Timeline

What follows is a Compiled Timeline of events that have relation/direct effects on the Red Dead RP storyline.

The world of Red Dead RP clashes with our own, with no real substantial difference to how real world events played out.

Prehistory

 * After the emergence of early human tribes in north America, a cave painting is created featuring a group of seven humanoids around a bird like creature.
 * The Phoenicians are possibly the first Eurasians to make contact with the Americas. They left the land to the native peoples, and placed a scripture in Roanoke Ridge.

1000s

 * Norse Vikings discover The Americas. They left behind a tomb in Roanoke Ridge.

1776

 * July 4: The United States of America is officially founded.

1810

 * September 16: Mexico is officially founded.

1813

 * Sebastián Newmaker is born in Texas.

1840

 * Feburary 12: Two-Feathers is born.

1847

 * Sebastián Newmaker and his horse Rosa, are shot dead by Mexican armed forces.

1861

 * April 12: The American Civil War begins.

1863

 * Arthur Morgan is born.

1865

 * January 31: The 13th amendment abolishes slavery in the United States.
 * May 9: The American Civil War ends with a union victory.

1867

 * July 1: The Dominion of Canada is officially founded.

1870s

 * The Van der Linde gang is founded by Dutch van der Linde and Hosea Matthews.

1870

 * Everett Sek is born in Iceland.

1872

 * January 14th: Buck Greyson is born somewhere in South Dakota.
 * February: Mamie is born in Grass Valley, Kansas, United States.

1873

 * July 3: John Marston is born.

1875

 * July 14: Waya is born.



1876

 * Woodie is born in Württemberg, Germany.
 * Mara is thought to be born this year.

1878

 * December 5: Josie O'Neill is born somewhere in Alaska.

1879

 * Late September: Sebastián Newmaker and his horse Rosa come back from the dead.
 * October: Rockwell is born in an abandoned villa in Mexico, He would soon be found by Sebastián Newmaker and Mara.

1880s

 * The events of Red Dead Revolver may have occurred. Nonetheless, Red Harlow becomes a legend across The United States.

1882

 * February 27: William Faulkner is born in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. His mother suffers a Maternal Death not long after his birth.
 * May 26: Frederik Van Claire is born Württemberg, Germany.

1895

 * Jack Marston is born.

1898

 * The events of Red Dead Online begin and end.

1899

 * May 1899: The Blackwater Massacre occurs and with it, the events of Red Dead Redemption 2 start.
 * Late 1899: Woodie travels to Canada and begins exploring the rest of North America.
 * Late 1899: The Van der Linde gang disbands after affecting The Five Territories majorly, along with the death of many of it's members. One of which is Arthur Morgan. The events of Red Dead Redemption 2 end.
 * Late 1899: Woodie and Frederik Van Claire's family are killed following a gang raid on their family estate, Woodie buries his father Elijah Tod and their mother Zel on the same property.

1900

 * February 26: Angelo Russo is executed via hanging.
 * March 3: Buck Greyson shoots multiple gang members and challenges their leader to a duel in a fit of rage. The leader declines and Buck serves his time in Sisika Penitentiary. The gang members and their leader are later incarcerated.
 * May 27: Waya dies after jumping off a cliff, he is buried in Cotorra Springs.
 * Early July: The Collective flee to West Elizabeth and New Austin after effectively becoming outlaws.
 * July 23: Buck Greyson and Andi find a man in Tumbleweed, The man invites them to his camp near Benedict Point. The man is taken over by a parasitic organism after they spend a small amount of time at his camp, he kills and eats his dog in the attic of an abandoned barn near his camp. He is shot by Buck after attempting to attack Andi, later Buck and Andi burn his remains.

1901

 * January 1: Australia is officially founded.

1907

 * The events of Red Dead Redemption 2's Epilogue begin and end between an indeterminate time.

1908

 * July 26: The Bureau of Investigation is Officially founded.

1911

 * The events of Red Dead Redemption begin and end. John Marston dies after years of trying to redeem himself from his past.
 * Noncanonical: An ancient Aztec mask is stolen, after which a plague ravages through The Five Territories and Nuevo Paraiso, causing the dead to rise. The events of Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare begin and end.

1914

 * July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War.


 * Red Dead Redemption's Epilogue begins and ends. The curse of Redeeming is over.  The Red Dead Series Ends.