Clan MacLeod Timeline

• On-screen evidence is given priority over books and the CD.  
• Occasions when Connor is mentioned in the series are in brown. (Thanks to Nina Geiger for compiling that list.) 
• Clan MacLeod information is in blue.  
• For stories by different authors about Duncan and Connor in their early Highlander days, go HERE.

 

DATE	EVENT	SOURCE
?	Cassandra takes up residence as the Witch of Donan Woods	Prophecy
1 Jan 1518	Connor MacLeod born in Glenfinnan, on the banks of Loch Shiel	HL
1536	Connor MacLeod is accused of "wielding powers unnatural" and is driven from his clan.	HL1, HL3
c. 1536	Connor's father refuses to accept his son's banishment and has a variation of the MacLeod family tartan created for Connor	HL3
1537	Connor settles near Glen Coe and learns blacksmithing from Angus MacDonald.	HL1,  HLnovel
1539	Connor marries Heather MacDonald, daughter of Angus	HLnovel
1540	Angus MacDonald dies	HLnovel.
summer,1541	Connor meets Ramirez	HL1
winter, 1542	Ramirez is beheaded by the Kurgan	HL1
1555	Connor's mother, Caoilin, is burned at the stake in Glenfinnan.	HL4
c. 1560	Ian MacLeod born	CD
c. 1570	Mary Harris born.  Neil MacGreggor born	CD
1588	Mary Harris and Ian MacLeod marry.  She has several miscarriages and finally gives birth to a stillborn son in Dec 1592.	CD
1590	Heather dies; Connor leaves the Highlands for Edinburgh.	HL1, Novel
21 Dec 1592	Duncan MacLeod born in Glenfinnan, on the banks of Loch Shiel. He is brought to Mary and Ian MacLeod by a "peasant woman" and adopted.	Family Tree, Prophecy
1593	Neil MacGreggor marries Kathleen Harris, Mary's younger sister	CD
April 1593	Robert MacLeod born to Alastair MacLeod, brother of Ian	CD
c. 1594 ?	Debra Campbell born, the eldest daughter of Angus Campbell, cheiftain of a neighboring Campbell clan	CD
c. 1600	Connor leaves Edinburgh, takes to the sea.	HL1, EOF
c. 1603	Alastair MacLeod dies. His son Robert is fostered by Mary and Ian.  Robert and Debra Campbell are betrothed as part of a political alliance between the MacLeods and the Campbells.	CD
1 May 1606	Cassandra, the Witch of Donan Woods, reminds thirteen-year-old Duncan of the tales of Connor MacLeod, a man from his grandfather's time, who died and yet came back to life.	Prophecy
May 1606	Watcher Brian MacGreggor records Duncan and Cassandra's meeting	CD
18 June 1618	Duncan kills his cousin Robert in a quarrel over Debra	Homeland
18 June 1618	Debra Campbell falls to her death. Duncan buries her on unconsecrated ground.	Homeland
2 Oct 1622	Duncan MacLeod is killed in a skirmish against the Campbells. He revives, only to be cast out by his father as a demon.  He wanders the Highlands alone.	Family Tree CD
1624	Kanwulf the Viking kills Ian MacLeod. Avenging his father's death, Duncan kills Kanwulf but does not take his head.	Homeland
1624	Neil MacGreggor becomes chieftain at Glenfinnan	CD
24 March 1625	The hermit Tim tells Duncan that he will soon meet "the one who will teach you what you need to know."  Tim forces Duncan to take his head.	Archangel
24 March 1625	Connor, having had odd dreams recently, finds Duncan in Strathconan Forest, still recovering from the Hermit's Quickening.	CD
Summer, 1625	or ... Connor finds Duncan after the battle of Glenn Fruin	HL4
Fall 1625	or ... Connor finds Duncan wedged between rocks on the seashore	Element of Fire
13 Feb 1626	Connor and Duncan go to Aberdeen to get some money. Duncan meets the Immortal Nerissa	EOF
14 Feb 1626	Connor and Duncan celebrate with Captain Carmichael	EOF
15 Feb 1626	The Immortal Khordas blows up Carmichael's ship. Nerissa shoots Connor in the chest and flees with Khordas	EOF
1630	While Connor is in Aberdeen on business, Martin Hyde finds Duncan in the Highlands.	Prodigal Son
1631	Duncan and Connor travel to Ravenna, Italy	HL4
15 Feb 1632	Duncan bests Connor in swordfighting on Beinn Bahn. Khordas burns the nearby town of Applecross	EOF
May 1632	Duncan and Connor track down Khordas and Nerissa in Rannoch Moor.  Duncan takes Nerissa's head. Khordas escapes	EOF
spring 1634	Duncan and Connor part, the training done	HLTS
7 April 1634	When Duncan encounters Devon Marek, he remembers that Connor told him about sensing pre-immortals.	Black Tower
1635	Neil MacGreggor dies	CD
1638	Mary MacLeod dies	CD
16 June 1657	Duncan is surprised to find that Graham Ashe taught Ramirez, Connor's teacher.	End of Innocence
1680	Duncan and Connor spend time in Shanghai	Endgame DVD
1712	In Ireland, Duncan and Connor rescue a fair maiden from bandits. Dialog could suggest Connor and/or Duncan had recently come from Scotland.	HL4
1715	Connor arrives for Duncan's wedding to Kate	HL4
1745-46	Duncan fights for Bonny Prince Charlie in Scotland	Through a Glass Darkly
1770s	In the American colonies, Connor uses the name Adrian Montague
1796	Adrian Montague buys land in New York that will become the Hudson St. property.
c. 1835	Connor and Duncan in London with a redhead	The Gathering
c. 1853-1858 (Dates are contradictory)	Duncan and new Immortal Amber Lynn book passage on Connor's ship The Rosemary, bound for N. America.  Connor mentions Amanda, Grace Chandel, and Darius	EOF
three months  later	Khordas and his companion Lauren attack The Rosemary.  Lauren takes Amber's head.  The ship is sunk, and Connor decides not to use the name Connor MacLeod again.	EOF, HL2
c. 1860-1897	Connor and Duncan see each other from time to time.  They are both involved in the American Civil War.	EOF
March 1872	At his campfire, Duncan calls out Connor's name expectantly when he feels the Buzz, but it's Kern.  (The CD says that Connor and Duncan had been hunting together.  It's likely that Duncan had sent a message to Connor some months earlier, inviting him to the upcoming wedding between Duncan and Little Deer.)	Line of Fire
13 March 1872	Duncan and Connor watch Little Deer's funeral pyre	The Gathering
1872	FBs during ep show Connor	Something Wicked
spring? 1873	Connor meets Duncan on "the island."	The Gathering
Feb 1897	In Nantucket, Duncan and Connor (a.k.a. Captain David Carruthers) rescue Gabriella and defeat the Salamander	EOF
c. 1965	Connor starts using the name Russell Nash  (click here for other aliases)	HL1
1986	Connor and Brenda go the MacLeod gathering at the Isle of Skye.  Connor uses his own name again.	HL3
1987	Brenda is killed in a car accident in Scotland. Connor moves to Marrakesh with John.	HL3
Aug 1992	Connor meets Tessa in Seacouver	The Gathering
?late 1992	Rachel is killed by a bomb; Connor tells Duncan he's going to Holy Ground	HL4
Sep 1993	Joe Dawson tells Duncan that Connor did the world a big favor in beheading the Kurgan	The Watchers
Jan 1994	While jogging, DM tells Charlie that he wanted to be like Connor when he was a boy.	The Fighter
Feb 1994	Connor and Alexandra Johnson fall in love in the Highlands. The song Bonny Portmore is introduced to HL.	HL3
? 1994	Connor moves to Scotland with Alex and John	HL3
Early Nov 1994	Duncan tells Richie that Connor changed his life	Courage
Aug 1995	Duncan goes back to Scotland for the first time since 1746. Duncan tells Joe that he met Kanwulf before he met Connor.	Homeland
Feb 1996	Methos gets the clan sword from Rachel MacLeod	Deliverance
? Mar 1996	Rachel MacLeod returns to the Highlands from her Paris trip	Promises
May 1997	Duncan tells Richie he met Connor soon after he took the hermit's head	Archangel
200?	Connor gets out of Sanctuary, Kell shows up and bothers people	HL4
?	Duncan visits Connor's grave somewhere, but obviously not in Scotland.	HL4

The Gypsy curse on Duncan is shown in the second season episode The Darkness.

Carmen says to Duncan:  "You will have hundreds of women, but you will never marry, not me, not anyone."   Roman (her brother) asks another woman if this prediction is true, and after she looks at Duncan's hand, she nods.

And also, as Duncan is walking away, Carmen calls after him:  "MacLeod, you will bury many women, but you will marry none. You will always be alone; do you hear me?  Alone!"

On the beach at the beginning of the episode:
"The prophecy tells of a Highland child, born on the Winter Solstice, who has gone through Darkness into Light, and survives to challenge the Voice of Death."

At the cemetery, right before the police come to arrest Duncan:
"An evil one will come, to vanquish all before him.  Only a Highland Child, born on the Winter Solstice, who has seen both Darkness and Light can stop him.  A child, and a man."

This form of the prophecy is repeated during Roland's quickening and also during the episode Archangel.

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