Chronology (audio dramas)

This chronology covers the continuity established in the original televised series of Dark Shadows that ran on TV from 1966 to 1971. It also incorporates the Big Finish Audio Dramas, as these are set within the same continuity. It does not include, any of the movies, the revival series, the novels, or the comics as these all form their own separate continuities.
==17th Century==
Year	Event
1687	U. Spencer Stockbridge is born. (154)
1690	Isaac Collins discovers the crimson pearl. He leaves England with his family to start a new life in America, he lands at Frenchman's Bay. He establishes a successful fishing fleet and founds a small town known as Collinsport. (3, 17, The Crimson Pearl)
1692	The warlock Judah Zachery establishes a coven in the port of Bedford. He boasts the Mask of Ba'al as the source of his immortal powers. (1131)
 	Amadeus Collins is a judge at the trial of Judah Zachery. Miranda DuVal, a follower of Judah, testifies against him. Judah is convicted and declares to put a curse on the Collins family. (1140)
==18th Century==
Year 	Event
1700 	Amadeus Collins dies. Isaac Collins sends the crimson pearl to his relative Silas Collins in England. (The Crimson Pearl)
1713 	P. Agthorn Stockbridge is born. (154)
1720 	Grace Collins commits suicide. (The Crimson Pearl)
1730 	Joshua Collins is born. In 210, the Collins family mausoleum shows the following dates: Joshua Collins: Born 1755, Died 1830 and Naomi Collins: Born 1761, Died 1821. However, in 458 Naomi's death is shown on-screen to occur in the year 1796. Accordingly these dates have been adjusted in order to retain the originally stated ages at the time of death and the age gap between Joshua and Naomi. So, Joshua's becomes: Born 1730, Died 1805 and Naomi's becomes: Born 1736, Died 1796.
 	Richard Fairbanks is born. (974)
1731 	P. Agthorn Stockbridge is trampled by a stallion and dies. (154)
1734 	The England branch of the Collins family is declared bankrupt. (The Crimson Pearl)
1735 	Laura Murdoch Stockbridge is born. (154)
1736 	Naomi Collins is born.
1738 	Andre DuPres is born.
1747 	Count Andreas Petofi is born
1751 	Natalie DuPresis born.
1753 	Abigail Collins is born.
1756 	Ben Stokes is born. (756) In 464, Ben Stokes is said to have died in his 75th year, and that he was illiterate until he was 45. In the year 1795, Barnabas Collins is seen teaching Ben to write, which indicates that Ben was born in 1750 and died in 1825. However, in 756, Ben's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1756, Died 1816. Later, Ben's death is shown on-screen to occur in 1840. In order to retain a 1840 date of death the 1756 birthdate is used, making him aged 84 at time of death.
1760 	Barnabas Collins is born. This is based on the implication that Barnabas and Jeremiah are of similar age.
1763 	Jeremiah Collins is born. (392)
1767 	Laura Murdoch Stockbridge is consumed by fire. (154)
 	The original Collinwood mansion is built as a wedding gift from Joshua Collins to his wife Naomi. (605)
1770 	Andre DuPres marries Marie in one of the “biggest church weddings Paris had ever seen”. They were married by an Archbishop. The service was organized by Andre’s father, one of the King’s ministers. (380)
 	Peter Bradford is born. (660) In 463, Peter Bradford's tombtone shows the following dates: Born January 18, 1770, Died: April 3, 1795. However, in 660, the same tombstone is seen but with an amended death date of April 3, 1796. The '5' seen previously had been amended with felt tip to show a '6'.
 	Richard Fairbanks is hung for the murder of his wife and children. (974)
1772 	Millicent Collins is born.
1774 	Josette DuPres is born. In 52, the Collins family history book gives the following dates for Josette Collins: Born 1810, Died 1834. However, in 283, Josette's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1800, Died 1822, and in 430 and 948, Josette's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1774, Died 1795. In 425 and 886, Josette's death is shown on-screen to occur in the year 1796.
August 31	Angelique Bouchard is born. She is the reincarnation of Miranda DuVal. (546)
1775 	Otis Greene is born (1124).
 	Joshua Collins enlists as a member of the Continental Army, during The Revolutionary War. (372)
1776 	During The Revolutionary War, Joshua Collins and his army hide gun and ammusions in a secret room in Eagle Hill Cemetery to hide it from British soldiers. (409)
1780 	U. Spencer Stockbridge dies. His throat was slit while sleeping. (154)
 	Andre DuPres becames the King’s minister. (The Crimson Pearl)
 	The DuPres family leave Paris to join their cousins on the French Island of Martinique. (The Crimson Pearl)
 	Marie DuPres dies. (The Crimson Pearl)
c1780 	Barnabas Collins travels to Martinique, where he murders a man to end the curse of Celeste. (The Night Whispers)
1781 	The Braithwaite's silversmith business is established. (684)
1782 	While staying in Barbados, Barnabas Collins meets an Indian imprisoned as a warlock, who teaches him magic. (358)
1783 	After the Revolutionary War, Ben Stokes is caught breaking into someones house and is given a lengthy prison sentence. (372)
 	Joshua Collins comes back from the war, with an injured leg and forget’s the name of his son, Barnabas. (409)
1785 	Sarah Collins is born. In 276, the Collins family mausoleum shows the following dates for Sarah Collins: Born 1786, Died 1796. However, in 416, this has been amended to: Born 1784, Died 1795. In 415, it stated she died on her 11th birthday. In order to retain a 1796 date of death and 11 year age gap her birthdate is adjusted to 1785.
 	Daniel Collins is born. (373) In 373, an episode set in 1795, Millicent Collins states that her brother Daniel Collins is 10 years old, suggesting a birthdate of 1785. However, in 1123, an episode set in 1840, Daniel states that he was 20 years old in 1803, suggesting a birthdate of 1783.
 	Laura Stockbridge Collins is consumed by fire. (741)
1887 	Harriet Collins is born
1790 	Theodore Collins and his wife are killed in a carriage accident. (373, The Crimson Pearl)
1792 	Barnabas Collins travels to the French Island of Martinique to expand the Collins business interests. While there, he meets Josette DuPres and her maid servant Angelique Bouchard. Barnabas falls passionately in love with Josette, but also entertains a dalliance with Angelique. (239)
 	Nathan Forbes and Suki Welles marry. (424)
 	July 22nd: The Lorelei makes its maiden voyage. (The Rage Beneath)
c1792 	Feud with Oswald Gravenor and the Collins Family. (The Rage Beneath)
1794 	April 16th: The Lorelei is destroyed. (The Rage Beneath)
 	Danielle Roget kills her lover Phillippe Cordier to be with Peter Bradford. (610)
1795 	VERSION 2: November: Victoria Winters arrives from the year 1967. (366)
 	Jeremiah Collins dies. (390, 392)
1796 	Construction of a new Collinwood mansion is completed. In 12, it is stated that Jeremiah Collins built Collinwood “almost 150 years ago”, suggesting a completion date of c.1817. In 42 and 70, it is stated that Collinwood was built 130 years ago, suggesting a date of c.1837. It is eventually shown on-screen to be 1795/6. In 605, the date is given as 1796.
 	Angelique Bouchard Collins puts a curse on Barnabas Collins turning him into a vampire. (405)
 	Sarah Collins dies. (415)
 	VERSION 1: Josette Collins jumps to her death from Widows' Hill. (425)
 	VERSION 2: A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from 1897. Natalie DuPres stops Josette Collins from jumping from Widows' Hill. Barnabas and Josette plan to go back to 1897 together. Barnabas is abducted by the Leviathans. Josette takes poison when she thinks that Barnabas has left without her. (886) It is referred to on-screen as 1797, this is assumed to be a continuity error as the events are re-enacted ones that were previously stated to have occurred in 1796.
 	Abigail Collins dies. (432)
 	Reverend Trask is immured in the Old House basement by Barnabas Collins. (442)
 	Naomi Collins dies. (458)
 	VERSION 1: March: Nathan Forbes is killed by Barnabas Collins. (460)
 	Barnabas Collins is chained in his coffin. (360)
 	VERSION 2: As Victoria Winters is hung for witchcraft she is transported back to 1967. (460)
 	VERSION 2: Victoria Winters returns from 1968 with Peter Bradford. (650)
 	VERSION 2: A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from 1969 in order to save Victoria Winters from being hanged for witchcraft. (661-666)
 	VERSION 2: Nathan Forbes is killed by Ben Stokes. (666)
 	VERSION 2: Natalie DuPres dies. (666)
 	VERSION 2: Victoria Winters jumps from Widows' Hill. (967)
 	Peter Bradford is hanged. (660)
1797 	Count Andreas Petofi is made a werewolf, and his hand is cut by a Gypsy as payment for curing him. (801/802)
 	Flora Collins is born
1798 	Phillipe Cordier publishes an account of the French revolution. (600)
==19th Century==
Year 	Event
1800	Millicent Collins is incarcerated in Portland Sanatorium and spends the rest of her life there (The Crimson Pearl).  
1801 	F. Pendleton Stockbridge is born. (154)
1803 	October: Otis Greene acquires the disembodied head of Judah Zachery. He becomes possessed by it and commits a series of murders known as the 'Bedford Atrocities'. He confesses to the murders and is committed to an insane asylum (1123)
1804 	A young handyman is killed in Macau, his head is cut by the Head of Judah Zachery. (1123)
1805 	Joshua Collins dies and tells his son Daniel Collins the Family secret .
1806 	Daniel Collins marries Harriet Collins.
1807 	Edith is born. (704).
1809 	Quentin Collins I is born. (1108)
1811 	Gerard Stiles is born. (1076)
 	Gabriel Collins is born.
1815 	Joanna Mills is born. (1133)
1817 	F. Pendleton Stockbridge dies by drowning, she is torn apart by the rocks. (154)
1818 	Daphne Harridge is born.
1820 	Millicent Collins, incarcerated in Portland sanatorium, encounters Count Petofi who is looking for the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl)
 	Elias Trask is born, as the illegitimate son of Lamar Trask in Salem.
1822 	Gabriel Collins gets into an accident that leaves him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. His father Daniel considered him to have “died that day”. Quentin who somehow feels responsible for the accident takes care of Gabriel. (1125)
c1825	Nathan Hawkins is born. (The Ghost Watcher)
1829 	Gabriel and Edith Collins get married. After the wedding, Edith plans for her and Gabriel to live in The Old House. Though her father-in-law Daniel refuses saying “If you want to be a Collins’, you must live in Collinwood”. (704)
c1830	Otis Greene is released from the insane asylum. (1123)
1830 	Harriet is killed by her husband Daniel Collins and thrown off Widows' Hill. Daniel upset over his actions, becomes senile and bed ridden. (The Crimson Pearl)
1839 	Joanna Mills dies. (1133)
1840 	Laura Murdoch Radcliffe is born. (154)
 	Jonah Collins is born. (614)
 	Julia Hoffman arrives from the year 1970. (1110)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Julia Hoffman is killed by a version of Barnabas Collins who never met her in the future. (1114)
 	Barnabas Collins arrives from the year 1970. (1116, 1117)
 	Desmond Collins returns to Collinsport with the disembodied head of Judah Zachery to give to Quentin Collins I. (1117)
 	Ben Stokes dies. (1118, 1119)
 	Otis Greene dies of a heart attack. (1124)
 	Judah Zachery takes possession of Gerard Stiles. (1142)
 	Daniel Collins dies. (1160)
 	VERSION 2: Edith Collins is killed by Gabriel Collins. (1186)
 	Gabriel Collins dies. (1191)
 	Samantha Drew Collins dies. (1193)
 	Desmond Collins shoots Gerard Stiles killing him, the head of Judah Zachery changes to a skull. (1197)
 	Angelique Bouchard Collins is killed by Lamar Trask. (1198)
 	Julia Hoffman and Barnabas Collins use the stairway into time to return to the future. (1198)
1841 	NEGATED EVENT: Gerard Stiles dies. (1076)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Daphne Harridge dies.
1846 	Abraham Howell is born. (819)
1847 	Minerva Trask is born. (788)
1851 	Construction begins on The Israel Washburn Tunnel. (The Last Stop)
1852 	Edward Collins is born. (Dress Me In Dark Dreams)
1853 	Judith Collins is born. (Dress Me In Dark Dreams)
1855 	Tad Collins is left alone for the summer in Collinwood. A circus comes to Collinsport. (Speak No Evil)
c1855	Ten year old Gregory Trask is adopted by Elias Trask. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1857 	George Washington Fuller is born. (The Last Stop)
1858 	Judith Collins wanders out of Collinwood, and sneaks into a deserted area on the beach. She almost dies of exposure, but a fisherman rescues her. She claims she saw the ghost of Josette Collins. (127)
1859 	Living in Massachusetts, Elias Trask marries Matilda Bentham. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1860 	Gregory Trask frames Matilda Bentham. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1861 	American civil war begins. Gregory and Elias Trask begin preaching in the western territories. (The Wicked and the Dead)
 	The Dark Lord delivers future versions of Angelique Bouchard Collins and Gregory Trask to a battlefield. (The Carrion Queen)
1863 	Jonah Collins dies. (614)
 	NEGATED TIMELINE: Gabriel Collins dies. (706)
1865 	Gregory and Elias Trask settle in Salina, KS. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1867 	Laura Murdoch Radcliffe is consumed by fire. (154)
1868 	Elias Trask dies. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1869 	Jenny Collins is born. (750)
1870 	Quentin Collins II is born. (695)
c1870	Gregory Trask leaves Salina as his church falls empty. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1871 	Gregory Trask leads a witch-hunt in Derby, CT. (The Wicked and the Dead)
1872 	Caleb Collins dies. His will stipulates that the Seaview property cannot be sold to someone outside the Collins family for 100 years. (335)
 	Anna Collins dies in a boating accident. (Bloodline)
1874 	Judith Collins discovers a sealed off ballroom in Collinwood and encounters Redmond Van Buren. (Dress Me In Dark Dreams)
1875 	Matteo dies. Days after his death, his grandson Johnny Romano has a dream about the legendary Hand of Count Petofi. (827)
1876 	Rachel Drummond is born.
 	Construction of The Israel Washburn Tunnel is completed. (The Last Stop)
1877 	Andreas strangles his wife. (827)
1879 	Thaddeus Collins dies. His portrait is hung in the west wing. (639)
1880 	Istvan fled after killing a Gypsy. He is later taken to trial and his tongue is cut off for punishment. (821)
1881 	Geoffrey Collins dies. (861, Bloodline)
1882 	Edith Collins travels to France to expand the Collins’ business, and finds a missing revolver which she keeps at Collinwood as part of her collection. (776)
 	Sandor travel’s around the world doing the knive throwing act, where he befriended aanother fellow Gypsy, Magda Rakosi. (701)
1885 	Garth Blackwood gets killed in Datmoor prison, because of some prisoners who are fed with his cruelty decided to hold a drawing over who will kill Blackwood, a man named Aristede is the chosen one. Aristede quickly dispatches Blackwood and escapes from Datmoor. While fumbling through the woods, He makes the acquaintance of a man named Count Petofi, who makes Aristede his unwilling servant. (877)
 	Jamison Collins is born.
c1886	Jade is murdered and at the Empire theatre, beginning her curse. (Old London Bridge)
1887 	Count Andreas Petofi travels to Martinique, on a mission for the Bureau Trade, he spend the Christmas there. (794)
 	Quentin Collins and Evan Hanley befriend each other, and became members of the same coven, through Hanley. (708)
1890 	Edith walks in on Evan Hanley and Quentin Collins practicing the occult. Edith call’s Hanley a “Shyster”. (708)
1891 	Quentin gets a gift from his brother Carl Collins for his 21st birthday. (865)
1892 	Jenny marries Quentin Collins, in a church. Sandor and Magda Rakosi live in The Old House by permisson of Edith Collins. (706)
1893 	Charles Delaware Tate makes the acquaintance of Count Petofi in the body of Eloise Verinder. (The Blind Painter)
1895 	Amanda Harris is created by Charles Delaware Tate from his painting.
 	George Washington Fuller dies of a heart attack. Two trains crash into each other inside the The Israel Washburn Tunnel. (The Last Stop)
 	Beth Chavez is employed at Collinwood, as the maid of Jenny Collins.
1896 	Simon Briar dies. (The Crimson Pearl)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire.
1897 	Abraham Howell dies. (819)
 	Lenore Collins and an unnamed twin brother are born.
 	Jenny Collins is locked in the Tower room. (716)
 	A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from the year 1969. (701)
 	VERSION 1: Edith Collins dies of old age. (706)
 	Jenny Collins is killed by Quentin Collins II. (748)
 	Magda Rakosi places a werewolf curse on Quentin Collins II to avenge the death of her sister Jenny Collins. (749)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire. (760)
 	Minerva Trask dies. (773)
 	Rachel Drummond dies. (776)
 	Carl Collins dies. (780)
 	Count Petofi causes Charity Trask to become possessed by the spirit of Pansy Faye. (804)
 	Charles Delaware Tate is commissioned by Count Petofi to paint a portrait of Quentin Collins II. It cures Quentin of the werewolf curse and makes him immortal. (804-834)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Beth Chavez kills Quentin Collins II. (836)
 	Beth Chavez jumps from Widows' Hill to her death. (876)
 	Gregory Trask is immured in Quentin's room by Judith Collins. (879)
 	The ghost of Carl Collins appears to Gregory Trask. (The Wicked and the Dead)
 	Gregory Trask commits suicide. (884, The Wicked and the Dead, The Carrion Queen)
 	Barnabas Collins follows Kitty Soames through the portrait of Josette Collins to 1796. (885)
1899 	Quentin Collins II visits New York and encounters the Skin Walkers. (The Skin Walkers)
==20th Century==
Year 	Event
1900 	Charity Trask spends an evening with a man named Cyrus, after babysitting Jamison and Nora Collins (Bloodline, Episode Twelve).
1901 	Ezra Julius Braithwaite dies. (684)
1906 	November: Quentin Collins II visits London where he meets Rosie Faye. (London's Burning)
1907 	October: Jack Hutchinson becomes insane and murders his family at Eagle Hill Cemetery. (Beyond the Grave)
1910 	Marie the Singing Gypsy mysteriously disappears during a fire. (The Eternal Actress)
1913 	Eric Lang is born. (543)
1914 	George Patterson is born.
1915 	Sam Evans is born. (530)
 	Charles Delaware Tate brings the crimson pearl back into existence. Ivanka Romano makes him blind. (The Blind Painter, The Crimson Pearl)
c1915	Chandres Tessier escapes the cult of the Blue Rose. (Blood Dance)
 	Loretta Lamar is killed when her car drove off a cliff. Helvetica Stanhope begins a career acting silent films. (The Eternal Actress)
1916 	Richard Garner is born.
1917 	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is born. (267)
c1917	
The East Wing of Collinwood is closed down. (2, 84) 
c1918	Quentin Collins II visits Paris. (Blood Dance)
1918 	Jason McGuire is born.
1920 	Paul Stoddard is born. (953)
 	Charles Delaware Tate lives alone in a sanatorium, Eloise Verinder pays him a visit. Charles' sight returns. (The Blind Painter)
1922 	The S. S. Raven Queen is built by Henry Mayfield of Portland, Maine. (The Phantom Bride)
1925 	Roger Collins is born. (267)
c1925	Catherine Collins dies. (A Collinwood Christmas) In A Collinwood Christmas it is implied that Catherine Collins died shortly after Roger Collins was born and that it has been 7 years since then.
 	Charlotte Howell comes to Collinsport. (The Book of Temptation)
1926 	Charlotte Howell becomes trapped by the book of temptation. (The Book of Temptation)
 	Ivanka Romano arrives at Collinwood with the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl) In The Crimson Pearl this is dated to 1916, however 1926 is the earliest point for this to occur as Roger Collins is stated to be alive. Producer Joseph Lidster has since confirmed the 1916 date to be a mistake in a thread on the forums at the Big Finish website (last accessed December 30, 2012):
*(referring to when A Collinwood Christmas is set) "We deliberately kept the date vague because we suspected we'd possibly made a mistake with the date in The Crimson Pearl. The dates in Dark Shadows are all a bit over the place but we do try and have them make sense as much as we can. My thinking is that the narrator in The Crimson Pearl made a mistake. Silly narrator."
c1926	Ivanka Romano takes up residence at the Old House. (A Collinwood Christmas)
1927 	Julia Hoffman is born.
1929 	Quentin Collins II visits Chicago, he becomes involved with Chandres Tessier and the Blue Rose cult. (Blood Dance)
1929 	Anne Covington dies on the eve of her wedding aboard the S. S. Raven Queen (The Phantom Bride)
c1929	Quentin Collins II returns to Collinwood. (Blood Dance)
1930 	S. S. Raven Queen is dry docked due to the Great Depression. It's owner Henry Mayfield commits suicide a few months later. (The Phantom Bride)
c1930	Burke Devlin is born (13).
c1932	Collinwood becomes overrun with ghosts. Jamison Collins and Ivanka Romano encounter the malevolent spirit of Redmond Van Buren. (A Collinwood Christmas)
1933 	Willie Loomis is born.
c1934	Jason McGuire is charged for smuggling, extortion and more in several different countries (269).
1935 	Elizabeth Collins is given an emerald pin encrusted with diamonds by her great-grandmother for her 18th birthday. (208)
c1936	Frank Garner is born. (97)
1937 	Bill Malloy strikes up a long-lasting freindship between Sam Evans. (40)
1938 	Roger Collins reads the The Rover Boys adventure books. (6)
1939 	The Collins' Vineyard in Malaga is disposed of. (214)
 	October: Hayden Delwith becomes insane and murders his wife at Eagle Hill Cemetery. He is confined to Windcliff Sanitarium. (Beyond the Grave)
1940 	Burke Devlin sneaks into Collinwood to search for ghost’s while wandering down the west wing. He is caught and spanked for breaking into someone’s home. (3
1941 	In war-torn London, Quentin Collins II reunites with the dying Rose Faye. (London's Burning, The Fall of the House of Trask)
 	Quentin Collins II takes refuge in an old museum and encounters John Cunningham. (The Creeping Fog)
 	Jamison Collins is bedridden due to ill health. (The Fall of the House of Trask)
 	Pansy Faye’s consciousness returns to Charity Trask. (The Poisoned Soul)
 	The Dark Lord returns Gregory Trask to Collinsport. (The Carrion Queen, The Poisoned Soul, The Fall of the House of Trask)
 	Gregory Trask exorcises Pansy Faye’s spirit from Charity Trask. Charity kills Gregory, and commits suicide by jumping from Widows' Hill; September: The son of the Dark Lord, Cyrus Longworth, is born; Megan Todd is born. (The Fall of the House of Trask)
1942 	Bill Malloy starts working as a deckhand for Elizabeth Collins Stoddard in the Collins Fishing Fleet and Cannery. (16, 50)
c1942	Sam Evans paints the portrait of Betty Hanscombe. (60)
1944 	Tom and Chris Jennings are born. (564)
c1945	Jaimson Collins dies.
 	Quentin Collins II travels to Germany and encounters Dr. Moloch. (Operation Victor)
1945 	Elizabeth Collins marries Paul Stoddard. After the marriage, Paul Stoddard] invites an unscrupulous con artist named Jason McGuire over at Collinwood. (271), (84) (202)
1946 	Victoria Winters is born. (379, 437)
 	Carolyn Stoddard is born. (267) In 267, Carolyn Stoddard's birth date is given as July 16, 1946, however in 5 and 29 it is stated that Carolyn was born 6 months after her father Paul Stoddard left Collinsport, the date of Paul's leaving is given as 1949. In 271, Paul speaks of having to put up with Carolyn for the last 2 years. In 507, Carolyn's tombstone is shows the following dates: Born: December 8, 1948, Died: July 15, 1968, however here it’s presented within the context of a dream so the birth date may not necessarily reflect reality, she doesn't die 1968 and lives on for many years after that point.
1947 	Paul Stoddard commissions Sam Evans to paint a portrait of him in the style and size of the Jeremiah Collins painting hanging above the Collinwood mantle (42).
c1948	Six-year-old Maggie Evans meets the Sandman. (Clothes of Sand)
1949 	Paul Stoddard leaves Collinsport. Jason McGuire makes Elizabeth Collins Stoddard think she killed Paul, he too leaves Collinsport. She becomes a recluse and fires all the servants. Matthew Morgan is employed as caretaker of Collinwood. (6, 197, 271, 272)
 	Victoria Winters begins receiving anonymous payments. (5, 34)
 	Paul Stoddard visits the The Blue Whale he makes a deal with Mr. Strak, and promises for him to have 20 years of good luck and fortune in return for his most precious possession ("900").
1950 	Matthew Morgan is almost killed. (16)
 	Amanda Harris encounters Gideon Wilder. (The Eternal Actress)
1951 	Bill Malloy hires a young Burke Devlin to work for him (45).
c1952	Willie Loomis stop's carrying his security blanket at the age of nineteen (207).
1952 	Ned Calder becames manager at the Collins Fishing Fleet and Cannery (39).
1953 	Carolyn starts a saving account at her mother’s bank in Bangor owned by John Harris. (44)
1955 	Construction begins on the new Collins Enterprises premises. (Blood Dance)
1957 	Whilst out driving, Roger Collins strikes and kills a pedestrian. Laura Murdoch and Burke Devlin are also inside the car. Sam Evans is a witness. (60, 61, 198-201)
 	Roger Collins frames Burke Devlin for manslaughter. He is sent to prison for 5 years. Burke swears revenge against the Collins family. (11, 19, 201)
 	Roger Collins marries Laura Murdoch. They leave Collinsport soon after and settle in Augusta. (10, 13, 124)
 	Sam Evans' wife dies. (199)
1958 	David Collins is born. (32)
 	October: Reports of rotting fish at Eagle Hill Cemetery prompt a health inspection. (Beyond the Grave)
1962 	Burke Devlin is released from jail after 5 years. (11)
 	Richard Garner’s brother dies. (92)
 	Maggie Evans begins working at the Collinsport Inn. (123)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins becomes mentally unstable and is committed to an asylum. (132)
c1963	Willie Loomis and Jason McGuire visit Singapore and later Jamaica. (Echoes of Insanity)
1965 	Chris Jennings transforms into a werewolf for the first time. (676)
1966 	Laura Murdoch Collins is released from the mental asylum, she moves to Phoenix, Arizona. (153)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire in Phoenix, Arizona. (137, 138)
 	The parents of Tom, Chris and Amy Jennings die. (627)
 	Sabrina Stuart witnesses Chris Jennings transform into a werewolf, causing her to enter into a state of shock. (692, 698)
 	Victoria Winters and Burke Devlin arrive in Collinsport. (1)
 	Bill Malloy is found dead. (50)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins returns to Collinsport for her son David. (123)
 	Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire. (192)
 	Jason McGuire arrives in Collinsport. (193)
 	Roger Collins confesses he was responsible for killing the man who Burke Devlin went to prison for. (201)
 	Willie Loomis releases vampire Barnabas Collins from his chained coffin. (210)
 	Maggie Evans encounters the Sandman whilst at Windcliff Sanitarium. (Clothes of Sand)
 	Jason McGuire is strangled to death by Barnabas Collins. (275)
1968 	Burke Devlin dies in a plane crash. (345)
 	A séance is held that transports Victoria Winters back in time to 1795 and causes time in the present to suspend. (365)
 	Victoria Winters returns from 1796 and time in present resumes. (461)
 	Angelique Bouchard visits Willie Loomis during his time at Windcliff (Echoes of Insanity)
 	Angelique Bouchard arrives at Collinwood under the guise of Cassandra Collins, Roger Collins’ newly-wed. (473)
 	Eric Lang is killed by Angelique Bouchard Collins. (486, 543)
 	Julia Hoffman conducts an experiment which cures Barnabas Collins by transferring the vampire curse into an artificial being named Adam. (490)
 	Sam Evans dies. (518, 530)
 	Nicholas Blair, Cassandra Collins’ ‘brother’, arrives at Collinwood. (521, 522)
 	Nicholas Blair punishes Angelique Bouchard Collins by turning her into a vampire. (548, 549)
 	Tom Jennings is attacked by vampire Angelique Bouchard Collins and dies. He rises as a vampire. (564)
1969 	January: Chris Jennings arrives in Collinsport. (627)
 	Tom Jennings is consumed by flames. (631)
 	The ghost of Quentin Collins II haunts Collinwood. (646-700)
 	Peter Bradford arrives from 1796 takes Victoria Winters back with him. (650)
 	Barnabas Collins returns to 1796 in order to save Victoria Winters from being hanged for witchcraft. (661-666)
 	Barnabas Collins uses the I-Ching to travel in time to 1897. (700, 701)
 	Quentin Collins II becomes trapped within a gramophone, it causes him to lose his memory. Upon his escape, he assumes the identity of Grant Douglas. (The Haunted Refrain)
 	Barnabas Collins returns from the past under the control of the Leviathans. (889)
 	Barnabas Collins hits a strange man with his car; he looks like Quentin Collins II. The stranger's name is Grant Douglas. (904, 905)
1970 	Charles Delaware Tate is attacked and killed by a werewolf. (922)
 	After seeing the portrait of Quentin Collins II, Grant Douglas realizes that he is Quentin. (932)
 	Paul Stoddard is killed by the Leviathans. (933)
 	Jeb Hawkes turns Barnabas Collins back into a vampire for being disloyal to the Leviathan cause. (950)
 	Megan Todd is killed. (971)
 	Jeb Hawkes is pushed off Widows' Hill and killed. (980)
 	Chris Jennings leaves Collinsport with Sabrina Stuart and Amy Jennings. Chris and Sabrina marry. Chris is found dead.(1075, The Enemy Within)
 	The ghost of Gerard Stiles haunts Collinwood. (1077-1109)
 	Sebastian Shaw drives an imperiled Maggie Evans to Windcliff Sanitarium. Whilst there Sebastian becomes erratic is also admitted. (1108, Dreaming of the Water)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Gerard Stiles kills David Collins and Hallie Stokes. Gerard summons zombies back to life to destroy Collinwood. (1109)
 	The stairway into time appears. Julia Hoffman uses it to travel to 1840. (1109)
 	Barnabas Collins uses the I-Ching to travel in time to 1840. (1113)
1971 	Julia Hoffman and Barnabas Collins return from 1840 using the stairway into time. They find that everything is normal and the Collins' family destiny is saved. (1198)
 	Quentin Collins II leaves Collinsport in mysterious circumstances; Maggie returns from Windcliff during the summer and is dismissed from the Collins' employ; David Collins is sent to boarding school; November: Nathan Hawkins arrives in Collinsport. (The Ghost Watcher)
1973 	Dr. Gretchen Warwick comes to Collinwood. (Curse of the Pharaoh)
 	Disgraced minister Reverend Hartswood begins retirement as the new caretaker of the Eagle Hill Cemetery. (Kingdom of the Dead)
 	Tony Peterson attends a party hosted by his client, millionaire Harrison Pierce, he encounters witch Cassandra Collins. (The Death Mask)
 	Carolyn Stoddard discovers the crimson pearl in the east wing of Collinwood; Quentin Collins II briefly returns to Collinsport and imprisons the crimson pearl in the ocean. (The Crimson Pearl)
 	Tony Peterson is summoned to New Orleans by Cassandra Collins who has been arrested for murder. (The Voodoo Amulet)
 	Gerald Conway stays at Seaview and becomes possessed by the spirit of Nicholas Blair. (The House By The Sea)
 	Tony Peterson is summoned once more to assist Cassandra Collins, who has attempted to steal the sacred bracelet of narack. A theft which results in their capture by a sinister cult. (The Last Stop)
 	July: Sabrina Jennings moves to Bangor and becomes the new neighbor of Cyrus Longworth. (The Enemy Within)
 	Amy Jennings visits Saratoga Springs. (The Lucifer Gambit)
 	Sebastian Shaw encounters Laurie Norris whilst receiving treatment at Windcliff sanitarium. (Dreaming of the Water)
 	A serial killer strikes in Collinsport. (Beneath the Veil)
 	Jonah Rooney arrives from Parallel Time to avenge the death of his parents. (The Flip Side)
 	October: Tony Peterson and Cassandra Collins investigate a series of mysterious deaths aboard the S. S. Raven Queen. (The Phantom Bride)
 	A paranormal television series, investigating the legend of Jack Hutchinson, broadcasts live from Collinsport; Hayden Delwith dies of a heart attack. (Beyond the Grave)
c1973	David Collins begins medical studies. (Kingdom of the Dead)
c1977	Mr. Strix sends the Collins family into hiding, with Barnabas Collins dying at his hands; Collins Enterprises ceases trading; Lost people stalk Collinwood soon afterwards. (The House of Despair)
c1979	Ed and Susan Griffin take over the Blue Whale after an accident forces Ed to retire from his job at Collins Enterprises; David Collins arrives incognito at Windcliff sanitarium. (Kingdom of the Dead)
1982 	Quentin Collins II returns to Collinsport (The House of Despair)
1983 	The Lorelei comes to Collinsport. (The Rage Beneath)
 	Seraph escapes from The Underworld; Carolyn Stoddard and David Collins return to Collinsport; Quentin Collins II and Barnabas Collins leave town; Jessica Griffin arrives in town. (Kingdom of the Dead)
1984 	Julia Hoffman returns to Collinwood. Amy Jennings and David Collins announce their engagement. Several members of the Collins family are sent back in time. Barnabas reclaims his true body. (Bloodline)
1985 	Angelique Collins begins a self-imposed exile near Collinsport. (The Path of Fate)
1990 	The stairway of Isiah Mason appears at Collinwood. Angelique Bouchard Collins is reclaimed by Diablos. (The Path of Fate)
1995 	NEGATED EVENT: Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman arrive from 1970. They find that Collinwood has been destroyed and the Collins family is either dead or insane. (1061)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Sarah Johnson dies. (1064)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Carolyn Stoddard dies. (1068)
 	NEGATED EVENT: Timothy Eliot Stokes dies. (1070)
 	Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman use the stairway into time to return to 1970. (1070)
 	Barnabas Collins is haunted by the ghost of Celeste. (The Night Whispers)
==21st Century==
Year	Event
2003	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard dies, family and close friends gather at Collinwood for a séance to contact her spirit. (Return to Collinwood) Producer Joe Lidster confirmed that Return to Collinwood is set within the same continuity as established by the Big Finish audio plays in a thread on the forums at the Big Finish website (last accessed October 23, 2013):
*"While I'm producing Dark Shadows (and it could change if someone else takes over) the TV series, the Big Finish audios and Return To Collinwood are set in the same Universe. Everything else takes place in different parallel time bands."
== Parallel Time ==
Year 	Event
1680 	Amanda Collins, Constance Collins and James Forsythe are killed by Brutus Collins. Brutus sets a curse on Collinwood, only people capable surviving a night in the locked room will be worthy of the Collins family name. (1231)
1770 	Barnabas Collins is born. (1010)
1814 	Claude North is born. (1047)
1830 	Barnabas Collins dies. (1010)
1840 	Lamar Trask enters the Parallel Time room and dies. (1198)
1841 	Gabriel Collins dies. (1237)
 	Daphne Harridge dies. (1238)
 	Bramwell Collins and Catherine Harridge survive the ghost of Brutus Collins’ attempts to destroy them. Brutus declares that they have won and the family curse is broken. (1245)
 	Morgan Collins dies. (1245)
 	Bramwell Collins becomes the new master of Collinwood, he and Catherine Harridge are married. (1245)
1866 	Claude North dies. (1047)
1926 	Ivanka Romano enters the Parallel Time room and gives the Crimson Pearl to her parallel counterpart. (The Crimson Pearl)
1939 	Angelique Stokes Collins is born. (987)
1942 	Quentin Collins is born.
1947 	Angelique’s mother marries Timothy Stokes after her husband’s death.
c1955	Quentin Collins proposes to Angelique Stokes. (The Crimson Pearl)
1969 	Angelique Stokes Collins is murdered. (987)
1970 	Barnabas Collins enters the Parallel Time room. (980)
 	William Loomis confronts Barnabas Collins at his coffin with a cross and chains him in with plans to write a new book. (982)
 	Alexis Stokes, Angelique’s twin sister, arrives at Collinwood. (984, 985)
 	Cyrus Longworth creates a potion that that causes him to transform into the evil John Yaeger. (988)
 	Alexis Stokes goes to her sister's coffin, when she touches the body Angelique awakens and switches places with Alexis. (1000, 1001)
 	John Yaeger is killed, it is discovered he is really Cyrus Longworth. (1035)
 	Julia Hoffman enters the Parallel Time room and accidentally kills her parallel counterpart. (1036)
 	William Loomis jumps to his death from the Collinwood tower room. (1045)
 	Carolyn Loomis is killed by Roger Collins. (1049)
 	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is killed by Roger Collins. (1053)
 	Roger Collins is killed by Angelique Stokes Collins. (1055)
 	Angelique Stokes Collins loses consciousness and dies. (1056)
 	Timothy Stokes sets fire to Collinwood to avenge Angelique’s death. Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman become trapped in the Parallel Time room; it sends them back to their own time band. (1060)
1973 	Jonah Rooney transcends Parallel Time with aid of a mysterious coin. (The Flip Side) This entry covers the various Parallel Time’s witnessed by Jonah Rooney. This includes:
*The Parallel Time in which Jonah originates, here he discovered the coin capable of transcending Parallel Time.
*The Parallel Time where Carolyn Stoddard made the decision to aid the Leviathans, resulting in the end of civilization transforming the world into a desert.
*The Parallel Time where Carolyn married Will Loomis. This alludes to the version seen from 969 to 1060.
*The Parallel Time where Carolyn became a vampire. This alludes to the film House of Dark Shadows.
*The Parallel Time where Carolyn became a werewolf. This alludes to the film Dark Shadows (2012).
*The Parallel Time visited by Jonah and Carolyn, here Jonah kills a parallel counterpart of Carolyn.
== The Underworld==
Year	Event
1796	Angelique Bouchard Collins and Josette DuPres Collins are put on trial by the Dark Lord. (Final Judgement)
 	Josette Collins escapes the Dark Lord’s realm. (The Lost Girl)
1897	The Dark Lord destroys the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl)
1968	Angelique Bouchard Collins appears before Diablos. (628)
 	Diablos instructs Nicholas Blair to sacrifice Maggie Evans on the black alter in order for them to be together in hell. (629)
1970	Quentin Collins II and Amanda Harris attempt to escape from Mr. Best’ domain. Amanda is killed by falling rocks. (932-934)
1983	Barnabas Collins and Quentin Collins II encounter Seraph. (Kingdom of the Dead)
==Notes==
==Episode dating==
===Broadcast dates===
*1966: 1 to 135
*1967: 136 to 395
*1968: 396 to 657
*1969: 658 to 917
*1970: 918 to 1179/1180
*1971: 1181 to 1245
===On-screen dates=== 
*1680PT: 1231
*1692: 1140
*1795: 365 to 404, 610
**In 366, the present date is given as November 20th, 1795. Also, it is stated that Barnabas Collins and Josette DuPres' wedding is planned exactly 1 month from today, i.e December 20th, 1795. In 380, Natalie DuPres wants to bring the date of the wedding forward, suggesting the year is still 1795.
*1796: 405 to 461, 623, 626, 661 to 666, 885 to 886
**In 419, March 2nd is stated to be one month away. This is the first indication that the year has changed to 1796, an arbitrary point sometime before this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line. In 512, the date of Nathan Forbes’s death is given as taking place on March 31st, 1796, originally seen to occur in 460.
*1840: 1109 to 1198
*1840PT: 1186 to 1210
**In 1210, the year is given as 1840 for the last time.
*1841PT: 1211 to 1245
**In 1234, the year is given as 1841 for the first time.
*1949: 271 to 272, 900
*1897: 701 to 885, 922, 938
*1967: 1 to 304, 584, 588, 698
**In 157, the present year is given for the first time as 1967. A date of October 26th, 1967 is given in 189.
*1968: 305 to 365, 461 to 619
**In 461, the present year is given as 1968. A date of April 3rd is given in 463, suggesting that 1968 began before Victoria was transported to 1795, as time in the present was held in suspension whilst she was in 1795/6. 287 is the last time the present year given as 1967, an arbitrary point shortly after this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line.
*1969: 620 to 622, 624 to 661, 666 to 701, 815, 835 to 837, 873, 887 to 917 
**In 671, Elizabeth birthday is stated to be that day. In 267, Elizabeth’s birthday was given as February 28th, meaning 671 takes place on February 28th, 1969. In, 673, it is stated that Chris Jennings arrived in Collinsport 2 months ago. Chris' first on-screen appearance is in 627, suggesting 1969 began at some point shortly before that episode, an arbitrary point shortly before this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line.
*1970: 918 to 980, 1002 to 1003, 1007 to 1008, 1012, 1031 to 1032, 1035, 1052, 1070 to 1109, 1113 to 1114
*1970PT: 969 to 971, 975 to 1060
*1971: 1198
*1995: 1060 to 1070
==See also==
*Chronology (original series): A time-line covering the continuity of the original televised series
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