Timeline

Although Red Dead Redemption is mainly set in 1911 and 1914, the background of the characters and the world spans over decades of the American history timeline.

1817

 * 24 April: Birth of Hannah Chilcott.

1824

 * Birth of Edgar Shelton.

1831

 * Birth of Lila Shelton.

1848

 * 22 July: Death of Hannah Chilcott, of unknown cause.

1851

 * Birth of Hoover Cowan.

1855

 * Birth of Mabel Bryars.

1857

 * Birth of Elenora Riddick.

1858

 * Birth of Dorothy Hewitt.

1860

 * Birth of Ira Somers.

1865

 * Death of Edgar and Lila Shelton, struck by a lightning.

1868

 * Birth of Louisa Warthington.
 * 4 November: Death of an unknown individual buried in Odd Fellow's Rest, of unknown cause.

1873

 * Birth of John Marston.
 * Death of John Marston's mother, died during childbirth.
 * Death of Ellen Nugent, to an epileptic fit.

1877

 * Birth of Abigail Marston.
 * Birth of Vincente de Santa.
 * Birth of Norman Deek.

1878

 * Birth of Fred Peagler.
 * 1 April: Death of Josephine Byrd, of unknown cause.

1879

 * Death of Mabel Bryars, of unknown cause.

1881

 * Death of John Marston's father, of a cause presumably related to his alcoholism.
 * Birth of Hank MacFarlane.
 * 27 October: Death of Charlotte Eaves, of unknown cause.

1882

 * 17 March: Birth of Owen MacFarlane.
 * 27 June: Death of Elenora Riddick, of unknown cause.

1883

 * Birth of Gus MacFarlane.
 * Death of Dorothy Hewitt, of unknown cause.

1884

 * Birth of Ethan and Bonnie MacFarlane.

1887

 * 10 October: Death of Bryon Vickers, from losing a duel in New Austin.

1889

 * Death of Ira Somers, presumably from Syphilis.
 * 29 November: Death of Sergeant Joseph Drummond, of unknown cause.

1890

 * John Marston meets Abigail in an orphanage and ran away with her.

1892

 * Death of Hoover Cowan, of unknown cause.

1893

 * 18 August: Death of Matilda Eaves, of unknown cause.
 * 8 December: Death of Hank MacFarlane, to tuberculosis.

1894

 * 15 January: Death of Peter Turner, from a blow to his head.

1895

 * Birth of Jack Marston.

1896

 * Death of the Butcher brothers, killed in a gunfight with Landon Ricketts.
 * 23 June: Death of Owen MacFarlane, to chronic diarrhea.

1897

 * Leigh Johnson became the Marshal of Armadillo.

1899

 * The Blackwater Massacre occurred. 22 outlaws and 15 lawmen were killed in the gunfight. Landon Ricketts survived the gunfight.
 * 26 July: Death of Cole MacFarlane, from a gunshot wound to the head.

1900

 * 24 July: Death of Archer Fordham's mother, of unknown cause.

1901

 * 21 August: Death of Rosalie Tanner, of unknown cause.

1902

 * After a gunfight in eastern California, Landon Ricketts moved from USA to Mexico.

1903

 * Death of Ethan MacFarlane, after irritating a male bull.
 * Birth of Ralph Anderson.
 * 23 April: Death of Priscilla Johnson, of unknown cause.

1904

 * 2 June: Death of Fred Peagler, presumably from a brawl.

1905

 * Death of Louisa Warthington, of unknown cause.
 * 25 February: Death of Quincy Brogles, presumably from a brawl or duel.
 * 4 August: Death of Gus MacFarlane, killed in a bar fight.

1906

 * A badly wounded John Marston was left for dead by his gang after a failed bank robbery.

1908

 * 11 April: Death of Lambert Henning, hit by a train.

1909

 * 19 November: Death of Hart Cummings, presumably from a deadly illness.

1910

 * Ignacio Sanchez took control of Mexico.

1911

 * The main setting of John Marston's part in Red Dead Redemption.
 * John Marston arrives at Blackwater in search of his former gang members.
 * Death of Leander Holland, Alwyn Lloyd, The Stranger and Espinoza, killed by John Marston.
 * Death of Andreas Müller, Harold Thornton and Raul Zubieta, shot in a duel with John Marston.
 * Death of Vincente de Santa, executed by either John Marston or Mexican rebels.
 * Death of Bill Williamson and Agustin Allende, killed by either John Marston or Abraham Reyes.
 * Death of Manolo Santador, killed by either John Marston or Landon Ricketts.
 * Death of Walton Lowe, who is either killed by John Marston or executed for his crimes.
 * Death of Norman Deek, killed in a gunfight with John Marston by his own gang member's crossfire.
 * Death of Dutch van der Linde, who jumped to his death after John Marston's assault on his men.
 * Death of Jenny, of heat in a desert.
 * Death of Ralph Anderson, murdered and eaten by Randall Forrester.
 * Death of Mr. Fortuna, father of Luisa Fortuna, executed by the Mexican Army.
 * Death of Luisa Fortuna, executed by Raul Zubieta and his men.
 * Death of Eva Cortes, murdered by Mario Alcalde.
 * Death of Muriel Scranton, held hostage and shot by Dutch van der Linde.
 * Death of Herman Weinstein, killed in a car crash while held hostage by Dutch van der Linde.
 * Death of Nastas, shot by Dutch van der Linde's men.
 * Death of Uncle, shot by Edgar Ross's men.
 * Death of John Marston, executed by Edgar Ross's men.
 * Landon Ricketts moved back to USA.

1914

 * The main setting of Jack Marston's part in Red Dead Redemption.
 * Death of Abigail Marston, of unknown cause.
 * Death of Irish, shot himself accidentally while drunk.
 * Death of Landon Ricketts, passed away quietly in his sleep.
 * Death of Edgar Ross, killed in a duel with Jack Marston.
 * Leigh Johnson resigned from the Marshal of Armadillo.
 * 28 July: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, marking the start of World War I in Europe.