| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1837, Oct. 27 | Born, Xenia, Ohio |
| 1856 | B. A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio |
| 1858-1859 | Editor, Xenia News, Xenia, Ohio |
| 1860-1861 | Legislative correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1861-1862 | War correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette |
| 1862-1868 | Washington, D.C., correspondent, Cincinnati Gazette |
| 1866 | Published After the War: A Southern Tour, May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866 (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. 589 pp.) |
| 1868 | Member, editorial staff, New York Tribune; Published Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. 2 vols.) |
| 1869 | Managing editor, New York Tribune |
| 1872-1905 | Editor-in-chief and chief proprietor, New York Tribune |
| 1881 | Married Elisabeth Mills |
| 1889-1892 | United States minister to France |
| 1892 | Republican nominee for vice president |
| 1897 | Special ambassador, Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria of England |
| 1898 | Member, American commission to negotiate peace with Spain |
| 1902 | Special ambassador to the coronation of Edward VII, King of England |
| 1905-1912 | United States ambassador to Great Britain |
| 1911 | Published The Scot in America and the Ulster Scot (London: Harrison and Sons. 56 pp.) |
| 1912, Dec. 15 | Died, London, England |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1882, Nov. 23 | Born, Appleton, Wis. |
| 1903 | B.A., Barnard College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1903-1911 | Social secretary to Elisabeth Mills Reid |
| 1911 | Married Ogden Mills Reid |
| 1918-1947 | Advertising manager, New York Tribune and New York Herald Tribune |
| 1947-1953 | President, New York Herald Tribune, Inc. |
| 1953-1955 | Chairman, board of directors, New York Herald Tribune, Inc. |
| 1970, July 28 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1913, July 26 | Born, Purchase, N.Y. |
| 1936 | Graduated, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1938 | Joined the mechanical department, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1940-1941 | Reporter, New York Herald Tribune, covered general news in New York and the Blitz in Great Britain |
| 1942-1946 | Ferry and scout pilot, United States Navy |
| 1946-1947 | Assistant to the editor, his father, Ogden Mills Reid |
| 1948 | Married Joan Brandon (divorced 1959) |
| 1947-1953 | Vice president and editor, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1953-1955 | President and editor, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1955-1958 | Chairman of the board, New York Herald Tribuneand its parent company, H-T Publishing |
| 1959 | Married Elizabeth Ann Brooks |
| circa 1959-1975 | Founder and president, Reid Enterprises |
| 2009, Apr. 18 | Died, White Plains, N. Y. |
