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| 1952 | Birth |  |
| 21st Aug Ankara Birth of Joe Strummer, born John Mellor |
| 1973 | Education | |
| Newport Moves to Newport, Wales to attend the Newport College of Art, but soon drops out but while there, he joins up with some friends to form a band called The Vultures |
| 1974 | 101ers | |
| London Strummer founds a band called The 101'ers, named for the address of their squat (101 Walterton Road, in Maida Vale). |
| 1976 | 101ers | |
| 3rd April London The then-unknown band called the Sex Pistols open for The 101'ers at a venue called "The Nashville Rooms" |
| 1976 | Clash, The | |
| Strummer had previously played in the pub rock act The 101'ers (stage name Woody Mellor), renames himself "Joe Strummer", a reference to his rudimentary strumming skills on the ukulele as a busker in the London Underground |
| The Clash os formed, originally composed of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones , Paul Simonon, Keith Levene and Terry Chimes |
| 4th July Sheffield The band is named The Clash by Simonon who make their debut opening for the Sex Pistols at The Black Swan (a.k.a. The Mucky Duck, now known as the Boardwalk Sheffield, England) |
| 4th July The new band have their first gig supporting the Sex Pistols |
| 1977 | Composition | |
| The Clash released their first single "White Riot/1977" and their first album "The Clash" to considerable success in the UK |
| London The Clash release "The Clash" |
| 1979 | Composition | |
| The Clash release London Calling, Rolling Stone magazine declared it the best album of the 1980s & place it at #8 on their list in 2003 of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |
| 1986 | Big Audio Dynamite | |
| Strummer collaborates with ex-bandmate Mick Jones on BAD's second album, No. 10 Upping St., co-producing the album and co-writing seven of its songs |
| 1986 | Composition | |
| Joe Strummer releases the first of his solo albums, "Earthquake Weather", which was neither a commercial nor critical success |
| 2002 | Death | |
| Death of Joe Strummer, from a congenital heart defect at the age of 50 |
| 2003 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| The Clash are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by The Edge of U2 |
