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The following is a '''timeline''' of events that occur or are mentioned in ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' and ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]''. Although the games are set at separate points between 1899 and 1914 inclusive, the background of the characters and the world spans well over a century of American history.
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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'''.
 
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1810s to 1840s|The 1810s]] || 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - [[#1817|1817]] - 1818 - 1819
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1700s to 1790s|The 1700s]] || [[#1720|1720]] - [[#1755|1755]] - [[#1779|1779]] - [[#1782|1782]]
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1810s to 1840s|The 1820s]] || 1820 - 1821 - 1822 - [[#1823|1823]] - [[#1824|1824]] - 1825 - 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1800s to 1840s|The 1800s]] || 1800 - 1801 - 1802 - 1803 - 1804 - 1805 - [[#1806|1806]] - 1807 - 1808 - 1809
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1810s to 1840s|The 1830s]] || 1830 - [[#1831|1831]] - 1832 - 1833 - [[#1834|1834]] - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - [[#1838|1838]] - 1839
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1800s to 1840s|The 1810s]] || 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - [[#1817|1817]] - 1818 - 1819
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1810s to 1840s|The 1840s]] || 1840 - 1841 - [[#1842|1842]] - [[#1843|1843]] - 1844 - 1845 - [[#1846|1846]] - [[#1847|1847]] - [[#1848|1848]] - [[#1849|1849]]
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1800s to 1840s|The 1820s]] || 1820 - 1821 - 1822 - [[#1823|1823]] - [[#1824|1824]] - 1825 - [[#1826|1826]] - 1827 - 1828 - 1829
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1800s to 1840s|The 1830s]] || 1830 - [[#1831|1831]] - 1832 - 1833 - [[#1834|1834]] - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - [[#1838|1838]] - 1839
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1800s to 1840s|The 1840s]] || 1840 - 1841 - [[#1842|1842]] - [[#1843|1843]] - 1844 - 1845 - [[#1846|1846]] - [[#1847|1847]] - [[#1848|1848]] - [[#1849|1849]]
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1850s|The 1850s]] || 1850 - [[#1851|1851]] - [[#1852|1852]] - 1853 - [[#1854|1854]] - [[#1855|1855]] - [[#1856|1856]] - [[#1857|1857]] - [[#1858|1858]] - 1859
 
| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1850s|The 1850s]] || 1850 - [[#1851|1851]] - [[#1852|1852]] - 1853 - [[#1854|1854]] - [[#1855|1855]] - [[#1856|1856]] - [[#1857|1857]] - [[#1858|1858]] - 1859
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1860s|The 1860s]] || [[#1860|1860]] - 1861 - 1862 - [[#1863|1863]] - [[#1864|1864]] - [[#1865|1865]] - [[#1866|1866]] - [[#1867|1867]] - [[#1868|1868]] - 1869
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1860s|The 1860s]] || [[#1860|1860]] - [[#1861|1861]] - 1862 - [[#1863|1863]] - [[#1864|1864]] - [[#1865|1865]] - [[#1866|1866]] - [[#1867|1867]] - [[#1868|1868]] - 1869
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1870s|The 1870s]] || [[#1870|1870]] - 1871 - [[#1872|1872]] - [[#1873|1873]] - 1874 - [[#1875|1875]] - 1876 - [[#1877|1877]] - [[#1878|1878]] - [[#1879|1879]]
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1870s|The 1870s]] || [[#1870|1870]] - 1871 - [[#1872|1872]] - [[#1873|1873]] - [[#1874|1874]] - [[#1875|1875]] - 1876 - [[#1877|1877]] - [[#1878|1878]] - [[#1879|1879]]
 
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| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1880s|The 1880s]] || [[#1880|1880]] - [[#1881|1881]] - [[#1882|1882]] - [[#1883|1883]] - [[#1884|1884]] - [[#1885|1885]] - [[#1886|1886]] - [[#1887|1887]] - [[#1888|1888]] - [[#1889|1889]]
 
| style="background:#8B0000"| [[#1880s|The 1880s]] || [[#1880|1880]] - [[#1881|1881]] - [[#1882|1882]] - [[#1883|1883]] - [[#1884|1884]] - [[#1885|1885]] - [[#1886|1886]] - [[#1887|1887]] - [[#1888|1888]] - [[#1889|1889]]
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==1810s to 1840s==
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==1700s to 1790s==
 
===1720===
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* The city of [[Saint Denis]] is founded, and serves as the capital of the French New World until that territory is purchased by the United States of America in the early 1800s.
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===1755===
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* The [[Gray family]] emigrates from Scotland to North America, and settles in the region of [[Scarlett Meadows]].
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===1779===
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* The [[Braithwaite family]] settles in [[Scarlett Meadows]] and builds [[Braithwaite Manor]].
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===1782===
 
* Birth of [[Josiah Blackwater]].
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==1800s to 1840s==
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===1806===
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* Douglas Gray and Lucille Braithwaite conspire to steal large sums of gold from their families to fund the abolition of slavery. The [[Gray family|Grays]] and [[Braithwaite family|Braithwaites]], each believing that the other family had their missing gold, begin a blood feud that endures until 1899.
 
===1817===
 
===1817===
 
* '''24 April''': Birth of Hannah Chilcott.
 
* '''24 April''': Birth of Hannah Chilcott.
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* Birth of Seth Trice.
 
* Birth of Seth Trice.
 
* Birth of Amelia Eaves.
 
* Birth of Amelia Eaves.
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===1826===
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* '''June 18''': Birth of [[Quincy T. Harris]].
 
===1831===
 
===1831===
 
* Birth of Lila Shelton.
 
* Birth of Lila Shelton.
 
===1834===
 
===1834===
 
* Birth of Judith Johnston.
 
* Birth of Judith Johnston.
===1838===
 
* Birth of [[Uncle]].
 
 
===1842===
 
===1842===
 
* Death of Belle Finch, of cholera.
 
* Death of Belle Finch, of cholera.
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=== 1844 ===
 
=== 1844 ===
 
* [[Sisika Penitentiary]] was established.
 
* [[Sisika Penitentiary]] was established.
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* Approximate year that [[Hosea Matthews]] was born.
   
 
===1846===
 
===1846===
* Birth of [[Nigel West Dickens]].
 
 
* Birth of [[Leopold Strauss]].
 
* Birth of [[Leopold Strauss]].
 
===1847===
 
===1847===
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===1849===
 
===1849===
 
* '''7 August''': Death of Amelia Eaves, of cholera.
 
* '''7 August''': Death of Amelia Eaves, of cholera.
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* The latest possible date for [[Uncle]]'s birth.
   
 
==1850s==
 
==1850s==
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* Birth of Hoover Cowan.
 
* Birth of Hoover Cowan.
 
* Birth of Dwight Bundy.
 
* Birth of Dwight Bundy.
* Birth of [[Landon Ricketts]].
 
 
===1852===
 
===1852===
 
* Birth of Delilah Gaskell.
 
* Birth of Delilah Gaskell.
 
* Birth of David Purvis.
 
* Birth of David Purvis.
 
* Birth of an unnamed individual buried in [[Tumbleweed]].
 
* Birth of an unnamed individual buried in [[Tumbleweed]].
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* Death of Henrietta Feaney
 
===1854===
 
===1854===
* Birth of [[Edgar Ross]].
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* Birth of Betsy Glover
 
===1855===
 
===1855===
 
* Birth of Mabel Bryars.
 
* Birth of Mabel Bryars.
* '''8 March''': Birth of [[Dutch Van Der Linde]].
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* Birth of [[Dutch van der Linde]].
 
===1856===
 
===1856===
 
* Birth of Ulysses Howard.
 
* Birth of Ulysses Howard.
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* Birth of Alberto de la Fuente.
 
* Birth of Alberto de la Fuente.
 
* Birth of Herbert Forth.
 
* Birth of Herbert Forth.
* Birth of [[Agustin Allende]].
 
   
 
==1860s==
 
==1860s==
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* Birth of [[Micah Bell]].
 
* Birth of [[Micah Bell]].
 
===1861===
 
===1861===
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* The American Civil War begins. [[Lemoyne]] is one of several states that secedes from the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
 
* [[Billy West]] married [[Annabel West|Annabel]].
 
* [[Billy West]] married [[Annabel West|Annabel]].
* Birth of [[Leigh Johnson]].
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* Birth of [[Edgar Ross]].
* Birth of [[Espinoza]].
 
 
===1863===
 
===1863===
 
* Birth of [[Arthur Morgan]].
 
* Birth of [[Arthur Morgan]].
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* '''March 30''': A Confederate charge led by Major [[Hobart Crawley]] is routed by Union troops, resulting in the deaths of 3,202 Confederate soldiers. Major Crawley is the only survivor. The battle is later memorialized with a statue in [[Rhodes]].
* Birth of [[Raul Zubieta]].
 
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* '''May 8''': A Confederate Army force under General [[Quincy T. Harris]] attacks [[Fort Brennand]] under cover of night and massacres the Union Army garrison.
 
===1864===
 
===1864===
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* The Battle of [[Scarlett Meadows]] occurs at [[Bolger Glade]] in [[Lemoyne]]. Despite suffering massive casualties, Confederate troops successfully repel a major Union Army offensive. General [[Quincy T. Harris]] participates in the battle.
 
* '''24 August''': Death of Esther Sinclair, of unknown cause.
 
* '''24 August''': Death of Esther Sinclair, of unknown cause.
 
===1865===
 
===1865===
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* The American Civil War concludes, with the Union victorious over the Confederacy. [[Lemoyne]] is subsequently readmitted to the United States of America.
 
* Death of Edgar and Lila Shelton, struck by a lightning bolt.
 
* Death of Edgar and Lila Shelton, struck by a lightning bolt.
 
===1866===
 
===1866===
 
* Birth of [[Bill Williamson]]
 
* Birth of [[Bill Williamson]]
 
* Birth of Lupe del Valle.
 
* Birth of Lupe del Valle.
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* Death of Philip J. Greenup
 
* '''13 September''': Death of Georgia Dobbs, killed by a falling oak tree.
 
* '''13 September''': Death of Georgia Dobbs, killed by a falling oak tree.
 
===1867===
 
===1867===
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===1873===
 
===1873===
 
* Birth of [[John Marston]].
 
* Birth of [[John Marston]].
* Birth of [[Javier Escuella]].
 
 
* Death of John Marston's mother, died during childbirth.
 
* Death of John Marston's mother, died during childbirth.
 
* Death of Ellen Nugent, to an epileptic fit.
 
* Death of Ellen Nugent, to an epileptic fit.
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===1874===
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* The [[Lemoyne Raiders]] are founded.
 
===1875===
 
===1875===
 
* Death of Ada Stillman, choked on a fishbone.
 
* Death of Ada Stillman, choked on a fishbone.
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* Birth of [[Sam Odessa]].
 
* Birth of [[Sam Odessa]].
 
* Birth of Butch Somers.
 
* Birth of Butch Somers.
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* During a bloody coup, [[Francisco Ramirez Torres]] becomes President of Mexico.
 
* '''11 January''': Death of Juan Calomarde, of unknown cause.
 
* '''11 January''': Death of Juan Calomarde, of unknown cause.
 
* '''18 January''': Death of Gideon Knox, presumably from an orgy with six women.
 
* '''18 January''': Death of Gideon Knox, presumably from an orgy with six women.
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* Death of James Jacob Somers
 
===1877===
 
===1877===
 
* Birth of [[Abigail Marston]].
 
* Birth of [[Abigail Marston]].
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* Birth of Harold Thornton.
 
* Birth of Harold Thornton.
 
* Birth of Nelly Dillard.
 
* Birth of Nelly Dillard.
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* Birth of [[Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister]].
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* '''14 March''': Death of Lucile Riggs, of unknown cause.
 
* '''10 May''': Death of Samuel Makepeace, of unknown cause.
 
* '''10 May''': Death of Samuel Makepeace, of unknown cause.
   
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* Birth of Earl Errington.
 
* Birth of Earl Errington.
 
* '''26 May''': Death of Emma Crawford, of unknown cause.
 
* '''26 May''': Death of Emma Crawford, of unknown cause.
 
* Birth of [[Lenny Summers]].
 
===1881===
 
===1881===
 
* Death of [[John Marston]]'s father, of a cause presumably related to his alcoholism.
 
* Death of [[John Marston]]'s father, of a cause presumably related to his alcoholism.
 
* Death of an unnamed individual buried in [[Tumbleweed]], of unknown cause.
 
* Death of an unnamed individual buried in [[Tumbleweed]], of unknown cause.
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* Death of Abe Shackleford
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Hank MacFarlane]].
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Hank MacFarlane]].
 
* Birth of [[Walton Lowe]].
 
* Birth of [[Walton Lowe]].
 
* Birth of Isabel Feaney.
 
* Birth of Isabel Feaney.
* Birth of [[Archer Fordham]].
 
 
* '''27 October''': Death of Charlotte Eaves, of unknown cause.
 
* '''27 October''': Death of Charlotte Eaves, of unknown cause.
 
===1882===
 
===1882===
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===1883===
 
===1883===
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Gus MacFarlane]].
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Gus MacFarlane]].
* Birth of [[Jonah]].
 
 
* Birth of Betsie Errington.
 
* Birth of Betsie Errington.
 
* Death of Dorothy Hewitt, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Dorothy Hewitt, of unknown cause.
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* An eclipse occurred which famously blinded a man named Stretch Hawthorn. The story was later adapted to a motion picture in 1911.
 
* An eclipse occurred which famously blinded a man named Stretch Hawthorn. The story was later adapted to a motion picture in 1911.
 
* '''18 October''': Death of Minerva Pratt, from a fever.
 
* '''18 October''': Death of Minerva Pratt, from a fever.
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* August : [[Pleasance]] was founded.
 
 
===1884===
 
===1884===
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Ethan]] and [[Bonnie MacFarlane]].
 
* Birth of [[MacFarlane Brothers|Ethan]] and [[Bonnie MacFarlane]].
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* Birth of Willie Feaney.
 
* Birth of Willie Feaney.
 
* Birth of Antonio de la Cueva.
 
* Birth of Antonio de la Cueva.
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* '''June''': Princess [[Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister]] of Luxembourg disappears during a royal visit to the United States.
 
===1885===
 
===1885===
 
* Birth of Travis Glover.
 
* Birth of Travis Glover.
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===1886===
 
===1886===
 
* The 3rd Street Hardware opened in [[Blackwater]].
 
* The 3rd Street Hardware opened in [[Blackwater]].
* Death of Obediah Graves, hung for a murder which, according to his gravestone, he did not commit.
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* Death of Obediah Graves, hanged for a murder which, according to his gravestone, he did not commit.
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* Death of Betsy Glover, of unknown cause.
 
* '''19 July''': Death of Carmen Galindo, of unknown cause.
 
* '''19 July''': Death of Carmen Galindo, of unknown cause.
 
* '''7 November''': Death of lawman Calvin Draper, killed by a criminal.
 
* '''7 November''': Death of lawman Calvin Draper, killed by a criminal.
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===1888===
 
===1888===
 
* Birth of Alberto Viveros.
 
* Birth of Alberto Viveros.
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* '''9 April''': Death of General [[Quincy T. Harris]].
 
===1889===
 
===1889===
 
* Death of Ira Somers, presumably from syphilis.
 
* Death of Ira Somers, presumably from syphilis.
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* Death of Hoover Cowan, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Hoover Cowan, of unknown cause.
 
* '''25 August''': Death of Truman Briggs, murdered by his wife.
 
* '''25 August''': Death of Truman Briggs, murdered by his wife.
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* '''27 December''': Bill Williamson is dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army.
 
===1893===
 
===1893===
 
* Birth of Mary Shackleford.
 
* Birth of Mary Shackleford.
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* '''3 March''': Death of Willie Swenson, of unknown cause.
 
* '''3 March''': Death of Willie Swenson, of unknown cause.
 
* '''19 May''': Death of a child buried in [[Perdido]], of unknown cause.
 
* '''19 May''': Death of a child buried in [[Perdido]], of unknown cause.
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* Bill Williamson joins the Van der Linde gang.
 
===1895===
 
===1895===
* Birth of [[Jack Marston]].
 
 
* The end of the "Picturesque Period". Many stories and legends from this period were later adapted to motion pictures in the 1910s.
 
* The end of the "Picturesque Period". Many stories and legends from this period were later adapted to motion pictures in the 1910s.
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* [[Tavish Gray]] receives a [[Gray’s Secret|letter]] from Edinburgh University historian Malcolm Moffat revealing that his ancestor Ross Gray was not an exiled Jacobite as he had believed, but a spy for the Duke of Cumberland who had been forced to flee Scotland to escape the Jacobites' reprisals against informers.
 
* Birth of [[Jack Marston]].
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* '''12 October''': Death of Estella Blankenship, of unknown cause.
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* [[Javier Escuella]] joins the Van der Linde gang.
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===1896===
 
===1896===
 
* Death of the Butcher brothers, killed in a gunfight with [[Landon Ricketts]].
 
* Death of the Butcher brothers, killed in a gunfight with [[Landon Ricketts]].
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* Death of Clinton Underwood, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Clinton Underwood, of unknown cause.
 
* The Blackwater Restaurant was established.
 
* The Blackwater Restaurant was established.
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* President [[Alfred MacAlister]] approves the finalized demarcation lines for the states of [[New Hanover]], [[Lemoyne]], [[Ambarino]], [[West Elizabeth]], and [[New Austin]].
 
* '''23 May''': Death of Francis Moon, killed by [[Walton Lowe]].
 
* '''23 May''': Death of Francis Moon, killed by [[Walton Lowe]].
 
* '''16 September''': Death of an unnamed cowboy, buried at [[Coot's Chapel]], of unknown cause.
 
* '''16 September''': Death of an unnamed cowboy, buried at [[Coot's Chapel]], of unknown cause.
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===1898===
 
===1898===
 
* Birth of Florence Snyder.
 
* Birth of Florence Snyder.
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* Death of Larry Chambers.
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* Death of [[Philip LeClerk]] by gunshot, leading to the events of ''[[Red Dead Online]]''.
 
* '''18 March''': Death of Hattie Tanner, of unknown cause.
 
* '''18 March''': Death of Hattie Tanner, of unknown cause.
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* [[Micah Bell]], [[Charles Smith]] and [[Lenny Summers]] join the Van der Linde gang.
 
===1899===
 
===1899===
* The events of ''[[Red Dead Redemption II]]'' take place.
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* The main setting of [[Arthur Morgan]]'s part in ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]''.
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* The Wilder Publishing Company publishes the ''Atlas of the United States of America 1899''. This edition features maps of the states of [[New Hanover]], [[Lemoyne]], [[Ambarino]], [[West Elizabeth]], and [[New Austin]] compiled and drawn by cartographer N.J. Worthingham.
* '''May''': The [[Blackwater|Blackwater Massacre]] occurred. 22 outlaws and 15 lawmen were killed in the gunfight. [[Landon Ricketts]] survived the gunfight.
 
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* The Spanish-American War occurs. Of note, Colonel [[Thaddeus Waxman]] captures San Juan Hill in [[Guarma]].
* An outbreak of scarlet fever occurs in Armadillo.
 
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* '''May''': The [[Blackwater Massacre]] occurs.
 
* An outbreak of Scarlet Fever occurs in Armadillo.
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* Death of Davey Callander; died from a gunshot wound sustained in the Blackwater Massacre
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* Death of Jenny Kirk; died from gunshot wounds sustained in the Blackwater Massacre.
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* Death of Mac Callander; "mercy" killed by Agent Milton.
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* Death of Jake Adler; killed by O'Driscolls.
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* Death of Thomas Downes; died of Tuberculosis.
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* Death of Sean McGuire; shot by a Gray gunman.
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* Death of Leigh Gray; shot by Arthur Morgan.
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* Death of Catherine Braithwaite; self-immolation.
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* Death of Kieran Duffy; beheaded by the O'Driscolls.
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* Death of Angelo Bronte; drowned by Dutch van der Linde.
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* Death of Hosea Matthews; shot by Agent Milton.
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* Death of Lenny Summers; shot by Pinkertons.
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* Death of Alberto Fussar; killed by Arthur Morgan.
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* Death of Molly O'Shea; shot by Susan Grimshaw.
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* Death of Leviticus Cornwall; shot by Dutch van der Linde.
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* Death of Colm O'Driscoll; hanged in Saint Denis.
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* Death of Colonel Favours; shot by Arthur Morgan.
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* Death of Eagle Flies; fatally shot by Colonel Favours.
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* Death of Andrew Milton; shot in the head by Abigail Roberts.
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* Death of Susan Grimshaw; shot by Micah Bell
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* Death of Arthur Morgan; died from Tuberculosis or killed by Micah, from either a knife wound or a gunshot.
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* Disbandment of the Van der Linde gang.
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* Wapiti Indians exiled to Canada.
 
* '''26 July''': Death of [[MacFarlane brothers|Cole MacFarlane]], from a gunshot wound to the head.
 
* '''26 July''': Death of [[MacFarlane brothers|Cole MacFarlane]], from a gunshot wound to the head.
 
* '''7 November''': Death of Oscar Palomares, of unknown cause.
 
* '''7 November''': Death of Oscar Palomares, of unknown cause.
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==1900s==
 
==1900s==
 
===1900===
 
===1900===
* Death of Butch Somers, hung for his crimes as a horse thief.
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* Death of Butch Somers, hanged for his crimes as a horse thief.
 
* '''24 July''': Death of Maybelle Fordham, [[Archer Fordham]]'s mother, of unknown cause.
 
* '''24 July''': Death of Maybelle Fordham, [[Archer Fordham]]'s mother, of unknown cause.
 
===1901===
 
===1901===
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===1906===
 
===1906===
 
* Dutch van der Linde is rumored to have died in a fire following a failed robbery.
 
* Dutch van der Linde is rumored to have died in a fire following a failed robbery.
 
 
* '''25 May''': Death of Jane Scranton, of unknown cause.
 
* '''25 May''': Death of Jane Scranton, of unknown cause.
 
* '''8 September''': Death of an unnamed woman, buried in the Church of [[Tumbleweed]], suicide.
 
* '''8 September''': Death of an unnamed woman, buried in the Church of [[Tumbleweed]], suicide.
 
* '''9 September''': Death of Joshua Benning, of unknown cause.
 
* '''9 September''': Death of Joshua Benning, of unknown cause.
 
===1907===
 
===1907===
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* The [[Bureau of Investigation]] is founded.
* The events of the [[Red Dead Redemption II|''Red Dead Redemption II'']] epilogue take place.
 
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* President [[Thaddeus Waxman]] appoints Colonel William Thomas Kirchner as the chief engineer of the Panama Canal project, which the United States took over from France in 1904.
* New Austin experiences an outbreak of cholera.
 
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* The main setting of [[John Marston]]'s part in ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]''.
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* Death of Evelyn Miller.
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* Death of Micah Bell; jointly shot dead by Dutch van der Linde and John Marston.
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* Death of Cleet; either hanged by John Marston or shot by Sadie Adler.
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* Death of Joe; shot by John Marston.
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* John and Abigail marry at Beecher's Hope.
 
* Armadillo experiences an outbreak of Cholera.
 
* Death of Charlotte Lauterback, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Charlotte Lauterback, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Travis Glover, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Travis Glover, of unknown cause.
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* Death of Gustavo Obregon, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Gustavo Obregon, of unknown cause.
 
* '''15 May''': Death of Grace Blankenship, of unknown cause.
 
* '''15 May''': Death of Grace Blankenship, of unknown cause.
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===1908===
 
===1908===
 
* Death of Nelly Dillard, of unknown cause.
 
* Death of Nelly Dillard, of unknown cause.
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==1910s==
 
==1910s==
 
===1910===
 
===1910===
* Death of Mr. Braithwaite, of unknown cause.
+
* Death of Mr. Braithwaite, of an unknown cause.
* [[Ignacio Sanchez]] took control of Mexico.
+
* In yet another bloody coup, [[Ignacio Sanchez]] becomes President of Mexico.
 
* Crops in [[New Austin]] were ruined by an unknown personnel, and farmers were forced to sell their lands at a cheap price. The culprit behind this was rumored to be Jeremiah Somerset.
 
* Crops in [[New Austin]] were ruined by an unknown personnel, and farmers were forced to sell their lands at a cheap price. The culprit behind this was rumored to be Jeremiah Somerset.
 
* The map of the frontier, later used by [[John Marston]] in 1911 and passed on to his son [[Jack Marston]], was drawn.
 
* The map of the frontier, later used by [[John Marston]] in 1911 and passed on to his son [[Jack Marston]], was drawn.
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|-
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|- align="left"
 
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* Death of [[Leander Holland]], [[Alwyn Lloyd]], [[The Stranger]] and [[Espinoza]], killed by [[John Marston]].
+
* Death of [[Leander Holland]] and [[Alwyn Lloyd]], killed by [[John Marston]].
* Death of [[Andreas Müller]], [[Harold Thornton]], [[Mario Alcalde]], and [[Raul Zubieta]], shot in a duel with [[John Marston]].
+
* Death of [[Andreas Müller]], [[The Stranger]] and [[Raul Zubieta]], shot in duels with [[John Marston]].
* Death of [[Vincente de Santa]], executed by either [[John Marston]] or Mexican rebels.
+
*Death of [[Espinoza]], killed by [[John Marston]].
  +
* Death of [[Vincente de Santa]], executed by either [[John Marston]] or [[Reyes' Rebels]].
 
* Death of [[Bill Williamson]] and [[Agustin Allende]], killed by either [[John Marston]] or [[Abraham Reyes]].
 
* Death of [[Bill Williamson]] and [[Agustin Allende]], killed by either [[John Marston]] or [[Abraham Reyes]].
 
* Death of [[Manolo Santander]], killed by either [[John Marston]] or [[Landon Ricketts]].
 
* Death of [[Manolo Santander]], 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 [[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 [[Norman Deek]], killed in a gunfight at Tumbleweed by his own gang's crossfire.
* Death of [[Dutch van der Linde]], who jumped to his death after [[John Marston]]'s assault on his men.
+
* Death of [[Dutch van der Linde]], who committed suicide after his hideout was attacked by the [[United States Army|US Army]].
* Death of [[Jenny]] and [[Sam Odessa]], of heat in a desert.
 
* Death of [[Ralph Anderson]], murdered and eaten by [[Randall Forrester]].
 
 
* Death of Mary Shackleford and Willie Feaney, killed in the [[Ridgewood Farm]] Massacre.
 
* Death of Mary Shackleford and Willie Feaney, killed in the [[Ridgewood Farm]] Massacre.
 
* Death of [[Mr. Fortuna]], father of [[Luisa Fortuna]], executed by the [[Mexican Army]].
 
* 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 [[Luisa Fortuna]], shot 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 [[Muriel Scranton]], held hostage and shot by [[Dutch van der Linde]].
 
* Death of [[Harmon Weinstein]], killed in a car crash while held hostage by [[Dutch van der Linde]].
 
* Death of [[Harmon 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 [[Nastas]], shot by [[Dutch's Gang]].
* Death of [[Uncle]], shot by [[Edgar Ross]]'s men.
+
* Death of [[Uncle]], shot by the [[United States Army|US Army]].
* Death of [[John Marston]], executed by [[Edgar Ross]]'s men.
+
* Death of [[John Marston]], shot by a firing squad of [[United States Army|US Army]] soldiers, [[U.S. Marshals]] and [[Edgar Ross]].
 
|}
 
|}
   
  +
* Dissolution of [[Dutch's Gang]] and the [[Williamson gang]].
 
* Death or apprehension of [[Javier Escuella]].
 
* [[Landon Ricketts]] moved back to USA.
 
* [[Landon Ricketts]] moved back to USA.
* After staying for 6 months, Professor [[Harold MacDougal]] moved back to Yale.
+
* After being absent for 6 months, Professor [[Harold MacDougal]] moved back to Yale.
 
* Birth of Francis Leonard Errington.
 
* Birth of Francis Leonard Errington.
   
 
===1913===
 
===1913===
 
* Professor [[Harold MacDougal]] published a thesis declaring the impossibility of taming a savage man.
 
* Professor [[Harold MacDougal]] published a thesis declaring the impossibility of taming a savage man.
  +
* Edgar Ross retires from the Bureau of Investigation.
   
 
===1914===
 
===1914===
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* Death of [[Abigail Marston]], of unknown cause.
+
* Death of [[Abigail Marston]], of unknown causes.
 
* Death of [[Irish]], shot himself accidentally while drunk.
 
* Death of [[Irish]], shot himself accidentally while drunk.
 
* Death of [[Landon Ricketts]], passed away quietly in his sleep.
 
* Death of [[Landon Ricketts]], passed away quietly in his sleep.
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|}
   
* [[Leigh Johnson]] resigned the role of marshal of [[Armadillo]].
+
* [[Leigh Johnson]] resigned the position of Marshal of [[Armadillo]].
 
* '''28 July''': Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, marking the start of World War I in Europe.
 
* '''28 July''': Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, marking the start of World War I in Europe.
 
* [[Seth Briars]] finds treasure in Tall Trees.
 
* [[Seth Briars]] finds treasure in Tall Trees.
  +
* [[Bonnie MacFarlane]] gets married to an unidentified man.
* [[Jeb Blankenship]] marries his love, [[Lucy]]
+
* [[Jeb Blankenship]] marries his love, [[Lucy]].
  +
* [[Harold MacDougal]] gets expelled from Yale University.
   
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==

Revision as of 20:27, 1 October 2019

The following is a timeline of events that occur or are mentioned in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2. Although the games are set at separate points between 1899 and 1914 inclusive, the background of the characters and the world spans well over a century of American history.


Table of Contents
The 1700s 1720 - 1755 - 1779 - 1782
The 1800s 1800 - 1801 - 1802 - 1803 - 1804 - 1805 - 1806 - 1807 - 1808 - 1809
The 1810s 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - 1817 - 1818 - 1819
The 1820s 1820 - 1821 - 1822 - 1823 - 1824 - 1825 - 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829
The 1830s 1830 - 1831 - 1832 - 1833 - 1834 - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - 1838 - 1839
The 1840s 1840 - 1841 - 1842 - 1843 - 1844 - 1845 - 1846 - 1847 - 1848 - 1849
The 1850s 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 - 1858 - 1859
The 1860s 1860 - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - 1866 - 1867 - 1868 - 1869
The 1870s 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1879
The 1880s 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889
The 1890s 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899
The 1900s 1900 - 1901 - 1902 - 1903 - 1904 - 1905 - 1906 - 1907 - 1908 - 1909
The 1910s 1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919
Miscellaneous

1700s to 1790s

1720

  • The city of Saint Denis is founded, and serves as the capital of the French New World until that territory is purchased by the United States of America in the early 1800s.

1755

1779

1782

1800s to 1840s

1806

  • Douglas Gray and Lucille Braithwaite conspire to steal large sums of gold from their families to fund the abolition of slavery. The Grays and Braithwaites, each believing that the other family had their missing gold, begin a blood feud that endures until 1899.

1817

  • 24 April: Birth of Hannah Chilcott.

1823

  • Birth of Esther Sinclair.

1824

  • Birth of Edgar Shelton.
  • Birth of Seth Trice.
  • Birth of Amelia Eaves.

1826

1831

  • Birth of Lila Shelton.

1834

  • Birth of Judith Johnston.

1842

  • Death of Belle Finch, of cholera.

1843

  • Birth of Ada Stillman.

1844

1846

1847

  • Death of Seth Trice, of unknown cause.

1848

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

1849

  • 7 August: Death of Amelia Eaves, of cholera.
  • The latest possible date for Uncle's birth.

1850s

1851

  • Birth of Hoover Cowan.
  • Birth of Dwight Bundy.

1852

  • Birth of Delilah Gaskell.
  • Birth of David Purvis.
  • Birth of an unnamed individual buried in Tumbleweed.
  • Death of Henrietta Feaney

1854

  • Birth of Betsy Glover

1855

1856

  • Birth of Ulysses Howard.
  • Birth of Murtel Purvis.
  • Birth of Rosie Tenerton.

1857

  • Birth of Elenora Riddick.
  • Birth of Clinton Underwood.
  • Birth of Juan Calomarde.
  • 2 February: Death of Judith Johnston, of unknown cause.

1858

  • Birth of Dorothy Hewitt.
  • Birth of Alberto de la Fuente.
  • Birth of Herbert Forth.

1860s

1860

  • Birth of Ira Somers.
  • Birth of Pearl Palmer.
  • Birth of Micah Bell.

1861

  • The American Civil War begins. Lemoyne is one of several states that secedes from the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
  • Billy West married Annabel.
  • Birth of Edgar Ross.

1863

  • Birth of Arthur Morgan.
  • March 30: A Confederate charge led by Major Hobart Crawley is routed by Union troops, resulting in the deaths of 3,202 Confederate soldiers. Major Crawley is the only survivor. The battle is later memorialized with a statue in Rhodes.
  • May 8: A Confederate Army force under General Quincy T. Harris attacks Fort Brennand under cover of night and massacres the Union Army garrison.

1864

  • The Battle of Scarlett Meadows occurs at Bolger Glade in Lemoyne. Despite suffering massive casualties, Confederate troops successfully repel a major Union Army offensive. General Quincy T. Harris participates in the battle.
  • 24 August: Death of Esther Sinclair, of unknown cause.

1865

  • The American Civil War concludes, with the Union victorious over the Confederacy. Lemoyne is subsequently readmitted to the United States of America.
  • Death of Edgar and Lila Shelton, struck by a lightning bolt.

1866

  • Birth of Bill Williamson
  • Birth of Lupe del Valle.
  • Death of Philip J. Greenup
  • 13 September: Death of Georgia Dobbs, killed by a falling oak tree.

1867

  • Birth of Hamilton Murphy.
  • Birth of Obediah Graves.
  • Birth of Andreas Müller.

1868

  • Birth of Louisa Warthington.
  • Birth of Harold MacDougal.
  • Birth of Mary Dutton.
  • 4 November: Death of an unknown individual buried in Odd Fellow's Rest, of unknown cause.

1870s

1870

  • The start of the "Picturesque Period". Many stories and legends from this period were later adapted to motion pictures in the 1910s.

1872

  • Birth of Mr. Pickering.
  • Birth of Houston Greenup.

1873

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

1874

1875

  • Death of Ada Stillman, choked on a fishbone.

1876

  • Birth of Sam Odessa.
  • Birth of Butch Somers.
  • During a bloody coup, Francisco Ramirez Torres becomes President of Mexico.
  • 11 January: Death of Juan Calomarde, of unknown cause.
  • 18 January: Death of Gideon Knox, presumably from an orgy with six women.
  • Death of James Jacob Somers

1877

1878

  • Birth of Fred Peagler.
  • Birth of Ellie Boone.
  • Birth of Lydia Grubb.
  • Death of Rosie Tenerton, of unknown cause.
  • 1 April: Death of Josephine Byrd, of unknown cause.

1879

  • Death of Mabel Bryars, of unknown cause.
  • Birth of Kit Skaggs.
  • Birth of Harold Thornton.
  • Birth of Nelly Dillard.
  • Birth of Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister.
  • 14 March: Death of Lucile Riggs, of unknown cause.
  • 10 May: Death of Samuel Makepeace, of unknown cause.

1880s

1880

  • Birth of Earl Errington.
  • 26 May: Death of Emma Crawford, of unknown cause.
  • Birth of Lenny Summers.

1881

  • Death of John Marston's father, of a cause presumably related to his alcoholism.
  • Death of an unnamed individual buried in Tumbleweed, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Abe Shackleford
  • Birth of Hank MacFarlane.
  • Birth of Walton Lowe.
  • Birth of Isabel Feaney.
  • 27 October: Death of Charlotte Eaves, of unknown cause.

1882

1883

  • Birth of Gus MacFarlane.
  • Birth of Betsie Errington.
  • Death of Dorothy Hewitt, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Alberto de la Fuente, of unknown cause.
  • An eclipse occurred which famously blinded a man named Stretch Hawthorn. The story was later adapted to a motion picture in 1911.
  • 18 October: Death of Minerva Pratt, from a fever.
  • August : Pleasance was founded.

1884

1885

  • Birth of Travis Glover.
  • 3 June: Death of Elijah Liggons, of unknown cause.
  • John Marston joins the Van der Linde gang.

1886

  • The 3rd Street Hardware opened in Blackwater.
  • Death of Obediah Graves, hanged for a murder which, according to his gravestone, he did not commit.
  • Death of Betsy Glover, of unknown cause.
  • 19 July: Death of Carmen Galindo, of unknown cause.
  • 7 November: Death of lawman Calvin Draper, killed by a criminal.

1887

  • Birth of Charlotte Lauterback.
  • Birth of Hattie Tanner.
  • Death of Pearl Palmer, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Dwight Bundy, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Lupe del Valle, of unknown cause.
  • 10 October: Death of Bryon Vickers, from losing a duel in New Austin.

1888

1889

  • Death of Ira Somers, presumably from syphilis.
  • The Prancing Fox Brand, a company selling socks, was established.
  • 29 November: Death of Sergeant Joseph Drummond, of unknown cause.

1890s

1890

  • 10 Jan: Death of Myra Leathers, of unknown cause.

1891

  • Birth of Carlos Bonavides.
  • Death of Delilah Gaskell, of unknown cause.
  • 23 June: Death of Jack Greenwood, of unknown cause.
  • 12 July: Death of Theodore Kilbane, of unknown cause.
  • 29 September: Death of an unnamed young black male, buried in the Blackwater Chapel, of unknown cause.

1892

  • Birth of Luisa Fortuna.
  • Death of Hoover Cowan, of unknown cause.
  • 25 August: Death of Truman Briggs, murdered by his wife.
  • 27 December: Bill Williamson is dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army.

1893

  • Birth of Mary Shackleford.
  • 18 August: Death of Matilda Eaves, of unknown cause.
  • 2 November: Death of an unnamed outlaw, buried in the Blackwater Chapel, of unknown cause.
  • 8 December: Death of Hank MacFarlane, to tuberculosis.

1894

  • 15 January: Death of Peter Turner, from a blow to his head.
  • 3 March: Death of Willie Swenson, of unknown cause.
  • 19 May: Death of a child buried in Perdido, of unknown cause.
  • Bill Williamson joins the Van der Linde gang.

1895

  • The end of the "Picturesque Period". Many stories and legends from this period were later adapted to motion pictures in the 1910s.
  • Tavish Gray receives a letter from Edinburgh University historian Malcolm Moffat revealing that his ancestor Ross Gray was not an exiled Jacobite as he had believed, but a spy for the Duke of Cumberland who had been forced to flee Scotland to escape the Jacobites' reprisals against informers.
  • Birth of Jack Marston.
  • 12 October: Death of Estella Blankenship, of unknown cause.
  • Javier Escuella joins the Van der Linde gang.

1896

1897

1898

1899

  • Disbandment of the Van der Linde gang.
  • Wapiti Indians exiled to Canada.
  • 26 July: Death of Cole MacFarlane, from a gunshot wound to the head.
  • 7 November: Death of Oscar Palomares, of unknown cause.

1900s

1900

  • Death of Butch Somers, hanged for his crimes as a horse thief.
  • 24 July: Death of Maybelle Fordham, Archer Fordham's mother, of unknown cause.

1901

  • Basilio Aguirre Olmos de la Vargas begins his 10 year search for his great-great-grandfathers treasure.
  • Death of Mary Dutton, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Herbert Forth, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Walter Pettigrew, the founder of Manzanita Post, of unknown cause.
  • 21 August: Death of Rosalie Tanner, of unknown cause.
  • 16 September: Death of Antonio de la Cueva, of unknown cause

1902

  • After a gunfight in eastern California, Landon Ricketts moved from USA to Mexico.
  • Death of David and Muriel Purvis, parents of Cyril Purvis, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Alberto Viveros, of unknown cause.
  • A bicycle model (later branded the "1902 Model") was produced and sold by the Blue Head Wonder Coaster company.

1903

  • Death of Ethan MacFarlane, after irritating a bull.
  • Death of Hamilton Murphy, of unknown cause.
  • Birth of Ralph Anderson.
  • The infamous Irving Factory Explosion occurred, killing over 400 child workers.
  • 18 March: Death of an unnamed thief, buried in the Blackwater Chapel, of unknown cause.
  • 23 April: Death of Priscilla Johnson, of unknown cause.
  • 31 October: Death of Dolores Falcon, of unknown cause.

1904

  • 29 April: Death of Lincoln Crenshaw, of unknown cause.
  • 2 June: Death of Fred Peagler, presumably from a brawl.

1905

  • Death of Louisa Warthington, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Kit Skaggs, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Isabel Feaney, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Houston Greenup, presumably from losing a duel.
  • 15 January: Death of Ellie Boone, of unknown cause.
  • 25 February: Death of Quincy Brogles, presumably from a brawl or duel.
  • 15 March: Death of Ambrose Lee, of unknown cause.
  • 4 August: Death of Gus MacFarlane, killed in a bar fight.

1906

  • Dutch van der Linde is rumored to have died in a fire following a failed robbery.
  • 25 May: Death of Jane Scranton, of unknown cause.
  • 8 September: Death of an unnamed woman, buried in the Church of Tumbleweed, suicide.
  • 9 September: Death of Joshua Benning, of unknown cause.

1907

  • John and Abigail marry at Beecher's Hope.
  • Armadillo experiences an outbreak of Cholera.
  • Death of Charlotte Lauterback, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Travis Glover, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Mr. Pickering, by a gunshot.
  • Death of Gustavo Obregon, of unknown cause.
  • 15 May: Death of Grace Blankenship, of unknown cause.

1908

  • Death of Nelly Dillard, of unknown cause.
  • 11 April: Death of Lambert Henning, hit by a train.

1909

  • Death of Lydia Grubb, of unknown cause.
  • Death of Carlos Bonavides, of unknown cause.
  • 23 February: Death of Orla Gaston, hit by a car.
  • 14 August: Death of Alejandro Fortuna, killed by the Mexican Army.
  • 19 November: Death of Hart Cummings, presumably from a deadly illness.

1910s

1910

  • Death of Mr. Braithwaite, of an unknown cause.
  • In yet another bloody coup, Ignacio Sanchez becomes President of Mexico.
  • Crops in New Austin were ruined by an unknown personnel, and farmers were forced to sell their lands at a cheap price. The culprit behind this was rumored to be Jeremiah Somerset.
  • The map of the frontier, later used by John Marston in 1911 and passed on to his son Jack Marston, was drawn.

1911

1913

  • Professor Harold MacDougal published a thesis declaring the impossibility of taming a savage man.
  • Edgar Ross retires from the Bureau of Investigation.

1914

Miscellaneous

  • Harrison Cherry's gravestone in 1911 writes that he dies on December 7, 1968.
Apparently this could be a very elaborate Beatles reference. To wit: In 1968, Eric Clapton gave George Harrison a cherry red guitar. At the time, Harrison was 25 (1943 + 25 = 1968) and Clapton was 23 (1945 + 23 = 1968), which averages to the age of 24. That guitar had serial numbers that corresponded to a batch that had shipped from a factory in a December, with 7 being the first number in the serial. Harrison then used the guitar through many of the Beatles' most famous works. See this page for more info on the guitar. Also, Harrison apparently named the guitar 'Lucy' in homage to comedienne Lucille Ball, and this could be why Jeb Blankenship's 'love' is named Lucy. Special thanks to therealcaro at reddead.net for doing the research.
  • Captain Maxwell Laskey died on August 24 in an unknown year. He was 31 when he died. He is mentioned briefly in a newspaper story at the end of Red Dead Redemption.