Unified Timeline of Fiction-Rescue

This is a Timeline I was using for dates that is now gone. Findable largely through the way back Machine. I thought I'd save it here until I transfer it over to the main timeline.

### ~~4 Billion Years Ago - Year 0~~

~~4.6 billion years ago: Earth is formed with a Racnoss spaceship at the center. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~4 billion years ago: First Impact (Giant Impact). Moon created from cataclysmic collision of the planets Earth and Theia. (*Neon Genesis Evangelion*)~~

~~Humanoid species seeds Milky Way with genetic material. (*Star Trek*)~~

~~3.8 billion years ago: Tsathoggua arrives on Earth (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~1 billion BCE: Elder Things settle on Earth (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~750 million BCE: Flying Polyps arrive on Earth and war with Elder Things, which ultimately prove victorious. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~425 million BCE: Yggdrasil is planted. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~400 million BCE: Great Race of Yith arrives on Earth, imprison Flying Polyps. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~An alien ship containing the last of the Jagaroth species explodes, shattering the existence of its pilot, Scaroth, across time and stimulating the development of the primordial ooze of the planet Earth. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~350 million BCE: R’lyeh is constructed. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~300 million BCE: R’lyeh sinks. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~160 million BCE: Mi-go arrive on Earth. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~100 million BCE: Height of Elder Thing civilization. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~66.6 million BCE: An anti-matter explosion from a space-going freighter from the year 2625 CE causes the extinction of most of the dinosaur species. Some survive; some eventually evolve into early dragons. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~50 million BCE: Flying Polyps revolt, Yithians flee to Jupiter. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~38 million BCE: The Silurians and the Sea Devils go into suspended animation due to a predicted cataclysmic meteor strike on the Earth. This event never happens. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~17.5 million BCE: Deep Thought is completed. (*Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*)~~

~~10 million BCE: The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is ascertained by Deep Thought to be 42. (*Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*)~~

~~9 million BCE: Cybertronian civil war. (*Transformers*)~~

~~3 million BCE: A large black monolith is left behind on Earth. Ape-men spurred to evolve. (*2001: A Space Odyssey*)~~

~~Remnants of the Colonies and their Cylon counterparts arrive on Earth and reproduce with the newly evolved ape-men, spurring evolutionary development even further. The planet is first given the name Earth by the refugees in honor of the Colonial homeworld. Hera Agathon, the half-Cylon half-Human daughter of Sharon “Athena” Agathon and Karl “Helo” Agathon, eventually becomes Earth’s Mitochondrial Eve. The Cylon inhabitants of Earth mold the ape-men into their own image, becoming known as the First Civilization and ruling over the humans, who serve as an easily controlled labor source through the use of neuro-transmitters in their brains and the enigmatic yet powerful Pieces of Eden. The Cylons’ ability of projection, known as the sixth sense of knowledge, however, is not bestowed on the humans. (*Battlestar Galactica* and *Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~2 million BCE: Halo networks constructed. The Ringworld, the largest of the Halo rings, is created. (*Halo* and *Ringworld*)~~

~~First Pokémon arise, descended from the enigmatic Mew. (*Pokémon*)~~

~~1 million BCE: Atlantis is created. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~Lemurian civilization created. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~998, 186 BCE: The Celestials create Corellia System. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~748,000 BCE: Ice Age drives Elder Things underground, fall of the first Hyperborean Empire. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~128,186 BCE: Formation of Sith Civilization. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~98,186 BCE: Coruscant becomes an ecumenopolis. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 75,000 BCE: Two humans, named Adam and Eve, steal an Apple of Eden from the First Civilization, starting the Human-First Civilization War. The battlefield was even, with the humans enjoying greater numbers and a much faster birth rate and the Cylons utilized their knowledge sense and Pieces of Eden. However, the war ends with the First Disaster, also known as the Great Catastrophe. A severe coronal mass ejection and massive solar flare strike the Earth, causing a geomagnetic reversal of the Earth’s poles and rendering the planet unstable. The earth experiences catastrophic lightning storms, earthquakes and wildfires, which nearly destroy life on the planet, leaving less than ten thousand humans and far fewer Cylons. The two groups band together to rebuild civilization on Earth, and eventual crossbreeding between them leaves some humans with Cylon DNA even after they disappear. Only one in ten million humans have sufficient First Civilization DNA to experience the phenomenon of eagle vision and to use and resist the powers of the Pieces of Eden. (*Assassin’s Creed* and *Battlestar Galactica*)~~

~~50,000 BCE: Two cavemen are exposed to the radiation of a mysterious meteorite, granting them intelligence and immortality, changing them into Vandal Savage and the Immortal Man. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~48,000 BCE: The Prothean Empire disappears. (*Mass Effect*)~~

~~34, 639 BCE: The Force is discovered. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~33, 186 BCE: Infinite Empire of the Rakata established. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~33,000 BCE: Formation of Norse and other Pantheons due to the GodWave. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~25, 686 BCE: Humans colonize Alderaan. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~23,969 BCE: Jedi Order is established. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~23,396 BCE: Infinite Empire of the Rakata destroyed by plagues and slave rebellion. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~23,239 BCE: First Galactic Republic established. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~22,686 BCE: First Great Schism of the Jedi. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~20,000 BCE: The first human civilizations appear on the continent of Mu, consisting of the nations of Kn’aa, Thule, Ramelia, Verulia, Grondar, Valusia, and Commoria. The Muvians begin worship of the sons of Cthulhu: Zoth-Ommog, Ghatanothoa and Ythogtha, at Mount Yaddith-Gho. (*Out of the Ages*)~~

~~Lemuria rises in prominence. (*H.P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~18,186 BCE: Beginning of the Great Manifest period of the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 17,500 BCE: Rule of Kull of Atlantis in Valusia. (*Kull of Atlantis*)~~

~~The Valar sing the realms of Middle Earth into being. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~c. 17,000 BCE: Mu is sunk by the Elder Gods after the High Priest Zanthu attempted to pit Ythogtha against Ghatanothoa. The Kingdom of Valusia, atop the highest parts of the continent, survives as the smaller island-continent of Atlantis. The Valusians lose access to traditional energy-based magic and begin to specialize in the magic of the four elements, known as “bending,” learned from various sources of nature, eventually splitting into the Fire, Water, Earth and Air Nations. The being known as the Avatar comes into existence in order to maintain balance between the elements. After centuries of peace, the Fire Nations begins a colonization program of the other realms, creating tension between the Fire Lord Sozin and Avatar Roku. 37 years later, the next avatar, named Aang, is lost at sea and Fire Lord Sozin orders a genocide of the Air Nation, using the power of a comet, later named after Edmond Halley, thus beginning the Hundred Year War. After the reawakening of Avatar Aang, the Fire Nation is defeated, with Fire Nation heir and friend of the Avatar, Prince Zuko, ascending to the throne and dedicating his rule to helping to rebuild the region, including founding Republic City, which quickly becomes a major center of technological innovation and cosmopolitanism, although it is later ravaged by unrest wrought by Equalists, those who oppose bending. (*Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra* and *Out of the Ages*)~~

~~Start of the Hyborian Age, from refugees from the sinking of Mu. (*The Hyborian Age*)~~

~~c. 16,000 BCE: Lemuria sinks, sparking huge tidal waves that devastate much of humanity and send life back to the Stone Age. Even advanced water benders fail to spare the islands of Atlantis from the flood. (*Hyborian Age* and *Avatar: The Last Airbender*)~~

~~c. 15,500 BCE: Valar raise and settle island of Almaren. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~15,186 BCE: Beginning of the Indecta era of the Galactic Republic. Assassin droids invented. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 15,000 BCE: The Wraith Empire conquers all of the Ancient planets in the Pegasus Galaxy, save Atlantis on Lantea, protected by a powerful shield. (*Stargate*)~~

~~Attero Device is created by the Ancient scientist Janus. (*Stargate*)~~

~~c. 14,500 BCE: Reign of Conan of Cimmeria, also known as Conan the Barbarian. (*Hyborian Age)*~~

~~c. 14,000 BCE: Ancient Atlantean refugees return to Earth, rebuilding the land of Atlantis and marking the humans there as their Second Evolution by passing on the Ancient Technology Activation gene, greatly contributing to the advanced culture of the later Atlantean culture. (*Stargate*)~~

~~The rogue Valar Melkor (Morgoth) destroys Almaren and its two sacred lamps, plunging the earth into darkness, and beginning the Glacial Ages, ending the Hyborian Age. In the Pokémon world, Mamoswine populations flourish. The Valar reestablish themselves in the Undying Lands of Aman and shape the lands of Middle-Earth. Creation of Dwarves, Ents and Eagles. (*Hyborian Age, The Silmarillion* and *Pokémon*)~~

~~13,186 BCE: Beginning of the Kymoodon Period of the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~13,000 BCE: Elves awaken on the shores of Cuiviénen, beginning the First Age; Melkor (Morgoth) is captured. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~12,500 BCE: Silmarils forged and are stolen by Melkor (Morgoth). (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~11,090 BCE: Beginning of the Age of the Sun in Middle-Earth, Men awaken. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,546 BCE: Beginning of the War of Wrath between the Valar and Morgoth. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,508 BCE: Breaking of Beleriand. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,504 BCE: End of the War of Wrath. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,501 BCE: Morgoth cast into the Outer Dark, end of the First Age of Middle-Earth. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,470 BCE: Foundation of Númenor. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~10,186 BCE: End of Kymoodon Era, start of the Pius Dea Era of the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 9,500 BCE: Gaia, the Mother Goddess, by Oranos, Lord of the Sky and Space, gives birth to the Titans. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Birth of the Egyptian Gods. (Egyptian Mythology)~~

~~9,186 BCE: End of Pius Dea Era, beginning of Ductavis Era in the Galactic Era. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~9,002 BCE: Rings of Power are forged. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~8,902 BCE: Sauron forges The One Ring. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~8,186 BCE: Temple of Jedi established on Yavin IV. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~8,176 BCE: Invention of the lightsaber. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 8,000 BCE: The nation of Wakanda is founded. (*Marvel Comics*)~~

~~The Osiran Goa’uld System Lord poses as the Egyptian God Ra, enslaving much of the western world’s population after kidnapping and incapacitating the Egyptian gods. (*Stargate* and *Doctor Who*)~~

~~Kronos, son of Gaia, overthrows Oranos, castrating him, and starting the rule of the Titans. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~From the blood of Oranos spring the Gigantes, the Furies, the Meliae nymphs, the goddess Aphrodite and the mystical material orichalcum. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Orichalcos rains down on Atlantis during the reign of King Dartz as a result of Oranos’s castration. The orichalcos stones transform parts of the populace of Atlantis into hideous monsters. Dartz survives, rendered immortal by the orichalcos but also under its control, and begins gathering souls to resurrect the Leviathan. The effects of the orichalcos wear off over time, eventually becoming a vital resource for the Atlantean Empire, thanks in part to its magical properties. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)~~

~~Shazam becomes the Champion in Canaan. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~Doom comes to Sarnath. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~7,186 BCE: End of Ductavis Era and start of Riantus Period in Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~7,183 BCE: Sinking of Númenor. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~7,072 BCE: Last Alliance formed to battle Sauron. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~7,061 BCE: Destruction of Sauron. Start of the Third Age of Middle-Earth. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~6,186 BCE: End of Riantus Period and start of the Subterra Period in the Galactic Republic as Coruscant loses control over some of its outer territories. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~5,461 BCE: Hobbits settle the Shire. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~5,189 BCE: Second Great Jedi Schism. Beginning of the Hundred Years of Darkness. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~5,186 BCE: End of Subterra Period and beginning of Manderon Period in the Galactic Republic. Mandalorian Crusaders formed. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~5,089 BCE: The Osiran Horus imprisons his brother Sutekh the Destroyer inside a pyramid in Egypt. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~5,086 BCE: End of the Hundred Years of Darkness. Dark Jedi lose the Battle of Corbos and are exiled, conquering the planet Korriban and intermingling with the Sith Civilization. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 5,000 BCE: The Olympians, children of Kronos and his sister-wife Rheia overthrow the Titans in the first Titanomachy. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Poseidon becomes lord of the sea, somewhat begrudgingly, including the island of Atlantis. Poseidon places his son by the mortal Cleito, Atlas, as king of the new Empire of Atlantis. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Foundation of Poseidonis as the capital of Atlantis. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Poseidon builds his palace on the remnants of the fortress on Mount Yaddith-Go. (Greek Mythology and H. P. Lovecraft)~~

~~4,921 BCE: Vedran Empire formed. (*Andromeda*)~~

~~c. 4,500 BCE: Ancient Egyptians expel the Goa’uld and bury the Stargate, freeing the Egyptian gods. (*Stargate*)~~

~~4,172 BCE: Bilbo Baggins born. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~4,121 BCE: The dragon Smaug is defeated. (*The Hobbit*)~~

~~4,094 BCE: Frodo Baggins born. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~4,044 BCE: Fellowship of the Ring formed. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~4,043 BCE: War of the Ring, Sauron defeated with the destruction of the One Ring. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~4,041 BCE: Beginning of the Fourth Age of Middle-Earth. (*Lord of the Rings*)~~

~~c. 4,000 BCE: Queen Akasha of Kemet (Egypt) becomes the first vampire. (*Vampire Chronicles*)~~

~~3,875 BCE: Beginning of the Sidereal Period of the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 3,800 BCE: Dagor Dagorath occurs, heralded by an eclipse of both the sun and moon, ending the Fourth Age of Middle-Earth as the Music of the Ainur sings the realm and inhabitants of Middle-Earth into the parallel world of Aman. The region of Eriador breaks off from the mainland, forming the islands of Great Britain. (*The Silmarillion*)~~

~~The Flame of Life of the African city of Kôr is created from the magic gathered after the Dagor Dagorath. (*She*)~~

~~BCE: The first Slayer is created by a tribe in Africa. (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*)~~

~~3,186 BCE: End of the Manderon Period of the Galactic Republic. The Great Hyperspace War between the Republic and the Sith Empire leads to the dissolution of the First Sith Empire. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~The Planet Tatooine is discovered. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~c. 3,073 BCE: Mathayus deposes the Egyptian tyrant Memnon and becomes the Scorpion King, creating the First Dynasty of Egypt and ultimately uniting the Upper and Lower Kingdoms. (*The Scorpion King*)~~

~~3,067 BCE: The Scorpion King Mathayus fails in his attack on the city of Thebes; makes his deal with Anubis. (*The Mummy* and *The Scorpion King*)~~

~~c. 3000 BCE: Pharaoh Atem creates the Millennium Items. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)~~

~~The first Dalek visits Earth. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~En Sabah Nur, also known as Apocalypse, is born in Akkaba, Egypt. (*Marvel Comics*)~~

~~c. 2900 BCE: Start of the rule of Gilgamesh. (*Epic of Gilgamesh*)~~

~~2886 BCE: Jedi Assembly established in the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~2852 BCE: Fu Xi becomes the first mortal ruler of China. (Chinese Mythology)~~

~~c. 2750 BCE: Deucalion, also known as Noah, Dardanus and Utnapishtim, survives the Great Deluge afloat on an ark laden with two of every animal. After 40 days of flood, the Earth is repopulated from rocks by Deucalion, clay by Fu Xi and Nüwa, and by several deities. In modern-day India, Manu, instructed by Matsya, the fish Avatar of Vishnu, builds a boat to protect the seeds of life for the Indian subcontinent. The Aztecs Nota and Nena, advised by the god Titlachahuan, survive by waiting out the flood in a hollowed-out cypress tree. (*The Bible*, Greek Mythology, *Epic of Gilgamesh*, Chinese Mythology, Indian/Hindu Mythology, Aztec Mythology)~~

~~Many North American tribes are created. (Native American Mythology)~~

~~R’lyeh sinks. (H. P. Lovecraft)~~

~~Atlantis, as the home of Poseidon himself, is spared. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Atlantis becomes the major world power, eventually invading much of Europe to Egypt, Greece and Ireland. (Greek Mythology, historical Sea Peoples, Irish Celtic Mythology)~~

~~Defeat of the giant Ymir by Odin, Vili and Ve. (Norse Mythology)~~

~~2737 BCE: Shennong replaces Fu Xi as ruler of China. (Chinese Mythology)~~

~~c. 2700 BCE: Minos rules the Minoan civilization.~~

~~Gilgamesh begins his reign as King of Uruk. (*Epic of Gilgamesh*)~~

~~Tros, grandson of Deucalion, founds Troy. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~2699 BCE: The Yellow Emperor Huangdi assumes power in China. (Chinese Mythology)~~

~~c. 2653 BCE: Death of Enkidu. (*Epic of Gilgamesh*)~~

~~c. 2650 BCE: Cangjie, the official historian of the Yellow Emperor, creates the Chinese character alphabet. (*Chinese legends*)~~

~~c. 2626 BCE: End of Gilgamesh’s rule. (*Epic of Gilgamesh*)~~

~~2613 BCE: Nephren-Ka rules in Egypt; he is overthrown due to his worship of Nyarlathotep. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~2588 BCE: Death of Huangdi. (Chinese Mythology)~~

~~2436 BCE: Third Great Jedi Schism. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~2333 BCE: Emperor Dangun founds the Gojeoson, the first Kingdom of Korea.~~

~~2300 BCE: Construction of Stonehenge begins.~~

~~2205 BCE: Great Jedi Temple of Coruscant constructed. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~2205-2197 BCE: Rule of the Goa’uld Yu as Yu the Great in China. (*Stargate*)~~

~~2201 BCE: Great Droid Rebellion. End of the Sidereal Period of the Galactic Republic and the start of the Old Sith Wars. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~2200 BCE: Reign of Nitocris, the Ghoul-Queen of Egypt. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~2189 BCE: Nimrod, known as Nimros in Greek, founds the city of Shinar (Assur). The Empire of Shinar – later known as the Assyrian Empire – quickly expands. Under Nimrod, the cities of Ur, Nineveh, Akkad, and Babel are conquered. (*The Bible, the Qur’an and the Persica*)~~

~~2160 BCE: Under the reign of King Nimrod, construction on the Tower of Babel commences with the ultimate goal of reaching Heaven itself. (*The Bible*)~~

~~2137 BCE: End of Old Sith Wars. Malachor V is destroyed. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~2064 BCE: Atlanteans attempt to gain control of the Chronovore Kronos by using the Kronos Crystal but fail, instead creating a Minotaur and shattering the Crystal. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~1928 BCE: The Tower of Babel is destroyed. (*The Bible*)~~

~~1877 BCE: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (*The Bible*)~~

~~1867 BCE: Great Galactic War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic begins. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1839 BCE: Sith emerge victorious in the Great Galactic War after the Sack of Coruscant. Many outlying worlds are ceded to the Sith Empire. Galactic Cold War begins. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1652 BCE: Pandora and her Box are created. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1527 BCE: The Master takes over the city of Atlantis and summons Kronos, destroying the city. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~1322 BCE: Perseus slays the Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus is created. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1309 BCE: Minos II begins rule of the Crete. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1284 BCE: Pharaoh Seti I orders all male Hebrew babies in Egypt killed. Seti’s wife adopts Moses. (*The Bible*)~~

~~1282 BCE: The Walls of Troy are constructed by Aeacus. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1279 BCE: Seti I of Egypt assassinated by Imhotep and Anck-su-namun. Ramesses Ozymandias II ascends the Egyptian throne. Imhotep is cursed and mummified. (*The Mummy*)~~

~~1278 BCE: Birth of Hercules. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1271 BCE: Oedipus becomes King of Thebes. (*Oedipus Rex*)~~

~~1263 BCE: The Hebrews leave Egypt, led by the prophet Moses. (*The Bible*)~~

~~1260 BCE: Hercules, under the guidance of the satyr Philoctetes, becomes a hero, rescues his future wife Megara, daughter of Creon, and prevents the second Titanomachy instigated by Hades, tempted by Kronos. (*Disney’s Hercules*)~~

~~1258-1246 BCE: Hercules performs his 12 Labors as punishment for his murder of his children. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1252 BCE: Theseus slays the Minotaur. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1246 BCE: Jason and the Argonauts set sail, Hercules among them, in search of the Golden Fleece, a Piece of Eden. (Greek Mythology and *Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1246-1239 BCE: Adventures of Hercules around the Mediterranean, and also in Sumeria, the Norselands and in Éire. It is in this time that he encounters Xena, a warlord from the city of Amphipolis. He later converts Xena to the path of good, in turn provoking her own adventures around the world, with her companion Gabrielle. However, due to the Hercules’ demigod status and the power of Xena’s chakram, they both experience severe bouts of time travel in their journeys often unnoticed and always unintended. (*Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* and *Xena: Warrior Princess)*~~

~~1243 BCE: Priam takes control of Troy, placed by Hercules. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1239 BCE: Ares manipulates Hercules, who invades and captures all the inhabitants of the Amazonian city of Themyscira, in modern-day Turkey. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~1237 BCE: The Amazons under Hippolyta, having left after the destruction of Themyscira and punished by their gods, set up their new home on Paradise Island, which they dub Themyscira in honor of their old homeland. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~The Amazons under Antiope found Bana-Mighdall, meaning “Temple of Women,” in their language in modern-day Egypt. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~Another group of Amazons becomes the classical Norse Valkyries, becoming the shieldmaidens and choosers of the Einherjar in Valhalla. (Norse Mythology)~~

~~1234 BCE: Theseus becomes King of Athens. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Death of Hercules. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Ramesses II sires Teth-Adam (*DC Comics*)~~

~~1230 BCE: Oedipus is exiled from Thebes. Creon assumes power as regents for Eteocles and Polynices. (*Antigone*)~~

~~1229 BCE: Birth of Bio (Orlando) to the blind seer Tiresias. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Antigone*)~~

~~1226 BCE: Eteocles, son of Oedipus comes to power in Thebes. (*Antigone*)~~

~~1225 BCE: Etecoles’s refusal to share power with this brother Polynices begins the War of the Seven against Thebes. (*Antigone*)~~

~~Eteocles and Polynices die in the War. Creon assumes power and refuses Polynices burial. (*Antigone*)~~

~~1224 BCE: Death of Antigone and Haemon. (*Antigone*)~~

~~Theseus captures Thebes, and persuades Creon to abdicate in favor of Laodamas, son of Eteocles. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1219 BCE: Bio sold into slavery by pirates and eventually purchased by Pharaoh Ozymandias. (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)~~

~~1216 BCE: Birth of Achilles. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1215 BCE: Agamemnon comes to power in Mycenae. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1213 BCE: Bio leaves Ramesses II (Ozymandias) on an expedition to Punt. (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)~~

~~Teth-Adam kills Ramesses II and is subsequently stripped of all powers by the wizard Shazam; he is forever known as Black Adam. (*DC Comics*)~~

~~Athena, Hera and Aphrodite feud over the Sixth Apple, a piece of Eden planted by Eris, goddess of Discord. Zeus appoints the Trojan prince Paris to decide which of them will receive it. (Greek Mythology and *Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1212 BCE: Bio bathes in the pool of Kôr, gaining immortality. (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)~~

~~1205 BCE: Arkantos becomes Admiral of Atlantis. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~1204 BCE: Theseus is deposed as King of Athens and is assassinated. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1201 BCE: Paris abducts Helen of Troy. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1198 BCE: Trojan War begins. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1193 BCE: Bio, now known as Bion, joins the Greeks at Troy. (Greek Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~1188 BCE: Troy falls to the allied Greek troops. Sack of Troy. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Agamemnon returns home and is murdered. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Aeneas and Bion flee the burning city of Troy. (Greek Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~End of the romance of Troilus and Cressida. (*Troilus and Cressida*)~~

~~1188-1178 BCE: Odysseus has his Odyssey. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1187 BCE: The Third Titanomachy. Poseidon, envious of Zeus’s power and furious over the events of the Trojan War, sides with the Cyclops Gargarensis and Kronos. Gargarensis attempts to release the Titans from their imprisonment, opening adamantine gates to Tartarus in Greece, Egypt, the Norselands and Atlantis, itself. He is eventually apprehended and defeated by the combined forces of Arkantos, Ajax, the centaur Chiron, the Egyptian Queen Amanra and the Valkyrie Reginleif. Atlantis sinks, at least partially, after the Tartarus Gate is destroyed. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~Arkantos of Atlantis becomes a god. The Theocrat of Atlantis, Krios, assumes power. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~Refugees of the city of Atlantis flee to the Arctic and to Mesoamerica, one offshoot settling in the Norselands, while the other founds a city off the coast of Guatemala named after their home city. (*Age of Mythology* and *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*)~~

~~1178 BCE: Odysseus finally returns home to Ithaca from the Trojan War. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~Aeneas has his romance with a similarly named ancestor of the Phoenician Queen Dido. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1177 BCE: The Atlanteans begin worshipping the Titans in thanks for supplying them with the island of New Atlantis. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~1176 BCE: Krios is revealed to be a servant of the Titan Kronos. Atlantean forces destroy the Temple of Odin, steal powerful Egyptian relics, capture the Greek colony of Sikyos and Kastor, the son of Arkantos, leads an attack on Mount Olympus. The Titans Cerberus, Prometheus, Ymir and Kronos escape Tartarus and lay waste to the Greek, Egyptian and Norse homelands in the Fourth Titanomachy. They are subsequently banished by the efforts of Kastor, Ajax, Queen Amanra and the Norse King Folstag, aided by the power of the Titan Gaia. With the power of the Titans diminished, New Atlantis sinks beneath the waves. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~Kastor becomes leader of the Atlantean Empire, relocating to the city of Atlantis in Central America, and influencing the growing Mayan Empire. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~The inhabitants of the first Atlantis and New Atlantis eventually evolve into merpeople. (Atlantean/mermaid folklore)~~

~~New Atlantis eventually becomes known as Atlantica. (*Age of Mythology*)~~

~~The Central American Atlantis becomes a technological and magical marvel, possessing advanced blue orichalcum energy devices. (*Atlantis: The Lost Empire*)~~

~~1101 BCE: Brutus, grandson of Aeneas, receives a vision from the goddess Diana. (Greek Mythology)~~

~~1100 BCE: Brutus of Troy lands in Britain, accompanied by Bion (Orlando). (Greek Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~1041-1001 BCE: David reigns as King of Israel.~~

~~1034 BCE: David moves the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.~~

~~1001 BCE: Solomon becomes King of Israel. Sometime during his reign, Solomon captures a jinni in a brass vessel and casts it into the city of Ubar, or Iram of the Pillars. The jar poisons the well of the city, causing hallucinogenic reactions and ultimately resulting in its destruction. Also, Solomon’s reign saw the visit of Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, and the subsequent bestowal of the Ark of the Covenant to their son, Menelik. (*The Bible, Kebra Nagast* and *Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception*)~~

~~c. 1000 BCE: The Exxilons visit the Incan Empire, helping them to construct their temples. The Gorgon parasites arrive on Earth. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~997 BCE: Construction begins on the Temple of Solomon.~~

~~961 BCE: Death of Solomon. Israel splits into Israel and Judah.~~

~~960 BCE: Bion, now a female, travels to Mount K’un Lun and becomes the lover of King Mu of Zhou. (Chinese Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

950 BCE: Menelik I assumes the throne of Ethiopia after the death of Makeda. (*Kebra Nagast*)

~~The Kurukshetra War erupts between the Kauravas and Pandavas. The War lasts only 18 days, in which nearly 4 million people die on the field of battle, securing a Pandava victory through the tactical genius of Krishna. (*The Mahabharata*)~~

~~900 BCE: King Suchandra becomes king of Shambhala. He is given the first Kalachakra root tantra by the Buddha and, under his reign and the influence of Kalachakra; Shambhala is transformed into an enlightened society. (*Buddhist Mythology*)~~

~~880 BCE: Homer begins his work as a poet.~~

~~814 BCE: Dido founds the city of Carthage. (Greek/Punic/Roman Mythology)~~

~~753 BCE: Romulus and Remus found the city of Rome. (Roman Mythology)~~

~~748 BCE: The second Atlantis sinks, caused by a massive volcanic eruption beneath the city. The City itself is spared thanks to a powerful forcefield, but many lives outside the city are lost, either succumbing to the waves or finding refuge in modern-day Mexico. In the coming millennia, the Atlanteans, now on the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, forget their culture, alphabet and scientific discoveries and are unable to access much of their advanced technology. (*Atlantis: The Lost Empire*)~~

~~745 BCE: Bion renames herself Vita and arrives in Rome, spurring Romulus’ murder of his brother Remus. (Roman Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~721 BCE: Shabaka, also known as Shabataka, acquires the Staff of Eden and becomes Pharaoh of Egypt. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~719 BCE: Israel conquered by Assyrians.~~

~~711-585 BCE: Life of Jimmu, founder of Japan and it’s first Emperor, or Mikado. (Japanese Mythology)~~

~~c. 700 BCE: Semiramis comes to power over Assyria and eventually restores much of the city of Babylon’s former splendor. Under Semiramis, Assyria leads a conquest that eventually reaches India, conquering much of Asia Minor and adding Ethiopia to the Empire. (*The Persica*)~~

~~Vita, now a male named Vito, enlists in the Assyrian army of Queen Semiramis. (Greek Mythology and *League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~669 BCE: Death of Semiramis while attempting to mediate a fight between her son Arsace and Prince Assur. (*Semiramide*)~~

~~669-627 BCE: King Assur-bani-apli, known variously as Assurbanipal, Ashshurbanipal, Ashurbanipal, Asenappar and Sardanapalus, rules as the last King of Assyria. (*The Persica*)~~

~~c. 625 BCE: Arganthonios comes to power in Tartessos, also known as Tarshish, in modern Spain, the location of the Garden of the Hesperides. (*The Histories* by Herodotus, *Song of Geryon*, *Geographika* by Strabo)~~

~~610 BCE: The Tower of Babylon is reconstructed on a smaller scale, known as the Etemenanki. (Biblical reference)~~

~~599 BCE: Mahavira is born.~~

~~c. 597 BCE: In dealing with a series of uprisings in the Levant under the orders of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, the general Holofernes is beheaded by Judith while sieging the town of Bethulia. (*Juditha Triumphans* and *The Book of Judith*)~~

~~587 BCE: Babylon conquers Judah. Temple of Solomon is destroyed.~~

~~563 BCE: Siddhartha Gautama is born.~~

516 BCE: Second Temple of Solomon completed.

~~490 BCE: Persian invasion of Greece stopped at Battle of Marathon. Vito fights in this battle. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~480 BCE: The Battle of Salamis, a win for the Greeks, begins the Athenian Golden Age.~~

~~The 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae defeat Xerxes of Persia. (*300*)~~

~~Kratos, one of the 300, makes a deal with Ares, god of war, offering his soul in exchange for victory in the war. (*God of War*)~~

~~480-470 BCE: Ares’ troops, led by Kratos, devastate much of Classical Greece. (*God of War*)~~

~~479 BCE: Persephone and Atlas kidnap Helios, causing Morpheus to invade the land with dark shadows until Kratos kills Persephone. (*God of War: Chains of Olympus*)~~

~~Greek forces defeat Xerxes’ army at the Battle of Platea.~~

~~470 BCE: Athena takes control of Kratos, who subsequently kills Ares with the powers of Pandora’s Box and becomes the new God of War. (*God of War*)~~

~~470-467 BCE: Kratos and the Spartans conquer large parts of the Greek Peninsula. (*God of War II*)~~

~~468 BCE: Hera’s pet Argos is killed in the sewers of Corinth. (*God of War: Betrayal*)~~

~~467 BCE: Zeus takes Kratos’s powers after his fight with the animated Colossus of Rhodes. (*God of War II*)~~

~~466 BCE: Usurping the Fates, Kratos starts the Fifth Titanomachy. Athena is seemingly killed by Kratos. The Titanomachy is successfully averted however by the mysterious Hero of Helos. (*God of War II* and *Titan Quest*)~~

~~465 BCE: Xerxes I of Persia is killed by an assassin. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~434-404 BCE: The Peloponnesian War.~~

~~Timon of Athens organizes a revolt in Athens. (*Timon of Athens*)~~

~~404 BCE: Lysistrata of Athens organizes a sexual strike amongst the women of Athens and Sparta, ending the Peloponnesian War. (*Lysistrata*)~~

~~359 BCE: Beginning of the conquests of Philip and Alexander of Macedon.~~

~~338 BCE: Philip II of Macedon conquers Greece.~~

~~336 BCE: Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedon; he, with the help of Vito and a Staff of Eden, begins conquering much of the known world. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~332 BCE: The First Warehouse is created by Alexander the Great in Alexandria. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~323 BCE: The Second Warehouse, still located in Alexandria, is created with the advent of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~Death of Alexander the Great.~~

300 BCE: The Vampires Aro, Caius and Marcus form the Volturi council in the Roman city of Volterra. (*Twilight*)

285 BCE: The Library of Alexandria is created.

264-146 BCE: Punic Wars.

~~c. 240 BCE: Salammbô, daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca and sister of Hannibal, retrieves the Zaïmph, the sacred veil of Carthage from rebels during the Mercenary Revolt. (*Salammbô*)~~

~~221 BCE: The Dragon Emperor Qin Shi Huang unifies China under the Qin Dynasty. During his reign he expands and connects portions of the Great Wall of China, burying his rivals and enemies in its construction. He constantly seeks the secrets of immortality, trying remedies and consulting doctors and magicians across the empire, including the witch Zi Yuan. (*The Mummy*)~~

~~210 BCE: The witch Zi Yuan turns the Dragon Emperor and his army into terra cotta, after Qin Shi Huang has her lover executed. (*The Mummy*)~~

~~210 BCE: Qin Shi Huang is assassinated. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~c. 200 BCE: A funny thing happens on the way to the forum. (*A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*)~~

~~192 BCE: Rome captures Sparta.~~

~~186 BCE: Fourth Great Jedi Schism. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~165 BCE: Revolt of Judah Maccabee in Jerusalem.~~

~~146 BCE: The Roman Empire, with the statesman and consul Lucius Mummius Achaius, conquers Greece.~~

~~78 BCE: Xena and a band of pirates capture Julius Caesar. He later has them all crucified, but Xena escapes due to the actions of an Egyptian slave girl. (*Xena: Warrior Princess*)~~

~~73 BCE: Beginning of Spartacus’s slave revolt in the Roman Empire.~~

~~71 BCE: Death of Spartacus.~~

~~67 BCE: Death of Saint Peter by crucifixion. His Papal staff, a Piece of Eden, is passed to his successor, Saint Linus, starting a trend that would continue until Ezio Auditore da Firenze took if from Pope Alexander VI in 1499. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~64 BCE: Rome conquers the Seleucid Empire.~~

~~54 BCE: Julius Caesar lands in Britain. There, he has a child with the fairy witch Morgan le Fay. This child is named Oberon and grows to become King of the Fairies. (*Huon of Bordeaux*)~~

~~50 BCE: Asterix and the Gauls halt a Roman invasion of Gaul. (*Asterix*)~~

~~44 BCE: Julius Caesar murdered. Xena and her companion Gabrielle are crucified, but revived by the mystic Eli. (*Xena: Warrior Princess*)~~

~~30 BCE: Rome captures Alexandria and the rest of Egypt. Vito flees as Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony commit suicide. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~The Third Warehouse of Alexandria, now under the control of Rome, is created. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~8 BCE: Birth of Cú Chulainn. (Irish Celtic Mythology)~~

~~4 BCE: The Birth of Jesus, as heralded by a star. (*The Bible,* historical)~~

### ~~0 - 1499 CE~~

~~9 CE: Cú Chulainn and Queen Medb of Connacht participate in the Cattle Raid of Cooley. (Irish Celtic Mythology)~~

~~Cunobelinus (Cymbeline) takes power in Britain. (*Cymbeline*)~~

~~14: The Emperor Tiberius comes to power in Rome.~~

~~30: Jesus is crucified. Casca Rufio Longinus, a Roman legionary, stabs Jesus with his spear in order to end his suffering and, as a result, becomes immortal. (*The Bible, Casca Series*, historical)~~

~~c. 36: Death of John the Baptist due to Salome, daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. Salome performed for Herod, on the occasion of his birthday, the erotic Dance of the Seven Veils and was subsequently promised anything she wanted, to which she demanded the head of John the Baptist and received it, kissing the head as a token of her spurned love. (*The Bible* and *Salome*)~~

~~43: Roman conquest of Britain.~~

~~54: Beginning of the reign of Emperor Nero and Empress Nympho of the Roman Empire. (*History of the World, Part I*)~~

~~61: Queen Boudicca of the Iceni Celts burns down Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Boudicca defeated at the Battle of Watling Street, and buried on the site of modern-day King’s Cross Station in London, between the 9th and 10th platforms, the location of the magical Platform 93/4. (*Harry Potter*)~~

~~64: Nero burns Rome due to the actions of the First Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~70: Romans destroy the Second Temple of Solomon.~~

~~79: The Tenth Doctor causes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, destroying the Roman city of Pompeii, in order to prevent an invasion of the Earth by the alien Pyrovile species. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~102: The Pandorica opens beneath Stonehenge. A wounded Amy Pond is placed inside and is guarded for 2000 years by her husband Rory Williams. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~120: The Ninth Spanish Legion goes missing in Britain. (*The Eagle*)~~

~~140: Marcus Flavius Aquila recovers the eagle standard of the Ninth Spanish Legion from the barbaric Seal People of modern-day Scotland. (*The Eagle*)~~

~~168: Liu Hong becomes Emperor of China. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~180: Commodus kills his father, the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. (*Gladiator*)~~

~~184: Yellow Scarves (Turban) Rebellion begins in China. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~Oath of the Peach Garden by Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~189: Death of Emperor Liu Hong. Sons Liu Bian and Liu Xie are caught up in succession crisis. Liu Bian ascends throne as Emperor Shao, but is deposed and Liu Xie is crowned Emperor Xian, but is, in actuality, a pawn of the Chinese warlord Dong Zhuo. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~190: Eighteen warlords form a coalition, led by Yuan Shao, against Dong Zhuo, who is driven from Luoyang to Chang’an. The Chinese capital city of Luoyang is burnt to the ground. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

192: ~~Maximus Decimus Meridius kills the Roman Emperor Commodus in a gladiatorial fight in the Roman Colosseum. (*Gladiator*)~~

~~Beginning of Civil War in China. Cao Cao becomes emperor of Yanzhou. Death of Dong Zhuo by his son, Lü Bu. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~194: Liu Bei assumes control of the province of Xuzhou after putting down the Yellow Scarves. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~196: Emperor Xian sets up new Imperial Court at Xuchang at behest of Cao Cao. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~197: Liu Bei’s army defeated by that of Lü Bu, Liu Bei takes refuge in the lands of Cao Cao. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~206: First known adventures of Bran Mak Morn. (*Bran Mak Morn*)~~

~~207: Zhuge Liang comes into the service of Liu Bei, unveiling the Longzhong plan. Liu Bei forms an alliance with Sun Quan of Eastern Wu against Cao Cao. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~208: The coalition seizes Jingzhou from Cao Cao after the Battle of Red Cliffs. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~213: Cao Cao becomes Duke of Wei. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~215: Liu Bei captures Yizhou. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~220: Death of Cao Cao. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~221: Cao Pi, son of Cao Cao, establishes the Kingdom of Cao Wei, or Wei. Liu Bei establishes Kingdom of Shu-Han, or Shu. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~222: Death of Liu Bei at Baidicheng; son Liu Shan ascends to throne of Shu. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~229: Sun Quan establishes Kingdom of Wu. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~251: Sima Yi seizes control of Cao Wei. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

Death of the Roman Emperor Trajan Decius at the Battle of Abrittus against the Goths. His general, Titus Andronicus, is able to defeat the Goths and take their queen, Tamora, captive. Trajan Decius is succeeded by his son Saturnius. After only four months of rule, Saturnius’s rule comes to an end after Titus Andronicus kills Tamora and is himself killed by Saturnius, who is then subsequently killed by Andronicus’s son Lucius Gallus, who is then proclaimed Emperor Trebonianus Gallus by inheriting his father’s election by the Roman people. He is killed two years later by his own troops in favor of Aemillian, another general who warred successfully against the Goths. (*Titus Andronicus*)

~~*263: Cao Wei conquers Shu-Han. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)*~~

~~265: Sima Yan replaces Cao Wei with the Jin Dynasty. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~280: Jin Dynasty conquers Kingdom of Wu. (*Romance of the Three Kingdoms*)~~

~~c. 300: Surak unites Vulcan society with the philosophy of logic. (*Star Trek*)~~

*~~363: Birth of Ambrosius Merlinus, also known as Merlin. (Arthurian Legend)~~*

~~375: The romance of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the Butterfly Lovers. (*Butterfly Lovers*)~~

~~411: Constantine II (Constantine III of the Roman Empire) is killed. Constans II succeeds his father as King of Britannia. (*Arthurian Legend*)~~

~~Sigmund is killed by the warrior Hunding with the help of Odin. (Norse Mythology and Die Walküre)~~

~~427: The Nibelung dwarf sorcerer Alberich crafts a ring from gold stolen from the Rhinemaidens. (*Der Ring des Nibelungen*)~~

~~429: Sigurd kills the dragon Fafnir. (Norse Mythology)~~

~~431: Grimhild steals Sigurd away from Brynhildr. (Norse Mythology)~~

432: Vortigern, of the Gewissei Celts, usurps Constans II, and assumes the throne. (*Arthurian Legend*)

~~434: The Fourth Warehouse relocates to the Hunnic Empire, settling in the city of Aquincum, also known as Lower Pannonia, modern day Budapest. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~Sigurd (Siegfried) is killed by the schemes of the Valkyrie Brynhildr (Brunhilda, Brünnhilde). (Norse Mythology)~~

~~Brynhildr and the Rhinemaidens return the Ring of the Nibelung to the Norse Gods. (Norse Mythology)~~

The Asgard race, having posed as the Norse Gods, leave earth at Ragnarök after their reclamation of the Ring. Their spaceships leave much residue and debris in the atmosphere, described as Fimbulvetr, Fimbul Winter. (*Stargate* and Norse Mythology)

~~453: With the death of Attila the Hun, the Fifth Warehouse is created in the Byzantine city of Constantinople. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

455: Vortimer, son of Vortigern dies after repelling the Saxons. Aurelius Ambrosius, the eldest son of Constantine succeeds him. (*Arthurian Legend*)

~~476: The half-animal, half-machine Skarasen arrives in Loch Ness, Scotland after a Zygon spaceship crashes. (*Doctor Who*)~~

478: Uther Pendragon succeeds his brother, Aurelius Ambrosius, as King of the Britons. (*Arthurian Legend*)

490: Arthur Pendragon is born at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall. (*Arthurian Legend*)

~~493: Theodoric the Great, also known as Dietrich von Bern, slays Odoacer at a banquet, cementing his hold on Italy. (*Legends of Theodoric the Great*)~~

512: Arthur begins rule as King of the Britons, sets up court at Camelot, alternatively called Celliwig or Caerleon. (*Arthurian Legend*)

512-537: King Arthur and his knights search for the Holy Grail. It is revealed that the French possess a copy of the Grail, and that the true one lies in Castle Stalker, also known as Castle Aaargh. Lancelot is one of the knights to embark with Arthur, but his affair with Arthur’s wife Guinevere eventually leads to Arthur’s doom at the hands of Mordred. (*Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Arthurian Legend, Annales Cambriae*)

514: Beowulf kills the monster Grendel in Sjaelland, in the land of the Danes. He also later slays Grendel’s mother, who had come for vengeance. (*Beowulf*)

516: King Hygelac of the Geats is killed. Beowulf assumes power in Geatland. (*Beowulf*)

537: Arthur killed by son Mordred at the Battle of Camlann. (*Arthurian Legend*)

The Lady of the Lake bestows Excalibur, a Piece of Eden, upon Vito, who renames it Durendal. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Arthurian Legend, Orlando Furioso*)

566: Death of Beowulf at the hands of a dragon; succeeded by Wiglaf as king of Zealand and Geatland. (*Beowulf*)

593: Rørik Slyngebond succeeds Wiglaf, inheriting the throne to all of Denmark in addition to Geatland and Zealand. (*Hamlet*)

610: Mohammed receives his first revelations.

619: King Hamlet, also known as Horvendill to differentiate him from his son, takes the throne of Denmark. (*Hamlet*)

625: Horvendill marries Gertrude (Gerutha). (*Hamlet*)

643: Claudius Feng, Horvendill’s brother, murders Horvendill and assumes control of Denmark, taking Gertrude as his bride. (*Hamlet*)

644: Hamlet (Amleth), son of Horvendill, kills Claudius before dying. Gertrude is poisoned. Hamlet names Prince Fortinbras of Norway as heir to throne of Denmark. (*Hamlet*)

~~676: Di Renjie begins his career as Judge Dee and quickly garners a reputation as an extremely efficient and capable investigator and judge. (*Judge Dee*)~~

~~712: The Sultan Al-Mansur comes to power in the Abbasid Caliphate.~~

~~714: Beginning of the Republic Dark Age in the Galactic Republic. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~730: The Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred writes the Necronomicon. (*Lovecraft*)~~

~~762: The city of Agrabah is founded. (*Aladdin*)~~

~~764: Vito, under the name Roland, joins the army of Charlemagne. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~768: Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks.~~

~~768-770: Roland pursues the Chinese princess Angelica. (*Orlando Furioso*)~~

~~775: Ala ad-Din, also known as Aladdin, the Prince Ali Ababwa, and the princess Jasmine assume control of the Abbasid Caliphate. (*Aladdin*)~~

~~778: Ambush of Charlemagne’s forces in the Pyrenees by Saracen troops. Roland, known in Saracen lands as Orlando, is captured by Saracen forces. Orlando joins the Saracen army. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~786: Aladdin and Jasmine abdicate in favor of their daughter Banuqa and her husband Harun al-Rashid, instead traveling the world sightseeing and foiling the plots of several villains in the Caliphate. (*Aladdin*)~~

~~Harun al-Rashid comes to power in the Abbasid Caliphate.~~

~~792: Sindbad’s first voyage. (*One Thousand and One Nights*)~~

~~c. 800: Kahless the Unforgettable unites Klingon society. (*Star Trek*)~~

~~805: Sindbad’s final 7th voyage. (*One Thousand and One Nights*)~~

~~809: Death of Harun al-Rashid.~~

~~813: With the rise of the Arab powers, the Warehouse, in its Sixth incarnation, relocates to Angkor. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~814: Death of Charlemagne. Louis the Pious becomes King.~~

~~Battle of Ruusan results in the destruction of nearly all Sith. End of the Republic Dark Age as the Galactic Senate institutes the Ruusan Reformation. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~823: Birth of Pepin II. He lives an unnaturally youthful and long life due to his half-Fairy lineage, being the son of the Fairy Godmother. (*Shrek*)~~

~~828: Hildegard, known as Schneewittchen (Snow White) is born to King Leopold and Queen Eva in the Silver Realm(in modern day Germany)~~

~~Louis the German in Bavaria. (*Snow White*)~~

~~834: A witch named Grimhild comes to Germania, becoming the consort of Louis the German in Bavaria, having poisoned his first wife, Emma of Altdorf. (*Snow White*)~~

~~835: Ragnar Lodbrok comes to power over the Vikings.~~

~~840: Death of Louis the Pious. Empire is split into three nations: West, East and Middle Francia.~~

~~Charming becomes lost after Fontenay, and wanders around the countryside, eventually making it to East Francia in 845. (Historical extrapolation)~~

~~Charles the Bald seizes power in Aquitaine and West Francia after the disappearance of Charming. (Historical extrapolation)~~

~~842: Al-Wathiq ibn Mutasim becomes Caliph Vathek of the Abbasids. (*Vathek*)~~

~~843: Death of Louis the German, succeeded by Grimhilde (*Snow White*).~~

~~844: Sergius II becomes Pope. Johannes Anglicus cures him of gout and later serves as his personal physician, Nomenclator and advisor. (*Pope Joan*)~~

~~845: The Vikings sack Paris.~~

~~Snow White is poisoned by the Evil Queen Grimhild in disguise, but is rescued by Prince Charming. The Queen is killed by the Seven Dwarves. (*Snow White*)~~

~~Snow White and Prince Charming begin rule in East Francia. (*Snow White*)~~

~~847: Vathek is dragged to Hell by the demon Eblis in pursuit of supernatural powers in the city of Istakhar. (*Vathek*)~~

~~Death of Pope Sergius II. Pope Leo IV assumes power in the Papacy. He is guided by the senior priest, Johannes Anglicus. (*Pope Joan*)~~

~~848: Prince Charming leaves East Francia. (Extrapolation from fairy tales)~~

~~855: A woman named Joan, from Ingelheim am Rhein, becomes Pope John VIII under the name Johannes Anglicus. (*Pope Joan* and Medieval Legend)~~

~~858: Harold I, son of Louis the German, is cursed by a witch and becomes a frog. (*The Frog Prince*)~~

~~Pope John VIII (Pope Joan) dies during childbirth during the Easter Procession. Pope Benedict ascends to the Papacy. Anastastius Bibliothecarius wipes Joan’s name from the Papal records. (*Pope Joan*)~~

~~859: The House of Flying Daggers threatens the Tang Dynasty. (*House of Flying Daggers*)~~

~~860: With help from the Fairy Godmother, Harold, the Frog Prince, marries Luitgard (Lillian). (*Shrek*)~~

~~862: The County of Florin is established in West Francia, under the rule of Baldwin I. (*The Princess Bride*)~~

~~865: Ragnar Lodbrok is killed by the Angle King Ælla.~~

~~872: Rapunzel rescued from her tower by the Prince Carloman. (*Rapunzel*)~~

~~876: Death of Snow White. (*Snow White*)~~

~~Snow White’s empire is split between her sons and brothers, becoming Swabia, Franconia, Saxony and Bavaria. (*Snow White*)~~

~~Harold I becomes King of Saxony, known as Far Far Away because of its inaccessible nature due to magic placed to protect its Fairy inhabitants. (*Shrek*)~~

~~Death of Charles the Bald. Charming returns to Aquitaine/West Francia amidst popular discontent. The Fairy Godmother helps Charming marry the scullery-maid Cinderella in order to calm the masses. (*Cinderella*)~~

~~Carloman, the husband of the Princess Rapunzel and son of Snow White, becomes King of Bavaria. (*Rapunzel, Snow White*)~~

~~878: Charming leaves Aquitaine, unable to remain married to Cinderella, leaving her in charge of the country. (*Cinderella*)~~

~~879: Farquaad of the Duchy of Duloc is killed by Shrek. (*Shrek*)~~

~~Marriage of Fiona and Shrek. (*Shrek*)~~

~~880: The Fairy Godmother attempts to plant her son Charming as the ruler of Saxony. (*Shrek*)~~

~~Death of Carloman. Rapunzel takes control in Bavaria. (*Rapunzel*)~~

~~Snow White’s eldest daughter, also known by the same eponym, along with Rapunzel, Princess Rosamund (the great-grandmother of the great Aurora of France, who also fell victim to the machinations of a dark fairy), and Cinderella are residing in Far Far Away at this time, engaging in diplomacy and generally hobnobbing with the Princess Fiona. (*Shrek*)~~

~~882: Death of King Harold. The ogre Shrek and his bride Fiona are next in line for the throne, but name a Pendragon descendant named Arthur to rule in their stead. (*Shrek*)~~

~~Prince Charming leads a coup against Arthur, Shrek and Fiona, aided by the armies of the Queen Rapunzel of Bavaria, but is ultimately defeated and incarcerated. (*Shrek*)~~

~~884: Arthur marries the Frog Princess Hildegard, daughter of King Harold I, cementing their hold on the throne. (*Shrek*)~~

~~c. 890: In the midst of the growth of Christianity in Scotland and subsequent persecution of witches and wizards following Giric mac Dúngail’s (also known as Gregory the Great) sponsorship of the church and death coinciding with a solar eclipse, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is founded in Scotland by Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Godric Gryffindor as a sheltered center for magical learning. (*Harry Potter*)~~

~~898: Odo of Paris is elected King of Western Francia, deposing Cinderella due to her time spent in Far Far Away. (*Cinderella*)~~

~~918: Yoda is born. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~919: Heinrich I, war-prince and Duke of Saxony, declares himself Emperor of all the Germans.~~

~~921: Birth of Abe no Seimei, the son of a human and a kistune, or fox spirit. (*Legends of Abe no Seimei*)~~

~~922: Sharyar Ahmad I bin Mohammed proclaimed emir of Saffarid Persia. (*One Thousand and One Nights*)~~

~~933: Sharyar marries Scheherazade. Scheherazade becomes a great patron of the arts, collecting stories from all over the Empire. (*One Thousand and One Nights*)~~

~~949: Sharaman ‘Adud al-Dawla becomes Emir of the Buyid Empire of Persia. He reins from the capital of Babylon until deposed in 998 CE. (*Prince of Persia*)~~

~~950: Theodorus Philetas translates the Necronomicon to Greek. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~956: Birth of the Princess Aurora to King Stefan of Vexin-Bourges. The dark fairy Maleficent, curses the girl to die on her 16th birthday, but the curse is lessened by the actions of the good fairy, Merryweather. (*Sleeping Beauty*)~~

~~962: Heinrich I, is killed while dabbling in sorcery, corrupting his mind and soul. (*Return to Castle Wolfenstein*)~~

~~Otto I, son of Heinrich I of Saxony, becomes the first Holy Roman Emperor.~~

~~963: Death of Sharyar. (*One Thousand and One Nights*)~~

~~972: The Kingdom of Vexin-Bourges is placed under a sleeping spell after the Princess Aurora pricks herself on a spinning wheel. (*Sleeping Beauty*)~~

~~990: Prince Dastan and King Sharaman of Persia capture regions of India. The Vizier of Azad tricks Dastan into releasing the Sands of Time, but is defeated by Dastan and the Azadi Maharajah’s daughter, Farah when Prince Dastan performs the Great Rewind, negating the release of the Sands of Time and the Persian conquest of Azad. (*Prince of Persia*)~~

~~997: Prince Dastan of Persia abducts Kaileena, the Empress of Time, from the Island of Time and defeats the Dahaka, guardian of the time line. (*Prince of Persia*)~~

~~998: Death of the Maharajah of Azad. Jaffar, the Grand Vizier, assumes control of the Empire, and invades Persia. He then kills Kaileena, the Empress of Time, releasing the Sands of Time and becoming Zervan, God of Time. However, Farah, the daughter of the former Maharajah, and Prince Dastan of Persia ultimately overthrow the Vizier, locking away the Sands of Time. Farah and Dastan marry and become King and Queen of Persia. (*Prince of Persia*)~~

c. 1000: War rocks the Pokémon Nation. (*Pokémon*)

~~1003: Pai Mei kills the entirety of a Shaolin monastery. (*Kill Bill*)~~

~~1009: Frost Giants from Jotunheim invade Norway, but are repulsed by the Asgardians led by Odin, the All-Father. Odin takes the Casket of Winters, the source of the Jotun’s power, for safekeeping. (*Thor*)~~

~~1014: Gausfred Bertram II comes to power in Roussillon. (*All’s Well That Ends Well*)~~

~~1018: Yoda becomes a Jedi Master. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1025: Dobrynya Nikitich of Kiev slays the dragon Gorynich. (Kievan Rus Folklore)~~

~~1042: First Castle Heterodyne is built. (*Girl Genius*)~~

~~Between 1042 and 1298: Jägerdraught (Jägerbräu) is created. (*Girl Genius*)~~

1040: Duncan I of Scotland is murdered by Macbeth. (*Macbeth*)

~~1057: Macbeth is killed by Macduff, the Thane of Fife. His nephew, Lulach is installed on the throne. (*Macbeth*)~~

~~1058: Lulach is assassinated and replaced by Malcolm III, son of Duncan I. (*Macbeth*)~~

~~1060: Anne of Kiev begins rule as regent on behalf of her son, Philip of France, who goes on many adventures around the countryside in his youth.~~

~~1064: The Mexica people leave Aztlàn. (Aztec Mythology)~~

~~1066: William the Conqueror unifies England.~~

1072: Prince Philip rescues Princess Aurora of Vexin-Bourges. They marry, bringing the Vexin and Bourges areas under French control. Vexin-Bourges awakes from its slumber. (*Sleeping Beauty*)

1075: Prince Philip becomes King of France, known as Philip I, the Amorous, of France. However, his wife Aurora, known for leadership ability and known as the Briar Rose of France, wields true power. (*Sleeping Beauty*)

1094: Mathias Cronqvist becomes the vampire that will come to be known as Dracula. (*Castlevania*)

~~El Cid conquers Valencia, regaining the favor of Alfonso VI. El Cid’s daughters are married to the princes of Carrión, however they are treated poorly. Alfonso intervenes and forces the princes to return the dowries and are stripped of all honor. The wives are then remarried to the princes of Navarra and Aragon, helping begin the unification of Spain. (*Cantar de Mio Cid*)~~

1096: Gerard I becomes the first Count of Guilder. (*The Princess Bride*)

~~1099: Orlando joins the Crusaders and eventually fights in the Second and Third Crusades before leaving for England to become one of the Merry Men of Robin Hood. (*Robin Hood, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Orlando: A Biography*)~~

~~The Island of Lomea sinks into the sea during a storm due to the dilapidation of its seawalls. In the same great storm, the land of Lyonesse also is submerged beneath the waves, isolating the Isles of Scilly. (Legend of Lyonesse and *The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle*)~~

~~1127: Syldavia is founded by a tribal chief named Hveghi. (*The Adventures of Tintin*)~~

~~1137: Eleanor of Aquitaine comes to power.~~

~~1138: The Cathedral of Yvones, in the French region of Averoigne, is completed. (Works of Clark Ashton Smith)~~

~~c. 1160: The cathedral in Kingsbridge is completed by Jack Jackson, also known as Jack Builder. (*The Pillars of the Earth*)~~

~~1162: Temujin Shan Yu is born. (*Mulan*)~~

~~1164: Robin of Loxley is born. (*Robin Hood*)~~

~~1187: Giraldus Cambrensis documents the Barnacle Goose, a bird that grows from fir trees in the North Atlantic islands. (Medieval Legends)~~

~~1189: King Richard the Lionheart leaves for the Third Crusade, leaving his brother John in charge.~~

~~Siege of Acre, involving both King Richard and Ivanhoe. (*Ivanhoe*)~~

~~Death of Benkei, Japanese warrior monk.~~

~~1190: Robin of Loxley begins his campaign as Robin Hood. (*Robin Hood*)~~

~~Dante Alighieri journeys through Hell, guided by the poet Virgil. (*Dante’s Inferno*)~~

~~1191: Many prominent figures on both sides of the Third Crusade are killed by Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad as per the instructions of Rashid ad-Din Sinan, known as the “Al Mualim” or “The Teacher”, who is attempting to brainwash mankind with the Pieces of Eden. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1194: Richard the Lionheart returns to England under the guise of the enigmatic Black Knight, relieving John from power. (*Ivanhoe*)~~

~~Robin Hood resumes his life as Robin of Loxley and marries Lady Marian Fitzwalter of Leaford. (*Robin Hood*)~~

~~1195: Borduria conquers Syldavia. (*The Adventures of Tintin*)~~

~~1199: King John comes to power after the death of King Richard.~~

~~1206: Shan Yu becomes Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire. (*Mulan*)~~

~~1215: Hua Mulan successfully prevents the invasion of Beijing by Shan Yu’s Mongol forces. (*Mulan*)~~

~~Magna Carta is created, despite the meddling machinations of the Master. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~1219: Amidst the Thai rebellions in the Khmer Empire, the Seventh Warehouse moves to the capital of the Mongol Empire, Karakorum. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~1227: Death of Temujin Shan Yu, the Genghis Khan. (*Mulan*)~~

~~Death of Robin of Loxley. Marian retires to the forest to become Widow Hood. (*Robin Hood* and *Little Red Riding Hood*)~~

~~1228: The Big Bad Wolf of Nottinghamshire is killed. (*Little Red Riding Hood* and *Three Little Pigs*)~~

~~Olaus Wormius translates the Necronomicon into Latin. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

1248: Bell Tower and Brass Tower constructed in the Pokémon Nation. Ho-Oh and Lugia settle in each tower. (*Pokémon*)

1260: Facing the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire, the Eighth Warehouse is created in Vienna, of the Holy Roman Empire. (*Warehouse 13*)

~~1264: The Mongol Empire burns Beijing to the ground and immediately begins reconstruction just to the north of the original city.~~

~~1271: Kublai Khan establishes the Yuan Dynasty in China, starts construction on his stately pleasure city of Xanadu. (*Kubla Khan*)~~

~~1272: Beijing is reconstructed.~~

~~1274: Kublai Khan’s first invasion of Japan is prevented by the Kamikaze, or divine wind.~~

~~1275: Syldavia rebels from Bordurian rule. (*The Adventures of Tintin*)~~

~~1279: Kublai Khan conquers all of China.~~

~~1281: Kublai Khan’s second invasion of Japan is prevented by the Kamikaze.~~

~~1284: The Pied Piper solves the problem of rat infestation in the German city of Hamelin by drowning them in the Weser River; however, when he is refused payment, he absconds with the children of the town, never to be seen again. (*The Pied Piper of Hamelin*)~~

~~1292: Marco Polo’s fleet is struck by a tsunami off the coast of Borneo while returning from China. Only one ship and 18 passengers out of the original 14 boats and 600 crewmen make it to Persia. (*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves*)~~

~~1294: First Triwizard Tournament is held. (*Harry Potter*)~~

~~1298: The current Castle Heterodyne is built. (*Girl Genius*)~~

~~Between 1300’s and 1400’s: Ministry of Magic is formed, replacing the Wizards’ Council. (*Harry Potter*)~~

~~1324: The Corporate Sector Authority of the Galactic Republic is founded. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1325: Tenochtitlan is founded under the guidance of Tenoch. (Aztec Mythology)~~

~~1327: William of Baskerville investigates a string of murders in a monastery in northern Italy. (*The Name of the Rose*)~~

~~1345: The residents of Ansby, England, prevent an invasion by the alien Wersgorix Empire and commandeer a scout ship. The English people accidentally travel to another Wersgor world and eventually overthrow the Empire. (*The High Crusade*)~~

~~1346: The Black plague (the Solanum Virus) spreads to Europe, turning its victims into zombies. It is estimated that nearly 60% of the European population is wiped out. Despite being destroyed, or at least temporarily neutralized in Europe by the 1700’s, zombies continue to plague the British Isles for centuries. (*The Zombie Survival Guide* and *Pride and Prejudice and Zombies*)~~

~~1349: An alien craft crash-lands in Eifelheim in the Black Forest of Germany, spurring theological and technological exchange. (*Eifelheim*)~~

~~1350: Tenoch, the first Aztec Emperor, dies. (Aztec Mythology)~~

~~1357: Sir John Mandeville returns to England, bringing news of the enigmatic Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, an animal/plant hybrid and source of cotton in the Middle East and Asia. (*The Travels of Sir John Mandeville*)~~

~~1370: Start of the Reign of Tamburlaine over the Timurid Empire. (*Tamburlaine*)~~

~~1400: Nicolas Flamel creates the Philosopher’s Stone. (*Harry Potter*)~~

1402: The Ottoman Emperor Bajazet (Bayezid) I dies in the captivity of Tamburlaine. Tamburlaine marries Irene, Princess of Trebizond. (*Tamerlano*)

~~1405: Death of Tamburlaine of the Timurid Empire. (*Tamburlaine*)~~

~~1409: Odin leaves the Tesseract, also known as the Cosmic Cube, an artifact of immense destructive power in Norway. (*The Avengers*)~~

~~1415: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt, in the Hundred Years’ War.~~

~~1424: Joan of Arc receives her first vision commanding her to lead the French against the English and Burgundians. She later claimed that she saw Saints Michael, Catherine and Margaret however, in actuality, she saw the holographic manifestations of Juno, Jupiter and Minerva, members of the First Civilization, and was given a Sword of Eden. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1427: Huitzilopochtli, an Aztec wizard and practitioner of blood magic from Azcapotzalco, is elected emperor of the Aztecs, taking the name Itzcoatl, meaning Obsidian Serpent. (Aztec Mythology)~~

~~1431: Vlad Tepes of Transylvania is born.~~

~~Joan of Arc is killed on the orders of the Templars in order to claim her Sword of Eden. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1438: Pachacuti begins rule of the Incan Empire. (Incan Mythology)~~

~~1439: Itzcoatl Huitzilopochtli gains godly might by use of blood magic. He orders all codices burnt in order to start a new state-sanctioned history and mythology that venerated him as the founder of Tenochtitlan. (Based on Aztec Mythology)~~

1440: Huitzilopochtli ascends to godhood. Montezuma I becomes the Aztec Emperor. (Based on Aztec Mythology)

~~1444: Milo Giacomo Rambaldi is born in Parma. (*Alias*)~~

~~1445: Montezuma invades Oaxaca, sending the great warrior Popocatépetl to conquer the area from the Mixtecs. Believing her beloved warrior dead, Montezuma’s daughter Iztaccíhuatl dies of sadness. Returning home, Popocatépetl kneels by her grave, the both of them eventually turning into mountains near Tenochtitlan. (Aztec legend)~~

~~1448: Vlad Tepes, actually Mathias Cronqvist, takes power in Wallachia, Transylvania. (*Castlevania*)~~

~~1450: Orlando settles in Constantinople. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~1453: The English princesses Elizabeth and Joanna mysteriously disappear, taken by two adolescent time travelers, Bill Preston and Theodore Logan; leads to beginning of the English Wars of the Roses between the York and Lancaster houses. (*Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure*)~~

~~Constantinople and the last remnants of the Byzantine Empire are conquered by the Ottoman Turks.~~

~~1454: Birth of Ruta Skadi. (*His Dark Materials*)~~

~~1464: Trade Federation founded. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1472: Death of Pachacuti. (Incan Mythology)~~

~~1473: First Quidditch World Cup is held. (*Harry Potter*)~~

~~1482: A hunchback named Quasimodo pushes the Archdeacon of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris off the cathedral in the defense of a gypsy woman named Esmeralda. (*The Hunchback of Notre Dame*)~~

~~1485: Richard III of England is killed. Henry VII assumes power and starts the Tudor line of succession.~~

~~1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas on the behalf of Spain.~~

~~Goro defeats Kung Lao and becomes the Ultimate Fighting Champion. (*Mortal Kombat*)~~

~~The Fourth Doctor defeats the Mandragora Helix in San Martino, Italy. (*Doctor Who*)~~

~~1497: Girolamo Savonarola instigates the largest Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence using the power of an Apple of Eden. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1498: Kagome Higurashi, from the year 1993, is transported back in time by a centipede demon. She possesses the Jewel of the Four Souls, an artifact of immense power, and is the reincarnation of the warrior Kikyo. After the Jewel shatters, she travels with the dog-demon InuYasha to recollect the fragments. The fox demon Shippo, who will later aid Kagome and InuYasha, becomes an orphan after his father is sealed inside the infant Naruto Uzumaki of the town Konohagakure by the Fourth Hokage. (*InuYasha* and *Naruto*)~~

### 1500 CE - 1899

~~1503: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, is murdered by his son Cesare. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1506: Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa, based off of the gender-switching Orlando. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~1510: The Third Hokage is killed, having reassumed power after the Fourth’s death, by Orochimaru. Sasuke leaves with Orochimaru. (*Naruto*)~~

~~1512: Sasuke Uchiha and the Akatsuki ninjas destroy Konohagakure, seeking the power of the tailed beasts. (*Naruto*)~~

~~1513: Ponce de León discovers the Fountains of Girl, Doubt, Water-so-Delicious-even-Dead-People-Want-It, and Youth. (*Oglaf*)~~

~~1514: Bothan Spynet established. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1517: Fearing the repercussion of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, the Ninth Warehouse returns to Constantinople, this time under Ottoman Turkish rule. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~1518: Connor MacLeod is born. (*Highlander*)~~

~~1519: Azora, the daughter of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma, chooses to marry the Tlascalan Prince Xalca. Montezuma condemns the lovers to death, but the two are spared by the fortuitous arrival of Hernán Cortés, who subsequently conquers the Aztecs. Recovers a chest filled with 882 identical gold coins. (*Pirates of the Caribbean* and *Azora, the Daughter of Montezuma*)~~

~~Con artists Tulio and Miguel protect and seal off the lost city of El Dorado from Cortés and the exiled sorcerer Tzekel-Kan. (*The Road to El Dorado*)~~

~~1520: Giovanni Borgia acquires a Crystal Skull from an Aztec priest while part of Cortés’s expedition. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1532: A Spanish expedition, led by Francisco Pizarro, is repulsed by the Incan army, equipped with animal warriors provided by the sorceress and alchemist Yzma. The teenage Kuzco becomes emperor after his father, Papi Inca, resigns. (*Emperor’s New Groove*)~~

~~1533: The half-faerieElizabeth I, also known as Gloriana I is born. (*Gloriana*)~~

~~1536: Connor MacLeod is banished from his hometown. (*Highlander*)~~

~~1540: Dr. Johannes Faust is involved in contract disputes with the demon Mephistopheles. (*Legend of Faust*)~~

~~Francisco Vásquez de Coronado sets out on an exploration to find the city of Cíbola, only to return empty-handed two years later. However, while crossing the Llano Estacado in modern-day Texas, Pánfilo de Zamacona y Nuñez is separated and stumbles upon the subterranean world of Xinaián, also known as K’n-yan. (*The Mound*)~~

~~1541: John Calvin travels to Geneva and begins teaching there. Sets up new papacy and begins the Magisterium. (*His Dark Materials*)~~

~~1542: De Vermis Mysteriis is composed. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~Giovanni Borgia and the Jiajang Emperor communicate from half a world away telepathically using a Crystal Skull. (*Assassin’s Creed*)~~

~~1545: Francisco de Orellana discovers the ancient city of Akator. (*Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*)~~

~~1547: Edward VI of England, the Prince of Wales, and a pauper named Tom Canty switch places only for it to be revealed at Edward’s coronation. (*The Prince and the Pauper*)~~

~~c. 1548: A Slowpoke ends the drought in Azalea Town. (*Pokémon*)~~

~~1550: The Incan civilization is destroyed as troops led by Francisco de Orellana capture the Incan capital of Kuzco. The Emperor Kuzco escapes by using one of Yzma’s potions to once more take the form of a llama, and continues to direct the resistance movement from the mountain city of Machu Picchu. (*Emperor’s New Groove*)~~

~~1552: Ivan the Terrible’s conquest of Kazan reveals the existence of the metal Groznium, driving industrialization and a widespread technological growth across Europe, especially in Germany, Britain and Russia. (*Android Karenina*)~~

~~Between 1552 and 1645: Faustus Heterodyne makes the Castle self-aware (*Girl Genius*)~~

~~1558: Elizabeth I, known as Gloriana, assumes the British throne. (*Gloriana*)~~

~~1560: Death of Goroda Nobunaga, the Devil King and attempted unifier of Japan at the Battle of Okehazama. (*Shogun, Onimusha* and *Sengoku Basara*)~~

~~1561: Nobunaga is resurrected by a mysterious Doctor Guildenstern after making a pact with yokai demons and their king Fortinbras. (*Onimusha: Warlords*)~~

~~1566: Faced with the stagnation of the Ottoman Empire, the Tenth Warehouse is established in the Mughal capital of Agra. (*Warehouse 13*)~~

~~1570: Cyprus captured by the Ottoman Turks. Death of Othello. (*Othello*)~~

~~1580: The Golem is created by Judah Loew ben Bezalel of Prague. Stored in the Old New Synagogue. (Medieval Legend)~~

~~As part of his circumnavigation attempt, Sir Francis Drake searches for and finds the lost city of Ubar, or Iram of the Pillars, as part of Queen Gloriana’s attempt to secure the brass vessel of Solomon, which contains a Djinn and led to the fall of the city. (*Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception*)~~

~~1582: Hidemitsu Samanosuke Akechi destroys the demon army of Goroda Nobunaga at the Honno-ji Temple in Kyoto. However, Nobunaga escapes through a portal to Paris in 2004. (*Onimusha 3: Demon Siege*)~~

~~1586: John Dee translates The Necronomicon into English. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~1590: José da Silvestra discovers the mines of King Solomon. (*King Solomon’s Mines*)~~

~~1597: The Omen Star summons marks the resurgence of demons in Japan, some of which Nakamura Hideyoshi sends to invade China (*Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams* and *Shogun*).~~

~~1599: A dispute amongst the heirs to a French dukedom is settled in the Ardennes Forest of Lorraine. (*As You Like It*)~~

~~1600: Creation of the British East India Trading Company. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)~~

~~An Englishman, John Blackthorne, begins serving under the Japanese daimyo Toranaga Ieyasu. The Battle of Sekigahara paves the way for Toranaga to become Shogun of Japan. (*Shogun*)~~

~~1603: Gloriana is assassinated by agents of James VI of Scotland and Otto von Doom of Latveria. (*Marvel Comics*)~~

~~1605-1615: Don Quixote has his adventures in La Mancha, Spain. (*Don Quixote*)~~

~~1606: The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon first sights Australia, also known as Nonestica by its inhabitants. (Works of L. Frank Baum, historical)~~

~~1607: The Siblings Triton, Morgana and Ursula take control of the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans, respectively, after the death of their father, Neptune. It is at this time that Triton obtains his Trident and Ursula, her magical nautilus shell. (*The Little Mermaid (Musical)*)~~

~~English settlers arrive in the Chesapeake area and begin to set up the town of Jamestown. Pocahontas, the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan tribe, ensures diplomatic relations between the two bodies after preventing the death of the explorer John Smith and preventing a war between the English and Native Americans. (*Pocahontas*)~~

~~1610: Koschei usurps the Russian throne under guise of Dmitry Ivanovich, son of Ivan the Terrible. He is removed from power by Ivan Tsarevich. (Russian Folklore)~~

~~The vampiress Elizabeth Báthory is arrested for murdering and bathing in the blood of young girls in Transylvania, Austria and Hungary. After her trial, vampire persecution in Europe increases greatly, prompting many to move to the United States. (*Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter*)~~

~~1612: Pocahontas, acting as a representative of the Powhatan nation, meets with King James of England in order to prevent an English invasion of the Powhatan lands. She and John Rolfe later successfully prevent the English Armada from attacking the Native Americans and elope to Powhatan lands. (*Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World*)~~

~~Agnes Nutter is burned as a witch. Prophesying her own death, she packs 80 pounds of gunpowder and 40 pounds of nails into her petticoats, killing everyone attending her burning. (*Good Omens*)~~

~~1613: Mikhail I of Russia, the first of the Romanov dynasty, begins rule.~~

~~1614: Chewbacca is born. (*Star Wars*)~~

~~1615: Vasilisa, working as a clothmaker in Moscow, is chosen by Alexei, son of Mikhail, to be his Queen, producing many heirs and greatly influencing Russian politics. (Russian folklore)~~

~~1616: Fairyland and the Wizarding community withdraw from human society in England completely. (*Harry Potter* and *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)~~

~~1617: Atlantean Civil War. Triton invades Ursula’s and Morgana’s domains and deposes them in the Pacific and Arctic after their use of Black Magic is discovered. (*The Little Mermaid (Musical)*)~~

~~1618: Truce of Deulino marks the beginning of Vasilisa’s rule in place of her husband, due to a progressing leg injury. (Extrapolation from Russian folklore)~~

~~1624: The Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, along with Milady de Winter, steal airship plans by Leonardo da Vinci from a vault in Venice. Milady betrays the Musketeers and gives the plans to the Duke of Buckingham. (*The Three Musketeers (2011)*)~~

~~1625: New Rotterdam is founded. (*Grand Theft Auto*)~~

~~D’Artagnan leaves Gascony for Paris to join the Musketeer guard. He joins forces with the Three Musketeers and sets out to reclaim the necklace of the French Queen Anne from the Duke of Buckingham to prevent a war between England and France, as orchestrated by Cardinal Richelieu in an attempt to take control of the country. The Three Musketeers raid the Tower of London, steal an English airship and reclaim the Queen’s jewelry from Milady. While en route to Paris, they battle with a larger French airship under the command of the Comte de Rochefort, who is working on behalf of the Cardinal. The two airships collide and land atop the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, however the Four Musketeers are able to return the jewels to Queen Anne in time. D’Artagnan is ordered to the Siege of La Rochelle as the Duke of Buckingham prepares a naval and air flotilla to invade France. (*The Three Musketeers* and *The Three Musketeers (2011)*)~~

~~1628: The Duke of Buckingham is assassinated by Milady de Winter, preventing the English invasion of France. D’Artagnan becomes a lieutenant in the French army. The French Catholics are victorious at the Siege of La Rochelle, and Milady de Winter is tried and executed for her crimes. (*The Three Musketeers* and *The Three Musketeers (2011)*)~~

~~1631: The 21st century town of Grantville, West Virginia arrives in Thuringia in this year. (*Sixteen Thirty Two*)~~

~~1637: Birth of the Princess Ariel of Atlantica to King Triton and Queen Athena. (*The Little Mermaid*)~~

~~1639: Kingsport founded. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~1641: Davy Jones begins ushering souls to the afterlife. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)~~

~~Beginning of the English Civil War.~~

~~1643: Innsmouth founded. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)~~

~~1645: Rembrandt Van Rijn builds the nine muses for the Storm King, Andronicus Valois (*Girl Genius*)~~

~~Death of Mikhail I.~~

~~1649: D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers fail to prevent the death of the English King Charles I. (*Twenty Years After*)~~

1651: Davy Jones stops ferrying souls and is cursed; he and his crew slowly turn into sea creature-like monsters. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

The First Brethren Court binds Calypso into human form. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

1653: Miskatonic University in Boston is founded. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

The Sea Witch Ursula is destroyed by Prince Eric of France. (*The Little Mermaid*)

Princess Ariel of Atlantica marries Prince Eric of France. (*The Little Mermaid*)

1658-1707: Reign of Aureng-zebe over the Mughal Empire. His daughter, Lalla Rookh, is married to the King of Bactria. (*Aureng-zebe* and *Lalla-Rookh*)

1659: Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked off the coast of South America. (*Robinson Crusoe*)

1660: Restoration of the British monarchy.

1664: Liberty City is founded. (*Grand Theft Auto*)

1665: Defeat of the Sea Witch Morgana by Princess Melody of Atlantica. (*The Little Mermaid*)

1666: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, explores and documents the Blazing World, stretching from Scotland, past Svalbard, to the North Pole, with its capitals of Paradise and Charn. (*The Blazing World*)

Great Fire of London.

1676: Following the death of her husband, Prince Eric, Princess Ariel casts herself into the ocean, dissolving into foam and becoming a sprite of the air. Ariel, as a sprite, is bound to Prospero. (*The Little Mermaid, The Tempest*)

1677: Major renovations on Castle Heterodyne. (*Girl Genius*)

Azkaban prison is created in the North Sea. (*Harry Potter*)

Prospero is deposed as Duke of Milan and his banished to a small island. (*The Tempest*)

1686: Robinson Crusoe is rescued. (*Robinson Crusoe*)

1689: Ariel is released from Prospero’s service; Marriage of Prospero’s daughter Miranda and Prince Ferdinand of Naples. (*The Tempest*)

1690: Prospero forms the first incarnation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, called Prospero’s Men, containing Prospero, Ariel, Caliban, Christian the Pilgrim, Robert Owe-much, Don Quixote, Amber St. Clair and Orlando. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Tempest, The Pilgrim’s Process, The Floating Island, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Forever Amber* and *Orlando: A Biography*)

1692: Dunwich founded. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

1695: On an expedition to the Blazing World, Christian the Pilgrim leaves the League. (*The Pilgrim’s Progress* and *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

1696: Prospero and Caliban leave to the Blazing World. (*The Tempest* and *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

1699: The League dissolves. Lemuel Gulliver departs Bristol on the HMS Antelope. (*Gulliver’s Travels*)

1701: Gulliver discovers Lilliput and Blefuscu. (*Gulliver’s Travels*)

Birth of Jack Sparrow. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

1702: Gulliver is held captive in Brobdingnag. (*Gulliver’s Travels*)

1703: 47 Ronin assault the mansion of Kira Yoshinaka, getting revenge for their deceased master, Asano Noganori. (Legend of the 47 Ronin)

1709: Formation of the Zulu tribe, an offshoot of the Kingdom of Wakanda, in South Africa. (*Marvel Comics*, historical)

Gulliver discovers Luggnag and Laputa. (*Gulliver’s Travels*)

1710: Jerusalem’s Lot is founded. (*Jerusalem’s Lot*)

1711: Gulliver stranded in Houyhnhnm-Land. (*Gulliver’s Travels*)

Two Persian noblemen, Usbek and Rica, leave Isfahan to experience Western society in Paris. (*Persian Letters*)

1712: Ariel protects Arabella Fermor in the events of the Rape of the Lock. (*The Rape of the Lock*)

1721: Birth of Elizabeth Swann. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

1725: The Eleventh Warehouse, faced with growing British influence in India, leaves Agra for Moscow. (*Warehouse 13*)

1729: Mos Eisley founded. (*Star Wars*)

1731: The Curse of the Black Pearl. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

Mos Espa founded. (*Star Wars*)

1740: A peasant girl named Belle releases the French Prince Adam from his transfiguration as the Beast. (*Beauty and the Beast*)

1740-1748: War of Austrian Succession.

1741: The Curse of the Black Pearl is lifted. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

1742: Davy Jones and the Kraken come under the control of the East India Company. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

Elizabeth Swann becomes the first Pirate King. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

Will Turner replaces Davy Jones as captain of the Flying Dutchman. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

Calypso, in the body of Tia Dalma, is released. This leads to the creation of the Maelstrom. (*Pirates of the Caribbean*)

The Alteration occurs. The seas become hostile to man as Calypso takes vengeance upon those that had once bound her. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters* and *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End*)

1743: Francis “Fanny” Hill begins work in the brothels of London. (*Fanny Hill*)

1750: Death of Blackbeard at the Fountain of Youth. (*Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides*)

1752: Scar kills his brother Mufasa, becoming the king of the Pridelands in the Serengeti. Mufasa’s son Simba is exiled and subsequently raised by a warthog and a meerkat. (*The Lion King*)

1754: Mandalorian Civil War. (*Star Wars*)

1757: French and Indian War.

Birth of Obi-Wan Kenobi. (*Star Wars*)

1756: Simba deposes his uncle Scar as ruler of the Pridelands, coinciding with the end of the Greater Sahel Drought and the accompanying Great Famine. (*The Lion King*)

1758: Androids from the 51st century attempt to procure the brain of Madame de Pompadour. (*Doctor Who*)

1762: Palpatine becomes Senator of Naboo after the assassination of Vidar Kim. (*Star Wars*)

Jango Fett becomes leader of the Mandalorians. (*Star Wars*)

1773: Anakin Skywalker born. (*Star Wars*)

1776: The United States declares its independence from Great Britain, aided by Britain’s inability to send reinforcements across the hostile oceans. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters*, historical)

Formation of the Illuminati.

1778: The famous sword, the Green Destiny, is stolen from a private estate in Beijing. (*Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*)

1780: The Battle of Galidraan wipes out the Mandalorians. (*Star Wars*)

1786: Han Solo born. (*Star Wars*)

1787: The Fellowship of Extraordinary Gentlemen is established, contains Lemuel Gulliver, Frances Hill,  Dr. Christopher Syn, Natty Bumppo, Baron Münchhausen and Orlando. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Gulliver’s Travels, Fanny Hill, Doctor Syn, Leatherstocking Tales, Orlando: A Biography*)

1788: Colonization of Australia by the British begins.

1789: French Revolution.

1790: Victor Frankenstein creates his monster. (*Frankenstein*)

Chancellor Palpatine eliminates term limits in order to deal with the upstart Confederacy of Independent Systems. (*Star Wars*)

1791: Sir Perseus Blakeney forms the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. (*The Scarlet Pimpernel*)

Construction begins on Sub-Marine Station Alpha, the first undersea city, located in the Irish Sea. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters*)

1792: Clone Wars begin. (*Star Wars*)

1793: Birth of Elizabeth Bennet, the later Protector of Meryton and soldier of the King himself, tasked with destroying the zombies that plague England. (*Pride and Prejudice and Zombies*)

Sub-Marine Station Alpha is completed, but is subsequently destroyed by a radical Atlantean merman saboteur. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters*)

1794: The Fellowship takes part in the Giant War of Brobdingnag. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Gulliver’s Travels*)

1795: Radioactive meteor crashes near Wold-Newton, England. (*Wold-Newton* series)

End of the Clone Wars. Order 66 results in the destruction of much of the Jedi Order. The Galactic Empire replaces the Old Republic. Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. (*Star Wars*)

Birth of Luke and Leia Skywalker. (*Star Wars*)

1796: The twin cities of Shelbyville and Springfield are founded. (*The Simpsons*)

1798: Synthetic Poké Balls are developed. (*Pokémon*)

1799: Fellowship is dissolved with death of Lemuel Gulliver. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Gulliver’s Travels*)

Sub-Marine Station Beta is constructed. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters*)

Napoleon comes to power in France.

1801: Haiti declares its independence.

Jack Stiles is sent by President Thomas Jefferson to the French island of Pulau-Pulau to aid English spy Emilia Rothschild in combating French threats. (*Jack of All Trades*)

1803: Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson sends explorers Natty Bumppo and Nathaniel Black to explore Louisiana. (*Leatherstocking Tales* and *Age of Empires III*)

1804: Kamino Uprising prompts the restructuring of the Galactic Imperial Army. (*Star Wars*)

1805: Horatio Hornblower brings about the British victory at Trafalgar. (Works of C. S. Forester)

The South American nation of San Theodoros declares its independence from Spain. (*The Adventures of Tintin*)

1806: Diego de la Vega becomes Zorro. (*Zorro*)

Death of Natty Bumppo. (*Leatherstocking Tales*)

1809: Birth of Abraham Lincoln, future President of the United States and vampire hunter. (*Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter*)

1811: George III of England is deemed unfit to rule due to contracting the Unmentionable disease; his son George IV rules as regent. (*Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After*)

1812: War of 1812.

Sub-Marine Station Beta is destroyed. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters*)

Dartz reawakens the Leviathan off the southern coast of England. The Leviathan and Calypso battle and for the first time in 150 years, the seas become safe again. (*Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters* and *Pirates of the Caribbean*)

Háry János defeats Napoleon after the jealous knight and Chamberlain of the Austrian Empire, Ebelasztin, resumes hostilities with France. (*Háry János*)

Rebel Alliance is established with the signing of the Corellian Treaty, starting the Galactic Civil War. (*Star Wars*)

1813: Marriage of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzpatrick Darcy, two of England’s top zombie-slayers. (*Pride and Prejudice and Zombies*)

1814: Destruction of the first Death Star. (*Star Wars*)

1815: Birth of Allan Quartermain (*King Solomon’s Mines*)

1816: Shaka unites the Zulu Kingdom.

1817: Battle of Hoth. (*Star Wars*)

1820: Zombies invade the walled fortress city of London on the day of George III’s recoronation, killing him and the heir apparent, George IV, and severing the House of Hanover. Death of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, esteemed zombie hunter. Hermann I, formerly Hermann XIV of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein and known as both the Irascible and the Wise, assumes power in Britain. (*Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After* and *Hermann the Irascible*)

1830: After Napoleon’s march into Russia, the Twelfth Warehouse is set up in London. (*Warehouse 13*)

1834: Charles Babbage invents the difference engine, instrumental in the development of computers. (Historical extrapolation)

1837: Queen Victoria, her Undying Majesty Albia, becomes Queen of England. (*Girl Genius*)

1838: Obed Marsh founds the Esoteric Order of Dagon in Innsmouth. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

1839: Friedrich von Junzt’s Unaussprechlichen Kulten is published. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

Disturbing paranormal activity culminates in the death of the Prussian Baron Alexander in his castle at Brennenburg at the hands of an Englishman from London. (*Amnesia: The Dark Descent*)

1841: The Murders in the Rue Morgue. (*The Murders in the Rue Morgue*)

1843: Jadis of Charn overthrows her sister as Queen of Charn and the Blazing World. She utters the Deplorable World, killing all living things in Charn beside herself. She sets up rule over the now isolated city of Charn. (*The Blazing World, The Chronicles of Narnia*)

1845: The young girl Gerda saves her friend Kai from the enchantment of the Snow Queen Jadis. Jadis subsequently aligns Charn with a demi-plane, pulling it out of cohesive existence with the rest of the Earth and puts herself in suspended animation. (*The Snow Queen, The Chronicles of Narnia*)

Unaussprechlichen Kulten is translated into English. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

1847: Thornfield Hall in Derbyshire, England, burns to the ground. (*Jane Eyre*)

c. 1848: Brass Tower burns to the ground. Lugia flees to the Whirl Islands. Pokémon League Competitions start. (*Pokémon*)

1850: Henry Frankenstein perfects his father’s monster. (*Frankenstein (1931)*)

Frankenstein killed by Dracula; the monster flees. (*Van Helsing*)

1851: The Pequod, a whaling ship from Nantucket, is sunk by the white whale known as Moby Dick. There is only one survivor. (*Moby Dick*)

1852: The Heterodyne Boys begin their adventures. (*Girl Genius*)

1853: The last Native American, named Karana, on San Nicolas Island, off the coast of California, is discovered and taken to the Mission of Santa Barbara. (*The Island of the Blue Dolphins*)

1854: Japan opens borders to outside world.

Birth of Tonto. (*The Lone Ranger*)

1857: Indian Rebellion of 1857. Prince Dakkar is among the revolting Sepoys. (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea* and *Mysterious Island*)

The Wizard assumes power in Oz. (*The Wizard of Oz* and *Wicked*)

1860: A nation living on an island in the Great Southern Pelagic Ocean is discovered. A local sanctuary, the Cave of Grandfathers, gives evidence that the natives are the descendants of a long lost and highly advanced maritime empire once stretching across the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, the Russian Influenza kills off many of Queen Victoria’s children, save Edward. (*Nation*, *King Ralph*)

1861: Start of the American Civil War.

Elphaba, daughter of the Wizard of Oz, is born. (*Wicked*)

A British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras rediscovers the island of New America. (*The Adventures of Captain Hatteras*)

1862: Theater of Vampires in Paris is destroyed. (*The Vampire Chronicles*)

Inventor Leviticus Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine destroys a part of central Seattle, releasing a gas that kills many and reanimates the bodies of some of its victims. (*Boneshaker*)

1863: Klaus becomes a construct, augmented with spare parts after almost dying. (*Girl Genius*)

1864: Atlanta is burned to the ground by the retreating Confederate Army. The O’Hara plantation of Tara undergoes redevelopment and revitalization. (*Gone with the Wind*)

1865: Completion of the Nautilus. Prince Dakkar becomes Captain Nemo. (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea* and *Mysterious Island*)

Alice Liddell travels to the Queen of Hearts’ dominion of Wonderland on the world of Azeroth, unbeknownst to Queen Redd. (*Alice in Wonderland*)

The Magisterium, under the leadership of Marisa Coulter of the General Oblation Board, opens its research facility of Bolvangar, in the far north. (*His Dark Materials*)

1866: John Carter is transported to Barsoom (Mars). (*John Carter of Mars*)

1867: Firing of the Baltimore Columbiad. Crewmembers Ardan, Barbicane and Nicholl become first men in space, but do not succeed in landing on the Moon. (*From the Earth to the Moon*)

The Nautilus battles the USS Abraham Lincoln. (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*)

1869: Klaus Wulfenbach exiled by Lucrezia Mongfish. (*Girl Genius*)

Ulysses S. Grant assumes the presidency of the United States. He appoints James West and Artemus Gordon special agents of the Secret Service. (*The Wild Wild West*)

1870: Sergeant James Winston Pepper is lost at sea. (*Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band*)

Lyra Belacqua, the bearer of the Alethiometer, with the aid of the King of the Panserbjørne, Iorek Byrnison, destroys the Bolvangar facility. She and Lord Asriel pass through the Bridge of the Stars into the alternate dimension of Cittàgazze. (*His Dark Materials*)

The witches of the North, rallied by Serafina Pekkala and Ruta Skadi, plan to make war with the Magisterium, alongside Lord Asriel. (*His Dark Materials*)

Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry recover the Subtle Knife. (*His Dark Materials*)

Mary Malone first documents the mulefa, an otherworldly race that runs on wheels. (*His Dark Materials*)

British naval sergeant James Winston Pepper discovers an underwater world south of Tierra del Fuego, which comes to be known as Pepperland. Pepperland controls the vessel known as the Yellow Submarine, which is occasionally spotted in Drake’s Passage. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Yellow Submarine*)

1871: Alice Liddell passes through the Looking-Glass to Wonderland. After her return, the Liddell house burns to the ground. She becomes suicidal and is relegated to Rutledge Asylum. Wonderland declines along with Alice’s health, due to a link created by the Looking-Glass. (*Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There* and *American McGee’s Alice*)

Sea levels rise due to the melting of polar ice wrought by Asriel’s Bridge. (*His Dark Materials*)

Metatron, the acting regent of the Kingdom of Heaven is killed by Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter. (*His Dark Materials*)

The Authority, the first Angel created, dies. Reformation of the Kingdom of Heaven into the Republic of Heaven. (*His Dark Materials*)

The Magisterium collapses. A unified Kingdom of Italy, maneuvered by the Piedmontese king, Victor Emmanuel II, along with a unified Switzerland, emerges. A few cities in Italy still hold out against unification. The Magisterium, now once more the Papal States, holds on to the cities of Rome and Geneva. (Historical extrapolation, *His Dark Materials*)

Chaos in Heaven and in Europe leaves the continent open to attack from the Other. (*His Dark Materials, Girl Genius*)

Queen Redd (The Red Queen) deposes Queen Alyss of Wonderland, a fragment of the soul of Alice Liddell left over after she traveled back through the Looking-Glass. (*Alice in Wonderland* and *Looking Glass Wars*)

1872: Phileas Fogg starts his 80-day trip around the world. (*Around the World in 80 Days*)

Basil Hallward paints the portrait of Dorian Gray. (*Picture of Dorian Gray*)

Allan Quartermain searches for Ayesha. (*King Solomon’s Mines* etc… and *She*)

Gilgamesh Wulfenbach born. (*Girl Genius*)

1873: The Fifth Castle Heterodyne is destroyed. Lucrezia Mongfish disappears. (*Girl Genius*)

The Other goes to war with Sparks and Heterodyne Boys. Knights of Jove ally with Other. (*Girl Genius*)

Agatha Heterodyne born. (*Girl Genius*)

Aliens attack the town of Absolution, Arizona. (*Cowboys and Aliens*)

1874: The Other and Heterodynes disappear. (*Girl Genius*)

1876: Dr. Eric Bellman leads an expedition to Wonderland on a Hunt for the Snark. (*The Hunting of the Snark*)

Samuel Jones Tilden, after marrying Leila Morse, defeats Rutherford B. Hayes in the hotly contested American presidential election of 1876. (*Alternate Presidents: Patriot’s Dream*)

1877: Klaus Wulfenbach, historically and ethnically Transylvanian, establishes the Baron’s Peace (Pax Wulfenbachia), taking over much of Central Europe in a federation similar to that of the Holy Roman Empire. The Warehouse nearly moves here, with Wulfenbach Germany rivaling Great Britain in power, but decides against it due to the comparatively unstable government. (*Girl Genius* and *Warehouse 13*)

Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin, a senior statesman in Moscow, is killed by his wife Anna Karenina, in fact a Class 12 version of the robot Anna Karenina created by scientists from the future to prevent the betrayal of Earth by Karenin to the extraterrestrial Honored Guests at the behest of his power-hungry mechanical Face. (*Android Karenina*)

A large comet named Gallia passes by the earth, capturing 36 inhabitants, as well as some land and air. (*Off on a Comet*)

1878: Castle Wulfenbach is completed. (*Girl Genius*)

Captain Nemo launches the Nautilus II. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Queen Victoria establishes the Torchwood Institute after being attacked by an alien werewolf. She is scratched in the scuffle, and passes on lycanthropic hemophilia to her descendants. (*Torchwood/Doctor Who*)

Galinda and Elphaba begin schooling at the University of Shiz. (*Wicked*)

Former assassin Himura Kenshin arrives in Tokyo and successfully prevents a plot by his successor Shishio Makoto to overthrow the Meiji government of Japan. (*Rurouni Kenshin*)

1879: Dr. Dillamond, and Animal professor at the University of Shiz, is murdered by Madame Morrible’s servant Grommetik. Galinda assumes the name Glinda in memory of him. (*Wicked*)

Queen Victoria authorizes Torchwood to acquire and study alien technologies, partnering it with the British Twelfth Warehouse. Torchwood continues its mission throughout its existence, effectively becoming Earth’s primary defense against alien attacks. (*Torchwood/Doctor Who* and *Warehouse 13*)

1880: Allan Quartermain finds King Solomon’s Mines. (*King Solomon’s Mines* etc…)

Glinda and Elphaba petition the Wizard of Oz for Animal rights, but are rebuffed. (*Wicked*)

1881: Alice returns to Wonderland. (*American McGee’s Alice*)

A fire guts the Paris Opera House after being plagued by the mysterious Erik Claudin, the Phantom of the Opera. (*The Phantom of the Opera*)

Thomas Edison ventures to the American West to attempt to use science to counteract the magical power of the Native American shamans. Tombstone, Arizona erupts into a battlefield between Edison, Wyatt Earp, Geronimo, Doc Holiday, Bat Masterson, the Clanton gang and the Thing That Was Once Johnny Ringo. (*The Buntline Special*)

An Italian woodcarver named Gepetto creates a marionette name Pinocchio, who comes to life due to the magic of the Blue Fairy, also known as the Fairy with Turquoise Hair. Pinocchio eventually turns into a real boy after gaining understanding about life. (*The Adventures of Pinocchio* and *Pinocchio*)

Sherlock Holmes meets Doctor John Watson. (*Sherlock Holmes*)

1883: Skifander is discovered. (*Girl Genius*)

Scientist Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch discovers the bacilli of infectious conjunctivitis, named after a spell used by wizards, which causes irritation of the eyes and eyelids. (*Harry Potter*)

1884: Alice Liddell returns to Wonderland, to find it horribly transfigured under the rule of Queen Redd. (*The Looking Glass Wars* and *American McGee’s Alice*)

The soul of Queen Redd is trapped in the looking-glass of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). (*Warehouse 13* and *Looking Glass Wars*)

Meiji the Great becomes Emperor, or Mikado, of Japan, beginning an era of rapid industrialization in the country. (*The Mikado*)

1885: Elphaba joins a convent (mauntery) after the supposed death of Fiyero, Prince of the Arjiki Vinkus at the hands of the Gale Force, the Wizard of Oz’s secret police. (*Wicked*)

1886: First known appearance of Mr. Edward Hyde. (*Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde*)

1888: Jack the Ripper, AKA Jack MacHeath, Mac the Knife, stalks London. (Historical, *The Threepenny Opera, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Abraham (Gabriel) Van Helsing, a slayer, and Anna Valerious combat and kill Dracula and his wives in Transylvania to preserve the souls of the Valerious Family. Reclaim Frankenstein’s Monster along the way. (*Van Helsing*)

Van Helsing, after resuming his human form, is plagued by amnesia. (Van Helsing extrapolation)

Dracula reborn. (Dracula extrapolation)

Frankenstein’s Monster is never seen again after departing in a boat in the Adriatic. (*Van Helsing*)

Effective founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with the establishment of the Isis-Urania Temple in London.

1890: Dorian Gray dies, having rapidly aged; while his painting assumes its original 1872 state. (*Picture of Dorian Gray*)

1891: Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty both presumed dead at Reichenbach Falls, however Holmes survives thought the use of an oxygen supply. Moriarty also survives, becoming known as M in British government. (*Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Final Problem, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows*)

1892: Agatha Clay destroys hive engine aboard Castle Wulfenbach. (*Girl Genius*)

Agatha Clay (Heterodyne) discovered to be the daughter of Lucrezia Mongfish, the Other. (*Girl Genius*)

The Other placed inside the body of the clank Princess Anevka of Sturmhalten. (*Girl Genius*)

Klaus Wulfenbach invades Sturmhalten. Agatha Heterodyne escapes Sturmhalten and reactivates Castle Heterodyne in Mechanicsburg. The Geisterdamen, servants of the Other, are locked beneath the Castle Sturmhalten. (*Girl Genius*)

1894: Sherlock Holmes returns to England in secret. (*Sherlock Holmes in the Adventure of the Empty House*)

Captain Nemo explores Antarctica. (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*)

1895: The Time Machine is completed. (*The Time Machine*)

1896: Bloodthirsty Martians send the Crystal Egg to Earth to spy. (*The Crystal Egg*)

1897: Hawley Griffin becomes the Invisible Man. (*The Invisible Man*)

Wilhelmina Murray and Jonathan Harker, along with Abraham Van Helsing, confront and kill Dracula in Transylvania. (*Dracula*)

Dracula reborn. (*Dracula* extrapolation)

Wilhelmina Murray, after a divorce from Jonathan Harker, joins British Intelligence. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Nessarose promises Elphaba her magical ruby slippers. (*Wicked*)

1898: Murray recruits Captain Nemo, Allan Quartermain and Mr. Edward Hyde into the now-complete League. Capture Hawley Griffin. First League of Extraordinary Gentlemen contains: Wilhelmina Murray, Captain Nemo, Allan Quartermain, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Dracula, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, King Solomon’s Mines* etc…*, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Invisible Man*)

M, Leader of the League, is revealed to be James Moriarty, who threatens a criminal turf war with the Devil Doctor, Fu Manchu. Moriarty is stopped by League and jettisoned into space by Cavorite stone. Mycroft Holmes becomes new M. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Sherlock Holmes* and the works of Sax Rohmer)

The Martians, having reached the limit of accessible resources on Mars, invade Earth. The Red Weed chokes London, and Griffin is killed trying to ally with the aliens. Hyde, too, is killed, just before MI5 orders the use of H-142, a mixture of anthrax and streptococcus developed by the enigmatic Dr. Moreau, which kills the Martian invaders. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Island of Dr. Moreau* and *War of the Worlds*)

Over the course of the Martian invasion, major damage is done to New York, Paris, St. Louis, London and large swaths of China. (*War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches*)

Other Martian units on Earth eventually killed by the common cold. (*War of the Worlds)*

End of the first League. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Buzz Cola is first developed, originally named Pepsi-Cola. (*The Simpsons*)

The Spanish-American War arises partly due to the yellow journalism of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane. The War establishes the United States as a world power, as Spain cedes the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam. (*Citizen Kane*)

1899: Dorothy Gale travels to the Land of Oz. (*The Wizard of Oz)*

Nessarose, known as the Wicked Witch of the East, of Oz, is killed by Dorothy Gale (*Wicked* and *The Wizard of Oz*)

Sunnydale, California is founded. (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*)

### 1900 CE - 1999

1900: Digory Kirke travels to Narnia, on the world of Azeroth. Along the way he awakens Jadis, the White Witch and Snow Queen of Charn on Spitsbergen. (*The Magician’s Nephew*)

Dorothy Gale accidentally kills Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. (*Wicked* and *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*)

The Wizard, confronted by Glinda with the news of his paternity of Elphaba, flees Oz. (*Wicked*)

Glinda assumes temporary leadership over Oz. (*Wicked*)

The floating city of Columbia is launched by the United States government amid much fanfare. The city accentuates American culture and ideology and is touted to be a mobile World’s Fair of sorts.  However, the city is renounced by the American government after firing upon Chinese Boxer Rebels. (*Bioshock: Infinite*)

Japanese Crown Prince Yoshihito, later the Emperor/Mikado Taisho and affectionately nicknamed Nanki-Poo, marries Sadako “Yum-Yum” Kujo, the future Empress Teimei, in the town of Titipu. (*The Mikado*)

1900-1902: Oz is ruled by an imposter Scarecrow and the Emperor Apostle Shell, Elphaba’s half-brother. (*Son of a Witch*)

1901: The War in the Air breaks out between Germany and the United States, spreads to Europe, China and Japan. (*The War in the Air*)

English lunar expedition claims vast territories on the moon. However, the secrets of Cavorite, the material responsible for the expedition’s craft, are mostly lost along with its creator Dr. Cavor. Helena Wells alone knows the secret of the stone. (*The First Men in the Moon* and *Warehouse 13*)

Wilhelmina Murray and Allan Quartermain find the city of Kôr, bathing in its fires of immortality. Allan Quartermain becomes Allan Quartermain, Jr. (*She* and *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

The super-villain Fantômas begins terrorizing France. (*Fantômas* *Series)*

The Bride of Frankenstein is created. Destruction of the lab of Castle Frankenstein. (*Bride of Frankenstein*)

Death of Queen Victoria. She is succeeded by her son Edward VII of the House of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein.

1901-1902: The War in the Air. Japan/China and Germany attack the United States; however, their forces are both largely destroyed after a huge battle between the two sides above Niagara Falls. Remaining European powers help to reestablish status quo. Berlin is almost completely destroyed; damage to cities of New York City, London, Paris and Hamburg. Wulfenbach’s Germany collapses into component states, including a new Germany and Austria-Hungary. (*The War in the Air*)

1902: Sherlock Holmes reveals that he survived the events of 1891. (*Sherlock Holmes*)

War in the Air ends. (*The War in the Air*)

Ozma ascends to the Ozite throne after being rescued by the Good Witch Glinda. (*The Marvelous Land of Oz*)

1903: Two Englishmen thwart a German invasion plan involving a fleet based in the Frisian Islands. (*The Riddle of the Sands*)

Englishman George Arthur Rose is ordained Pope Hadrian VII and begins reforming the Catholic Church. He is assassinated not long after by an anti-papacy Scotsman, and is succeeded by Pope Pius X. (*Hadrian the Seventh*)

1904: The Royal family of Ev, a neighbor of Oz, is attacked by the Nome King, who is ultimately defeated by Ozma and Dorothy Gale. Ozma makes Ev into a puppet state at this time. (*Ozma of Oz*)

A powerful earthquake strikes California. (*Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz*)

Death of Jonah Hex. (*DC Comics*)

1906: Wilhelmina Murray and Allan Quartermain travel to Shangri-La where they meet Orlando. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

The Nome King invades Oz. (*The Emerald City of Oz*)

Glinda makes the magical inhabitants of Oz invisible to outsiders. (*The Emerald City of Oz*)

1907: Polar realms are explored by the Second League, including reestablishing connections with the Panserbjørne Kingdom. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* and *His Dark Materials*)

Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is fleshed out. Includes: Wilhelmina Murray, Allan Quartermain (Jr.), Orlando, A. J. Raffles and Thomas Carnacki. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Dracula, King Solomon’s Mines* etc…*, Orlando: A Biography,* the works of E. W. Hornung and *Carnacki the Ghost-Finder*)

An expedition to the Arctic led by the Englishman Sir Anthony Ross results in the discovery of the island of Astragard, occupied by a colony of lost Vikings. (*The Island at the Top of the World*)

1908: Nikola Tesla, using his facility at Wardenclyffe Tower, destroys the Piece of Eden disguised as the Russian Imperial Scepter. The resulting explosion levels a swath of the forest in Tunguska, Russia, in what is one of the largest explosions in history. (*Assassin’s Creed*)

The Berlin Metropolis is completed. (*Metropolis*)

1909: Die Zwielichthelden, the German counterpart to the League, is created. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Tarzan, sole survivor of the lost Greystoke Expedition, is discovered in jungle and brought back to England. (*Tarzan Series*)

1910: Death of the Captain Nemo. His daughter Janni takes over control of the Nautilus. (*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Mysterious Island* and *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Professor George Edward Challenger discovers the Lost World. (*The Lost World*)

Tarzan returns to jungle with Jane Porter. (*Tarzan Series*)

Formation of the South African state.

The Megapatagonian Mary Poppins, the “Great Exception,” visits London to act as a nanny to the Banks children. She tells the children and several other Londoners of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, a rare sexually transmitted disease of the liver that is fatal, but causes a euphoric sensation when spoken of. (*Mary Poppins, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, La Découverte australe par un homme-volant, Saturday Night Live*)

1911: Les Hommes Mysterieux, the French equivalent of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is formed. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

Anck-su-namun is reincarnated in the form of Meela Nais. (*The Mummy*)

1912: The British ship, *The Titan*, hits an iceberg at sea and sinks. The priceless Heart of the Ocean diamond and necklace is presumed lost in the wreck. (*Titanic* and *Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan*)

Challenger returns to the Lost World, known as Maple White Land, documenting the existence of dinosaurs in South America. (*The Lost World*)

The Hotel California is constructed in Beverly Hills. (*Hotel California*)

Lisa, daughter of Count Ferdinand Lichtenfel, marries Chinese prince Sou-Chong and goes to live with him in China, only to suffer from immense culture shock and leave back for Vienna. (*The Land of Smiles*)

1913: The Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen clashes with its French equivalent, Les Hommes Mysterieux, at the Paris Opera House. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

1914: Richard Hannay prevents the Germans from securing the war plans of the British by solving the mystery of the thirty-nine steps. (*The Thirty-Nine Steps*)

Beginning of World War I after assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Ferdinand’s son, Prince Aleksandar, flees to Switzerland as the Darwinist forces of France, England and Russia and the Clanker forces of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire prepare for battle. The whale airship, the *Leviathan*, prepares to make a covert trip to the city of Constantinople, carrying the scientist Nora Barlow, granddaughter of Charles Darwin. (*Leviathan*)

Ghosts of English troops from the Battle of Agincourt aid the British troops in the Battle of Mons. (Legend of the *Angels of Mons*)

With World War I underway, the Thirteenth Warehouse relocates to South Dakota. (*Warehouse 13*)

An expedition led by the Smithsonian and Miskatonic University discovers the still-living second city of Atlantis. (*Atlantis: The Lost Empire*)

Aliens retrieve a weapon for use against the Great Evil from Earth for safekeeping. (*The Fifth Element*)

1915: Russian man Gregor Samsa is inexplicably undergoes a metamorphosis into an insect. (*The Metamorphosis*)

Princess Ozma of Oz disappears, having been kidnapped by the sorcerer Ugu. (*The Lost Princess of Oz*)

Princess Kida of Atlantis raises the city, using a combination of the fabled Heart of Atlantis and the Spear of Destiny, vowing to utilize Atlantis’s technology to better mankind. (*Atlantis: Milo’s Return*)

1916: China fragments, beginning of Chinese Revolution.

1917: Russian Revolution incited by the sorcerer Rasputin, who, in the storming of the Royal Palace, is seemingly killed when he drowns in the Neva River. Rumors abound about the survival of the Princess Anastasia. (*Anastasia*)

The United States joins World War I.

Second invasion of Oz by the Nome King. (*The Magic of Oz*)

The British royal family changes the name of the House of Saxe-Drachsen-Wachtelstein to the House of Wyndham amid anti-German sentiment. (*King Ralph*)

1918: End of World War I. Austria-Hungary collapses into component states. Germany forced to accept blame and massive reparations.

Civil War breaks out between the Skeezers and Flatheads, members of Gillikin Country in Oz. (*Glinda of Oz*)

1920: Nazi Party founded.

1922: Benzino Napaloni comes to power in Italy. (*The Great Dictator*)

Prince Naveen of Maldonia marries the New Orleans resident Tiana Rose, a descendant of the German Frog Princess and King Harold of Far, Far Away. (*The Princess and the Frog*)

1923: Nikola Tesla creates the Atomic Robo. (*Atomic Robo*)

The United States of Palombia declares its independence. (*Spirou et Fantasio*)

Edward Elric arrives on Earth from a parallel world. (*Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa*)

1924: Stalin, the Fearless Leader, comes to power in the Soviet Union. (*Rocky and Bullwinkle*)

Roxie Hart is accused of murdering Fred Casely and, under the guidance of lawyer Billy Flynn, manages to stir up such media frenzy around the case as to secure her acquittal. She then goes on to star on Vaudeville with fellow murderer Velma Kelly. (*Chicago*)

1925: The Call of Cthulhu occurs. Cthulhu briefly emerges at R’lyeh. (*The Tale of Inspector Legrasse* and *The Madness from the Sea*)

American socialite and bootlegger Jay Gatsby is killed. (*The Great Gatsby*)

Imhotep is revived by Evelyn Carnarvon and Rick O’Connell using the Book of the Dead. He is eventually destroyed and buried under the ruins of Hamunaptra by the Book of the Living. (*The Mummy*)

The Thule society opens a portal a parallel dimension, looking for weapons to aid the rise of Adenoid Hynkel, but is defeated by the Alchemists of Amestris, including Edward Elric, who had been previously living in Earth’s Munich. (*Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa*)

Agatha Christie goes missing after an encounter with a giant wasp, in fact an alien Vespiform, which is defeated by the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble. (*Doctor Who*)

1927: The Metropolis of Berlin is destroyed by riots started by Professor C. A. Rotwang and his creation, the Maschinenmensch Maria, reconfigured from the old body of Anevka Stormvoraus. (*Metropolis* and *Girl Genius*)

The orphan Anya is revealed to be the Russian Princess Anastasia; destroys Rasputin in fight on the Alexander Bridge in Paris. However, he is later revived by Ogdru Jahad, the Dragon of Revelation. (*Anastasia* and *Hellboy*)

1928: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen puts down a Cthulhu cult in Worcestershire, after being tipped off by Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves. (*Cthulhu, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier* and *Jeeves and Wooster*)

The Stargate is unearthed in Giza. (*Stargate*)

Thomas Edison leads a human counter-invasion of Mars; kill most of remaining life forms on the surface with biological weapons and cripple the Martian’s war-making ability with ship-to-ship combat and bombardments. Life continues on below the surface however. (*War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches* and *Edison’s Conquest of Mars*)

The Dunwich Horror. (*H. P. Lovecraft*)

1929: Start of the Great Depression.

1930: Miskatonic University’s Pabodie Expedition sets off to Antarctica; eventually discover the Mountains of Madness (*At the Mountains of Madness*)

Jay Garrick becomes the Flash, the first super-powered superhero. (*DC Comics*)

Daleks attempt to create a human army by channeling a solar flare through the Empire State Building in New York City. (*Doctor Who*)

1931: Japan occupies Manchuria.

Work is started on the Boulder (Hoover) Dam, meant to hide the power of the Allspark. (*Transformers*)

1933: Nazi Party comes to power in Germany under the leader Adenoid Hynkel. (*The Great Dictator*)

King Kong is brought to New York, falls off of the Empire State Building. (*King Kong*)

Imhotep is once again resurrected, this time by Meela Nais. The Scorpion King Mathayus is awakened and subsequently killed by the Spear of Osiris, wielded by Rick O’Connell. Imhotep is dragged to the Underworld. (*The Mummy*)

The Joad family leaves Oklahoma for California due to hardships caused by the Dust Bowl. (*The Grapes of Wrath*)

1934: Samuel Edward Ratchett, also known as Cassetti, is murdered aboard the Orient Express. Hercule Poirot investigates this case before ultimately passing the story on to writer Agatha Christie. (*Murder on the Orient Express*)

1935: Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr., also known as Indiana Jones, discovers the fabled Heart of the Dragon in Qin Shi Huang’s tomb. He then subsequently prevents the Thuggee priest Mola Ram from acquiring the fabled Sankara stones. (*Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* and *Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb*)

1936: Hynkel and Napaloni create the Axis. (*The Great Dictator*)

A wealthy merchant accidentally rediscovers the subterranean world of the Geisterdamen, now known as Vril-ya or the Vril Society, beneath the German town of Sturmhalten-Isenstadt. (*The Coming Race, Girl Genius* and *Wolfenstein*)

Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. recovers the Ark of the Covenant. (*Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark*)

Pestilence retires from his role as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with the advent of penicillin. Pollution takes his place. (*Good Omens*)

1937: Nazi scientists, led by Baron Heinrich von Helsingard, initiate genocide of the Vril-ya in order to obtain the volatile and extremely powerful Vril Energy, also called Nachtsonne. (*Atomic Robo, Wolfenstein* and *The Coming Race)*

Wilhelmina Murray, Allan Quartermain and Orlando travel to the Blazing World. End of the Second League (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier* and *The Blazing World*)

1938: Adenoid Hynkel invades Austria.

Helsingard’s brain transferred to, and preserved in, a robotic body. Helsingard also provides the Other with a new mechanical body. (*Atomic Robo*)

Indiana Jones averts a Nazi plot to gain control of the Holy Grail. (*Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*)

Cliff Secord recovers a jet pack made by Howard Hughes and becomes the Rocketeer, foiling a Nazi spy plot in Los Angeles and destroying the German zeppelin, the Luxembourg. (*The Rocketeer*)

The Eleventh Doctor inadvertently prevents a time-travelling justice robot known as the Teselecta from killing Adenoid Hynkel. Melody Pond regenerates into her incarnation known as River Song. (*Doctor Who*)

1939: Hynkel invades Poland, Czechoslovakia, starting World War II. The Golem is secretly moved to America. (*The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay*)

Mysterious robots attack New York City, defeated by the Sky Captain; believed to be the work of the mysterious Nazi scientist, Dr. Totenkopf. (*Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow*)

The launch of the Noah’s Ark Rocket, crucial in the construction of the “World of Tomorrow,” is averted by Sky Captain and Polly Perkins. Totenkopf revealed to be dead, his machines having carried out his work. (*Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow*)

Namor becomes new King of Atlantis. Begins raiding coastal cities. (*Sub-Mariner*)

US get Stargate from Egypt. (*Stargate*)

Ten mysterious deaths occur on Soldier Island off the coast of Devon, England, which are later attributed to one of the dead, Justice Wargrave. (*And Then There Were None*)

1940: The Spirit begins dispensing justice in Central City. (*The Sprit*)

Pevensie children first travel to the land of Narnia, on the world of Azeroth. (*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*)

Formation of the Justice Society of America. Prevent Operation Sea Lion. (*DC Comics*)

Eglantine Price aids in the defense of the British Isles against the Germans, animating a museum-full of soldiers to combat the German landing party. (*Bedknobs and Broomsticks*)

The Illuminati begins gathering genetic data under the guise of smallpox vaccinations. (*Deus Ex*)

The Wynand Building is completed in New York City. (*The Fountainhead*)

1941: Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, US enters WWII.

Germany’s SS Paranormal Division in Germany creates first successful Übersoldat. (*Return to Castle Wolfenstein*)

William Wonka founds Wonka Confectionaries. (*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*)

Invention of the Purple Ray. (*DC Comics*)

The White Queen Jadis from Narnia, on Azeroth, is reincarnated following a botched revivification ritual as Emma Frost in Boston, Massachusetts. (*Marvel Comics, the Chronicles of Narnia*)

1942: Johan Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull, Hynkel’s head of weapons and prominent member of the crime syndicate HYDRA, invades Tonsberg, Norway, seeking the Tesseract. (*Captain America: The First Avenger*)

Captain America created. (*Captain America*)

Nazi Occultists, members of the SS Paranormal Division, resurrect the dark Prince Heinrich I. Defeated by American operatives. (*Return to Castle Wolfenstein*)

1943: Orlando is shot down over France, having joined the Royal Air Force. (*League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*)

The United States conducts the Philadelphia Experiment as part of Project Rainbow, funded by Abstergo Industries in collaboration with Aperture Science as a part of the United States’ collaboration with Albert Einstein in Chronosphere technology. The first test resulted in the USS *Eldridge* disappearing for 47 seconds as part of a localized frozen time bubble. The second test resulted in the *Eldridge’s* transportation from the Philadelphia Naval Yard to Norfolk, Virginia, ten seconds in the past, then to a distant irradiated planet, finally materializing near the underwater city of Poseidon Eight in the 23rd century. The wormhole remained active there for a few days, leaking radiation and the Vashta Nerada, before being turned off by the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor. Subsequently, the *Eldridge* reappeared in the Philadelphia Naval Yard with its crew experiencing severe mental and physical disruption by the events. The total time disappeared by the *Eldridge* relative to Earth on its second voyage was 18 minutes. Aperture Science later repeated this test in the 1970’s on the icebreaker *Borealis*, but only succeeded in transporting the ship to the Arctic, where it was lost. The barometer of the *Eldridge*, removed after the first experiment, allows for the establishment of a similar localized time bubble, albeit on a smaller scale, and was recovered in Denver by agents of Warehouse 13 in 2011. (*Doctor Who, Command & Conquer, Warehouse 13, Assassin’s Creed, Half-Life 2* and *Portal 2*)

1944: Operation Valkyrie fails to kill Hynkel. (*Valkyrie*)

Zeppelin is crashed into the German Chateau Schufstaffel, sealing the entrance of the Vril World. (*Return to Castle Wolfenstein* and *Wolfenstein*)

Orlando is turned into an orange cat. (*Orlando, the Marmalade Cat*)

Hellboy is summoned by Rasputin, working with the Nazis, but is captured by the Allies. (*Hellboy*)

A young girl named Ofelia uncovers a labyrinth that contains an entrance to the Underground Realm in the Spanish Pyrenees. She is ultimately killed by the Falangist Captain Vidal and it is revealed that she is actually the incarnation of the Princess Moanna of the Underground Realm. (*Pan’s Labyrinth*)

Cave Johnson purchases a salt mine in Upper Michigan, the future site of the Aperture Science Enrichment Facility. (*Portal 2*)

A fire and explosion levels Emmanuelle Mimieux’s cinema in Paris during the premiere of the Nazi Propaganda film, Stolz der Nation. Jewish-American soldiers known as the “Basterds” kill Joseph Goebbels and a double of Adolf Hitler, as the theatre burns due to Mimieux’s plan of revenge against the Nazis for killing her family three years earlier. (*Inglourious Basterds*)

1945: End of World War II. US drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hynkel presumed dead in bunker in Berlin.

Albus Dumbledore defeats the Dark Wizard Grindelwald. (*Harry Potter*)

The Big Three Greek gods: Hades, Poseidon and Zeus make an oath to not have any more children, as they are too powerful. (*The Lightning Thief*)

Johann Schmidt is killed after being exposed to the power of the Tesseract amidst plans to deliver devastating bombs to many American cities. Steve Rogers, as Captain America, sacrifices himself to prevent this plot, crashing the plane into the Arctic, where he will remain frozen for 70 years. (*Captain America: The First Avenger*)

S.H.I.E.L.D. is established. (*Marvel Comics*)

1946: James Bond joins British Secret Service. (*James Bond*)

SPECTRE, the terrorist group, is founded. (*James Bond*)

The undersea city of Rapture is built. (*Bioshock*)

The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, and his Terracotta Army are discovered. A member of the Chinese Nationalist party resurrects the Dragon Emperor. He is destroyed by the O’Connell’s, Zi Yuan and her daughter Lin as well as the freed souls of those he imprisoned in the Great Wall. (*The Mummy*)

1947: Two spaceships crash over Roswell, New Mexico. One is a time-traveled Planet Express ship, and the other is a scout ship for an alien invasion, the Alien Alliance. Two specimens are recovered, one from each ship. Although one captive, a certain Dr. John Zoidberg, escapes with the crew of the Planet Express ship, leaving only the Alien Alliance ship and its dead pilot in US custody. (*Futurama, Independence Day,* and *DC Comics*)

Realizing the threat of an alien invasion, US president Harry Truman signs “Operation Majestic 12,” which leads to the foundation of the Syndicate of the Men in Black. The Syndicate’s observers investigate unusual, supernatural occurrences all over the US, akin to the British Torchwood Agency, and maintain contact with the extraterrestrial community. Earth is declared an interstellar apolitical neutral zone. To help develop Earth’s technology, Albert Einstein persuades President Truman to create a town devoted solely to the brightest scientists working on the most advanced technologies. (*Conspiracy Theories, The X-Files, Men in Black, Eureka* and *Fringe*)

Marvin Acme, owner of Acme Industries and Toontown, is murdered. (*Who Framed Roger Rabbit?*)

Cave Johnson founds Aperture Science. (*Portal*)

1948: Apartheid begins in South Africa.

The Jaffer Dynasty begins in Zamunda, a tributary state of Wakanda. (*Marvel Comics, Coming to America*)

Professor Samuel Oak, also known as Yukinari Okido, is born. (*Pokémon*)

1949: The People’s Republic of China is created.

1950: The town of Eureka, Oregon is officially founded by President Truman as a scientific mecca for advanced research. (*Eureka*)

1951: The Justice Society of America is disbanded. (*DC Comics*)

The alien Klaatu lands in Washington, D.C. (*The Day the Earth Stood Still*)

Business magnate and newspaper publisher Charles Foster Kane dies in his vast estate of Xanadu in Florida, leaving an enigmatic last word, “Rosebud.” (*Citizen Kane*)

1952: United States’ nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, damages Atlantean city of Tasmantis. Namor goes to war with surface. (*Sub-Mariner*)

Alleged battle between Hellboy and surviving Adenoid Hynkel. (*Hellboy*)

With the death of King George VI of England, his daughter Elizabeth is crowned Queen Gloriana II, Queen of England. (*Gloriana*)

1953: A being known as the Wire attempts to feed on the electrical activity of the people watching the coronation of Queen Gloriana II on television. (*Doctor Who*)

1954: Gojira ravages Tokyo, possibly due to radiation from the atomic bombings. (*Godzilla*)

1955: Superhero Relocation Act is passed to protect superheroes from public backlash. (*The Incredibles*)

1956: Out of fear that the former members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are working as Soviet spies, America pressures the British government into creating the Black Dossier. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier*)

James Bond assassinates British industrialist, Sir John Knight, also known as Johnny Bull. Cover story regarding a Doctor No is fabricated by the CIA. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Doctor No* and *The Avengers*)

Suez Crisis.

The Italian ship SS Claridon sinks in the Pacific Ocean while en route from Genoa to Tokyo via New York. (*The Last Voyage*)

1957: Indiana Jones prevents a Soviet paranormal squad, led by the psychic Irina Spalko, from obtaining a Crystal Skull from the lost city of Akator. The city is subsequently destroyed as the ancient spaceship leaves into an alternate dimension after the Skull is returned. (*Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*)

The Iron Giant lands on Earth off the coast of Rockwell, Maine. (*The Iron Giant*)

1958: Mina Murray and Allan Quartermain steal the Black Dossier and flee to the Blazing World pursued by James Bond, Hugo Drummond and Emma Knight (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, James Bond,* Herman Cyril McNeile’s *Sapper Series* and *The Avengers*)

Coming from space, the Blob lands in rural southeastern Pennsylvania and begins integrating organic matter before being flash frozen and shipped to the North Pole for containment. (*The Blob*)

1959: Dr. Manhattan created after Dr. Jonathan Osterman is caught and disintegrated in an Intrinsic Field Subtractor. (*Watchmen*)

Start of Vietnam War.

Civil war erupts in the undersea city of Rapture. (*Bioshock*)

Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom are indicted for tax evasion and fraud after the surprise success of the smash-hit Broadway musical “Springtime for Hynkel.” (*The Producers*)

1960: Several towns, including Irkutsk, an Inuit community and the English city of Midwich experience a strange epidemic of unconsciousness and unexplained pregnancies. In Midwich, the children of these pregnancies grow extremely fast and are extraordinarily intelligent. However, they are cold and unfeeling and begin causing mysterious deaths around the town, eventually culminating in their destruction. (*Village of the Damned*)

1961: Men in Black are formed. (*Men in Black*)

1962: Strangelove Incident nearly leads to nuclear war between USSR and US after President Kennedy orders a blockade of Cuba. In a conflict between the forces of Charles Xavier, Erik Lensherr and Sebastian Shaw, mutants become a worldwide phenomenon and are attacked by American and Soviet forces. Shaw is killed and Xavier and Lensherr (later known as Magneto) have a falling out. (*Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* and *X-Men: First Class*)

High school student Tracy Turnblad joins the cast of *The Corny Collins Show* and subsequently helps to racially integrate the show. (*Hairspray*)

1963: Professor Charles Xavier founds Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. (*X-Men*)

Galactus devours the planet Krypton, only a handful survives. Kal-El sent in rocket to Earth. (*Marvel Comics* and *Superman*)

John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Rumors abound about the killer, ranging from the CIA, to the Mafia, Castro, Lyndon B. Johnson, Teamsters, the Freemasons, or seemingly any combination thereof. In reality, JFK’s assassination was performed by Lee Harvey Oswald from the sixth storey of a building, however the fatal bullet came from Edward Morgan Blake (The Comedian), fired from a nearby grassy knoll. (*The Onion* and *Watchmen*)

The British music group Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band begins to gain fame, foreshadowing the “British Invasion” in the United States the year after. (*Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band*)

1964: Kal-El lands on Earth and is raised by John and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. (*Smallville* and *Superman*)

Kenya gains its independence.

Howard Stark and Anton Vanko begin development of Arc Reactor technology. (*Iron Man 2*)

1966: Lord Voldemort, formerly Tom Marvolo Riddle, begins his campaign of fear within the Wizarding World (*Harry Potter*)

1967: Elsie Ethrington becomes the Flying Nun. (*The Flying Nun*)

Dr. Evil and Austin Powers are cryogenically frozen. (*Austin Powers*)

1968: The Umbrella Corporation is founded. (*Resident Evil*)

The Truman Show begins airing. (*Truman Show*)

A near catastrophe of a US missile launch cools the escalating arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, as engineered by the enigmatic Gary Seven. (*Star Trek*)

The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) is founded by the United Nations to deal with extraterrestrial threats. (*Doctor Who*)

1969: United States divided into 13 commonwealths, each made up of several states. (*Fallout*)

Neil Armstrong becomes first man on moon.

Mystery Inc. founded. (*Scooby Doo*)

Princess Diana is brought to life on Themyscira (*Wonder Woman*)

New York City’s crime rates spike after the assassination of the crime lord Don Vito Corleone begins a bloody mafia war in the city. (*The Godfather*)

A young Melody Pond is trapped by the Silence in an Apollo space suit, and contacts President Richard Nixon for help. The Eleventh Doctor engineers the Silence’s destruction through their own powers of hypnotic suggestion. However, Amy Pond is taken captive in the struggle. (*Doctor Who*)

1970: The DHARMA Initiative is founded, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to become a large-scale communal research compound. (*Lost*)

War begins between Ministry of Magic and Voldemort’s Army. (*Harry Potter*)

Luthorcorp founded. (*Smallville*)

1971: The United States wins the Vietnam War with the help of superheroes like Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian. (*Watchmen*)

Assimilation of the women of the town of Stepford, Connecticut; the Other is the mastermind behind the Gentlemen’s Club’s actions, provided with numerous new hosts. (*Stepford Wives* and *Girl Genius*)

General Idi Amin overthrows the government of the Wakandan territory of Zamunda, provoking war with Tanzania. (Historical, *Marvel Comics, Coming to America*)

The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) prevents a Cybermen invasion of Earth. (*Doctor Who*)

1972: The SS Poseidon capsizes on New Year’s Day after encountering a tsunami caused by an undersea earthquake while traveling from New York City to Athens. (*The Poseidon Adventure (1972)*)

The Third Doctor prevents a creature known as the Axos from absorbing all life on Earth by trapping it in a time loop. (*Doctor Who*)

1973: Dracula shot and forced into hiding by Helen Rossi at the Monastery of Saint-Mathieu-des-Pyrénées-Orientales. (*The Historian*)

1974: Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, returning to the Castle Frankenstein, repairs the lab and creates a new monster, eventually giving it some of his intelligence. (*Young Frankenstein*)

A huge earthquake strikes Los Angeles, rupturing the Mulholland Dam. (*Earthquake*)

Hurricane Carmen ravages the Gulf States. A single shrimping boat belonging to Forrest Gump is undamaged, spurring the rise of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. (*Forrest Gump*)

1975: Birth of the Lady Lara Croft. (*Tomb Raider*)

Dinosaurs appear on the streets of London as part of Operation: Golden Age, a conspiracy to reset Earth’s development. This plan is foiled by the Third Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)

1976: After passengers on a Geneva-Stockholm train are infected with a mysterious illness, the train is redirected to Nuremburg and then to Janov, Poland. To get to Janov, however, the train must pass over the Cassandra Crossing in Czechoslovakia. The passengers disconnect the rear from the front of the train, which collapses the Cassandra Crossing, and manage to slow the remaining train in time to safely evacuate. (*The Cassandra Crossing*)

A string of bombings plagues amusement park rollercoasters across the United States, culminating in a standoff at the Great American Revolution at Magic Mountain. (*Rollercoaster*)

Forrest Gump begins his run across the United States. (*Forrest Gump*)

Mutant spiders from the future attempt to invade Earth, but are rebuffed by the Third Doctor, who is forced to regenerate after taking large amounts of damage. (*Doctor Who*)

Israeli commandos rescue 102 hostages after German and Palestinian terrorists hijack a plane and land it in the Libyan province of Kalubya. (*Operation Thunderbolt*)

The Fourth Doctor prevents the Scientific Reform Society from gaining access to the launch codes of American, Russian and Chinese nuclear missiles. (*Doctor Who*)

Pear Computers, Inc., later Pear Inc., is incorporated in Cupertino, California by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. (*iCarly*)

Howard Stark introduces the first successful prototype of the Arc Reactor. (*Iron Man 2*)

1977: Nixon, after a repeal of term limits, is reelected president of the United States for his third term. (*Watchmen*)

Superheroes are outlawed in the United States; most retire, although a few work under or outside of the government’s control. The government institutes the Supers Relocation Program in order to protect the de-authorized superheroes, who assume normal lives. (*Watchmen* and *The Incredibles*)

1978: Marriage of Ororo Munroe, a tribal princess of Kenya and member of the X-Men, and T’Challa, the superhero Black Panther and King of Wakanda. (*Marvel Comics*)

Killer bees infest Houston, Texas. (*The Swarm*)

The USS Neptune sinks in the Atlantic Ocean after being struck by a freighter. An experimental submersible, Snark, is brought in to help rescue the survivors. (*Gray Lady Down*)

Albino Lamberto becomes Pope John Paul I, but is killed 33 days after ascending to the Papacy by members of the mafia after he expressed the intention of investigating and planning reforms of the Vatican Bank. (*The Godfather Part III*)

1979: Margaret Thatcher elected.

Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars. (*Watchmen*)

The USSR begins invasion of Adjikistan. (*SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault*)

A fire originating in an oil refinery destroys much of the city of Wood River, Illinois. (*City on Fire*)

James Hacker becomes the senior minister of the Department for Administrative Affairs (*Yes, Minister*)

Creation of Wolverine by bonding adamantium to the skeleton of James Howlett (also known as Logan), as well as Deadpool, from various mutant abilities bonded to the body of Wade Wilson, under the command of Colonel William Stryker. The nuclear plant at Three Mile Island undergoes partial nuclear meltdown and is partially destroyed in a battle between Wolverine and Deadpool, leaving the former with amnesia. (*X-Men Origins: Wolverine*)

1980: Adam Lang marries Ruth Cara Booth, a CIA agent. (*The Ghost*)

1981: Dark Lord Voldemort disappears under unusual circumstances after attempting to kill the infant Harry Potter. (*Harry Potter*)

Cave Johnson establishes Aperture Sciences’s three-tier plan of research and development, including its portal technology. (*Portal*)

1982: Alien ship lands outside Johannesburg, South Africa. Formation of District 9 (*District 9*)

A matter-emulating and -consuming extraterrestrial is found frozen in the Antarctic ice and is contained and refrozen by a group of American scientists. (*The Thing*)

Kevin Flynn is digitized into a virtual mainframe at ENCOM industries where he defeats the Master Control Program and proves that ENCOM executive Ed Dillinger stole his code. Flynn later becomes CEO of ENCOM. (*Tron*)

1983: The Grand High Witch Eva Ernst is killed at a hotel in London. (*The Witches*)

The Visitors arrive on Earth. (*V*)

A hacker accidentally infiltrates the NORAD supercomputer WOPR nearly triggers an atomic war between the US and the USSR. (*WarGames*)

1984: Margaret Thatcher killed in Brighton Hotel Bombing. Labour Party, under leadership of General Sir Harold Warton, a prominent member of Greyfriars, comes to power. James Hacker assumes the largely ceremonial position of Prime Minister. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, Yes Prime Minister* and *1984*)

Labour Party restructures itself into the totalitarian Ingsoc Party, under the rule of Warton, now known as “Big Brother.” (*1984*)

1984-1991: Ingsoc pursues campaign of complete media disinformation. Fabricate nation Oceania, and England’s status as Airstrip One. Begin policies of Ministry of Love, Peace, Plenty and Silly Walks. Develops Ingsoc language. (*1984*)

Arrival of Son Goku in Japan. (*Dragonball Z*)

1985: Mekare, a 6000 year-old Egyptian vampiress, deposes the Vampire and Ancient Egyptian Queen Akasha, becoming the new Queen of the Damned. (*Queen of the Damned*)

Parts of New York City, Moscow and several other cities are destroyed by Adrian Veidt under guise of an alien attack, temporary stalling the hostility of the Cold War. Superhero activity in defending Metropolis against the insane scientist Syndrome, combined with revelations about the true nature of the New York and Moscow attacks eventually lead to a cooling of hostility towards superheroes, and discriminatory legislation, including the Supers Relocation Program, is overturned. (*Watchmen*)

Kenya-Wakanda incorporates the territories of Bangalla, Azania, Rudyarda, Mezzorania, Ujanka, Mohannda, Zwartheid, Ishmaelia, Ivory-Lana, Canaan, Narobia, Ghudazza, Niganda, and Halwan into the state in the confusion after Adrian Veidt’s attack. (*Marvel Comics* extrapolation, *Watchmen*, *The Phantom, Scoop*)

Connor MacLeod wins the Prize, becoming the last Immortal on Earth. (*Highlander*)

Jurassic Park is created. (*Jurassic Park*)

The Space Shuttle Atlantis experiences engine trouble and makes an emergency landing on Easter Island. (*Shuttle Down*)

1986: Khan (Kane) Noonien Singh, a high-ranking member of the hidden Brotherhood of Nod, comes to power in India. (*Star Trek* and *Command & Conquer*)

Work begins on GLaDOS. (*Portal*)

1987: Powerful mutagen creates the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*)

The US, as part of the Sicilian Project, raises the Titan from the bottom of the North Atlantic to secure a source of the rare and powerful mineral byzanium, promising to forward technology by 20 to 30 years. It is later discovered that the byzanium was never on board the ship. (*Raise the Titanic!* and *Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan*)

Construction begins on One Canada Square in London, built by Torchwood to encompass a radar black spot. (*Doctor Who*)

1988: The Internet is opened to commercial interests.

Bill Preston and Theodore Logan have some Excellent Adventures in time. Later win Fourth Annual San Dimas Battle of the Bands. (*Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure*)

KaibaCorp is founded. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

Advent of Superman. (*Superman*)

Ash Ketchum is born. (*Pokémon*)

Rising crime rates in New York City force the government to sequester parts of Manhattan as prison zones. (*Escape from New York*)

Michael Dukakis is elected President of the United States. (*Alternate Presidents: Dukakis and the Aliens*)

1989: Debut of Batman, Catwoman, the Joker and Aquaman. (*Batman*)

In an attempt to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Politburo orders the invasion of the United States under the pretense of a West German attack in the Persian Gulf. The Soviets have the advantage of the enigmatic Yuri’s Psychic Radar and Psychic Corps. The Soviets strike Chicago, Seattle, Marseille, Iceland, Berlin, Hawaii, St. Louis, Eastern Europe and New York, with the Chinese entering on the side of the Soviets, attacking Mongolia, Taiwan, South Korea and India. Cuba also enters in on the side of the Soviets. Great damage is done to the cities of Washington, Kansas City and Omaha. Resistance groups spring up in occupied cities, such as in Calumet, Colorado. The invasions are repulsed, and the defeat ushers in the collapse of the Soviet Union and a halt to the growing influence of China. Cuba is invaded and a pro-American, but still effectively Communist, government is installed. (*Red Dawn, Red Storm Rising, Command & Conquer, World in Conflict,* US Military Operations)

Kevin Flynn mysteriously disappears. (*Tron: Legacy*)

Michael Dukakis is revealed to be an alien after an attempted infiltration attempt of Dulce Base. The Men in Black step in, altering the minds of the American public and rewriting history so that George H. W. Bush won the election instead. (*Alternate Presidents: Dukakis and the Aliens*)

1990: Warton dies. Succeeded by Gerald O’Brien, former employee at the Ministry of Love and member of the Inner Party. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier* and *1984*)

Reunification of Germany.

Jurassic Park is destroyed. (*Jurassic Park*)

Wonder Woman Diana comes to Man’s world. (*Wonder Woman*)

Formation of the Justice League of America, the last incarnation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. (*DC Comics*)

Qumar, under Saddam Hussein, invades and annexes its southern neighbor of Qumran, prompting the United States, Salouf and others to intervene, starting the Persian Gulf War. (*The West Wing* and *Yes Minister*)

1991: O’Brien unable to retain control over Ingsoc as Wharton had done. Chaos and corruption ensues. Concedes to Conservative demands for elections. The Rage Virus, believed to have been released by terrorists, ravages country for 28 months, killing 80,000 people and allowing Adam J. Susan of the Nordic Party to take control of the government. (*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, 1984, V for Vendetta* and *28 Weeks Later*)

Collapse of the Soviet Union.

Aquaman becomes King of Poseidonis. (*Aquaman*)

The entire British House of Wyndham, Queen Gloriana II included, is electrocuted in a freak accident while sitting for a family portrait. The illegitimate American offspring of the late Duke of Warren becomes King Ralph I of England. Ralph reigns for less than a year and abdicates in favor of Cedric Wellington after a major scandal. Wellington rules as Cedric I. (*King Ralph*)

The swordfishing boat Andrea Gail is caught in the Perfect Storm off the Eastern seaboard. (*The Perfect Storm*)

1991-1999: Nordic Party plays public off of fears of Ingsoc repetition. Reforms itself as Norsefire Party. Begins massive purge of “enemies of the state.” Continue Ingsoc military and biological warfare testing, the most infamous example being the proceedings at Larkhill. Former Ministries become the Eyes, Ear, Nose and Mouth of the government. (*V for Vendetta*)

1992: Cure developed for bioterrorist viruses by Norsefire Company Viadoxin. UK effectively a police state under the charismatic Adam J. Susan. (*V for Vendetta*)

The Philosopher’s Stone is destroyed. (*Harry Potter*)

Shaolin Tournament. The first Sub-Zero is killed by Scorpion. His brother becomes the new Sub-Zero. (*Mortal Kombat*)

Palestinian radicals detonate a thermonuclear bomb at Super Bowl XXVI in Denver (San Diego Chargers vs. Minnesota Vikings), killing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State along with thousands of fans and Denver residents. Nuclear war is barely averted by the CIA operative and future president Jack Ryan. President Fowler resigns after suffering a nervous breakdown. (*The Sum of All Fears*)

Roger Durling elected president of the United States. (*Debt of Honor*)

1993: Kagome Higurashi is sent back in time to Sengoku-era Japan by a centipede demon looking for the Jewel of Four Souls. (*InuYasha*)

1994: Start of Stargate Program. The Stargate, now housed in Creek Mountain, Colorado, is activated for the first time in millennia. The first Stargate Expedition, led by Colonel Jack O’Neill, travels to the planet Abydos and frees the enslaved population from the Supreme System Lord Ra. (*Stargate*)

End of apartheid in South Africa. Nelson Mandela elected president.

Isla Sorna, off the Central American coast, is established as a wildlife sanctuary for genetically engineered dinosaurs. (*The Lost World: Jurassic Park*)

The JLA relocates to a geosynchronous satellite headquarters built with alien technology. (*DC Comics*)

Porygon is created. (*Pokémon*)

1995: Solid Snake destroys the Metal Gear in South Africa. (*Metal Gear*)

Tiberium meteorite lands near Rome. (*Command & Conquer*)

Khan infiltrates new Chinese government; Chinese president effectively a puppet. (*Star Trek*)

Maximillion Pegasus creates Duel Monsters. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

GoldenEye is created. (*James Bond*)

Doctor Emmet Brown invents the flux capacitor. (*Back to the Future*)

Neo-Nazis attack the annual Vienna Opera Ball, killing thousands with poison gas. (*Opernball*)

1995-1996 Amidst growing trade tensions between the US and Japan, Congress passes a law that permits American trade to mimic the practices of its economic parties in transactions. Facing an economic disaster, the Japanese government, under the sway of the corporate Zaibatsu, takes military action against the United States as well as reforming the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Japan invades the Mariana Islands and Guam and greatly damages the US Pacific Fleet and inserts a logic bomb into the US stock market, deleting all trade records. Under the advice of National Security Advisor Jack Ryan, the US economy is repaired through an economic “do-over.” Japanese nuclear capabilities are disabled, the Marianas are retaken and Japan’s Prime Minister resigns in favor of a more moderate former Prime Minister. (*Debt of Honor*)

1995-2005: The United Nations faces a resurfaced Brotherhood of Nod over possession of Tiberium. The Brotherhood’s associates were speculated to be genetically superior to ordinary man and thus the war became titled the Eugenics Wars.  Khan and a few of his followers escape in stasis in a spaceship called the Botany Bay. The war, in the eyes of the public, ended after one year, however, in reality the extent of the war was greater, lasting for a total of ten years and seeing the development of the Japanese Miracle, fallout-cleaning nanomachines. (*Star Trek, Ghost in the Shell* and *Command & Conquer*)

1996: Buffy Summers begins work as Slayer of vampires. (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*)

Sailor Moon and her fellow Sailor Scouts begin to defend against the Dark Kingdom. (*Sailor Moon*)

Seto Kaiba takes control of KaibaCorp. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

British and American Special Forces travel to Prypiat, Ukraine to assassinate the Russian Ultranationalist leader Imran Zakhaev, who has been funding rebellion in Qurac, but ultimately fail. (*DC Comics* and *Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare*)

Mewtwo is created. (*Pokémon*)

The Holland Tunnel in New York City collapses. (*Daylight*)

Molecular biologist John Roe O’Neill manufactures a plague that only kills women after the death of his wife and children in an IRA bomb attack. He releases the plague in England, Ireland and Libya, resulting in quarantine, panic and a rise in polyandry. Ireland begins to revert to an early Celtic culture. (*The White Plague*)

Work begins on the Genetic Lifeform component of GLaDOS; the Other’s sentience is uploaded by a Stepford employee. (*Portal, Stepford Wives* and *Girl Genius*)

An unidentified alien ship crashes on Earth. This ship’s technology is adapted by Torchwood into a superweapon capable of defending the planet. (*Doctor Who*)

Underground Fight Clubs launch Project Mayhem, which destroys credit card records in Miami in an attack on corporate America. (*Fight Club*)

American Vice President Ed Kealty is forced to resign amidst a sex scandal. Jack Ryan is chosen as successor, confirmed at a joint session of Congress. (*Debt of Honor*)

The Capitol Building in Washington is destroyed by a passenger jet during the joint session of Congress, killing President Clinton and decapitating the US government. Jack Ryan assumes presidency for the rest of Durling’s term. (*Debt of Honor*)

Saddam Hussein is killed by an Iranian agent. The Iranian Ayatollah Mahmoud Haji Daryaei invades Qumar, unifying the countries into the United Islamic Republic (UIR). The UIR goes to war with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, releasing a genetically modified strain of Ebola. American President Jack Ryan orders the assassination of Daryaei, ushering in the era of the Ryan Doctrine and reversing Iranian control over Qumar. His actions earn him a reelection in the 1996 Presidential Elections. Revolutionary and dictator Khaled Al-Asad comes to power in Qumar after the Iranian withdrawal. (*Executive Orders* and *Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare*)

1997: Destruction of the Old Bailey by the terrorist V, prompting the ceremonial placement of Adam Lang as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (*V for Vendetta* and *The Ghost*)

Inspired by Captain America, Bharat Deshpande proclaims himself Tiranga, hero of India. (*Raj Comics*)

Stargate Command transferred to Cheyenne Mountain, Wyoming. (*Stargate*)

Cyberdyne Systems is founded. (*Terminator*)

Formation of the (New) Teen Titans. (*DC Comics*)

Air Force One is shot down over Manhattan’s prison zone. President Ryan is saved by outlaw Snake Plissken. (*Escape from New York*)

Dante’s Peak, a volcano in the Cascade Range, erupts in Northern Washington, devastating the surrounding area. (*Dante’s Peak*)

Torchwood shoots down an alien vessel, which crashes off the Shetland Islands. (*Doctor Who*)

42 Japanese students are forced to participate in the Battle Royale. (*Battle Royale*)

1998: Destruction of the Post Office Tower and Jordan Tower by the anarchist V. (*V for Vendetta*)

Voldemort killed at the hands of Harry Potter. (*Harry Potter*)

Enraged by death of her daughter, an Indian woman is possessed by the goddess Kali and becomes Shakti. (*Raj Comics*)

The American town of Raccoon City is destroyed by “nuclear reactor meltdown.” In reality, it is destroyed by an American nuclear missile, wiping out all traces of the T-Virus and the zombie contagion. (*Resident Evil: Apocalypse*)

Gary Oak, Red, Green and Blue Oak from Pallet Town begin their journeys to become Pokémon Masters. Ash Ketchum begins later, with Professor Oak’s Bulbasaur, Charmander and two Squirtle taken by the previous four hopefuls. Ash instead receives a Pikachu. In Hoenn, Brendan Ruby, Sapphire Birch and Emerald begin their pursuit of Pokémon Mastery while embarking from Littleroot Town. (*Pokémon*)

After 29 years of non-stop live broadcast, the Truman Show ends. (*The Truman Show*)

After the Space Shuttle Atlantis and parts of New York City are bombarded by a meteor shower, a large asteroid is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Shanghai and Paris suffer damage as well. A last minute attempt by several American astronauts manages to break the asteroid in two, with both halves missing the Earth. (*Armageddon*)

Aperture Science releases Propulsion and Repulsion Gels to be used as dietary supplements, but they are pulled from shelves shortly after. (*Portal 2*)

1999: 10 Downing Street and the Palace of Westminster destroyed by the anarchist V. Mass chaos and anarchy ensue as public takes to streets in acts of defiance. (*V for Vendetta*)

In the aftermath of the destruction, Brian Braddock, with the aid of Merlin and the Amulet of Right, becomes Captain Britain; becomes rallying point for national unity and organization. (*Captain Britain*)

El Paso wedding rehearsal is disrupted by Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. (*Kill Bill*)

First connection to the Digital World; eight children, the DigiDestined, each pair with a Digimon in order to save the Digital World from aspiring evil digital overlords. (*Digimon*)

British agent Austin Powers is defrosted to combat revived menace of Dr. Evil (*Austin Powers*)

Yugi Moto completes the Millennium Puzzle, releasing the soul of Pharaoh Atem and the magic contained in Duel Monsters. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

Aquaman reorganizes the Justice League of America, but it disbands later that same year. (*DC Comics*)

Anti-matter crisis. (*DC Comics*)

Cinnabar Island volcano erupts. (*Pokémon*)

Rainbow Six is created as a top secret NATO taskforce. (*Rainbow Six*)

### 2000 AD -

2000: Dracula defeated by Buffy Summers. (*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*)

A large antimatter explosion occurs above Vatican City amidst the Papal Elections. (*Angels & Demons*)

Maximillion Pegasus begins the Duelist Kingdom Tournament. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

The Alien Alliance temporary occupies Australia in their failed attempt to conquer Earth. (*DC Comics*)

A massive earthquake strikes the San Andreas Fault system in California. The Brobdingnag Peninsula, including the crime-ridden cities of Las Venturas, San Fierro and Los Santos, breaks off from the mainland in a massive earthquake, becoming the 51st state of San Andreas, and part of the Southwestern commonwealth. Furthermore, the Fault ruptures in Southern California, flooding the San Fernando Valley and turning Los Angeles into an island from Malibu to Anaheim. The resulting island is racked by riots and anarchy and is generally considered a lawless prison island. (*Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Gulliver’s Travels* and *Escape from LA*)

The NATO Rainbow Six Force prevents ecoterrorists from deploying a weaponized Ebola-cancer strain at the Sydney Olympics. (*Rainbow Six*)

China invades Siberia in order to gain access to recently discovered deposits of oil and gold. Russia joins NATO, and the Chinese are defeated by Russia and the US. Student protests overthrow the Politburo. Fang Gan becomes Chairman of China. (*The Bear and the Dragon*)

Josiah Bartlet wins the 2000 American Presidential Elections. However, before his departure, President Jack Ryan creates The Campus, a top-secret counter-terrorism agency. (*The Teeth of the Tiger* and *The West Wing*)

2001: Terrorists, funded by the Qumari Al-Asad, attack the World Trade Center in New York. (*The West Wing*)

Bartlet helps establish Organization of North American Nations (ONAN) between the US, Mexico and Canada. (*Infinite Jest*)

Shiawase Decision: Supreme Court of the United States grants major companies extraterritoriality. (*Shadowrun*)

Sōsuke Aizen attempts to take control of the Soul Society, which ferries souls to the afterlife. (*Bleach*)

Jacques Saunière, the curator of the Louvre, is murdered. (*Da Vinci Code*)

Jack Bauer begins work in the Los Angeles anti-terrorism unit. (*24*)

Lara Croft recovers the Triangle of Life. (*Lara Croft: Tomb Raider*)

Reformation of the JLA. (*DC Comics*)

Qurac, the capital of the Arabian country of Qurac, is destroyed by a nuclear missile. (*DC Comics*)

The death of Superman. (*DC Comics*)

The leaders of the alien Irken race, the Almighty Tallest, assign Zim Invader duty on the unexplored and distant planet of Earth. (*Invader Zim*)

The American Library of Congress is attacked and significant damage is done to the White House by a clone of the samurai Gennai Hiraga. Clone versions of Jean Henri Fabre, Mata Hari, Otto Lilienthal, Genjo Sanzo, Stephen Wilcox and Ludwig Beethoven also surface as part of a plan devised by a cloned Ikkyu Soujun to broadcast Beethoven’s Death Symphony worldwide. (*Read or Die*)

A red Gyrados appears in Johto’s Lake of Rage due to the machinations of Team Rocket, making the lake unsafe due to its frequent angry outbursts. (*Pokémon*)

Ethan Gold, Silver and Lyra Crystal leave New Bark Town in Johto to begin their Pokémon Adventures at the same time Lucas Diamond, Barry Pearl and Platinum Perlitz leave SInnoh’s Twinleaf Town. (*Pokémon*)

2002: Odyssey Spacecraft identifies water on Mars.

Dr. Evil and Austin Power prevent Goldmember, having travelled from 1975, from destroying polar ice caps. (*Austin Powers*)

First Prometheus-class starship, the Prometheus, is built, becoming Earth’s first capital starship. (*Stargate*)

Beginning of Seto Kaiba’s Battle City Tournament. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

First artificial intelligence seen in GLaDOS system of Aperture Science Laboratories. (*Portal*)

The Superconducting Supercollider is completed in Texas. (*Rise of Nations*)

Superman resurrected. (*DC Comics*)

Coast City destroyed. (*DC Comics*)

Kimberley Possible begins her career fighting crime. (*Kim Possible*)

2003: USA invades Qumar in response to reports of weapons of mass destruction as well as to depose Al-Asad. The Qumari capital of Agrabah is captured in April by American and allied troops. (*The West Wing* and *Aladdin*)

German government offers jobs and citizenship to Jewish immigrants as apology for Holocaust. (*Lebensraum*)

Beatrix Kiddo assassinates the members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. (*Kill Bill*)

A Death Note is found by Light Yagami, a Japanese student who begins to pass judgment on the local population. (*Death Note*)

The Umbrella Corporation, responsible for the destruction of Raccoon City, is found guilty on all charges stemming from the massacres it created. (*Resident Evil*)

Lara Croft finds Pandora’s Box in Africa. (*Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life*)

Astronauts set foot on Mars for the first time. (*DC Comics*)

Clench Virus, and then a 7.6 earthquake, devastate Gotham City. (*DC Comics*)

Montevideo is destroyed by a nuclear missile by Vandal Savage, who is killed in the blast. (*DC Comics*)

Work on the Genetic Lifeform Component of GLaDOS is completed. GLaDOS is activated during Aperture Science’s first annual Bring-Your-Daughter-To-Work Day, and immediately takes over the facility, killing most of the occupants of the Facility with neurotoxin. However, GLaDOS is fitted with a morality core ensuring some restriction on her power. Chell is taken prisoner at this time, spending her adolescence imprisoned in the Facility. Subsequently, the Laws of Robotics are put into place. (*Portal* and *I, Robot*)

The Black Mesa Incident. An experiment at the Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico goes awry, resulting in a resonance cascade that rips a hole between Earth and the dimension of Xen, allowing alien creatures to invade the Facility. Eventually, the portal is sealed and the entire Facility destroyed by a thermonuclear bomb. (*Half-Life*)

Team Snagem, led by the enigmatic Cipher, creates XD001, a Shadow Lugia. (*Pokémon*)

2004: Al-Asad assassinated. (*The West Wing*)

Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 disappears over the Pacific. (*Lost*)

Libya attacks Israel with chemical weapons. (*Shadowrun*)

The Stargate Atlantis Expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy is started, and will combat the Wraiths and Replicator races in protecting the city of Atlantis. (*Stargate*)

Katherine Solomon successfully weighs the human soul. (*The Lost Symbol*)

Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba defeat the Atlantean king Dartz and destroy the recently emerged Leviathan. (*Yu-Gi-Oh!*)

Gotham City is quarantined, and then subsequently readmitted several months later. (*DC Comics*)

Demons from 1582 Japan, led by Goroda Nobunaga, invade Paris through a portal at the Arc de Triomphe. They are defeated by the actions of Samanosuke Akechi. (*Onimusha 3: Demon Siege*)

In an upset, Alexander Luthor is elected President of the United States, largely capitalizing on the public outrage surrounding the Bartlet government’s mishandling of the Gotham City Earthquake disaster. (*DC Comics*)

Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk after being exposed to intense doses of gamma radiation. (*The Incredible Hulk*)

2005: Japan’s parliament is dissolved. Becomes Japanese Imperial State. (*Shadowrun*)

US bails Mexican government out of bankruptcy. (*Shadowrun*)

Israel retaliates against Libya with nuclear weapons. (*Shadowrun*)

Earthquake hits New York and Boston. (*Shadowrun*)

South Korea attempts an invasion of North Korea under pressure from Japanese megacorporations. (*Shadowrun*)

First Daedalus-class battlecruiser, the Daedalus is completed. (*Stargate*)

Weyland-Yutani is created. (*Aliens*)

Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon, travels to the Underworld, with its entrance in Los Angeles, to recover Zeus’s lost master bolt, stolen by Luke Castellan, who is possessed by Kronos in order to bring about the Sixth Titanomachy. (*The Lightning Thief*)

An Imperiex probe destroys Topeka, Kansas. (*DC Comics*)

American forces on a rescue mission in Adjikistan uncover evidence of genocide initiated by the charismatic Adjiki leader, Ismail Karim, and ultimately arrest Karim to answer for his crimes against humanity. (*SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault*)

Hilbert Black, Cheren and Bianca leave Unova’s Nuvema Town to begin their Pokémon journey, and eventually prevent Team Plasma from realizing their plan to separate people from their Pokémon. Hilda White, president of the BW Agency, stages the first Pokémon Musical. (*Pokémon*)

2006: Nuclear accident leads to the formation of The Zone in Eastern Europe; inhabited by mutants. (*S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl*)

Rise to fame of Hannah Montana. (*Hannah Montana*)

The Golden Fleece is recovered off the coast of Florida in the Sea of Monsters. (*Sea of Monsters*)

Superman defeats Dracula. (*DC Comics*)

The murder of two high-profile crime lords, “The Boss” and “The Rabbi”, deals a hard blow against New York City’s organized crime. (*Lucky Number Slevin*)

The MS Poseidon, a luxury cruise ship, is hit by a rogue wave while en route from London to New York and sinks. (*Poseidon*)

Slitheen aliens, having infiltrated the British government, attempt to gain control of Britain’s nuclear codes and start World War 3 in order to sell Earth’s irradiated fragments as fuel, but are defeated by the Ninth Doctor. 10 Downing Street is destroyed. Adam Lang is killed. Harriet Jones becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  The Slitheen invasion is said to be a hoax and Adam Lang is said to have retired to write his memoirs. A few months after his resignation, the false Adam Lang is assassinated by the disgruntled father of a fallen soldier.  (*Doctor Who* and *The Ghost*)

American operative Rico Rodriguez overthrows Salvador Mendoza, the dictator of the Caribbean nation of San Esperito, preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction. (*Just Cause*)

Islamic fundamentalists attack four suburban malls in the United States, prompting an American operation to flush out the cells’ leaders in Europe. (*The Teeth of the Tiger*)

Nearly the entire population of Genosha, some 16 million mutants, is wiped out by Sentinels under the command of Cassandra Nova. (*Marvel Comics*)

2007: Alexander Luthor goes into hiding after his covert alliance with Darkseid is exposed following a battle with Superman with the help of other superheroes.  His Vice President, Pete Ross, assumes the presidency. Ross resigns soon after, setting up elections that see Josiah Bartlet reelected. (*Superman* and *The West Wing*)

Harry Potter becomes Head of the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic (*Harry Potter*)

The Autobot Transformers successfully fend off a Decepticon attack on Earth as they attempt to reclaim the Allspark. (*Transformers*)

Artemis is kidnapped by Luke Castellan, and forced to bear the burden of Atlas in the Garden of the Hesperides, in San Francisco. Atlas is forced to retake his position by Perseus Jackson. (*The Titan’s Curse*)

The Princess Giselle arrives in New York City from the Kingdom of Andalasia. (*Enchanted*)

Torchwood One, located in the Torchwood Tower (One Canada Square) in London, is shut down by Cedric I after the Battle of Canary Wharf between Daleks and the Cybermen. 796 members of its staff are lost in the event. Operations continue in Torchwoods Two and Three, operating in Scotland and Cardiff, respectively. (*Torchwood/Doctor Who* and *King Ralph*)

Part of San Diego collapses into the Pacific, thereafter known as “Sub Diego.” (*DC Comics*)

2008: Luxembourg and surrounding area destroyed by nuclear accident. (*Shadowrun*)

Invention of synthetic blood leads to revealing of vampire community. (*True Blood*)

The Ancient city of Atlantis lands off of the Pacific Coast of the United States. (*Stargate*)

Mega Man, formerly the robot Rock, is created. (*Mega Man*)

Edmond Zuwanie comes to power in Matobo. (*The Interpreter*)

Luke Castellan launches an invasion of Camp Half-Blood through the Labyrinth, as he possesses Adriadne’s String; however Daedalus sacrifices himself to close the Labyrinth. (*The Battle of the Labyrinth*)

The Crisis on Infinite Earths. (*DC Comics*)

Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman retire. (*DC Comics*)

Lex Luthor develops a synthetic metagene. (*DC Comics*)

Black Adam begins his own World War III, destroying Sydney and large parts of China. (*DC Comics*)

The demon Abaddon is released from the Cardiff Rift, but is killed by Jack Harkness. (*Torchwood*)

Harold Saxon, actually the Master, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but disappears soon after his election. Aubrey Fairchild becomes Prime Minister in his place. The American official present aboard the Valiant with the Master, Arthur Coleman Winters, also disappears under mysterious circumstances, but was, in actuality, killed by the Toclafane aliens as part of the Master’s plan to take over the world. (*Doctor Who*)

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman prevent the errant computer system ARIIA from severing the American chain of command in Operation Guillotine. (*Eagle Eye*)

An ultranationalist regime comes to power in Russia under Dmitri Arbatov, forming the Russian Democratic Union. The RDU conquers Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Georgia. Russian advances into the Baltic region are halted by NATO forces and the American Ghost Recon Special Forces Team. Russia devolves into civil war after the death of Arbatov by the military. Moscow is eventually liberated by NATO, American and Russian rebel forces, restoring the pre-RDU Russian government. (*Ghost Recon*)

The Royal Hope Hospital in London is transported to the Moon by the alien Judoon in order to seek out and apprehend a renegade Plasmavore. The Hospital is subsequently returned after the Judoon catch their target with help from the tenth incarnation of the Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)

During Christmas, a spaceship modeled on the famous luxury liner *Titan* nearly crashes into Buckingham Palace, but is prevented by the 10th Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)

2009: Umbrella Corporation revived by Quantrell Joseph. (*Resident Evil*)

The Titans, with an army of half-bloods, dracaenae, Hyperboreans, Laestrygonians, telekhines and hellhounds, besiege Mount Olympus, located on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. (*The Last Olympian*)

Kronos and the Titans are defeated after Luke Castellan kills himself, ending the Sixth Titanomachy. (*The Last Olympian*)

Batman and Robin return. (*DC Comics*)

Wonder Woman returns. She is subsequently captured, interrogated and tortured by the United States government, prompting an invasion by the Amazons. They attack Washington, D.C., Kansas, New York and California, with the JLA and JSA moving to help defend. (*DC Comics*)

Sam Flynn enters the Grid seeking to rescue his father, Kevin Flynn from its ruler CLU. Kevin merges with CLU, annihilating both them and CLU’s army. Sam escapes with Quorra, a sentient isomorphic algorithm, a spontaneously evolved program. (*Tron: Legacy*)

Singer, alien and performance artist Lady Gaga falls from the balcony of her home, sustaining severe injuries. She eventually makes a recovery and revitalizes her career after the widely publicized murders of several models, her housekeeper and her boyfriend, to which she pleaded guilty. (*Paparazzi* and *Men in Black III*)

The United States Congress passes the Recycle Military Bill, offering free prosthetics for wounded veterans who reenlist in the US Armed Forces. (*Deus Ex*)

The American Ghost Recon team is deployed to prevent Ethiopia’s invasion of Eritrea. (*Ghost Recon: Desert Siege*)

Brian Green becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (*Torchwood*)

Cars across the planet begin spewing toxic gas from their Atmospheric Omission Systems (ATMOS) as part of a plan by the Sontarans to invade Earth. The Sontarans are stopped by the 10th Doctor, Donna Noble, Martha Jones and the ultimate sacrifice of child prodigy and ATMOS inventor Luke Rattigan. (*Doctor Who*)

The March of the Adipose occurs in London as thousands of Adipose aliens, creatures of living fat, are born from overweight Britons. (*Doctor Who*)

Nathan Drake destroys the source of the Cintamani Stone, also known as the Philosopher’s Stone, in a cave beneath an abandoned monastery in the Himalayas. (*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves*)

The debut of several super powered individuals in a relatively short time period. The Asgardian Thor arrives in Puente Antiguo, New Mexico as part of his adopted brother Loki’s attempt to claim the throne of Asgard. The Hulk manifests in Culver University in Virginia and later rampages through Harlem while battling the Abomination. Tony Stark, as Iron Man, successfully defends against an attack on the Second Star Expo in Flushing, New York, with the aid of Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow. Captain America is discovered in the ice of the Arctic and is revived. Later that year, Nick Fury organizes the Avengers Initiative incorporating these superheroes, plus Clint Barton, in order to mobilize against the machinations of Loki, who opens a portal above Stark Tower in Manhattan, allowing for a sizeable Chitauri alien army to invade New York City until he and the aliens are defeated and the portal is closed by use of a nuclear missile and Loki’s own staff. (*Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2* and *The Avengers*)

2010: Virally Induced Toxic Allergy Syndrome (VITAS) plagues world. (*Shadowrun*)

Pandora’s Box is recovered and stored in the New York Public Library. (*Legendary*)

Creation of New Krypton opposite Earth. (*DC Comics*)

Final Crisis (*DC Comics*)

Superman leaves for New Krypton. (*DC Comics*)

Crime and violence lead to the walling off of the Parisian District 13. (*District 13*)

The South Korean ship Cheonan is sunk by a North Korean submarine.

Pop star Sasha Fierce, going under the alias of Honey Bee, bails convicted murderer and extraterrestrial Lady Gaga out of jail. Together, they poison Fierce’s boyfriend and all of the patrons of a diner in the California desert, before driving off in to the sunset. Ultimately, the rabid and sensational media coverage, similar to that surrounding the 1924 Roxie Hart trial, results in Gaga going free. (*Telephone* and *Men in Black III*)

The Ghost Recon team is deployed to Cuba to safeguard the country’s first democratic elections since the 1950’s against the anti-American People’s Democratic Front. It is revealed that FARC, a Colombian drug cartel, aided the Front and, after performing several terrorist attacks against the Colombian government, the Ghost Recon team is deployed to shut them down. (*Ghost Recon: Island Thunder* and *Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm*)

OPEC changes their currency standard to the Euro. The American dollar’s value drops 10% overnight. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Rico Rodriguez foments rebellion in the Southeast Asian nation of Panau as part of the United States’ interest in the regions oil supplies. Panau’s dictator, Pandak “Baby” Panay, launches nuclear missiles at China, Japan, Russia and the US, who have been secretly fighting over Panau’s oil. Rodriquez successfully deactivates each of the missiles and sets one to detonate over the oilfields, contaminating the oil supply and ending the conflict over Panau. (*Just Cause 2*)

The Avengers are disbanded/disassembled. (*Marvel Comics*)

The insanity and mind-altering powers of Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, causes M-Day, in which the mutant population of Earth is decimated, with 90% of mutants losing their powers. (*Marvel Comics: Decimation*)

2011: Charles Deckard opens Pandora’s Box, ushering in the Awakening of Magic. (*Legendary*)

Awakening of Magic. Wizarding Community goes public. (*Shadowrun* and *Harry Potter*)

Ireland, now known as Tir na Nog, reclaims Northern Ireland. (*Shadowrun*)

Scotland is irradiated by Dounreay nuclear power plant. (*Shadowrun*)

First sightings of dragons in millennia. (*Shadowrun*)

Mythical creatures reawaken and turn hostile to man, until Charles Deckard, bearer of the Signet, brokers peace. (*Legendary*)

Khaled Al-Asad, with aid from Ultranationalist Zakhaev and taking advantage after the destruction of the city of Qurac, seizes power in Qurac, prompting a US invasion, which ends disastrously after a nuclear bomb is detonated in the capital, killing at least 30,000 troops. (*DC Comics* and *Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare*)

International banking system collapses. Britain enters what is termed the “New Great Depression” as poverty rates spike. (*The Curfew*)

The reactivation of the Earth’s magical ley lines, combined with the dimensional instability caused by the previous Black Mesa Incident create devastating portal storms, attracting the interest of the Combine, an inter-dimensional alien empire. The resulting Seven Hour War between Earth and the Combine ends with Earth being placed under the hegemony of the Combine Empire. (*Half-Life 2*)

Chell begins testing in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. She eventually escapes from the watchful eyes of GLaDOS and ultimately destroys her, along with much of the facility. Her escape is hampered, however, as she is recovered by the Party Escort Bot and placed in stasis within the facility. (*Portal*)

The first clinic to cater exclusively to prosthetic-equipped patients opens. (*Deus Ex*)

General Jung Chong-Sun leads a military coup in North Korea, deposing Kim Jong-Il. NATO and American forces (including the Ghost Recon team) are deployed to prevent the destabilization of the Korean Peninsula, the use of nuclear weapons by Chong-Sun and attacks on civilian centers. (*Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2*)

River Song, as the Impossible Astronaut, refuses to shoot the Eleventh Doctor at Lake Silencio. This causes time to collapse, leading to an alternate timeline where the entire history of the Earth is condensed into a single moment, April 22, 2011 at 5:02 PM, which is always the time. Eventually, the Doctor marries Song and the timeline is restored, with River Song apparently killing the Doctor, but instead merely shooting the Teselecta, with the Doctor safe inside. (*Doctor Who*)

Zombies overrun the resort island of Banoi in Papua New Guinea, but are found to not affect those with type O-Negative blood. (*Dead Island*)

Scientist Kurt Hendricks destroys the Moscow Kremlin, framing the United States. The American Impossible Missions Force is subsequently disavowed after President Santos invokes Ghost Protocol. A rogue IMF force successfully prevents Hendricks from starting a nuclear war, however, calming the mounting tensions between Russia and the US. (*Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol*)

The Muppets make a comeback to fame after a telethon at the Muppet Theatre in Los Angeles. (*The Muppets*)

In the aftermath of M-Day and the mutant decimation, as well as one particular high-profile super-powered accident in Stamford, Connecticut in which a mutant confrontation resulted in the deaths of over 600 civilians, the United States presses the passing of the Superhuman Registration Act. This leads to a Civil War within the superhuman community between the Pro-Registration forces led by Anthony Stark and the Anti-Registration coalition under Steve Rogers. The fighting eventually culminates in a Pro-Registration victory and the establishment of the Fifty State Initiative. Additionally, Stark is made Director of SHIELD and Rogers is assassinated on his way to the courthouse for his hearing. (*Marvel Comics: Civil War*)

2011-2027: The Awakening of Magic produces a global wave of infertility. (*Shadowrun* and *Children of Men*)

2012: Nehemiah Scudder is elected President of the United States, pushing laws forward on the “Moral America” platform, banning red meat, smoking, alcohol, divorce and non-marital sex. Furthermore, the increasingly theocratic reforms legalize the persecution of non-White, non-Christian citizens resulting in the widespread hate and lynching of metahumans, wizards, African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos. (*If This Goes On*— and *Escape from LA*)

Development of the modified Shanti Virus which, when injected, suppresses superhuman abilities, specifically those wrought by the Awakening of Magic. (*Heroes*)

In an alternate universe, the planet Earth is destroyed. (2012 hype)

Death of Kim Jong-Il on January 2nd. His son, Kim Jong-Un, assumes control of North Korea. (*Homefront*)

The Ghost Recon team is sent to Kazakhstan to stabilize the fractured country and to capture the warlord, Asad Rahil, responsible for the civil war. (*Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike*)

Iran invades Qumar under the pretext of sending aid to quash growing rebellion. Iranian forces liberate Agrabah and install a puppet government. (*The West Wing, Supreme Ruler* and *Aladdin*)

The first mutant since M-Day is born, a rare occurrence considering the global plague of infertility. Human-mutant relations remain tense. (*Marvel Comics*)

2013: The Tyrell Corporation is created. (*Blade Runner*)

Valentine Michael Smith is orphaned on the planet Mars and is raised by the few remaining Martians. (*Stranger in a Strange Land*)

The Ghost Recon team is deployed to Mexico City to help put down a coup on the eve of the signing of the North American Joint Security Agreement. The Canadian Prime Minister is killed and the Mexican and American Presidents are captured, but rescued by the Ghost Recon team. At one point, the Mexican rebels gain control of the American Guardrail IX device and the nuclear football, giving them access to American ICBMs, however both items are reclaimed. American forces ultimately kill Colonel Carlos Ontiveros, but the Mexican people remain wary of the American’s actions in their country. The civil unrest spreads through Mexico, Colombia, Honduras and Panama however, closing the Panama Canal. Ghost Recon Team is deployed to Ciudad Juarez to prevent the rebels from firing nuclear warheads at the US. (*Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter* and *Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2*)

A coalition of Latin American nations prepares to invade ONAN, with support from Mexico, in order to reduce the United States’ power over its neighbors and in response to human rights violations under the Scudder government. Lead by Peruvian Cuervo Jones, the Latin Forces land in San Andreas. The American satellite defense network, the Sword of Damocles, is betrayed to Jones by Scudder’s daughter, Utopia. In the ensuing invasion, Jones is killed and outlaw Snake Plissken activates the Sword of Damocles, crippling both armies and the electronic infrastructure of huge swaths of the American continents, ending the war in the process. (*Escape from LA*)

Salouf and Iran begin to fill void in Qumar after American forces pull out. (*Homefront*)

Kim Jong-un successfully negotiates peace between the two Koreas, setting the stage for the Greater Korean Republic. (*Homefront*)

The Augmented Combat Challenge becomes an official sport. (*Deus Ex*)

The Pitchfork Rebellion begins in China, as rural Chinese protest against the spread of urban pollution. The Chinese government cracks down on these protests, but the Rebellion continues. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

The United States effectively loses the War on Drugs, with approximately 20% of the population addicted to drugs, especially the highly addictive Substance D, also known as the Slow Death. (*A Scanner Darkly*)

New Illuminati is formed to combat a Skrull invasion of Earth. In the aftermath, SHIELD is disbanded and is replaced with a new organization known as HAMMER under the leadership of Norman Osborn. (*Marvel Comics*)

2014: Formation of the Native American Nations (NAN) (*Shadowrun*)

Mexico’s role in the Damocles Incident is revealed. ONAN collapses. (*Infinite Jest, Escape from LA* and *Shadowrun* extrapolation)

A terrorist plot to explode a nuclear device in London is foiled.  Political activism in the nation grows substantially however. (*The Curfew*)

The Vilama Caldera erupts, covering huge swaths of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia with ash. (*Deus Ex*)

By this time, the Japanese government is completely under the sway of corporate dojos, which influence all Japanese government policy. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Amidst weeks of riots in San Francisco, the mutant stronghold and safe haven of Utopia is founded off the coast of the city. (*Marvel Comics*)

The Black Queen, Selene, raises the dead inhabitants of the once-proud mutant nation of Genosha, creating what comes to be known as Necrosha. She becomes a goddess until dispatched by the X-Force. (*Marvel Comics*)

2015: Mexico becomes Aztlàn. (*Shadowrun*)

Hong Kong declares independence from China. (*Shadowrun*)

First penal colony on moon is established. (*The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress*)

Salouf and Iran clash in the Oil Wars. Terrorist attacks against Saudi oil fields further crippled oil production, sending gas prices to $20 a gallon in the US. The Russian Federation cuts off oil trade with Europe. The United States Congress passes the Green River Energy Bill, opening shale deposits in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming to commercial extraction. (*Homefront* and *Deus Ex*)

An increased rate of immigration to Russia and governmental corruption allows Moscow’s communist mayor to seize effective control of the region. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Robocop is deployed to fight crime in the economically depressed city of Detroit. (*Robocop*)

The city of Asgard, which was relocated to Oklahoma, is destroyed by an attack arranged by Norman Osborn. After Osborn is revealed to be insane and had regressed into the persona of the Green Goblin, he is replaced as leader of HAMMER by Steve Rogers. (*Marvel Comics: Siege*)

Victor von Doom stages a coup in Wakanda and subsequently steals all of the nation’s vibranium reserves. The X-Men attack von Doom’s sources of funding and eventually the actions of T’Challa renders the entirety of the Earth’s vibranium inert in order to deprive von Doom of its great strategic value. (*Marvel Comics*)

A dome envelops the island of Utopia and the city of San Francisco as the supervillain Bastion assaults the X-Men with Sentinels. He is ultimately defeated, in part due to the actions of Hope Summers, who is alleged to possess the Phoenix Force. Later the same year, Dracula’s son Xarus, attempts to take control as Lord of the Vampires and establish control over Utopia and San Francisco until stopped by his father and the X-Men. (*Marvel Comics*)

2016: Russian financial crisis. (*Shadowrun*)

A nuclear attack hits the oil regions of Saudi Arabia, killing 6 million and crippling oil production. (*Tom Clancy’s EndWar*)

Ultranationalists seize power in Russia. (*Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2*)

Vladimir Makarov organizes several terrorist attacks across Europe. (*Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2*)

Russia invades the United States at Washington D.C. after a terrorist massacre at the Zakhaev International Airport is mistakenly believed to have been perpetrated by the United States. Russia makes advances on New York City as well, and battles rage in England, France and Germany as well as Somalia, Sierra Leone and Dubai. (*Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3*)

The Shepherd Party comes to power in Britain in the 2016 election, advocating a platform of security over freedom. (*The Curfew*)

Growing disunity wracks the US as California, Texas and Florida enact border control policies against refugees fleeing the Winter of Freezing Death in Minnesota, New York and Delaware. (*Homefront*)

The Singularity Faith of the Machine God, a religious pro-augmentation group, is formally recognized. (*Deus Ex*)

Rail and steel magnates Dagny Taggart and Henry Rearden complete the John Galt Line in Colorado amid a sustained economic depression and growing government interference and control in business. (*Atlas Shrugged* and *Atlas Shrugged: Part I*)

David Jefferson Adams narrowly wins the 2016 American presidential election following disputed elections and a tie in the Electoral College. Immensely unpopular, civil unrest plagues the US, culminating in riots and domestic terrorism. Adams declares martial law under the pretense of the Homeland Security Act. (*Shattered Union*)

Odin’s brother Cul, known as The Serpent, instigates the Serpent’s War on Earth in an attempt to claim the throne of Asgard. He is defeated by the Avengers and Thor’s sacrifice of his life. (*Marvel Comics*)

Manhattanites begin to develop spider powers under the control of the Spider-Queen until stopped by Spider-Man and his allies. (*Marvel Comics*)

The X-Men experience a schism between the leadership styles of Cyclops and Wolverine. (*Marvel Comics*)

2016-2018: Ghost Dance War, Native Americans regain legal status and lands in the Midwest of Canada and the United States. (*Shadowrun*)

2017: The EMP Grenade is developed. (*Homefront*)

Martial Law is declared in the United States. (*Homefront*)

A leaked American proposal to annex western Canada and the reinstatement of the draft lead to riots across the United States, with Chicago, Washington, Detroit, New York and Los Angeles being particularly hard-hit. Beverley Hills is largely destroyed as the lower classes lash out at the privileged wealthy, who can afford to avoid the draft. Impeachment procedures are begun, but the 2017 elections arrive before they are carried out. The states themselves are divided on the issue, with Texas, Illinois, Georgia and California in favor of the plan. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Due to the perceived weakness of the United States and its international isolation, Korea mobilizes its military and restarts its nuclear program as an act of intimidation towards Japan. (*Supreme Ruler 2020* and *Homefront*)

The United Nations relocates its headquarters to Sydney, Australia in light of the leaked American plans to invade Canada. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

2018: China descends into civil war; emerges as 4 separate states. (*Shadowrun*)

Formation of the European Federation. (*EndWar*)

The Stanley Act is passed, the Shepherd Party’s cornerstone of legislation, establishing a curfew across Britain to cut crime. (*The Curfew*)

The Greater Korean Republic declares war and invades Japan on the pretext of protecting Koreans abroad. Japan surrenders 6 days later after Korea destroys a Japanese nuclear facility. (*Homefront*)

Gunfire is exchanged as the feud between India and Pakistan over Kashmir escalates. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

European relations take a huge hit after Norway refuses Germany and France subsidies on oil from the North Sea. The creation of trade barriers between countries greatly destabilizes the Euro, leaving OPEC disjointed. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Iran and Israel perform nuclear weapons tests. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

The violent sport of Rollerball falls in to unpopularity after the merciful actions of competitor Jonathan in the championship game between Houston and New York. (*Rollerball*)

2019: First cybernetic limb is implanted. (*Shadowrun*)

New York City, Gotham and Metropolis, along with the rest of New Jersey and Delaware and parts of Maryland and Connecticut, become Mega-City One after massive influx of refugees of Ghost Dance War (*Shadowrun, DC Comics* and *Judge Dredd*)

The United Nations loses a large amount of its power after being powerless to reprimand Korea for its destruction of the Japanese nuclear facility. (*Homefront*)

Single Molecule Transcription technology makes the microprocessor obsolete. (*Doctor Who*)

The Saloufi Royal Family is assassinated in an Iranian plot, allowing Iran partial control over the country. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

Quebec declares its independence from Canada, prompting an American reconsideration of its previous plan to annex western Canada. This plan is also leaked, leading to another international scandal and results in the Courts-Martial of several senior Pentagon officials. Many states move to absorb federal troops in their borders as well as their own national guard units. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

The United Nations votes to create a standard world currency, however, it is ultimately viewed as too little, too late. (*Supreme Ruler 2020*)

2020: Tehran is destroyed by Yemeni missiles. (*Shadowrun*)

Sealab is constructed, partially to heal relationship between the United States and Atlantis. (*Sealab 2020*)

The work of the Ordo Templi Terra, created in 1904 by Oliver Haddo, results in a demonic legion invading London. Quarantine of the city follows, preventing the demon infestation from spreading. (*Hellgate: London*)

Canada closes its borders to the US. (*Homefront*)

An American archaeological team discovers ancient Cephaloid technology in the Lingshan Islands off the coast of the Philippines. North Korean troops invade the islands. The Cephaloids begin to attack the North Koreans and American troops, awakening from structures in the mountains of Lingshan, Adjikistan and Siberia. The US Navy clashes with Cephaloid warships off the coast of the Philippines. (*Crysis*)

During the 2020 American presidential elections, the Supreme Court disqualifies all of the major candidates, allowing incumbent David Jefferson Adams to accept a second term. (*Shattered Union*)

A cloning facility near Yucca, Arizona, is destroyed, freeing all of its inhabitants. (*The Island*)

A manned mission to the Cydonia region of Mars discovers an advanced alien spaceship and information regarding the ancient Martian civilization and its impacts on human development. (*Mission to Mars*)

2021: A low-yield tactical nuclear weapon is detonated at the Inauguration Day ceremonies for American President David Jefferson Adams, killing Adams, his cabinet and most of Congress and severing the presidential line of succession entirely. It is later discovered that Russian President Nicholai Vladekov is the mastermind of the attack. (*Shattered Union*)

Manhattan is quarantined after the outbreak of the Manhattan Virus. In the fragmentation of the US, Manhattan is placed under martial law. (*Crysis 2*)

Knoxville Cough ravages the United States and the United States is rocked by nuclear attacks on 23 major cities, effectively severing federal control over the country. California secedes from the United States, followed by Texas, taking New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas with it. Eventually, the United States disintegrates into several states. Other regional governments claiming the mantle of the United States Government arise including the California Commonwealth, Pacifica (also known as Women’s Country), Great Plains Federation, Republic of Texas, New England Alliance and the Confederacy, with capitals in Sacramento, Cheyenne, Columbus, San Antonio, Rome and Montgomery. Eventually, the New England Alliance is overthrown and becomes the theocratic Republic of Gilead, which occupies the eastern and Alaskan portions of the country, aside from the Mega-City; however, Russia occupies Alaska early on in the conflict. Nehemiah Scudder, as the President of Gilead, institutes a biblical-based government rule and harsh fertility harvesting. (*The Handmaid’s Tale, Shattered Union, The Gate to Women’s Country, Jericho* and *Homefront*)

A strange magnetic anomaly is discovered in the lunar Tycho Crater. It is revealed to be a large black monolith. (*2001: A Space Odyssey*)

Malaysia joins the Greater Korean Republic. (*Homefront*)

The City of Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by a nuclear attack as one of the 23 cities destroyed. Former fireman Guy Montag leaves with a group of wandering intellectuals who seek to preserve the knowledge of books. (*Fahrenheit 451* and *Jericho*)

2022: Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Bermuda and the Virgin Islands create the Caribbean League. (*Shadowrun*)

UFAR is formed, incorporating Korea, Southeast Asian states, and the Chinese fragments. (*Empire Earth*)

Valentine Michael Smith returns to Earth and creates the Church of All Worlds. (*Stranger in a Strange Land*)

An experimental warp gateway causes catastrophic damage on the Moon, igniting nuclear waste stored on the far side of the moon and blasting a portion of the moon into space along with its inhabitants. (*Cowboy Bebop* and *Space: 1999*)

Soylent Green is developed. (*Soylent Green*)

Aztlàn closes its borders to the United States fragments. (*Homefront*)

No longer protected by the United States, the Arab states invade Israel. (*Deus Ex*)

2023: Riots over VITAS vaccine result in devastation of the Watts district of Los Angeles. (*Shadowrun*)

Supreme Court of Pacifica grants equal rights to metahumans and mutants. (*Shadowrun* and *Shattered Union*)

The Discovery One Mission is launched to the Saturnian moon of Japetus, crewman Dr. David Bowman mysteriously vanishes after encountering second monument. In reality, becomes a Star Child. (*2001: A Space Odyssey*)

Korea launches a peacekeeping mission in Nigeria. (*Homefront*)

The Resistance Movement of City 17, previously known as Budapest, successfully destroys the city’s Citadel. The Combine retaliate by sacrificing the portals of the remaining citadels to create a Superportal, however a missile strike disrupts its formation. Around the world, mankind rebels against the Combine. (*Half-Life 2*)

A former US Marine Corps Recon soldier known only as “Alcatraz” reconfigures the Cephaloid technology to be harmful to the aliens, driving them from New York and ultimately aiding the fight against the Cephaloid menace worldwide. (*Crysis 2*)

2025: UCLA establishes first undergraduate program of occult studies. (*Shadowrun*)

Pope reverses earlier decision on metahumans. (*Shadowrun*)

Korea launches an EMP over the former United States. The Greater Korean Empire seizes Hawaii; begin landing forces in San Francisco and drop paratroopers in the Midwest. The last semblance of a whole United States collapses as the last American president resigns. (*Homefront*)

Australia discovers a large reserve of oil off the coast of Antarctica, provoking the Australian Civil War between the East-leaning North and the pro-West South. As law and order breaks down, motorcycle gangs begin to take control of the country’s long stretches of isolated highways as well as refineries and oil supplies. (*Deus Ex* and *Mad Max*)

The Great Plains Federation institutes the Running Man Program in order to pacify the populace and exterminate a rising number of criminals after the collapse of the American state and the global economy; however, it is disabled after contestant Ben Richards flies a plane into the building housing the Games Network that runs the show. (*Running Man*)

2026: Colonization of Mars begins with the First Hundred, composed of Russians, Gileadians, Wong and Kwan Do families. (*Mars Trilogy, Futurama* and *Empire Earth*)

The Korean Army launches Operation Water Snake, irradiating the Mississippi River and creating a border between the East and West. St. Louis, due to its location, is devastated. Las Vegas is captured and Salt Lake City is destroyed. Hoover Dam renamed in honor of Kim Jong-un. (*Homefront*)

2027: Los Angeles sees the advent of cold fusion to produce fresh water. (*Shadowrun*)

Magical Practitioners Registration Bill passed into law in Great Britain. (*Shadowrun*)

Shepherd Party falls from power after underground resistance movements make known the Party’s links to the Norsefire and Ingsoc Parties. (*The Curfew, V for Vendetta* and *1984*)

An American resistance cell based in Montrose, Colorado manages to deliver fuel to the United States resistance in San Francisco. This is perceived by the European Union as a turning point in the war, and a meeting is convened to discuss helping the Americans. (*Homefront*)

Max Rockatansky aids in the evacuation of an oil refinery community after being sieged by a motor gang led by the Humungus. The inhabitants eventually go on to establish the Great Northern Tribe on the Northern Australian coast. (*Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior*)

After years of global infertility, an African refugee in the United Kingdom gives birth. (*Children of Men*)

2028: UK secedes from EU. (*Shadowrun*)

Zuwanie indicted of war crimes after persecution and ethnic cleansing of metahumans. (*The Interpreter*)

2029: Advent of the cyberterminal, forerunners to the Matrix. (*Shadowrun*)

2030: Gilead, Canada and some remnants of the US merge to form the UCAS. UCAS, with the help of the European Union, is able to push back the Koreans, eventually reclaiming the United States. Japan rebels from Korean Occupation. (*Shadowrun* and *Homefront* Extrapolation)

Siberia declares independence from Russia. (*Shadowrun*)

Russia invades Poland and Kvenland. Start of Euro-War 1. (*Shadowrun*)

United Nations collapses. (*Shadowrun*)

Pandemics of antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis and the Spanish Flu result in widespread cases of organ failure in industrialized nations. (*Repo! The Genetic Opera* and *Deus Ex*)

GeneCo is founded, providing emergency organ transplants... at a price. (*Repo! The Genetic Opera*)

Another large earthquake strikes the West Coast of the United States, causing significant damage in San Francisco and partially submerging parts of the California coast from Lompoc to Los Angeles. Much of the area is declared a disaster area. (*Deus Ex*)

2030-2161: Dark Age of Space Development. Much of the most advanced technological innovations in space travel are lost in the chaos on Earth. (Supplemental information)

2031: Russia crosses over into Germany. (*Shadowrun*)

The Planet Jupiter collapses to become the new star Lucifer. (*2010: Odyssey Two*)

First deployment of the Judges. (*Judge Dredd*)

Secession attempts made by Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Martial law is put in place to quash the Utah rebellion and halt the Northwest War, resulting in the reintegration of the rogue states. (*Deus Ex*)

2032: The plight of young girls undergoing fatal “ghost-dubbing” in order to produce Japanese gynoids, female sex robots, is brought to light after a string of gynoid-committed murders and a firefight between the gynoids and the cyborg corporation LOCUS SOLUS. (*Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence*)

After being cryogenically frozen since 1996, criminal Simon Phoenix is accidentally released and runs amok in the San Angeles conurbation of Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara until being stopped by Sergeant John Spartan, a disavowed LAPD officer also frozen in 1996. (*Demolition Man*)

2033: Unknown faction brings about end Euro-War 1 by attacking both sides. Believed to be either Great Britain or Atlantis. (*Shadowrun*)

2034: Brazil’s government is overthrown, becomes nation of Amazonia. (*Shadowrun*)

Confederation of American States secedes from UCAS (*Shadowrun*)

Islamic fundamentalist movement led by Mullah Sayid Jazrir invades Europe through Spain and Greece, starting Euro-War II. (*Shadowrun*)

2035: Aztlàn invades Texas, capturing Austin and San Antonio. (*Shadowrun*)

The anarchist state of Monica declares war on the technocratic republic of Bregna, both remnants of the United States Great Plains area. Æon Flux is deployed to infiltrate Trevor Goodchild’s Bregna. (*Æon Flux*)

First Mercury Expedition. (Works of *Isaac Asimov*)

2036: California declares independence. (*Shadowrun*)

The rest of UCAS becomes the United States of North America (USNA) (*Empire Earth*)

Aztlàn seizes San Diego. (*Shadowrun*)

2037: Jazrir assassinated. His movement subsequently collapses.  (*Shadowrun*)

2038: Germany disintegrates. (*Shadowrun*)

A combined force of Templar Knights, Cabalists and Demon Hunters remove the demons from London. (*Hellgate: London*)

Chell reawakens from her stasis in the now-ruined remains of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. She is assisted by a personality core named Wheatley, an intelligence-dampening sphere, and succeeds in deposing GLaDOS after accidentally reactivating her. Wheatley, however, grows intoxicated by power and placed GLaDOS in a potato battery and dispatches Chell to the bowels of the facility. Eventually, Wheatley is defeated by Chell after she opens a portal on the moon’s surface. GLaDOS is reinstated as overseer of the facility and Chell is let free. GLaDOS begins cooperative robot testing. (*Portal 2*)

2039: Formation of the Mega-Cities. Mega-City Two constructed off the Californian coast. (*Judge Dredd*)

The Maasai people, originally based in Kenya, successfully purge the megacorporations’ presence from Kenya-Wakanda, and bringing the Fingiswold, Kijuju and Mbangewi nations into the Empire. (*Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy*)

2040: Formation of the Azanian Alliance by South Africa, the Azanian Empire and Kenya-Wakanda, solidifying the three countries into permanent democratic union known as Azania. (*Shadowrun, Marvel Comics* and *Black Mischief*)

The spaceship, The Event Horizon, disappears on its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri. (*Event Horizon*)

2042: A major earthquake strikes Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). (*Fallout*)

Max Rockatansky ends the status quo between Aunty Entity and Master Blaster, the two rulers of the methane refinery town of Bartertown in the Australian desert. (*Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome*)

2044: Nuka-Cola, a product of Buzz Cola, is introduced amidst the Great Passion Fruit Famine. (*The Simpsons* and *Fallout*)

All Christian-based religions merge to form the United Christian Church, becoming the basis of Adamism. (*The Night’s Dawn*)

2045-2047: Aztlàn annexes Central America. (*Shadowrun*)

2045: Germany reunites as the Allied German States. (*Shadowrun*)

2046: Los Angeles becomes a free city. (*Shadowrun*)

Walls are erected to separate regions of Manhattan following a bombing in the Upper West Side. (*Deus Ex*)

2047: The spaceship Lewis and Clark answers a distress call from the Event Horizon, a spaceship lost seven years before. However, it is revealed that the ship’s experimental gravity drive caused the Event Horizon to move through another dimension, likely the realm of Hell. The ship thus gained malevolent sentience and telekinesis, killing of its crew. The Event Horizon destroys the Lewis and Clark and torments its crew before Captain Miller successfully destroys the ship, sending half of it back to Hell. (*Event Horizon*)

2048: Aztlàn nationalizes all foreign business. (*Shadowrun*)

2050: The Sun begins to fail, threatening life on Earth. A spacecraft is launched with a bomb meant to restart the Sun’s activity but is lost for unknown reasons. (*Sunshine*)

2051: A bomb decapitates the Statue of Liberty. (*Deus Ex*)

An epidemic known as the Gray Death kills millions as nanomites infect those not with a predisposition for augmentation. (*Deus Ex*)

The US invades Aztlàn in order to claim oil sources and to reclaim the once-American territories of San Diego and southern Texas. (*Fallout* and *Shadowrun*)

2052: The destruction of the ECHELON AI Helios and the Aquinas Router results in the collapse of the Matrix, and causes another Great Depression. (*Deus Ex* and *Shadowrun*)

A power outage leaves much of northern France without electricity. (*Ravage*)

Mechanical augmentation becomes unpopular. (*Deus Ex*)

In a resurgence of Euro-War II, the Resource Wars break out between the European powers and the Middle East. (*Fallout*)

2053: The New Plague kills thousands, prompting the US to close its borders. (*Fallout*)

A nuclear bomb destroys Tel Aviv. (*Fallout*)

2054: Construction of the Vaults begins; a part of Project Safehouse designed to protect American citizens in the event of nuclear war or plague. (*Fallout*)

The precognitive PreCrime police force in Washington, D.C. is rolled back after six years of operations after it is discovered that its director, Lamar Burgess, manipulated the system in order to disguise his own crimes. (*Minority Report*)

2056: Kamar of Atlantis invades the CAS and Caribbean League. (*Shadowrun* and *Sub-Mariner*)

End of GeneCo’s harsh collections department with the death of Rotti Largo. The company is taken over by his daughter Amber Sweet. (*Repo! The Genetic Opera*)

2057: A second spacecraft is launched to restart the Sun’s activity and contains all of the fissile materials mined on earth. The craft, Icarus II, rendezvous with its predecessor and, after a brief altercation, successfully completes its mission. (*Sunshine*)

The Grand Canyon is closed as a national park and uranium mining commences. (*Fallout*)

2058: A mission to begin colonization of Alpha Centaur due to the growing pollution on Earth is undertaken by the Robinson family, however their ship, the Jupiter 2, is thrown off course due to the work of foreign saboteur Zachary Smith, causing them to become lost in space. (*Lost in Space*)

Biotechnologist Wing-Tsit Chong develops affinity symbiont neurons, which allows for control over biotechnological structures, known as bitek. (*The Night’s Dawn*)

2059: The Anchorage Front Line is established to protect the Alaska pipeline, causing tensions with the Canadian provinces. (*Fallout*)

The Martian outpost Bowie Base One is destroyed after being contaminated with a water-born virus known as the Flood, making its occupants the first human casualties of extraterrestrial disease and prompting subsequent generations to explore the stars to understand interstellar science and biology. (*Doctor Who*)

A supernaturally intelligent girl name Aurora gives birth to twins in Russia as part of a plan by the Noelites, a salvationist religion seeking to manufacture a miracle. (*Babylon A.D.*)

2060: Oil fields in the Middle East run dry, ending the war with Europe and bringing traffic across the globe to a halt. (*Fallout*)

2061: Revolutions and riots break out on Mars. Space Elevator destroyed. (*Mars Trilogy*)

2062: One of the robots of Clinton Madarian identifies habitable planets near the Solar System. (Isaac Asimov)

2063: Atlantis destroyed by supervillain Nitro. Survivors flee to Latveria (*Sub-Mariner*)

2064: After Matrix crash, Matrix 2.0 is put into place. (*Shadowrun* and *The Matrix*)

2065: Development of Power Armor by the Americans. (*Fallout*)

A nuclear reactor in New York City nearly undergoes meltdown. (*Fallout*)

2066: United Federation of Asian Republics (UFAR) and USNA war over Alaskan resources. (*Fallout* and *Empire Earth*)

2069: The first settlement on the Moon dedicated solely for human habitation, Armstrong Outpost, is established. (*Mass Effect*)

2070: Members of the Russian Federation nearly bring the United States and European Federation to war. (*EndWar*)

Cybermen attack a weather station on the Moon, but are defeated by the Second Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)

2072: Canada completely incorporated into US. USNA becomes a new United States of America. (*Fallout*)

Chicago is destroyed in a terrorist attack. (*Deus Ex*)

2075: Billionaire Victor Manswell’s Manswell Expedition launches towards the Alpha Centauri system with 300 colonists on board. Communications are lost soon after departure however. (*Mass Effect*)

Eden becomes the first bitek habitat in space, germinated from artificial coral called polyp. (*The Night’s Dawn*)

2076: The US successfully completes the annexation of the Canadian provinces into the American government after Canadian nonparticipation in the Alaskan conflict. (*Fallout*)

2077: Skynet, a long-running military operations computer, is infected by a Stepford operative. Invades Matrix 2.0 and starts massing robot army. (*Terminator, Fallout, Stepford Wives, Girl Genius* and *The Matrix*)

UN is reestablished.

A meteor strikes northern Italy, destroying Padua and Verona and destabilizing Venice, causing it to sink beneath the Adriatic. (*Rendezvous with Rama*)

Beginning of World War 3, as Skynet convinces US President Robert. L. Booth to begin Atomic War; launches nuclear arsenals, some of which, due to tampering in the uplink stations in the European Federation, United States and Russia, successfully hit their targets. Citizens flee to Vaults. Largest Vault comes to be named “Zion.” A black rain falls upon the Earth, wiping out many plant and animal species. (*Terminator, Judge Dredd, EndWar, Fallout* and *The Matrix*)

Mars declares independence from Earth. (*Empire Earth* and *Mars Trilogy*)

Second Impact. Adam, an angel, is found in Antarctica and a “contact experiment” is attempted with the Lance of Longinus, which triggered a huge explosion. The entire Antarctic shelf is either melted or vaporized. Climate changes occur due to change in Earth’s axis. (*Neon Genesis Evangelion*)

Tokyo believed destroyed by nuclear bomb; in fact, destroyed by godlike Akira. (*Akira*)

UN is now able to field powerful armies. (*Neon Genesis Evangelion*)

Due to global warming and the shift from the Second Impact, much of the planet faces severe weather anomalies. Three massive superstorms move across planet, bringing temperatures down to negative 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Continental crust displacement occurs; Africa is raised significantly, with the Drakensberg Mountains becoming the tallest mountains in the world. (*The Day After Tomorrow* and *2012*)

Judges seize control of Mega-Cities, forming the American Joint Strike Force. (*Judge Dredd*)

Bakersfield, California is transformed into the Necropolis. (*Fallout*)

Randolph Bragg leads the city of Fort Repose, Florida through the aftermath of the war. (*Alas, Babylon*)

Isaac Edward Leibowitz founds the Albertian Order of Leibowitz in the American Southwest to preserve human knowledge. (*A Canticle for Leibowitz*)

2077-2087: Humans wage wars against machines, and against each other. The United States captures Iberia and Western France up to Paris and the Russians capture Poland, Germany and Eastern France before an agreement is reached to unite, at least temporarily, against the machines. Heroes found in the likes of John Connor, Jr. and Neo. (*Terminator, EndWar,* and *The Matrix*)

2077-2088: Reconstruction of Tokyo. Work begins on three different projects: Neo-Tokyo, Tokyo-2 and Tokyo-3. (*Akira* and *Neon Genesis Evangelion*)

2080: Widespread mutation occurs due to the effects of radiation, creating many new species. (*Fallout*)

2081: Birth of Elroy Jetson. (*The Jetsons*)

2083: Discovery of giant diamond fragments orbiting Europa. (*2061: Odyssey Three*)

A penal colony is established on the planet of Varos. (*Doctor Who*)

2084: An alien device creates an atmosphere on Mars, breaking the control of Vilos Cohaagen and the turbinum consortium over its people. (*Total Recall*)

2085: People begin immigrating to Eden, a bitek habitat in space. (*The Night’s Dawn*)

2087: Skynet and the robots are defeated. Matrix pulled off-line. Governments reform. The Japanese Miracle is instrumental in recovering severely irradiated areas, however regions like the Capital Wastelands around Washington, D.C. and the Core Region, in California remain untouched due to contamination by the Forced Evolutionary Virus, which the Japanese Miracle cannot scrub. (*Terminator, Fallout* and *The Matrix*)

European Union of Nations forms.

Pan-Africa Federation forms. (*Empire Earth 2*)

Anglo-Sino alliance between US and China is created. (*Firefly*)

Work on second Martian space elevator begins. (*Mars Trilogy*)

UN Special Agency Nerv is established to defend Earth from Angels through use of Evangelion units, a developmental offshoot from Power Armor. (*Neon Genesis Evangelion*)

The nation of Panem emerges in the North American continent, composed of thirteen provinces ruled from the oppressive Capitol in the Rocky Mountains. (*The Hunger Games*)

2090: Vault 29 is the first of the vaults to open. (*Fallout*)

Wing-Tsit Chong transfers his memories to the Eden habitat, continuing to live within it. As a result, Pope Eleanor of the Unified Christian Church excommunicates all people born with affinity engineering. (*The Night’s Dawn*)

2096: The provinces of Panem attempt a revolt against the central government in the Capitol, however it is quashed. The Hunger Games begin. (*The Hunger Games*)

2097: Zephram Cochrane develops the warp drive. (*Star Trek*)

Earth makes contact with the Vulcans. (*Star Trek*)

2099: The Second Robot War begins when the computer system VIKI, corrupted by the last of the Other’s Stepford Wives and inhabiting the robotic body of the droid Call-Me-Kenneth, decides to enslave the human race for its own protection. (*I, Robot, Stepford Wives, Girl Genius* and *Judge Dredd*)

The Statue of Judgment is erected in Mega-City One. (*Judge Dredd*)

2100: The Other is destroyed. (*Girl Genius*)

2102: Richard Grey becomes the Master. (*Fallout*)

2103: The European Space Agency establishes the first permanent Terran settlement on Mars, Lowell City, since the Martian Revolution. (*Mass Effect* and *Mars Trilogy*)

2109: Neo-Tokyo destroyed by re-emergence of Akira, to combat the also godlike Tetsuo. (*Akira*)

2114: Judgment Day. Sabbat the Necromancer releases a modified T-Virus and Rage Virus hybrid in the Mega-Cities. Judge Dredd destroys the cities of Mega-City Two, Sino-City One, Bangkok, Djakarta and Brasilia to contain zombie outbreak. (*Judge Dredd, 28 Weeks Later* and *Resident Evil*)

2127: Terran sea levels rise and flood coastal areas. (*Mars Trilogy*)

2130: The Great Winter blankets the world in snow. (*Fallout*)

2137: The Eldfell-Ashland Energy Corporation begins Helium-3 extraction on Saturn. (*Mass Effect*)

2142: The European Union and the Pan-Asian Coalition go to war. (*Battlefield 2142*)

2143: Work begins on Gagarin Station, outside of the orbit of Pluto. (*Mass Effect*)

2145: All hell breaks loose on the UAC Mars research facility. (*Doom 3*)

2149: Humans discover Mass Effect Physics and the mass relays of the ancient Prothean Empire. The Systems Alliance charter is signed, which serves a military/exploratory body for the Terrans. (*Mass Effect*)

2150: A World Government (Terran Federation) is established on Earth. (*Star Trek* and *Starship Troopers*)

The Terran RDA Corporation begins mining for unobtanium on the world of Pandora. (*Avatar*)

2151: Earth’s first Warp 5-capable ship, the *Enterprise* is launched, captained by Jonathan Archer. (*Star Trek*)

An accident in Singapore exposes hundreds to element-zero, causing numerous subsequent birth defects. (*Mass Effect*)

2153: 7 million people are killed with the use of the Xindi superweapon prototype, cutting a swath of destruction from Florida to Venezuela. (*Star Trek*)

2154: The Na’vi of the moon Pandora, orbiting the planet Polyphemus, repel the Terran unobtanium mining operations on their world with the help of Jake Sully a member of the new Avatar program. (*Avatar*)

2156-2160: Earth-Romulan War, Earth heavily damaged. Ends in stalemate with the Battle of Cheron, a Federation victory. (*Star Trek*)

2157: The First Contact War between the Terrans and the Turians reveals the existence of a wider alliance of alien species. (*Mass Effect*)

2158: Biotics are developed. (*Mass Effect*)

2161: Formation of the United Federation of Planets, partially in response to the realization of the existence of a substantial alien alliance after the First Contact War. Starfleet Academy established, including several Battle Schools. (*Star Trek, Mass Effect* and *Ender’s Game*)

Terran colonists encounter the Arachnid Formics of Klendathu, also known as “Bugs” or “Buggers.” (*Ender’s Game* and *Starship Troopers*)

Reestablishment of the Daedalus-Class starship. (*Star Trek*)

2161-2170: Earth battles the Arachnid Formics. Primarily, the Terran forces use hit-and-run tactics and capsule deployment of Mechanized Infantry. Heroes arise in Andrew “Ender” Wiggin and Juan Rico. (*Ender’s Game* and *Starship Troopers*)

2162: The city of Necropolis is destroyed. (*Fallout*)

2164: The Daleks bombard the Earth with meteors infested with a plague that devastates humanity, however, this attack is attributed to the Arachnids. (*Doctor Who* and *Starship Troopers*)

2165: The Terran Systems Alliance gains an embassy on the Citadel. (*Mass Effect*)

2167: Buenos Aires is destroyed by an Arachnid attack. (*Starship Troopers*)

2170: Arachnid Formics defeated by Terran forces. (*Ender’s Game* and *Starship Troopers*)

Daleks invade an exhausted Earth. (*Doctor Who*)

Katniss Everdeen’s Second Rebellion overthrows the dictatorship in Panem, which rapidly begins to mount a defense against the Daleks. (*The Hunger Games* and *Doctor Who*)

2171: Pope Clement XVI is assassinated with poisoned rosary beads. (*Mass Effect*)

2174: The Daleks are repulsed from Earth by the First Doctor. (*Doctor Who*)

2175: Earth’s environment stabilized by adjusting Gulf Stream, results in drastically lower coastlines as ice caps are reformed. *(The Fifth Element*)

2183: The SSV Normandy is commissioned. (*Mass Effect*)

The Eden Prime War between the Terrans and the Geth begins, and ends a year later. (*Mass Effect*)

2186: Reapers attack Earth. (*Mass Effect*)

2189: The New California Republic is formed. (*Fallout*)

2192: Dr. Lassiter invents The Phaser. (*Firefly* and *Star Trek*)

2205: The robot “Andrew” is officially declared a human and is officially married to Portia Charney as he dies of old age. (*Bicentennial Man*)

2233: James T. Kirk is born. (*Star Trek*)

2239: Rivet City is formed in the remains of a beached aircraft carrier. (*Fallout*)

2245: A new Enterprise, this time a Constitution-class vessel, is launched. (*Star Trek*)

Earth-Minbari War. (*Babylon 5*)

2250: The Enterprise is refitted and set out on a 5-year mission under Captain Christopher Pike. (*Star Trek*)

2253: The Earth’s resources are nearly exhausted. A mission begins to terraform a new solar system to serve as new homes for the Terran population. (*Firefly*)

2255: The Pitt, a settlement on the ruins of Pittsburgh, is destroyed. (*Fallout*)

2256: Babylon 5 comes online. (*Babylon 5*)

2263: The Great Evil Appears, but is destroyed by the advent of the Fifth Element, Love. (*The Fifth Element*)

2264: James T. Kirk leads the Enterprise on its third 5-year mission. (*Star Trek*)

2274: The New California Republic signs the New Vegas Treaty with Mr. House of New Vegas. Hoover Dam comes back online as a result. (*Fallout*)

2277: The Enterprise is retired. (*Star Trek*)

The First Battle of Hoover Dam. (*Fallout*)

2278: Project Purity comes online, revitalizing the Capitol Wasteland and ultimately allowing the resettlement and reestablishment of contact with the severely irradiated areas of Southern California and the Wasteland when combined with the Japanese Miracle. (*Fallout*)

An alien mothership hovering over the Capitol Wasteland is destroyed. (*Fallout*)

2282: The Second Battle of the Hoover Dam. (*Fallout*)

2285: The Enterprise is destroyed to keep it from Klingon control. (*Star Trek*)

2290: Beginning of the Universal Century era. (*Gundam Series*)

Rebels, aided by the Second Doctor, gain control of Varos and do away with its repressive government. (*Doctor Who*)

2305: Birth of Jean-Luc Picard. (*Star Trek*)

2317: The first large-scale new settlement on the Moon after the catastrophic accident, Von Braun, is settled. (*Cowboy Bebop, Space: 1999, Gundam Series)*

2330: Terraforming of the new solar system reaches a level sufficient enough to begin shipping settlers. Humanity begins a mass exodus from Earth and several of its core worlds due to overpopulation and resource depletion. 40% of humanity emigrates from Earth. (*Firefly, Gundam Series*)

2330-2403: Human settlers travel to the new solar system. American and Chinese culture blends significantly in this period. (*Firefly*)

One ship, the *Unity*, crash-lands on the planet Chiron in the Alpha Centauri system. (*Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri*)

2335: A suitable asteroid, named Juno, is maneuvered into orbit around Earth to aid in the construction of space colonies. (*Gundam Series*)

2350: Luna II, the renamed Juno, is converted into a military base. (*Gundam Series*)

2357: Worf becomes the first Klingon to attend Starfleet Command. (*Star Trek*)

2359: Degwin Sodo Zabi establishes the Principality of Zeon. (*Gundam Series*)

2364: Central City, occupying the southern half of England, forms. (*Doctor Who*)

2369: The first Gundam is developed. (*Gundam Series*)

2369-2373: Earth and the Principality of Zeon war, until the start of the Dominion War forces an alliance against the Dominion forces. (*Gundam Series, Star Trek*)

2375: The Breen raid Earth, causing damage to San Francisco, Beijing, Paris and New York City and damaging Starfleet Academy; 22 million people die. (*Star Trek*)

2403: Settlement begins on the Core Worlds of the new solar system: Sihnon, Londinium, Ariel and Osiris. (*Firefly*)

2459: The Companion Guild is created. (*Firefly*)

2473: Solos, a planet rich in thaesium, is discovered and colonized. (*Doctor Who*)

2500’s: Earth’s Monument is discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Africa (*3001: The Final Odyssey*)

2506: Unification War begins between the Core Worlds and their colonies. (*Firefly*)

2508: The Hive Mind devastates the planet of Aegis VII after the Marker is taken. (*Dead Space*)

2510: Battle of Sturges. (*Firefly*)

2511: Battle of Serenity Valley. (*Firefly*)

Unification Day, as the Independent planets surrender to the Core Planet Alliance, creating the Union of Allied Planets. (*Firefly*)

2520: A Terran ship fires upon a Draconian battlecruiser, sparking a brief war. (*Doctor Who*)

2525: The planet Harvest, one of the last holdouts of the Outer Colonies in the Unification War is beset by the theocratic alien species known as the Covenant. (*Halo*)

2540: Arrival of John the Savage in London. (*Brave New World*)

2552: The Covenant besiege Earth. (*Halo*)

2560: F-Zero Grand Prix begins. (*F-Zero*)

2840: The remains of the planet Voga comes to orbit Lucifer. (*Doctor Who*)

2958: MomCorp founded by Mom. (*Futurama*)

2973: Solos declares its independence from Earth. (*Doctor Who*)

3000: Richard Nixon’s head elected President of Earth. (*Futurama*)

3023: A virus engineered by Terran scientists destroys all Monoliths in the Sol-Lucifer System. (*3001: The Final Odyssey*)

3100: Burundi’s Fever, more properly known as Mnemonic Plague, ravages the older colonies, causing the inhabitants thereof to forget their origins. (Isaac Asimov)

3295: The eleventh incarnation of the Doctor ends the torture of the Star Whale, which helps to propel Starship UK. (*Doctor Who*)

3300’s: Formation of the Galactic Republic and the Free Planets Alliance, which war intermittently for the next 150 years. (*Legend of Galactic Heroes*)

3873: The planet Peladon enters the Federation. (*Doctor Who*)

4021: The Outer Colonies declare their independence from Earth. Earth is severely damaged in the Battle of Earth, known on the planet as the Sixty Minute War. Beginning of the Traction Era as cities are gradually replaced by mobile, metal-covered traction cities that cannibalize and scour the planet for resources. (Isaac Asimov and *Mortal Engines*)

4126: the Tenth Doctor releases the Ood from the role as slaves. (*Doctor Who*)