GTA IV Timeline

This is a timeline of events relating to GTA IV.

1923

• Jon Gravelli is born.

1957

• The first Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts shop opens up in Vice City.

1963

• Mikhail Faustin is born in Russia.

1965

• Salvatore Bottino is born.

1968

• Jon Gravelli Jr. is born.

1974

• Johnny Klebitz is born in Acter, Alderney.

1978

• Niko Bellic is born in Yugoslavia.

• Jon Gravelli becomes leader of the Gambetti Family

1979

• Patrick McReary is born in Liberty City.

1983

• Huang Lee is born in China.
• Luis Fernando Lopez is born in Algonquin, Liberty City.

1990

• Niko Bellic's family first gets electricity.

1993

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

1997

• The McReary family settles in Liberty City.

1998

• Niko Bellic and his army unit are betrayed in a village, and all except Florian Cravic, Niko and Darko Brevic are captured. 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.

1999

• Mr. McReary commits suicide. The McReary Mob leaves Purgatory and settles in Dukes.

2003

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

2008 (Early-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.

2009 (March)

• The events of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars take place.