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| 1947 | Birth |  |
| 30th Sep London Birth of Marc Bolan |
| 1959 | Susie and The Hula Hoops | |
| London Marc Bolan joins Susie and The Hula Hoops, lead singer Helen Shapiro |
| 1965 | Composition | |
| Releases, "The Wizard/Beyond The Rising Sun" |
| 1966 | Composition | |
| Releases, "The Third Degree" |
| 1967 | Composition | |
| A John's Children single written by Marc Bolan called Desdemona might have had some chart success but was banned by the BBC for its line "lift up your skirt and fly" |
| Releases, "Come And Play With Me In The Garden/Sara Crazy Child" |
| Releases, "Desdemona/Remember Thomas A Beckett" |
| Releases, "Hippy Gumbo" |
| Releases, "Midsummer's Night Scene/Sara Crazy Child", withdrawn but promo/test pressing copies in pic sleeves do exist |
| 1967 | John's Children | |
| A John's Children single written by Marc Bolan called Desdemona might have had some chart success but was banned by the BBC for its line "lift up your skirt and fly" |
| Joins the protopunk band John's Children |
| 1968 | Composition | |
| Releases, "Debora/Child Star" |
| Releases, "One Inch Rock/Salamada Palaganda" |
| 1968 | Concert of Bolan | |
| Appears at the first free Hyde Park festival |
| 1969 | Composition | |
| Releases, "King Of The Rumbling Spires/Do You Remember" |
| Releases, "Pewtor Suitor/Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles" |
| 1970 | Composition | |
| Buys a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar that is featured on the cover of the album T. Rex in 1970, the musical direction is set |
| Releases, "By The Light Of A Magical Moon/Find A Little Wood" |
| Releases, "Debora/One Inch Rock/Woodland Bop/Seal Of Seasons" |
| Releases, "Oh Baby/Universal Love", as Dib Cochran And The Earwigs |
| Releases, "Ride A White Song/Is It Love/Summertime Blues ", as T.Rex |
| 1st July "Ride A White Swan" is recorded and released that autumn, making slow progress in the UK Top 40 and finally peaking in early 1971 at No.2 |
| 1971 | Composition | |
| Releases, "Get It On/There Was A Time/Raw Ramp" |
| Releases, "Hot Love/Woodland Rock/King Of The Mountain Cometh" |
| Releases, "Jeepster/Life's A Gas" |
| 1971 | T. Rex Wax Co | |
| Nov The record label, Fly, release the album track "Jeepster" without Bolan's permission, Bolan takes advantage of the lapsing of his Fly Records contract joins EMI who gave him his own record label, the T. Rex Wax Co |
| 1972 | Composition | |
| Bolan achieves two more No.1s with "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru" - the latter of which stopped Elton John getting to the top with "Rocket Man" - and two more No.2s in "Children Of The Revolution" and "Solid Gold Easy Action". |
| Releases, "Children Of The Revolution/Jitterbug Love/Sunken Rags" |
| Releases, "Metal Guru/Thunderwing/Lady" |
| Releases, "Solid Gold Easy Action/Born To Boogie" |
| Releases, "Telegram Sam/Cadillac/Baby Strange" |
| 1972 | Film of Starr | |
| 18th Mar Marc Bolan appears in Ringo Starr's film Born to Boogie, a documentary showing T. Rex at the height of T. Rextasy during a concert at Wembley Empire Pool on 18 March 1972 |
| 1972 | T. Rextasy | |
| 18th Mar Marc Bolan appears in Ringo Starr's film Born to Boogie, a documentary showing T. Rex at the height of T. Rextasy during a concert at Wembley Empire Pool on 18 March 1972 |
| 1973 | Composition | |
| Bolan's star gradually begins to wane, even though he achieved a Number 3 hit with arguably his most famous tune to the next generation, "20th Century Boy", "The Groover" follows it to No.4, to become Bolan's last major hit |
| Releases, "20th Century Boy/Free Angel" |
| Releases, "Blackjack/Squint Eyed Mangle", as Big Carrot |
| Releases, "The Groover/Midnight" |
| 1975 | Birth | |
| Sep Gloria Jones gives birth to Bolan's son, whom they name Rolan Bolan (although his birth certificate lists him as 'Rolan Seymour Feld' |
| 1977 | Death | |
| 16th Sep Death of Marc Bolan, two weeks before his 30th birthday, a passenger in a purple Mini driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Mortons drinking club and restaurant in Berkley Square |
| 1977 | Funeral of Bolan | |
| Sep At Bolan's funeral, attended by the likes of Bowie and Rod Stewart, a swan-shaped floral tribute is displayed outside the service in recognition of his breakthrough hit single |
| 1977 | Marc TV Show | |
| Granada Television commission Bolan to front a six-part series called Marc, where he introduced new and established bands and performed his own songs |
| 1980 | Composition | |
| The Bongos are the first American group to cover a T.Rex tune, "Mambo Sun," and enter the Billboard charts |
| 1985 | Composition | |
| Duran Duran splinter band Power Station, with Robert Palmer as vocalist, take a version of "Get It On" into the UK Top 40, the first cover of a Bolan song to enter the charts since his death |
| 1991 | Composition | |
| "20th Century Boy" introduced a new generation of devotees to Bolan's work in 1991 when it is featured on a Levi's jeans TV commercial and is re-released, reaching the UK Top 20 |
| 2005 | Composition | |
| Bolan returns to the top of the UK charts in when the remastered, expanded Born to Boogie DVD hits No.1 in the Music DVD charts |
