2005
April 8 to 12
- Australian Federal Police tip off Indonesian counterparts about the smuggling attempt and tell them to "take whatever action you deem necessary".
April 17
- Andrew Chan and four others arrested at Denpasar Airport; Scott Rush, Michael Czugaj, Renae Lawrence and Martin Stephens have 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies.
- Myuran Sukumaran, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman are arrested soon after in Kuta, preparing a second shipment.
April 22
- Indonesian police say Andrew Chan was the "godfather" of the operation.
April 26
- Two mules say Chan threatened them with death if they refused to carry the drugs.
April 27
- Indonesian police say they have shot and killed the man they believe supplied the heroin, Nepalese citizen Mann Singh Gali.
Sept 27
- Prosecutors confirm all nine Australians will be charged with possession and trafficking of heroin, carrying the death penalty.
Sept 29
- Australian authorities say the AFP will stop co-operating with the Indonesian investigation given the possibility of firing squads.
Oct 7
Lawyers for Lawrence and Rush allege the AFP may have acted illegally by handing information to Indonesian authorities.
Oct 11
- Trials of the Bali Nine begin.
2006
Jan 24
- Prosecutors demand death sentence for enforcer Sukumaran.
Jan 26
- Prosecutors demand Chan be sent to the firing squad as well; they ask for life sentences for six others, while Lawrence faces 20 years.
Andrew Chan (R) and Myuran Sukumaran (C) talking to their lawyer from inside a holding cell at Denpasar District Court in Bali. (AAP)
- Lawrence and Rush sentenced to life.
Feb 14
- Chan and Sukumaran sentenced to death by firing squad; Stephens and Czugaj get life in prison.
Feb 15
- Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman sentenced to life in prison.
Feb 17
- All but Rush appeal against their sentences.
April 26
- Chan and Sukumaran's appeals are rejected.
April 27
- Sentences for Lawrence, Czugaj, Nguyen, Chen and Norman reduced to 20 years; life sentences for Rush and Stephens upheld.
Renae Lawrence (R) and Scott Anthony Rush (L) inside a holding cell wait for giving evidence during Myuran Sukumaran's trial. (AAP)
- Prosecutors win appeal against sentence reduction for Rush, Nguyen, Chen and Norman - they are also sentenced to death.
- Stephens' life sentence upheld; Czugaj's term increased again to life.
2007
Jan 30
- Rush challenges his death sentence
April 23
- Lawyers for Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Si Yi Chen and Matthew Norman also file for a judicial review of their death sentences.
2008
March 6
- Nguyen, Chen and Norman death sentences reduced to life in prison.
2010
April 13
- Stephens requests judicial review; it is rejected 10 months later.
August 13
- Chan and Sukumaran request judicial reviews.
August 26
- Rush appears in court for his final appeal; AFP commissioner Mick Keelty testifies on his behalf.
2011
May 11
- Rush's death sentence reduced to life imprisonment.
June 17
- Chan's request for judicial review rejected.
July 7
- Sukumaran's request for judicial review rejected.
2012
May 13
- Chan appeals for clemency from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
July 9
- Sukumaran also appeals for presidential clemency.
2014
Dec 11
- New president Joko Widodo makes it clear he will not grant clemency to drug traffickers.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (AAP)
2015
Jan 7
- Sukumaran's bid for presidential clemency rejected.
Jan 18
- Six drug smugglers executed.
Jan 22
- Chan also loses bid for clemency.
Feb 2
- It is announced both men will be among the next lot to be executed.
Feb 4
- Request for second judicial review rejected.
Feb 7
- Indonesian government confirms the men will face the firing squad before end of month.
Feb 8
- The men's lawyer at their first trial alleges judges requested a bribe to reduce their sentence.
Feb 12
- 150,000 signatures on a Mercy petition asking for clemency handed to the men's families; Foreign Minister Julie Bishop makes emotional plea in federal parliament for Indonesia to spare their lives.
Feb 24
- Legal appeal fails when Jakarta court says it can't examine the Indonesia president's decision to deny clemency.
March 2
- Chan and Sukumaran's lawyers work to file an appeal against the administrative court's decision not to examine the men's clemency rejection.
March 3
- Bali prosecutor Momock Bambang Samiarso says the pair will be transferred on March 4 to a penal island to await execution; Bishop calls her Indonesian counterpart.
March 4
- Chan, Sukumaran transferred from Bali jail to Nusakambangan island.
March 5
- Federal MPs hold dawn vigil outside Parliament House in Canberra; Australia protests release photos showing smiling Denpasar police chief with Chan as he's flown to the island; Abbott asks Indonesia to "pull back", warns of consequences, seeks phone conversation with Joko.
March 6
- Joko rules out prisoner swap with Australia; Bishops asks Indonesia to "pause" while other options canvassed.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks to the media during a press conference in Perth, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AAP)
- Letter written by Chan, warning his teenage self to avoid drugs, released by a friend.
March 12
- News leaks of Australia's March 3 offer to cover costs of the mens' ongoing life imprisonment.
March 16
- Joko aide criticises the tone of Canberra's lobbying efforts; Abbott, Joko haven't yet spoken by phone
March 23
- Mens' lawyers begin case in Constitutional Court in Bali to have death sentences overturned.
April 1
- Amnesty report criticises Indonesia's death penalty for drug smugglers.
April 17
- Sukumaran marks his 34th birthday in his isolated cell on Nusakambangan; reports executions could happen soon after April 24; Legal challenge continues.
April 21
- Joko restates commitment to execute the men saying "it's only a matter of time"; Indonesian Supreme Court rejects appeal by Frenchman Serge Atlaoui on death row for drug offences due to be executed with Chan, Sukumaran.
April 22
- Indonesian Supreme Court rejects appeal by a Ghanaian Martin Anderson on death row with the pair.
April 24
- Embassies representing prisoners on death row summoned to meeting at Cilicap, near the island prison; Chan, Sukumaran lawyer Peter Morrissey says it's an "ominous" sign.
April 29
Indonesian media reports that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been killed.
Raji Sukumaran (left), the mother of Myuran Sukumaran with her daughter Brintha (right) prepares to head to Nusakambangan Island prison in March. (AAP)
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