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The Frasier Timeline

This page will list the major events in the life of the Cranes and their friends.

Note: Some of the years have not been certified, they are merely guesses based on information from episodes of both Frasier and Cheers. Also, if a character says something "happened about 10 years ago", then I am assuming that it did happen exactly 10 years ago and that they were not just being general.

1879
  • Frasier's great-great grandmother emigrates from Russia to the USA.

 

1882
  • Frasier's great-great grandmother marries Noah Crane, his great-great grandfather.

 

1889
  • Cheers bar founded, known as Mom's.

 

1895
  • Bar renamed Cheers.

 

1916
  • Marta born.

 

1921
  • Opal Magrini born.

 

1925
  • Gertrude Moon born.

 

1932
  • Martin Crane born.

 

1934
  • Fletcher Grey born.

 

1936
  • Opal Magrini wins bronze at the Olympic Games in Berlin.

 

1938
  • The "Miss Boston Barmaid" competition begins.

 

1945
  • Marta starts working for a German family who turned up in Guatemala.....just after the war.....

 

1947
  • KACL begins broadcasting.

  • Cliff Clavin born.

 

1948
  • Norm Peterson born.

 

Late 1940's / Early 1950's
  • Ronee Lawrence born.

 

Early 1950's
  • Martin serves in Korea.

 

1952
  • Martin Crane meets Hester Palmer, they marry 6 months later.

  • Frasier Crane born.

  • Maris born.

 

1956
  • Cliff's father, Cliff Clavin Sr, leaves his family.

 

1957
  • Niles Crane born.

 

1958
  • Frasier's last Christmas where he liked Martin's over the top decorations.

 

1959
  • Leland Barton, Hester's old research assistant, leaves Seattle and moves to Paris.

 

1960
  • After being bullied again, Frasier becomes a "student of human behaviour" and decides to become a psychiatrist.

 

1962
  • Frasier challenges Billy Kriezel to a fight but backs out due to a "clarinet lesson".

  • Frasier learns to catch a balloon.

  • Niles starts worrying about Martin when Martin goes to work - Niles does this until his dad retires.

  • The Cranes visit the World's Fair.

  • Harry and Gertrude Moon marry.

 

1963
  • Frasier stops getting his allowance.

 

1964
  • Roz Doyle born.

  • Frasier and Niles borrow a skull from their science lab at school to use in their backyard production of Hamlet - later the skull is buried, amongst other things, in a "memory box" (time capsule) under the floorboards.

  • Martin drives teenage Ronee Lawrence home and her mother thinks he is trying to take advantage of her.

 

1965
  • 8 year old Niles learns how to send back dinners not to his liking at restaurants.

  • Martin accidentally sits on a science project 13 year old Frasier has been working on for 6 months.

 

1966
  • Hester Crane has affair with Stan Lawlor.

  • Hester and Martin separate for a while but re-unite.

  • Niles breaks his leg after jumping down the stairs - he wanted to "fly like the Valkries"! :-)

 

1967
  • Martin gets his plastic Christmas reef that is still around today.

 

1968
  • Donny's mum marries for the 3rd time.

  • Martin gets his chair.

  • Martin meets Fletcher Grey who is covering a murder case Martin is working on.

  • Niles competes in National Spelling Bee, but walks off stage after the judge says the final word.

 

1969
  • Frasier has affair with his piano teacher, Miss Warner.

  • Frasier accepted at Harvard and leaves Seattle.

  • Martin, in his chair, watches Neil Armstrong land on the moon.

  • Niles stops wetting the bed.

  • Charlotte born.

 

1970's
  • Frasier and Niles go to university - Harvard and Yale respectively.

 

1971-2
  • Frasier meets and marries Nanny Gee, a children's entertainer but divorces her after a few months after they realise it was a mistake.

 

1973
  • Roz has surgery on her ears.

  • Diane's father Spencer Chambers dies and insists in his will that Diane be married in 10 years or her mother loses her inheritance.

 

1974
  • Martin starts working on the Weeping Lotus Case.

  • Sam Malone starts playing baseball at Fenway Stadium.

  • Fletcher Grey starts his radio show.

 

1975
  • Sam Malone's finest year at the World Series when the Red Sox battled the Reds.

  • Carla Tortelli has her 4th child, Gino.

 

1977
  • Frasier graduates from Harvard.

  • Norm Peterson and Vera Kreitzer get married.

  • Ernie "Coach" Pantusso becomes a bartender.

  • Sam meets Carla.

  • Cliff stops getting his allowance.

 

1978
  • Frasier moves to Boston.

  • Bulldog starts working in the radio business.

 

1979
  • Sam Malone's last game of baseball after succumbing to alcoholism.

  • Sam buys Cheers and gives up alcohol.

  • Joanna Doyle starts her career in politics.

 

1980
  • Martin watches the USA beat the USSR in the Olympics.

  • Diane meets Sumner Sloane.

  • The first SeaBee awards are held.

 

1981
  • Roz's parents divorce.

 

1982 Cheers Season 1
  • Diane is abandoned by fiancé Sumner and starts working at Cheers.

 

1983 Cheers Seasons 1-2
  • Roz starts work in the radio business.

  • Niles meets Maris.

  • Sam and Diane become a couple.

  • Carla has her 5th child, Lucinda.

  • Fletcher Grey gets his first of 11 SeaBee nominations.

 

1984 Cheers Seasons 2-3
  • Sam and Diane split up; she goes to the Golden Brook Sanatorium where she meets Frasier, and she introduces him to Cheers.

  • Roz starts waiting for her SeaBees.

  • Kenny starts working as a DJ.

 

1985 Cheers Seasons 3-4
  • Frasier proposes to Diane.

  • They go to Italy to be married but she leaves him at the altar.

  • Coach passes away, and Woody Boyd starts working at Cheers.

  • Carla has her 6th child, Ludlow.

  • Roz becomes KACL's first female producer.

  • Bulldog meets his girlfriend who only loves him because he's on the radio.

 

1986 Cheers Seasons 4-5
  • Diane and Sam get engaged.

  • Frasier meets Lilith Sternin.

  • Niles marries Maris.

 

1987 Cheers Seasons 5-6
  • Hester Crane passes away.

  • Daphne meets Clive.

  • Diane leaves for LA.

  • Sam sells Cheers and goes around the world in his boat, but it sinks and he comes back to find Cheers is now owned by a corporation managed by Rebecca Howe.

  • Carla marries Eddie LeBec.

 

1988 Cheers Seasons 6-7
  • Frasier marries Lilith.

  • Roz starts dating Ted, her second longest lasting relationship.

  • Rebecca Howe meets Robin Colcord.

  • Carla has her 7th and 8th children, Jesse and Elvis.

 

1989 Cheers Seasons 7-8
  • Woody meets Kelly Gaines, they date despite her family's objections.

  • Rebecca and Robin break up.

  • Eddie LeBec dies.

  • Frederick Gaylord Crane born.

  • Frasier tells the gang at Cheers his father is dead.

  • Sam Malone's hair starts to fall out and he gets a wig.

  • Roz starts dating Derek, her longest lasting relationship.

 

1990 Cheers Seasons 8-9
  • Rebecca discovers Robin has another woman.

  • Sam gets the bar back from the corporation.

  • John Allen Hill takes over Melville's.

  • Roz breaks it off with Ted (the period when she was dating both was not an overlap according to Roz, it was a "transition"! :-)).

 

1991 Cheers Seasons 9-10
  • Martin gets shot in the hip and is forced to retire.

  • Eddie born.

  • Bulldog gets first SeaBee nomination.

  • Roz and Derek split up.

  • Rebecca and Robin almost get married, but she jilts him.

  • Sam and Rebecca decide to have a child together.

 

1992 Cheers Seasons 10-11
  • Daphne dumps fiancé Clive and moves to Seattle.

  • Martin gets Eddie.

  • Nanny Gee arrives in Boston and Lilith realises she's not Frasier's only wife.

  • Cliff and Norm go on The Tonight Show.

  • Woody marries Kelly.

  • Frasier discovers Lilith is having an affair, she leaves him for her lover, Dr Pascal and they spend 6 months in an eco-pod.

 

1993 Cheers Season 11-Frasier Season 1
  • Lilith realises Dr Pascal is insane and comes back to Frasier, they get back together, and separate again.

  • Sam's wig is revealed to Carla.

  • Frasier gets Woody elected to Boston City Council.

  • Frasier and Lilith divorce.

  • Frasier moves back to Seattle and starts work at KACL, meeting Roz and Bulldog.

  • Martin moves in with him, and Daphne is hired.

  • Niles meets Daphne.

  • Frasier causes rift between Martin and his brother Walt.

  • Bulldog quits his show and gets dumped by his girlfriend, but gets rehired.

  • Kenny works as a pizza boy.

 

1994 Frasier Seasons 1-2
  • Frasier receives SeaBee nomination.

  • Duke's knocked down.

  • Martin's relationships with his sons start to improve.

  • Lilith remarries to Brian.

  • Martin finally solves the Weeping Lotus Case.

  • Sam Malone visits Seattle and finds out Frasier's dad isn't dead.....

 

1995 Frasier Seasons 2-3
  • Frasier suspects Maris might be having an affair with her fencing instructor.

  • Frasier and Niles attempt to share a practise..

  • Martin sends a song to Frank Sinatra.

  • Frasier meets Kate and causes scandal on the airwaves.

  • Niles and Maris separate.

  • Frederick visits Frasier at Christmas.

 

1996 Frasier Seasons 3-4
  • Kate leaves for Chicago.

  • Daphne meets Joe.

  • Daphne and Niles dance the tango at the Snowball.

  • Clive comes to Seattle.

  • Frederick is accepted into Marberry Academy in Boston.

 

1997 Frasier Seasons 4-5
  • Martin meets Sherry.

  • Niles and Maris start divorce proceedings.

  • Niles does guest spot on KACL.

  • Frasier drops Bebe as his agent.

  • Frasier's 1000th show is broadcast.

  • Roz discovers she's pregnant.

 

1998 Frasier Seasons 5-6
  • Martin and Sherry break up.

  • Bebe becomes Frasier's agent again.

  • Lilith divorces Brian and sleeps with Niles.

  • Alice Doyle born.

  • Kenny becomes station manager of KACL.

  • Frasier accidentally gets everyone at KACL fired, causing Daphne to worry about her job, but eventually gets everyone's jobs back.

  • Frasier runs for condo president for the first time and loses to a man in a coma.....

 

1999 Frasier Seasons 6-7
  • Niles and Maris finally divorce.

  • Frasier plays Uncle Sam in the 4th of July parade.

  • Daphne meets Donny and gets engaged.

  • Niles meets Mel and starts dating her.

  • Daphne finds out about Niles' feelings for her.

  • The Cranes celebrate the millennium together.

 

2000 Frasier Seasons 7-8
  • Niles becomes president of the wine club, defeating his brother.

  • Frasier and Roz nearly sleep together.

  • Frasier and Bebe host AM Seattle.

  • Niles marries Mel.

  • Niles and Daphne run off together after 7 years.

  • Niles divorces Mel.

 

2001 Frasier Seasons 8-9
  • Frasier has mid life crisis.

  • Niles and Daphne consummate their relationship after learning to appreciate each other as people, not visions.

  • Frasier has to choose between Lana and Claire - and of course ends up with neither..

  • Martin starts work as a security guard.

  • Martin loses his chair to a fire, but Frasier gets him a new one.

  • Frasier's 2000th show is broadcast.

 

2002 Frasier Seasons 9-10
  • Daphne's parents separate and Mrs Moon moves to Seattle.

  • Niles proposes to Daphne - she says yes.

  • Frasier and Niles uncover the skull they buried in 1964 but forget and think they've discovered a murder.

  • Cliff Clavin retires from the Post Office.

  • Niles and Daphne get married in Reno, Nevada.

  • Frederick turns 13 and has his bar mitzvah.

  • Niles has to have heart surgery.

 

2003 Frasier Seasons 10-11
  • Julia Wilcox arrives at KACL.

  • Frasier and Niles finally learn to ride a bike.

  • Kenny gets divorced.

  • Leland visits Seattle.

  • Roz quits KACL after Frasier starts dating Julia, but they break up and Roz returns to KACL.

  • Ronee Lawrence comes back into the Cranes' lives and starts dating Martin.

  • Maris murders her lover Esteban de Rojo and is sent to jail.

 

2004 Frasier Season 11
  • Maris breaks out of jail and heads for her family's private island to spend the rest of her life there.

  • After a slight heart scare, Martin proposes to Ronee and she accepts.

  • Frasier meets Charlotte and falls in love with her.

  • Niles and Daphne have their first child, David.

  • Martin and Ronee get married.

  • Frasier takes a job in San Francisco but goes to Chicago where Charlotte has moved to.......

 

And here's to the future.....

2008?
  • Niles and Daphne have their second child.

 

20??
  • Frasier dies and Lilith and Frederick find out his will says "Sam Malone has a normal sperm count" (this was seen in a Cheers episode).

 

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