Billy the Kid

William Henry Mccarty is born

1859

Billy is arrested for stealing laundry

Sep 23, 1875

Billy escapes jail

Sep 25, 1875

Billy kills Windy Cahill

Aug 17, 1877

Billy gets hired

Jan 1, 1878

Billy the Kid hired as cowboy by John H. Tunstall and Alexander McSween

John Tunstall killed

Feb 18, 1878

Tunstall killed by men working for Lawrence G. Murphy and J.J. Dolan. Pro-Tunstall workers form a small gang called "The Regulators"

William Brady Killed

Apr 1, 1878

Regulators kill Sheriff William Brady and one of his deputies

BIlly arrested

Apr 18, 1878

Billy is arrested for the murder of William Brady

Billy starts a new life

Jan 1, 1879

Billy starts making a living gambling and stealing horses

Bounty on Billy

Dec 13, 1880

Governor Wallace sets a bounty for Billy's arrest

Billy's Conviction

Apr 10, 1881

Billy is convicted of murder in Mesilla, New Mexico. He is sentenced to hang.

Billy escaped

Apr 28, 1881

Billy escapes from Lincoln County courthouse

Billy's Death

Jul 14, 1881

Billy the Kid is shot by Pat Garret in Fort Summer, New Mexico