GTA IV Timeline

This is a timeline of events relating to GTA IV.

1923

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1969

1971

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1977

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1980

1981

1982

1983

1990

1993

  • Niko Bellic fights in the Bosnian conflict on the Serbian side.
  • Dwayne Forge is jailed on crack distribution charges.

1997

1998

  • Niko Bellic and his army unit are betrayed in a village, and all except Florian Cravic, Niko and Darko Brevic are killed. Niko begins his search to find the person who betrayed his unit.
  • Niko's cousin Roman emigrates to the USA, where he settles in Liberty City and becomes a cab driver.

2000

2001

  • The 9/11 attacks occured. The attacks are mentioned in the Weazel News website and in a TV commercial.

2003

  • The US invades Iraq - this conflict is mentioned in GTA IV.

2008 (Early Summer-Late Autumn)

  • Niko Bellic emigrates to the USA to live the American Dream and find certain people.
  • Billy Grey is released from a rehabilitation clinic and reclaims control of the Lost Motorcycle Club from Vice President Johnny Klebitz.
  • Tony Prince takes on huge loans from many powerful criminals, and leaves his bodyguard Luis Fernando Lopez to help repay those debts.
  • Dimitri Rascalov, Ray Bulgarin and Billy Grey get killed by Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz, and Luis Fernando Lopez.
  • Jon Gravelli dies to his serious illness at Schottler Medical Center.

2009 (March)