Timeline
| 1500: | The stone above the front door of Wuthering Heights, bearing the name of Hareton Earnshaw, is inscribed, possibly to mark the completion of the house. |
| 1757: | Hindley Earnshaw born (summer); Nelly Dean born |
| 1762: | Edgar Linton born |
| 1765: | Catherine Earnshaw born (summer); Isabella Linton born (late 1765) |
| 1771: | Heathcliff brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr Earnshaw (late summer) |
| 1773: | Mrs Earnshaw dies (spring) |
| 1774: | Hindley sent off to college |
| 1777: | Hindley marries Frances; Mr Earnshaw dies and Hindley comes back (October); Heathcliff and Catherine visit Thrushcross Grange for the first time; Catherine remains behind (November), and then returns to Wuthering Heights (Christmas Eve) |
| 1778: | Hareton born (June); Frances dies |
| 1780: | Heathcliff runs away from Wuthering Heights; Mr and Mrs Linton both die |
| 1783: | Catherine has married Edgar (March); Heathcliff comes back (September) |
| 1784: | Heathcliff marries Isabella (February); Catherine dies and Cathy born (20 March); Hindley dies; Linton Heathcliff born (September) |
| 1797: | Isabella dies; Cathy visits Wuthering Heights and meets Hareton; Linton brought to Thrushcross Grange and then taken to Wuthering Heights |
| 1800: | Cathy meets Heathcliff and sees Linton again (20 March) |
| 1801: | Cathy and Linton are married (August); Edgar dies (August); Linton dies (September); Mr Lockwood goes to Thrushcross Grange and visits Wuthering Heights, beginning his narrative |
| 1802: | Mr Lockwood goes back to London (January); Heathcliff dies (April); Mr Lockwood comes back to Thrushcross Grange (September) |
| 1803: | Cathy plans to marry Hareton (1 January) |
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