This is a list of all the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the corrected dates of when the story took place.
Section shortcuts: [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes] [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes] [The Return of Sherlock Holmes] [His Last Bow] [The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes] [A list of the time periods]
A Study in Scarlet (novel)3 (Friday, March 4, to Monday, March 7, 1881)
The Sign of Four (novel)19 (Tuesday, Sept. 18, to Friday, Sept. 21, 1888)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia9 (Friday, May 20, to Sunday, May 22, 1887)
The Red-headed League13 (Saturday, Oct. 29, to Sunday, Oct. 30, 1887)
A Case of Identity12 (Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1887)
The Boschombe Valley Mystery22 (Saturday, June 18, to Sunday, June 19, 1889)
The Five Orange Pips11 (Thursday, Sept. 29, to Friday, Sept. 30, 1889)
The Man with the Twisted Lip10 (Saturday, June 18, to Sunday, June 19, 1887)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle15 (Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1887)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band4 (Friday, April 6, 1883)
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb26 (Saturday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 8, 1889)
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor6 (Friday, Oct. 8, 1886)
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet30 (Friday, Dec. 19, to Saturday, Dec. 20, 1890)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches21 (Friday, April 5, to Saturday, April 20, 1889)
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Silver Blaze29 (Thursday, Sept. 25, and Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1890)
The Yellow Face17 (Saturday, April 7, 1888)
The Stock-broker's Clerk23 (Saturday, June 15, 1889)
The "Gloria Scott"1 (Sunday, July 12, to Tuesday, Aug. 4, and Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1874)
The Musgrave Ritual2 (Thursday, Oct. 2, 1879)
The Reigate Squires8 (Thursday, April 14, to Tuesday, April 26, 1887)
The Crooked Man27 (Wednesday, Sept. 11, to Thursday, Sept. 12, 1889)
The Resident Patient5 (Wednesday, Oct. 6, to Thursday, Oct. 7, 1886)
The Greek Interpreter18 (Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1888)
The Navel Treaty24 (Tuesday, July 30, to Thursday, Aug. 1, 1889)
The Final Problem31 (Friday, April 24, to Monday, May 4, 1891)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (novel)20 (Tuesday, Sept. 25, to Saturday, Oct. 20, 1886)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Empty House32 (Thursday, April 5, 1894)
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder37 (Tuesday, Aug. 20, to Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1895)
The Adventure of the Dancing Men44 (Wednesday, July, to Wednesday, Aug. 10, and Saturday, Aug. 13, 1898)
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist35 (Saturday, April 13, to Saturday, April 20, 1895)
The Adventure of the Priory School49 (Thursday, May 16, to Saturday, May 18, 1901)
The Adventure of Black Peter36 (Wednesday, July 3, to Friday, July 5, 1895)
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton46 (Thursday, Jan. 5, to Sayurday, Jan. 14, 1899)
The Adventure of the Six Nepoleons47 (Friday, June 8, to Sunday, June 10, 1900)
The Adventure of the Three Students34 (Friday, April 5, to Saturday, April 6, 1895)
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-nez33 (Wednesday, Nov. 14, to Thursday, Nov. 15, 1894)
The Adventure of the Missing Three-quarter41 (Tuesday, Dec. 8, to Thursday, Dec. 10, 1896)
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange42 (Saturday, Jan. 32. 1897)
The Adventure of the Second Stain7 (Tuesday, Oct. 12, to Friday, Oct. 15, 1886)
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The Valley of Fear (novel)16 (Saturday, Jan. 7, to Sunday, Jan. 8, 1888)
His Last Bow
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge28 (Monday, March 24, to Saturday, March 29, 1890)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box25 (Saturday, Aug. 31, to Monday, Sept. 2, 1889)
The Adventure of the Red Circle54 (Wednesday, Sept. 24, to Thursday, Sept. 25, 1902)
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans38 (Thursday, Nov. 21, to Saturday, Nov. 23, 1895)
The Adventure of the Dying Detective14 (Saturday, Nov. 19, 1887)
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax52 (Tuesday, July 1, to July 18, 1902)
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot43 (Tuesday, March 16, to Saturday, march 20, 1897)
His Last Bow60 (Sunday, Aug. 2, 1914)
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client53 (Wednesday, Sept. 3, to Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1902)
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier55 (Wednesday, Jan. 7, to Monday, Jan. 12, 1903)
The Adventure of the Mazerine Stone57 (Summer, 1903; one day)
The Adventure of the Three Gables56 (Tuesday, May 26, to Wednesday, May 27, 1903)
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire40 (Thursday, Nov. 19, to Saturday, Nov. 21, 1896)
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs51 (Thursday, June 26, to Friday, June 27, 1902)
The Problem of Thor Bridge48 (Thursday, Oct. 4, to Friday, Oct. 5, 1900)
The Adventure of the Creeping Man58 (Sunday, Sept. 6; Monday, Sept. 14; Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1903)
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane59 (Tuesday, July 27, to Thursday, Aug. 3, 1909)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger39 (Oct. 1896; one day)
The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place50 (Tuesday, May 6, to Wednesday, May 7, 1902)
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman45 (Thursday, July 28, to Saturday, July 30, 1898)
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These are the different time periods according to the numbers before the parenthesis from the list above.
(1-2) Early Holmes
(July and Sept. 1874, and Thursday, Oct. 2, 1879)
(3-7) The Partnership, to Dr. Watson's first marriage
(Early Jan. 1881, to Nov. 1886)
(8-15) From Dr. Watson's frist marriage, to the death of the first Mrs. Watson
(circa Nov. 1, 1886, to late Dec. 1887, or Early Jan. 1888)
(16-21) From Dr. Watson's return to Baker Street, to his marriage to Mary Morstan
(late Dec. 1887, or early Jan. 1888, to circa May 1, 1889)
(22-31) From Dr. Watson's 2nd marriage, to the disappearance of Sherlock Holmes
(circa May 1, 1889, to Manday, May 4, 1891)
(32-54) From Holmes's return, to Dr. Watson's 3rd marriage
(Thursday, april 5, 1894, to Oct. 1902)
(55-58) The Partnership comes to a close
(Jan. to Oct. 1903)
(59) Sherlock Holmes in retirement
(1909)
(60) An Epilegue of Sherlock Holmes
(Sunday, Aug. 2, 1914)
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