Timeline of Earthsea history

Here is an account of Earthsea history as desumed by hints in the various texts.
==Ancient times==
Date	Archipelago 	Kargad
 	Creation of Éa by Segoy whose Word balanced dark and light, and established the lands amidst the seas (the Making); the Nameless Ones planted in the darkness	Creation of Éa by Segoy whose Word balanced dark and light, and established the lands amidst the seas (the Making); the Nameless Ones planted in the darkness
 	Division or Vedurnan; dragons and humans follow separate paths 	Division or Vedurnan; dragons and humans follow separate paths
 	 	Worship of the Nameless Ones at the Tombs of Atuan has gone on for 'a hundred generations'
==Recorded history==
Date	
Archipelago 	
Kargad	
	 		
	 		
	 		
[-1250]	
Rune Makers invent runes and the art of naming, and establish the Archipelagan afterlife, the dry land	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
[-250-1]	
Kings and Queens of Enlad expand in power and proclaim themselves rulers of Earthsea	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
1	
Morred comes to the throne 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
3	
Morred and Elfarran the Fair meet and marry 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
 	
Waste of west of Osskil by dragon Yevaud, defeated by the mage Elt 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
8	
Waste of Enlad. Isle of Soléa lost beneath the sea by spell of the Enemy of Morred. Death of Morred and Elfarran the Fair	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
8-150	
Serriadh and six or seven subsequent kings/queens reign from Enlad 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
150	
Akambar moves the court to Havnor 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
150-452	
Fourteen kings/queens reign from Havnor 	
Kargad Lands ruled by plethora of minor kings, princes and chiefs	
350-450	
Raids from dragons and Kargish fleets increasing. Compilation of the Book of Names by Ath. Ath killed by dragon Orm	
Rise of cult of Twin Gods in Kargad; rise of House of Hupun consolidating kingship of Kargad Lands	
400	
Heru comes to the throne; increasing raids from dragons; construction of the New Palace and the River House in Havnor City	
Kargish occupation of Venway, Torheven, the Torikles, Spevy, Perregal and parts of Gont; conflict between King at Hupun and High Priests at Awabath	
430	
Maharion comes to the throne 	
Kargish occupation of Venway, Torheven, the Torikles, Spevy, Perregal and parts of Gont; conflict between King at Hupun and High Priests at Awabath	
430-40	
Maharion and Erreth-Akbe fight the Kargs under King Thoreg of Hupun; Kargish invasion at Waymarsh is defeated, with the loss of the entire Kargish fleet	
Maharion and Erreth-Akbe fight the Kargs under King Thoreg of Hupun; Kargish invasion at Waymarsh is defeated, with the loss of the entire Kargish fleet	
<440	
Erreth-Akbe defeats the Firelord, Ilien set alight 	
 	
440	
Raids from dragons; Maharion travels west to fight them 	
Erreth-Akbe goes to Hupun on Karego-At, carrying the Morred's ring (later Ring of Erreth-Akbe), to establish peace with King Thoreg. High Priest Intathin of the House of Tarb opposes treaty and challenges Erreth-Akbe to duel, defeating him and breaking the Ring	
 	
  	
Establishment of the Priest-Kings of Karego-At, and later also Atuan; descended from House of Tarb	
[448]	
Erreth-Akbe killed by the dragon Orm on Selidor, Orm also slain 	
 	
452*	
Death of Maharion in battle against Lord Gehis of the Havens; loss of line of kings in Havnor	
 	
452-[700]	
The Dark Years; warlords rule the Archipelago 	
 	
 	
Grey Mage of Paln summons spirits of dead heroes and mages, including Erreth-Akbe**	
 	
600	
Establishment of the Hand on Roke and elsewhere in the Inmost Isles 	
 	
[620]	
Roke attacked by Lords of Wathort 	
 	
650	
Founding of the School of Wizardry on Roke 	
 	
[665]	
Roke School of Wizardry attacked by wizard Early (Teriel), death of warlord Losen of Havnor and break up of his kingdom	
 	
730	
First Archmage of Roke; formal mascularisation of wizardry 	
 	
750	
Keor, Prince of Enlad, kills the dragon Bar Oth in Enlad 	
 	
840	
  	
One of the Priest-Kings declares himself Godking in Awabath and rules over the four lands of Kargad. Rebellion of House of Thoreg	
[850]	
Dragon lays waste to Isle of Pendor 	
 	
[866]	
Plague loosed on Paln and Semel due to duel of magic 	
 	
[961]	
Birth of Ogion 	
 	
[968]	
Earthquake on Gont 	
 	
[975-85]	
  	
Father of Godking during The Tombs of Atuan puts down rebellion of House of Thoreg, stranding its last descendants on islet, with half Ring of Erreth-Akbe	
[1000]	
Duny (later named Ged) born in Ten Alders, Gont, seventh son of a bronze-smith	
 	
[1001]	
Duny's mother dies 	
 	
[1004]	
Earthquake on Gont stilled by Heleth and Ogion; death of Heleth 	
 	
[1005-13]	
Duny works as a goat-herd and later as a smith's boy in his father's forge	
 	
[1007-13]	
Duny taught the rudiments of spell casting by his maternal aunt, a village witch. He acquires the use-name Sparrowhawk	
 	
1010	
  	
Birth of Tenar in hamlet west of Entat, fifth child of an apple orchard worker, on the day of death of Arha, First Priestess of the Nameless Ones	
[1011-26]	
Kargish raids on the Torikles and Torheven. Kargs take the island of Spevy	
Kargish raids on the Torikles and Torheven. Kargs take the island of Spevy	
[1012]	
Kargish raid on East Port and the east of Gont. Duny foils raid on Ten Alders by calling a dense concealing fog over the village; news of his deed spreads over Gont. Five days later, Ogion visits and revives him	
 	
[1013]	
Duny named Ged by Ogion (early autumn) and is apprenticed to him. They leave Ten Alders, wander Gont mountain and come to Re Albi (winter)	
 	
[1014]	
(Spring) Ged leaves Ogion and goes to Roke, joining the School for Wizards. Spends a year (from winter) learning names in the Old Speech at the Isolate Tower. Jasper and Vetch become sorcerers (autumn)	
 	
[1015]	
Ged acquires an otak pet (winter). Starts to learn Spells of Shaping and Summoning (spring). Ged releases the shadow-beast and is gravely injured, lying for four weeks in a coma. Death of Nemmerle, Archmage of Roke. Gensher of Way chosen as new Archmage and brings Stone of Shelieth to Roke (summer)	
Tenar brought to the Tombs of Atuan	
[1016]	
Ged first leaves the healing chambers; Gensher refuses his fealty (early spring). Ged remains studying at Roke. Vetch earns his mage's staff and leaves Roke for the East Reach; Jasper leaves for O-Tokne without earning his staff (summer--autumn)	
Tenar dedicated to the Nameless Ones, renamed Arha	
[1017]	
Ged goes to the Isolate Tower (autumn), returning to be made a sorcerer; Gensher accepts his fealty (end of winter). Ged studies for his wizard's staff	
 	
[1018]	
Ged goes to Immanent Grove (autumn), and gains his staff (spring). Ged leaves Roke to be the mage of Low Torning in the Ninety Isles	
 	
[1019]	
Death of Ioeth, son of Pechvarry. Ged defeats the Dragon of Pendor and leaves Low Torning (late autumn). Turned from Roke, he travels to Osskil, encounters the gebbeth, and finds shelter at the Court of the Terrenon. Ged's pet otak dies. Ged fails to be trapped by the Terrenon Stone, flies to Re Albi in the form of a falcon, then sails in pursuit of the shadow creature. Shipwrecked on islet near Karego-At, where he is given half Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Given boat Lookfar. Meets Vetch on Iffish, and sails with him in eastwards to defeat the shadow creature (winter)	
 	
[1019]	
Death of Ioeth, son of Pechvarry. Ged defeats the Dragon of Pendor and leaves Low Torning (late autumn). Turned from Roke, he travels to Osskil, encounters the gebbeth, and finds shelter at the Court of the Terrenon. Ged's pet otak dies. Ged fails to be trapped by the Terrenon Stone, flies to Re Albi in the form of a falcon, then sails in pursuit of the shadow creature. Shipwrecked on islet near Karego-At, where he is given half Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Given boat Lookfar. Meets Vetch on Iffish, and sails with him in eastwards to defeat the shadow creature (winter)	
 	
[1019]	
Death of Ioeth, son of Pechvarry. Ged defeats the Dragon of Pendor and leaves Low Torning (late autumn). Turned from Roke, he travels to Osskil, encounters the gebbeth, and finds shelter at the Court of the Terrenon. Ged's pet otak dies. Ged fails to be trapped by the Terrenon Stone, flies to Re Albi in the form of a falcon, then sails in pursuit of the shadow creature. Shipwrecked on islet near Karego-At, where he is given half Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Given boat Lookfar. Meets Vetch on Iffish, and sails with him in eastwards to defeat the shadow creature (winter)	
 	
[1019]	
Death of Ioeth, son of Pechvarry. Ged defeats the Dragon of Pendor and leaves Low Torning (late autumn). Turned from Roke, he travels to Osskil, encounters the gebbeth, and finds shelter at the Court of the Terrenon. Ged's pet otak dies. Ged fails to be trapped by the Terrenon Stone, flies to Re Albi in the form of a falcon, then sails in pursuit of the shadow creature. Shipwrecked on islet near Karego-At, where he is given half Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Given boat Lookfar. Meets Vetch on Iffish, and sails with him in eastwards to defeat the shadow creature (winter)	
 	
[1019]	
Death of Ioeth, son of Pechvarry. Ged defeats the Dragon of Pendor and leaves Low Torning (late autumn). Turned from Roke, he travels to Osskil, encounters the gebbeth, and finds shelter at the Court of the Terrenon. Ged's pet otak dies. Ged fails to be trapped by the Terrenon Stone, flies to Re Albi in the form of a falcon, then sails in pursuit of the shadow creature. Shipwrecked on islet near Karego-At, where he is given half Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Given boat Lookfar. Meets Vetch on Iffish, and sails with him in eastwards to defeat the shadow creature (winter)	
 	
 	
Ged sails the Dragons' Run in the West Reach; dragon Orm Embar identifies the half Ring of Erreth-Akbe on Selidor	
 	
 	
Ged first travels to Havnor 	
 	
1024	
  	
Tenar passes into womanhood and becomes the One Priestess of the Tombs of Atuan	
1025	
  	
Tenar first enters the Labyrinth and condemns three prisoners to death by starvation	
1026	
Ged travels to the Tombs of Atuan in Kargad, finds the other half of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, restores the Ring and destroys the Tombs	
Death of Thar, High Priestess of the Twin Gods. Escape of Tenar from the Tombs with Ged, bearing the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Destruction of Tombs, death of Manan. Tenar comes to live on Gont with Ogion	
 	
Relative peace follows the restoration of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, with the cessation of raids from the Kargad Empire and some treaties and trade agreements	
Relative peace follows the restoration of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, with the cessation of raids from the Kargad Empire and some treaties and trade agreements	
[1029]	
Marriage of Tenar and Flint, a farmer on Gont 	
 	
1034	
Birth of Lebannen (Arren) on Enlad 	
 	
 	
Ged confronts the sorcerer Cob 	
 	
 	
Ged builds the sea-wall of Nepp 	
 	
 	
Ged caps the Black Well of Fundaur 	
 	
[1043-44]	
Birth of Therru (Tehanu) 	
 	
1045	
Archmage Gensher dies. Ged becomes Archmage. He confronts the mage Irioth. Magic begins to fail in the Outer Lands. Political situation uneasy, with wars and raids	
 	
1049	
Death of Flint, husband of Tenar 	
 	
1050	
Attack on Therru (Tehanu); she is taken in by Tenar 	
 	
1051	
Ged and Arren set out from Roke seeking the cause of the failure of magic in the Reaches (early spring). Seeking a mysterious mage figure who summons the dead and the living, they wander the South and West Reaches, meeting raft people in the West (summer). Meanwhile spells begin to fail everywhere, even on Roke, and both people and dragons lose their reason. Ged and Arren are guided to Selidor by the dragon Orm Embar; there Orm Embar is killed by the mage Cob. Ged defeats Cob in the Dry Land, healing the breach between the death & life, but spending his mage power in the process. The dragon Kalessin carries the two back to Roke, where Arren is revealed as the King Lebannen. Ged retires to Gont. Death of Ogion the Silent. No new archmage is chosen; Azver the Patterner makes a prophecy made relating to a woman on Gont. (Autumn) Coronation of Lebannen, King of All the Isles in Havnor	
Godking refuses to recognise King Lebannen	
1052	
Naming of Tehanu by the dragon Kalessin, who calls her his child (spring)	
 	
 	
Lebannen fights the Siege of Sorra against slavers of Wathort, and abolishes slavery	
 	
1058	
Dragonwoman Irian comes to Roke. Death of Thorion the Summoner 	
 	
1061	
  	
Thol, a warlord from Hur-at-Hur, declares himself High King of the Four Kargad Lands; the Kargish people rise against the Godking who flees to Atuan and is killed	
1066	
Dragons attack the Archipelago including Havnor. Dragon Council with Orm Irian held at Havnor City. The wall of stones in the dry land is destroyed	
 	
1066	
Lebannen, King of All the Isles, betrothed to Seserakh, daughter of Thol, High King of the Kargs	
Lebannen, King of All the Isles, betrothed to Seserakh, daughter of Thol, High King of the Kargs	
	Ged dies peacefully in his bed in the Old Mage’s House. Tenar is with him.		
Category:Chronology