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| 1966 | Pink Floyd |  |
| Jan Pink Floyd make their debut appearance using that name with the line-up of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright, the venue is the Countdown Club in London's Palace Gate |
| 13th Mar Pink Floyd gets its first billing at London's Marquee Club |
| 31st Oct Pink Floyd sign a management contract with Peter Jenner and Andrew King |
| 1967 | Pink Floyd | |
| 11th Jan Two days of recording at Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea with Joe Boyd, the tracks recorded are "Interstellar Overdrive", "Arnold Layne", "Let's Roll Another One" (later to be called "Candy And A Currant Bun") and "Nicks Boogie" |
| 7th Feb Granada's TV documentary on the UFO club and underground scene is broadcast |
| Mar Pink Floyd sign to EMI records with an advance of œ 5,000 |
| 11th Mar "Arnold Layne" is released backed by "Candy And A Currant Bun" |
| 29th April The "14 Hour Technicolour Dream" is staged London's Alexandra Palace. 10,000 watch Pink Floyd play at sunrise |
| 5th Aug "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" is released |
| 1968 | Hyde Park Free Festival | |
| 29th June Pink Floyd play the first Hyde Park Free Festival |
| 1968 | Pink Floyd | |
| 29th June "A Saucerful Of Secrets" is released |
| 29th June Pink Floyd play the first Hyde Park Free Festival |
| 4th Nov "Point Me At The Sky" and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" are recorded at Abbey Road Studios |
| 1969 | Pink Floyd | |
| 27th April Performance at Mothers Club in Birmingham is taped for the album "Ummagumma" |
| Nov "Ummagumma" is released |
| Dec Rome Studio sessions in Rome for the soundtrack of "Zabriskie Point" |
| 1970 | Pink Floyd | |
| May "Relics" is released |
| 27th June Bath "Atom Heart Mother" is premiered at the Bath Festival |
| 18th July London Pink Floyd play to 20,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park |
| 10th Oct "Atom Heart Mother" is released |
| 1971 | Pink Floyd | |
| Nov "Meddle" is released |
| 1972 | Film | |
| 23rd Mar Pompeii Eight days of recording and filming starts in a Roman amphitheatre for "Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii" |
| 1972 | Pink Floyd | |
| 23rd Feb Chateau d'Herouville Recording starts at Chateau d'Herouville outside Paris for the soundtrack of "Obscured By Clouds", the album is finished by the 29th |
| 3rd June "Obscured By Clouds" is released |
| 4th June Sessions start at Studio 2 in Abbey Road on "Eclipse", the original title of "Dark Side Of The Moon" |
| 1973 | Pink Floyd | |
| 18th Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" performed at Earl's Court, London |
| 23rd Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" Released |
| 28th Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" hits number 1 in the Billboard album chart |
| 1975 | Knebworth Festival | |
| 5th July Knebworth Knebworth Festival, Pink Floyd premiere "Wish You Were Here" with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage, probably the most spectacular gig of the decade |
| 1975 | Pink Floyd | |
| 28th June Roger Waters pre-empts Punk by spitting at the audience, stunned by his own actions, he starts to think of building a polythene wall between himself and his audience |
| Sep Wish You Were Here is released; black, shrink-wrapped, anonymous |
| 1977 | Pink Floyd | |
| 19th Jan London Press launch for "Animals" at Battersea Power Station |
| 20th Jan "Animals" gets a world exclusive airing on the John Peel Show |
| 23rd Jan "Animals" is released |
| 1979 | Pink Floyd | |
| 16th Nov "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" is released, it goes straight to number one in the UK chart. It is the band's only number one |
| 30th Nov "The Wall" is finally released. |
| 1980 | Pink Floyd | |
| 22nd Mar "Dark Side Of The Moon" breaks the record for the longest stay on the Billboard Top 100 |
| 1981 | Film | |
| May Pink Floyd play Earls Court, the performance is filmed for inclusion in the film of "The Wall" |
| 1982 | Film | |
| 14th July The world premiere of "the Wall" takes place at The Empire, Leicester Square |
| 1983 | BAFTA Award | |
| 20th Mar Roger Waters receives a BAFTA. award for "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" |
| 1983 | Film | |
| 20th Mar Roger Waters receives a BAFTA. award for "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" |
| 1983 | Pink Floyd | |
| 21st Mar "The Final Cut" is released |
| 1984 | Composition | |
| 9th April Roger Waters releases his first solo single, "5.01 a.m. (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking)". |
| May Roger Waters releases his first solo album, "The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking" |
| 1986 | Pink Floyd | |
| 11th Nov A press statement is issued stating that Pink Floyd intend to continue using the name without Roger Waters and are recording their next album |
| 1987 | Composition | |
| June Roger Waters releases his second solo album, "Radio Chaos " |
| 1987 | Pink Floyd | |
| 6th April Roger Waters ' lawyers issue a statement that Roger believes himself to be the creative driving force behind Pink Floyd and therefore he will contest the use of the name by anyone else |
| 23rd Dec Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters sign an agreement ending the years of dispute, Waters will receive a royalty payment every time that any images created during his time with the band are used |
| 1988 | Berlin Festival | |
| 21st July Berlin 400,000 people watch Roger Waters stage "The Wall" in Berlin's Potsdamerplatz with a variety of guests |
| 17th Sep Berlin "The Wall - Live In Berlin" is released |
| 1988 | Pink Floyd | |
| Sep Roger Waters issues a High Court writ against the band for breach of copyright, he claims $ 35,000 compensation for illegal use of the inflatable pig, one of his concepts, which has been used on their latest tour. |
| 1992 | Composition | |
| 7th Sep Roger Waters releases his new album, "Amused To Death" |
| 1992 | Pink Floyd | |
| 9th Nov The "Shine On" box set is released |
| 1993 | Pink Floyd | |
| 23rd Mar To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of "Dark Side Of The Moon", the album is re-mastered, re-packaged and re-released |
| 1995 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| Pink Floyd are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame |
