The first mention of the Eiger, under the name "mons Egere", appeared in a property sale document.

Christian Almer, Christian Kaufmann, and Ulrich Kaufmann guided Austrian alpinist Sigismund Porges in the first recorded attempt to climb the Eiger. They successfully ascended the neighboring Mönch instead.

Christian Almer, Peter Bohren, and Charles Barrington made the first ascent of the Eiger via the west flank. They started their ascent at 3:30 a.m. from the Wengernalp hotel, reached the summit around noon, and descended in approximately four hours. The hotel owner celebrated the ascent by firing a cannon.

Sigismund Porges, accompanied by guides Christian Michel, Hans, and Peter Baumann, successfully made the second ascent of the Eiger.

Lucy Walker, accompanied by six guides (including Christian Almer and Melchior Anderegg) and five clients (including her brother Horace Walker), made the fourth ascent of the Eiger, becoming the first woman to reach the summit.

Christian Almer, Christian Bohren, and Ulrich Almer guided W. A. B. Coolidge and Meta Brevoort in the first ascent via the southwest ridge.

Ulrich Kaufmann and Christian Jossi guided C. W. Mead and G. F. Woodroffe in the first winter ascent of the Eiger.

Yuko Maki, along with Swiss guides Fritz Amatter, Samuel Brawand, and Fritz Steuri, made the first successful ascent of the Mittellegi ridge. The party reached the summit after a 13-hour climb.

Arnold Lunn, along with Swiss guides Fritz Amacher, Walter Amstutz, and Willy Richardet, achieved the first ski ascent and descent via the Eiger Glacier.

Hans Lauper, Alfred Zürcher, Alexander Graven, and Josef Knubel completed the first ascent of the northeast face, also known as the "Lauper route."

Karl Mehringer and Max Sedlmeyer attempted to climb the north face. They reached the height of the Eigerwand station before stopping for their first bivouac. Avalanches swept the face, and the two men were later found dead.

Ten young climbers from Austria and Germany attempted the ascent of the north face. One climber died during a training climb, and the weather was so bad that several members gave up. The remaining four climbers, Andreas Hinterstoisser, Toni Kurz, Willy Angerer, and Edi Rainer, began the ascent but were caught in a storm. All four climbers died.

Mathias Rebitsch and Ludwig Vörg attempted the north face, reaching a high point a few rope lengths above Death Bivouac. They were the first climbers to return alive from a serious attempt on the face after a storm forced them to retreat.

Anderl Heckmair, Ludwig Vörg, Heinrich Harrer, and Fritz Kasparek, in a German-Austrian party, made the first successful ascent of the Eiger north face. The members successfully reached the summit at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Louis Lachenal and Lionel Terray, a party of two French guides, climbed the north face.

H. Germann, with Hans and Karl Schlunegger, a Swiss party, climbed the north face.

Sylvain Saudan made the first ski descent over the west flank of the Eiger.

Welshman Eric Jones became the first person to BASE jump from the Eiger.

Mark Wilford made the first American solo ascent of the original route on the north face of the Eiger in nine and a half hours.

Jeff Lowe completed the first ascent of the Metanoia Route on the North Face, solo, in winter, without bolts.

Willie Dunnachie, Douglas Gaines, and Phillip Davies died in a fall down the West Flank after ascending the mountain via the Mittellegi Ridge.

François Bon and Antoine Montant made the first speedflying descent of the Eiger.

Approximately 700,000 cubic metres (20 million cubic feet) of rock collapsed from the east side of the Eiger. No injuries or damage were reported.

A team of British Para-Climbers, including John Churcher, the world's first blind climber to summit the Eiger, reached the summit via the West Flank Route. The team also included Al Taylor, who has multiple sclerosis, and Jamie Owen, an autistic climber.

The Eigerwand station has not been regularly served.