| 1884 | John L Lloyd born in Coaltown, Pennsylvania |
| 1898 | Lloyd family moved to Warren, Ohio |
| 1910 | Brother Will dies after injuries sustained in a football game accident |
| 1913 | Graduated from Cleveland School of Art |
| 1914 | Sister Margaret dies from pneumonia/tuberculosis complications |
| 1915 |
First trip to Woodstock, New York Joins the Art Students League |
| 1919 |
First trip to Chester Springs, Pennsylvania Second visit to Woodstock |
| 1920 | Exhibits work at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1921 |
Awarded the Gillespie and Gage Prizes by The Butler Institute of American Art Has three paintings accepted for exhibition by the prestigious Art Club of Philadelphia Exhibits work at The Butler Institute of American Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Art Club of St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 1922 |
Revisits Chester Springs, attends classes Exhibit work done at Chester Springs at the PAFA Awarded the John Lewis Prize by the PAFA Exhibits work in two different shows at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1923 | Exhibits multiple sketches with The Philadelphia Sketch Club and paintings at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1924 |
Exhibits paintings at The Art Club of Philadelphia Exhibits work done at Chester Springs at the PAFA Exhibits at The Butler Institute of American Art and at the Columbus Art Club |
| 1925 |
Joins The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibits work in two shows at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1926 |
Rejoins The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibits work at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1927 |
Rejoins The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibits work at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1928 |
Rejoins The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibits work at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1930 |
Joins the Warren Society of Artists in Warren, Ohio, as a charter member Won the top three honors at the Warren YWCA art exhibition and exhibited in two shows at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1934 | Exhibits at the YWCA, Warren |
| 1935 | Exhibits at The Butler Institute of American Art's First Annual New Year Show |
| 1936 | Exhibits at The Butler Institute of American Art's Second Annual New Year Show and at another exhibition at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1937 | Exhibits at The Butler Institute of American Art's Third Annual New Year Show and at another exhibition at The Butler Institute of American Art |
| 1938 | Exhibits at The Butler Institute of American Art's Fourth Annual New Year Show and at an exhibition in Canfield, Ohio |
| 1939 | Travel to Gatlinburg,Tennessee to paint the Great Smoky Mountains |
| 1943 | Father, Charles, dies in an insane asylum* |
| 1950 | Exhibits work at the Ohio Edison Building in Warren, Ohio |
| 1967 | John Lloyd dies in Warren, Ohio at the age of 82 |
| 2005 | One man exhibition at Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio |
| 2008 |
Exhibition at The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio John L. Lloyd's work garners national attention when The American Art Review publishes a 6-page essay titled, "Painting Time & Place" by Margo L. Jacobs, Guest Curator for the Lloyd Exhibit at the Butler Institute of American Art, in their April 2008 issue. |
| 2010 | Exhibition of a selection of four large John L. Lloyd paintings at the Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH |
| 2012 | Premium six-week exhibition of John L. Lloyd paintings at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA. |
| 2015 | Seven of John L. Lloyd's paintings were showcased in a significant TAG exhibit dedicated to revitalization. |
| 2015 | "Winter Landscape" exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art and was pronounced "a masterpiece." |
Footnote:
* After 1940, Lloyd unexplainably stopped exhibiting his work (with the exception of the Ohio Edison showing). The Lloyd family suggests that this was most likely a result of his father's illness and inevitable passing. Also, John Lloyd traveled to paint more than this chronology suggests; however, the time frame for many of these trips was not definitively determined, and therefore not able to be included in this chronology.