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c. 300 BCEFirst recorded settlement at Tikal.
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c. 250 BCEThe first structures are built on the North Acropolis, Tikal.
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c. 100 BCE - 50 BCEThe earliest known Maya murals are painted at San Bartolo, Guatemala.
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250 CE - 950 CEThe Classic Maya Period which saw the height of the Maya Civilization in cities such as Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Copan and Uxmal.
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c. 292 CEThe oldest known Maya stela is produced at Tikal.
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378 CEFirst contact between Teotihuacan and Tikal.
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420 CEDeath of Maya ruler Yax Nuun Ayiin 'Curl Nose' at Tikal.
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562 CECaracol embarks on a period of expansion and defeats Tikal .
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682 CE - 734 CEReign of Jasaw Chan K'awiil at Tikal.
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695 CETikal defeats rival Maya city Calakmul.
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c. 727 CETemple I at Tikal is completed and will be used as the tomb of ruler Jasaw Chan K'awiil.
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734 CE - 746 CEReign of Maya ruler Yax Kin at Tikal who would be buried inside Temple IV.
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c. 900 CEMaya Tikal is definitively abandoned.