Timeline (HBO series)

This is a complete timeline of all known and trackable significant events within HBO's The Last of Us.
== 1764 ==
* The town of is established in northeast .HBO's The Last of Us episode 3: "Long, Long Time"
== 1776 ==
=== July ===
==== July 4 ====
* The Declaration of Independence is signed and the establishes its independence.
== 1967 ==
=== September ===
==== September 26 ====
* is born.HBO's The Last of Us episode 1: "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
== 1968 ==
* A talk show segment featuring two epidemiologists, Dr. Neuman and Dr. Schoenheiss, takes place.
== 1972 or 1973 ==
* is born.HBO's The Last of Us episode 4: "Please Hold to My Hand"
== 1989 ==
=== July ===
==== July 20 ====
* is born.HBO's The Last of Us episode 6: "Kin"
== 1990 or 1991 ==
* Tommy graduates high school and enlists into the , serving in Operation Desert Storm of the .
== 2000 ==
=== April ===
==== April 3 ====
* Kevin is born.
== 2001 ==
=== September ===
==== September 11 ====
* Al-Qaeda terrorists attack the and of the , which results in the death of 2,977 civilians.
== 2003 ==
=== September ===
==== September 23 ==== 
* In a flour and grain mill in Jakarta, a woman is infected with the and attacks four people. 14 workers go missing following this.HBO's The Last of Us episode 2: "Infected"
==== September 24 ====
* Mycologist Ratna Pertiwi is brought in by the Indonesian government to investigate the ongoing Cordyceps outbreak. She suggests bombing Jakarta to slow the spread and asks to be with her family.
==== September 26 ====
* Joel's 36th birthday. Sarah goes to Lone Star Watch & Jewelry to have Joel's watch repaired as a gift.
* Tommy gets into a bar fight and is taken to the county jail. Joel goes to bail him out.
==== September 27 ====
* The Cordyceps brain infection reaches critical mass, resulting in chaos breaking out in .
* Sarah finds an infected Nana feeding on Danny and Connie Adler as Joel and Tommy save her. They attempt to flee the city in Tommy's truck.
* The truck gets into an accident, forcing Joel to flee with Sarah in his arms. They come across a soldier who opens fire on them, killing Sarah.
==== September 29 ====
* Kevin dies due to unknown circumstances.
==== September 30 ====
* The town of , , and surrounding areas undergoes mandatory evacuation. 
** is the only one not to leave the town.
**The military / execute a group of civilians from Lincoln due to a lack of space in the quarantine zones.
== 2006 ==
* Riley was born.
== 2007 ==
* The Baltimore quarantine zone falls.
** and a group of nine others from Baltimore begin to make their way to , but only Frank survives to reach Lincoln.
* Frank meets Bill and the two begin a romantic relationship.
== 2009 ==
* gives birth to .
== 2010 ==
* Bill and Frank have an argument over whether to clean up, repaint, and repair the houses and shop surrounding their home. Eventually Bill relents and allows Frank to fix up the street, the wine shop, and the furniture store.
* Bill and Frank meet Joel and , and they agree to trade, cooperate, and communicate via codes on the radio.
== 2013 ==
* Raiders attempt to invade Bill and Frank's town at night but are killed by Bill and his defensive traps.
== 2014 or 2015 ==
* Sam Burrell is born.HBO's The Last of Us episode 5: "Endure and Survive"
== 2016 ==
* A community of survivors is founded in , .HBO's The Last of Us episode 6: "Kin"
== 2017 ==
* The QZ falls. and several others head west in search of a new home, eventually settling in , .HBO's The Last of Us episode 8: "When We Are in Need"
== 2018 ==
* Tommy joins the community present at Jackson. He keeps in semi-regular contact with Joel via radio.
== 2023 ==
* FEDRA in the Kansas City QZ is defeated by the local resistance movement. Soldiers are lynched in the streets, and many civilians accused of collaborating with FEDRA are detained and later summarily executed. and hide in an attic from the resistance.
=== August ===
==== August 28 ====
* Frank, suffering from a degenerative neuromuscular disorder that rendered him weak and wheelchair-bound, is cared for by Bill.
==== August 29 ==== 
* Frank decides he wants to take his own life. He and Bill get married, and Bill joins him in killing himself with drugged wine. Bill leaves a letter, his guns, and all his equipment to Joel.
=== September ===
* Tommy ceases communications with Joel at Maria's insistence.
* Marlene tasks Joel and Tess with escorting Ellie - a girl immune to Cordyceps and the key to creating a cure - out of Boston city's QZ to an extraction Fireflies team. By night time, the trio escape. The Fireflies also withdraw from the city after FEDRA crack down on their hideouts in the zone.
* Joel, Tess and Ellie reach the extraction point only to find the Fireflies dead. Tess sacrifices herself so Joel and Ellie can escape an infected horde attack.
* The following day, Joel and Elli reach Lincoln. They find Frank and Bill dead. Joel commandeers a truck to take him and Ellie to Tommy's. That night, they sleep in a forest.HBO's The Last of Us episode 4: "Please Hold to My Hand"
* Joel and Ellie proceed to Kansas City where the resistance attacks them. They hide out in a skyscraper, where Henry and Sam find them by nightfall. The group team up and escape, but Sam is bitten during an infected horde attack on them and the resistance group. By morning, Sam turns into a runner; Henry kills him, then kills himself out of guilt. Joel and Ellie bury their bodies then proceed on foot to Wyoming.
=== Winter ===
* Joel and Ellie eventually reach Jackson, where Tommy welcomes them. They stay the night, where Joel decides he will take Ellie to the Fireflies at their base in Eastern Colorado.
* Joel and Ellie reach the university but are ambushed by . Joel kills one of them but is wounded in the fight. He and Ellie escape on horseback. Ellie eventually shelters Joel in an abandoned house, stitching up his wound.HBO's The Last of Us episode 7: "Left Behind"
* A short time later, and locate Ellie's hideout. They capture her. Joel recovers and locates Ellie at , where she kills David. The pair flee.
== 2024 ==
=== Spring ===
* Joel and Ellie reach the Fireflies' primary base in . A Firefly patrol captures them. At the hospital, Marlene informs Joel that Ellie must die for them to find a cure. Joel fights back, killing several Fireflies, Marlene and the head surgeon to rescue Ellie.
* A while later, Joel and Ellie return to Jackson.HBO's The Last of Us episode 9: "Look for the Light"
== References == 
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