The Wars of Game of Thrones, Seasons 1–8

Timeline

Layers

Land held: Lannister: the Iron Throne · Land held: Stark: the North and its allies · Land held: Tyrell: the Reach · Land held: Renly Baratheon and the Tyrell host · Land held: Stannis Baratheon · Land held: Greyjoy: the Ironborn · Land held: Frey: the Twins · Land held: Bolton · Land held: Martell: Dorne · Land held: The Vale (Arryn) · Land held: The Night's Watch · Land held: The Free Folk (wildlings) · Land held: The Night King and the Army of the Dead · Land held: Targaryen: Daenerys and her allies · Land held: Dothraki khalasars · Land held: The slaver cities (the Masters) · Land held: The Faith Militant · Land held: The Six Kingdoms under Bran the Broken · King Robert's progress to Winterfell — route · The Night King and the Army of the Dead — route · Khal Drogo's khalasar — route · Catelyn Stark — route · Gregor Clegane, the Mountain — route · Tywin Lannister — route · Beric Dondarrion and the Brotherhood — route · Tyrion Lannister — route · Jaime Lannister — route · Robb Stark, the Young Wolf — route · Renly Baratheon — route · Roose Bolton — route · Daenerys Targaryen — route · Jeor Mormont, the Great Ranging — route · Stannis Baratheon — route · Stafford Lannister's levies — route · Ser Amory Lorch — route · Qhorin Halfhand — route · Yara Greyjoy — route · The Tyrell host — route · Theon Greyjoy — route · Balon Greyjoy — route · Ser Rodrik Cassel — route · Jon Snow — route · Ramsay Bolton — route · Mance Rayder, King-Beyond-the-Wall — route · Locke's Bolton riders — route · Melisandre — route · Tormund Giantsbane — route · Survivors of the Fist — route · The Karstarks — route · Walder Frey — route · Steelshanks's Bolton escort (with Jaime) — route · The Second Sons — route · Styr and the Thenns — route · The Bolton host — route · Littlefinger and the Knights of the Vale — route · Stannis Baratheon (Stannis and Davos to the Iron Bank) — route · Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes — route · Grey Worm and the Unsullied — route · Stannis's sellswords (deserters) — route · Khal Moro's khalasar — route · Daario Naharis — route · Obara and Nymeria Sand — route · Smalljon Umber — route · Brynden Tully, the Blackfish — route · Littlefinger's ride to Mole's Town — route · Euron Greyjoy's Iron Fleet — route · Lyanna Mormont and the Bear Islanders — route · The masters' fleet (Volantis squadron) — route · The Hornwood levies — route · The masters' fleet — route · The masters of Slaver's Bay — route · The Dothraki horde — route · Randyll Tarly — route · Daenerys's dragons — route · The Golden Company — route · Dolorous Edd and the last of the Watch — route · King Robert's progress to Winterfell · The Night King and the Army of the Dead · Khal Drogo's khalasar · Catelyn Stark · Gregor Clegane, the Mountain · Tywin Lannister · Beric Dondarrion and the Brotherhood · Tyrion Lannister · Jaime Lannister · Robb Stark, the Young Wolf · Renly Baratheon · Roose Bolton · Daenerys Targaryen · Jeor Mormont, the Great Ranging · Stannis Baratheon · Stafford Lannister's levies · Ser Amory Lorch · Qhorin Halfhand · Yara Greyjoy · The Tyrell host · Theon Greyjoy · Balon Greyjoy · Ser Rodrik Cassel · Jon Snow · Ramsay Bolton · Mance Rayder, King-Beyond-the-Wall · Locke's Bolton riders · Melisandre · Tormund Giantsbane · Karl Tanner's mutineers · Survivors of the Fist · The Karstarks · Walder Frey · Steelshanks's Bolton escort (with Jaime) · The Second Sons · Styr and the Thenns · The Bolton host · Littlefinger and the Knights of the Vale · Stannis Baratheon (Stannis and Davos to the Iron Bank) · Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes · Grey Worm and the Unsullied · Stannis's sellswords (deserters) · Khal Moro's khalasar · Daario Naharis · Cersei Lannister · Obara and Nymeria Sand · Smalljon Umber · Brynden Tully, the Blackfish · Littlefinger's ride to Mole's Town · Euron Greyjoy's Iron Fleet · Lyanna Mormont and the Bear Islanders · The masters' fleet (Volantis squadron) · The Hornwood levies · The masters' fleet · The masters of Slaver's Bay · The Dothraki horde · Sansa Stark and the North · Randyll Tarly · Daenerys's dragons · The Golden Company · Dolorous Edd and the last of the Watch

Events

• 20 Feb 298, Daenerys weds Khal Drogo: Viserys sells his sister to Khal Drogo for the promise of a Dothraki army to retake the Iron Throne. (S1E1)
• 1 Mar 298, Bran pushed from the tower: Bran sees Jaime and Cersei together and Jaime pushes him from the broken tower — the crime behind Catelyn's suspicion and the Stark–Lannister quarrel. (S1E1)
• 14 Jun 298, Catelyn seizes Tyrion: Catelyn calls on her father's bannermen at the Inn at the Crossroads and arrests Tyrion for the attempt on Bran; Tywin answers with Gregor's raids — the spark of the war. (S1E4)
• 21 Sep 298, King Robert dies: Gored by a boar in the Kingswood while Lancel kept him drunk, Robert dies naming Ned Lord Protector "until Joffrey comes of age" — Ned writes "the rightful heir". Renly flees the city. (S1E7)
• 22 Sep 298, Ned arrested; Joffrey takes the throne: Joffrey sits the Iron Throne; Cersei tears up Robert's will, the City Watch kills Ned's guards and Littlefinger holds a knife to Ned's throat. The Stark household is slaughtered and Sansa held. (S1E7)
• 20 Oct 298, Renly crowned in Highgarden: Renly claims the throne with the Tyrells behind him and weds Margaery; reported in S1E10, seen as king in S2E3. (S1E8)
• 20 Nov 298, Battle of the Whispering Wood: Robb lures Jaime into the wood and takes him prisoner; Harrion Karstark among the Stark dead. Robb's first great victory. (S1E9)
• 27 Nov 298, Execution of Eddard Stark: Ned confesses to save his daughters, but Joffrey has Ser Ilyn behead him on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. Peace with the North becomes impossible. (S1E9)
• 5 Dec 298, Robb proclaimed King in the North: The Greatjon refuses both Baratheons and hails Robb; the northern and river lords kneel to the King in the North. (S1E10)
• 7 Dec 298, Drogo's death and the birth of the dragons: Daenerys smothers Drogo, burns Mirri on his pyre and walks into the flames; at dawn she emerges with three hatchlings and the remnant swears to her. (S1E10)
• 8 Jan 299, Stannis proclaims himself king: Stannis sends letters naming Joffrey a son of incest and claims the throne; Melisandre burns the Seven and Maester Cressen dies by his own poison. (S2E1)
• 8 Mar 299, Balon rejects Robb and plans to invade the North: Balon burns Robb's offer, will take his crown by the iron price and strikes at the empty North: Yara to Deepwood Motte, Theon to the Stony Shore; Theon chooses his father. (S2E3)
• 10 Apr 299, Daenerys reaches Qarth: Starving in the Red Waste, Dany's khalasar is led to Qarth, where Xaro Xhoan Daxos vouches for her and the city takes her in. (S2E4)
• 3 May 299, Renly murdered by the shadow: Melisandre's shadow kills Renly in his tent; Brienne is blamed and flees with Catelyn. The Stormlords go over to Stannis, the Tyrells march home. (S2E5)
• 3 Jun 299, Theon takes Winterfell: Twenty Ironborn climb the walls of the emptied castle and Bran yields Winterfell to "Prince Theon". Robb's seat and brothers are lost behind him. (S2E6)
• 3 Sep 299, Battle of the Blackwater: Tyrion's wildfire burns Stannis's fleet in the bay; Stannis lands at the Mud Gate but the Lannister–Tyrell relief under Tywin and Loras routs his army. Stannis is broken as a contender and the Tyrells are now the Crown's. (S2E9)
• 5 Oct 299, Lannister–Tyrell alliance: Joffrey to wed Margaery: Tywin is named Hand and Saviour of the City, Littlefinger gets Harrenhal, and Joffrey sets Sansa aside to marry Margaery Tyrell, binding the Reach to the Crown. (S2E10)
• 10 Oct 299, Robb weds Talisa: Ignoring Catelyn's warning, Robb marries Talisa in private, breaking his vow to marry a Frey — the road to the Red Wedding. (S2E10)
• 1 Mar 300, Fall of Astapor: the Unsullied bought and Astapor sacked: Dany trades Drogon for 8,000 Unsullied, then orders them to kill the Good Masters while Drogon burns Kraznys; Astapor's slaves are freed. (S3E4)
• 25 Mar 300, Robb executes Rickard Karstark: Karstark murders the captive Lannister squires; Robb beheads him himself and the Karstarks - almost half his army at Riverrun - march home. Robb turns to the Freys for new swords. (S3E5)
• 5 Aug 300, Battle in Yunkai: Daario, Jorah and Grey Worm slip in through a back gate and open the city to the Unsullied; Yunkai surrenders its slaves. (S3E9)
• 6 Aug 300, The Red Wedding: Walder Frey, in league with Tywin, has Robb, Talisa and Catelyn murdered at the feast while Frey and Bolton men butcher the northern camp; Roose Bolton stabs Robb himself. (S3E9)
• 15 Nov 300, The Purple Wedding: Joffrey is poisoned at his wedding feast (by Olenna Tyrell, with Littlefinger's help - revealed S4E4); Tyrion is arrested and Sansa flees. (S4E2)
• 28 Dec 300, Meereen taken: Grey Worm's men arm the slaves through the sewers; the uprising opens the gates and Dany crucifies 163 Great Masters. (S4E4)
• 2 Jun 301, Battle of Castle Black: About a hundred brothers hold Castle Black against Mance's host at the gate and Tormund's raiders in the yard; Ygritte and Styr die, Grenn holds the tunnel against a giant, Tormund is taken. (S4E9)
• 4 Jun 301, Stannis routs Mance's host: As Jon parleys with Mance, Stannis's cavalry (landed at Eastwatch) charges the wildling camp; Mance is captured and Stannis settles at Castle Black. (S4E10)
• 20 Jun 301, Tywin killed by Tyrion: Freed by Jaime and Varys, Tyrion strangles Shae and shoots his father on the privy. The Lannisters lose their general; Cersei takes over. (S4E10)
• 20 Dec 301, Stannis marches on Winterfell: Stannis leaves the Wall with his whole army, wife and daughter to take the North from the Boltons before winter closes in. (S5E5)
• 22 Mar 302, Massacre at Hardhome: The dead fall on Hardhome mid-evacuation; Jon learns Valyrian steel kills White Walkers, but tens of thousands of free folk die and are raised by the Night King. (S5E8)
• 3 May 302, Shireen burned: With Davos sent away, Stannis lets Melisandre burn his daughter to the Lord of Light. The snow melts, but half his men desert and Selyse hangs herself. (S5E9)
• 22 May 302, Massacre at Daznak's Pit: The Sons of the Harpy attack the reopening of the great pit and kill Hizdahr; Drogon scatters them and flies off with Daenerys. (S5E9)
• 2 Jun 302, Battle outside Winterfell: Stannis destroyed: Ramsay's cavalry rides down Stannis's 1,300 starving footmen; the Baratheon cause dies in the snow and the Boltons' hold on the North looks secure. (S5E10)
• 10 Jun 302, Cersei's walk of atonement: Cersei confesses to adultery and walks naked from the Great Sept to the Red Keep; she swears revenge on the Faith and the Tyrells, with Qyburn's new champion (the reanimated Gregor) beside her. (S5E10)
• 15 Jun 302, Jon Snow murdered: Thorne, Olly and other brothers stab Jon 'for the Watch' for letting the wildlings through. (S5E10)
• 13 Jul 302, Coup in Dorne: Doran Martell murdered: Ellaria Sand stabs Prince Doran and Tyene kills Areo Hotah while the guards watch; Ellaria and the Sand Snakes seize Dorne. (S6E1)
• 25 Aug 302, Roose Bolton murdered by Ramsay: Learning that Walda has borne Roose a son, Ramsay stabs his father and feeds Walda and the baby to his hounds. (S6E2)
• 20 Nov 302, Burning of the khals at Vaes Dothrak: At the khalar vezhven Daenerys burns the temple of the dosh khaleen with all the khals inside and walks out unburned; the Dothraki kneel to her. (S6E4)
• 12 Jan 303, The Kingsmoot: Euron king of the Iron Islands: Euron wins the Salt Throne by promising to marry Daenerys and conquer Westeros; Yara and Theon flee with the best ships. (S6E5)
• 10 Jun 303, Battle of Meereen: Dany and her three dragons burn the slavers' ships, Daario's Dothraki cut down the Sons of the Harpy, Grey Worm kills two masters and the third carries word of the defeat home. (S6E9)
• 15 Jun 303, Yara and Theon join Daenerys: Yara and Theon arrive with a hundred ships of the Iron Fleet and pledge them to Daenerys for an independent Iron Islands without reaving. (S6E9)
• 20 Jun 303, Battle of the Bastards: Ramsay murders Rickon and surrounds Jon's outnumbered army, but the Knights of the Vale fall on his rear; Wun Wun breaks Winterfell's gate and Ramsay is taken. (S6E9)
• 22 Jul 303, The Great Sept of Baelor destroyed: On the day of her trial Cersei ignites the wildfire under the Sept: the High Sparrow, Margaery, Loras, Mace and Kevan die with the Faith Militant. (S6E10)
• 28 Jul 303, Walder Frey killed by Arya: Disguised as a serving girl, Arya feeds Walder Frey a pie made of his sons Lothar and Black Walder and cuts his throat. (S6E10)
• 5 Aug 303, Jon proclaimed King in the North: Shamed by Lyanna Mormont, the northern lords and the knights of the Vale hail Jon as King in the North. (S6E10)
• 8 Aug 303, Dorne and the Reach ally with Daenerys: Olenna Tyrell, her family dead, meets Ellaria and the Sand Snakes; Varys offers both vengeance through Daenerys. (S6E10)
• 25 Aug 303, Cersei crowned Queen of the Seven Kingdoms: With her last child dead, Cersei has herself crowned in the Red Keep; Jaime returns to see it. (S6E10)
• 5 Sep 303, Arya poisons House Frey: Wearing Walder Frey's face, Arya toasts the Red Wedding with poisoned wine and kills every Frey man at the feast. (S7E1)
• 12 Sep 303, Daenerys lands at Dragonstone: The armada reaches Westeros and Daenerys takes Dragonstone, her birthplace, as her base. (S7E1)
• 5 Dec 303, Euron destroys Yara's fleet: At night the Iron Fleet rams and burns Yara's ships; Obara and Nymeria are killed, Yara, Ellaria and Tyene captured, and Theon jumps overboard. (S7E2)
• 16 Jan 304, The Unsullied take Casterly Rock: Grey Worm's men enter the Rock through Tyrion's sewer and overwhelm a small garrison; the main Lannister army is missing. (S7E3)
• 17 Jan 304, Highgarden sacked; Olenna Tyrell dies: Jaime and Randyll Tarly storm Highgarden; Jaime gives Olenna a painless poison and she confesses to Joffrey's murder. (S7E3)
• 26 Mar 304, The Loot Train attack: Daenerys on Drogon and the Dothraki catch Jaime's army crossing the Blackwater on the Goldroad and burn the grain train; Bronn wounds Drogon; Jaime nearly dies charging her. (S7E4)
• 4 Jun 304, Wight hunt: battle on the frozen lake: Jon's party, trapped on a frozen lake with a captured wight, is saved by Daenerys and her dragons; the Night King spears Viserion and Benjen dies saving Jon. (S7E6)
• 20 Jul 304, Dragonpit truce: Jon and the Hound show Cersei a wight; after Jon refuses to stay neutral, Tyrion talks her into promising her armies against the dead. (S7E7)
• 5 Aug 304, Littlefinger executed: Sansa turns Littlefinger's trial of Arya on him: charged with the murders of Jon and Lysa Arryn and the betrayal of Ned, he is executed by Arya. (S7E7)
• 28 Aug 304, The Wall falls at Eastwatch: The Night King on undead Viserion brings down the Wall at Eastwatch with blue fire and the army of the dead walks into the Seven Kingdoms. (S7E7)
• 11 Dec 304, The Long Night: the Night King destroyed: The dead overwhelm the Dothraki charge and the walls of Winterfell, but Arya kills the Night King in the godswood and every White Walker and wight falls. (S8E3)
• 28 Feb 305, Rhaegal killed; Missandei captured: Euron's hidden fleet shoots Rhaegal out of the sky with scorpions, sinks Daenerys's ships and pulls Missandei from the water. (S8E4)
• 12 Mar 305, Missandei executed on the walls of King's Landing: At the parley before the gates Cersei refuses to surrender and the Mountain beheads Missandei on the battlements. (S8E4)
• 8 May 305, The Bells: King's Landing burned: Drogon breaks the walls and the Golden Company; the garrison yields and the bells ring, but Daenerys burns the city and her army massacres the people. (S8E5)
• 11 May 305, Daenerys killed by Jon: After her victory speech promising to "liberate" the world, Jon stabs Daenerys in the throne room; Drogon melts the Iron Throne and carries her away. (S8E6)
• 2 Jun 305, Bran chosen king at the Dragonpit: The great lords elect Bran Stark king; he grants Sansa an independent North, names Tyrion Hand and sends Jon to the Night's Watch. (S8E6)