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| 1945 | Birth |  |
| 30th Mar Ripley Birth of Eric Patrick Clapton |
| 1963 | Yardbirds | |
| Appointed Member of the Yardbirds , mixing influences from Chicago blues and leading blues guitarists such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King and BB King |
| 1965 | Bluesbreakers Clapton | |
| Appointed Member of the Blues breakers |
| 1965 | Composition | |
| Just as Clapton left the Yardbirds they have their first major hit, on which Clapton played guitar, "For Your Love" |
| 1966 | Cream | |
| Cream is one of the earliest "power trios", with Eric Claton, Jack Bruce (also of Manfred Mann, the Blues breakers and the Graham Bond Organisation) and Ginger Baker (another member of the GBO) |
| 1968 | Cream | |
| "Sunshine Of Your Love" reaches No 5 in the USA |
| "White Room" reaches No 6 in the USA |
| 19th Oct Los Angeles Cream's farewell album, Goodbye, features live performances recorded live at The Forum, Los Angeles, October 19, World for the year 1968">1968, and it is released shortly after Cream disbanded in World for the year 1968">1968 |
| 1968 | Rock and Roll Circus | |
| The Rolling Stones film the 'Rock and Roll Circus', with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who |
| 1969 | Blind Faith | |
| An English blues supergroup formed by Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds , Cream), Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Ric Grech (Family) |
| 1969 | Composition | |
| Blind Faith release their only LP, "Blind Faith" |
| Clapton features in The Plastic Ono Band's "Live Peace in Toronto" |
| 1969 | Cream | |
| "Crossroads" reaches No 28 in the USA |
| 1970 | Composition | |
| Clapton releases his 1st solo album, named Eric Clapton, which included the Bramlett composition, "Bottle Of Red Wine", and one of Clapton's best songs from this period, "Let It Rain" |
| 1971 | Composition | |
| Clapton features in "Concert for Bangladesh" |
| Releases Album, "Eric Clapton" |
| 1971 | Derek & the Dom | |
| Founder Member of Derek & the Dominos |
| 1974 | Composition | |
| Releases the album "461 Ocean Boulevard" |
| 1975 | Composition | |
| Releases the album "There's One in Every Crowd" |
| Releases the live album, "EC Was Here" |
| 1975 | Film Tommy | |
| Appears as 'The Preacher' in Ken Russell's film version of The Who's Tommy |
| 1976 | Band, The | |
| 26th Nov Appears at The Band's farewell concert |
| 1984 | Composition | |
| Performs on Pink Floyd member Roger Waters 's solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking |
| 1985 | British Academy Television Award | |
| Wins a British Academy Television Award for his collaboration with Michael Kamen on the score for the critically-acclaimed World for the year 1985">1985 BBC television thriller serial Edge of Darkness |
| 1989 | Composition | |
| Releases the album, Journeyman, with songs in a wide range of styles from blues to jazz, soul and pop and collaborators including George Harris on, Phil Collins , Daryl Hall, Chaka Khan, Mick Jones & David Sanborn |
| 1993 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| Cream briefly reunite to perform at the ceremony inducting them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 2003 | Cream | |
| A full-scale reunion of Cream with Clapton, Bruce and Baker playing 4 sold-out concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall (the scene of their World for the year 1968">1968 farewell shows) |