Visual Timeline: Crazy Horse

To navigate the timeline, click and drag it with your mouse, or click on the timeline overview on the bottom.

1840 CE 1850 CE 1860 CE 1870 CE  
 
 
1840 CE: Crazy Horse is born, according to legend, in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
 
1854 CE: The Grattan Fight (Grattan Massacre) sets Crazy Horse on the warpath with the US government.
 
1854 CE - 1865 CE: Crazy Horse leads war parties against other Native American nations and the US military.
 
 
1855 CE: The elder Crazy Horse gives his name to his son and takes the name "Worm."
 
1866 CE - 1868 CE: Crazy Horse leads war parties during Red Cloud's War.
 
1866 CE: Crazy Horse leads the war party of the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands also known as the Fetterman Massacre.
 
1870 CE: Crazy Horse is wounded in the face after eloping with Black Buffalo Woman.
 
1876 CE - 1877 CE: Crazy Horse leads war parties during the Great Sioux War.
 
1876 CE: Crazy Horse is victorious at the Battle of the Little Bighorn/Custer's Last Stand.
 
1877 CE: Crazy Horse encounters the US military at the Battle of Wolf Mountain; last battle he will ever fight.
 
 
1877 CE: Crazy Horse is murdered by a guard at Fort Robinson while resisting arrest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1840 CE 1850 CE 1860 CE 1870 CE