Timeline

## 15th Century

### 1423

Aztec explorers reach modern Nuevo Paraiso and found an outpost where Escalera is now located

## 16th Century

### 1567

The Spanish colonize what is modern Nuevo Paraiso and New Austin

* The Escalera Aztecs are massacred
* Two conquistadors find a mysterious mask in a crypt under the city however they leave it due to a voice they believe was the Virgin Mary.
	+ One of the conquistadors draws two maps, one being a decoy and the other leading to the mask.

## 17th Century

### 1643

English colonists land in modern East Elizabeth

## 18th Century

### 1720

The French land in Lemoyne and found Saint Denis as the capital of the region

### 1726

Settlers from East Elizabeth reach West Elizabeth and begin to colonize but are separated from the East due to attacks from the French and the Natives

### 1729

North Elizabeth is founded by settlers from West Elizabeth

### 1745

Ross Gray begins informing the British Government on the Jacobite Rebellion

### 1755

The Gray Family leaves Scotland after the Jacobites began hunting down British Loyalists and settle in Scarlett Meadows in Lemoyne

### 1763

The Seven Years War ends

* France cedes Roanoke Ridge to Great Britain and cedes the rest of New Hanover, Lemoyne, and Ambarino to Spain
* Spain funds expeditions to their new territories

### 1775

The Revolutionary War begins

* East Elizabeth joins the other American Colonies in rebelling

### 1779

The Braithwaites leave England and settle in Scarlett Meadows

### 1783

The Revolutionary War ends

* Great Britain cedes Roanoke Ridge to the United States
* Great Britain cedes West and North Elizabeth to Spain

## 19th Century

### 1800

Spain cedes Lemoyne, New Hanover, Ambarino, North, and West Elizabeth to France as part of the Louisiana Territory

### 1803

France sells Louisiana to the United States

### 1806

Douglas Gray and Lucille Braithwaite fall in love and steal money from their families in order to fund the aboltion of slavery

* The Grays and Braithwaites believe the other family robbed them and begin a blood feud

### 1819

The Bear Mountain Indian War occurs

* A settlement in North Elizabeth is massacred by the Black Elk
* A mob of settlers begin killing all the natives in the area
* The Black Elk and the Red Wolf unite to fight the settlers
* The United States Army is deployed to fight the natives

### 1821

Josiah Blackwater founds the town of Blackwater

The Mexican War of Independence ends

* Nuevo Paraiso joins the rest of Mexico

### 1823

Mexico allows Americans to settle in modern Hennigan’s Stead

Esther Sinclair is born

### 1824

The First Wapiti-American War occurs

Edgar Shelton is born

Seth Trice is born

Amelia Eaves is born

### 1826

January 17th: Griffon Dillard is born

June 18th: Quincy T. Harris

### 1830

February 26th: Daren Johnson is born

August 7th: Nate Harlow was born

### 1832

The Red Wolf and Black Elk tribes are forced onto reservations on Bear Mountain

The Wapiti are forced onto a reservation in Ambarino

### 1833

The Bear Claw tribe is forced onto a reservation in Tall Trees

### 1834

August 3rd: Jack Swift is born

Judith Johnston is born

### 1837

American settlers, inspired by the Texas Revolution, in Hennigan’s Stead revolt against the Mexicans and cristen the region as New Austin

* The revolt is crushed and all Americans are banished from the region

### 1842

Nate Harlow moves to North Elizabeth

* Harlow forms a connection with the Red Wolf tribe and is granted permission to mine for gold from both Chief Running Moon and the Governor of North Elizabeth

Belle Finch dies of Cholera

### 1844

May 9th: Hosea Matthews is born

August 12th: Angelo Bronte is born

Zeke Gillis is born in Georgia

Sisika Penitentiary is founded off the coast of Saint Denis

### 1845

Colm O’Driscoll is born

Josiah Blackwater dies from alcohol poisoning in Saint Denis

Griffon Dillard and Nate Harlow meet and share the Bear Mountain Stake

Mexico sells New Austin to the United States

* New Austin is annexed

### 1846

May 17th: Leopold Strauss is born

The Mexican-American War begins

* The Battle of Fort Mercer is fought
	+ Mexican troops, lead by General Javier Diego, ambush American troops, lead by Captain Peter Riley
	+ Riley and his men are forced to retreat to Fort Mercer
	+ Diego and his troops fail to capture the Fort

### 1847

November 30th: Nathan Smith, also known as Buffalo Soldier, is born

Mickey Jonas was born

The Battle of Rio Bravo is fought

* General Javier Diego destroys Frontera Bridge
	+ Jose is killed by American soldiers
	+ Juan is killed by American soldiers
* The United States Army is forced to retreat
	+ Seth Trice dies from a gunshot wound
* Javier Diego meets Griffon Dillard and they become partners
* Diego’s army deserts and moves to North Elizabeth where it becomes the Renegade Army

### 1848

The Mexican-American War ends

July 22nd: Hannah Chilcott dies from unknown causes

### 1849

April 9th: Uncle is born

August 7th: Amelia Eaves dies from Cholera

August 14th: Orville Swanson is born

### 1850

Pinkerton National Detective Agency is founded

### 1851

Ben Calloway is born

Hoover Cowan is born

Dwight Bundy is born

### 1852

Delilah Gaskell is born

David Purvis is born

Approximate birth year of an unknown man from Tumbleweed

Henrietta Feany dies

### 1855

July 9th: Martin Kelley is born

October 25th: Dutch van der Linde is born

Hector Barlow is born

Mabel Bryars is born

### 1856

Ulysses Howard is born

Murtel Purvis is born

Rosie Tenerton is born

### 1857

February 2nd: Judith Johnston dies of unknown causes

June 19th: Red Harlow is born

* Nate Harlow is banished from the Red Wolf tribe for secretly marrying and Falling Star
	+ Nate is allowed to mine but can stay in Red Wolf land for more than a week at a time

Elenora Riddick is born

Clinton Underwood is born

Juan Calomarde is born

### 1858

May 8th: Shadow Wolf is born

August 4th: Simon Pearson is born

October 4th: Susan Grimshaw is born

Dorothy Hewitt is born

Alberto de la Fuente is born

Herbert Forth is born

### 1860

April 9th: Leigh Johnson is born

October 13th: Micah Bell III is born

A Fenian uprising in Galway, Ireland occurs

Ira Somers is born

Pearl Palmer is born

### 1861

February 10th: Andrew Milton was born in New York City

March 20th: Edgar Ross was born St. Louis

Billy West and Annabel West marry

The American Civil War begins

* Lemoyne and New Austin secede from the Union

A slave named Elijah is killed by Jeremiah Compson

### 1862

Nate Harlow joins the Union Army

The North Elizabeth Militia defeated the New Austin Raiders

### 1863

January 17th: Arthur Morgan is born

March 30th: Major Hobart H. Crawley leads the Confederates in a failed battle

May 8th: General Quincy T. Harris massacres a Union garrison at Fort Brennand

* First Lieutenant Ronald Alger is executed by the Confederates

October 23rd: Annie Stoakes is born

The Battle of Gettysburg occurs

* Markus van der Linde dies in battle

### 1864

August 24th: Esther Sinclair dies

The Battle of Scarlett Meadows occurs

* The Confederate Army under the command of General Quincy T. Harris repels the Union attack
* Private Garfield is executed by the Confederates for desertion

### 1865

The Siege of Saint Denis occurs

* General Quincy T. Harris escapes into the Bayou to avoid capture
* Harris’ men are captured

The American Civil War ends

* The Confederacy rejoins the Union

Curtis Malloy was born

Edgar and Lila Shelton die from a lightning bolt

### 1866

March 20th: Bill Williamson is born

September 13th: Georgia Dobbs dies from a falling tree

Quincy T. Harris re emerges from the bayou and is arrested for treason, he is later acquitted

### 1867

Mary Gillis-Linton was born in Georgia

The Second Wapiti War occurs

### 1872

Nate Harlow and Griffon Dillard strike a large gold vein in Bear Mountain

Griffon reports to Javier Diego

Daren Johnson organizes a raid of Broken Creek

* Nate Harlow and Falling Star are killed
* Red Harlow escapes after shooting off Daren’s arm

### 1873

John Marston was born in Illinois

* Annie Bridges dies in childbirth

### 1874

Dutch van der Linde meets Hosea Matthews

Charles Smith was born in Indian Territory

The Lemoyne Raiders are founded

### 1875

Javier Escuella was born in Nuevo Paraiso

Molly O’Shea was born in Dublin

### 1876

Karen Jones was born in Colorado

Sam Odessa was born

Griffon Dillard becomes Governor of North Elizabeth

Francisco Ramirez Torres become President of Mexico after a coup

### 1877

The Van der Linde Gang founded

* Arthur Morgan and Susan Grimshaw join

Abigail Marston was born in Missouri

Vincente de Santa was born in Escalera

Norman Deek was born

### 1878

Sean MacGuire was born in Donegal

The Boy was born

### 1880

Lenny Summers was born in Mississippi

Mary-Beth Gaskill was born in Michigan

Tilly Jackson was born in Louisiana

### 1881

Glenn Marston dies in a bar fight near Chicago, leaving John an orphan

Walton Lowe was born

Jack Hall is killed in New Hanover

* The Jack Hall Gang is disbanded

### 1883

September 4th: Agnes Dowd commits a murder-suicide

Jack Swift moves to North Elizabeth

Prestor O’Leary dies in a fire

### 1884

Red Harlow eliminates the Butcher Gang in Twin Rocks, New Austin

* Twiggy Phelps is killed
* Cooper is killed
* Greg “Big Oaf” Whitney is killed
* Thomas “Bloody Tom” Barker is killed
* George “Loaf” Whitney is killed

The Ugly Gang is destroyed by Red Harlow in Widowspatch, North Elizabeth

* Udo Kang is killed
* Jacques Markus is killed
* Robert “Hedgehog” Thornton is killed
* Casey “Chicken” Halcot is killed
* William “Whiskey” Treadwell is killed
* Charlie “Gigolo” Hancock is killed
* “Ugly” Chris Bailey is killed

The Pedrosa Brothers are destroyed during a train robbery

* Samuel “Smiley” Fawler is killed
* Juan “Loco” Sanchez is killed
* Mark “Hoss” Richards is killed
* Harry “Hatchet” Schultz is killed

Red Harlow collects the bounty on Pig Josh

* Gordon “Digs” Fowler is killed
* Joshua “Pig Josh” Malloy is killed

Red Harlow collects the bounty on Bad Bessie

* Sidney “Sissy” Fess is killed
* Bad Bessie is killed

Red Harlow collects the bounty on Mr. Black

* Bob Larson is killed
* Jesse Lynch is killed
* Nigel Black is killed

Jack Swift destroys Professor Perry’s Peculiarities

* Clyde “The Blade” Slade is killed
* Lightning Larouche is killed
* Atlas Jones is killed
* The Fidgets are wiped out
* Asada is killed
* “Professor” Perry Simon is killed

The Longhorn Gang is destroyed by Annie Stoakes

* Jethro Greensleeves is killed
* Holstein Hal is killed
* Longhorn Luke is killed

A Barfight erupts in the Brimstone Saloon

* Father Wilson Driscoll is killed
* Oscar Navarro is killed
* Paul “Swig” Bennett is killed
* Daniel “Dapper Dan” Stephenson is killed
* Christina is killed
* Samuel “Sam” Stephenson is killed

The Bear Mountain Mine is shut down by Red Harlow, Shadow Wolf, and Buffalo Soldier

* Private Jaime “Ripper” Hernadez is killed
* Grizzly is killed
* Alexander “Pick-Axe” Miller is killed
* Eli Hanson is killed
* Sergio Ramirez is killed
* Tony is killed
* Ted Bufias is killed
* Standing Snake is killed

Fort Diego is raided by Red Harlow and Shadow Wolf

* Shadow Wolf is killed by Colonel Daren
* Colonel Daren Johnson is killed by Red Harlow

The Renegade Army is shutdown

* Cleu du Ponte is killed
* General Javier Diego is killed by Red Harlow

The Brimstone Battle Royal is held

* Gabriel Navarro is killed
* Billy “Kid” Cougar is killed
* Red Harlow reaches the finals with Martin Kelley
	+ Martin Kelley is killed
	+ Red learns that Griffon was the man who betrayed his father

The Governor’s Mansion is raided

* Mad Dog Jones is killed
* The Cornett Brothers are all killed
* Jack Swift is killed
* Governor Griffon is killed by Red Harlow
	+ Red becomes a wanted man

Bonnie MacFarlane was born

Abraham Reyes was born

### 1885

John Marston joins the Van der Linde Gang

### 1888

Red Harlow hides in Blue Sky, Dakota

* Ryan Wilcox is killed by James Bridges
* James Bridges is killed by Red Harlow
* Red leaves town and disappears

Quincy T. Harris died of natural causes

Felix Hawley died

### 1889

June: Darragh MacGuire is killed by British Agents in Boston

### 1892

Louisa Fortuna was born

Bill Williamson is dishonorably discharged from the army

### 1894

Bill Williamson joins the Van der Linde Gang

Pete Turner dies

The Fosse Gang are arrested

### 1895

Jack Marston was born in Kansas

Javier Escuella joins the Van der Linde Gang

### 1896

John Marston temporarily leaves the Van der Linde Gang

* John meets Annie Stoakes and Buffalo Soldier

The Butcher Brothers are killed by Landon Ricketts

### 1897

Leigh Johnson becomes District Marshal of Armadillo

Alfred MacAlister is elected as President of the United States

### 1898

Philip LeClerk is killed

* Henry Schultz and Jacob Anderson are framed for his murder
* The pair are broken out and help Jessica LaClerk hunt her husband’s killers
	+ Teddy Brown and Amos Lancing are killed in revenge
* Henry Schultz starts a moonshining operation in Tall Trees
* Jacob Anderson starts a moonshining operation in Bayou Nwa

Micah Bell, Charles Smith, and Lenny Summers join the Van der Linde Gang

The Spanish-American War occurs

### 1899

The Blackwater Massacre occurs

* The Van der Linde Gang robs a ferry in Blackwater
	+ Dutch van der Linde kills Heidi McCourt
	+ 15 Lawmen are killed
	+ 20 Pinkertons are killed
	+ 5 Innocents are killed
	+ 3 Unaffiliated Criminals are killed

Jake Adler is killed by the O’Driscoll Boys

The Van der Linde Gang escapes into the Grizzlies Mountain Range

* Jenny Kirk dies
* Davey Callander dies
* Mac Callander dies
* The Van der Linde Gang robs a train belonging to Leviticus Cornwall

The Van der Linde Gang relocates to The Heartlands

* Thomas Downes died from injuries and tuberculosis
* Bessie Smith is executed in Valentine
* Moira Calthorpe is killed by Sheriff Curtis Malloy
* Edmund Lowry Jr. is killed by Arthur Morgan
* A train carrying wealthy passengers is robbed by the Van der Linde Gang
* The Strawberry Massacre occurs
	+ Arthur Morgan helps free Micah Bell from the Strawberry Jail
	+ 28 Lawmen are killed
		- Sheriff Michael Hanley is killed by Micah Bell
* Emmet Granger is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Flaco Hernandez is killed by Arthur Morgan
* The Gunfight of Valentine occurs

The Van der Linde Gang relocates to Scarlett Meadows

* Winton Holmes is killed by a White Cougar
* The Van der Linde Gang robs the Valentine Bank
* Chester Damsen is robbed by Arthur Morgan and Josiah Trewlany
* Caliga Hall’s tobacco fields are burned down
	+ Hamish MacArthur is killed by Sean MacGuire
* The Battle of Rhodes occurs
	+ Sean MacGuire is killed by a Rhodes Deputy
	+ Leigh Gray is killed by Arthur Morgan
	+ Archibald MacGregor is killed by Micah Bell
	+ Tavish Gray commits suicide afterwords
* The Braithwaite Manor is raided
	+ Catherine Braithwaite and her sons are killed
* Bray Aberdeen is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Tammy Aberdeen is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Jeremiah Compson commits suicide

The Van der Linde Gang relocates to Shady Bell

* Algie Davison is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Mark Johnson is executed in Rhodes
* The Van der Linde Gang robs The Grand Korrigan
* The O’Driscoll Boys raid Shady Bell
	+ Kieran Duffy is killed
	+ The raid is repelled
* The Van der Linde Gang robs the Trolly Station
* Andrew Bell III dies due to a malfunction with his electric chair
* Angelo Bronte’s Mansion is raided
	+ Angelo Bronte is killed by Dutch van der Linde
* The Van der Linde Gang robs the Lemoyne National Bank
	+ The Saint Denis Massacre occurs
		- Hosea Matthews is killed by Agent Andrew Milton
		- Lenny Summers is killed by two Pinkerton Agents

Half of the Van der Linde gang escapes to Guarma

* Gloria is killed by Dutch van der Linde
* Angel is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Levi Simon is killed by a ship captain
* Alberto Fussar is killed by Arthur Morgan
	+ The Guarman Revolution ends

Cal Balfour was killed by a bear

The Murfree Brood attack a stagecoach from Annesburg, capturing or killing everyone

Olive Calhoon is killed by the Braithwaite family

Mayor Henri Lemieux is impeached and removed from office

Arthur Londonderry dies in Annesburg

The Van der Linde Gang relocates to Roanoke Ridge

* Bradley Hunt is killed by the Murfree Brood
* The Feral Man is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Jim “Boy” Calloway is killed by Arthur Morgan
* Marko Dragic is killed by his robotic creation
* Arthuro Bullard is killed by O’Driscoll Boys
* John Marston is broken out of Sisika Penitentiary
* Leviticus Cornwall is assassinated
* The Third Wapiti War Occurs
	+ An army boat is raided by the Van der Linde Gang and the Wapiti tribe
	+ The Van der Linde Gang and Wapiti attack a battalion of soldiers
	+ Fort Wallace is attacked
	+ The Wapiti and Van der Linde Gang attack the Heartlands Oil Fields
		- Eagle Flies is killed
		- Colonel Henry Favours is killed
	+ The Wapiti leave for Canada
* Bacchus Bridge is destroyed by the Van der Linde Gang
* Colm O’Driscoll is executed in Saint Denis
* Hanging Dog Ranch is raided by Arthur Morgan and Sadie Adler
	+ The O’Driscoll Boys are destroyed
* The Van der Linde Gang attack an Army Train
* The Pinkertons raid the Van der Linde Gang’s camp
	+ Agent Andrew Milton is killed in Van Horn
	+ Susan Grimshaw is killed by Micah Bell
	+ Arthur Morgan dies from Tuberculosis
	+ The Van der Linde Gang is destroyed

An outbreak of Scarlet Fever occurs in Armadillo, New Austin

## 20th Century

### 1901

Basilio Aguirre Olmos de la Vargas begins his search for his ancestor’s treasure

Alfred MacAlister is assassinated

* Thaddeus Waxman becomes President of the United States

### 1902

Landon Ricketts escapes to Mexico after a gunfight in California

### 1904

Martin Sanchez becomes President of Mexico

### 1906

Dutch van der Linde fakes his death in a failed bank robbery

The Bell Gang is founded

### 1907

The Marston Family moves to Pronghorn Ranch

* The Laramie Gang is kicked out of Big Valley after their hideout is raided by ranch hands from Pronghorn Ranch
	+ The leader of the Laramie Gang is killed by John Marston

The Marston Family moves to Beecher's Hope and builds a ranch

* James Langton is killed by Sadie Adler
* Shane Finley is executed in Blackwater
* Elias Green is executed in Blackwater
* Roman Cortez is executed in Saint Denis
* Joaquin Arroyo is executed in Tumbleweed
* Esteban Cortez is executed in Tumbleweed
* Jeremy Gill dies by drowning in the San Luis River
* The New Hanover sect of The Chelonians commit mass suicide
* Anthony Foreman is executed in Saint Denis
* John Marston, Charles Smith, and Sadie Adler attack The Bell Gang at Mount Hagen
	+ Cleet Wilson dies in Strawberry
	+ Joe McInroy dies
	+ Micah Bell is killed
* Evelyn Miller dies
* John Marston and Abigail Roberts marry

Archie and Edith Downes found various businesses in the west

### 1908

Bill Williamson forms The Williamson Gang

The Bureau of Investigation is founded

### 1910

Dutch van der Linde forms Dutch’s Gang

Ignacio Sanchez becomes President of Mexico after he coups his brother

* The Mexican Revolution begins

### 1911

The events of Red Dead Redemption occur

* The Bureau of Investigation kidnaps the Marston Family
	+ John Marston in blackmailed to capture or kill Bill Williamson, Javier Escuella, and Dutch van der Linde
* John Marston travels to New Austin to capture Bill Williamson
	+ Marston helps MacFarlane Ranch
	+ Marston helps the Armadillo Sheriff Office
		- Walton Lowe is arrested and hanged
		- The Ridgewood Farm Massacre occurs
		- The Assault on Fort Mercer occurs
			* Bill Williamson escapes to Mexico
* John Marston travels to Nuevo Paraiso to capture Williamson and Escuella
	+ Marston helps The Mexican Army
		- The Battle of Tesoro Azul occurs
		- The Battle of Torquemada occurs
		- The Battle of Chuparosa occurs
			* Marston is betrayed by the army
	+ Marston meets Landon Ricketts
		- The army prison in El Matadero is raided
		- The Gunfight at the Chuparosa Saloon occurs
		- A wagon train belonging to the army is raided
	+ Marston helps Reyes’ Rebels
	+ Javier Escuella is executed in Blackwater

### 1913

Harold MacDougal writes a thesis on his experience in the west and the impossibility of taming the savage man

Edgar Ross retires from the Bureau of Investigation

### 1914

July 28th: World War I begins

Abigail Marston dies from illness

Irish accidentally  kills himself after his gun discharged

Landon Ricketts dies from natural causes

Edgar Ross is killed by Jack Marston in a duel

Leigh Johnson resigns from the Armadillo Sheriff Office

Seth Briars finds treasure in Tall Trees and reopens his business

Bonnie MacFarlane marries Amos Richards

Jeb Blankenship marries his horse Lucy

Harold MacDougal is expelled from Yale University