Chronicles of a Death Foretold Timeline

Santiago shares his dream with his mother.

Divinia Flor and Victoria Guzmán butcher rabbits as Santiago watches, disgusted.

Santiago leaves the house to greet the bishop.

Flora Miguel learns of the murder and the motive behind it.

The bishop's boat passes by.

Santiago decides to change his clothes before heading to the narrator's house.

Yamil Shaium tells Cristo Bedoya about the murder and Cristo attempts to find Santiago.

Santiago heads to Flora Miguel's house and yelled at.

Cristo Bedoya grabs Santiago's gun in order to give it to him when he finds him.

Victoria Guzmán tells Placida Linero that her son is in grave danger.

The mayor tells Cristo he's going to stop the twins but checks on a domino date in the social club instead.

Cristo heads to the narrator's house, hoping Santiago went there for breakfest.

Divina Flor tells Placida that she saw Santiago with a boquet of roses head up to his room.

Santiago is confronted by the twins in the town square and he runs to try to enter his house.

Placida locks the front door because she thinks the twins are trying to get in.

Santiago is stabbed and murdered.

The Vicario twins turn themselves in to the priest and give up their knives.

The Vicario twins are put behind bars.

The brutal autopsy is performed on Santiago's body.

The narrator goes to Maria Alejandrina Cervantes's house.

Purisima Vicario says goodbye to her sons before they are transferred to Riohacha.

The mayor break into Xius's former home to find Bayardo.

The investigating magistrate returns to the town.

The Vicario twins are released from prison.

Prudencia Cotes and Pablo are married.

Santiago Nasar is born.

Pedro goes into the military

Pedro returns home.

Pedro got the mayor called over to the prison because he belived his brother was poisoned.

Vicario twins transferred to the Mayor's house.

Angela sees Bayardo at Hotel del Puerto in Riohacha.

Angela writes a letter to Bayardo saying she saw him at the hotel.

Angela sends a second letter.

Angela has sent 6 letters with no reply to Bayardo.

The narrator returns to the town to put together what had happened.

Ibrahim arrives in Colombia and buys a warehouse. This warehouse is later made into a home.

Ibrahim Nasar dies.

Bayardo San Román moves into town.

Bayardo first sees Angela Vicario.

Bayardo buys out all the raffle tickets in order to win a music box for Angela.

Bayardo buys the house of the widower Xius, because Angela said that he had the best house in the town.

Santiago becomes 21.

General Petronio and his family arrive in town.

End of formal wedding.

End of after-party.

Angela is returned and beaten.

Vicario twins return home, Angela names Santiago as the man who took her virginity.

Vicario twins grab knives and plan to kill Santiago.

Twins sharpen their knives.

Santiago, Cristo Bedoya, and the narrator are together.

Vicario twins wait at Clotilde Armenta's milk store and inform her of their plot.

Santiago returns home for an hour long nap.

Vicario twins are out drinking with Santiago at Maria Alejandrina Cervantes's place.

Bayardo brings his family to town

Santiago is woken up by Victoria Guzmán after dreaming.