Timeline

This page contains a chronological timeline of all the events featured or mentioned during the TV show, *This Is Us*.

## 1900s

### 1906

* Nathan Katowsky is born in **1906** or **1907**.
* Jack's grandfather arrives in New York.

## 1940s

* William's father dies during **World War II**.
* William Hill is born.

### 1944

* Jack Pearson is born on **August 31, 1944**.

### 1948

* Nicky Pearson is born on **October 18, 1948**.

## 1950s

### 1950

* Rebecca Pearson, née Malone, is born on **February 2, 1950.**

## 1960s

### 1969

* Nicky is drafted into the Army on **December 1, 1969**.
* Dave Malone watches **Super Bowl III** on TV, while a teenage Rebecca is seen, on **January 12, 1969**.
* Jack and Nicky spend their last Thanksgiving together on **November 27, 1969**.

## 1970s

* Nicky and Jack join the army for Vietnam War in **1970**.

### 1972

* Jack meets Rebecca and they have their first date on **December 23, 1972**.
	+ Jack is **28** as of Nine Bucks.

### 1973

* Jack and Rebecca travel to Los Angeles in **1973**.

### 1976

* Jack and Rebecca get married on **May 16, 1976**.
* Toby Damon is born in **1976**.

### 1978

* William meets Laurel in **1978** or **1979**.
* Dorothy Hill dies in **1978** or **1979**.

### 1979

* Caroline dies in **1979**.
* Lisa Clarke is born.
* Renee Clarke is born.
* Unnamed Clarke sister is born.

## 1980s

### 1980

* The triplets are conceived during Super Bowl XIV on **January 20, 1980**.
* Kevin Pearson is born on **August 31, 1980**.
* Kate Pearson is born on **August 31, 1980**.
* Kyle Pearson is born and dies on **August 31, 1980**.
* Randall Pearson is born on **August 1980**.
* Beth Pearson, née Clarke, is born.
* Sophie is born.
* Rebecca meets William in **1980**.
* William starts his sobriety in either **1980** or **1981**.

### 1981

* The Big Three take their first steps, and Randall says his first words in **1981**.

### 1982

* Jack takes a desk job in **1982** or **1983**.

### 1987

* Madison Simons is born on **March 6, 1987**.

### 1988

* Kevin meets Sophie during elementary school in **1988** or **1989**.
* Shauna is born in **1988** or **1989**.

### 1989

* Rebecca reconnects with William in **1989**.
* Randall starts private school in **1989**.
* The Pearsons start their Thanksgiving tradition on **November 23, 1989**.
* Kate gets an appendectomy on **December 24, 1989**.

## 1990s

### 1990

* Stanley Pearson dies in **1990**.
* Randall discovers the truth about Kyle on **October 31, 1990**.

### 1992

* Jack sees Nicky for the last time in **February 1992**.

### 1996

* Jack breaks his sobriety on **February 14, 1996**.

### 1997

* Jack starts AA in **1997**; his sobriety continues for at least **six months**.
* Kevin shatters his knee during high school in **1997**.
* Nathan meets Anne and gets married.

### 1998

* The Pearson family house catches on fire after their crockpot shot circuits and starts to burn the house down .
* The Brooks family is in a horrific car accident. Their youngest, Marcus, life hangs in the balance. While waiting to have his burns checked, Jack runs into the father in the break room and passed on the lesson about life, lemons and lemonade .
* Jack dies on **January 26, 1998**.

* The Big Three graduate in **May 1998**.
* Randall meets Beth during college in **1998**.

### 1999

* Kevin and Sophie get married and move to New York in **1999**.
* Kate meets Marc in **early 1999**; they begin a relationship.
* Kevin has his first appearance on *Days of Our Lives* in **1999.**
	+ Rebecca is **49** as of A Hell of a Week: Part One, Part 2 and Part 3.
* Kate ends her relationship with Marc in **1999**.
* Rebecca, Randall, and Beth go to New York to see Kevin in **1999**.

## 2000s

### 2005

* Deja is born in **2005**.
	+ Shauna is **16** as of This Big Amazing Beautiful Life.
* Randall and Beth get married in **2005**.
* Kevin and Sophie get divorced in **2005** or **2006**.

### 2008

* Tess Pearson is born on **October 31, 2008**.
* Rebecca opens a Facebook account and reconnects with Miguel in **November 2008**.

## 2010s

### 2010

* Annie Pearson is born in **2010** or **2011**.
* Rebecca and Miguel get married.
* Sometime in the late 2010’s maybe early 2020’s Marcus Brooks is working in a research lab on how to cure cancer. The drugs aren’t working and funding has tried up. His siblings remind him to remember what their said about the lemons and looking for the opportunities to turn them into lemonade .

### 2013

* Kevin starts working on *The Manny* in **2013** or **2014**.

### 2016

* The Big Three turn **36** on **August 31, 2016**.
	+ William is **62**.
	+ Randall meets William in **August 2016**.
	+ Kate meets Toby in **August 2016**.
	+ Kevin quits his job in **August 2016**.
* The Big Three's 2016 storyline takes place on **September 3**, three days after the events of Pilot.
* William breaks his **thirty-year** sobriety in **2016**.
* Toby suffers a heart attack and undergoes heart surgery in **December 2016**.

### 2017

* Kevin reconnects with Sophie in **2017**.
* William dies in **February 2017**.
* Randall quits his job at Hartman Drake in **2017**.
* Kevin returns for *The Manny*’s 100th episode in **2017**.
* Kevin becomes addicted to painkillers in **2017**.
* Deja arrives at Randall and Beth's house in **2017**.
* McKinley High School homecoming reunion takes place in **November 2017**.
* Kevin attends rehab during **winter of 2017-2018**.

### 2018

* Kate and Toby get married in **2018**.
* Randall and Beth formally adopt Deja in **fall 2018**.
* Tess comes out in **November 2018**.

### 2019

* Randall becomes city council in Philadelphia on **January 2019**.
* The Big Three and Rebecca meet Nicky in **early** **2019**.
* Jack Damon is born on **March 5, 2019**.
* Kate and Toby decide to adopt on **March 5, 2019**.
* Randall, Beth, and their daughters move to Philadelphia in **summer 2019**.
* The Pearsons celebrate their first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia in **November 2019**..

## 2020s

### 2020

* Rebecca receives a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment on **January 11, 2020.**
	+ Rebecca is **70** as of Light and Shadows.
* Claire, Sophie's mom, dies in **early 2020**.
	+ Madison is **33** as of A Hell of a Week: Part One, Part 2 and Part 3.
* Randall starts to attend therapy in **2020**.
* Rebecca is diagnosed with Alzheimer's at **70**, in **2020**.
* *Stairs to Nowhere*'s (Kevin's film) premiere in New York takes place in **spring 2020.**
* Madison Simons tells Kevin about her pregnancy in **spring 2020.**
	+ Kevin and Madison Simons get engaged in **spring 2020**.
	+ Jack Damon is **one year old** as of Strangers: Part Two.
* The Big Three's **40th birthday** takes place on **August 31, 2020.**
	+ Rebecca got lost and found.

### 2021

* Hailey Damon, Nicholas Pearson and Frances Pearson are born in **winter 2020/21**.
* Nicky embarks on his first flight since 1971, and meets his niece and nephew.
* Kevin and Madison do not marry and break up. They continue co-parenting.
* Nicky, Rebecca, and Miguel go on a road trip to meet Sally Brooks. Nicky reconnects with Sally, but moves on and meets Edie a while after.
* Between here and 2025/2026, Nicky and Edie marry.
* 10th wedding anniversary of Rebecca and Miguel as of Saturday in the Park.
* Jack Damon gets his scar as of Saturday in the Park.
* Toby moves back to LA as of Saturday in the Park.

### 2023

* Two year anniversary of Hailey Damon, Nicky and Franny Pearson as of Katoby.
* Kate Pearson and Toby Damon decide to divorce as of Katoby.

### 2026

* Kate Pearson and Philip's engagement party as of Katoby.
* Madison Simons is pregnant as of Katoby.

## 2030s

### 2033

* Rebecca dies, aged 82/83.
* The Pearsons gather to have a funeral for Rebecca.
* Deja is approximately 28, Tess 25, and Annie 22/23.
* Jack Damon is approximately 14, Hailey 12.
* Nick and Franny are approximately 12.
* Beth is approximately 51.
* Toby is approximately 55.
* Nicky is approximately 85.
* Kevin, Kate, and Randall are approximately 51.

## 2040s

* Jack Damon meets Lucy.
* Jack and Lucy get married.
* Jack and Lucy's daughter Hope Damon is born.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Game Plan (Season 1, Episode 05)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pilot (Season 1, Episode 01)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Memphis (Season 1, Episode 16)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vietnam (Season 3, Episode 04)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Light and Shadows (Season 4, Episode 10)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 So Long, Marianne (Season 4, Episode 9)
7. ↑ Nine Bucks (Season 3, Episode 01)
8. ↑ The Big Three (Season 1, Episode 02)
9. ↑ Sometimes (Season 3, Episode 07)
10. ↑ Kyle (Season 1, Episode 03)
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life (Season 2, Episode 17)
12. ↑ Forty: Part One
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Number One (Season 2, Episode 08)
14. ↑ Number Two (Season 2, Episode 09)
15. ↑ Number Three (Season 2, Episode 10)
16. ↑ Pilgrim Rick (Season 1, Episode 09)
17. ↑ Last Christmas (Season 1, Episode 10)
18. ↑ Brothers (Season 1, Episode 05)
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 The 20's (Season 2, Episode 06)
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Songbird Road (Part 1) (Season 3, Episode 11)
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 A Manny-Splendored Thing (Season 2, Episode 02)
22. ↑  (Season 2, Episode13)
23. ↑ The Train (Season 6, Episode 17)
24. ↑ Super Bowl Sunday (Season 2, Episode 14)
25. ↑ The Graduates (Season 3, Episode 14)
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 R & B (Season 3, Episode 17)
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Flip a Coin (Season 4, Episode 04)
28. ↑ Storybook Love (Season 4, Episode 05)
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 A Hell of a Week: Part Two (Season 4, Episode 12)
30. ↑ The Cabin (Season 4, Episode 14)
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 New York, New York, New York (Season 4, Episode 16)
32. ↑ The Train (Season 6 episode 17)
33. ↑ The Big Three (Season 1, Episode 2)
34. ↑ The Right Thing to Do (Season 1, Episode 11)
35. ↑ Three Sentences (Season 1, Episode 13)
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Déjà Vu (Season 2, Episode 03)
37. ↑ The Most Disappointed Man (Season 2, Episode 07)
38. ↑ The Fifth Wheel (Season 2, Episode 11)
39. ↑ The Wedding (Season 2, Episode 18)
40. ↑ Nine Bucks (Season 3, Episode 01)
41. ↑ The Beginning is the End is The Beginning (Season 3, Episode 9)
42. ↑ The Last Seven Weeks (Season 3, Episode 10)
43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Don't Take My Sunshine Away (Season 3, Episode 16)
44. ↑ Her (Season 3, Episode 18)
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Strangers (Season 4, Episode 01)
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Clouds (Season 4, Episode 15)
47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 Strangers: Part Two (Season 4, Episode 18)
48. ↑ Forty: Part One and Forty: Part Two (Season 5, Episode 1 & 2)

## Errors

1. According to Pilot, William was 62 as of 2016, which means he was born in 1954; but according to Memphis, he was born some time after his father died in the war, during the 1940s.