From: tallman%ailanth.uucp@wang.com (Robert Oliver)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: STAR TREK TIMELINE - PART 1
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 00:30:06 EDT
Reply-To: ailanth!tallman@wang.com (Robert Oliver)
Organization: Ailanthus Project

As always, constructive comments/corrections/suggestions/additions are 
appreciated. This is a work in progress and is therefore constantly being 
added to, changed, revised, etc.  Any odd formatting problems are 
leftover from PageMaker. For a bit of historical reference to the real 
world I have added the birth and death dates of the namesakes of 
Federation starships.  I have also added notes after some of the entries 
to explain how I derived them. These notes do not exist in the original 
PM4 document and will not appear in any later posts.
 
The STAR TREK Encyclopedia
Section 01 - TIMELINE & STARDATES
 
(The Stardate section is being re-worked and is not included in this 
post. I am changing the format to one which would be too difficult to 
translate back into straight ascii text.))
 
ST:TOS* - Star Trek: The Original Series (* = season)
ST:TMP - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
ST:TMPN - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Novelization
ST:TWOK Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
ST:TSFS - Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
ST:TVH - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
ST:TFF - Star Trek V The Final Frontier
ST:TUC - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
ST:TNG* - Star Trek The Next Generation (* = season)
NGTM* - Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (*=page number)
ST:DS9 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (should be getting some dates from 
this in a few months!)
SPEC - Speculation
 
-597,730
Circa: The Arretians colonize parts of the galaxy - TOS2 "Return To 
Tomorrow."
 
-597,630
Circa, The Age of Makto: The Tkon Empire is destroyed when its central 
star goes supernova. The only known remnant of the empire is Portal 63 in 
the Delphi Ardu System - TNG1 "The Last Outpost."
 
-497,730
Circa: The population of the planet Arret is destroyed. Three members of 
this ancient civilization survived in a disembodied state and were 
discovered by the USS Enterprise in 2271 - TOS2 "Return To Tomorrow."
 
-197,635
Circa: The major cities of the planet Iconia are destroyed by a large 
scale orbital bombardment. Evidence suggests that the Iconians could have 
evacuated a portion of the population using their highly advanced 
transporter-like technology. Iconia, long believed to be a myth, was 
discovered by the USS Yamato in 2365 - TNG2 "Contagion."
 
-47,725
Bele begins his hunt for Lokai - TOS3 "Let That Be Your Last 
Battlefield."
 
-7728
The Yonadan asteroid is launched - TOS3 "For the World is Hollow and I 
Have Touched the Sky."
 
-3834
Birth date of the "immortal" Flint on Earth (Mesopotamia). Flint existed 
on Earth as Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Brahms and other 
artists/intellects before travelling to Holberg 917-G, where he intended 
to die (circa 2270) - TOS3 "Requiem For Methuselah."
 
-3730
Circa: In an effort to prevent a decline in the civilization of Beta III 
due to the effects of a war, a leader known as Landru designs a computer 
to run his society. Using this computer, individuals on Beta III were 
absorbed into The Body, a collective designed to eliminate hate, war, 
disease and other evils. An investigtion in 2270 by the USS Enterprise 
into the disappearance of the USS Archon led to the destruction of this 
computer by Captain Kirk. The society was shown to be peaceful, but also 
stagnant and ungrowing, lacking creativity and individualism - TOS1 "The 
Return of the Archons."
 
-2730
Circa: The Vulcan race at this time had yet to abandon their emotions in 
favor of total logic - TOS3 "All Our Yesterdays."
 
-28
Birth date of Philana on Platonius - TOS3 "Plato's Stepchildren."
 
 
0301-400  4th Century
 
0360
Circa: The Kaelonians adopt their ritual suicide The Resolution, 
dictating that every member of their race commits suicide at age 60 - 
TNG4 "Half a Life."
 
 
0701-0800  8th Century
 
0770
Circa: Birth date of the Metron encountered by Captain James Kirk in 2270 
- TOS1 "Arena."
 
 
0801-0900  9th Century
 
0865
Circa: The start of the Solari Wars on Solais 5. In 2365 the warring 
factions on Solais ask for Federation help in transporting the mediator 
Riva to their planet to negotiate for peace - TNG2 "Loud as a Whisper."
 
 
1301-1400  14th Century
 
1367
The mythological "Contract of Ardra" is made on Ventax 2. Ardra 
guarantees 1000 years of peace in exchange for the soul of every lifeform 
on the planet when the contract expires - TNG4 "Devils Due."
 
1368
Circa: The Kataan sun goes supernova. The USS Enterprise D, makes contact 
with a probe from the planet Kataan in 2368 - TNG5 "The Inner Light."
 
 
1501-1600  16th Century
 
1540
Birth date of Sir Francis Drake on Earth (Crowndale, Devon County, 
England), namesake of the USS Drake. Drake was an English sailor and 
explorer.
 
1596
Sir Francis Drake dies in the West Indies (off Porto Bello) of dysentery.
 
 
1601-1700  17th Century
 
1643
Birth date of Rene Robert Cavelier La Salle on Earth, namesake of the USS 
La Salle. La Salle was a French explorer known for his exploration of the 
Mississippi River.
 
1668
Birth date of Giovanni Battista Vico on Earth (Naples, Italy), namesake 
of the Oberth class SS Vico. Vico was an Italian philosopher and 
historian.
 
1687
Rene La Salle dies.
 
 
1701-1800  18th Century
 
1724
Birth date of Samuel Hood on Earth (Thorncombe, Dorset County, England), 
namesake of the Constitution class USS Hood and her successor the 
Excelsior class USS Hood. Hood was an English admiral.
 
***** There is an American historical figure named Hood (can't remember 
his name right now) but I chose Samuel Hood because he was in the British 
Navy.
 
1735
Birth date of Paul Revere on Earth (Boston, Massachusetts), namesake of 
the Hermes class USS Revere.
 
***** The Revere is mentioned (if you listen closely) at the beginning of 
ST:TMP.
 
1737
Birth date of Thomas Paine on Earth (Thetford, Norfolk County, England), 
namesake of the (class unknown) USS Thomas Paine. American political 
writer and leader.
 
1739
Birth date of Grigori Alexsandrovich Potemkin on Earth (Smolensk, 
Russia), namesake of the Constitution class USS Potemkin and her 
successor the (class unknown) USS Potemkin. Russian statesman and field 
marshal.
 
1744
Giovanni Vico dies in Naples, Italy.
 
1791
Grigori Potemkin dies in Russia (near Nikolaev).
 
 
1801-1900  19th Century
 
1801
Birth date of David Glasgow Farragut on Earth (Stony Point, Tennessee), 
namesake of the Constitution class USS Farragut. American admiral and 
Civil War (Union) hero.
 
1809
Thomas Paine dies in New York City, New York.
 
1816
Samuel Hood dies in Bath, England.
 
1818
Paul Revere dies in Boston, Massachusetts.
 
1828
Birth date of Leo Tolstoy on Earth (Yasanya Polyana, Tula Province, 
Russia), namesake of the (class unknown) USS Tolstoy. Russian novelist.
 
1835
Birth date of John M. Bozeman on Earth (Georgia), namesake of the Soyuz 
class USS Bozeman. Bozeman was an explorer who founded the Bozeman Trail 
(1862-1863), a new route to the American west. Birth date of Samuel 
Langhorne Clemens  (Mark Twain) on Earth (Florida, Missouri). Clemens was 
a famous American author.
 
1857
September 17: Birth date of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky on Earth 
(Izhevskoye, Russia), namesake of the Oberth class SS Tsiolkovsky. 
Russian aerospace scientist.
 
1864
John Bozeman founds Bozeman, Montana.
 
1867
John Bozeman is killed by native Americans.
 
1868
Circa: An unidentified alien race from the Uxmal Star System imprisons 
the consciousness of several hundred prisoners from their world on the 
moon of Mab-Bu VI - TNG5 "Power Play."
 
1870
Admiral David Farragut dies.
 
1876
Birth date of John Griffith Chaney (Jack London) on Earth (San Francisco, 
California). Chaney was a famous American author.
 
1893
August: While investigating the mysterious appearance of Datas 
disembodied head in a cavern in San Francisco and the possibility of 
alien intervention in Earths past, Data is inadvertently caught in the 
effects of an alien time distortion on Devidia II and is thrown back to 
19th century San Francisco. Members of the USS Enterprise, in an effort 
to discover the aliens plan, are also transported back in time. Together 
with Guinan, who is currently living on Earth, the Enterprise crew 
discovers that the aliens are draining the neural energy from humans as a 
form of sustenance. The Enterprise officers were able to return to the 
24th Century, where they destroy the aliens base of operation on Devidia 
II - TNG5/6 "Times Arrow, Parts 1 & 2."
 
1894
June 25: Birth date of Hermann Julius Oberth on Earth (Hermannstadt, 
Trannsylvania), namesake of the Oberth class starship. Birth date of 
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov on Earth (Strelkovka, Russia), namesake of 
the Ambassador class USS Zhukov. Zhukov was a Soviet military commander.
 
 
1901-2000  20th Century
 
1902
Birth date of Walter Houser Brattain on Earth (Amoy, China), namesake of 
the Miranda class USS Brattain. American physicist, who together with 
John Bardeen, won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
 
1910
Mark Twain dies in Redding, Connecticut. Leo Tolstoy dies in Russia of 
pneumonia.
 
1916
Jack London dies in Glen Ellen, California.
 
1926
April 3 - Birth date of Virgil Grissom on Earth, namesake of the Oberth 
class USS Grissom. American astronaut.
 
1931
Circa: Using the Guardian of Forever, Lt. Commander McCoy accidentally 
travels (from 2270) back in time to the 1930s and alters history. Captain 
Kirk and Lt. Commander Spock follow and are able to correct the 
alteration and return with McCoy to their own time - TOS1 "The City On 
The Edge Of Forever."
 
1934
Tracy Tormes first Dixon Hill story, "The Big Goodbye", is published in 
Amazing Detective Stories magazine - TNG1 "The Big Goodbye." 
 
***** Tracy Torme is the real world writer of "The Big Goodbye" episode 
and is credited as the author of the Hill stories in an Okudagram.
 
1935
September 19: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky dies in Kaluga, Russia.
 
1936
"The Long Dark Tunnel"  (Dixon Hill) is published by Tracy Torme - TNG1 
"The Big Goodbye."
 
1939
Approximate birth date of Frank Oppenhouse on Earth -TNG1 "The Neutral 
Zone."
 
1959
Approximate birth date of Claire Raymond on Earth - TNG1 "The Neutral 
Zone."
 
1967
January 27: Lt Colonel Grissom, Lt. Colonel White and Lt. Commander 
Chaffee are killed in an Apollo launch rehearsal fire at Cape Kennedy, 
Florida.
 
1968
The USS Enterprise travels back in time to study how the Earth avoided an 
atomic war during the 1960s (from 2271) - TOS2"Assignment: Earth."
 
1969
July - An encounter with a black star sends the USS Enterprise back in 
time to Earth (from 2270). After removing evidence of their appearance, 
the Enterprise is able to return to its own time - TOS1 "Tomorrow Is 
Yesterday."
 
1971
Circa: An expedition from the Kelvan Empire in Andromeda embarks on a 
mission to the Milky Way. The Kelvans task is to determine the 
suitability of the Milky Way for conquest by their Empire. The Kelvans 
were prevented from returning to Andromeda by the USS Enterprise in 2271 
- TOS2 "By Any Other Name."
 
1974
Georgi Zhukov dies in Russia.
 
1972
March 3: Pioneer 10 is launched from Earth. The probe was destroyed by 
the Klingon Bird of Prey Okrona in 2286 in Klingon territory. How the 
probe managed to reach Klingon space is a mystery, as it would have taken 
80,000 years just to reach Alpha Centauri (4.3 light years away) - 
ST:TFF.
 
1976
September 6: Viking 2 lands on the Mars plain Utopia Planitia, the future 
site of Starfleets Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.
 
1978
Circa(-): The Voyager 6 probe is launched from Earth. The probe 
disappeared into a "black hole" and was presumably found by an alien 
intelligence that modified the probe and sent it back to look for its 
creator on Earth - ST:TMP.
 
1986
The renegade Admiral Kirk and crew time travel to Earth (from 2286) to 
capture a pair of Humpback whales needed to answer the call of an 
orbiting probe that is threatening to sterilize the planet - ST:TVH.
 
1987
Walter Brattain dies.
 
1992
Circa: A small group of genetically engineered humans, originally 
designed to improve the human species, start the Eugenics Wars in a bid 
for power and domination. One of these men, Khan Noonian Singh, assumes 
control of a quarter of Earth, his territory ranging from Asia to the 
Middle East - TOS1 "Space Seed." The book "Chicago Mobs of the Twenties" 
is published - TOS2 "A Piece of the Action." 
 
1993
A group of genetic supermen achieve simultaneous power in over 40 nations 
on Earth - TOS1 "Space Seed."
 
1994
Approximate date of death for Claire Raymond, Ralph Oppenhouse and L.Q. 
Sonny Clemonds - TNG1 "The Neutral Zone."
 
1996
The end of the Eugenics Wars. The genetic supermen were defeated in part 
by their own selfish ambition and lack of unity. The DY-100 class SS 
Botany Bay , carrying Khan Singh and 83 of his followers in cryogenic 
freeze, is launched from Earth. Fleeing from persecution on Earth, Khan 
was hoping (beyond the odds) to colonize and conquer another world. At 
the time, no one was aware that Khan and his people had escaped (they 
were listed as unaccounted for) and there were no official records of the 
Botany Bays launch - TOS1 "Space Seed" & ST:TWOK.
 
 
2001-2100  21st Century
 
2001
Circa(+): Humpback whales are hunted into extinction on Earth - ST:TVH.
 
2017
INFO ABOUT TERRORISM FROM THE HIGH GROUND - TNG3 "The High Ground."
 
2018
Cryogenic "sleeper ships" were widely used by most major Earth 
governments up until this time, when advances in technology made them 
obsolete. It would not be for approximately another 30 years until 
cryogenic ships were completely phased out of use by some of the smaller 
nations on Earth - TOS1 "Space Seed."
 
2020
The Nomad space probe is launched from Earth, its mission to seek out 
alien life forms. The probe would eventually meet and combine with an 
alien probe named Tan-Ru. This malign combination would be discovered and 
destroyed by the USS Enterprise in 2271 - TOS2 "The Changeling."
 
2024
The Irish Unification - TNG3 "The High Ground."
 
2025
Circa: The Acts of Cumberland - TNG2 "The Measure of a Man."
 
2026
A shortstop for the London Kings baseball team breaks an unspecified 
record. The record was last held by a pitcher from the Cleveland Indians 
- TNG1 "The Big Goodbye."
 
***** I am not a baseball fan and do not know which record the London 
Kings broke. This info comes from the first few minutes when Picard, Data 
and Whalen entered the holodeck. If any baseball fans can help out I 
would appreciate it.
 
2030
Circa: Birth date of Zefram Cochrane on Earth - TOS2 "Metamorphosis."
 
2033 - 2079
The United States of America has 52 states during this time period - TNG2 
"The Royale."
 
2036
The New United Nations declares: "No Earth citizen can be made to answer 
for the crimes of their race or forbears" - TNG1 "Encounter At Farpoint, 
Part 1."
 
2037
July 23: The NASA explorer ship Charybdis is launched from Earth under 
the command of Colonel Stephen Richey. This vessel was man's third 
attempt to leave the solar system. The telemetry of the Charybdis failed 
soon after launch and the vessel was lost - TNG2 "The Royale."
 
2040
Circa: Television begins its decline as a popular entertainment medium on 
Earth - TNG1 "The Neutral Zone."
 
2043 - 2047
The Mind Control Revolts on Earth - ST:TMPN
 
2050
Circa: The process of cryogenics in space travel is abandoned on Earth. 
The development of the "warp" engine a decade later would make cryogenics 
an even more obsolete technology - TNG1 "The Neutral Zone."
 
2061
Zefram Cochranes engineering team develops a prototype CDP (Continuum 
Distortion Principle) engine capable of light speed travel - NGTM-54.
 
2065
Approximate date Zefram Cochrane relocates to Alpha Centauri colony - 
NGTM-54.
 
2070
Circa: The galactic survey vessel Valiant is destroyed while attempting 
to leave the galaxy - TOSP "Where No Man Has Gone Before."
 
2071
The Great Awakening on Argelius - TOS2 "Wolf in the Fold."
 
2079
The New United Nations on Earth has been abolished by this time - TNG1 
"Encounter At Farpoint, Part 1."
 
2082
Colonel Stephen Richey from the Charybdis dies on Theta VIII. It is not 
known how the ship was able to reach the Theta 116 system. Richey was the 
only member of the crew who survived the initial encounter with the 
lifeforms on Theta VIII, the others having died from an alien 
contaminant. Richeys body was found in 2365 by the USS Enterprise D. 
Although no alien presence was detected, the body was found amid the 
surroundings of a fictional hotel based upon a book found in Richeys 
possessions - TNG2 "The Royale."
 
 
2101-2200  22nd Century
 2120
Circa: Zefram Cochrane (87) disappears from Alpha Centauri - TOS2 
"Metamorphosis". 
 
2123
November 27: The DY-500 colony ship SS Mariposa is launched from Earth - 
TNG2 "Up The Long Ladder" (Okudagram).
 
2160
Circa: The last challenge to the Ligonian Right of Supercedence (prior to 
2364) - TNG1 "Code of Honor." Circa: The planets Altec and Straleb are 
colonized and will eventually form the Madena Coalition - TNG2 "The 
Outrageous Okona." Circa: The Romulan War. The Starfleet Charter is 
established soon after the war ends - NGTM-133.
 
2161
The United Federation of Planets is founded - TNG5 "The Outcast." 
Starfleet Academy is founded at San Francisco, Earth - SF Academy Logo.
 
2164
Circa(-): A Federation scout visits the Delos System (Brekke and Ornara) 
- TNG1 "Symbiosis." Approximate date the Ornaran Plague breaks out on 
Ornara. The plague is cured soon after, but the Brekkians continue to 
provide the "cure", felicium, which has become an addiction to the 
Ornarans - TNG1 "Symbiosis."
 
2165
Circa: Daedalus class USS Essex is destroyed: Mab-Bu 6 moon - TNG5 "Power 
Play."
 
2168
The colony on Moab 4 is established. This earth colony was established as 
a genetically pure environment designed so that every member was bred for 
a specific task - TNG5 "The Masterpiece Society."
 
2169
Birth date of Sarek on Vulcan - TOS2 "Journey To Babel."
 
2170
The USS Archon visits Beta III in Star System C-111, and is perceived as 
a threat by the Landru computer and destroyed - TOS1 "The Return Of The 
Archons." The USS Horizon visits Iotia and leaves behind the book Chicago 
Mobs of the Twenties, after which the Iotians modeled their culture - 
TOS2 "A Piece Of The Action."
 
2196
The last Daedalus class starship is taken out of service - TNG5 "Power 
Play."
 
 
END OF PART 1

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