March 30, 1882: Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland to Berthe and Johannes Rauschenbach. Her father was a wealthy industrialist and was the owner of IWC Schaffhausen, a luxury watch manufacturer.

 

1896: Carl Jung (age 21) meets Emma (age 15) for the first time while visiting her parents. Emma made an immediate impression on Jung, and he later wrote in his memoirs, “This is my wife,” in response to their first introduction. 

 

February 14, 1903: Marries Carl Jung. The couple were married for 52 years until her death, and had five children (Agathe, Gret, Franz, Karl, Marianne, and Helene) together. 

 

1910: Begins to undergo family psychoanalysis, which was common at the time, with Carl. 

 

1910 - 1911: Has a correspondence with Sigmund Freud. In the letters, she cautioned Freud against his paternal relationship with Jung stating, "Do not think of Carl with a father's feelings … but as one man to another, who like you must accomplish his own law." She also expressed the difficulties she was experiencing due to the relationships Jung had with both Sabina Spielrein and Toni Wolf. 

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1930: Begins work as an analyst.

 

1931: Leads a conference at the Psychological Club of Zürich on "The Problem of the Animus." This was later published in Reality of the Soul in 1934. 

 

1950: Writes an essay called "The Mythical Representations of the Anima," which was later published (1955) in Studies for the Analytical Psychology of C. G. Jung. 

 

November 27, 1955: Dies of cancer in Zürich, Switzerland at the age of 73. Upon her death, Carl Jung carved a stone in her name which read, “She was the foundation of my house” and declared "She had an immense influence of unfathomable depth on my life." Her gravestone bears the inscription: “Oh vase, sign of devotion and obedience.”