Timeline

The following is a chronological timeline for the events taking place within The Collapse series. This timeline is chronological, ordering the events on the days they occur.

The timeline is set around a single epoch, being the Collapse itself. The events are labeled **Before-Collapse (BC)**, **The Collapse (TC), and Post-Collapse (PC).** The Collapse will include the first sixteen days of the outbreak in which civilization fell. The Collapse occurs on July 19th, 1990, lasting for sixteen days until August 4th, 1990. The end of The Collapse occurs when major cities around the world are destroyed in order to slow the spread of the Wildfire Virus.

## Before-Collapse (Pre-Universe - July 19th, 1990)

### Pre-Universe - 4B BC

 **4.5 Billion BC** | * The Earth is formed around the Solar System, being the third planet around the new sun.

### 1920s

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 **1928 CE**
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**62 BC**

### 1940s

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**44 BC**

### 1950s

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 **1951 CE**
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 **1953 CE**
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**37 BC**
* **May 8th;** Cynthia Diggory is born.
 **1954 CE**
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**36 BC**
* **July 12th;** Oralius Greengrass is born.
 **1955 CE**
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 **1956 CE**
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 **1957 CE**
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 **1958 CE**
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 **1959 BC**
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### 1960s

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**30 BC**
* **January 30th;** Lily J. Potter (nee Evans) is born.
* **March 10th;** Remus Lupin is born to Lyall and Hope Lupin.
 **1965 CE**
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**25 BC**
* **June 6th;** Shane is born.
* **June 8th;** Andrea is born.
 **1966 CE**
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 **1967 CE**
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 **1968 CE**
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 **1969 CE**
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### 1970s

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 **1971 CE**
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**19 BC**
	+ Lily J. Evans is sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ James Fleamont Potter is sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ Sirius Orion Black is sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ Remus John Lupin is sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ Peter Pettigrew is sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ Severus Snape is sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ The Whomping Willow is planted.
 **1972 CE**
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**18 BC**
* **October 18th;** Billy Greene is born on the Green farm.
* **December 12th;** Charles “Charlie” Weasley is born to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
 **1974 CE**
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**16 BC**
 **1975 CE**
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**15 BC**
* The Marauder's create the Marauder's Map.
 **1976 CE**
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**14 BC**
* **June 3rd;** Severus Snape calls Lily Evans a mudblood, ending their friendship.
* **June;** Sirius Black runs away from home to live with the Potter family
* **August;** Sirius Black gets his own place (either in 1976 or 1977) with money he inherited from his uncle Alphard Black.
 **1977 CE**
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**13 BC**
* **June 2nd;** Fleur Isabelle Weasley is born to Monsieur and Apolline Delacour.
 **1978 CE**
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**12 BC**
* **June 1st;** Duane Jones is born.
 **1979 CE**
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**11 BC**
* **March 11th;** Katie Bell is born.
* **April 17;** Violet is born.
* **June;** Regulus Black is killed by an Inferius after drinking the Drink of Despair while trying to destroy a Horcrux of Lord Voldemort.
* **September 19th;** Hermione Granger is born to David and Leah Granger.
* **September;** James Potter and  Lily Evans get married, with Sirius Black being James' best man.
* **October;** Lily Potter becomes pregnant.
* **November 7th;** Daphne Greengrass is born to Oralius and Yelena Greengrass.
* **November 14th;** Tracey Davis is born.

### 1980s

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**10 BC**
* **February 13th;** Hannah Abbott is born.
* **March 1st;** Ronald Bilius “Ron” Weasely is born to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
* **June 5th;** Draco Malfoy is born to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
* **June 6th;** Louis is born.
* **June 12th;** Peter Pettigrew begins passing information to Lord Voldemort.
* **June 23rd;** Susan Bones is born.
* **July 9th;** Ernest “Ernie” MacMillan is born.
* **July 31st;** Harry Potter is born to  James and  Lily Potter.
* **August 7th;** Kenny Jr. is born.
* **August 11th;** Dean Thomas is born.
 **1981 CE**
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* **April 5th;** Carl Grimes is born to Rick and Lori Grimes.
* **August 11th;** Ginevra Molly “Ginny” Weasley is born to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
* **September;** Peter Pettigrew replaces Sirius Black as the Potters' secret keeper. Within a week, Pettigrew (secretly a Death Eater) betrays the Potters' whereabouts to Lord Voldemort.
* **October 26th;** Clementine Crawford is born to Ed and Diana Crawford.
* **October 31st;**
	+ Lord Voldemort kills  James and  Lily Potter.
	+ In an attempt to kill Harry, Voldemort is unsuccessful, with his Killing Curse rebounding off infant Harry Potter. This causes the Dark Lord to lose his physical form and Harry to gain a lightning-shaped scar on her forehead.
	+ An infant Harry Potter is taken to live with his relatives, the Dursleys.
* **November 1st;**
	+ Celebrations take place all over the Wizarding World celebrating the fall of Lord Voldemort. These celebrations are nearly caught by No-Maj.
	+ Sirius Black is arrested for the murder of Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles. However, Pettigrew killed the Muggles, faking his own death before going into hiding. Sirius is sentenced to Azkaban, without a trial.
	+ Vernon and Petunia Dursley reluctantly become Harry Potter's guardians when he is brought to 4 Privet Drive by Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, and Minerva McGonagall.
	+ The Ministry begins its hunt to bring the Death Eaters to justice.
* **November:**
	+ Horace Slughorn retires from his post at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
	+ Severus Snape is appointed Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry.
 **1982 CE**
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**8 BC**
* **June:** Peter Pettigrew becomes Percy Weasley's pet rat under the alias Scabbers.
 **1983 CE**
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 **1984 CE**
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**6 BC**
* **June 13th;** Miranda Garcia is born.
 **1985 CE**
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**5 BC**
* **September 1st;** Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley start at St. Grogory's Primary School.
 **1987 CE**
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* **June 23th;** Harry Potter is taken in by the Weasley’s.
* **July:** Ginny Weasley turns six years old in August and presumably starts to take each of her brothers Broomsticks out in turn and ride them secretly.
* **September 1st;**
	+ At the age of seven, Harry sneaks onto the Hogwarts Express and visits Hogwarts. He is caught by the Deputy Headmistress and is returned to the Weasleys.
	+ Percy Ignatius "Perce" Weasley is sorted into Gryffindor.
	+ Oliver Wood is sorted into Gryffindor.
	+ Penelope Clearwater is sorted into Ravenclaw.
	+ Arthur and Remus Lupin begin to teach Harry magic.

### 1990s

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	+ The Wildfire Virus is declared by the Center for Disease Control.
	+ The existence of the virus is unknown to the public. The virus baffles scientists who try to understand and contain it. Within the following months, reports surface across five states of a strange sickness that inspires flu-like symptoms and causes people to attack others. Its exact biological classification is unknown, and most information is from internet gossip and conspiracy theories.
* **June 1st;** Cornelius Fudge becomes Minister for Magic.
* **June 18th;** The 421st Quidditch World Cup is held.

## Collapse

### July 19th - August 4th, 1990 / O PC

* ***Hour 0:*** The Wildfire Virus suddenly becomes a global pandemic. The entirety of the human race is infected and the recently deceased, who did not receive extreme head trauma, begin to reanimate and devour the living.
* ***Hour 2:*** In southern Devon, a gas-leak results in the death of everyone inside a No-Maj hospital. These individuals are reanimated into the undead. Escaping the hospital, the massive horde splits into two. One large horde heading south. The other other heading south-west.
* ***Hour 8:***
	+ The Lovegood House is attacked by the larger horde originating from southern Devon. The house is overrun, and the residents are forced to flee. Xenophilius Lovegood is bit in the attack.
	+ The Diggory House is surrounded by the smaller horde simultaneously with the Lovegood House. The Diggory's manage to escape, but not without suffering from minor injuries.
	+ The Lovegood's and Diggory's both flee to the Burrow, where the Weasley's rush to tend to their injuries. St. Mungo's Hospital is unresponsive as the two hordes draw closer.
	+ Xenophilius Lovegood passes away from his injuries (bite to the neck).
	+ The Weasley's and Diggory's band together to put an end to the two hordes before anymore of them die.
	+ Xenophilius reanimates into one of the undead.
	+ Harry Potter, using a knife, puts an end to the undead Xenophilius.
* ***Hour 9:***
	+ The fight concludes as the hordes are finished. The Burrow is deemed safe. The Sanctuary is born.
	+ The Granger's are caught in the middle of a horde forming in the Hampstead Garden Suburbs north of London.
	+ David Granger is bitten and devoured by the undead during the attack.
* ***Hour 12:*** Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry learns of the outbreak. Many staff members return home to their families while others remain. Hogwarts goes into lockdown, refusing to allow others inside.
* ***Hour 14:*** The British Ministry of Magic goes into shutdown. In under an hour, the building is overrun with the undead. The Ministry falls.
 **July 20th;** | **Day 1:*** The Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge is evacuated from London to Hogwarts.
 **July 21st;** | **Day 2:*** News coverage continues to report on incidents regarding the undead. However, civilians continue to go about their daily routines.
* Hospitals begin to become overrun with injured civilians. They begin to dispose of the bodies of the dead, as well as eliminate any undead patients that make it past the disposal process.
* All major cities around the world experiences massive blackouts, power surges, and gas shortages. Riots break out worldwide, resulting in worldwide panic.
* The blackouts expand, and with them communication jams make phones and other forms of communication useless.
 **July 21st**
**August 3rd;**
* Military installations around the world are overrun, with military supplies being looted by rioters.
 **August 4th;** | **Day 16:*** Operation Cobalt is declared by NATO "higher authority" in the military chain of command at 0900 PDT, and confidential documentation is produced to provide instructions on executing it.
* By the end of the night, every major city in the United States and England are napalmed, bringing the end of modern civilization.
* With all major cities destroyed by napalmed, national military installations abandoned, and government leaders dead or missing, modern civilization is officially dead.
* Earth is overrun by the undead. Anarchy rains supreme.

## Post Collapse

### 1990 CE / 0 PC

* The Northern and Eastern Walls are constructed around the Sanctuary.
* Amelia and Susan Bones arrive at the Sanctuary.
* Remus Lupin, Hannah Abbott, Dean Thomas, and the Cattermole's arrive at the Sanctuary.
 **August 2nd - August 18th;** | * The Diggory's construct their own small cottage beside the Burrow.
* Pandora and Luna Lovegood move into the Burrow's extra rooms.
* The Bones' build their own home near the Burrow.
 **August 19th - September 8th;** | * The Southern and Western Walls are completed.
* A small road is constructed between the homes inside the Sanctuary, creating a community.
* A school system is established in the Sanctuary to teach the children magic.
* Trenches and spike traps are positioned around the Walls in order to protect the survivors. Afterwards, the Walls are deemed safe and all matters of Sanctuary defense are dropped.