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This page is a rough timeline of Capcom's main Resident Evil continuity by media and some chapters/episodes/game modes as portrayed by those pieces of media.

For a timeline based on in-universe dates see Template:Timeline and for a timeline by events see Timeline by events.

Timeline[]

Release Section Date of events Events portrayed
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES SIDE A Foreword 1967 James Marcus discovered the Progenitor's ability to revive dead E. coli cells and excitedly shared his discovery with his cynical colleague, Edward Ashford.
Wesker's Report Ⅱ July 1978-July 1995 Albert Wesker and William Birkin begin working at the Arklay Laboratory outside Raccoon City.
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES SIDE A The Ecliptic Express Incident 1 July 23–24, 1998 A young couple are killed after their car breaks down on a remote road in Raccoon Forest.
Resident Evil 0 Main game Ecliptic Express Incident
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Beginnings
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Nightmare 1
Nightmare 2
July 24, 1998 Mansion Incident
Resident Evil Main game July 24–25, 1998
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Rebirth July 24, 1998
Resident Evil Outbreak Outbreak
Hellfire
September 24–25, 1998 Raccoon City Destruction Incident
Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Wild Things
Underbelly
Flashback
September 25–26, 1998
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Opening cutscene September 26, 1998
Resident Evil Outbreak The Hive
Below Freezing Point
Decisions, Decisions
opening
September 27–28, 1998
Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Desperate Times September 28, 1998
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Main game; first half September 28–29, 1998
Resident Evil 2 Main game September 29–30
Resident Evil 2 The 4th Survivor September 30, 1998
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Main game; second half October 1, 1998
Resident Evil Outbreak Decisions, Decisions
Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 End of the road
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Death's Door
Resident Evil Survivor Main game November 1998 Sheena Island incident
Resident Evil CODE:Veronica December 1998 Rockfort Island Incident
Antarctic outbreak
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Episode 1 and 2 (flashbacks only) October 2000 Penamstan Civil War
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Operation Javier Summer 2002 2002 South American incident
Resident Evil: Degeneration Film 2002 2002 India bioterror attack
Resident Evil: Dead Aim Main game September 2002 Spencer Rain outbreak
Atlantic Facility outbreak
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES SIDE B Umbrella's Downfall 1 February 2003 Caucasus outbreak
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES: Prelude to the Fall Prelude to the Fall 1
Prelude to the Fall 2
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES SIDE B Umbrella's Downfall 2
Wesker's Extra Report
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Umbrella's End
Dark Legacy
February 18, 2003
Incubate 2003-2004 Rodrigo writes and illustrates a journal about daily life in the village of Valdelobos. After the harvest festival, a stranger arrives and convinces the local priest to join his faith and assist others in joining in a "purification of their sinful blood". The villagers all slowly devolve into Ganado and become numb to the horrors around them.
Resident Evil: Revelations Episode 3: Ghosts of Veltro Summer 2004 Terragrigia Panic
Resident Evil 4 Main game
Separate Ways
August-Autumn 2004[1] 2004 Abduction of the President's Daughter
BIOHAZARD THE STAGE 2005 St. Cloud Incident
Resident Evil: Revelations Extended Trailer
Main game
Jessica's Report
Queen Zenobia Incident
Angela's Diary July–November 2005 TerraSave incorrectly ties the pharmaceutical conglomerate WP Corporation's vaccine trials to a t-Virus outbreak in India. The news reaches Angela Miller, whose missing brother Curtis was a former employee who became radicalized against the company. Angela writes a series of letters to her deceased niece, attempting to piece together Curtis' motivation and his possible whereabouts.
Resident Evil: Degeneration October/November 2005 Harvardville Airport incident
Air Dome Laboratory Incident
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness - The Beginning 2006 Pittsburgh Terror Incidents
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Penamstan Conspiracy Incidents
Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmares August 2006 Raid on the Spencer Estate
Experience Kijuju December 2008-March 2009 An American miner working in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone blogs about the deterioration of law and order in the city as a wave of apparent religious extremism and nationalism leads to the execution of foreigners in the street.
BSAA Remote Desktop February–March 2009 The BSAA's intelligence division debates whether there is a bio-weapons threat in Kijuju. A photograph of blackmarketeer Ricardo Irving confirms it.
Resident Evil 5 Main game
Desperate Escape
March 2009 Kijuju Autonomous Zone Incident
BIOHAZARD THE STAGE 2010 Philosophy University Incident
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Main game; Claire episodes

Penal Colony
Contemplation
Judgment
Metamorphosis

Extra Episode: The Struggle

January–February 2011 Sein Island incident
Las Plagas: Organisms of War East Slavic Civil War
Resident Evil: Damnation
Biohazard DAMNATION (novel)
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Extra Episode: The Struggle
Extra Episode: Little Miss
Main game; Barry episodes
Penal Colony
Contemplation
Judgment
Metamorphosis
July/August 2011 Sein Island incident
Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire 2012 Cobra Mart bioterrorist attack
Marhawa Desire
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps The Experiment; Missions 1-23 March 12 - November 20, 2012 The Experiment
Resident Evil 6 Chris Story: Chapter 2
Jake Story: Chapter 1 & 2
December 24–25, 2012 Edonian Civil War
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps The Experiment: Endless Game January 2, 2013 The Experiment
Resident Evil 6 Ada Story: Chapter 1 June 27, 2013
Resident Evil 6 Fallen Hero June 29, 2013
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Epilogue (Two Years Later)
Resident Evil 6 Leon Story: Chapter 1 & 2
Ada Story: Chapter 2
Leon Story: Chapter 3
Tall Oaks bioterror incident
Resident Evil 6 Chris Story: Chapter 1
June 29 - July 1, 2013 Lanshiang bioterror incident
Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Part 39: Encroaching Darkness epilogue
Resident Evil 6 Jake Story: Chapter 3
Ada Story: Chapter 3
Jake Story: Chapter 4
Chris Story: Chapter 3
Ada Story: Chapter 4
Chris Story: Chapter 4
Leon Story: Chapter 4
Ada Story: Chapter 5
Leon Story: Chapter 5
Jake Story: Chapter 5
Chris Story: Chapter 5
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps Multiplayer: 4 Survivors 2014
BIOHAZARD heavenly island Sonido de Tortuga Island Incident
Mojave Desert incident
BIOHAZARD VENDETTA Washington D.C. bio-terror incident
Resident Evil: Vendetta Querétaro mansion incident
Great Lakes murders
Alexander Institute of Biotechnology terror attack
New York bioterrorist attack
BIOHAZARD VENDETTA (novel)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Old Videotape
Daughters
Murders in Dulvey
October 2014 Baker House Incident
BIOHAZARD THE EXPERIENCE 2015
BIOHAZARD DEATH ISLAND San Francisco Serial Murders
Alcatraz Island Outbreak
Resident Evil: Death Island
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps Tutorial
Multiplayer
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps Multiplayer: One-Life Match, Multi-Mission 2016
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard "Derelict House Footage" June 1, 2017 Baker House Incident
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard "Happy Birthday" June 2, 2017
Resident Evil 7: Beginning Hour July 2017
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Main game
Not A Hero
End of Zoe
July–August 2017
Remembering Resident Evil 7 2020 Ethan Winters Interview
The Baker Incident Report The Baker Incident Report
Discovery of the Incident
The Cover-up
The Hidden Truth
Where the Winterses Are
Letters (from Mia; from HQ to Chris Redfield)
2021 Following the events of Resident Evil 7, Zoe Baker pieces together a collage organizing the events that transpired and the subsequent aftermath, including the cover-up of the incident, info on "The Connections", the disappearance of Ethan and Mia, and Chris's defection from the BSAA.
Maiden February 8–10, 2021
Resident Evil Village Main game Village Incident
Resident Evil Village Shadows of Rose
Epilogue cutscene
2037 The remnant of Miranda's consciousness stored within remnants of the Fungal Root gains power and is able to reach out and project hallucinations to lure Rose Winters into the root's inner consciousness. Rose seeks out a crystal within the fragment that she hopes will rid her of the mold. Her journey leads her to fight against the remnants of Miranda and Eveline with the help of Michael. In the end, Rose escapes and visits her father's grave.

Sources[]

  1. Weekly Shonen Champion #- BIOHAZARD heavenly island, p. 46
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