⚠️ Warning: Potential Spoilers Ahead!
The timelines below are complete through July 6, 1988, and include events from both the canonical series and Legends Lost stories. As the series continues, events from later dates will be added. Because events are presented chronologically, this page may reveal major plot developments.
More detailed timelines can be found on individual reference entries.
1900-1949 · 1950-1969 · 1970-1983 · 1983-1987 · 1987-1999
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-1921 | Dodie Schalk born | Drayton, Norwich, England |
| 19-Jan-1923 | Emily Murray born | Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| 17-Oct-1926 | Dotty Fessenden born | Stowe, VT, USA |
| 31-Dec-1927 | Austin Smyth born | Camden, NJ, USA |
| 10-May-1928 | Lawrence Keaton born | Worthing, Sussex, England |
| 19-Sep-1929 | Billy Melrose born | Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 4-Jan-1931 | Eleanor Samada born | Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, USA |
| 16-May-1934 | Maddy Prudhomme born | Battersea, London, England |
| 1-Sep-1939 | Germany invades Poland, triggering World War II | Westerplatte, Free City of Danzig, Poland; Wieluń, Łódź, Poland |
| 3-Sep-1939 | Britain declares war on Germany, entering World War II | Westminster, London, England |
| 30-Jan-1940 | Ted Renno born | Marlboro, VT, USA |
| 7-Sep-1940 | London Blitz begins | London, England |
| 18-Apr-1941 | Deirdre Hamilton born | Ealing, London, England |
| 16-May-1941 | London Blitz ends | London, England |
| 7-Dec-1941 | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, declares war on US/UK | Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, USA |
| 8-Dec-1941 | US/UK declare war on Japan; US enters World War II | Washington, DC, USA |
| 11-Dec-1941 | US declares war on Germany | Washington, DC, USA |
| 8-May-1945 | V-E Day: World War II fighting ends in Europe | Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany |
| 6-Aug-1945 9-Aug-1945 |
US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan; Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan |
| 15-Aug-1945 | V-J Day: fighting ends in Pacific Theater | Tokyo, Honshu, Japan |
| 20-Aug-1945 | Joe King born | Columbia, MD, USA |
| 2-Sep-1945 | Japan signs Instrument of Surrender; World War II ends | Tokyo Bay, Honshu, Japan |
| 24-May-1947 | Carl West and Dotty Fessenden married | Manhattan, KS, USA |
| 22-Jun-1947 | Zeke Ortega born | Brownsville, TX, USA |
| 4-Jun-1948 | Jonathan Stone born | Alexandria, VA, USA |
| 26-Jun-1948 | Corbin Radford born | Shepherd’s Bush, London, England |
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-1950 | Lee Stetson born | Washington, DC, USA |
| 25-Jun-1950 | North Korea invades South Korea; Korean War begins | Ongjin, South Hwanghae, Korea |
| 29-Oct-1950 | Amanda West born | RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, England |
| 9-Jul-1951 | Stalemate begins in Korean War | Kansas Line, Korea |
| 23-Sep-1951 | Whitaker Hale and Eleanor Samada married | Taegu, North Gyeonsang, South Korea |
| 24-Apr-1952 | Douglas Trent born | Loughborough, Leicestershire, England |
| 10-Oct-1952 | Whitaker Hale killed in combat | Cheorwon, Gangwon, South Korea |
| 27-Jul-1953 | Armistice signed, ending fighting in Korea | Panmumjom, Gyeonggi, Korea |
| 16-Oct-1953 | Francine Desmond born | Seattle, WA, USA |
| 18-Sep-1955 | Lee Stetson's parents murdered via car crash | Washington, DC, USA |
| 1-Nov-1955 | Vietnam War begins | Saigon, Republic of Vietnam |
| 30-Sep-1957 | Carrie Benoit born | Coral Gables, FL, USA |
| 2-Oct-1959 | Scotty Parker born | Richmond, VA, USA |
| 7-Jun-1961 | Rhys Davenport born | Chester, Cheshire, England |
| 13-Aug-1961 | East Germany closes the internal Berlin border and begins building the Berlin Wall | Berlin, East Germany |
| 25-Feb-1962 | Nancy Zusterakos born | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA |
| 15-Oct-1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis begins | San Cristóbal, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| 28-Oct-1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis ends | Washington, DC, USA; Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| 30-Jul-1963 | Clare Staunton born | Islington, London, England |
| 8-Mar-1965 | First U.S. ground troops arrive in Vietnam | Da Nang, Quảng Nam, South Vietnam |
| 20-Apr-1969 | U.S. troop presence in Vietnam peaks at over 500,000 | South Vietnam |
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-1971 | Eleanor Hale retires from the US Army | Arlington, VA, USA |
| 3-Jun-1972 | Joe King and Amanda West married | Washington, DC, USA |
| 28-Mar-1973 | Phillip King born | Washington, DC, USA |
| 29-Mar-1973 | Last U.S. troops withdrawn from Vietnam | South Vietnam |
| 25-Jun-1973 | Lee Stetson begins working at the Agency | Washington, DC, USA |
| 10-Nov-1974 | Jamie King born | Arlington, VA, USA |
| 30-Apr-1975 | Saigon falls; Vietnam War ends | Saigon, South Vietnam |
| 2-Aug-1976 | Marla Radford born | Westminster, London, England |
| 6-Sep-1977 | Joe King deployed overseas by the Emergency Aid Organization | Djolani, Djolani State, Estoccia |
| 1-Apr-1981 | Billy Melrose promoted to Director of Field Section with the Agency | Washington, DC, USA |
| 14-Jul-1981 | Carl West dies | McLean, VA, USA |
| 1-Aug-1981 | Carrie Benoit deployed overseas by the Peace Corps | Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone |
| 29-Sep-1982 | Joe and Amanda King divorce finalized | Arlington, VA, USA |
| 1-Sep-1983 | Korean Air Lines 007 strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by the Soviet Union | Sea of Japan near Moneron Island, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Oct-1983 | Lee Stetson recruits Amanda King to the Agency | Washington, DC, USA |
| 25-Oct-1983 | Operation Urgent Fury: United States invades Grenada | St. George’s, Grenada |
| 11-Mar-1985 | Mikhail Gorbachev elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| 18-May-1985 | Carrie Benoit returns to the United States | Hyattsville, MD, USA |
| 20-May-1985 | John Walker is arrested, exposing the Walker Spy Ring | Montgomery County, MD, USA |
| 17-Aug-1985 | Rhys Davenport and Clare Staunton married | Islington, Greater London, England |
| 21-Nov-1985 | Jonathan Pollard arrested for spying for Israel | Washington, DC, USA |
| 16-Dec-1985 | Joe King returns to the United States following the apparent assassination of the Estoccian Prime Minister | Washington, DC, USA |
| 26-Apr-1986 | Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor #4 explodes | Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| 3-Nov-1986 | Iran-Contra Affair exposed by Ash-Shiraa magazine | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 13-Feb-1987 | Lee Stetson and Amanda King married | Marion, VA, USA |
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-1987 | Joe King and Carrie Benoit married | Hyattsville, MD, USA |
| 1-Oct-1987 | Dotty West and Phillip King murdered via car crash | Arlington, VA, USA |
| 11-Jan-1988 | Douglas Trent begins exchange assignment (later extended) with the Agency | Washington, DC, USA |
| 2-Feb-1988 | Lee Stetson suffers a disabling injury during a case | Takoma Park, MD, USA |
| 2-Feb-1988 | Jonathan Stone murdered | Chantilly, VA, USA |
| 18-Jun-1988 | Lee and Amanda Stetson deployed overseas | London, England |
| 3-Jul-1988 | Iran Air 655 is shot down by the USS Vincennes, which mistook it for an Iranian F-14 | Strait of Hormuz outside Bandar Abbas, Iran |
| 6-Jul-1988 | Joe and Carrie King deployed overseas, traveling via London to drop off Jamie King | Algiers, Algeria |