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The Mafia Series Timeline covers the entire history of the Mafia game world in chronological order. From the founding of Empire Bay in 1547 to the final events of Mafia III, every major event in the history of the Mafia universe is recorded here.

16th Century[]

1547[]

  • Porto Romano (to be later renamed Empire Bay) is founded by Italian explorer Giulio Contadino, who named it after his home city of Rome.[1]

17th Century[]

1600s[]

  • Porto Romano comes under Dutch rule and the simple trading post at the mouth of the Culver River grows into a major metropolis.[1]

1694[]

  • Porto Romano is renamed Empire Bay by its first English governor, Sir John Stanmore, who oversaw the colony for a remarkable 45 years.[1]

18th Century[]

1718[]

1783[]

  • The United States gains independence by winning the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain. British forces used prison ships in Empire Bay to hold thousands of American POWs during the war. The conditions were so terrible that more men died there of disease than in the battles of the war itself.

19th Century[]

1800s[]

1819[]

1835[]

1846[]

1850[]

1861[]

1865[]

  • The American Civil War ends.

1867[]

1874[]

  • Maria Angelo is born around this year in Sicily.[7]

1877[]

1883[]

1885[]

1887[]

1890[]

  • Bon Temps Beer is founded.[13]
  • Marco Angelo Jr. is born around this year in Sicily.[7]

1894[]

1897[]

1899[]

1900[]

20th Century[]

1901[]

1903[]

1904[]

1905[]

1906[]

1907[]

1908[]

1909[]

1910[]

1911[]

1912[]

1913[]

1914[]

1915[]

1916[]

1917[]

1918[]

1919[]

1920[]

1921[]

1922[]

1923[]

1924[]

1925[]

May
Unknown

1926[]

1927[]

1928[]

1929[]

October
  • The Wall Street stock market collapses, subsequently signaling the beginning of the Great Depression throughout the 1930s.
Unknown

1930[]

  • The events of Mafia begin.
September

October

Unknown

1931[]

1932[]

June
  • June 17th: Harry Smith is found dead after missing for two months.[64]
September
November
Unknown

1933[]

January
  • Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany.
February
  • February 2nd: The Salieri family secures a shipment of whiskey from Canada. Tommy and Paulie go to North County in order to receive said shipment. The deal is intercepted by border patrol working for Morello, and Sam is injured. The trio manage to escape safely.
April
  • April 3rd: Frank Colletti becomes a state's witness, providing evidence against the Salieri family. Tommy manages to catch him, but ultimately lets him and his family escape.
  • Tommy obtains Frank's account books and sets his home on fire.
  • Frank's "funeral" takes place.
June
July
August
September
  • September 22nd: William "Bill" Gates steals a shipment of whiskey from the Morello family and tries to sell it to the Salieri family. He and his crew are ambushed, although the Salieri family manage to take the whiskey.
December
  • Prohibition ends in the US.
Unknown

1934[]

June - November

1935[]

May
  • May 1: A failed assassination attempt on Don Salieri leads to the murder of his bodyguard Carlo.
  • May 2: Roberto Ghillotti is assassinated on his 50th birthday.
  • May 13: After a number of failed assassination attempts, Sergio Morello is killed by Tommy.
  • May 13: Because of Sergio's death, a war ensues between the Salieri and Morello crime families.
  • May 20: Don Morello is killed by Tommy while trying to flee Lost Heaven.
  • The Salieri Crime Family takes control of the criminal underworld in Lost Heaven.

1936[]

1937[]

1938[]

July

September

  • September 30: A shipment of what is assumed to be smuggled diamonds is impounded by the federal government. Tommy, Paulie, and Sam are sent to retrieve the impounded goods, and discover that Salieri was attempting to smuggle drugs. A few moments later, Tommy and Paulie have a discussion about robbing the Grand Imperial Bank and abandoning organized crime.
November
  • November 3: Tommy Angelo and Paulie Lombardo rob the Grand Imperial Bank.
  • November 3: A hit is put out on Tommy and Paulie by Don Salieri.
  • November 4: Paulie Lombardo is murdered in his apartment by Sam Trapani. Upon Tommy discovering Paulie's corpse, Sammy calls Paulie's apartment and requests for Tommy to come to the Lost Heaven Art Gallery to have him killed.
  • November 4: Sam Trapani and his entire crew are killed by Tommy Angelo at the Lost Heaven Art Gallery.
  • The events of Mafia II Mobile take place. [74]
Unknown (before November 4)
  • Michelle is found and murdered.
  • Frank is found and murdered in Europe, 5 years after we was supposedly killed by Tommy.
Unknown (after November 4)
  • Tommy later returns to testify against the Salieri crime family.
  • Tommy is sentenced to eight years in solitary confinement. This is the greatly reduced sentence he gets in return for his cooperation with authorities, as otherwise he would have gotten life in prison without parole or the death penalty for his crimes.
  • Ralph and Vincenzo Ricci get arrested.
  • Don Salieri is sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • Eric Reilly and Sara Collins get divorced.[43]

1939[]

1940[]

1941[]

1942[]

1943[]

  • The events of Mafia II begin.
  • Antonio Scaletta is murdered by Steve Coyne, who drowns him at the docks and disguises it as an accidental workplace death.[80]
  • At the age of 18, Vito Scaletta is arrested after robbing a jewelry store with Joe Barbaro, which leads to Vito joining of the US Army to avoid serving time in prison.
  • Vito fights with the 504th Parachute Infantry during the Allied liberation of Sicily. It is here that he witnesses first-hand the power of The Mafia.
  • Leo Galante is arrested for fixing fights and is sentenced to five years in federal prison.[27]
  • Charlie Kincaid is born around this year.[78]

1944[]

  • June 6th: D-Day takes place in Europe. Harry participates in the landing in Normandy, as a soldier of the U.S. Army.
  • June 11th: Silvio Palmieri is naturalized into the U.S.[17]
  • Vito is wounded after being shot by a Wehrmacht soldier in combat, and he spends a few months in a military hospital. Vito is awarded the Purple Heart for this.
  • Perla Robinson moves to New Bordeaux.[81]

1945[]

January
February
  • Vito returns home on medical leave for his injuries and reunites with Joe Barbaro, who gets him forged discharged papers and a set of lock picks through Giuseppe; ending his service in the US Army.
  • Through the insistence of his mother, Vito sees Derek Pappalardo and Steve Coyne about work and does his first job for the Vinci Crime Family.
  • At Freddy's Bar, Joe introduces Vito to Henry Tomasino, who recruits Vito to break in the Office of Price Administration and steal gas stamps. When Vito returns with the stamps, Henry learns that they expire the very next day, and he orders Vito to sell them at area gas stations before midnight.
  • While robbing a jewelry store, Vito and Joe run into Brian O'Neill and his gang and start a standoff, alerting the police and causing a shootout.
  • Vito, Joe, and Henry ambush and kill Sidney Pen at his distillery.
  • Vito is arrested for stealing and distributing the gas stamps.
  • Stan escapes to Birkland by train.
  • Richie Mazzeo is killed by Joe.
May
June
August
September
  • September 2nd: Japan surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
  • September 19th: Giuseppe Buffa is born.[83]

1946[]

1947[]

1948[]

1949[]

1950[]

1951[]

April
May
June
  • The conference room on the 18th floor of the Empire Arms Hotel is blown up by Vito and Joe, killing all of Clemente's capos, his consigliere, and his underboss, but failing to kill Clemente himself.
  • Marty Santorelli is gunned down in the Empire Arms parking garage by Don Clemente's bodyguards.
  • Alberto Clemente is assassinated in broad daylight by Joe Barbaro.
  • Leon, the bartender of The Lone Star, is accidentally killed by an intoxicated Joe Barbaro, which greatly angers Vito, as he is forced to dispose of the body after escaping the police and dropping Joe off at his apartment.
July
September
Unknown

1952[]

1953[]

  • Nikita Khrushchev becomes First Secretary of the Soviet Union.

1954[]

1955[]

1957[]

1958[]

1959[]

1961[]

1962[]

  • First Baptist Church is firebombed.[88]
  • Lucio Marcano is found dead with his throat slit.[63]
  • A Cuban military cargo plane en route to Mexico City carrying a nuclear warhead experiences severe weather and crashes on an island about 500 miles south of New Bordeaux. The plane and its cargo were considered lost at sea.

1963[]

1964[]

  • 19-year-old Lincoln Clay enlists in the United States Army and is deployed to Vietnam.

1965[]

1966[]

1967[]

1968[]

Note: Due to the open world format of Mafia III, the exact dates of most events are unknown. We have listed events in a logical order of progression, but this is dependent on players' individual choices. We ask that you do not add to or change the events listed under 1968. If you feel something is out of place or needs to be added, feel free to post in the Mafia III Timeline Entries thread.
February - May
  • Lincoln Clay arrives home from the Vietnam war on February 20.
  • Baka is killed by Lincoln Clay on February 21.
  • Thomas Burke is diagnosed with liver cancer and given 6-8 months to live. (Exact date unknown)
June - November

1968 - Exact Dates Unknown[]

1969[]

1971[]

  • Lincoln Clay is found by Agent Jonathan Maguire to be working at a shipyard in California as a welder, but he vanishes before the FBI can catch up to him.
August

1980[]

  • Former Sheriff Walter Beaumont is released from prison after serving 12 of his 15 year sentence.

1983[]

  • August 7: Roman Barbieri's corpse is discovered in the trunk of an old car in the Mississippi River in Louisiana 15 years after his death, when the US Army Corps of Engineers is dredging it.

1986[]

  • Jonathan Maguire gets promoted to Assistant Director of the Criminal Enterprise Branch.

1989[]

  • Walter Beaumont is killed in the driveway of his home.

1999[]

21st Century[]

2002[]

2016[]

Timeline Errors[]

  • The date of death mentioned on Don Peppone's cigarette card is 1921 when he died in a deal gone wrong. While in Intermezzo Four, Detective Norman mentions that Don Peppone drowned up at the lake in 1922.
  • The date of death listed on Anna McGee's grave marker is 6 June 1968. This is an obvious oversight on the part of the Hangar 13 developers, as it conflicts with the following known dates in the game.
    • While Lincoln is recovering from his injuries, the television at Father James' home clearly shows news footage of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 5, 1968.
    • An NPC conversation scripted to take place at the beginning of The Way of Flesh discusses James Earl Ray being flown back to the U.S. after his capture at a London airport on June 8, 1968. Both of these known dates make her death occurring on the 6th impossible.

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Mafia II Loading Quotes (Empire Bay History)
  2. 2.0 2.1
    Mafia III Map Road Atlas

    Seen on Mafia III promotional map.

  3. Mafia II Family Album (Brian O'Neill)
  4. Humphrey Whiskey

    From the advertisement

  5. Old Empirical Ad 2

    From the aadvertisement

  6. Sinclair Parish Welcome Sign

    Seen on Sinclair Parish welcome sign.

  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5
    Note-The Death of Art 5

    Seen on Tommy's immigration papers.

  8. City Cemetery 2

    As stated on his fake gravestone.

  9. Ammo Crate
  10. From his 50th birthday speech in Happy Birthday.
  11. Frankie Potts Week 09-1

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Frank Vinci.

  12. Frankie Potts Week 09-4

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Leo Galante.

  13. Bon Temps Beer Ad

    From the advertisement

  14. Frankie Potts Week 04-3

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Alberto Clemente.

  15. Stoltz Beer Ad (Mafia DE)

    From the advertisement

  16. Note-A Trip to the Country 7

    From his passport

  17. 17.0 17.1
    Frankie Potts Week 03-1

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Silvio Palmieri.

  18. Duffy's Irish Pub Brochure

    From Duffy's Irish Pub Brochure.

  19. Note-The Death of Art 5b
  20. Frankie Potts Week 06-1

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Carlo Falcone.

  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2
    Frankie Potts Week 09-3

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Pepé Costa.

  22. According to the game description on the ESRB website.
  23. Frankie Potts Week 04-2

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Luca Gurino.

  24. 24.0 24.1 Assets and Kill List (Michael Grecco's Criminal Rackets)
  25. Mafia II Family Album (Eddie Scarpa)
  26. Frankie Potts Week 06-2

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Eddie Scarpa.

  27. 27.0 27.1 27.2 Mafia II Family Album (Leo Galante)
  28. Mafia II Family Album (Frank Vinci)
  29. 29.0 29.1
    "Cornelius is 60, the dipshits of this state first elected him to the Fifth Circuit in 1951."
    John Donovan in The Poor Sumbitch
  30. Cigarette Card 4-2

    From Ennio Salieri's cigarette card.

  31. Assets and Kill List ("Uncle" Lou Marcano)
  32. Paulie states the Bolt Ace is a car "could've bought twenty years ago" during Molotov Party.
  33. Assets and Kill List (Enzo Conti)
  34. Frankie Potts Week 04-1

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Henry Tomasino.

  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 Assets and Kill List (Salvatore "Sal" Marcano)
  36. 36.0 36.1 Assets and Kill List (Frank Pagani's Criminal Rackets)
  37. 37.0 37.1 Mafia II Family Album (Carlo Falcone)
  38. Assets and Kill List (Thomas Burke)
  39. Assets and Kill List (Roman "The Butcher" Barbieri)
  40. Frankie Potts Week 02-1

    Seen on Frankie Potts's license.

  41. Frankie Potts Week 03-2

    Seen on Frankie Potts file on Antonio Paladino.

  42. 42.0 42.1 42.2
    Burke Tomb

    As stated on the Burke family tomb.

  43. 43.0 43.1 43.2 Mafia II Family Album (Eric)
  44. 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3
    Robinson Family Tomb 2

    As stated on the Robinson family tomb.

  45. Assets and Kill List (Frank Pagani)
  46. Mafia II Family Album (Alberto Clemente)
  47. 47.0 47.1 47.2 Mafia II Family Album (Mr. Scaletta)
  48. 48.0 48.1 Assets and Kill List (Tony Derazio's Criminal Rackets)
  49. Assets and Kill List (Tommy Marcano)
  50. Lincoln Clay Case File 839-2982v-68s-2

    Seen on a FBI wanted poster of Vito Scaletta.

  51. 51.0 51.1 Assets and Kill List (Roman "The Butcher" Barbieri's Criminal Rackets)
  52. 52.0 52.1 Assets and Kill List (Olivia Marcano's Criminal Rackets)
  53. Note-The Death of Art 3b
  54. 54.0 54.1 Mafia II Family Album (El Greco)
  55. Assets and Kill List (Emmanuel Lazare)
  56. 56.0 56.1 Assets and Kill List (Tommy Marcano's Criminal Rackets)
  57. Shubert Beverly Ad 4

    Seen on an advertisement of Shubert Beverly.

  58. White Dove Tire Ad

    From the advertisement

  59. Mafia II Family Album (Jack Olivero)
  60. 60.0 60.1 60.2 Assets and Kill List (Tony Derazio)
  61. 61.0 61.1 Assets and Kill List ("Uncle" Lou Marcano's Criminal Rackets)
  62. Mafia II Family Album (Henry Tomasino)
  63. 63.0 63.1 63.2 Assets and Kill List (Olivia Marcano)
  64. Note-A Trip to the Country 4
  65. 65.0 65.1 Assets and Kill List (Enzo Conti's Criminal Rackets)
  66. 66.0 66.1
    Note-Visiting Rich People 2

    From a news on Tomaso Moretti's death.

  67. Note-Visiting Rich People 3

    From Roberto Ghillotti's letter.

  68. Mafia II Family Album (Marty)
  69. Note-The Death of Art 2b

    The note of Tommy and Sarah's wedding photo.

  70. Cigarette Card 18-2

    From Valerio's Cigarette Card.

  71. Assets and Kill List (Enzo Conti
  72. Cigarette Card 17-2

    From Carillo's Cigarette Card.

  73. Assets and Kill List (Alma Diaz)
  74. In the game, Marco Russotto goes to Lost Heaven after the events of Mafia and the game ends in early November. So Mafia II Mobile starts in November.
  75. Mafia II Family Album (Sidney Pen)
  76. Assets and Kill List (Frank Pagani)
  77. Assets and Kill List (Nicole "Nicki" Burke)
  78. 78.0 78.1 Assets and Kill List (Dixie Mafia's Criminal Rackets)
  79. Vito states the Jefferson Provincial is a 1942 year model during Home Sweet Home.
  80. Vinnie claims in Stairway to Heaven.
  81. A Little Late for That
  82. Lincoln Clay Case File 013-043o-96k-2

    Seen on a FBI wanted poster of Lincoln Clay.

  83. Giuseppe Buffa File

    Seen on Giuseppe Buffa's File.

  84. Assets and Kill List (Michael Grecco)
  85. Worse Than Dying 5

    As stated on her tomb.

  86. Potomac Indian Ad

    From an advertisement.

  87. Lincoln Clay Case File 415-5100t-68e-1

    Seen on the case file on Giuseppe Buffa.

  88. Assets and Kill List (Dixie Mafia)
  89. Lincoln's Journal (Berkley Stallion)
  90. Lincoln's Journal (Lassiter Leopard)
  91. Lincoln's Journal (Armored Majesty)
  92. Lassiter Nightcrawler Ad

    From an advertisement.

  93. 93.0 93.1
    Lincoln Clay Case File 004-093k-06b-2