For the timeframe after the crash, see post-crash timeline
19th Cent
- Crash of the Black Rock
1940s
- Adam and Eve most likely landed on the island in this decade.
- Bernard born in 1947-48. (Depending on if it was 2004 when he proposed to Rose). He said he was 56.
1960s
1970s
- "Make Your Own Kind of Music" --> released 1970
- Charlie Pace is born --> 1976
- Apple II computer in the Swan Station --> 1977 through early 1980s
- "The Incident" occurs.
1980s
- Orientation film to the Swan station has a copyright date of 1980
- Boone is born in 1982
- Shannon is born in 1984
- Liam Pace receives a Voltron (in stores in 1984) for Christmas, Charlie Pace recives a piano
- California Lottery started (1986), Hurley would later win it by entering The Numbers
1988
- Sam Toomey & Leonard Sims hear the numbers being broadcast while stationed in the South Pacific.
- Danielle Rousseau and her crew run aground on the island after hearing the the numbers transmission.
- All of the science crew die, except Danielle
- Danielle replaces the numbers broadcast with a repeating transmission in French
- Alexandra Rousseau is born
1990s
- Sayid captured in Persian Gulf War circa 1991
- The ultrasound scanner in the examination room was first marketed in 1992.
- Jack treats Sawyer's sepsis with the drug ofloxacin (Collision) --> introduced in 1992
- Shannon sarcastically said that she didn't think that they could issue an "amber alert" in order to help find Claire. (Hearts and Minds) --> late 1990s (The first Amber Alert System was established in the Summer of '97 in Arlington, Texas.)
Since 2000
2000
- Locke loses the function of his legs
2001
2004
- Henry Gale supposedly arrives at the island via hot air balloon.
Misc
- Kate and Hurley have been shown listening to iPods. --> first sold in 2001)
- Canned pears in Australian farmer's pantry where Kate hid her wages are dated 2003.
- Shannon eludes to "Finding Nemo" --> released in France September 13, 2003
- Hurley buys a Hummer H2 --> first sold in April 2002, but more likely to be late 2002 or 2003.
- Oceanic Air luggage routing tag found in Rousseau's bunker === J/SHEPHARD 09SEPT21 / 4815162342 --> tag format indicates 09 (9th month) SEPT 21 (21st day of the month.)
- Locke's father in Lockdown is driving a silver W140-series Mercedes-Benz S-Class, placing the events at the funeral and home inspection after 1991. This model was replaced in 2000.
Post-Crash
- Oceanic Airlines flight 815 took off 22 September 2004 at 2:55pm
- For events after the crash, see Post-crash timeline