1945
19 June
Born in Rangoon, the third child of General Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army, and Khin Kyi, a nurse.
1947
July
Suu Kyi's father General Aung San is assassinated. Her mother throws herself into public affairs, heading social planning and policy bodies.
1960
Moves to India after her mother is appointed the Burmese ambassador to Delhi.
1964-1967
Studies philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University, where she meets her future husband Michael Aris.
1969-71
Moves to New York to continue her studies, but postpones her academic career to work for the UN.
1972
Marries British academic Michael Aris, with whom she has two sons. Due to various work commitments the family relocate regularly, spending time living in Bhutan, England, Japan and India.
1988
April
Returns to Rangoon to look after her severely ill mother.
8 August
A mass uprising in Burma is brutally suppressed by the military, killing thousands.
26 August
In front of a crowd of 500,000 Suu Kyi makes her first public speech, calling for democratic government in Burma.
18 September
The army seize power in Burma.
24 September
Co-founds the National League for Democracy (NLD) and becomes the party's general secretary.
1989
July
Placed under house arrest for the first time.
1990
May
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy wins a landslide election victory. The junta refuses to recognise the results.
1991
October
Awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
1995
Released from house arrest in Rangoon, but movements restricted.
1999
March
Suu Kyi's husband dies of cancer; she had not seen him for four years.
2000
September
Placed under house arrest for a second time after she defies travel restrictions in an attempt to visit the city of Mandalay.
2002
May
Released from house arrest.
2003
May
Imprisoned following a violent clash between NLD and junta supporters.
September
Allowed home, but under house arrest.
2007
May
House arrest extended by one year.
September
Appears in public for the first time since 2003, to pray with protesting Buddhist monks.
2008
May
House arrest extended for another year.
October
Appeals against her detention.
2009
May
Appeal against detention is rejected.
Charged with breaking detention rules after American John Yettaw swims, uninvited, to her compound.
August
Sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest.
November
Launches another appeal against her detention.
2010
February
Supreme court rejects her appeal.
March
Expresses her opposition to contesting the forthcoming elections, the first Burma have held in 20 years. The NLD announces it will boycott the vote.
May
Under new election laws the NLD is forced to disband. Suu Kyi begins another appeal against her detention.
7 November
Burma holds its first elections in 20 years. The army-backed Union Solidarity and Development party win by a landslide.
11 November
Suu Kyi's latest appeal against her house arrest is rejected.
13 November
The current detention order expires.
