Timeline

Timeline of House of Cards, from seasons one through six.

Overview

• Season 1 takes place from December 31, 2012 to November 1, 2013.
• Season 2 takes place from November 1, 2013 to October 30, 2014.
• Season 3 takes place from December 2014 to January 16, 2016.
• Season 4 takes place from January 16, 2016 to October 18, 2016.
• Season 5 takes place from October 24, 2016 to March 18, 2017.
• Season 6 takes place from July 4, 2017 to January 18, 2018.

1956

• March 7th: Thomas Hammerschmidt is born in Berlin, Germany.

1959

• November 5th: Francis J. Underwood is born in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States of America.

1962

• July 18th: Garrett Allan Walker is born in the United States of America.

1965

• Claire Underwood is born in the United States of America.

1988

• December 22nd: Zoe Barnes is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

1999

• April 4th: Doug Stamper drank his last alcoholic drink.

2012

• November 6th: Governor Garrett Walker of Colorado is elected the 45th President of the United States, Governor Jim Matthews of Pennsylvania is elected the 48th Vice President of the United States.
• December 31st: Frank and Claire Underwood attend a New Year's Eve party with President-elect Garrett Walker, as well as Linda Vasquez, Vice President-elect Jim Matthews and, later revealed, newly elected Governor Will Conway. (Chapter 1, 46)

2013

• January 1st - 22nd: The events of Chapter 1 take place.
  • January 1st: President-elect Garrett Walker's New Year's Eve party ends.
  • January 3rd: Frank and Claire Underwood attend a symphony, where Frank checks Zoe Barnes out; Zoe Barnes receives an email from a colleague at the Washington Herald that shows a photograph of Frank checking her out. She then begins to research him and discovers their mutual interests in each other.
  • January 21st: Garrett Walker is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States; Jim Matthews is sworn as the 48th Vice President of the United States.
• January 22nd - 26th: The events of Chapter 2 take place.
  • Note: The timelines of Chapters 2 and 3 conflict with each other.  Chapter 2 ends on Saturday the 26th, yet Chapter 3 is supposed to begin on Saturday the 26th.
• January 26th - 27th: The events of Chapter 3 take place.
• January 28th - 31st: The events of Chapter 4 take place.
• January 31st - February 2nd: The events of Chapter 5 take place.
• February: The events of Chapter 6 take place.
• June 14th - 16th: The events of Chapter 7 take place.
• August 17th - 18th: The events of Chapter 8 take place.
• September 11th - 15th: The events of Chapter 9 take place.
• September 16th - 19th: The events of Chapter 10 take place.
  • September 19th: Peter Russo does a damaging interview.
• September 19th - 21st: The events of Chapter 11 take place.
  • September 21st: Peter Russo is found dead in the passenger seat of his car from carbon monoxide poisoning.
• October: The events of Chapter 12 take place.
• October 28th - November 1st: The events of Chapter 13 take place.
  • November 1st: Frank learns he will become Vice President.
• November 1st - 6th: The events of Chapter 14 take place.
  • November 5th: Zoe Barnes is murdered; The special election is held in Pennsylvania; Claire threatens Gillian Cole.
• November: The events of Chapter 15 take place.
  • Frank is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.

2014

• February 9th - 13th: The events of Chapter 16 take place.
  • February 13th: Frank demands the attendance of all senators. President Garrett Walker delivers the 2014 State of the Union.
• March: The events of Chapter 17 take place.
• May 5th - 7th: The events of Chapter 18 take place.
• June 9th - 13th: The events of Chapter 19 take place.
• July 14th - 17th: The events of Chapter 20 take place.
  • Way of Money timeline.
  • July 14th: Doug Stamper is given the order to fly to Kansas City and visit Lanagin's Adaho Gaming Casino; Frank and Garrett have a long and relaxed conversation in the White House.
  • July 15th: Doug buys a plane a ticket to Beijing, to visit Xander Feng and confront him with Frank's accusations of collaboration with Lanagin in a money laundering scheme.
  • July 16th: The Underwoods and the Walkers have a dinner together, Freddy cooks ribs for them, on Frank's request.
  • July 17th: Doug returns to Washington, D.C., and is seen at Underwood's basement.
• August 4th - 7th: The events of Chapter 21 take place.
• August 8th - 11th: The events of Chapter 22 take place.
• September: The events of Chapter 23 take place.
• September 29th - October 2nd: The events of Chapter 24 take place.
• October 6th - 11th: The events of Chapter 25 take place.
• October 27th - 30th: The events of Chapter 26 take place.
  • October 30th: Garrett Walker resigns from the office of President of the United States after lengthy contemplation with his wife; Frank Underwood is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. (Chapter 26)
• November 4th: United States Midterm elections are held. The Republican Party retakes the majority in the House of Representatives and maintains their majority in the Senate.

2015

• December 2014 - late February: The events of Chapter 27 take place.
• March 2nd - 5th: The events of Chapter 28 take place.
  • March 4th: President Underwood's address to the nation.
• May 6th - 7th: The events of Chapter 29 take place.
  • May 6th: President Underwood hosts a State Dinner for Russian President Viktor Petrov, who later kisses the First Lady Underwood.
• June 16th - 18th: The events of Chapter 30 take place.
• June 29th - July 4th: The events of Chapter 31 take place.
• July 23rd - 24th: The events of Chapter 32 take place.
• July 25th - August: The events of Chapter 33 take place.
  • July 26th: The official White House portrait of the Presidential couple, Frank and Claire Underwood, is taken.
  • August 14th: President Underwood gives a radio address on the 80th anniversary of the Social Security Act, and visits FDR's memorial later that day.
• September 16th - 21st: The events of Chapter 34 take place.
• October 16th - 19th: The events of Chapter 35 take place.
• November: The events of Chapter 36 take place.
• December 15th - 18th: The events of Chapter 37 take place.
  • December 16th: First Democratic Debate between Dunbar, Sharp, and Underwood.

2016

• January 11th - 14th: The events of Chapter 38 take place.
• January 14th - 16th: The events of Chapter 39 take place.
  • January 15th: Rachel is killed; Frank wins the Iowa caucus.
• January 16th - 19th: The events of Chapter 40 take place.
• February 2nd: The events of Chapter 41 take place.
  • 2016 State of the Union.

• March 7th - 8th: The events of Chapter 42 take place.
  • March 8th: A photo of Frank's father with a KKK leader surfaces; Lucas Goodwin confronts Heather Dunbar; Frank loses the South Carolina primary.
• March 16th - 17th: The events of Chapter 43 take place.
  • March 17th: President Underwood is shot by Lucas Goodwin while leaving a campaign event in Washington D.C., Vice President Blythe becomes Acting President of the United States.
• March 20th - 23rd: The events of Chapter 44 take place.
• March 25th - 28th: The events of Chapter 45 take place.
  • March 26th: Secretary Durant and First Lady Claire Underwood attend the G-8 summit in Brandenburg, Germany; President Underwood is taken into surgery for a liver transplant. President Underwood arrives back at The White House after his operation.
  • March 27th: G-8 summit concludes.
  • March 28th: President Underwood resumes the powers and duties of the presidency.
• May 17th - 19th: The events of Chapter 46 take place.
• July 9th - 12th: The events of Chapter 47 take place.
• July 25th - 27th: The events of Chapter 48 take place.
• July 27th - 28th: The events of Chapter 49 take place.
  • July 28th: President Underwood becomes the nominee for Democratic Party, First Lady Claire Underwood becomes Vice Presidential nominee.
• September: The events of Chapter 50 take place.
• October 16th - 18th: The events of Chapter 51 take place.
• October 18th: The events of Chapter 52 take place.
• October 24th - 26th: The events of Chapter 53 take place.
• October 31st: The events of Chapter 54 take place.
• November 7th - 8th: The events of Chapter 55 take place.
• November 8th: The events of Chapter 56 take place.
  • Election day in the United States; A terrorist attack in Tennessee and threats in Ohio, among several other states, delays election results.

2017

• January 16th - 19th: The events of Chapter 57 take place.
• January 20th - 22nd: The events of Chapter 58 take place.
  • January 20th: Claire is sworn in as Acting President of the United States.
• January 25th - 26th: The events of Chapter 59 take place.
• January 28th - 30th: The events of Chapter 60 take place.
• February 13th - 18th: The events of Chapter 61 take place.
  • February 17th: Frank Underwood is sworn into his second term as President.
• February 19th - 24th: The events of Chapter 62 take place.
  • February 24th: Garrett Walker testifies.
• February 27th - March 3rd: The events of Chapter 63 take place.
• March 8th - 14th: The events of Chapter 64 take place.
  • March 8th: Frank pushes Cathy down a flight of stairs.
  • March 11th: Claire informs Frank that Tom Yates has incriminating information in his new manuscript. Claire and Tom have sex, during which Tom is poisoned.
  • March 14th: Frank testifies in front of the committee, where he announces he will resign the next day.
• March 14th - 18th: The events of Chapter 65 take place.
  • March 15th: Frank resigns, Claire is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
• May: Francis Underwood dies.
• July 4th: The events of Chapter 66 take place.
• July 6th - 8th: The events of Chapter 67 take place.
• July 11th - 14th: The events of Chapter 68 take place.
• July 29th: The events of Chapter 69 take place.
• August: The events of Chapter 70 take place.
  • August 24th: Claire demands the resignation of her cabinet after they try to remove her via 25th amendment.
• August/September: The events of Chapter 71 take place.

2018

• January 6th - 9th: The events of Chapter 72 take place.
• January 15th - 18th: The events of Chapter 73 take place.
  • January 18th: Claire Underwood kills Doug Stamper in the oval office.