May 9, 1837: Benjamin Hall was born at Maitland, New South Wales to parents Benjamin Hall and his mother was Elizabeth Somers. Both of his parents were ex-convicts.
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February 29, 1856: married Bridget Walsh.
August 7, 1859: son Henry was born.
July, 1856: detained by police for his part in the Eugowra gold robbery.
1860: leased a run called Sandy Creek, near Wheogo, with John Macguire.
April 1862: arrested for armed robbery with Frank Gardiner, but later acquitted.
June 15, 1862: robbed the gold escort coach at Eugowra Rocks with seven others, including Frank Gardiner, John Gilbert and John O'Meally. It was the biggest gold robbery in Australian history.
March 14, 1863: Hall's home was burnt down.
October 12, 1863: held the entire town of Canowindra for ransom for three days.
October, 1863: daring raid on the town of Bathurst.
October 24, 1863: raid on Henry Keightley's homestead at Dunn's Plains.
1864: conducted robberies on the Sydney-Melbourne Road south of Goulburn.
November 15, 1864: robbed 60 travellers near Jugiong.
May, 1865: Hall and his companions were declared outlaws and a £1000 bounty was placed on his head.
May 5, 1865: ambushed and shot by the police near Goobang Creek in New South Wales.
May 7, 1865: buried at Forbes Cemetery.
