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The Time Traveler's Wife (HBO) timeline

  • Henry is Born

    (Estimated date based on later age and years with month and day from the book)
  • Clare is Born

    (derived from date given on her 18th birthday, episode 3)
  • Henry's Mom Dies

    Henry's Mom Dies
    (Episode 2, Henry 28 and child Henry talk about the date)
  • Clare first meets Henry

    Clare first meets Henry
    Clare 6, Henry
    In the clearing
  • Henry in clearing 2

    Henry  in clearing 2
    Clare 6, Henry 31
  • Henry in clearing 3

    Henry in clearing 3
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 4

    Henry in clearing 4
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 5

    Henry in clearing 5
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 6

    Henry in clearing 6
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 7

    Henry in clearing 7
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 8

    Henry in clearing 8
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 9

    Henry in clearing 9
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 10

    Henry in clearing 10
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 11

    Henry in clearing 11
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 12

    Henry in clearing 12
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 13

    Henry in clearing 13
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 14

    Henry in clearing 14
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 15

    Henry in clearing 15
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 16

    Henry in clearing 16
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 17

    Henry in clearing 17
    Clare 6
  • Henry in clearing 18

    Henry in clearing 18
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 19

    Henry in clearing 19
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 20

    Henry in clearing 20
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 21

    Henry in clearing 21
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 22

    Henry in clearing 22
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 22

    Henry in clearing 22
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 24

    Henry in clearing 24
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 25

    Henry in clearing 25
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 26

    Henry in clearing 26
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 27

    Henry in clearing 27
    Clare 7
  • Henry's Dad finds out about time travel

    Henry's Dad finds out about time travel
    (Estimated year based on Henry age)
    Henry takes advantage of "a particular opportunity"
  • Henry in clearing 28

    Henry in clearing 28
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 29

    Henry in clearing 29
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 30

    Henry in clearing 30
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 31

    Henry in clearing 31
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 32

    Henry in clearing 32
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 33

    Henry in clearing 33
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 34

    Henry in clearing 34
    Clare 7
  • Henry in clearing 35

    Henry in clearing 35
    Clare 8
    (guessing this is the first time Henry 32 tells Clare, screens make him time travel)
  • Henry in clearing 36

    Henry in clearing 36
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 37

    Henry in clearing 37
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 38

    Henry in clearing 38
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 39

    Henry in clearing 39
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 40

    Henry in clearing 40
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 41

    Henry in clearing 41
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing 42

    Henry in clearing 42
    Clare 8
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
    (guessing this is when Henry 36 and Clare talk about god while he helps he with french homework based on her age and the weather)
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 10
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11, Henry 41
    Henry explains to Clare that he's a shuffled deck of cards from her perspective, not knowing what date it is when he travels)
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 11
  • Henry in clearing

    Clare 12
    (date dictated to Clare in episode 3)
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 12
    (date dictated to Clare in episode 3)
  • Henry 42 shot in the clearing

    Henry 42 shot in the clearing
    Clare 13
    (Estimated date based on Clare age and weather)
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 13 asks Henry 32 if they are married in the future. He lies.
    (estimated date)
  • Henry in clearing

    Henry in clearing
    Clare 14, Henry 42, after he's lost his feet, apparently his list time, possibly right before getting shot (in a subsequent time jump just after this? That would be darkly poetic considering it looks like a last happy memory for him)
  • Clare 16 draws Henry 38

    Clare 16 draws Henry 38
    (estimated date)
  • Clare 16 tries to seduce Henry 32

    Clare 16 tries to seduce Henry 32
    (estimated date)
  • Clare raped

    Clare raped
    Clare 16 raped by classmate Jason Everly while Henry 41 is left alone in the clearing
    (Guessed date based on Clare's age and indication that it's just after summer break from school)
  • Clare gets Henry 32 to hurt Jason

    Clare gets Henry 32 to hurt Jason
    Clare has passed her driving test and finds out Henry is married to her in the future. Apparently, this is the second to last time Clare sees time traveling Henry in the clearing.
    (Estimated date)
  • Henry in clearing 152

    Henry in clearing 152
    Clare 18, Henry 41
    Henry 41 proposes to Clare 18
    Last time Clare sees a time traveling Henry in the clearing
  • Henry 28 first meets Clare 20

    Henry 28 first meets Clare 20
    Library meeting that day, followed by first date that night.
  • Henry meets Clare's friends

    Henry meets Clare's friends
    (Estimated date as Clare is VERY close with friends and must be eager to move things along after being so coy about why she's alone)
  • Henry meets Clare's family

    Henry meets Clare's family
    (estimated date)
    Clare says yes, to marry Henry (though he hasn't asked yet, from his perspective)
  • Clare meets Henry's dad

    Clare meets Henry's dad
    (estimated date)
  • Clare marries Henry 36

    Clare marries Henry 36
    "Shoe polish day"
    (Estimated date as we only know ages, but this should give almost a year since meeting as the same ages. On a Saturday. Busy year)
  • Henry 36 gets a vasectomy

    Henry 36 gets a vasectomy
    (Estimated date)
    Clare 29 has had 5 miscarriages
    Henry 36 travels back to marry Clare
    Clare 29 and Henry 28 watch wedding video
  • Henry 41 goes back to clearing

    Henry 41 goes back to clearing
    Henry 41 was making toast and it was raining outside before he travels back to Aug 20, 1999
  • Gomez saves Henry 28

    Gomez saves Henry 28
  • Henry travels a lot

    (Estimated date)
    ...more apparent rapid aging from the perspective of people in normal time. Travel triggered by stress about his near death and physical handicap. He might be in other times much longer than he is actually gone by the calendar and/or the genetics, stress and physical hardships of travel may be aging him prematurely.
  • Oldest Henry

    Oldest Henry
    Making tapes and sitting in a wheelchair
    (Estimated year, based on getting shot later at age 42, in the series and Henry 43 physical details in the book.) ( ...I wonder why they seemed to cut a year off his life in the series.)
  • Henry 42 returns from shot in clearing

    Henry 42 returns from shot in clearing
    Henry 42, shot by Clare's Father or Brother when Clare is 13, sometime in winter. Blood from this event appears in 2008 Henry's bathroom. Disappears before blood, or blood only has time traveled here as we never see Henry there.