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1835[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Bill Compton is born in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Note: In Dead Until Dark, he was born in 1840. | "The First Taste" |
1851[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Bill Compton meets the Stackhouse family. Note: He is sixteen-years-old at this time. | "The First Taste" |
| Jonas Stackhouse and his wife built what will eventually be the Stackhouse family home. | "The First Taste" |
1865[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Bill Compton is weak and hungry following a battle in the Civil War. He seeks shelter with a woman named Lorena, but soon learns that she is a vampire. Lorena turns Bill into a vampire. Note: In Dead Until Dark, he was made a vampire in 1870. | "The First Taste" |
1897[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Sophia Gibbons is born. | "You'll Be the Death of Me" |
1935[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Adele Hale is born in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She will one day marry Earl Stackhouse and have two children, Corbett and Linda. Note: Adele is 78-years-old at the time of her death. | Dead Until Dark |
1958[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Vampires Diane, Malcolm and Liam form a nest together. They will eventually relocate to the city of Monroe, Louisiana and make occasional trips to nearby Bon Temps. | Dead Until Dark |
1972[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Sophia Gibbons Bellefleur passes away. She is buried in the Bon Temps Cemetery. | "You'll Be the Death of Me" |
1973[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Arlene Fowler is born. She will one day become a waitress at Merlotte's. Note: Arlene is 35-yrs-old at the beginning of the series. | Dead Until Dark |
1980[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Michelle and Corbett Stackhouse give birth to their first child, Jason. Note: Jason is three years older than Sookie. | Dead Until Dark |
1983[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Michelle and Corbett Stackhouse give birth to their second child, Sookie. Note: Sookie is 25-yrs-old at the beginning of the series. | Dead Until Dark |
| Possible birth year of Maudette Pickens. Note: It is suggested that Maudette and Sookie are the same age. | "Strange Love" |
1985[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Dawn Green is born. She will one day become a waitress at Merlotte's and the second victim of the Bon Temps Killer. | "Escape from Dragon House" |
1990[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Sookie develops telepathic abilities. Her parents take her to see a child psychiatrist. The doctor tells them that Sookie is just hyper-observant and can read body language. | Dead Until Dark |
| Corbett and Michelle Stackhouse die in what is believed to be a flash flood. Sookie and Jason go to live with their grandmother. In truth, they were murdered by an ancient vampire named Worlow. | "The First Taste" |
2006[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| With the invention of the synthetic blood substitute Tru Blood, vampires across the globe "come out of the coffin", publicly revealing themselves to humanity. | "Strange Love" |
| Denise Rattray has a child with a man other than her husband. She decides to abandon it. Note: Takes place two years prior to her first encounter with Sookie Stackhouse. | Dead Until Dark; pg. 3 |
| Linda Stackhouse dies of uterine cancer. Her daughter, Hadley, disappears into the local, underworld subculture. | Dead Until Dark; pg. 75 |
2007[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Jesse Compton passes away. His estates is eventually inherited by Bill Compton. | "The First Taste" |
2008[]
| Event | Source |
|---|---|
| Spring: Tara Thornton quits her job at Super Save-a-Bunch. | "Strange Love" |
| Jason Stackhouse has sex with Maudette Pickens. He believes that he kills her through asphyxiation. Later that evening, Maudette is murdered by a serial killer who targets "Fangbangers". | "Strange Love" |
| Bill Compton returns to Bon Temps. He begins living at his old family plantation house. | "Strange Love" |
| Saturday (evening): Bill Compton goes to Merlotte's Bar and Grill and meets Sookie Stackhouse for the first time. Patrons Mack and Denise Rattray lure Bill into a trap in order to steal his blood, but Sookie rescues him. | "Strange Love" |
| Sheriff Dearborne and Deputy Andy Bellefleur take Jason in for questioning concerning the murder of Maudette Pickens. | "Strange Love" |
| Sunday (evening): Mack and Denise Rattray ambush Sookie outside of Merlotte's. Bill Compton appears and saves Sookie by killing the Rattrays. To recover from her wounds, Sookie is forced to drink some of Bill's blood. | "Strange Love" "The First Taste" |
| Jason Stackhouse is arrested and interrogated for the murder of Maudette Pickens. Videotape analysis however proves Jason's innocence and he is set free. | "The First Taste" |
| Bill Compton comes to the Stackhouse residence. Sookie invites him in for the first time and he meets Gran, Jason and Tara. | "The First Taste" |
| Stan Baker and other Dallas-based vampires murder the Newlin family and make it appear like a car accident. One surviving member, Steve Newlin, will take his father's place as leader of the Fellowship of the Sun. | "The First Taste" |
| Three disreputable vampires from Monroe come to pay Bill Compton a visit. | "The First Taste" |
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