1st Afghan War Timeline
| THE INVASION | ||
| 1838 | ||
| 16 | July | Simla Manifesto |
| 21 | November | Bombay Army left Bombay |
| 10 | December | Bengal Army left Ferozepore |
| 1839 | ||
| 25 | April | Bengal Army occupied Kandahar |
| 14 | May | Bombay Army reached Kandahar |
| 27 | June | Combined Army left Kandahar |
| 23 | July | Gen Keane stormed Ghazni |
| 27 | July | Col Wade took Ali Masjid Fort |
| 7 | August | Shah Shuja entered Kabul |
| 3 | September | Col Wade & Muhammad Timur entered Kabul |
| 18 | September | Bombay Division left Kabul for the Bolan Pass |
| 15 | October | Bengal Division left Kabul for the Khyber Pass |
| 26 | October | Gen Nott left Quetta for Kandahar |
| 13 | November | Gen Willshire captured Kalat Gen Nott reached Kandahar |
| 1840 | ||
| 16 | May | Ghilzies defeated at Tazee |
| 18 | September | Dost Mohammed defeated at Bameean |
| 2 | November | Dost Mohammed defeated the British at Purwandurrah |
| 4 | November | Dost Mohammed surrendered and was exiled to India |
| THE OCCUPATION | ||
| 1841 | ||
| 29 | May | Ghilzais defeated by Wymer at Eelmee |
| 3 | July | Aktar Khan defeated by Woodburn at Girishk |
| 5 | August | Aktar Khan defeated by Chambers at Karootoo |
| 17 | August | Aktar Khan defeated by Griffin at Khawind |
| 9 | October | Sale left Kabul for Jalalabad |
| 11 | October | Sale forced the Khoord-Kabul Pass |
| 22 | October | Sale's action at Tezin |
| 29 | October | Sale's action at Jugdulluk |
| 30 | October | Sale's action at Gundamak |
| 2 | November | Woodburn's force destroyed at Syadabad |
| 2 | November | Start of the Kabul Uprising |
| 4 | November | Loss of Kabul commissariat fort |
| 10 | November | Storming of the Rika-bashi Fort Kabul |
| 12 | November | Sale besieged in Jalalabad |
| 13 | November | British driven from Charikar |
| 20 | November | Shams-ud-Din besieged Ghazni |
| 23 | November | British defeated at Bemaru |
| 23 | December | William Macnaghten murdered |
| THE RETREAT | ||
| 1842 | ||
| 6 | January | Elphinstone's army left Kabul |
| 7 | January | Advance to Boothak |
| 8 | January | Massacre in Khoord Kabul Pass |
| 10 | January | Massacre at Tunghi Tarika |
| 11 | January | Further losses at Jugdulluk |
| 12 | January | Retreat from Jugdulluk |
| 12 | January | Atta Mohammed Khan defeated at Killu-l-Shah |
| 6 | March | Ghazni surrendered to Shams-ud-Din |
| 9 | March | Khelat-i-Ghilzai besieged |
| 25 | March | Afghans defeated at Baba Wullee |
| THE RETURN | ||
| 1842 | ||
| 28 | March | Gen England defeated at Hykulzye |
| 5 | April | Pollock's army forced the Khyber Pass |
| 8 | April | Sale defeated the Afghans at Jalalabad |
| 14 | April | Pollock's army reached Jalalabad |
| 26 | April | Gen. England left Quetta for Kandahar |
| 10 | May | Gen. England's force reached Kandahar |
| 21 | May | Khelat-i-Ghilzai relieved |
| 29 | May | Aktar Khan defeated outside Kandahar |
| 9 | August | Gen. Nott left Kandahar for Kabul |
| 24 | August | Hadji Ali defeated at Mamoo Khail |
| 28 | August | Shams-ud-Din defeated at Mookoor |
| 30 | August | Shams-ud-Din defeated at Ghoaine |
| 6 | September | General Nott captured Ghazni |
| 8 | September | Akbar Khan defeated at Jugdulluk Crest |
| 8 | September | Afghans defeated at Mazeena |
| 12 | September | Akbar Khan defeated at Huft Kotal |
| 14 | September | Shams-ud-Din defeated at Benee Budam |
| 15 | September | Pollock's army reached Kabul |
| 15 | September | Shams-ud-Din defeated at Maidan |
| 29 | September | Afghans defeated at Istalif |
| 12 | October | Pollock's army left Kabul |