Timeline

This timeline covers the events that happen during the Sly Cooper series' Wiki-official canon. Non-canon games and information are not included.

Note that many of the dates are calculated based on the assumption that the first three games in the series take place in the years they were released. If two dates are referred to with a hyphen between them, it implies that the events took place within that range.

Event chronology
Events that occur due to timeline tampering will be underlined. Writing that has been struck through shows an event that was erased by tampering with the timeline. Where no special writing is used, it is assumed that the event happens in both timelines.

10,000s

 * c. 10,050 - 10,020 BC
 * Bob Cooper, the first known Cooper, is born in Gungathal Valley.
 * 10,000 BC
 * Bob Cooper invents the cane and begins stealing pterodactyl eggs to feed his tribe.
 * Grizz arrives from the future and starts using pterodactyl eggs to create cave paintings that he will uncover in the future to become rich. This causes Bob Cooper to go into a depression and be captured by Grizz, who steals his cane.
 * "Clan of the Cave Raccoon."
 * Bentley and Murray bring Bob and four of his descendants to the future so that they can retrieve their canes from Le Paradox's blimp. Bob returns home after helping Salim al-Kupar retrieve his cane.
 * Bob keeps up with his training and regains his role as egg thief extraordinaire.
 * Bob pioneers the use of a cane in use of thievery.
 * Clockwerk is first sighted, already in his metal form (possible Easter egg).

1300s

 * c. 1350 BC - 1320 BC
 * Slytunkhamen Cooper is born in Egypt. He starts the Cooper legacy by creating the Thievius Raccoonus.
 * 1330 BC - 1290 BC
 * Sly Cooper and Le Paradox's blimp crash in Egypt.
 * c. 1320 BC
 * Slytunkhamen Cooper II is born in Egypt.
 * c. 1300 BC
 * Slytunkhamen Cooper II finds Kaine Island and creates the Cooper Vault.
 * c. 1300 - 1280 BC
 * Slytunkhamen Cooper III is born in Egypt.

900s

 * c. 932-941
 * Salim al-Kupar and the rest of the Forty Thieves are born in Arabia.
 * c. 960
 * The Forty Thieves is united.

1000s

 * 1001
 * Salim al-Kupar enjoys his retirement.
 * Salim briefly un-retires and completes his last heist with the remaining members of the Forty Thieves.
 * Miss Decibel arrives in Salim al-Kupar's home city from the future and begins forging royalty documents for her boss.
 * "40 Thieves."
 * Bentley and Murray bring Salim and four other Cooper Clan members to the future so that they can retrieve their canes from Le Paradox's blimp. Salim returns home after helping Sir Galleth Cooper retrieve his cane.
 * Salim al-Kupar finally gets to retire properly, running a business where he sells snacks to hungry customers from a camel.

1200s

 * c. 1260 - 1270
 * Sir Galleth Cooper is born in England.
 * c.1280-1300
 * Sir Galleth has many adventures.

1300s

 * 1301
 * The Black Knight arrives in Sir Galleth's home town from the future and captures Sir Galleth, putting him in a circus in an attempt to steal his cane.
 * "Of Mice and Mechs."
 * Bentley and Murray bring Sir Galleth and four other Cooper Clan members to the future so that they can retrieve their canes from Le Paradox's blimp. Sir Galleth returns home after helping "Tennessee Kid" Cooper retrieve his cane.
 * Sir Galleth resumes his adventures.
 * Sir Galleth starts his gang, the Knights of the Cooper Order, a group that stole from corrupt nobility.
 * Sir Galleth becomes a successful, if overly dramatic, actor.

1400s

 * c. 1400 - 1499
 * Slaigh MacCooper is born in Scotland.

1500s

 * c. 1560 - 1570
 * Rioichi Cooper is born in Japan.
 * Rioichi perfects the Ninja Spire Jump.
 * Rioichi uses his abilities to break into thickly fortified castles in Japan.
 * c. 1580 - 1600
 * After training as ninjas together, Rioichi's shark friend sacrifices his life in order to allow Rioichi to invent sushi and start a restaurant.
 * c. 1590
 * Henriette Cooper is born, presumably in the Caribbean.

1600s

 * 1603
 * El Jefe arrives in Rioichi's home village from the future and poisons a shogun, blaming the crime on Rioichi. This gets Rioichi placed in jail, where he is meant to be held while El Jefe steals his cane and gives it to his boss.
 * Madame Geisha goes on vacation.
 * "Turning Japanese."
 * Bentley and Murray bring Rioichi and four other Cooper Clan members to the future so that they can retrieve their canes from Le Paradox's blimp. Rioichi retrieves his cane first, and then returns home after helping Bob Cooper retrieve his cane.
 * 1616
 * Henriette steals Sinbad's goblet filled with coins from Arabia.

1800s

 * c. 1800
 * Thaddeus Winslow Cooper III is possibly born in London around this time.
 * c. 1820s
 * Jean Bison is born.
 * c. 1831
 * Jean Bison cuts his first log.
 * 1839
 * It is possible that this is when Thaddeus was at his most active.
 * 1847
 * Jean Bison becomes reigning champion of the Lumberjack Games.
 * c. 1850
 * Thaddeus is possibly born in London around this time.
 * c. 1850 - 1860
 * "Tennessee Kid" Cooper is born in the Midwestern United States.
 * c. 1852
 * Jean Bison is frozen in an avalanche caused by an explosion during a gold rush in Canada.
 * 1884
 * Tennessee pulls off his masterpiece bank robbery.
 * Toothpick arrives in Tennessee's home town and takes over as sheriff, taking gold and other treasures, including Tennessee's cane. He also prevents Tennessee from pulling off what should have been his masterpiece bank robbery.
 * "Go West Young Raccoon."
 * Tennessee recovers his gold, regaining his reputation.
 * Bentley and Murray bring Tennessee and four other Cooper Clan members to the future so that they can retrieve their canes from Le Paradox's blimp. Tennessee returns home after breaking into the main room of the blimp and preventing Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox from being sent through a time tunnel.
 * Tennessee begins stealing from crooked lawmen exclusively.
 * 1884 - c. 1900
 * Toothpick gets arrested and begins working on the railroads as part of a chain gang, eventually becoming deaf. He is run over by a train due to his deafness.
 * 1893
 * It is possible that this is when Thaddeus was at his most active.

1900s

 * c. 1900 - 1910
 * Otto van Cooper is born.
 * c. 1930 - 1940
 * Bruce O'Coop is born.
 * c. 1950 - 1960
 * Conner Cooper and his wife are born.
 * Jim McSweeney and Dr. M are born.
 * Cyrille Le Paradox's father is born.
 * c. 1960 - 1980
 * Conner starts a gang with Jim McSweeney and Dr. M.
 * c. 1970 - 1980
 * Cyrille Le Paradox is born.
 * c. 1972
 * Jean Bison thaws out of his frozen state due to global warming.
 * c. 1981
 * Carmelita Fox is born.
 * c. 1984
 * Sly Cooper, Bentley and Murray are born.
 * c. 1986 - 1992
 * Dr. M betrays Conner Cooper and McSweeney, claiming that he and McSweeney are just sidekicks.
 * Conner steals a diamond and Cyrille Le Paradox's father, another thief, is jailed for the crime.
 * c. 1987
 * Conner and Sly meet McSweeney at a museum on the Ligurian coast of Italy, where Conner gives him the map to the Cooper Vault. McSweeney hides the map in the museum for safekeeping.
 * c. 1992
 * Conner Cooper and his wife are killed by the Fiendish Five. The gang steals the Thievius Raccoonus and tears it into five equal parts.
 * Sly is sent to the Happy Camper Orphanage.
 * c. 1992 - 1996
 * Sly Cooper, Bentley and Murray become friends and create the Cooper's 3. They steal Mrs. Puffin's cookies as their first heist.
 * c. 1992 - 2002
 * Jim McSweeney turns himself in to be arrested. He is held at Heathrow Penitentiary.
 * c. 1997 - 2002
 * Bentley goes into the sewers beneath Paris.

2000s

 * b. 2002
 * Sly Cooper meets and (unknowingly to her) helps Carmelita catch the criminal stage manager Pierre, preventing him from stealing the Diva Diamond.
 * Sly Cooper steals the Fire Stone of India.
 * c. 2002
 * Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
 * Sly defeats Clockwerk and finally reassembles the Thievius Raccoonus.
 * Sly begins chronicling his own adventures in the Thievius Raccoonus.
 * c. 2003
 * The Adventures of Sly Cooper, issue 1 and Sly Cooper: To Catch a Thief
 * c. 2004
 * Sly 2: Band of Thieves
 * Carmelita destroys the Hate Chip, which causes the seemingly invincible Clockwerk parts to disintegrate; Clockwerk is defeated for the final time. However, Bentley was crushed by the dead frame beforehand, which paralyzes him from the waist down.
 * The Adventures of Sly Cooper, issue 2
 * c. 2004-2005
 * Murray, feeling that Bentley's condition is his fault, leaves the gang.
 * The ex-Klaww Gang members that are still alive go on to have new jobs.
 * Dimitri becomes a dance teacher on a cruise ship, but later winds up in jail.
 * Rajan becomes the founder of a North American rug outlet called Karpet King.
 * The Contessa becomes a successful real estate broker.
 * Jean Bison becomes a member of the EPA, but freezes again after completing a mission to save some baby penguins.
 * c. 2005
 * Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
 * The Cooper Gang breaks into the Cooper Vault. Sly leaves the gang and joins Carmelita by faking amnesia.
 * c. 2005-2006 (right after Sly 3)
 * Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
 * Paris Prologue
 * Paris Epilogue
 * After fixing all of the errors caused by Cyrille Le Paradox throughout time, Sly is stranded in ancient Egypt.

Unknown dates
There are several dates that are not assigned or can't be assumed within a reasonable time frame.
 * It is unknown when Clockwerk is born, or when he replaced his body with machinery, as he can be seen as early as 10,000 BC in his metal form, presumably before the Coopers truly existed as thieves.
 * The shorts Goodbye My Sweet and Timing is Everything take place at an unknown time, though both presumably happened sometime during Sly 3. (See the corresponding articles for more information.)
 * Many of the minor members of the Cooper Clan have no dates associated with them and have no clues determining when they may have lived. These members are:
 * Drake Cooper
 * Sally Cooper
 * Dev Cooperinda
 * Chris Cooper
 * Karin Coopergiwa
 * Rob McCooper
 * B.F. Cooper
 * Suzanne Cooper
 * Andrew Cooper
 * Kelle McCooper
 * Matthew de la Coopeur
 * Augustine Cooper
 * Huckleberry Cooper
 * Colonel Reid Cooper

Media chronology
All of the following is from the conscious timeline of Sly Cooper.
 * Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
 * "Police Headquarters"
 * "Tide of Terror"
 * "Sunset Snake Eyes"
 * "Vicious Voodoo"
 * "Fire in the Sky"
 * "The Cold Heart of Hate"
 * Sly Cooper: The Second Season
 * The Adventures of Sly Cooper, issue 1 / Sly Cooper: To Catch a Thief
 * "The Heart Of A Thief"
 * "The Cookie Connection"
 * "A Chase Down Memory Lane"
 * The Diamond of Tuxmal
 * Sly 2: Band of Thieves
 * "A Shadow from the Past"
 * "The Black Chateau"
 * "A Starry Eyed Encounter"
 * "The Predator Awakes"
 * "Jailbreak"
 * "A Tangled Web"
 * "He Who Tames the Iron Horse"
 * "Menace from the North, eh!"
 * "Anatomy for Disaster"
 * The Adventures of Sly Cooper, issue 2
 * "Breaking INTO Jail!"
 * "And Then There Were Two!"
 * "Good Looking from afar, but FAR from GOOD LOOKING UP CLOSE!"
 * "Epilogue"
 * Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
 * "An Opera of Fear"
 * Goodbye My Sweet
 * Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
 * "Rumble Down Under"
 * "Flight of Fancy"
 * "A Cold Alliance"
 * "Dead Men Tell No Tales"
 * Timing is Everything
 * Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
 * "Beginning of the End"
 * "Honor Among Thieves"
 * Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
 * "Prologue"
 * "Turning Japanese"
 * "Go West Young Raccoon"
 * "Clan of the Cave Raccoon"
 * "Of Mice and Mechs"
 * "40 Thieves"
 * "Epilogue"