1855 - Chatto and Windus founded.
1880 - Hutchinson founded.
1887 - Bodley Head founded.
1890 - William Heinemann founded.
1921 - Jonathan Cape founded.
1982 - Century founded.
1985 - Merger of Century and Hutchinson.
1987 - Random House Inc. acquires CVBC (Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head and Jonathan Cape).
1989 - Random House Inc. acquires Century Hutchinson Ltd.
1991 - Gail Rebuck appointed as Chair and Chief Executive of Random House UK.
1997 - Random House UK acquires Reed trade divisions (Secker & Warburg, William Heinemann).
1998 - Random House Inc. acquired by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. Random House UK merges with Bertelsmann's UK operation, Transworld Publishers, to create The Random House Group Ltd.
2002 - The Random House Group acquires Harvill Press.
2006 - The Random House Group acquires BBC Books.
2007 - The Random House Group acquires a majority stake in Virgin Books.
2007 - Preface Publishing imprint founded.
2008 - Random House Struik. South Africa founded.
2008 - The Harvill Press and Secker & Warburg merge to become Harvill Secker.
2008 - Transworld Ireland founded.
2008 - Square Peg founded.
2008 - The Bodley Head imprint launched.
2009 - Windmill Books founded.
2011 - Creation of Random House Children's Screen Entertainment
2012 - Random House Enterprises (RHE) launched
2011 - Creation of Random House Children's Screen Entertainment
2012 - Random House Children's Books changes its name to Random House Children's Publishers
2012 - Vintage Children's Classics launched
2012 - Del Rey (SF and Fantasy) and Doubleday Ireland imprints launched. Black Lace erotica imprint revived
2012 - Hogarth imprint launched
2013 - 1st July - Penguin Random House merger finalised
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