| Till 1820 | Private property of local rulers. |
| 1820 | Ownership passed into British hands. |
| 1820- 1850 | Forests mercilessly felled for timber by British rulers. |
| 1858 | Plan drawn up for protecting the forests. |
| 1879 | Declared as reserved forests. |
| 1884 | Jim Corbett shoots his first leopard. |
| 1900-1910 | Jim Corbett leads shikar parties and kills two man-eaters. |
| 1910 | Jim Corbett gives up killing as mere sport and becomes the savior of the villagers, defending them from man-eaters. |
| 1934 | The Park is declared a National Park and Corbett helps define the boundaries. |
| 1935-1936 | It was set up as the first National Park under United Provinces National Parks Act. It was named the Hailey National Park, after Sir Malcolm Hailey, the Governor of United Provinces. |
| 1954 | With independence it was renamed as the Ramganga National Park. |
| 1955 | Jim Corbett died at Nyeri. |
| 1957 | The park is renamed in honour of his memory |
| 1973 | The Park becomes the first Tiger Reserve of India under Project Tiger. |
| 1974 | Inauguration of Tiger Project. |
| 1986 | Corbett National park celebrates its Golden Jubilee. |
| 1996 | Diamond Jubilee of its existence as Corbett national park. |
| 1998 | year of Project Tiger. |
| 9 Nov. 2000 | Became part of Uttarakhand and now Uttarakhand state. |
| 2010 | Corbett National Park also acclaimed as International Projet for Tiger Conservation. Nov. |
| 2011 | Corbett Park Celebrated its (platinum jubilee) 75 Years of existence, event was inaugurated by then chief minister on 8th Aug 2011, adding that The Brand Ambassador of Tiger Conservation Campaign, Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as well as leading environmentalists from more than 100 countries participated in the Platinum Jubilee of the Corbett Park in November 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsz5CVRImFo |