmore was named president of Unity School, and Lowell Fillmore was named president emeritus.
1974	The fiftieth anniversary of Daily Word magazine.
1975	Lowell Fillmore made his transition. A ceremony was held to dedicate two new buildings: Unity Inn and Unity World Headquarters Activities Center.
1977	The Lowell Fillmore Memorial Garden was dedicated. Dedication of a historical marker honoring the birthplace of Myrtle Page Fillmore was held at Pagetown, Ohio.
1978	The Unity Village Community and Visitors Center was completed.
1979	Celebration of Unity's ninetieth anniversary. Unity School for Ministerial and Religious Studies was renamed Unity Ministerial School.
1980	Unity School for Religious Studies (USRS) was established by the Education Department.
1983	John A. V. Strickland succeeded James Dillet Freeman as director of Silent Unity. Unity School resumed responsibility for ministerial education. USRS was expanded to include the Ministerial Education Program.
1984	Connie Fillmore Bazzy was appointed executive vice president of Unity School.
1987	Connie Fillmore Bazzy succeeded Charles R. Fillmore as president of Unity School. The Unity Development Department was formed.
1989	Celebration of Unity's Centennial. The new Silent Unity building and the Unity School of Christianity Historical District were dedicated. Chris Jackson was named an executive vice president.
1990	Jim Rosemergy was named an executive vice president. USRS offered the Spanish Continuing Education Program.
1991	Mary-Alice and Richard Jafolla succeeded John A. V. Strickland as directors of Silent Unity.
1994	Silent Unity satellite ministries were established in Germany, New Zealand, Australia, France, Ghana, Great Britain, and Mexico. The first annual World Day of Prayer was organized.
1995	The first Unity World Conference was held in Birmingham, England.
1996	Unity World Headquarters established a home page on the computer Internet (http://www.unityworldhq.org).