| 1945 |
9/08 | Ron McKernan is born in San Bruno, CA |
| 1962 |
| Pigpen meets Jerry on the San Mateo Peninsula coffeehouse circuit |
| 1962 |
~ | Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
| 1963 |
| The Second Story Men formed |
| 1963 |
| Zodiacs formed |
| 1964 |
| Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions formed |
| 1965 |
4/?? | Warlocks formed |
| 1965 |
5/05 | Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
| 1965 |
11/03 | Emergency Crew Demo Tape by Warlocks |
| 1965 |
11/06 | Warlocks meet Bill Graham at a Family Dog benefit for the Mime Troupe |
| 1965 |
12/01 | Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
| 1965 |
12/0? | Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1967 |
3/17 | The Grateful Dead LP |
| 1968 |
7/18 | Anthem of the Sun LP |
| 1969 |
6/20 | Aoxomoxoa LP |
| 1969 |
11/10 | Live/Dead LP |
| 1970 |
6/14 | Workingman's Dead LP |
| 1970 |
11/01 | American Beauty LP |
| 1971 |
8/26 | Pigpen takes a break from touring for health reasons |
| 1971 |
10/06 | Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) LP |
| 1971 |
12/01 | Pigpen returns to touring |
| 1972 |
5/26 | Pigpen sings for the last time, in London |
| 1972 |
6/17 | Pigpen leaves the band due to declining health |
| 1972 |
11/05 | Europe '72 LP |
| 1973 |
3/08 | Pigpen dies in Corte Madera, CA at age 27 |
| 1973 |
7/13 | History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) LP |
| 1992 |
5/12 | Two from the Vault CD |
| 1994 |
1/19 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1995 |
9/26 | Hundred Year Hall CD |
| 1996 |
3/01 | Dick's Picks, Volume 4 CD |
| 1997 |
6/14 | Dick's Picks, Volume 8 CD |
| 1997 |
6/17 | Fallout from the Phil Zone CD |
| 1997 |
10/28 | Fillmore East 2-11-69 CD |
| 1998 |
| Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions CD by Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions |
| 1999 |
11/09 | So Many Roads (1965 - 1995) CD |
| 2000 |
3/07 | Dick's Picks, Volume 16 CD |
| 2000 |
10/10 | Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead CD |
| 2001 |
6/04 | Dick's Picks, Volume 22 CD |
| 2001 |
10/16 | The Golden Road (1965 - 1973) CD |
| 2002 |
7/09 | Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 CD |
| 2002 |
10/01 | Dick's Picks, Volume 26 CD |
| 2003 |
3/25 | Birth of the Dead CD |
| 2003 |
10/30 | Dick's Picks, Volume 30 CD |
| 2004 |
5/25 | Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead CD |
| 2005 |
3/25 | Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 CD |
| 2005 |
6/07 | Download Series Volume 2 CD |
| 2005 |
6/17 | Dick's Picks, Volume 35 CD |
| 2005 |
10/04 | Download Series Volume 6 CD |
| 2005 |
10/25 | Garcia Plays Dylan CD by Jerry Garcia |
| 2005 |
11/?? | Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2005 |
11/?? | Fillmore West 1969 CD |
| 2005 |
12/06 | Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway CD |
| 2006 |
4/04 | Download Series Volume 12 CD |
| 2007 |
6/26 | Three from the Vault CD |
| 2008 |
6/09 | Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 CD |
| 2009 |
3/21 | Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 CD |
| 2010 |
6/14 | Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 CD |
| 2010 |
11/16 | Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 1 CD |
| 2011 |
9/01 | Europe '72: The Complete Recordings CD |
| 2011 |
9/20 | Europe '72 Volume 2 CD |
| 2012 |
4/21 | Dark Star LP |
| 2013 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 6 CD |
| 2013 |
11/29 | Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70 CD |
| 2014 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 10 CD |
| 2015 |
3/31 | The Best of the Grateful Dead CD |
| 2015 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 14 CD |
| 2015 |
9/18 | 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995 CD |
| 2015 |
10/07 | 30 Trips Around the Sun CD |
| 2016 |
8/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 19 CD |
| 2017 |
5/01 | Dave's Picks Volume 22 CD |
| 2017 |
5/23 | Long Strange Trip CD |
| 2018 |
3/23 | Best of the Grateful Dead Live CD |
| 2018 |
4/27 | Dave's Picks Volume 26 CD |
| 2019 |
5/03 | Dave's Picks Volume 30 CD |
| 2020 |
7/10 | Workingman's Dead: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition CD |
