---
title: "timeline - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=76"
date: "2026-11-06T00:03:23+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

timeline

 [ ![The Beginnings of International Vegetarianism](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-1900.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-1900.html)

## [The Beginnings of International Vegetarianism](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-1900.html)

Note - it is not claimed that everyone on this page was a strict vegetarian! But they often had interesting views that are releva…

 [ Read More ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-1900.html)

 [ ![IVU - the early years](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-1908.png) ](https://ivu.org/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-1908.html)

## [IVU - the early years](https://ivu.org/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-1908.html)

The previous Vegetarian Timeline : 1889-1907 : The Beginnings of International Vegetarianism

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 [ ![Timeline of Vegetarianism - 19th Century, to 1888](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-19a.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-19a.html)

## [Timeline of Vegetarianism - 19th Century, to 1888](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-19a.html)

Note - it is not claimed that everyone on this page was a strict vegetarian! But they often had interesting views that are releva…

 [ Read More ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-19a.html)

 [ ![Timeline of Vegetarian History - The Ancient World](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-ancient.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-ancient.html)

## [Timeline of Vegetarian History - The Ancient World](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-ancient.html)

Note - it is not claimed that everyone on this page was a strict vegetarian! But they often had interesting views that are releva…

 [ Read More ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-ancient.html)

 [ ![Timeline of Vegetarianism](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-history-timeline-index.html)

## [Timeline of Vegetarianism](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-history-timeline-index.html)

What famous naturalists think about it. by Professor Luis Vallejo Rodríguez (EVU News 1996)

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 [ ![Timeline of Vegetarian History - from 1400 to 1800](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-timeline-pre-1800.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-pre-1800.html)

## [Timeline of Vegetarian History - from 1400 to 1800](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-pre-1800.html)

Note - it is not claimed that everyone on this page was a strict vegetarian! But they often had interesting views that are releva…

 [ Read More ](https://ivu.org/history-of-vegetarianism-and-veganism/vegetarian-history-timelines/hv-timelines-eras-history-timeline-pre-1800.html)

## Schema

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