| 2003 |
2/12 | The Dead formed |
| 2001 |
12/31 | Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2000 |
8/2? | Bill returns to touring, with Furthur Festival |
| 1997 |
| Backbone formed |
| 1995 |
12/08 | Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1994 |
1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1985 |
~ | Go Ahead formed |
| 1984 |
| Billy Kreutzmann's All-Stars formed |
| 1979 |
| The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard |
| 1976 |
| Drumz debut |
| 1975 |
8/20 | Keith and Donna Band formed |
| 1975 |
8/05 | Jerry Garcia Band formed |
| 1970 |
~ | Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1969 |
6/~ | New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1968 |
10/08 | Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1967 |
| Mickey becomes Bill's drum teacher, using hypnosis to get him to practice more |
| 1967 |
| Mickey meets Bill at a Dead show at the Fillmore |
| 1965 |
12/0? | Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1965 |
12/01 | Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
| 1965 |
11/06 | Warlocks meet Bill Graham at a Family Dog benefit for the Mime Troupe |
| 1965 |
5/05 | Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
| 1965 |
4/?? | Warlocks formed |
| 1963 |
| Zodiacs formed |
| 1962 |
| Jerry starts playing banjo, purchased from Bill |
| 1962 |
| Bill meets Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store in Palo Alto |
| 1962 |
~ | Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
| 1960 |
~ | Legends are joined by Bill at YMCA dances |
| 1958 |
~ | Bill takes private drum lessons at age 12 |
| 1957 |
~ | Bill is kicked out of the orchestra in 6th grade for not keeping time |
| 1954 |
~ | Bill keeps the beat for his mother's dance class at age 8 |
| 1946 |
5/07 | Bill Kreutzmann is born in Palo Alto, CA |