Timeline of Events
Timeline of Events
- Prehistoric timesIt arrives on Earth in a fiery ball from the sky.Part 4, Chapter 15
- 1741All the settlers of Derry Township mysteriously disappear.Derry: The First Interlude
- September 1905Claude Heroux kills four poker players in a bar called the Silver Dollar.Derry: The Fourth Interlude
- April 1906The Kitchener Ironworks explodes during an Easter-egg hunt, killing more than 100 people.Derry: The First Interlude
- October 1929Derry’s men gun down mobster Al Bradley’s gang on Main Street at midday.Derry: The Third Interlude
- Fall 1930A Saturday night fire at the black soldiers’ bar the Black Spot kills dozens of people.Derry: The Second Interlude
- Fall 1957As Pennywise, It murders Georgie Denbrough in the street near his home.Part 1, Chapter 1
- June 1958Ben Hanscom becomes friends with the other Losers as they build a dam in the Barrens.Part 2, Chapter 7
- July 3, 1958Mike Hanlon completes the Losers’ Club when he joins the rock fight against Henry Bowers’s gang.Part 4, Chapter 13
- July 25, 1958The Losers shoot It with a silver slug in the abandoned house on Neibolt Street.Part 4, Chapter 18
- August 10, 1958The Losers descend into Derry’s sewers to perform the first Ritual of Chüd, and they wound It.Part 5, Chapter 22
- July 21, 1984On the last day of Derry’s Canal Days festival, locals beat Adrian Mellon, and then It murders him.Part 1, Chapter 2
- May 28, 1985Mike Hanlon makes six phone calls telling the Losers’ Club it’s time to come back to Derry.Part 1, Chapter 3
- May 30, 1985The Losers’ Club reunites in Derry, and the members recover their memories of 1958.Part 3, Chapter 10
- May 31, 1985The Losers’ Club descends into the sewers to perform the Ritual of Chüd again.Part 5, Chapter 22
- May 31, 1985With Richie’s help, Bill kills It by smashing the creature’s heart in his hands.Part 5, Chapter 23
- May 31, 1985A massive storm destroys most of downtown Derry and several local landmarks.Part 5, Chapter 23
- June 11, 1985The Losers have left Derry, and Mike Hanlon is released from the hospital.Derry: The Last Interlude
Chapter Summaries Chart
| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Chapter 1 | After several days of rain that nearly floods Derry, Maine, five-year-old Georgie Denbrough goes outside to play. He bri…Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 2 | On the last night of Derry’s Canal Days Festival in July 1984, three teenagers—John “Webby” Garton, Chris Unwin, and Ste…Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 3 | On May 28, 1985, Mike Hanlon makes six phone calls from his home in Derry and reminds each of the recipients of a promis…Read More |
| Derry: The First Interlude | Derry’s town librarian, Mike Hanlon, begins assembling an unofficial history of Derry. He describes his research via old…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 4 | While Ben Hanscom’s flight weaves through bad weather, he remembers the last day of school in 1958. As a kid Ben wears a…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 5 | Flying from London, Bill remembers his childhood bicycle, Silver, a giant old clunker capable of incredible speed. “It w…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 6 | Eddie Corcoran is reported missing on the night of June 20, 1958, after failing to come home on June 19, the last day of…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 7 | As Eddie Kaspbrak drives a borrowed limo from Boston to Derry, he remembers Bill saying he has a compass in his head, an…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 8 | Richie crosses the Derry town line while remembering his Voice of the Irish Cop, which he develops after Mr. Nell catche…Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 9 | Beverly chats with a fellow passenger on her flight from Chicago to Maine. After leaving Tom, Beverly makes her way to h…Read More |
| Derry: The Second Interlude | In February 1985, Mike documents two more missing children, for which Chief Rademacher offers thin explanations. The pol…Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 10 | On May 30, 1985, Mike Hanlon arranges a lunch for the Losers at a Chinese restaurant near the Derry Mall, now located on…Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 11 | Each member of the Losers’ Club goes to a spot in Derry with significance for him or her. All but Bill encounter It in s…Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 12 | Henry Bowers has been in the Juniper Hill asylum since 1958. He is guilty of killing his father, and after “the horror i…Read More |
| Derry: The Third Interlude | Mike recounts a story from Mr. Keene, the pharmacist, about an incident from October 1929. A mobster named Al Bradley is…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 13 | While Bill waits at the library to meet the rest of the Losers after their day out in Derry, he remembers how they met M…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 14 | Each of the Losers brings alcohol to the meeting at the library. They piece together more memories about how they defeat…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 15 | As the gathering at the library continues, Richie feels the group’s connection growing. Then he has a moment when he und…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 16 | Eddie remembers how he broke his arm as a kid—something he has been unable to explain to his doctor as an adult. The oth…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 17 | In the library, Beverly picks up the story when Eddie confirms she saw what happened to Patrick Hockstetter in late July…Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 18 | Ben takes his turn to share his memories of 1958 in the library. He shows the others the H scar on his belly and another…Read More |
| Derry: The Fourth Interlude | Writing in April 1985 Mike speculates the library Board of Directors would happily relieve him of his post were he to pu…Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 19 | By 1:15 a.m. on May 31, 1985, each of the Losers in the library has finished relating his or her memories. Mike decides …Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 20 | Tom has a nightmare in which he is Henry Bowers, killing his father and following Beverly and the Losers into the sewers…Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 21 | In the creature’s lair under Derry, It reflects on its life on Earth and how the meat is rich with fear. The creature ha…Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 22 | On August 10, 1958, Bill stands firm and approaches the giant spider. Ben glimpses the “insane” light behind the spide…Read More |
| Part 5, Chapter 23 | Bill and Richie catch up to It as It turns to fight them. As Bill approaches, It offers to restore Audra’s mind. It offe…Read More |
| Derry: The Last Interlude | Bill comes to visit Mike in the hospital. Audra remains catatonic, and Mike suggests they use his house while he continu…Read More |
| Epilogue: Bill Denbrough Beats the Devil (II) | Bill considers his adult body and doubts he can go through with his plan. Still he wheels Silver out of Mike’s garage a |
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