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- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham performed live together for the first time on September 7, 1968, at the Gladsaxe Teen Club on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, as The New Yardbirds. Approximately 1,200 young people attended the concert at Egegård School. Club chairman Lars Abel introduced The New Yardbirds on stage and accidentally introduced Robert Plant as Robert Plata. The local review described their performance as absolutely flawless. The group was still fulfilling commitments from the previous tour and adopted the name Led Zeppelin permanently several weeks later. The original Yardbirds did not break up until after this concert had been arranged, so the group was also billed as The Yardbirds for the performance.
- Led Zeppelin, then still billed as The Yardbirds or The New Yardbirds, made their UK concert debut on October 4, 1968, at the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle upon Tyne. The performance was part of an autumn UK tour; Terry Reid's Fantasia was listed as the support act, and the ticket cost 10 shillings and 6 pence. The group adopted the name Led Zeppelin later in October.
- Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge performed at the Civic Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California, during their North American tour. It was their only concert in the city.
- Led Zeppelin během severoamerického turné vystoupili v Berkeley Community Theatre v Kalifornii.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California, during their North American tour, with Jethro Tull as the opening act.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, during their North American tour. Jethro Tull, who appeared as the opening act, were at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their second album, “Stand Up”.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the San Diego Sports Arena during their North American tour. Jethro Tull and Seattle's The Surprise Package appeared as support acts.
- During their North American tour, they performed at HemisFair Arena in San Antonio. Jethro Tull and Sweet Smoke were also on the bill, but only Led Zeppelin faced negative reactions from locals because of their long hair.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Convention Hall in Asbury Park with Joe Cocker as the opening act. Because of this concert, they were unable to perform at Woodstock.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Oakland Musical Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut, during their North American tour.
- Led Zeppelin performed two concerts at the Rock Pile in Toronto during their North American tour.
- Led Zeppelin performed at The Aerodrome in Schenectady, New York.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Carousel Theatre in Framingham, Massachusetts, during their North American tour.
- During their North American tour, Led Zeppelin played the first of two concerts at Pirates World in Dania, Florida. The bill also included The Royal Ascots, Brimstone, and The Echo.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida, during their North American tour.
- Led Zeppelin played two concerts at the Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, during their North American tour.
- During their North American tour, Led Zeppelin played the first of two nights at the Singer Bowl Music Festival in Flushing Meadow Park.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Olympia concert hall in Paris. A recording of the concert was broadcast by the French radio station Europe 1 on November 2, 1969. The recording was rediscovered in the station's basement in 2007 and broadcast again on December 7, 2007.
- The British press announces that Led Zeppelin will receive the highest fee ever paid to a British group in the UK for a one-off performance at London’s Lyceum. The exact amount is not disclosed.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Hampton Roads Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. The concert had originally been scheduled for August 10.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Assembly Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Led Zeppelin performed before 6,000 people at Milwaukee Arena at a concert that had been moved from August 27. One reviewer wrote that the group started slowly but finished in great style, with the crowd gradually becoming captivated by the performance.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Sports Arena in San Diego, California. A local newspaper critic described the performance as resembling an evangelical religious service, with clapping, shouting, parading and an atmosphere of frenzy among the young audience.
- Led Zeppelin released their third studio album, Led Zeppelin III. The band significantly moved away from its previous hard-rock sound, also incorporating folk and Celtic influences; the album included the song Immigrant Song.
- Led Zeppelin released their third studio album Led Zeppelin III on Atlantic Records. The album was recorded between January and August 1970, reached No. 1 in the United States and United Kingdom, and later received six-times-platinum certification in the United States and platinum certification in the United Kingdom. The album included “Immigrant Song,” which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and its original cover featured a surreal collection of images and a rotating laminated disc with additional photographs.
- Led Zeppelin began their North American tour at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, before a sold-out audience of more than 17,000 fans. Around 3,000 additional people without tickets clashed with local police outside the venue.
- On the second night of their North American tour, Led Zeppelin performed at Seattle Centre Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, during their North American tour.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas, Texas.
- During their North American tour, Led Zeppelin performed at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas.
- Led Zeppelin played a one-night concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. The top ticket price was $7.50.
- During their North American tour, Led Zeppelin performed at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada.
- Led Zeppelin performed at the Chicago International Amphitheatre during their North American tour.
- Led Zeppelin performed at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Their setlist included “Immigrant Song”, “Heartbreaker”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, “Black Dog”, “Dazed and Confused”, “Stairway to Heaven”, “Celebration Day”, “That’s the Way”, “Going To California”, “What Is and What Should Never Be”, “Moby Dick”, “Whole Lotta Love” (medley), “Communication Breakdown”, “Organ solo / Thank You” and “Rock and Roll”.
- Led Zeppelin II had spent 100 weeks on the British album chart. It was the band's first album to reach No. 1 in the U.S., where it remained for seven weeks. In 1999, it received 12× platinum certification in the U.S. for more than 12 million copies sold.
- Led Zeppelin began a six-concert tour of Japan at Budokan Hall in Tokyo. The setlist included “Rock and Roll,” “Over the Hills and Far Away,” “Black Dog,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “Since I've Been Loving You,” “Dancing Days,” “Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,” “The Song Remains the Same,” “The Rain Song,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Whole Lotta Love” with a medley, “Heartbreaker,” “Immigrant Song,” and “Communication Breakdown.”
- Led Zeppelin played their second concert of the evening at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
- Led Zeppelin arrived in Hong Kong, where they were surrounded by fans asking for autographs. The group was only passing through Hong Kong on its way home after concerts in Japan.
- Led Zeppelin played at Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan.
- Led Zeppelin released the album "Presence" as part of its international release week.
- Led Zeppelin began rehearsals for a new album that would later become their final studio album, In Through the Out Door.
- Led Zeppelin headlined the festival at Knebworth Park in England in front of approximately 120,000 people. It was their first British concert in more than four years.
- Led Zeppelin odehráli své poslední živé vystoupení ve Velké Británii.
- Led Zeppelin played their final concert on British soil at Knebworth House in England before approximately 104,000 people. Also appearing were The New Barbarians, Todd Rundgren, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Chas & Dave and Fairport Convention. The setlist included “The Song Remains The Same,” “Celebration Day,” “Black Dog,” “Nobody's Fault But Mine,” “Over The Hills And Far Away,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “Since I've Been Loving You,” “No Quarter,” “Hot Dog,” “The Rain Song,” “White Summer/Black Mountainside,” “Kashmir,” “Trampled Under Foot,” “Sick Again,” “Achilles' Last Stand,” “In The Evening,” “Stairway To Heaven,” “Rock And Roll,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “Communication Breakdown.” They played several smaller European concerts the following year, but broke up in December 1980 after the death of drummer John Bonham.
- Led Zeppelin released their eighth and final studio album, "In Through the Out Door," in the United States. It was the last album by the group to be released during drummer John Bonham's lifetime.
- “In Through the Out Door” was released in the United States on August 22, 1979, as the band's eighth and final studio album. The album reached No. 1 on both the U.S. and British album charts and included the song “Fool in the Rain”, which reached No. 21 in the United States.
- Led Zeppelin played the final concert of their two-day comeback at the Knebworth Festival, which was their last British performance with John Bonham.
- Led Zeppelin released the album "In Through the Out Door" in the UK.
- Led Zeppelin's album In Through the Out Door remained at number one on the US album chart for a fifth consecutive week.
- The funeral for Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham took place at Rushock Parish Church in Worcestershire, England. Bonham had died at age 32 after asphyxiation following excessive vodka consumption. Among the 250 mourners were Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Denny Laine, Carl Palmer, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan.
- Led Zeppelin topped the chart of British artists with the largest number of bootleg recordings. The British Phonographic Industry recorded 384 bootleg titles featuring their performances. The Beatles were second with 320 titles.
- BBC Radio 2 listeners voted Led Zeppelin's “Whole Lotta Love” the greatest guitar riff of all time. It beat, among others, “Sweet Child O' Mine” by Guns N' Roses, “Back In Black” by AC/DC, “Smoke On The Water” by Deep Purple and “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos.
- Judge R. Gary Klausner denied Led Zeppelin and its publishing company nearly $800,000 in legal fees related to the lawsuit over whether the band had plagiarized the chord progression in “Stairway to Heaven”.
- In a long-running copyright dispute over the opening riff of “Stairway to Heaven,” a new legal filing was submitted in support of Led Zeppelin. Signatories included members of Korn, Tool, Judas Priest and Linkin Park, and a total of 123 musicians joined the amicus curiae filing.
- A Houses Of The Holy album cover signed by all four members of Led Zeppelin was sold at auction for £15,000, even though it did not include the actual record. The item was exceptionally rare because of drummer John Bonham’s death in 1980 and the subsequent breakup of the group.