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*1868: [[Eddie Kessler]] is born in [[Germany]] |
*1868: [[Eddie Kessler]] is born in [[Germany]] |
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*1871: [[Great Chicago Fire]] |
*1871: [[Great Chicago Fire]] |
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+ | *1872: [[Nucky Thompson]] is born |
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*1876: [[George Armstrong Custer|Custer]]'s Last Stand at the [[Battle of Little Bighorn]] |
*1876: [[George Armstrong Custer|Custer]]'s Last Stand at the [[Battle of Little Bighorn]] |
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+ | *1877: [[Eli Thompson|<nowiki/>]][[Elias]] Thompson is born |
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*[[1881]]: [[Nucky Thompson]] is a member of the [[Atlantic City Junior Beach Patrol]]. ("[[Home]]") |
*[[1881]]: [[Nucky Thompson]] is a member of the [[Atlantic City Junior Beach Patrol]]. ("[[Home]]") |
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*[[1883]]:[[Damien Fleming| Damien Fleming]] is born ("[[Ourselves Alone]]") |
*[[1883]]:[[Damien Fleming| Damien Fleming]] is born ("[[Ourselves Alone]]") |
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+ | ** [[Gillian Darmody]] is born on June 15. ("[[Marriage and Hunting]]") |
+ | ** A young [[Nucky]] catches the eye of the [[Commodore Louis Kaestner|Commodore]] and takes him under his wing ("[[Golden Days for Boys and Girls]]") |
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+ | ** [[Nucky]] and [[Eli Thompson|Eli]]'s sister, [[Susan Thompson|Susan]], dies. ("[[Golden Days for Boys and Girls]]"), ("[[The Good Listener]]") |
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**[[Mabel Thompson]] is born. ("[[A Return to Normalcy]]") |
**[[Mabel Thompson]] is born. ("[[A Return to Normalcy]]") |
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**[[Nucky Thompson]] claims to have searched for food chest deep in snow in order to feed his family, ultimately killing three rats, while his father [[Ethan Thompson]] was drunk. He later denied the story, however. ("[[Boardwalk Empire]]") |
**[[Nucky Thompson]] claims to have searched for food chest deep in snow in order to feed his family, ultimately killing three rats, while his father [[Ethan Thompson]] was drunk. He later denied the story, however. ("[[Boardwalk Empire]]") |
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**[[Mickey Doyle]] is born |
**[[Mickey Doyle]] is born |
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+ | *1889: [[Nelson Van Alden]] is born ("[[Cuanto]]") |
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*[[1892]]: Doomsday cult leader [[Edgartin Sterry]] prophesies the Second Coming to take place in this year. [[Nelson Van Alden]]'s father, one of his followers, gives away the family farm in anticipation and the family awaits in a tent for the whole of the year. Van Alden's relation with his parents begins to sour afterwards. |
*[[1892]]: Doomsday cult leader [[Edgartin Sterry]] prophesies the Second Coming to take place in this year. [[Nelson Van Alden]]'s father, one of his followers, gives away the family farm in anticipation and the family awaits in a tent for the whole of the year. Van Alden's relation with his parents begins to sour afterwards. |
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*[[1893]]: [[Margaret Schroeder]] is born. ("[[Family Limitation]]") |
*[[1893]]: [[Margaret Schroeder]] is born. ("[[Family Limitation]]") |
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*[[1894]]: [[Nelson Van Alden]]'s aunt takes him to a play, his fundamentalist parents are enraged and shun all contact with her. ("[[A Dangerous Maid]]")[[File:Gillian-KN.png|thumb|[[Gillian]] during May Day, 1897 ("[[Paris Green]]")]] |
*[[1894]]: [[Nelson Van Alden]]'s aunt takes him to a play, his fundamentalist parents are enraged and shun all contact with her. ("[[A Dangerous Maid]]")[[File:Gillian-KN.png|thumb|[[Gillian]] during May Day, 1897 ("[[Paris Green]]")]] |
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+ | **[[Nucky]] meets [[Gillian]] for the first time. ("[[Devil You Know]]") |
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+ | **[[Nucky]] is appointed [[Atlantic County Sheriff|Sheriff]] of [[Atlantic City]] ("[[Eldorado]]") |
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*[[1898]]: |
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**[[Jimmy Darmody]] is born in January. |
**[[Jimmy Darmody]] is born in January. |
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**[[Rowland Smith]]'s family receives a Christmas turkey from [[Nucky Thompson]]. ("[[Blue Bell Boy]]") |
**[[Rowland Smith]]'s family receives a Christmas turkey from [[Nucky Thompson]]. ("[[Blue Bell Boy]]") |
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**[[Paul Sagorsky]] starts drinking ("[[The North Star]]") |
**[[Paul Sagorsky]] starts drinking ("[[The North Star]]") |
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+ | ** [[The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League]] is created and organized by [[Marcus Garvey]] |
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**[[Adeline White]] is born. ("[[Havre de Grace]]") |
**[[Adeline White]] is born. ("[[Havre de Grace]]") |
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**The [[18th Amendment]] to the [[US Constitution]] is ratified. |
**The [[18th Amendment]] to the [[US Constitution]] is ratified. |
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**[[August Tucker]] leaves [[Georgia]] for [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. ("[[Acres of Diamonds]]") |
**[[August Tucker]] leaves [[Georgia]] for [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. ("[[Acres of Diamonds]]") |
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− | ** [[File:Boardwalk-Empire-10-550x36.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Nucky]] has a meeting with [[James "Big Jim" Colosimo]], [[Johnny Torrio]], [[Arnold Rothstein]] and [[Lucky Luciano]] to establish bootlegging arrangements. ("[[Boardwalk Empire]]")]][[J. Edgar Hoover]] targets [[Marcus Garvey]] and begins a long |
+ | ** [[File:Boardwalk-Empire-10-550x36.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Nucky]] has a meeting with [[James "Big Jim" Colosimo]], [[Johnny Torrio]], [[Arnold Rothstein]] and [[Lucky Luciano]] to establish bootlegging arrangements. ("[[Boardwalk Empire]]")]][[J. Edgar Hoover]] targets [[Marcus Garvey]] and begins a long campaign against him |
+ | ** [[Legs Diamond]] begins working for [[Arnold Rothstein]] |
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*[[File:Nucky-shot.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Nucky]] is shot through the hand. ("[[Peg of Old]]")]][[1921]]: [[Season 2|Second season]] |
*[[File:Nucky-shot.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Nucky]] is shot through the hand. ("[[Peg of Old]]")]][[1921]]: [[Season 2|Second season]] |
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+ | **Undated: [[Joe Masseria]] recruits [[Lucky Luciano]] as one of his gunmen |
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− | **[[February 1921|February]] - "[[21]]", "[[Ourselves Alone]]" |
+ | ** [[February 1921|February]] - "[[21]]", "[[Ourselves Alone]]" |
**[[March 1921|March]] - "[[A Dangerous Maid]]" |
**[[March 1921|March]] - "[[A Dangerous Maid]]" |
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**[[April 1921|April]] - "[[What Does the Bee Do?]]" |
**[[April 1921|April]] - "[[What Does the Bee Do?]]" |
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*[[1922]]: |
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+ | *** [[Arnold Rothstein]] introduces [[Nucky]] to [[Gyp Rosetti]]. ("[[You'd Be Surprised]]") |
+ | *** The [[Harding]] Administration is plagued by numerous controversies and scandals |
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**[[October]] - End of the Russian Civil War. |
**[[October]] - End of the Russian Civil War. |
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**[[November]] - [[Howard Carter]] discovers King [[Tutankhamun]]'s tomb. |
**[[November]] - [[Howard Carter]] discovers King [[Tutankhamun]]'s tomb. |
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***[[Warren G. Harding]] dies of a heart attack |
***[[Warren G. Harding]] dies of a heart attack |
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*** [[Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the 30th President of The United States[[File:Richard harrow blood.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Richard Harrow]] massacres [[Gyp Rosetti|Rosetti's]] men at the [[Artemis Club]] to rescue [[Tommy Darmody]]. ("[[Margate Sands]]")]] |
*** [[Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge]] becomes the 30th President of The United States[[File:Richard harrow blood.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Richard Harrow]] massacres [[Gyp Rosetti|Rosetti's]] men at the [[Artemis Club]] to rescue [[Tommy Darmody]]. ("[[Margate Sands]]")]] |
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+ | *[[October]] - [[Bill Lovett]] is killed in [[Brooklyn]]. [[Peg Leg Lonergan]] takes over his business and begins a two year war against [[Frankie Yale]] for control of the [[Brooklyn]] Waterfront. |
* [[November]] - [[Gerald]] dies, making [[Emma Harrow|Emma]] a widow ("[[Resignation]]") |
* [[November]] - [[Gerald]] dies, making [[Emma Harrow|Emma]] a widow ("[[Resignation]]") |
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====1924==== |
====1924==== |
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*[[1924]]: [[Season 4|Fourth Season]] |
*[[1924]]: [[Season 4|Fourth Season]] |
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+ | **[[Sometime before February]]:[[File:305-1.jpg|thumb|185x185px|The [[Onyx Club]] takes over the premises of[[ Babette's Supper Club]] following it's [[The Pony|bombing]]. It's primarily owned by [[Chalky White]].]] |
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+ | *** [[The Hawthorne Inn]] of [[Chicago Patron|Cicero, Illinois]] becomes the [[Chicago Outfit|Chicago Outfit's]] new headquarters. [[Al Capone]] brings his brothers, [[Frank Capone|Frank]] and [[Ralph Capone|Ralph]] out from [[Brooklyn]] to join him in [[Chicago]] |
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+ | *** After being convicted of [[bootlegging]] and spending nine months in jail, [[Bill McCoy]] decides to "retire" in [[Florida]] and invest his money in real estate |
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+ | *** [[Richard Harrow]] accepts a contract from [[Carl Billings|Carl billings]] to murder 4 people in and around Wisconsin. |
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+ | *** [[File:Valentin Narcisse infobox.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Dr. Valentin Narcisse]]; a [[Harlem]]-based gangster seeking to make in-roads on [[Atlantic City|Atlantic City's]] North Side,]][[Margaret Thompson]] and her two [[Teddy Thompson|chil]][[Emily Thompson|dren]] decide to stay in [[New York City]], she is working as a secretary at an investment office. |
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+ | *** [[Legs Diamond]] becomes [[Arnold Rothstein|Arnold Rothstein's]] personal bodyguard |
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**[[January]]: |
**[[January]]: |
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+ | *** While in jail, [[George Remus]] tells the [[Bureau of Investigation]] that [[Nucky Thompson]] is "the linchpin of a nationwide criminal conspiracy". ("[[William Wilson]]") |
− | ***[[Bureau of Investigation]] Agent [[James Tolliver]] travels to [[Atlantic City]] and poses as [[Bureau of Internal revenue]] Agent Warren Knox to investigate [[Nucky's organization]] and the corruption within the [[Prohibition Agents]] deployed there. ("[[New York Sour]]", "[[Resignation]]") |
+ | *** [[Bureau of Investigation]] Agent [[James Tolliver]] travels to [[Atlantic City]] and poses as [[Bureau of Internal revenue]] Agent Warren Knox to investigate [[Nucky's organization]] and the corruption within the [[Prohibition Agents]] deployed there. ("[[New York Sour]]", "[[Resignation]]")[[File:Dean.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Dean O'Banion]] is killed by [[Frankie Yale]], [[John Scalise]] and [[Albert Anselmi]]. ("[[Marriage and Hunting]]")]] |
− | **[[February 1924|February]] - "[[New York Sour]]", "[[Resignation]]" |
+ | ** [[February 1924|February]] - "[[New York Sour]]", "[[Resignation]]" |
+ | ***[[3]]: [[Woodrow Wilson]] dies |
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− | ***[[File:Dean.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Dean O'Banion]] is killed by [[Frankie Yale]], [[John Scalise]] and [[Albert Anselmi]]. ("[[Marriage and Hunting]]")]][[3]]: [[Woodrow Wilson]] dies |
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**[[March 1924|March]] - "[[Acres of Diamonds]]", "[[All In]]" |
**[[March 1924|March]] - "[[Acres of Diamonds]]", "[[All In]]" |
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**[[April 1924|April]] - "[[Erlkonig]]", "[[The North Star]]" |
**[[April 1924|April]] - "[[Erlkonig]]", "[[The North Star]]" |
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− | *** [[Harry Daugherty]] is forced to resign his post as [[Attorney General]] by the late [[Warren G. Harding|Harding's]] Presidential successor, [[Calvin Coolidge]] |
+ | *** [[Harry Daugherty]] is forced to resign his post as [[Attorney General]] by the late [[Warren G. Harding|Harding's]] Presidential successor, [[Calvin Coolidge]]. The president appoints [[Harlan F. Stone]] as the new [[Attorney General]] charging him with ending the corruption of the [[Harding]] Administration. [[Stone]] was responsible for the appointment of [[J. Edgar Hoover]] as head of the [[Department of Justice's]] [[Bureau of Investigation]][[File:Maxresdefault (6).jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Eli Thompson]] ends his [[Warren Knox]] ([[James Tolliver]]) problem. ("[[Farewell Daddy Blues]]")]] |
**[[May 1924|May]]: |
**[[May 1924|May]]: |
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+ | ***[[May 21, 1924|21]] to [[May 22, 1924|22]] - "[[William Wilson]]" |
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− | ***[[May 23, 1924|23]] to [[May 24, 1924|24]] - "[[The Old Ship of Zion]]" |
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− | **[[June 1924|June]] |
+ | **[[June 1924|June]]: |
+ | *** [[Marriage and Hunting]]" |
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− | **[[July 1924|July]] - "[[White Horse Pike]]", "[[Havre De Grace|Havre de Grace]]" |
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+ | *** Following [[O'Banion|O'Banion's]] death, [[Hymie Weiss]] becomes the leader of the [[North Side Gang]] with [[Bugs Moran]] and [[Vincent Drucci]] as co-leaders. |
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− | + | ** [[July 1924|July]] - "[[White Horse Pike]]", "[[Havre De Grace|Havre de Grace]]" |
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+ | **[[August 1924|August]] - "[[Farewell Daddy Blues]]" |
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+ | ** Undated - [[Mickey Doyle]] takes over the Onyx club. ("[[What Jesus Said]]") |
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+ | ** Undated - [[Chalky White]] is arrested sentenced to a chain gang in Maryland. ("[[King of Norway]]") |
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*** [[George Remus]] is indicted for thousands of violations of the [[Volstead Act]] and given a two-year federal prison sentence |
*** [[George Remus]] is indicted for thousands of violations of the [[Volstead Act]] and given a two-year federal prison sentence |
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*** [[Johnny Torrio]] moves to [[Italy]] |
*** [[Johnny Torrio]] moves to [[Italy]] |
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+ | ** [[February]]: [[Marcus Garvey]] is convicted and imprisoned on mail fraud charges. He begins serving his five year long sentence. |
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** [[March]]: [[Calvin Coolidge]] begins his second term as the 30th President of The United States |
** [[March]]: [[Calvin Coolidge]] begins his second term as the 30th President of The United States |
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** [[December]]: [[Peg Leg Lonergan]] and five of his men are killed at the [[Adonis Social Club]] during a [[Christmas]] celebration |
** [[December]]: [[Peg Leg Lonergan]] and five of his men are killed at the [[Adonis Social Club]] during a [[Christmas]] celebration |
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*** [[Al Capone]] is at the climax of his power |
*** [[Al Capone]] is at the climax of his power |
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*** [[Jake Guzik]] begins to serve as [[Al Capone|Al Capone's]] principal [[bagman]] in payoffs to police and politicians. |
*** [[Jake Guzik]] begins to serve as [[Al Capone|Al Capone's]] principal [[bagman]] in payoffs to police and politicians. |
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*** [[Gaston Means (historical figure)|Gaston Means]] is released from federal prison after serving two years |
*** [[Gaston Means (historical figure)|Gaston Means]] is released from federal prison after serving two years |
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− | *** Construction of the [[Atlantic City]] Convention |
+ | *** Construction of the [[Atlantic City]] Convention Center begins |
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** [[September]]: |
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− | *** Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at [[The Hawthorne Inn]], [[Al Capone]]'s [[Chicago]] headquarters. Only one of [[Capone]]'s men is wounded |
+ | *** Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at [[The Hawthorne Inn]], [[Al Capone]]'s [[Chicago]] headquarters. Only one of [[Capone]]'s men is wounded. The attack was an attempt on [[Capone|Capone's]] life by the [[North Side Gang]]. In retaliation [[Capone]] sanctions a hit on their new leader, [[Hymie Weiss]] |
− | *** [[Jack Dempsey]] |
+ | *** [[Jack Dempsey]] loses his Title against [[Gene Tunney]] in [[Philadelphia]] |
** [[October]]: |
** [[October]]: |
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*** [[Harry Houdini]] dies of [[gangrene]] |
*** [[Harry Houdini]] dies of [[gangrene]] |
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*** [[Eddie Cantor]] leaves the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' |
*** [[Eddie Cantor]] leaves the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' |
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** [[January]]: Mayor [[Edward Bader]] dies of [[appendicitis]] |
** [[January]]: Mayor [[Edward Bader]] dies of [[appendicitis]] |
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*** [[Bill Fallon]] dies of natural causes |
*** [[Bill Fallon]] dies of natural causes |
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*** The [[Bureau of Prohibition]] becomes an independent entity within the [[Department of the Treasury]] |
*** The [[Bureau of Prohibition]] becomes an independent entity within the [[Department of the Treasury]] |
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+ | *** [[Chicago]] police arrest [[Vincent Drucci]], co-leader of the [[North Side Gang]] alongside [[Bugs Moran]], and shoot him to death allegedly because he lunged for their weapons. |
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⚫ | ** [[September]]: [[Al Capone]] invites [[Frankie Yale]] to [[Chicago]] to mend their relationship. Despite the visit going well, their friendship began to rapidly deteriorate after[[Frankie Yale| Yale]] returned to [[New York]]. Due to many other business obligations, Capone would have to wait until 1928 to retaliate. |
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+ | *** In the mayoral race of [[Chicago]], [[Al Capone]] backed [[William Hale Thompson]]. On the polling day, nicknamed the [["Pineapple Primary"]] the city was plunged into chaos. Very similar to the [[Erlkonig|1924 mayoral race of Cicero]], [[Capone]] and his cohorts manipulated the polls with violence and intimidation. 62 bombings took place and at least 2 politicians were killed, 500 federal marshals were called in to ensure voters safety. The term [["Pineapple Primary"]] comes from the slang term of a grenade. |
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⚫ | ** [[September]]: [[Al Capone]] invites [[Frankie Yale]] to [[Chicago]] to mend their relationship. Despite the visit going well, their friendship began to rapidly deteriorate after[[Frankie Yale| Yale]] returned to [[New York]]. Due to many other business obligations, Capone would have to wait until 1928 to retaliate. |
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** [[October]]: [[George Remus]] goes on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, [[Imogene]]. [[George Remus|Remus]] pleaded temporary insanity and was granted a six-month insanity sentence. Upon release,[[George Remus| Remus]] attempted to get back into [[bootlegging]], but soon retired when he found that the market had been completely taken over by gangsters. |
** [[October]]: [[George Remus]] goes on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, [[Imogene]]. [[George Remus|Remus]] pleaded temporary insanity and was granted a six-month insanity sentence. Upon release,[[George Remus| Remus]] attempted to get back into [[bootlegging]], but soon retired when he found that the market had been completely taken over by gangsters. |
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+ | ** [[November]]: [[Marcus Garvey's]] sentence is commuted by President [[Calvin Coolidge]], upon his release [[Garvey]] is deported to [[Jamaica]]. The popularity of the [[UNIA]] diminished greatly following his expulsion |
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*** [[Johnny Torrio]] returns to the [[United States]] as [[Benito Mussolini]] begins putting pressure on the [[Mafia]] in [[Italy]] |
*** [[Johnny Torrio]] returns to the [[United States]] as [[Benito Mussolini]] begins putting pressure on the [[Mafia]] in [[Italy]] |
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*** [[Waxey Gordon]]'s position begins to decline following [[Rothstein]]'s assassination |
*** [[Waxey Gordon]]'s position begins to decline following [[Rothstein]]'s assassination |
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*** [[Eliot Ness]] begins to lead the [[Prohibition]] unit in [[Chicago]] |
*** [[Eliot Ness]] begins to lead the [[Prohibition]] unit in [[Chicago]] |
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*** Tensions between the [[Masseria]] and [[Salvatore Maranzano|Maranzano]] factions increase |
*** Tensions between the [[Masseria]] and [[Salvatore Maranzano|Maranzano]] factions increase |
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*** [[Frankie Yale]] is murdered by four armed individuals in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] |
*** [[Frankie Yale]] is murdered by four armed individuals in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] |
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*** Following the death of [[Frankie Yale]], [[Joe Masseria]] begins to take entire control of all the Mafia gangs of [[New York]] |
*** Following the death of [[Frankie Yale]], [[Joe Masseria]] begins to take entire control of all the Mafia gangs of [[New York]] |
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+ | *** [[Arnold Rothstein]] is shot and mortally wounded during a business meeting in [[New York City|Manhattan]], he died the next day. The shooting was reportedly linked to debts owed from a three-day long, high stakes porker game a month earlier. The gambler [[George "Hump" McManus]] was arrested for the murder, but later acquitted for lack of evidence. Following this, [[Lucky Luciano]] quickly pledges fealty again to [[Joe Masseria]] |
+ | *** [[Nucky Thompson]] and [[Meyer Lansky]] meet for the last time until 1931 ("[[Golden Days for Boys and Girls]]") |
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+ | *** [[Joe Masseria]] is now formally known as "Joe the Boss," head of the largest Mafia grouping in New York. [[Lucky Luciano]], now a top aide in the [[Masseria]] organization, reluctantly begins paying homage and tribute. |
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+ | *** [[Joseph Kennedy]] begins investing in the legal importation of spirits |
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⚫ | *** Following the election of President [[Herbert Hoover]], U.S. [[Treasury Secretary]] [[Andrew Mellon]] was specifically charged with bringing down [[Al Capone]]. [[Eliot Ness]] was chosen to head the operations under the National [[Prohibition]] Act targeting the illegal [[breweries]] and supply routes of [[Capone]]. [[Eliot Ness|Ness ]] |
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⚫ | *** Following the election of President [[Herbert Hoover]], U.S. [[Treasury Secretary]] [[Andrew Mellon]] was specifically charged with bringing down [[Al Capone]]. [[Eliot Ness]] was chosen to head the operations under the National [[Prohibition]] Act targeting the illegal [[breweries]] and supply routes of [[Capone]]. [[Eliot Ness|Ness creates]] a team of nine men known as "[[The Untouchables]]" to help in his effort. |
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*** The [[Atlantic City Conference]] occurs. It was a major summit held in [[Atlantic City]] of leaders of [[organized crime]] in the [[United States]] and was the earliest [[organized crime]] summit in the U.S. Many details were discussed, most notably the violent bootleg wars in [[New York]] and [[Chicago]], investment into legal ventures in case of the repeal of [[prohibition]] and reorganization and consolidation of the underworld into a [[National Crime Syndicate]]. The Conference was hosted by [[Meyer Lansky]], [[Lucky Luciano]] and [[Johnny Torrio]], the organizing host was [[Nucky Thompson]] who provided all the arrangements. Some of the attendees include; [[Benny Siegel]], [[Owney Madden]], [[Al Capone]], [[Jake Guzik]], [[Waxey Gordon]] and many more. [[Joe Masseria]] and [[Salvatore Maranzano]] were excluded once again and not invited. |
*** The [[Atlantic City Conference]] occurs. It was a major summit held in [[Atlantic City]] of leaders of [[organized crime]] in the [[United States]] and was the earliest [[organized crime]] summit in the U.S. Many details were discussed, most notably the violent bootleg wars in [[New York]] and [[Chicago]], investment into legal ventures in case of the repeal of [[prohibition]] and reorganization and consolidation of the underworld into a [[National Crime Syndicate]]. The Conference was hosted by [[Meyer Lansky]], [[Lucky Luciano]] and [[Johnny Torrio]], the organizing host was [[Nucky Thompson]] who provided all the arrangements. Some of the attendees include; [[Benny Siegel]], [[Owney Madden]], [[Al Capone]], [[Jake Guzik]], [[Waxey Gordon]] and many more. [[Joe Masseria]] and [[Salvatore Maranzano]] were excluded once again and not invited. |
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− | *** [[Meyer Lansky]] marries [[ |
+ | *** [[Meyer Lansky]] marries [[Anna Citron]] |
− | *** The [[Atlantic City]] Convention |
+ | *** The [[Atlantic City]] Convention Center officially opens |
− | *** Famous hit men [[John Scalise]] and [[Albert Anselmi]], killers of [[Dean O'Banion]], were found brutally beaten and shot to death in Indiana. Their murders were never solved. |
+ | *** Famous hit men [[John Scalise]] and [[Albert Anselmi]], killers of [[Dean O'Banion]], were found brutally beaten and shot to death in [[Indiana]]. Their murders were never solved. |
** [[October]]: |
** [[October]]: |
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− | *** [[Lucky Luciano]] is forced into a limousine at gun point by three men, beaten and stabbed, and dumped on a beach in [[Staten Island]].He survived the ordeal but was forever marked with a scar and droopy eye. |
+ | *** [[Lucky Luciano]] is forced into a limousine at gun point by three men, beaten and stabbed, and dumped on a beach in [[Staten Island]].He survived the ordeal but was forever marked with a scar and droopy eye. |
− | *** The [[Wall Street Stock Market Crash of 1929]] occurs, beginning the ten-year long [[Great Depression]] |
+ | *** The [[Wall Street Stock Market Crash of 1929]] occurs, beginning the ten-year long [[Great Depression]] |
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*** Senator [[Walter Edge]] resigns from his post as a Senator of [[New Jersey]] to become the U.S. ambassador to [[France]] |
*** Senator [[Walter Edge]] resigns from his post as a Senator of [[New Jersey]] to become the U.S. ambassador to [[France]] |
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*** The efforts of [[Eliot Ness]] and his team bring major damage to [[Capone]] and his organization |
*** The efforts of [[Eliot Ness]] and his team bring major damage to [[Capone]] and his organization |
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*** A "[[Jake paralysis]]" outbreak occurs in the [[United States]] resulting from adulterated [[Jamaica ginger]] sold as an alcohol substitute |
*** A "[[Jake paralysis]]" outbreak occurs in the [[United States]] resulting from adulterated [[Jamaica ginger]] sold as an alcohol substitute |
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*** [[Bugs Moran]] flees [[Chicago]] |
*** [[Bugs Moran]] flees [[Chicago]] |
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− | *** The [[Chicago]] Crime Commission designates [[Al Capone]] [[Public Enemy No. 1]], [[Ralph Capone]] is designated [[Public Enemy No. 3]] |
+ | *** The [[Chicago]] Crime Commission designates [[Al Capone]] [[Public Enemy No. 1]], [[Ralph Capone]] is designated [[Public Enemy No. 3]] |
*** At this time, [[Al Capone]] has fully consolidated his power in [[Chicago]] and is effectively in full control. He is a force to be reckoned with. |
*** At this time, [[Al Capone]] has fully consolidated his power in [[Chicago]] and is effectively in full control. He is a force to be reckoned with. |
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** [[January]]: [[Harry Bacharach]] is once again elected as Mayor of [[Atlantic City]] |
** [[January]]: [[Harry Bacharach]] is once again elected as Mayor of [[Atlantic City]] |
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− | ** [[February]]: [[Joe Masseria]] issues a decree ordering the death of [[Salvatore Maranzano]], in return, Maranzano declares war on Masseria. These events mark the formal beginning of the [[Castellammarese War]], the |
+ | ** [[February]]: [[Joe Masseria]] issues a decree ordering the death of [[Salvatore Maranzano]], in return, Maranzano declares war on Masseria. These events mark the formal beginning of the [[Castellammarese War]], the bloodiest and most important Mafia war in history. |
** [[November]]: As 1931 approaches, the tide begins to turn and the war starts going poorly for [[Masseria]]. [[Lucky Luciano]], his trusted [[Meyer Lansky|friends]] and [[Benny Siegel|associates]] seek to secure their positions in the coming power struggle. |
** [[November]]: As 1931 approaches, the tide begins to turn and the war starts going poorly for [[Masseria]]. [[Lucky Luciano]], his trusted [[Meyer Lansky|friends]] and [[Benny Siegel|associates]] seek to secure their positions in the coming power struggle. |
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==== 1931 ==== |
==== 1931 ==== |
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*[[1931]]: [[Season 5|Fifth Season]] |
*[[1931]]: [[Season 5|Fifth Season]] |
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+ | ** [[April]] - "[[Golden Days for Boys and Girls]]", "[[The Good Listener]]", "[[What Jesus Said]]", "[[Cuanto]]", "[[King of Norway]]", "[[Devil You Know]]" |
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+ | ** May - "[[Friendless Child]]" |
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+ | ** October - "[[Eldorado]]" |
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[[Category:Timeline]] |
[[Category:Timeline]] |
Revision as of 10:32, 15 May 2015
The series timeline includes events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Nineteenth century
- 1814: The first constitution of Norway is signed on May 17, proclaiming Norway a state independent of Denmark.
- 1831: The Fitzgerald Distillery is established. ("Battle of the Century")
- 1839: Ethan Thompson is born. ("Battle of the Century")
- 1843: Louis Kaestner is born ("Paris Green")
- 1845-1852: Great Famine in Ireland.
- 1848: Elenore Thompson is born. ("Battle of the Century")
- 1861: The American Civil War begins.
- 1863: The Battle of Vicksburg takes place. The Commodore's brother is killed during the battle. ("Paris Green")
- 1865: The American Civil War ends.
- 1867: Jackson Parkhurst takes part in the Wagon Box Fight during Red Cloud's War. ("Gimcrack & Bunkum")
- 1868: Eddie Kessler is born in Germany
- 1871: Great Chicago Fire
- 1872: Nucky Thompson is born
- 1876: Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn
- 1877: Elias Thompson is born
- 1881: Nucky Thompson is a member of the Atlantic City Junior Beach Patrol. ("Home")
- 1883: Damien Fleming is born ("Ourselves Alone")
- 1884:
- Gillian Darmody is born on June 15. ("Marriage and Hunting")
- A young Nucky catches the eye of the Commodore and takes him under his wing ("Golden Days for Boys and Girls")
- Nucky and Eli's sister, Susan, dies. ("Golden Days for Boys and Girls"), ("The Good Listener")
- 1885:
- Mabel Thompson is born. ("A Return to Normalcy")
- Harry Daugherty and Jess Smith hide in Daugherty's parents' house as a tornado ravages Washington Court House, Ohio. The victims include 10-year old Mary Shakledorf. ("A Man, A Plan...")
- 1887: Marcus Garvey is born
- 1888:
- A great winter blizzard falls over Atlantic City. ("Boardwalk Empire")
- Nucky Thompson claims to have searched for food chest deep in snow in order to feed his family, ultimately killing three rats, while his father Ethan Thompson was drunk. He later denied the story, however. ("Boardwalk Empire")
- Mickey Doyle is born
- 1889: Nelson Van Alden is born ("Cuanto")
- 1892: Doomsday cult leader Edgartin Sterry prophesies the Second Coming to take place in this year. Nelson Van Alden's father, one of his followers, gives away the family farm in anticipation and the family awaits in a tent for the whole of the year. Van Alden's relation with his parents begins to sour afterwards.
- 1893: Margaret Schroeder is born. ("Family Limitation")
- 1894: Nelson Van Alden's aunt takes him to a play, his fundamentalist parents are enraged and shun all contact with her. ("A Dangerous Maid")
- 1897:
- Nucky meets Gillian for the first time. ("Devil You Know")
- Nucky is appointed Sheriff of Atlantic City ("Eldorado")
- Gillian is raped by The Commodore on May 1. Nucky set up their meeting. ("Paris Green")
- 1898:
- Jimmy Darmody is born in January.
- Chalky White runs dice at the beach and meets Nucky for the first time. ("The Emerald City")
- Julia Sagorsky is born. ("A Man, A Plan...")
- Valentin Narcisse leaves his native Trinidad and enters the United States through New Orleans. ("Farewell Daddy Blues")
- Spanish-American War
- 1899: Beginning of the Philippine-American War
Twentieth century
1900s
- 1900: Paul Sagorsky fights at the Siege of Catubig in the Philippines.
- 1901:
- Booker T. Washington makes a stop in Atlantic City.
- Chalky claims that he met The Commodore for the first time and found out that Nucky had been overtaxing him for 3 years. ("The Emerald City")
- 1902: Official end of the Philippine-American War (fighting in the south continues until 1913)
- 1903:
- Elenore Thompson dies aged 55. ("Battle of the Century")
- Manny Horvitz and his wife move to the United States. ("Resolution")
- 1904: Rowland Smith is born
- 1905: Gillian tries to marry Mr. Lancaster ("Anastasia")
- 1907: Gyp Rosetti's first daughter is born. ("Margate Sands")
- 1908:
- Nelson Van Alden and Rose Van Alden are married. ("21")
- Jimmy, The Commodore and Nucky attend a speech by Republican Presidential nominee William Howard Taft. ("The Ivory Tower")
- 1909:
- Margaret gets pregnant with Douglas Walton's child, the son of the barrister she was working for as a maid. Refusing to tell the father's identity, and threatened with being confined to a Magdalene Sisters asylum, she steals Eamonn Rohan's passage and immigrates to the United States. She miscarries on arrival. ("Family Limitation")
- Hans Schroeder becomes a baker's helper ("The Ivory Tower").
- A workers strike in Atlantic City is put down violently ("Georgia Peaches")
- Gyp Rossetti's second daughter is born. ("Margate Sands")
1910s
- 1910:
- Jimmy begins to work for Nucky at age 12. ("Boardwalk Empire")
- Fred Sagorsky wins a school championship in athletics. ("Sunday Best")
- 1911: Esther Randolph becomes a public defender in California ("Peg of Old")
- 1912:
- Nucky (then Atlantic County Sheriff) arrests Hans Schroeder for public indecency during Oktoberfest. ("The Ivory Tower").
- The Commodore Louis Kaestner is charged and imprisoned for election rigging during a PR campaign by then Governor Woodrow Wilson. Nucky succeeds The Commodore as new Atlantic County Treasurer ("Boardwalk Empire", "A Return to Normalcy")
- Enoch Thompson Jr. is born and dies in the second half of December. ("A Return to Normalcy")
- 1913:
- Mabel Thompson commits suicide aged 28. ("Boardwalk Empire", "A Return to Normalcy")
- Manny Horvitz begins working with Waxey Gordon. Their relationship goes awry by 1921. ("What Does the Bee Do?")
- Victor Sickles contacts Eli Thompson, interested in joining some police force in New Jersey. ("Spaghetti and Coffee")
- Eddie Kessler begins to work for Nucky Thompson. ("Resignation")
- 1914:
- Teddy Schroeder is born in March. ("Acres of Diamonds")
- The Commodore makes his last and only will, leaving everything to Louanne Pratt ("To the Lost")
- World War I begins.
- Rowland Smith's family receives a Christmas turkey from Nucky Thompson. ("Blue Bell Boy")
- Paul Sagorsky starts drinking ("The North Star")
- The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is created and organized by Marcus Garvey
- 1915:
- Adeline White is born. ("Havre de Grace")
- Chalky White sees Oscar Boneau for the last time before 1924. ("Havre de Grace")
- The RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by a German submarine, sparking anti-German protests in the United States.
- 1916:
- Emily Schroeder is born in May. ("The Milkmaid's Lot")
- Gillian dates Arthur Henderson until he dumps her ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
- Jimmy and Angela meet in Princeton and begin a relationship. She gets pregnant with Tommy late in the year ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
- Gillian visits Jimmy at Princeton. During her stay she sleeps with her son and causes him to get in a fight with his teacher Mr. Pearson, guaranteeing Jimmy's expulsion from the College. ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
- Jimmy enlists in the US Army. ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
- Last photos of Richard Harrow with Emma and the rest of his family in Plover, Wisconsin. ("Ging Gang Goolie")
- Easter Rising against British occupation in Ireland.
- 1917:
- Tommy Darmody is born. ("Under God's Power She Flourishes")
- The Rohann family move to the USA. ("A Dangerous Maid")
- The D'Alessio brothers rob a restaurant and kill 3 people. ("Belle Femme")
- The United States of America declare war on Germany.
- Jimmy receives instruction at Camp Grant, Illinois before leaving to fight in World War I. ("Boardwalk Empire"). Richard Harrow presumably does the same.
- Nucky ends his relationship with Annabelle and begins seeing Lucy Danziger. ("Home")
- The Commodore gets out of jail ("A Return to Normalcy")
- Margaret stops attending confession regularly. ("The Age of Reason")
- Russian Revolution and beginning of the Russian Civil War.
- 1918:
- Angela meets Robert and Mary Dittrich. ("Belle Femme")
- Jimmy earns a medal for his role in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel ("Boardwalk Empire")
- Jimmy is injured by a German grenade during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and is treated in a field hospital in Verdun. Experimental surgery is able to save his leg. Fred Sagorsky is killed during the same battle. ("Anastasia", "Home", "Ging Gang Goolie")
- Julia Sagorsky considers marrying Douglas. ("A Man, A Plan...")
- World War I ends.
- Nicholas II of Russia and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks.
- 1919:
- The Irish War of Independence begins.
- Jimmy spends several months at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC and returns to Atlantic City in January of next year. ("Home", "Broadway Limited")
- Arnold Rothstein fixes the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
- A drunken member of the Order of Ancient Celts throws a midget known as "Captain Haddock" over the Boardwalk. ("Nights in Ballygran")
- The League of Nations is formed.
- The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified.
- August Tucker leaves Georgia for Tampa, Florida. ("Acres of Diamonds")
- J. Edgar Hoover targets Marcus Garvey and begins a long campaign against him
- Legs Diamond begins working for Arnold Rothstein
1920s
1920
- 1920: First season
- January - "Boardwalk Empire", "The Ivory Tower", "Broadway Limited"
- February - "Anastasia"
- March - "Nights in Ballygran"
- April - "Family Limitation"
- May - "Home"
- June - "Hold Me in Paradise"
- July - "Belle Femme"
- August - "The Emerald City"
- September - "Paris Green
- 14: Sacco and Vanzetti are indicted for armed robbery.
- 16: Wall Street Bombing.
- October 31 to November 2 - "A Return to Normalcy"
- December 11-12: British paramilitaries set fire to several buildings in the Irish city of Cork and shoot at the firemen when they try to contain the flames.
- Undated: Owen Sleater plants his first bomb at a Black and Tans barracks in County Tipperary, Ireland. ("What Does the Bee Do?")
- Undated: Bill McCoy meets August Tucker in Florida for the first time. ("Acres of Diamonds")
1921
- 1921: Second season
- Undated: Joe Masseria recruits Lucky Luciano as one of his gunmen
- February - "21", "Ourselves Alone"
- March - "A Dangerous Maid"
- April - "What Does the Bee Do?"
- May - "Gimcrack & Bunkum"
- June - "The Age of Reason", "Peg of Old", "Two Boats and a Lifeguard"
- July:
- 1 to 2 - "Battle of the Century"
- 23 to 25 - "Georgia Peaches"
- 26 to 27 - "Under God's Power She Flourishes"
- August - "To the Lost"
- December - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, proclaiming the Irish Free State as a dominion under British sovereignty.
1922
- 1922:
- Undated:
- Arnold Rothstein introduces Nucky to Gyp Rosetti. ("You'd Be Surprised")
- The Harding Administration is plagued by numerous controversies and scandals
- October - End of the Russian Civil War.
- November - Howard Carter discovers King Tutankhamun's tomb.
- December:
- 12: Nucky Thompson is awarded the title of Knight Commander of the Papal Order of Saint Gregory the Great. The ceremony of acceptance is set to take place on January 9, 1923. ("Spaghetti and Coffee")
- "Some time before" 25: George Mueller sells a defective iron to Prohibition Agent Emmett Coughlin.
- 31: "Resolution"
- Undated:
1923
- 1923: Third Season
- Undated - Owney Madden opens the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York
- January - "Resolution", "Spaghetti and Coffee", "Bone for Tuna", "Blue Bell Boy"
- Edward Edwards finishes his term as Governor of the state of New Jersey
- February - "You'd Be Surprised"
- March - "Ging Gang Goolie"
- April - "Sunday Best"
- Richard and Emma Harrow's father dies, making them orphans ("Resignation")
- May - "The Pony", "The Milkmaid's Lot"
- Emma Harrow marries Gerald ("Resignation")
- June:
- 21 - "A Man, A Plan..."
- 22 - "Two Imposters"
- 26 to 27 - "Margate Sands"
- July-August - Tommy Darmody talks again after a month of speechlessness as a result of the massacre at The Artemis Club. ("New York Sour")
- August:
- Emma Harrow becomes pregnant ("Resignation")
- Warren G. Harding dies of a heart attack
- Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of The United States
- October - Bill Lovett is killed in Brooklyn. Peg Leg Lonergan takes over his business and begins a two year war against Frankie Yale for control of the Brooklyn Waterfront.
- November - Gerald dies, making Emma a widow ("Resignation")
1924
- 1924: Fourth Season
- Sometime before February:
- The Hawthorne Inn of Cicero, Illinois becomes the Chicago Outfit's new headquarters. Al Capone brings his brothers, Frank and Ralph out from Brooklyn to join him in Chicago
- After being convicted of bootlegging and spending nine months in jail, Bill McCoy decides to "retire" in Florida and invest his money in real estate
- Richard Harrow accepts a contract from Carl billings to murder 4 people in and around Wisconsin.
- Margaret Thompson and her two children decide to stay in New York City, she is working as a secretary at an investment office.
- Legs Diamond becomes Arnold Rothstein's personal bodyguard
- January:
- While in jail, George Remus tells the Bureau of Investigation that Nucky Thompson is "the linchpin of a nationwide criminal conspiracy". ("William Wilson")
- Bureau of Investigation Agent James Tolliver travels to Atlantic City and poses as Bureau of Internal revenue Agent Warren Knox to investigate Nucky's organization and the corruption within the Prohibition Agents deployed there. ("New York Sour", "Resignation")
- February - "New York Sour", "Resignation"
- 3: Woodrow Wilson dies
- March - "Acres of Diamonds", "All In"
- April - "Erlkonig", "The North Star"
- Harry Daugherty is forced to resign his post as Attorney General by the late Harding's Presidential successor, Calvin Coolidge. The president appoints Harlan F. Stone as the new Attorney General charging him with ending the corruption of the Harding Administration. Stone was responsible for the appointment of J. Edgar Hoover as head of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation
- May:
- 21 to 22 - "William Wilson"
- 23 to 24 - "The Old Ship of Zion"
- June:
- Marriage and Hunting"
- Following O'Banion's death, Hymie Weiss becomes the leader of the North Side Gang with Bugs Moran and Vincent Drucci as co-leaders.
- July - "White Horse Pike", "Havre de Grace"
- August - "Farewell Daddy Blues"
- Undated - Mickey Doyle takes over the Onyx club. ("What Jesus Said")
- Undated - Chalky White is arrested sentenced to a chain gang in Maryland. ("King of Norway")
- Sometime before February:
1925:
- 1925:
- Undated:
- George Remus is indicted for thousands of violations of the Volstead Act and given a two-year federal prison sentence
- Johnny Torrio moves to Italy
- February: Marcus Garvey is convicted and imprisoned on mail fraud charges. He begins serving his five year long sentence.
- March: Calvin Coolidge begins his second term as the 30th President of The United States
- December: Peg Leg Lonergan and five of his men are killed at the Adonis Social Club during a Christmas celebration
- Undated:
1926:
- 1926:
- Undated:
- Al Capone is at the climax of his power
- Jake Guzik begins to serve as Al Capone's principal bagman in payoffs to police and politicians.
- Gaston Means is released from federal prison after serving two years
- Construction of the Atlantic City Convention Center begins
- September:
- Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at The Hawthorne Inn, Al Capone's Chicago headquarters. Only one of Capone's men is wounded. The attack was an attempt on Capone's life by the North Side Gang. In retaliation Capone sanctions a hit on their new leader, Hymie Weiss
- Jack Dempsey loses his Title against Gene Tunney in Philadelphia
- October:
- Harry Houdini dies of gangrene
- Hymie Weiss, successor to Dean O'Banion, is killed outside the former O'Banion flower shop North Side headquarters
- Undated:
1927:
- 1927:
- Undated:
- The Combined criminal organization is formed, Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky are major supporters. It's original members include; Nucky Thompson, Waxey Gordon, Benny Siegel, semi-retired Johnny Torrio and many other criminal associates. Al Capone expressed interest in joining, however his war with the North Side Gang prevented him from doing so. Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano were not members.
- Frankie Yale and Al Capone's long friendship begins to sour. Yale had been hijacking Capone's alcohol.
- Salvatore Maranzano is sent with several other men from Sicily to gain control of the American Mafia
- Eddie Cantor leaves the Ziegfeld Follies
- January: Mayor Edward Bader dies of appendicitis
- April:
- Bill Fallon dies of natural causes
- The Bureau of Prohibition becomes an independent entity within the Department of the Treasury
- Chicago police arrest Vincent Drucci, co-leader of the North Side Gang alongside Bugs Moran, and shoot him to death allegedly because he lunged for their weapons.
- In the mayoral race of Chicago, Al Capone backed William Hale Thompson. On the polling day, nicknamed the "Pineapple Primary" the city was plunged into chaos. Very similar to the 1924 mayoral race of Cicero, Capone and his cohorts manipulated the polls with violence and intimidation. 62 bombings took place and at least 2 politicians were killed, 500 federal marshals were called in to ensure voters safety. The term "Pineapple Primary" comes from the slang term of a grenade.
- September: Al Capone invites Frankie Yale to Chicago to mend their relationship. Despite the visit going well, their friendship began to rapidly deteriorate after Yale returned to New York. Due to many other business obligations, Capone would have to wait until 1928 to retaliate.
- October: George Remus goes on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Imogene. Remus pleaded temporary insanity and was granted a six-month insanity sentence. Upon release, Remus attempted to get back into bootlegging, but soon retired when he found that the market had been completely taken over by gangsters.
- November: Marcus Garvey's sentence is commuted by President Calvin Coolidge, upon his release Garvey is deported to Jamaica. The popularity of the UNIA diminished greatly following his expulsion
- Undated:
1928:
- 1928:
- Undated:
- Johnny Torrio returns to the United States as Benito Mussolini begins putting pressure on the Mafia in Italy
- Waxey Gordon's position begins to decline following Rothstein's assassination
- Eliot Ness begins to lead the Prohibition unit in Chicago
- Tensions between the Masseria and Maranzano factions increase
- July:
- Frankie Yale is murdered by four armed individuals in Brooklyn, New York
- Following the death of Frankie Yale, Joe Masseria begins to take entire control of all the Mafia gangs of New York
- November:
- Arnold Rothstein is shot and mortally wounded during a business meeting in Manhattan, he died the next day. The shooting was reportedly linked to debts owed from a three-day long, high stakes porker game a month earlier. The gambler George "Hump" McManus was arrested for the murder, but later acquitted for lack of evidence. Following this, Lucky Luciano quickly pledges fealty again to Joe Masseria
- Nucky Thompson and Meyer Lansky meet for the last time until 1931 ("Golden Days for Boys and Girls")
- Undated:
1929:
- 1929:
- Undated:
- Joe Masseria is now formally known as "Joe the Boss," head of the largest Mafia grouping in New York. Lucky Luciano, now a top aide in the Masseria organization, reluctantly begins paying homage and tribute.
- Joseph Kennedy begins investing in the legal importation of spirits
- January: Benny Siegel marries Esta Krakower
- February: The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre occurs, seven mob associates of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran, successor to Hymie Weiss, are killed. The main target of the attack however, Bugs Moran, narrowly avoided death
- March:
- Herbert Hoover is elected the 31st President of The United States
- Following the election of President Herbert Hoover, U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon was specifically charged with bringing down Al Capone. Eliot Ness was chosen to head the operations under the National Prohibition Act targeting the illegal breweries and supply routes of Capone. Ness creates a team of nine men known as "The Untouchables" to help in his effort.
- May:
- The Atlantic City Conference occurs. It was a major summit held in Atlantic City of leaders of organized crime in the United States and was the earliest organized crime summit in the U.S. Many details were discussed, most notably the violent bootleg wars in New York and Chicago, investment into legal ventures in case of the repeal of prohibition and reorganization and consolidation of the underworld into a National Crime Syndicate. The Conference was hosted by Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Johnny Torrio, the organizing host was Nucky Thompson who provided all the arrangements. Some of the attendees include; Benny Siegel, Owney Madden, Al Capone, Jake Guzik, Waxey Gordon and many more. Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano were excluded once again and not invited.
- Meyer Lansky marries Anna Citron
- The Atlantic City Convention Center officially opens
- Famous hit men John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, killers of Dean O'Banion, were found brutally beaten and shot to death in Indiana. Their murders were never solved.
- October:
- Lucky Luciano is forced into a limousine at gun point by three men, beaten and stabbed, and dumped on a beach in Staten Island.He survived the ordeal but was forever marked with a scar and droopy eye.
- The Wall Street Stock Market Crash of 1929 occurs, beginning the ten-year long Great Depression
- November:
- Senator Walter Edge resigns from his post as a Senator of New Jersey to become the U.S. ambassador to France
- The efforts of Eliot Ness and his team bring major damage to Capone and his organization
- Undated:
1930s
1930:
- 1930:
- Undated:
- A "Jake paralysis" outbreak occurs in the United States resulting from adulterated Jamaica ginger sold as an alcohol substitute
- Bugs Moran flees Chicago
- The Chicago Crime Commission designates Al Capone Public Enemy No. 1, Ralph Capone is designated Public Enemy No. 3
- At this time, Al Capone has fully consolidated his power in Chicago and is effectively in full control. He is a force to be reckoned with.
- January: Harry Bacharach is once again elected as Mayor of Atlantic City
- February: Joe Masseria issues a decree ordering the death of Salvatore Maranzano, in return, Maranzano declares war on Masseria. These events mark the formal beginning of the Castellammarese War, the bloodiest and most important Mafia war in history.
- November: As 1931 approaches, the tide begins to turn and the war starts going poorly for Masseria. Lucky Luciano, his trusted friends and associates seek to secure their positions in the coming power struggle.
- Undated:
1931
- 1931: Fifth Season
- April - "Golden Days for Boys and Girls", "The Good Listener", "What Jesus Said", "Cuanto", "King of Norway", "Devil You Know"
- May - "Friendless Child"
- October - "Eldorado"