Wuthering Heights Timeline

  • Heathcliff is at Wuhtering Heights

    Earnshaw brings home Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights
  • Heathcliff and Catherine become very close

  • Mrs. Earnshaw dies

  • Hindley is sent off to college

  • Earnshaw dies

  • Hindley returns to Wuthering Heights

    Hindley returns back to Wuhthering Heights with his wife, Francis.
  • Catherine and Heathcliff go to the Grange

    Catherine and Heathcliff make their way to the Grange. Catherine is bit by a dig and has to stay at the Grange.
  • Catherine returns back to Wuthering Hegihts

  • Hareton is born

    Hareton is born and Francis dies,
  • Heathcliff runs away from Wuthering Heights

    Hdeathcliff runs away from Wuthering Heights after finding our Cathherine is planning on marrying Edgar Linton.
  • Catherine marries Edgar

  • Heathcliff returns

    Heathcliff returns to take back Catherine and take control of Wuthering Heights
  • Heathcliff and Isabella marry

    Heathcliff marries Isabellas out of spite towards Catherine. He also plans revenge on Edgar by marrying Isabella to gain access on the Grange.
  • Isabella escapes Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights

    Isabella leaves Wuthering Heights and Heathcliff's torture and fleas to London
  • Cathy gets sick

    Cathy develops a "brain fever" and becomes insane. She starts picturing Wuthering Heights outside her bedroom window at the Grange.
  • Catherine gives birth to Cathy

    Catherine gives birth to Cathy and dies.
  • Linton Heathcliff is born

    Isabella has Linton Heathcliff
  • Hindley dies

  • Isabella dies

    Isabella dies. knwoing this, Heathcliff sends for Linton.
  • Cathy and Hareton meet

  • Linton and Cathy marry

  • Cathy and Nelly are held prisoner

    Heathcliff forces Cathy and Nelly to stay at Wuthering Heights convincing everyone at the Heights and in town that they have died in the marsh.
  • Edgar dies

    Nelly is sent free by Zillah in time to make it to Edgar's death bed. Catherine is also there.
    Edgar sends for Green, the lawyer, to make sure Heathcliff cannot take access to the Grange. However, Heathcliff pays off Green and makes sure he cannot be there before Edgar passes.
  • Linton dies

  • Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights

  • Lockwood becomes sick and stay at Wuthering Heights

    While Lockwood stays at Wuthering Heights Nelly tells the love story between Catherine, Edgar, and Heathcliff. She also goes on to tell him a little about the love story between Cathy, Hareton, and Linton
  • Lockwood returns to London

  • Heathcliff dies

  • Lockwood returns to the Grange

  • Cathy and Hareton marry

  • Heathcliff plots revenge

    Heathcliff plots revenege on Edgar by forcing Linton and Cathy to marry so he can gain access to the Grange.
  • Linton is sent to the Grange then the Heights

    Linton is sent to the Grange to stay with Edgar, Cathy, and Nelly. Healthcliff then sends for Linton again and forces him to stay with him at Wuhtering Heights.