Timeline

The timeline documents important dates and events in the Witcher series, with the dates in human calendar are counted from the "Resurrection", a mysterious event mentioned in .
For easier viewing and separation of canon/non-canon this page has been split into 4 sections. Only the main page is considered canon, the others are non-canon (like the games, Netflix show, and other adaptations).
For the sake of convenience, Ciri's year of birth is assumed to be 1252; two other possible dates are 1251 and 1253, see Ciri#Ciri's age for the details.
== Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR ==
* Dwarves arrive in the lands of Continent, the gnomes already have small colonies in Mahakam and Tir Tochair
* 2230s BR - the Age of Migration, Aen Seidhe elves arrive on their white ships (if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of humans" means the 2000 years before the Conjunction of the Spheres)
* 1240s BR - The Age of Migration (if a phrase "2000 years before the arrival of humans" means the 2000 years before the First Landing)
== 230s BR ==
* The Conjunction of the Spheres
* Humans arrive in the world
** Dauk and Wozgor people settle in the Continent's north
* Emergence of goddess worship in the form of Melitele, one of the oldest and most widespread systems of beliefs
* Development of a written language based on elven runes and dwarven ideograms
== 1 ==
* The Resurrection
== 760s ==
* The necropolis at Fen Carn is created
* Nordling people arrive in the north of the Continent, human civilizations already present in the other parts of the world (people also settle in the south)
** Known as the "First Landing" or "Landing of the Exiles", this event is very important in human history. Humans most likely came ashore at the mouth of the Yaruga and the Pontar Delta. Once on land, Jan Bekker was quick to discover and harness the Force found there and humans set up the first settlement. It took several hundred years for the elves to notice the growing threat posed by the newcomers
== Between 760s and 830s ==
* Reigns of Dezmod and Sambuk begin simultaneously
* The introduction of a new (twenty-four character) alphabet
* The Novigradian Union is formed
* Geoffrey Monck takes a group of children to be trained by the elves at Loc Muinne
* Mages' seat in Mirthe is established
* Massacre at Loc Muinne and Est Haemlet carried out by Raupenneck of Tretogor's army. Carnage at Shaerrawedd
== 830s ==
* Raffard the White ends the Six Years' War between warring kings. While he does not officially rule, he becomes the first advisor to Temeria's mentally ill king, commanding power from behind
* Creation of the Conclave of Mages and adoption of the laws drawn up by Herbert Stammelford, Aurora Henson, Ivo Richert, Agnes of Glanville, Geoffrey Monck and Radmir of Tor Carnedd
* Formation of the Chapter and Supreme Council of Mages
** Executions of all those who do not recognize the Conclave and new laws. Raffard the White is among those killed in the ensuing conflict
=== 839 ===
* Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, vampire and good friend of Geralt, is born
== 950s ==
* The first witchers are created by the renegade mages Alzur and Cosimo Malaspina
== 1060s ==
* Aelirenn's Uprising
** Dilapidation of Shaerrawedd
== 1107 ==
* Vizimir I is born
== 1112 ==
* The witcher Vesemir is noted as being active in fulfilling the duties of his profession during this year.
== 1133 ==
* On Birke, in the village of Sylvan Dam, the prophet Lebioda delivers a sermon to his students
== 1140s ==
* King Radovid III, looking for resources to wage war against Aedirn, decides to tax the Appanage of Kovir. The Appanage declares itself as the independent Kingdom of Kovir, resulting in war between the new kingdom and Redania. Despite support from ally Kaedwen, the war ends with Kovir's victory and the First Treaty of Lan Exeter is signed.
* Radovid III dies as the last Redanian king to bear the title of King of Kovir and Poviss. Kovir and Redania are officially separate from each other.
== 1142 ==
* The mage Cregennan is murdered in Foam, Lara Dorren gives birth to their child and dies of exhaustion in the woods near Tretogor. Queen Cerro of Redania adopts the half-elf girl and named her Riannon.
** Lara's death triggers another war between elves and humans, fostering racial tension that continues through the 13th century
== 1150s ==
* Aedirn conquers Dol Blathanna
* Falka's Rebellion
== 1155 ==
* Coram II is born
== 1158 ==
* Falka becomes pregnant with one of her generals
* Vridank, Cerro, Heltmult and Denhard are murdered by Falka
* Falka captures Riannon (who's also pregnant) and imprisons her in Houtborg
== 1159 ==
* Houtborg triplets are born
* Falka is burned at a stake
* Vizimir I and Goidemar are crowned
* Immediately after the coronation, Vizimir marries Ramona Thyssen
* Months after Falka's death, Goidemar storms Houtborg and rescues his wife and children
== 1160 ==
* Radovid IV is born
== 1173 ==
* Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Yennefer of Vengerberg is born
== 1176 ==
* Outbreak of the Black Death plague in Vizima. Princess Adela dies helping priests in the hospital.
* Prince Amavet is cruelly murdered by Count Roger Kameny and his men
* Riannon dies 35 years old, struck by the death of two of her children
* Roger Kameny is subjected to torture and torn apart by horses. This incident prompts the Temerian nobility to rebel which is suppressed by the intervention of Cidarian forces led by King Liam.
* Goidemar marries Adda of Cidaris, Liam's daughter
== 1177 ==
* Prince Amavet's illegitimate children, Muriel and Crispin, are born
* Cedric of Temeria is born
* Coram II and Fiona are married
== 1178 ==
* Corbett is born
== 1186 ==
* Yennefer of Vengerberg graduates from Aretuza and becomes an official sorceress
== 1190 ==
* Coram II ascends the Cintran throne
== 1190s ==
* Crispin disappears without leaving a trace in Metinna during a war with Nilfgaard
== 1194 ==
* Muriel and Robert Garramone are married
* Adalia is born
== 1197 ==
* Coram II dies
* Corbett ascends the Cintran throne and marries Elen of Kaedwen
* Dagorad is born to Corbett and Elen
== 1200 ==
* In the village of Forest Dam, an obelisk is erected by Spyridon Apps to commemorate the prophet Lebioda's sermon there sixty-seven years prior
== 1200s ==
* Temeria and Redania split Emblonia between themselves
== 1201 ==
* Robert of Garramone dies, his son Robert II is born
== 1202 ==
* Muriel becomes known as "Lovely Harlot"
== 1203 ==
* Vizimir I dies at the age of 96
* The Borsodi brothers officially enter business, trading horses and livestock from a shed in the countryside
== 1208 ==
* Adalia marries Ragbard of Ellander who dies half a year later; queen Bienvenu of Temeria arranges her next marriage, with prince Dagorad of Cintra
== 1209 ==
* King Corbett of Cintra passes away and his only child Dagorad ascends the throne at the age of 12
== 1210 ==
* Roegner of Ebbing, Ciri's grandfather, is born
* Elen of Kaedwen dies
== 1211 ==
* Esterad Thyssen is born
== 1212 ==
* Kobus de Ruyter is born
== 1217 ==
* Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, is born
== 1219 ==
* Sigismund Dijkstra is born
== 1220s ==
* Audoen separates Hengfors from Kovir during the Secession of Poviss and forms there his miniature kingdom, which includes Arcsea
* Virfuril defeats Medell's armies at Hagge
== 1220 ==
* Ildiko Breckl is born
== 1225 ==
* King Osmyk of Kerack passes away, his son Belohun ascends the Keracki throne.
* Olaf Stigvason is born
== 1228 ==
* A group of dissidents forms against Fergus var Emreis, with Vysogota of Corvo as one of its leaders
== 1229 ==
* Dandelion is born
== 1231 ==
* Death of Dagorad of Cintra, coronation of Calanthe
* Aplegatt is born
== 1232 ==
* Battle of Hochebuz
== 1234 ==
* Peter Evertsen is born
* Roegner of Ebbing and Calanthe are married
== 1236 ==
* Roegner of Ebbing is saved from death by Duny, going by the name "Urcheon of Erlenwald", who invokes the Law of Surprise as his payment
* Pavetta, Calanthe and Roegner's daughter, is born
== 1238 ==
* Esterad Thyssen and Zuleyka of Talgar are married
== 1239 ==
* The beginning of the Northern Wars, annexation of Ebbing
* Houvenaghel is born
* Windhalm of Attre is born
== 1240s ==
* Radovid IV takes Arcsea
* Radovid IV dies
* Heribert becomes king of Redania and argues with the Chapter of the Gift and the Art about money, resulting in mages boycotting Redania. Although he doesn't rule long, the mages' boycott would remain years after his death.
* Vizimir II becomes King of Redania
== 1241 ==
* Muriel dies
* The massacre in Iello, enacted by the witcher Brehen, takes place (according to years calculated from in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)
== 1242 ==
* The Brotherhood of Sorcerers employ the services of the jurists Codringher and Jacob Fenn in discrediting the witness of a scandal known as "The Grain Scam" (according to years calculated from in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)
== 1245 ==
* Roegner of Ebbing dies
* June-August - events of the novel (according to a year mentioned in the in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)
== 1246 ==
* The massacre in Iello, enacted by the witcher Brehen, takes place
== 1247 ==
* The Brotherhood of Sorcerers employ the services of the jurists Codringher and Jacob Fenn in discrediting the witness of a scandal known as "The Grain Scam"
* Dandelion graduates Oxenfurt Academy, becomes a professor and teaches students for a year
== 1248 ==
* Dandelion decides to devote his life to poetry and leaves to explore the world
* Geralt and Dandelion meet at a fête in Gulet
* The short stories The Edge of the World and The Last Wish takes place
* Angoulême is born
* Hjalmar an Craite is born
== 1249 ==
* Carthia van Canten is born
* After half a year spent together in Vengerberg, Geralt leaves Yennefer without saying goodbye and instead leaves a rose on the bed for her
== 1250 ==
* Shani is born
* June-August - events of Season of Storms (calculation based on the rest of books)
== 1251 ==
* Jarre is born
* The short story "A Question of Price" takes place
* Duny and Pavetta, Ciri's parents are married
* Eist Tuirseach and Calanthe are married
== 1252 ==
* Ciri's great-great-great-grandmother Fiona dies in Cleves at the age of 93, forgotten by the world.
* Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon of Cintra is born. She is better known as Ciri or the Lion Cub of Cintra.
* The short stories The Witcher (short story) and The Voice of Reason take place
== 1253 ==
* The short story The Bounds of Reason takes place
== 1255 ==
* Radovid V is born
== 1256 ==
* Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Windhalm of Attre and Ciri
* Death of Pavetta and Duny at Sedna Abyss
* Engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
== 1257 ==
* Emhyr var Emreis overthrows and executes the Usurper, taking again control of the Imperial throne.
== 1258 ==
* Akerspaark is killed
** Maecht falls into political dispute, and the throne is elected to Hoët, under Emhyr's support and rule.
* Duke Raymund of Toussaint begins his reign of the duchy
== 1261 ==
* Dandelion travels to Toussaint and meets Duchess Anna Henrietta and the two become romantically involved from Belleteyn to the summer solstice.
== 1262 ==
* The short story "The Sword of Destiny" takes place
* Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
== 1263 ==
* Engagement of Prince Radovid V of Redania and Ciri
** King Vizimir II breaks the engagement between the pair
* The Nilfgaardian Empire invades the Northern Kingdoms, triggering the First Northern War
** The Battle of Marnadal, defeat of the Cintran Army and death of King Eist Tuirseach
** The Slaughter of Cintra - Queen Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, commits suicide rather than surrendering to the Nilfgaardians
** First battle of Sodden
** Battle of Sodden Hill
== 1264 ==
* The short story "Something More" takes place
== 1265 ==
* Ebbing confederation insurrection
* Duke Raymund of Toussaint dies, his wife Duchess Anna Henrietta takes over
* Ciri begins her training at Kaer Morhen
== 1267 ==
* Major events in , , and take place.
* Vizimir II, Meve, Foltest, Demavend, and Henselt meet secretly at Hagge.
* Cintra rebellion takes place. Windhalm of Attre is executed in Cintra.
* 1st July - Thanedd coup; Vizimir II is assassinated; Nilfgaardian Empire invades Dol Angra valley; Second Northern War begins.
* Attre rebellion starts.
* 5th August - the Lodge of Sorceresses is formed by Philippa Eilhart.
* 19th August - the Lodge conspires to wed Ciri to Tankred Thyssen of Kovir in order to create a country ruled by magic, eventually hoping to eclipse Nilfgaard in might.
* 31st August - the Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga takes place.
* 9th September - The Rats confront Leo Bonhart in the village of Jealousy and are killed in combat.
* 27th September - Vysogota of Corvo discovers the wounded Ciri and takes her back to his cottage to recuperate.
* 31st October - On Saovine Eve, Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's gang in a tavern in Dun Dare. In his cottage, Vysogota passes away.
* November - Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's gang, including Rience on Tarn Mira. Ciri escapes from Bonhart by entering Tor Zireael.
== 1268 ==
* Major events in take place
* Red comet, first week of March
* March - Battle of Brenna takes place
* The Second Northern War ends
* Assault on Stygga Castle
* 2nd April - Peace of Cintra – a peace settlement treaty ending the Nilfgaard wars, is signed
* Execution of Vrihedd Brigade officers
* 6 or 7 June – the Rivian Pogrom, Geralt of Rivia is apparently killed by an angry peasant mob, his body is never found. Yennefer of Vengerberg appears to die trying to heal him. The pair were taken by Ciri to a pocket dimension and left there to heal and live their lives in peace.
* 22nd September - Joanna Selborne appears before imperial officials in the High Tribunal of the Eternal Empire and testifies regarding the events of the previous year.
* First outbreak of plague
* Attre rebellion ends
== 1269 ==
* In Maribor, Milo "Rusty" Vanderbeck contracts the plague and passes away in the arms of Iola the Second. Four days later, she passes away from the plague alone.
== 1272 ==
* Second outbreak of the Catriona plague
* Beginning of the witch hunts
== 1276 ==
* The end of the witch hunts
== 1290 ==
* Peter Evertsen is promoted to imperial treasurer of the crown
== 1294 ==
* Third outbreak of plague
== End of the thirteenth century ==
* Beginning of climate change
== 1301 ==
* Peter Evertsen is falsely accused of misappropriation of imperial funds, found guilty, imprisoned and executed at Winneburg Castle
* Morvran Voorhis ceases being Emperor of Nilfgaard
* Jan Calveit becomes Emperor of Nilfgaard
* Jan Calveit appoints Houvenaghel burgrave and director of mines in Venendal and as reward for services rendered gives him the office of mayor of Neveugen
* Houvenaghel dies
== 1309 ==
* Start of the War of the Two Unicorns
== 1318 ==
* End of the War of the Two Unicorns
== 1328 ==
* Emperor Jan Calveit posthumously rehabilitates Peter Evertsen
== 1331 ==
* Death of Stella Congreve
==1340==
* Death of Shani
== 1350 ==
* the Haak invasion, rumored to have been predicted by Ithlinne
== 1373 ==
* Prior this year, the majority of Aen Seidhe has left the world through Ard Gaeth, taking with them most of their art and destroying what couldn't be taken
* Young Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn travels to Aretuza
* An unnamed white-haired witcher kills one of the last idrs in Magpie Forest
== 1432 ==
* Flourens Delannoy is born
== 1460 ==
* Flourens Delannoy becomes librarian and secretary to the imperial court
== 1476 ==
* Delannoy becomes a professor at the academy at Castel Graupian
== 1510 ==
* Flourens Delannoy dies
== Distant future ==
* A few ages after Northern Wars Nimue and Condwiramurs Tilly cooperate to fill missing links in story of Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer.
* Archeologists from the University of Castel Graupian discover Dandelion's lost first writings of Half a Century of Poetry in Beauclair. Estimations from professor Schliemann correctly place the manuscript as a 13th century relic, belonging to the Dark Ages.
* 15 year old Ciri visits the future of her world while escaping the Wild Hunt with Ihuarraquax. Wandering around what seems to be a petrol-smelling asphalt road and a garbage dump, she is disgusted and after learning from the unicorn that this is her world, she is horrified and hopes it is the distant past, not the future that awaits.
* Approximately 3 000 years after Nimue and Condwiramurs' work, the world's unstable orbit reaches maximum and prompts the ice age, known as the White Frost from Ithlinne's prophecy. The epoch is said to end with the "New Sun" and rebirth of the world.
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