Timeline

A basic timeline of the Milky Way in the Prime Reality.

## KEY

* Events from *Farscape* have not had their dates adjusted from canon.
* Events from *Warhammer 40k* have not had their dates changed from canon.
* Events from *The Expanse* have had their dates adjusted from canon though not within a consistent time frame.
* Events from *Alpha Centauri* have had their dates adjusted 270 years into the future from canon.
* Events from *Crusader* have had their dates adjusted 200 years into the future from canon.
* Some events from *Firefly* have had their dates moved 360 years into the future from canon, while other events have only had their dates adjusted 300 years into the future from canon.
* Events from *Cowboy Bebop* have had their dates adjusted 400 years into the future from canon.
* Events from *Starcraft* have had their dates moved 600 years into the future from canon.
* Events from *Mass Effect* have had their dates moved 800 years into the future from canon.
* Most events from *Star Trek* have had their dates moved 1,000 years into the future from canon.

## The Beginning

* The universe is formed in the "Big Bang", an event theorized to be caused by unstable Omega molecules. (ST)
	+ The Q Continuum use this point in history as a hiding place. (ST)
	+ The xel'naga take form and enter the Prime Reality from the Void. (SC)
* The C'Tan come into being. (WH)
* The Female Q is born. (ST)
* The Old Ones are the preeminent species in charge of the galaxy. They build a network of warp gates. (WH)
	+ The Slann create and/or guide a number of species throughout the galaxy. Many of these comes to be servant races to the Old Ones. (WH)

### The War in Heaven

* The Necrontyr expand into space, encounter the Old Ones, and begin a war against them. The Necrontyr are easily defeated and return to their own worlds. (WH)
* The C'Tan encounter the Necrontyr, and have necrodermis bodies constructed. (WH)
	+ The C'Tan convince the Necrontyr to adopt necrodermis bodies. (WH)
* The C'Tan and the Necrons engage in war against the Old Ones. (WH)
	+ The Old Ones create a number of psionically powerful species to help them fight their enemies. These include the Eldar, the krork, and others. (WH)
	+ Enslavers and other horrors from the Immaterium escape into the Materium through the Old Ones' webway. (WH)
		- Beset from all sides by the C'Tan, the Necrons, and the horrific monstrosities from the Immaterium, the Old Ones are eventually defeated and vanish from the galaxy. Their creations continue to fight against C'Tan and the Necrons. (WH)
	+ The Necrons betray the C'Tan, displacing them from reality. (WH)
* The Necrons enter a long cryostasis in their tomb world. (WH)

#### Approximately 9 billion years before Common Era

* Hundreds of protostars collapse in on and themselves and form a black cluster. (ST)

## Age of Xel'naga

*The following events happen at unknown times over the next several millenia*.

* The xel'naga, obsessed with genetic modification, seed life on worlds across the Milky Way. They construct their own network of warp gates. (SC)
* The xel'naga encounter the Argus Stone, and hold it in high regards due to its incredible power. Xel'naga scholars predict the events of the Great War. (SC)
* The xel'naga discover an evil entity and use the power of the Void to imprison it within a barren planet orbiting a dead star. (SC)

### The Last Cycle

* The natural life cycle of the xel'naga begins to reach its conclusion. They enter Ulnar to hibernate for millenia. (SC)
	+ Renegade xel'naga led by Amon leave Ulnar to seek out races with purity of essence and purity of form. (SC)

## Billions of Years Ago

* 4,600,000,000 BCE
	+ The star Sol begins to form.
* 4,500,000,000 BCE
	+ The Guardian of Forever is asked its last question until the 33rd century. (ST)
	+ Ancient humanoids begin seeding worlds with their DNA, eventually leading to the evolution of humanoids on many worlds including Vulcan, Denea, Earth, Qo'noS, and many others. (ST)
* 4,000,000,000 BCE
	+ The planet Pollux IV forms. (ST)
	+ Q and Q begin a romantic relationship. (ST)
* 3,200,000,000 BCE
	+ A Mala'kak sacrifices himself on Earth to introduce poisoned DNA to the planet, in an effort to sabotage the work of the ancient humanoids. (AvP)
* 2,000,000,000 BCE
	+ A civilization flourishes on Tagus III. (ST)
	+ By this time, the Ring Builders have built a vast empire using their knowledge of wormholes and a network of gateways. They contain the protomolecule within a ice and launch it towards the developing planet Earth. It will, instead, be caught in the gravity of the planet Saturn becoming the moon Phoebe. (TE)
* 1,500,000,000 BCE
	+ The Ring Builder Empire comes under attack, and is ultimately defeated. The Ring Builders are eradicated. (TE)

### Age of Leviathans

* The Leviathans come to dominate the galaxy, enthralling all sentient species they encounter. In exchange for tribute, they offer protection. (ME)
* After witnessing the synthetic races rise up against the races who created them, the Leviathans create an Intelligence to permanently protect organic life. (ME)
	+ The Intelligence creates "pawns" who to gather genetic material, and then sends these pawns to slaughter Leviathans and gather their genetic material. (ME)
		- The Harbringer -- the first Reaper -- is built out of Leviathan genetic materials. Thus begins a cyclical harvesting of organic material in the Milky Way. Some species, such as the Eldar, escape this slaughter and go into hiding. (ME)
		- The Intelligence constructs a mass relay network -- similar to the pre-existing networks of warp gates -- to allow civilizations to spread across the galaxy faster and according to their own plan. (ME)

* 1,000,000,000 BCE
	+ The Leviathan of Dis, a Reaper, is killed by Leviathans. Its corpse comes to rest on planet Jartar. (ME)
	+ As the Leviathans decline, the Slaver Empire emerges -- enslaving vast swaths of the Milky Way. Eventually the Slavers and a number of other species are wiped out in a tremendous and catastrophic war. (ST)

## First Age

### Pre-Prothean Times

#### Millions of Years Ago

* The Organians evolve past the need for physical bodies, becoming beings of pure energy. (ST)
* 300,000,000 BCE
	+ A magnetic organism invades a spaceship. The aliens aboard disable their vessel in orbit of Questar M-17 to prevent the organism from spreading. (ST)
* 87,000,000 BCE
	+ The D'Arsay Archive is launched. (ST)
* 37,000,000 BCE
	+ An unknown species fires an accelerator round at a Reaper -- the round disables the Reaper and passes through it, traveling through space until it strikes the planet Klendagon. The Great Rift Valley is formed. (ME)

* 65,000,000 BCE
	+ The dominant species on Earth -- the dinosaurs -- and several other species are wiped out in an asteroid strike. Predicting the oncoming destruction, the sapient Voth use new warp drive technology to flee the planet. (ST)
		- The asteroid strike exposes the Black Marker on Earth. (DS)

* 20,000,000 BCE
	+ Voth history in the Delta Quadrant begins. (ST)

* 2,000,000 BCE
	+ The inhabitants of Tau Volantis discover a Black Marker, and build Red Markers in hopes of harvesting more energy. A Convergence Event is triggered, but the people of the planet construct a machine that freezes their planet -- wiping themselves out but preventing the Convergence Event from completing. (DS)
* 1,000,000 BCE
	+ A vast city is constructed around the Guardian of Forever. (ST)

#### Hundreds of Thousands of Years Ago

* The Sphere-shaped lifeform begins its life. (ST)
* 600,000 BCE
	+ The Tkon Empire collapses. (ST)
	+ The galaxy is colonized by Sargon's ancestors. (ST)

* 500,000 BCE
	+ Sargon's species is destroyed in a massive civil war which literally rips the atmosphere from their home planet. A handful of survivors begin to live underground. (ST)
	+ Exo III becomes nearly uninhabitable as its sun enters decline. The inhabitants relocate underground and build androids to serve them. (ST)
	+ The Talosians develop warp drives. (ST)

* 499,000 BCE
	+ Civilization begins to flourish on Bajor. (ST)
* 298,000 BCE
	+ The arthenn civilization flourishes in the Zelene System, until they are destroyed. Few clues as to the events that destroyed them exist, though the planet Epho bears the scars of an orbital bombardment. (ME)

* 200,000 BCE
	+ The homeworld of Iconians suffers from an orbital bombardment which is believed to have destroyed the species. (ST)
	+ The "telepathic pitcher plant" is born in the Delta Quadrant. (ST)
	+ About this time, humans begin developing on Earth. (ST)
	+ The Borg begin to develop into cybernetic beings. (ST)
	+ The Conclave of Eight is constructed around the planet Aia. (ST)
	+ The xel'naga discover the fledgling protoss on Aiur and begin to guide their development. (SC)

* 150,000 BCE
	+ The xel'naga reveal themselves to the protoss and are revered. The Tal'darim separate from protoss society in order to wholly devote themselves to Amon. (SC)
* 145,000 BCE
	+ Protoss society spreads across Aiur, but a growing emphasis on individuality breaks the psionic bond the species shares. The xel'naga consider the protoss a failure and abandon Aiur. The Aeon of Strife begins. (SC)
* 125,000 BCE
	+ The thoi'han and the inusannon fight over the planet Eingana, and debris from their starships are scattered across the planet. Refined element zero contaminates the planet -- eradicating much of the native life. The creatures that survive have a tendency to develop biotic powers. (ME)

* 100,000 BCE
	+ A subspace network is constructed in the Delta Quadrant. (ST)
	+ An ocean planet is constructed by taking all of the water from a Class M planet and containing it inside a containment field. (ST)
	+ The rogue xel'naga attempt to uplift a species on Xil. An unknown disaster ends life on the planet. The planet never recovers. (SC)
	+ On Earth, the /Xam Abathwa people begin to tell a story about a girl who creates the stars after encountering other worldly beings. (ST)

### Pre-Council Times (BCE)

#### Tens of Thousands of Years Ago

* 68,000 BCE
	+ The Protheans achieve space flight and discover mass effect technology in inusannon ruins. They begin to construct a galaxy-spanning empire through use of the mass relay network, with the Citadel as their capital. (ME)
		- At some unknown point after this, the Protheans encounter a hostile race of machine intelligences whom they battle in the Metacon War. They manage to fend off the threat. (ME)
	+ The inhabitants of Helios eradicate themselves in a civil war fought over khaydarin crystals. (SC)

* 49,000 BCE
	+ Bele begins to chase Lokai for beginning a civil war on Cheron. (ST)

* 48,000 BCE
	+ The Fall of the Protheans: Though the Protheans had learned of the existence of Reapers and had begun to prepare themselves, they are caught off-guard when the Reapers arrive through the Citadel. The Protheans are wiped out by the Reapers, as are many other races at this time. (ME)

* 43,773 BCE
	+ The horta begin a new life cycle on Janus VI. (ST)
* 41,600 BCE
	+ The "Sky Spirits" visit Earth, revealing themselves to the people who will become the indigenous tribes of South America. (ST)

* 30,000 BCE
	+ The Eidelons, in need of a guard, abduct humans and genetically modify them into Sebaceans. These Sebaceans form the Peacekeepers. The Eidelons also genetically craft the Interions. (FS)
* 29,000 BCE
	+ The Verathan civilization reaches its height, spanning two dozen star systems. (ST)
	+ An ancient city, containing the Reckoning Tablet, is built on Bajor. (ST)

* 21,000 BCE
	+ The Trill begin their life as a joined species. (ST)
* 20,000 BCE
	+ The xel'naga discover the zerg on Zerus. Hoping to avoid their previous failure, Amon crafts the Overmind to govern a hive mind for the zerg being uplifted. (SC)

* 17,581 BCE
	+ The planet Lopovius is settled by a common ancestor of the Bruidians and the Navarians. (TO)
* 16,627 BCE
	+ It is about this time that the Bajoran city of B'hala is lost. (ST)
* 16,600 BCE
	+ Bajorans begin to celebrate the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. (ST)

* 13,000 BCE
	+ About this time, the turians on Palaven begin to develop civilization. (ME)

* 11,000 BCE
	+ The Master of Tarquin Hill on Kurl creates the naiskos. (ST)

* 10,000 BCE
	+ Unknown enemies of the Eidelons activate the Darnaz Triangle on Arnessk, forcing the Eidelon priests to enter temporal stasis -- disappearing from history. (FS)

#### Thousands of Years Ago

* 9,000 BCE
	+ Vaal is built on Gamma Trianguli VI. (ST)
	+ The civilization of Sigma Draconis VI suffers from a catastrophic ice age, which causes the inhabitants to devolve. (ST)
	+ Gomtuu becomes the last survivor of his species. (ST)
	+ The Q of the Q Continuum no longer need to speak to each other. (ST)
	+ The Founders find a new homeworld for themselves and found the Dominion. (ST)
	+ The Ferengi discover currency and the concept of profit. The first Grand Nagus writes the Rules of Acquisition. (ST)
	+ Bajoran archaeologists begin searching for B'hala. (ST)

* 8,000 BCE
	+ The Zakdorn earn a reputation as brilliant strategists. (ST)
	+ The first of the Chaos Gods is born within the Warp. (WH)
* 7,268 BCE
	+ With their sun about to supernova, the Fabrini leave their system on the *Yonada*. (ST)
* 7,000 BCE
	+ An immortal human who will become the Emperor of Mankind is born. He has the most potent psionic capabilities of any being in the Milky Way, but primarily stays behind the scenes in the development of mankind. (WH)

* 6,000 BCE
	+ An alien race, seeking to escape the impending explosion of their sun, uploads one billion of their consciousnesses onto supercomputers stored on an AI-controlled starship. The vessel begins to traverse the galaxy on a journey that will last more than 8,000 cycles. (ME)

* 5,000 BCE
	+ The Aldeans construct a massive cloaking device to hide their planet. (ST)

* 3,834 BCE
	+ Akharin is born on Earth. (ST)
* 3,000 BCE
	+ Akharin now lives under the guise of Methuselah. (ST)
* 2,733 BCE
	+ Landru of Beta III brings peace to his people, and constructs a supercomputer to guide and protect his people after his death. (ST)

* 2,700 BCE
	+ Earth is visited by aliens who are worshipped as gods by the ancient Greeks. (ST)
* 2,600 BCE
	+ The Egyptians, humans from Earth, build the pyramids of Giza.
		- Time traveling anthropologists from the future observe their construction. (ST)

* 1,700 BCE
	+ Sarpeidon experiences an ice age. This point in time is frequently used to exile people to by future natives of the planet. (ST)
	+ The Vulcans are a war-like, savage race who are nearing the brink of self-annihilation. (ST)

* 1,500 BCE
	+ The Vulcans begin working to supress their emotions. (ST)

* 1,400 BCE
	+ The Perpetual once called Akharin becomes acquainted with Moses. (ST)
* 1,100 BCE
	+ The krogan homeworld of Tuchanka enters the nuclear age. (ME)
		- A global conflict occurs, and a nuclear winter is triggered. Krogan society devolves into warring clans. (ME)

* 1,000 BCE
	+ A supernova pushes the Mu Relay out of position, effectively cutting off the remote Pangaea Expanse from the rest of the galaxy. (ME)

* 973 BCE
	+ The Perpetual formerly calling himself Akharin adopts the identity of Solomon. (ST)
* 933 BCE
	+ Solomon fakes his own death to keep his immortality hidden. (ST)
* 800 BCE
	+ The Xindi-Avians construct a hidden fortress on a planet that will one day house the Xindi Council. (ST)

* 400 BCE
	+ Survivors from the Sahndara System's supernova reach Earth, and encounter the Greek philosophers. They are deeply impressed, and will go on to name their new homeworld Platonius. (ST)
* 356 BCE
	+ Solomon adopts the guise of Alexander the Great. (ST)

### Pre-Council Times (CE)

#### First Century

* 30 CE
	+ The Perpetual once known as Alexander the Great, under the name Lazarus, becomes acquainted with Jesus Christ. (ST)

#### Second Century

* 100 CE
	+ A group of Sebaceans break away from the Peacekeepers, colonizing the Uncharted Territories and founding the Breakaway Colonies. (FS)
	+ The protoss Savassan and Temlaa discover the Khaydarin Crystals, and reawaken the telepathic powers of the Shelak Tribe. This starts the Khala, and begins the end of the Aeon of Strife. (SC)
	+ The War Among the Gods: With the khala underway, the slumbering xel'naga of Ulnar awaken and travel to Zerus. A massive battle ensues, with a swarm of zerg attacking the Ulnar xel'naga and decimating their numbers. They still manage to force Amon back into the Void. (SC)
* 150 CE
	+ The Vulcan monastery on P'Jem is constructed. (ST)

#### Third Century

* 220 CE
	+ The asari develop faster-than-light technology based on Prothean technology. They begin exploring the galaxy, and discover the Citadel. (ME)

* 270 CE
	+ The Kalandan outpost is constructed. (ST)

* 280 CE
	+ The salarians discover the Citadel and open diplomatic relations with the asari. (ME)
* 298 CE
	+ The Giliac star disappears from the sky in Regor 2 -- in truth, it collapsed into a black hole. (TO)

### Council Era - Formation

#### Fourth Century

* 300 CE (0 GS)
	+ The Citadel Council is formed by the asari and salarians, who colonize the Citadel and establish the Galactic Standard calendar. (ME)
		- As a gesture of openness to the asari, the salarians open the records of the League of One. In retaliation, the League assassinates every member of the inner cabinet of the Salarian Union. The League of One is then hunted down and eradicated. (ME)
	+ The Turian Unification War occurs. (ME)

#### Sixth Century

* 500 CE
	+ Trakor, a Bajoran prophet, first encounters the Orb of Prophecy and Change, and writes a numbers of prophecies about the Emissary of the Prophets. (ST)
	+ The Citadel Council makes first contact with the volus. The Unified Banking Act is created. (ME)

### Council Era - War

#### Ninth Century

* 800 CE
	+ The Rachni Wars begin: first contact with the rachni proves them to be a hostile race. Negotiation is impossible due to the harsh environment of the worlds where the rachni queens live. (ME)

* 880 CE
	+ The salarians make first contact with the krogan and manipulate them into fighting as soldiers for the Citadel Council. The krogan are able to survive on the rachni homeworlds and begin a campaign of eradicating the rachni queens. (ME)

#### 10th Century

* 960 CE
	+ The Sphere records data on Kaminar, indicating that a large number of Kelpiens have passed Vahar'ai. (ST)

#### 11th Century

* 1000 CE
	+ Some time before this date, the Luxans and the Ilanics become allies. (FS)
	+ The Charrids invade the Hynerian Empire, killing a billion Hynerians and eating a million of their young. (FS)
* 1030 CE
	+ The Kelpiens almost drive the Ba'ul to extinction. The Ba'ul concoct a scheme to prevent the Kelpiens from passing Vahar'ai in the future. (ST)

## The Second Age

### Council Era - Rebellion

#### 12th Century

* 1100 CE
	+ The protoss are finally unified. They begin to expand their civilization across the galaxy. (SC)
		- The newly formed Conclave seals away all references to the Aeon of Strife, hiding them on Zhakul. (SC)
	+ The rachni are declared extinct by the Citadel Council. They reward the krogan with a new homeworld. (ME)
		- Now free of Tuchanka's harsh environment, the krogan population explodes. As a result, the krogan begin colonizing other planets. (ME)

#### 13th Century

* Spock's ancestors adopt ceremonial ground that remains in their family for at least the next ten centuries. (ST)

#### 14th Century

* A destructive war occurs on Vulcan, with powerful nuclear weapons deployed. It is a savage war even by Earth standards. A weapon called the Stone of Gol that kills with psionic powers is used. (ST)
	+ This war is followed by the Time of Awakening: Surak leads the Vulcans to a path of peace and logic. (ST)
		- A group of Vulcans who do not follow Surak's teachings leave Vulcan and eventually become the Romulans. An offshoot of the Romulans, the Debrune, establish an outpost on Barradas III. (ST)
* The Jem'Hadar begin serving as the Dominion's front line of defense. (ST)
* The disease called the Phage ravages the Vidilians. They survive by harvesting organs from other races. (ST)
* The native people of Golana become extinct. (ST)

#### 15th Century

* 1419 CE
	+ A bioship commanded by Jahavus Dorahl begins a three-generational trip that ends up taking 2,000 years. (TO)
* 1493 CE
	+ Concerned about the krogan expansion, the Citadel Council forms the Special Tactics and Reconaissance branch. (ME)
		- Beelo Gurji is appointed the first Spectre by the Citadel Council. (ME)

* 1499 CE
	+ Dominar Rygel XVI is born. (FS)

#### 16th Century

* 1500 CE
	+ The Krogan Rebellion begins: Krogan warlords use veterans of the Rachni Wars to annex space from other Citadel races. The krogan refuse to withdraw from the asari colony of Lusia, so the Spectres strike at krogan infrastructure. (ME)
		- The Citadel Council makes contact with the turians at about this time -- and persuades them to help fight against the krogan. The krogan retaliate by attacking turian colonies with weapons of mass destruction. (ME)

* 1501 CE
	+ A Jocacean monastery becomes the site of a historic battle between the Venek Horde and the Peacekeepers. A group of time travelers interfere, leading to the slaughter of the innocent women and children within the monastery. (FS)
		- *In the original timeline, unaltered by time travel, the Peacekeepers and the Venek Horde negotiated a peace treaty. (FS)*

* 1510 CE
	+ The turians unleash a bio-weapon called the genophage, engineered by salarians, to decimate the krogan population. It is a success, and the krogan population begins to decline. (ME)

#### 17th Century

* Guinan's father is born. (ST)
* 1600 CE
	+ The Krogan Rebellion ends, although some insurgent actions continue for decades to come. The turians fill the military vacancy left by the krogan. (ME)
		- The Citadel Conventions are drawn up. (ME)

* 1650 CE
	+ *Elack* is bonded to his Pilot. (FS)

### Citadel Era - Expansion

#### 18th Century

* 1700 CE
	+ Literacy becomes prominent in Luxan culture. (FS)
	+ Br'Nee's people seed an asteroid with plant life. (FS)
	+ The turians are granted a seat on the Citadel Council as a reward for their aid during the Krogan Rebellion. (ME)

* 1709 CE
	+ Noranti Pralatong is born. (FS)
* 1715 CE
	+ Raphael Adolini's flintlock pistol is inscribed in this year. (AvP)
* 1719 CE
	+ A Yautja arrives on Earth to hunt, but is slain by the young Comanche warrior Naru. (*Prey* occurs.)

* 1750 CE
	+ Zotoh Zhaan kills Bitaal for his part in a Peacekeeper-assisted coup. She is arrested and imprisoned by Peacekeepers. (FS)

* 1767 CE
	+ After seventeen cycles of meditation, Zotoh Zhaan overcomes her own dark impulses. (FS)

#### 19th Century

* Kahless the Unforgettable unites the Klingons after defeating Molor and the Fek'lhri. A strict warrior code is established. (ST)
* The Nacene expedition reaches the Milky Way. (ST)
* A terrible war begins on Solais V. It will continue into the 34th century. (ST)
* The society of Kaelon II adopts the custom of the Resolution. (ST)

* 1822 CE
	+ On Earth, the Rosetta Stone helps archaeologists begin to decipher ancient languages. This event would remain a cornerstone in Earth history for centuries to come.
* 1863 CE
	+ The Skagarans abduct a large number of humans and horses from Earth to serve as slaves. After they land on a planet in the Delphic Expanse, the humans overthrow their Skagaran overseers and found their own colony, which remains a stagnant Western society for centuries. (ST)

* 1868 CE
	+ Bishan overthrows Rygel XVI. The deposed Dominar is imprisoned aboard the Peacekeeper command carrier known as the *Zelbinion* where he is tortured by Captain Selto Durka. (FS)
* 1890 CE
	+ Guinan takes up residence on Earth about this time. (ST)
* 1893 CE
	+ Time traveling, shape-shifting Devidians use a cholera outbreak to hide their efforts to steal neural energy. The crew of the USS *Enterprise*-D time travel to stop the attack. (ST)

* 1899 CE
	+ Some time shortly after the transfer of Rygel XVI to another ship, the *Zelbinion* is defeated by the Nebari. Selto Durka is taken captive and subjected to one hundred cycles of mind-cleansing. (FS)

#### 20th Century

* 1930 CE
	+ The Klingons become warp capable about this time. (ST)
* 1937 CE
	+ Amelia Earheart and several hundred other humans are abducted by the Briori. (ST)
* 1945 CE
	+ **June 26**: The United Nations is formed on Earth.
	+ **August 6**: A nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on Earth. The heat attracts the attention of Yautja. (AvP)
* 1947 CE
	+ A Ferengi shuttle from the future crashlands on Earth. The government of the United States covers up the incident. (ST)

* 1969 CE
	+ Ka D'Argo is born. (FS)
	+ John Crichton is born. (FS)

* 1976 CE
	+ *Moya* is born. (FS)

* 1978 CE
	+ ro-NA enters the service of the Royal Family of the Breakaway Colonies. (FS)

* 1979 CE
	+ Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis and her cousins are put into cryogenic tubes. They are sold to Grunchlk soon after. (FS)
	+ The last known case of cholera on Earth occurs about this time. (AvP)
* 1985 CE
	+ A time traveling, adult John Crichton corrects alterations to the timeline, preventing his father from being assigned to the *Challenger* mission. (FS)
	+ A young John Crichton loses his virginity to Karen Shaw. (FS)

* 1986 CE
	+ The space shuttle *Challenger* disintegrates 73 seconds after launching.
	+ Ka D'Argo fights the Scorvians as a member of the Luxan Army. (FS)
		- Ka D'Argo meets Lo'Laan Tal during the campaign. (FS)

* 1987 CE
	+ A Yautja lands in Guatamala on Earth, and hunts a team of mercenaries led by Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer. Dutch manages to kill the alien. (*Predator* occurs.)
* 1991 CE
	+ Lo'Laan Tal is murdered by her brother, Macton Tal, but Ka D'Argo is framed for the crime. (FS)
		- Ka D'Argo sends his son Ka Jothee away to keep him safe. (FS)
		- Ka D'Argo is imprisoned by the Peacekeepers. (FS)

* 1995 CE
	+ Leslie Crichton dies in the hospital. (FS)

* 1996 CE
	+ The Ilanic/Scorvian War begins. (FS)

* 1997 CE
	+ Bialar Crais commands a project to breed a Leviathan biomechanoid gunship hybrid. (FS)
		- During the course of the project, Aeryn Sun has a romantic affair with Tam Velorek. (FS)
			* Tam Velorek reveals to Aeryn Sun that he sabotaged the project -- she, in turn, reports this to Bialar Crais in return for being reassigned back to Prowler duty. (FS)
	+ On Earth, a Yautja lands in Los Angeles and begins hunting gang members, and is in turn hunted by a unit from OWLF. (AvP)

* 1998 CE
	+ Scorpius imprisons Stark at the Gammak Base. (FS)

* 1999 CE
	+ John Crichton, piloting the *Farscape-1* module, launches on a mission to test acceleration theory. He passes through a wormhole to a remote region of the Delta Quadrant. (*Farscape* begins.)
	+ NASA launches the *Voyager 6* probe. It would -- like the *Farscape-1* module before it (albeit not as quickly) -- disappear into a wormhole. (ST)

#### 21st Century

* All life on the planet Zetar is wiped out in a war. Roughly 100 of the inhabitants managed to remain in existence as thoughtwaves. (ST)
* Within this century, humpback whales and draco lizards go extinct on Earth. (ST)
* 2000 CE
	+ *Talyn* is born. (FS)
	+ The Gammak Base is destroyed. (FS)

* 2001 CE
	+ January 1: Construction of the Millenium Gate begins. (ST)
	+ Zotoh Zhaan sacrifices her life for the crew of *Moya*. (FS)
	+ Bialar Crais and *Talyn* sacrifice themselves to destroy Scorpius' command carrier. (FS)

* 2002 CE
	+ The Darnaz Triangle is reactivated -- freeing the Eidelons from temporal stasis. (FS)
	+ NASA launches the probe *Nomad MK-15c*. (ST)

* 2003 CE
	+ *Moya* reaches Earth through a wormhole -- though the crew leaves some months later, with Crichton still onboard. (FS)

* 2004 CE
	+ Crichton destroys the wormhole between the Uncharted Territories and Earth. (FS)
	+ The Peacekeeper/Scarran War occurs. (FS)
		- The Ilanic/Scorvian War is absorbed into this much larger conflict, effectively ending it. (FS)
		- The Eidelon temple at Arnessk is destroyed. (FS)
			* Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis is killed. (FS)
		- The Battle of Qujaga occurs. (FS)
			* Ka D'Argo is killed. (FS)
			* D'Argo Sun-Crichton is born. (FS)
			* John Crichton activates a wormhole weapon to force an end to the war. (FS)
		- The Peacekeeper/Scarran Accord is formed. (FS)
	+ Jonathan Archer and T'Pol time travel to this year to prevent Xindi-Reptillians from creating and using a bioweapon. (ST)

* 2012 CE
	+ Construction of the Millenium Gate is completed. (ST)

* 2015 CE
	+ March 21, 1:43 PM: Laura Huggins donates her cell phone to a community time capsule. (TO)

* 2055 CE
	+ Raszagal is born. (SC)
* 2069 CE
	+ July 20: The human settlement of Armstrong Outpost is founded in Shackleton Crater on Luna. It is the first permanent settlement on the moon. (ST)
* 2075 CE
	+ Mars is colonized by humans. (TE)

* 2080 CE
	+ Princess Katralla and Elkar Tyno emerge from their statue forms and begin to rule the Breakaway Colonies. (FS)
		- Katrana is born months later. (FS)

#### 22nd Century

* The Sphere Builders construct spheres in the Delphic Expanse. (ST)

* 2100 CE
	+ The Conclave sends Executor Adun to eradicate the Rogue Tribes. Instead of committing a genocide, he attempts to teach them to evade the Conclave. Untrained in their psionic abilities, they unleash devastating psionic storms. Nevertheless, Adun gives his life to protect them. They become known as the Dark Templar and are banished from Aiur. (SC)
		- Khyrador is abandoned as a result of the psionic storms. The Uraj Crystal is left behind. (SC)

* 2150 CE
	+ The last nation of Earth joins the United Nations.
* 2151 CE
	+ Martian colonists beg the United Nations for independence but they are refused. (TE)
* 2153 CE
	+ The Vissians become warp capable. (ST)
* 2154 CE
	+ The Andorians become warp capable. (ST)
* 2188 CE
	+ Solomon Epstein develops the Epstein Drive. (TE)
* 2189 CE
	+ The Martians trade the Epstein Drive technology for independence from Earth. The colony becomes the Martian Congressional Republic. Over the next several decades, the rest of the Sol system is colonized by Earth and Mars, utilizing the Epstein Drive. (TE)
* 2197 CE
	+ Alonso Melethat patents the first personal Energy Shield. It is very crude and cannot withstand much damage. (CNR)

#### 23rd Century

* The Elysian Ruling Council is formed in the Delta Triangle. (ST)
* The Crepusculans develop on their homeworld. (ST)
* 2200 CE
	+ The environment of Rakhana begins to be substantially damaged by unchecked industrial development by the drell. (ME)
* 2210 CE
	+ An Energy Shield is developed that can be worn like a vest. (CNR)

* 2264 CE
	+ The North American Alliance is founded. Although the United Nations is the official government of Earth, this represents the formation of a secondary, fractional government primarily run by corporations. (CNR)
* 2267 CE
	+ The North American Alliance launches the first Orbital Industrial Platform. (CNR)

* 2269 CE
	+ The Outer Planets Alliance is founded. (TE)
	+ The Europa Economic Interest launch their own Orbital Industrial Platform. (CNR)
* 2270 CE
	+ DOMO launches their first Orbital Industrial Platform. (CNR)
* 2272 CE
	+ Amos Burton leaves Earth. (TE)
* 2276 CE
	+ *Moya* passes away peacefully in the Sacred Leviathan Burial Space. (FS)
* 2280 CE
	+ James Holden joins the United Nations Navy. (TE)
* 2281 CE
	+ Chrisjen Avasarala becomes Deputy Undersecretary of Executive Administration of the United Nations. (TE)
* 2284 CE
	+ Martian Congressional Republic surveyors discover an alien molecule on Phoebe. Protogen is contracted by the MCR to investigate the protomolecule. (TE)
* 2281 CE
	+ James Holden is dishonorably discharged from the United Nations Navy and enters contract with the Pur'N'Kleen Water Company. (TE)
* 2291 CE
	+ The Lunar Partnership begins the construction of a mining base in the Mare Nubium Crater. (CNR)
* 2292 CE
	+ Julie Mao boards the *Scopuli*. She will ultimately end up on Eros. (TE)
	+ The *Canterbury* is destroyed. (*The Expanse* begins.)
	+ The Eros Incident occurs. (TE)
	+ The Ganyemede Incident occurs. (TE)
* 2293 CE
	+ The protomolecule leaves Venus and builds a strange ring near Uranus. (TE)
	+ Maneo Jung-Espinoza slingshots into the Ring and is killed upon impact with the Slow Zone. (TE)
	+ The Slow Zone Incident occurs. (TE)
	+ After all the rings in the Slow Zone are opened, refugees from Ganymede build a makeshift colony on a planet they call Ilus IV. (TE)
* 2294 CE
	+ The corporation Royal Charter Energy attempts to lay claim to Ilus IV. James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante attempt to mediate -- while alien artifacts from the Ring Builders begin to awaken. (TE)
	+ The African League of Nations is formed. A drought begins in Africa during this year that threatens the newly formed conglomerate. (CNR)
	+ Marco Inaros leads a cell of terrorist Belters in an attack on the Earth. (TE)
* 2297 CE
	+ The drought in Africa ends. (CNR)
* 2298 CE
	+ DOMO establishes a permanent colony on Luna. (CNR)

#### 24th Century

* A war begins between the Promellians and the Menthar near the planet Orelious IX. The conflict will eventually destroy the planet. (ST)
	+ The Promellian battlecruiser *Cleponji* is captured by aceton assimilators in the debris field of Orelious IX. (ST)
* The Ventaxians begin a thousand years of peace and prosperity. (ST)
	+ Legend holds that the Ventaxians made a deal with Ardra. (ST)
* Increased solar radiation causes a massive drought on the planet Kataan. (ST)
	+ Realizing that their sun was about to go supernova, the residents of Kataan launch a probe containing the history of their civilization into space. (ST)
* A group of humanoid travelers become stranded on the planet Meridian. (ST)
* The Hur'q attack Qo'noS and steal many of its cultural, historical artifacts. (ST)
	+ During this period, the Klingons slay all of their gods. (ST)
* The Vulcans cease to recognize the holiday of Rumarie. (ST)
* The rulers of the Ramatis System are discovered to lack the genes for hearing. An elaborate system is developed which allows them to be heard, and to speak, through an interpretive chorus. (ST)
* The people of Ardana use sustained anti-gravity to construct the floating city of Stratos. (ST)
* A civil war begins on Daled IV. (ST)
* The people of Mintaka III begin to rebel against the Overseer, relying instead on logic and rational thought. (ST)
* Gomtuu makes contact with another of its own species. (ST)
* A forcefield is erected around the planet Aldea. (ST)
* The Nacene devastate the surface of Ocampa. (ST)
* The Organians begin to observe humanoid life. (ST)
* 2305 CE
	+ La Unidad is absorbed into the North American Alliance. The new conglomerate is called the American Alliance. (CNR)
* 2309 CE
	+ Fossil fuels on Earth are thoroughly depleted. The League of Arab States declares bankruptcy. (CNR)
* 2312 CE
	+ There are food riots in Yeltsingrad. The New Russian Republic of States divides -- with eastern provinces joining DOMO and western provinces joining Europa Economic Interest. Pasternak also joins the EEI despite DOMO's ownership of its spaceport. This marks the first time an OIP declared independence from its parent corporation. (CNR)
* 2320 CE
	+ Humans discover the 34Tauri(2320) star cluster. (FF)
* 2325 CE
	+ The Europa Economic Interest, American Alliance, and African League of Nations establish a colony on Mars. The Martian Congressional Republic objects -- tensions rise between Earth and the rest of the Sol System once again. (CNR)
* 2327 CE
	+ Corporate war erupts between the conglomerates of Earth. It becomes clear the United Nations has little to no authority left. (CNR)
* 2330 CE
	+ The United Nations -- with funding from Morgan Industries -- launch the *Unity* with a crew in cryostasis in the hopes of colonizing another planet and escaping the corporate war on Earth. (AC)
* 2347 CE
	+ Talks begin between the conglomerates, marking an end of the corporate warfare on Earth. (CNR)
* 2349 CE
	+ Quentin Maxis is born. (CNR)
	+ Max Shee is born. (CNR)
* 2350 CE
	+ The World Economic Consortium is founded. (CNR)
* 2352 CE
	+ The Lunar Mining Commission is established, with plans to completely exploit the mineral resources of Luna -- especially the Di-Cor found there. (CNR)
* 2356 CE
	+ Stephon Ely is born. (CNR)
* 2358 CE
	+ Derrick Andrews is born. (CNR)
* 2359 CE
	+ Aldaris is born. (SC)
	+ December 2: Matt Shepherd is born. (CNR)
* 2360 CE
	+ July 6: Allen Denning is born. (CNR)
* 2364 CE
	+ Jo Ann Vargas is born. (CNR)
	+ Nicholas Cardova is born. (CNR)
* 2366 CE
	+ July 5: Marian Liebnitz is born. (CNR)
* 2368 CE
	+ Shannon Brooks is born. Her parents join the Resistance shortly afterwards. (CNR)
* 2369 CE
	+ Caitlyn Odanga is born. (CNR)
* 2370 CE
	+ Troy Reaves is born. (CNR)
	+ A core malfunction aboard the *Unity* awakens the crew. The captain is killed by an unknown assailant, and seven factions form amongst the crew. The *Unity* crashes on the planet Chiron. (*Alpha Centauri* begins.)
* 2373 CE
	+ Income garnishments rise to 7%. Protests erupt, and this is cut by 50%. (CNR)
* 2374 CE
	+ Max Shee stars in *The Associate Sub-Director's Daughter*. (CNR)
* 2375 CE
	+ Two rival factions of Progenitors arrive on Chiron. (*Alien Crossfire* begins.)
* 2376 CE
	+ The original five states that had formed the World Economic Consortium are abolished and a cartel system is enacted. (CNR)
* 2378 CE
	+ Riots occur in Houston. Marian Liebnitz is arrested for arson and looting; Allen Denning and a number of others are arrested for vandalizing a food processing plant. (CNR)
* 2379 CE
	+ Edna Gershwin sets a record and wins the Equatorial Cup. (CNR)
	+ Quentin Maxis is promoted to colonel in the WEC Infantry. (CNR)
	+ February 2: Allen Denning is sentenced. (CNR)
* 2380 CE
	+ Matt Shepherd graduates with a B.A. from the University of Las Vegas. (CNR)
* 2381 CE
	+ On Earth, income garnishments rise again. (CNR)
	+ Allen Denning is reportedly killed in prison by another prisoner. (CNR)
	+ October: Marian Liebnitz joins the Resistance. (CNR)
	+ November: Quentin Maxis, now an academy instructor, disappears. (CNR)
* 2382 CE
	+ Matt Shepherd graduates from the Security Cartel Academy. (CNR)
* 2383 CE
	+ March: Quentin Maxis reappears -- as a leader in the Resistance. (CNR)
* 2384 CE
	+ June: Quentin Maxis becomes the Security Cartel's Most Wanted. (CNR)
	+ Shannon Brooks sabotages the supertanker *Cordelia*. (CNR)
* 2386 CE
	+ Four analysts refute *Predictive Economics*. The World Economic Consortium has their research purged. All four analysts end up imprisoned or killed. (CNR)

* 2387 CE
	+ Astronomers discover several planets within the 34Tauri star cluster, some of which seem habitable. (FF)
* 2389 CE
	+ Wage garnishments rise over 75%. The El Paso Tax Insurrection occurs but it is put down -- violently. (CNR)
	+ Stephon Ely is reprimanded -- and his military career ruined. Six months later, he deserts. (CNR)
* 2390 CE
	+ Rashid Hogan places third in the Equatorial Cup. This is the last cup where the Aerospace Cartel places within the Top 10 flyers. (CNR)
* 2391 CE
	+ Allen Denning is transferred to Luna. (CNR)
* 2392 CE
	+ The Resistance removes cameras and microphones from non-public residential spaces in Ontario. (CNR)
* 2393 CE
	+ Shannon Brooks leads a mission that destroys an Osaka chemical plant. (CNR)
	+ Jo Ann Vargas quits the Communication Cartel and disappears. She soon reappears working alongside the Resistance. (CNR)
	+ The Comprehensive Recreational Facility is authorized and funded. (CNR)
	+ Judith Leach is made director of the Lunar Mining Cartel. (CNR)
* 2394 CE
	+ The Vigilance Platform begins to be constructed in Earth's orbit. (CNR)
	+ The Petra Insurrection occurs. (CNR)
		- January: The city of Petra announces a referendum to vote on whether or not they will declare independence from the World Economic Consortium. (CNR)
		- March 1: The city of Petra votes. 71% of the population votes, 82% in favor of secession. (CNR)
		- April 7: Belatedly, the World Economic Consortium responds to the city of Petra's declaration of independence -- by carpet bombing the city and its surroundings. 14 million people are killed. A four-day crackdown on the Resistance follows, leaving millions more dead. (CNR)
	+ Rashid Hogan wins the Equatorial Cup. (CNR)
	+ August: Marian Liebnitz is arrested in London. (CNR)
	+ August 14: Faye Valentine is born. (CB)
* 2395 CE
	+ April: Caitlyn Odanga and Max Shee are married. (CNR)
	+ May: Allen Denning is diagnosed with leukemia. (CNR)
	+ June: Marian Liebnitz loses an arm. (CNR)
	+ July 25: Matt Shepherd fakes his death and returns to Earth. (CNR)
	+ Rashid Hogan places ninth in the Equatorial Cup. (CNR)
* 2396 CE
	+ A trio of Silencers disobey orders -- two of them are eliminated. One survives and joins the Resistance. (*Crusader: No Remorse* begins.)
	+ July: Caitlyn Odanga and Max Shee separate. Their divorce is approved by the Entertainment Cartel. (CNR)
	+ August 31:
		- The Kiev Massacre occurs. (CNR)
		- The Vigilance Platform power core explodes. (CNR)
		- The Site Security Seminar is held in Katmandu. (CNR)
	+ September 1:
		- Prometheus Station becomes operational. (CNR)
		- Quentin Maxis sends a message to the Captain containing congratulations -- and instructions to contact Matt Shepherd. (CNR)
	+ September 2: Shannon Brooks sends a message to the Captain. (CNR)
	+ The Captain is picked up by a freighter bound for Luna. He joins the Resistance cell there. Through his efforts, Chairman Draygan is killed and the Lunar Mining Cartel's facilities are destroyed. (*Crusader: No Regret*)

* 2397 CE
	+ Recent discoveries by human scientists allow technology involving space travel to leap ahead by several decades. Terraforming technology, too, advances significantly.

#### 25th Century

* 2400 CE
	+ The Collectors are first sighted in the Terminus Sector. The Citadel Council dismisses the reports as tall tales. (ME)
	+ It becomes apparent that corporate rule over Earth has put too much strain on the planet and that it is beginning to lose the ability to sustain life. Plans are put together to evacuate Earth. (FF)
* 2402 CE
	+ New terraforming technology is tested on Mars. (FF)
* 2405 CE
	+ Terraforming attempts begin on Venus and Luna. (FF)

* 2407 CE
	+ Terraforming attempts on Venus and Luna are declared abject failures, due to a lack of resources. Without the ability to terraform most of the Sol System, moving to anywhere within the system will be insufficient for saving the population of Earth. (FF)
* 2408 CE
	+ Mass riots break out across Earth. (FF)
	+ The Global Exodus Alliance is formed, and rapidly takes control of infrastructure, police, military, and the private sector as well -- officially ending the reign of the WEC. (FF)
	+ Plans are officially outlined for evacuating Earth to the 34Tauri star cluster. (FF)
* 2410 CE
	+ Samples are collected of all biological lifeforms on Earth. (FF)
* 2414 CE
	+ Faye Valentine is placed in cryogenic stasis after a spaceflight accident. (CB)
* 2432 CE
	+ Dozens of robot terraforming ships are sent to the 34Tauri cluster to prepare the way for humanity's arrival. (FF)
* 2435 CE
	+ In order to accomodate more of Earth's population, cities are dismantled to expand the fleet of arks. (FF)
* 2450 CE
	+ Supplies, fuel, stored genetic material and other cargo begin to be loaded onto Earth's ark fleet. (FF)
* 2454 CE
	+ Earth's population has steeply declined under the rule of GEA and most of the residents of Earth live in squalor. (FF)
		- People begin boarding the ark fleet. (FF)
			* A black market develops that sells various ways to be permitted onto an ark. (FF)
* 2455 CE
	+ The GEA declares global martial law on Earth. (FF)
* 2457 CE
	+ The first ark ships depart for 34Tauri. (FF)
* 2465 CE
	+ Zeratul is born. (SC)
* 2468 CE
	+ Faye Valentine is awakened from cryogenic stasis with no memory about her past. (CB)
* 2471 CE
	+ Faye Valentine joins the crew of the *Bebop*. (*Cowboy Bebop*)
* 2484 CE
	+ Six hundred Vaadwaur enter cryostasis after their homeworld is rendered uninhabitable, intending only to remain frozen for five cycles. They will be awoken in 892 cycles. (ST)

#### 26th Century

* Bajoran explorers construct a solar-sail vessel to explore their star system. (ST)
* The Second Dynasty rules over the Klingon Empire, briefly. (ST)
	+ Following the assassination of Emperor Reclaw, the empire is ruled by an elected council. This period is known as the "Dark Time" but lasts only ten cycles. (ST)
	+ The Third Dynasty begins their reign, taking names of the original royal family in order to create an illusion that the bloodline is unbroken. (ST)

* 2555 CE
	+ Samara's three daughters are diagnosed as Ardat-Yakshi. Rila and Falere accept their exile, but Morinth flees. Samara pursues her for the next 430 cycles. (ME)
* 2570 CE
	+ The T-Rogorans become warp capable. (ST)
		- Shortly after this, the T-Rogorans conquer Skrreea. (ST)
* 2571 CE
	+ The Bajorans achieve interstellar flight, although the vessel crashlands on Cardassia Prime. (ST)
* 2580 CE
	+ The first robot terraformers reach 34Tauri. They begin terraforming the White Sun System, beginning with Londinium. More planets are terraformed in succession until just about every planet and moon in the star cluster is inhabited. (FF)

#### 27th Century

* 2600 CE
	+ Raszagal becomes Matriarch of the Dark Templar. (SC)

* 2605 CE
	+ The first of the Ark Ships arrive in the 34Tauri system from Earth. (FF)
* 2680 CE
	+ Aria L'Toak arrives on Omega and quickly become the most trusted lieutenant of the station's warlord. (ME)

* 2695 CE
	+ The Geth War begins: the geth become self-aware. Fearing an uprising, the quarians begin to dismantle them -- thus triggering the very revolt they had feared. The geth drive the quarians from their own worlds, forcing them to take up life as spacefaring nomads known as the Migrant Fleet. (ME)
		- The geth do not expand into the rest of the galaxy, but instead isolate themselves behind the Perseus Veil. (ME)
		- To punish the quarians for creating the geth, the Citadel Council closes their embassy. (ME)

#### 28th Century

* The T'Lani and Kellerun declare war on each other. (ST)
* Neural parasites caused the population of Beta Portolan to descend into insanity. (ST)
* Colonists from Peliar Zel first begin to inhabit their homeworld's two moons. (ST)
* On the planet Ux-Mal, hundreds of criminals have their consciousnesses separated from their bodies and are then imprisoned on the moon Mab-Bu VI. (ST)
* 2702 CE
	+ Fenix is born. (SC)

* 2710 CE
	+ The planet Whittier is finally completely terraformed. It is the final planet to be terraformed in the 34Tauri cluster. (FF)

* 2721 CE
	+ The geth begin constructing a massive structure that would serve to house and run every geth program simultaneously, maximizing their efficiency. Completion of this structure is the ultimate goal of the geth. (ME)

* 2743 CE
	+ Tassadar is born. (SC)

* 2759 CE
	+ Construction begins on *Serenity*. (FF)

* 2760 CE
	+ Henry Evans is born. (FF)
* 2767 CE
	+ A war begins between the planets Eminiar VII and Vendikar. It is fought entirely in computer simulations. (ST)

* 2770 CE
	+ An orbital drydock is constructed around the moon Ito for use by the Union of Allied Planets. (FF)

* 2777 CE
	+ Jayne Cobb is born. (FF)
* 2778 CE
	+ A neuron star in the Kavis Alpha sector explodes. (ST)

* 2780 CE
	+ Aria T'Loak defeats the warlord of Omega, mockingly labeling him "Patriarch" after his defeat. She gains control of the station. (ME)

* 2784 CE
	+ Zoë Alleyne is born. (FF)
	+ Henry Evans joins the Independence movement. (FF)

* 2786 CE
	+ Hoban Washburne is born. (FF)
	+ Malcolm Reynolds is born. (FF)

* 2790 CE
	+ Simon Tam is born. (FF)
	+ Henry Evans replaces his left eye with a video transmitter, and replaces his name with Derrial Book. (FF)

* 2794 CE
	+ Derrial Book interrogates Hope Claypool while stationed aboard a vessel orbiting Greenleaf. (FF)

* 2797 CE
	+ Kaywinnet Lee Frye is born. (FF)

* 2798 CE
	+ An operation under the command of Derrial Book goes awry, and leads to a massacre of 4,000 people. He is discharged from the Alliance. (FF)

#### 29th Century

* The Cardassian Union is established. (ST)
* The last war between the Denobulans and the Antarans occurs. (ST)
* The last war occurs on 892-IV. (ST)
* 2800 CE
	+ River Tam is born. (FF)
	+ The drell make first contact with the hanar, who launch a massive rescue operation to relocate the drell from Rakhana to Kahje. Only 375,000 drell are able to be rescued. The 11 billion remaining drell on Rakhana are doomed to perish, warring over the planet's dwindling resources. (ME)

* 2804 CE
	+ Derrial Book finds religion. (FF)

* 2806 CE
	+ The Miranda Project fails. (FF)
	+ The Unification War begins. (FF)
	+ Wu is born on Omega IV. (ST)

* 2811 CE
	+ The Union of Allied Planets wins the Unification War. (FF)

* 2812 CE
	+ Malcolm Reynolds hires Kaywinnet Frye to be the mechanic on *Serenity*. (FF)

* 2814 CE
	+ Jayne Cobb pulls a job on Higgins' Moon. (FF)
	+ Derrial Book leaves Southdown Abbey. (FF)

* 2816 CE
	+ Jayne Cobb and two others attempt to hijack *Serenity*. (FF)

* 2817 CE
	+ Derrial Book, Simon Tam, and River Tam join the crew of *Serenity*. (*Firefly* begins.)

* 2818 CE
	+ The origins of the Reavers and the truth of the Miranda Project are revealed. (*Serenity* occurs.)
	+ The Universe Battle decimates the Reavers and seriously weakens the Union of Allied Planets Navy. (FF)

* 2820 CE
	+ The colonies of the Sol System have, by this point, managed to successfully terraform Earth and begun populating it once more. The efforts to repopulate the planet have also created a deep interest in the history of the planet, and national identities and celebrations of historical cultures become quite important once more.

* 2829 CE
	+ The United Powers League is established as the new government of Earth. 93% of the population agrees to their rule -- labeled as "enlightened socialism" but frequently resorting to fascist police tactics to maintain order. (SC)

* 2831 CE
	+ The United Powers League bans religion. (SC)
	+ Doran Routhe, obsessed with founding colonies outside the Sol system -- like the ones established in the 34Tauri cluster, obtains 56,000 prisoners slated for mass execution under the edict of Project Purification. After screening them, 40,000 of them are deemed able to survive a one-year journey in cryogenic hibernation to Gantris VI. They are loaded into four supercarriers guided by a computer called ATLAS and propelled by a rough, inefficient faster-than-light drive. (SC)
		- Later, when the supercarriers are lost, the new faster-than-light system is generally blamed. Doran Routhe's career is ruined. (SC)

* 2838 CE
	+ Artanis is born. (SC)
* 2850 CE
	+ It is about this time that the Suliban homeworld becomes uninhabitable. (ST)
* 2852 CE
	+ A couple a married on Vega Reticuli. They will be married for at least 300 cycles. (ST)

* 2859 CE
	+ Due to a computer malfunction, Doran Routhe's four supercarriers passed Gantris VI -- proceeding to travel for 28 years and arriving roughly 60,000 light years from Earth. The engines of the supercarriers reach critical meltdown and emergency protocols are enacted. The four vessels crash on four separate planets in the Koprulu Sector. (SC)
		- The protoss begin observing the new arrivals to their sector. (SC)

* 2869 CE
	+ The United Powers League has gained governmental control of the entire Sol system. (ST)

* 2870 CE
	+ Growing frustrated with humanity's inability to establish contact with any of the lost human colonies outside of the Sol system, billionaire Victor Manswell begins funding his own expedition. (ME)
	+ By this point, the Vulcans have rebuilt their society and begun interstellar exploration once more. (ST)

* 2875 CE
	+ 300 colonists enter cryogenic stasis, and the Manswell Expedition is launched. Communications with the vessel are lost soon after. (ME)
* 2880 CE
	+ About this time, work has resumed on faster-than-light travel, and such drives are becoming a more viable means of travel.

#### 30th Century

* The Denobulans begin using genetic engineering. (ST)
* 2903 CE
	+ The Nexus crosses through the Milky Way. (ST)

* 2909 CE
	+ The influence of the United Powers League is beginning to weaken. (SC)
		- This is most evident in the resurgence of religion on Earth.

* 2919 CE
	+ The human colonists in the Koprulu Sector develop space travel capabilities that allow them to reestablish contact with each other. (SC)
		- The people of Tarsonis begins exploring the rest of the sector. (SC)
		- The planet Bountiful is settled. (SC)

* 2923 CE
	+ The Terran Confederacy is founded in the Koprulu Sector. (SC)

* 2925 CE
	+ The yahg are discovered on Parnack. The Citadel Council sends ambassadors -- but they are swiftly killed. (ME)
		- The Citadel Council declares Parnack off-limits. (ME)
		- A yahg is captured for the Shadow Broker to study. The yahg quickly ascends through the Broker's organization, becoming known as Operative Kechlu and ultimately killing and taking the place of the Shadow Broker. (ME)

* 2930 CE
	+ A civil war erupts on Xindus, that will last for the next one hundred cycles and will end in the destruction of the planet. (ST)
* 2937 CE
	+ Edfell-Ashland Energy is able to extract helium-3 from Saturn. (ME)

* 2943 CE
	+ Construction begins on the Gagarin Station beyond the orbit of Pluto. (ME)

* 2947 CE
	+ Traces of element zero are found on Mars. (ME)

* 2948 CE
	+ Humanity discovers a small cache of Prothean technology buried beneath the surface of Mars. Building on this, humans begin research on mass effect fields and more effective, efficient variations of faster-than-light travel. (ME)

* 2949 CE
	+ Humans discover that Pluto's moon, Charon, is actually a massive piece of ancient Prothean technology -- a mass relay, frozen in ice. Explorers venture through the relay and are transported instantly to Arcturus. (ME)
	+ The Systems Alliance is formed as a government over all emerging human colonies. (ME)

* 2950 CE
	+ The Systems Alliance discovers Terra Nova and begins plans to colonize it. (ME)
	+ A border conflict begins between the Vulcans and Andorians shortly after first contact. It will last for two hundred cycles. (ST)

* 2951 CE
	+ The Systems Alliance, preparing for the perhaps inevitable encounter with aliens, begins constructing a massive military fleet near Arcturus Station. (ME)
	+ An accident at Singapore International Spaceport exposes hundreds of people to element zero. 30% of children born in Singapore after this suffer from bizarre cancerous growths. (ME)
		- Kaiden Alenko is born later the same year with biotic potential. (ME)

* 2952 CE
	+ The Delta Pavonis Foundation begins colonizing Terra Nova, Eden Prime, and Demeter. (ME)
	+ Thane Krios begins training as an assassin under the hanar. (ME)

* 2954 CE
	+ April 11: Shepard is born. (ME)
	+ Another accident exposes even more humans to element zero. (ME)

* 2955 CE
	+ Saren Arterius is formally promoted to active duty in the turian military. (ME)
	+ The Systems Alliance begins occupying the completed portions of Arcturus Station. (ME)

* 2956 CE
	+ Arcturus Station is formally inaugurated. (ME)
	+ A small number of human children exposed to element zero begin to display telekinetic abilities. (ME)

### Council Era - Advent of Humanity

* 2957 CE
	+ Pluto's orbit is circularized by mass relay operations.(ME)
	+ The First Contact War begins: humanity makes violent first contact with the turians, who observe humans attempting to activate a dormant mass relay. The conflict is brief, but tense. (ME)
	+ The mysterious Illusive Man founds a survivalist organization called Cerberus, and publishes a manifesto calling to defend humanity from an alien invasion. (ME)

* 2958 CE
	+ Humans begin to learn the potential of biotics. An effort to track element zero exposure is undertaken on Earth. Studies show 10% of births after element zero exposure have biotic potential. (ME)

* 2959 CE
	+ Saren Arterius becomes the youngest turian inducted into the Spectres. (ME)
	+ The Systems Alliance purchases Gagarin Station and converts it into a biotics and psionics research facility.

* 2960 CE
	+ The Biotic Acclimation and Temperance Training program is set up on Gagarin Station. (ME)
	+ The drug red sand is introduced. (ME)
	+ The Blue Suns mercenary group is founded. (ME)

* 2961 CE
	+ The Sudham-Wolcott Genetic Heritage Act is passed to restrict human genetic modification and gene therapy, however it offers government subsidies for beneficial applications. (ME)

* 2962 CE
	+ Construction of Arcturus Station is finally completed. (ME)
	+ A batarian survey team discover a mysterious artifact orbiting a planet near the Perseus Veil. (ME)

* 2963 CE
	+ The Systems Alliance begins illegal research into artificial intelligence at a base on Sidon. (ME)
	+ Experimental biotic implants are first used on humans. (ME)
	+ A number of starship drive failures are ochestrated, showering human colonies in element zero. A second generation of children with biotic potential will be born as a result. (ME)
	+ The Leviathan of Dis is discovered by a batarian survery team but disappears shortly thereafter under dubious circumstances. (ME)

* 2964 CE
	+ Ivor Johnstagg is sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment for attempting to assassinate Venta Tox. Though he claims to have done this on behalf of Eternal Earth, no connection is discovered. (ME)

* 2965 CE
	+ As a mark of humanity's growing influence in the galaxy, they are granted an embassy on the Citadel. (ME)
	+ Tensions mount between humans and batarians, competing for the Skyllian Verge. (ME)
	+ Terrorists steal antimatter from the SSV *Geneva*-- the only one who is captured names Cerberus as his sponsor. This is the first public action credited to the organization. (ME)

* 2967 CE
	+ Kaiden Alenko receives biotic implants. (ME)

* 2968 CE
	+ Kaiden Alenko accidentally kills Commander Vyrnnus, and the BAaT program is shut down for two years. (ME)
	+ Shepard receives secondary exposure to element zero, and develops biotic inclinations. (ME)

* 2970 CE
	+ The human colony of Mindoir is attacked and enslaved by batarians. (ME)
	+ An Eldfell-Ashland Energy ship explodes in the orbit of Yandoa, showering the human colonists with element zero with catastrophic results -- however, thirty-seven children are born with biotic potential as a result. Gillian Grayson is one of the thirty-seven. (ME)
	+ The Varro launches a spaceship that eventually becomes a generational ship. (ST)

* 2971 CE
	+ The batarians, in protest of the Citadel Council's unwillingness to limit human expansion, close their embassy and withdraw to their home systems. (ME)
	+ Shepard is fitted with L3 biotic implants. (ME)
	+ Cerberus assassinates Pope Clement XVI on Earth. His successor, Pope Leo XIV, espouses ideals much more in-line with Cerberus' ideology. (ME)

* 2972 CE
	+ April 11: Shepard enlists in the Systems Alliance military. (ME)
	+ On Gagarin Station, "Eliza" becomes the first artificial intelligence to achieve sentience. (ME)

* 2973 CE
	+ Humans discover ancient crypts on Armeni, however Citadel laws prevent them from being excavated by archaeologists. Furious debates ensue. (ME)
	+ A scandal forces the leader of Terra Firma to resign. An election is to be held for a new leader, but Cerberus assassinates Claude Menneau (though his disappearance is never publicly explained.) Unopposed, Charles Saracino begins to lead the political party. (ME)
* 2974 CE
	+ A neutron star in the Kavis Alpha Sector explodes. (ST)

* 2975 CE
	+ The MSV *Hugo Gernsback* disappears and is presumably destroyed. (ME)
	+ Michael Moser Lang, having received weapons from Cerberus, kills two political leaders of the UPL. The resulting shifts in politics benefit Cerberus and delay Systems Alliance plans. (ME)

* 2976 CE
	+ The Kel-Morian Combine is founded. (SC)
	+ The Skyllian Blitz: Batarian pirates attack Elysium, but are repelled by the Alliance Navy. (ME)
	+ The Jon Grissom Academy is built over Elysium, and becomes home for a new biotics and psionics program: the Ascension Project. (ME)
	+ The Anhur Rebellions begin and quickly spread across the entire Amun System. (ME)
	+ Miners at the T-GES Mineral Works facility on Mahavid uncover Leviathan artifacts and become thralls to the Leviathans for several years.
	+ The Andromeda Initiative is founded. (ME)

* 2977 CE
	+ Thresher maws on Akuze wipe out a unit of fifty Alliance marines. (ME)

* 2978 CE
	+ The Systems Alliance launches an assault upon the moon Torfal in retaliation for the Skyllian Blitz. The mostly batarian pirates based there are wiped out. (ME)
	+ The Alliance manages to track pirates to eight major anchorages in the Terminus Sector. These Theshaca Raids put a stop to ships entering the Hong Sector from Terminus. (ME)
	+ A virus sweeps through the Migrant Fleet. (ME)
	+ The Anhur Rebellions ends, with abolitionists securing victory. Anhur attempts to rebuild. (ME)

* 2980 CE
	+ The United Powers League creates the UPL Armored Corps. (SC)

* 2983 CE
	+ Humans and turians collaborate on a Citadel-sponsored project -- the creation of a frigate with an advanced stealth system. The result is the SSV *Normandy*. David Anderson is given command of the ship, and Shepard is the executive officer. (ME)
	+ The Eden Prime War begins when Eden Prime is attacked by the geth. (*Mass Effect* begins.)
		- Shepard exposes a deeper plot by Saren Arterius under orders of Sovereign. Shepard manages to destroy Sovereign and prevent the release of the Reapers. (ME)
	+ Batarian terrorists attempt to assassinate the Citadel Council but are prevented. (ME)
	+ The SSV *Normandy* is attacked and destroyed. Shepard is believed to have been killed and is officially declared "killed in action" by the Systems Alliance. (ME)
	+ Cerberus attempts to enact plans involving the Ascension Project and the Migrant Fleet, but they are foiled. (ME)
		- After an attack by Cerberus, the quarians of the Migrant Fleet begin looking for new homeworlds -- or possibly a dormant Reaper. (ME)
	+ The Blue Suns recover Shepard's body for the Shadow Broker, who has been hired by the Collectors. Cerberus obtains the body, however, and begins working on the Lazarus Project. (ME)
	+ After the Systems Alliance's Delta Squad repels the Blood Pack from attacking Fehl Prime, they are assigned to protect the planet. (ME)

* 2984 CE
	+ The Eden Prime War officially comes to an end. (ME)
	+ Citadel first contact is made with the raloi. They are welcomed into the galactic community. (ME)
	+ Terrorists release a biological weapon on Gagarin Station. (ME)
	+ The MSV *Estevanico* is attacked by the Blood Pack and destroyed. (ME)
	+ A clone of Shepard is stolen. (ME)

* 2985 CE
	+ Fehl Prime is attacked by the Collectors. Delta Squad manages to disable the Collector ship. James Vega rescues the asari Treeya -- for her vital information on the Collectors -- rather than to rescue the human colonists before the vessel crashes into the planet's surface. (*Mass Effect: Paragon Lost*)
	+ Shepard is revived and tasked with investigating the disappearances of entire human colonies in the Terminus Systems. Shepard uncovers the Collectors' involvement, and ends the threat they pose. (*Mass Effect 2*)
	+ March 28: A coalition of corporations invades the planet Garvug. (ME)
	+ April 28: The Vallum Blast destroys much of the capital of Taetrus. The Turian Hierarchy and the colonial military declare war on the terrorists responsible. (ME)
	+ August 11: Citadel first contact is made with a species of virtual aliens, who require assistance maintaining their supercomputer that keeps their civilization intact in exchange for advanced technology. (ME)
	+ Liara T'Soni takes control of the Shadow Broker's organization, hoping to use it to aid in Shepard's fight against the Reapers. (ME)
	+ December 7: The kirik are discovered on Ekram. Because they seem to have biotic potential, debates about whether or not to uplift them ensue. (ME)
	+ The five ark ships of the Andromeda Initiative are launched. (ME)

* 2986 CE
	+ January 12: The asari discover a lost human colony in the Alpha Centauri system, believed to be the remnants of the Manswell Expedition. Contact is reestablished. (ME)
	+ January 23: The SSV *Budapest* withdraws from the Bahak system. (ME)
		- Shortly after this, an asteroid is sent crashing into the system's mass relay. The explosion destroys the system -- an unfortunate side effect of slowing down the Reapers. (ME)
	+ Cerberus captures Paul Grayson and implants him with Reaper technology. (ME)
		- The Reapers use Grayson to attack the Grissom Academy. He is killed by David Anderson and Kai Leng. Anderson and Kahlee Sanders keep his body to research how to combat the Reapers. (ME)
	+ Shepard goes to trial for the destruction of the Bahak system. James Vega is recruited to guard the commander. (ME)
	+ Cerberus takes control of the Omega station, and gains exclusive access to the Omega 4 Relay. (ME)
	+ Randall Ezno defects from Cerberus and provides the Systems Alliance with intel on his former employers. (ME)
	+ September 21: A massive influx of batarian ships enter the Exodus Cluster, claiming their home system is under attack. (ME)
	+ September 28: Taetrus goes dark. The culprits appear to be the same forces attacking the batarians. (ME)
	+ The Reapers launch an invasion of the Sol system. (*Mass Effect 3* begins.)
		- Shepard discovers plans for a Prothean superweapon that could destroy the Reapers. (ME)
	+ October 5: Attempts to retake Taetrus fail. The Reapers destroy comm buoys, limiting communication throughout the galaxy. (ME)
	+ The Crucible is completed on Earth, and Shepard uses it to control the Reapers. (ME)
		- The Reapers, under Shepard's control, help races rebuild after the devastation of the war. (ME)

* 2988 CE
	+ Shepard, connected to the Reapers, begins to fear that he may be becoming indoctrinated by the original Reaper programming. In order to prevent a future invasion by the Reapers, Shepard forces the Citadel Council to dissolve, with each species returning to their home systems, then has the Reapers destroy the mass relays as they return to the space outside of the galaxy. Shepard pilots the Citadel itself out of the galaxy with them.
* AUTHOR'S NOTE: After this but before 3060 CE is probably a good place for *Dark Matter* and *Alien* and *Borderlands* to be taking place. Potentially *Dead Space* as well?
* 2992 CE
	+ Khan Noonien Singh begins his rise to power on Earth, temporarily fracturing the united planetary government and beginning the Eugenics Wars. (ST)
* 2993 CE
	+ Choss is settled by Terran pilgrims. (SC)
	+ A cryonics satellite is launched into orbit around Earth, but it eventually drifts out of orbit. (ST)
* 2996 CE
	+ The Eugenics Wars end. (ST)
		- Khan Noonien Singh and about ninety Augments leave Earth in cryogenic stasis aboard the SS *Botany Bay*. (ST)

### Rise of the Federation

#### 31st Century

* Pyong Ko heralds in a new age of medical science on Earth after discovering the genetic sequence to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, through researching a genetically engineered plant developed on Ganymede. (ST)
* Four wars are fought between Earth and the Kzinti. (ST)
* Ancestors of Gary Mitchell begin to show minor latent psionic abilities. (ST)
* In the late 31st century, the Cardassian First Republic is established. (ST)
* In this century, members of the House of Martok begin serving as soldiers of the Klingon Empire. (ST)
* 3000 CE
	+ Xerana, the Dark Templar, begins searching for the legacy of the xel'naga. (SC)
	+ A Vulcan warp-capable vessel discovers the subspace realm known as the Warp.
* 3016 CE
	+ A disastrous first contact occurs between Vulcans and Klingons. The Vulcan vessel is destroyed. (ST)
* 3018 CE
	+ The Dax symbiont is born on Trill. (ST)
* 3024 CE
	+ The Bell Riots occur in the United States -- forcing the UPL to deal with social issues such as homelessness. (ST)
* 3026 CE
	+ More attempts at genetic engineering, and political fracturing within the UPL, cause World War III to break out on Earth. Colonel Phillip Green is one of the major players in this war, but his actions cause 37 million deaths. (ST)
* 3033 CE
	+ The Xindi Civil War ends with the destruction of Xindus. (ST)
		- After the destruction of Xindus, the Sphere Builders begin appearing to and manipulating the surviving Xindi. (ST)

* 3035 CE
	+ The film *Mind of Hermes* is completed. (TO)
* 3036 CE
	+ Gerard DuGalle is born. (SC)

* 3039 CE
	+ Zerg probes detect the presence of humans in the Koprulu Sector, and begin a sixty year journey towards them in order to assimilate their psionic potential. (SC)

* 3046 CE
	+ Edmund Duke is born. (SC)

* 3048 CE
	+ June 9: Alexei Stukov is born. (SC)
* 3049 CE
	+ Dilithium is discovered on Jupiter's moon Io. (ST)
* 3052 CE
	+ The Andorians begin to terraform and colonize the planet Weytahn. (ST)

* 3053 CE
	+ The UPL ends World War III by using nuclear weapons on the planet, killing millions of humans. (ST/SC)
		- As a result of this, the ozone layer rapidly deteriorates -- letting in a flood of ultraviolet radiation. (ST)
* 3054 CE
	+ New Folsom Prison is built. (SC)
* 3056 CE
	+ Colonel Phillip Green gives an infamous speech to his followers regarding his views on eugenics. (ST)
* 3058 CE
	+ The Vulcan V'Lar begins her diplomatic career. (ST)

* 3060 CE
	+ Bhekar Ro is colonized by defectors from the Terran Confederacy. (SC)
	+ The population of Levinius V begins to succumb to mass insanity. (ST)
	+ December: Arcturus Mengsk is born. (SC)
* 3062 CE
	+ Lily Sloane begins to gather titanium for the cockpit of the *Phoenix*. (ST)
* 3063 CE
	+ April 5: Zefram Cochrane invents warp drive and conducts his first test flight on the *Phoenix*. (ST)
		- Vulcans, passing by the Sol System in the *T'Plana-Hath*, initiate first contact with Earth after witnessing Cochrane's flight. (ST)
			* In the MIrror Universe, Zefram Cochrane shoots and kills these Vulcans. (ST)
		- Borg, from the future, attempt to prevent humanity's first warp flight. They are stopped by the time traveling crew of USS *Enterprise-*E. (ST)
			* Debris from the defeated Borg impacts Earth near the North Pole. (ST)
	+ Zefram Cochrane talks about the Borg incursion from the future in a speech at Princeton. He begins to earn a reputation as a crazy alcoholic lunatic. (ST)

* 3065 CE
	+ Bhekar Ro severs all contact with the Terran Confederacy. (SC)
	+ The SS *Valiant* is launched. (ST)
* 3066 CE
	+ A small group of Ba'ku settle on a planet in the Briar Patch. (ST)
* 3067 CE
	+ The United Earth Space Probe Agency launches the probe *Friendship 1* to initiate first contact with species in unexplored areas of the Milky Way. (ST)
	+ The Great Awakening occurs on Argelius II. (ST)
	+ John Burke maps an area of space including Sherman's Planet. (ST)
* 3069 CE
	+ Human colonists establish Terra 10 in the Cepheus system. (ST)
	+ The Emperor of the Klingon Empire dies without any heirs. The Klingon High Council takes political control of the Klingon Empire. (ST)
	+ The last of the Earth-Kzin Wars ends with a victory for Earth. The Treaty of Sirius is signed. (ST)
	+ Alar begins reforming the Skorr into a pacifistic society. (ST)
	+ Utopia Planitia Base is founded on Mars. (ST)

* 3070 CE
	+ August 20: James Raynor is born. (SC)

* 3072 CE
	+ Construction begins on the Korhal Assembly Forum. (SC)
	+ Quinn is imprisoned in a rogue comet. (ST)
	+ Suspiria takes a group of Ocampa away from their home planet. (ST)

* 3073 CE
	+ Sarah Kerrigan is born. (SC)
* 3075 CE
	+ Vanik joins the Vulcan Space Program. (ST)
* 3076 CE
	+ 82 civilian Nakan are slaughtered on Tarakis. (ST)
	+ The Moneans discover the Waters. (ST)

* 3078 CE
	+ Revolts on the Fringe Worlds and Outer Planets of the Terran Confederacy begin to increase in number. (SC)
		- The population of Andasar City, on Antiga Prime, is wiped out by Confederate forces in an effort to quell one such uprising.
		- June: The Rebellion of Korhal begins. (SC)
			* Angus Mengsk publicly decries the violence, but is secretly spearheading the anti-Confederacy attacks. (SC)

* 3079 CE
	+ Arcturus Mengsk joins the Confederate Marine Corp. (SC)
	+ On Earth, the United Powers League is disbanded and the United Earth Directorate comes to power. (SC)
		- The United Earth Space Probe Agency and the Systems Alliance are combined into the United Earth Starfleet. (SC/ST)

* 3080 CE
	+ Arcturus Mengsk swiftly rises to the rank of Lieutenant and is given command of the Dominion Section. (SC)
	+ The Terran Confederacy drives the Kel-Morian Combine from the planet Sonyan. (SC)

* 3081 CE
	+ Arcturus Mengsk stops an anti-Confederacy attack on Tyrador IX. He later cuts off all ties to his family -- including Juliana Pasteur who is pregnant with his child. (SC)
		- Valerian Mengsk is born. (SC)
	+ Sarah Kerrigan unwittingly unleashes her innate psionic abilities, killing her mother. She is inducted into the Ghost Program. (SC)

* 3082 CE
	+ Sarah Kerrigan finishes her psychological training. (SC)
	+ Stephen Richey dies on Theta VIII. (ST)
* 2083 CE
	+ A wave of colonists is sent to Terra Nova. Mark Logan leads a group of colonists opposed to this. After a series of hostile communications, contact with Terra Nova is lost. (ST)
		- An asteroid strikes the colony soon afterwards. The fate of Terra Nova is a mystery after this. (ST)

* 3085 CE
	+ A battle between Terran Confederacy forces led by Edmund Duke and Arcturus Mengsk and the forces of the Kel-Morian Combine on Onuru Sigma sparks the Guild Wars. (SC)
	+ The Proxima colony is founded. (ST)
* 3086 CE
	+ The Lornak and Tralesta clans on Acamar III begin a feud, which will last two hundred years and lead to the extinction of their species. (ST)

* 3087 CE
	+ The Terran Confederacy finds strange creatures on some of the Fringe Worlds. Unaware of the threat posed by these creatures (the zerg), they are transported to research facilities for study. (SC)
	+ Jim Raynor turns eighteen and is conscripted into the military. (SC)

* 3088 CE
	+ Jim Raynor takes on a leadership role in a battle at Firebase Zulu on Turaxis II. For his bravery, he is promoted to lance corporal. (SC)
		- Raynor is soon assigned to spy on a base -- but he is captured and held prisoner until the end of the Battle of KIC-36. (SC)
	+ T'Pol is born. (ST)

* 3089 CE
	+ At the Battle of Korsy, Jim Raynor is betrayed by his Confederate commander and subsequently defects from the Terran Confederacy. He becomes a wanted fugitive. (SC)
	+ April: Peace is negotiated between the Kel-Morian Combine and the Terran Confederacy. (SC)
		- Angus Mengsk declares the independence of Korhal, and is subsequently killed. (SC)
			* Arcturus Mengsk defects from the Terran Confederacy. (SC)

* 3090 CE
	+ Sarah Kerrigan and other psychics are brought to Fujita Facility to take part in a number of experiments involving zerg. (SC)
	+ Arcturus Mengsk forges a treaty between Korhal and Umoja. (SC)
		- Korhal is subsequently the target of a massive nuclear strike. Mengsk forms the Sons of Korhal. (SC)
	+ In their first attack, the Sons of Korhal free Sarah Kerrigan from the Confederacy. She leads them into battle against the Ghost Academy. (SC)

* 3093 CE
	+ Coridan becomes warp capable. (ST)
* 3095 CE
	+ Jim Raynor gives up his career as an outlaw and moves to Mar Sara. (SC)
* 3097 CE
	+ Under the Treaty of 3097, Weytahn becomes Vulcan territory and is renamed Paan Mokar. (ST)

* 3098 CE
	+ The Terran Confederacy begins a mass conscription program. (SC)

* 3099 CE
	+ Conflict between the Terran Confederacy and the Sons of Korhal erupts on Chau Sara, only to be made worse by the arrival of zerg swarms. In response to the threat of the zerg, the Conclave sends a fleet of protoss to handle the situation. The Great War begins. (*Starcraft* begins.)

#### 32nd Century

* A Bajoran ship is disabled in the Denorios Belt. (ST)
* On Cardassia Prime, ancient burial vaults are unearthed. Important artifacts are discovered, but are stolen by impoverished Cardassians. (ST)
* Guinan has dealings with Q -- they are unpleasant but their details are unknown. (ST)
* An ancestor of Elizabeth Dehner displays psionic capabilities. (ST)
* The Dominion punishes the Teplans by infecting them with the Blight. (ST)
* The Neo-Transcendalist Movement is founded on Earth. (ST)
* 3100 CE
	+ February: Tarsonis is overrun by zerg, and Sarah Kerrigan is placed in a chrysalis to be assimilated. (SC)
	+ March: Arcturus Mengsk declares the Terran Dominion, and makes himself its emperor. (SC)
	+ Though the Great War draws to a close frequent conflicts between humans, protoss, and zerg still occur. (SC)
	+ The Brood War begins, and ends within the year after Sarah Kerrigan gains complete control over the zerg. (*Starcraft: Brood War)*
	+ The UED Expeditionary force -- sent by Starfleet to end the threat posed by the zerg -- arrives in the Koprulu Sector during the Brood War, and attempts to overthrow the Terran Dominion and reinstate the Terran Confederacy. (SC)
		- Though these efforts failed, Arcturus Mengsk focuses on rebuilding the Terran Dominion after the war. (SC)
	+ A feud erupts between the clans of Lornak and Tralesta on Acamar III -- this feud will continue for two hundred cycles. (ST)

* 3101 CE
	+ Terrazine gas is discovered in the Koprulu Sector. (SC)

* 3102 CE
	+ Juliana Pasteur dies of cancer. Arcturus Mengsk begins raising his son to be his heir. (SC)
	+ The ECS *Horizon* is commissioned. (ST)
	+ The SS *Hokule'a* is launched into deep space. (ST)
	+ Soval fires a weapon for the last time until 3152 CE. (ST)
	+ Kolos begins serving as an advocate in the Klingon Empire. (ST)

* 3103 CE
	+ The Voice in the Darkness is freed. (SC)
* 3104 CE
	+ The Second Great War begins. (*Starcraft II)*
	+ The Andorians establish contact with the Aenar. (ST)
	+ The Vulcans survey the planet Berengaria VII. (ST)

* 3105 CE
	+ The Second Great War ends. (SC)
	+ Valerian Mengsk works alongside Jim Raynor to reform the Terran Dominion. (SC)
	+ Artanis rallies the protoss into an effort to reclaim Aiur. (SC)
	+ The Moebius Foundation falls under Amon's control. (SC)
	+ Eight women are killed on Mars by Redjac. (ST)
	+ The VK *Yuri Gagarin* is launched. (ST)
	+ The Taurean System is explored and a spaceship is lost there. A spaceship will be lost in the system every 27.346 years over the next 164 years. (ST)

* 3106 CE
	+ The End War occurs. (SC)
		- The war ends when Artanis, Sarah Kerrigan, and Jim Raynor combine forces and Kerrigan is uplifted into a xel'naga. They destroy Amon. (SC)

## Third Age

* 3108 CE
	+ Jim Raynor disappears. (SC)
	+ Broodmother Zagara takes control of the zerg swarm and reclaims Char. (SC)
	+ Scientists in the Koprulu Sector are baffled by the mysterious emergence of life on previously barren planets. (SC)
* 3112 CE
	+ Jonathan Archer is born. (ST)
	+ The Vulcans accuse the Andorians of violating the Treaty of 3097. (ST)
* 3113 CE
	+ War, poverty, and disease are eliminated on Earth. (ST)
		- As a result, currency will become obsolete in the latter half of the century. (ST)
* 3119 CE
	+ The Warp Five Complex is officially opened by Zefram Cochrane, as part of the NX Program. (ST)
	+ The SS *Tombiki* is launched. (ST)
* 3120 CE
	+ The HMS *Lord Nelson* and SS *Seattle* are launched from Earth. (ST)
* 3121 CE
	+ Charles Tucker III is born. (ST)
	+ Emory Erickson creates transporter technology. (ST)
* 3122 CE
	+ The Vulcan Ministry of Security sends 109 surgically altered Vulcans to Agaron to infiltrate various criminal organizations. Nineteen of them do not return at the end of the assignment. (ST)
* 3123 CE
	+ November 27: The SS *Mariposa* is launched into space, towards the Ficus sector. (ST)
* 3126 CE
	+ Travis Mayweather is born. (ST)
* 3129 CE
	+ Hoshi Sato is born. (ST)
* 3132 CE
	+ A mining colony is established on Paraagan II. (ST)
	+ A starship disappears near the Taurean Region. (ST)
	+ Kolos begins his service as an advocate on Narendra III. (ST)
* 3133 CE
	+ After a disastrous venture into the Delphic Expanse, the Klingon High Council forbids any vessels from entering the region. (ST)
	+ Kai Taluno is stranded in the Denorios Belt for several days and experiences a vision of the heavens opening -- this is will later turn out to be the Bajoran Wormhole. (ST)
* 3134 CE
	+ Arik Soong steals a number of Augment embryos from Cold Station 12. (ST)
* 3135 CE
	+ T'Pol tracks the fugitive Vulcan operatives to Risa. (ST)
	+ The HMS *New Zealand* is launched. (ST)
* 3136 CE
	+ Vanik assumes command of the *Ti'Mur*. (ST)
* 3137 CE
	+ Syrran discovers the katra of Surak. (ST)
	+ The SS *Buckaroo Bonzai* is launched. (ST)
* 3139 CE
	+ Emory Erickson attempts create a sub-quantum teleportation device, but loses his son Quinn Erickson in his experiments. (ST)
* 3142 CE
	+ Shran takes command of the Andorian ship the *Kumari*. (ST)
* 3143 CE
	+ Humans break the Warp 2 barrier as part of the Warp Five Program. (ST)
	+ A group of *V'kosh ka'tur* leave Vulcan. (ST)
* 3144 CE
	+ The Suliban Cabal launches a war against the Tandarans. All Suliban are rounded up into detention camps. (ST)
	+ Arik Soong is found and captured -- leaving the Augments he was caring for abandoned in the Trialas System. (ST)
* 3145 CE
	+ Duvall becomes the first human to break the Warp 3 barrier. (ST)
	+ The Borg discover the existence of Omega Molecules. (ST)
* 3146 CE
	+ The SS *Urusei Yatsura* is launched. (ST)
* 3147 CE
	+ Starfleet begins research on force fields. (ST)
	+ Mars deflects the Comet Burke with a verteron array. (ST)
	+ The ECS *North Star* is lost. (ST)
* 3150 CE
	+ Jonathan Archer is named captain of the *Enterprise* NX-01. (ST)
* 3151 CE
	+ April: Unofficial first contact between humans and Klingons occurs when Klaang crash lands on Earth. The *Enterprise* NX-01 is launched to return the Klingon to Qo'nos. (*Star Trek: Enterprise* begins.)
		- The launch of the *Enterprise* NX-01 opens up a new level of expansion and exploration for Earth, not centered around warp gates or mass relays. Earth quickly begins making many new first contacts with species and is forced into the Temporal Cold War. (ST)
* 3152 CE
	+ February: The *Enterprise* NX-01 becomes the first Earth vessel to reach Warp 5 while fleeing from Mazarites. (ST)
	+ March: The Suliban Cabal destroys the mining colony on Paraagan II. (ST)
* 3153 CE
	+ The Xindi Crisis: the Xindi launch a successful attack against Earth, killing seven million people. The Vulcans refuse to lend aid, so the *Enterprise* NX-01 is sent into the Delphic Expanse to resolve the crisis. (ST)
* 3154 CE
	+ February: The crew of the *Enterprise* NX-01 manages to destoy the Xindi Weapon and the Dyson Spheres created by the Sphere-Builders.
	+ May: The Klingon Augment Crisis occurs. (ST)
	+ On Vulcan, the government -- secretly influenced by the Romulans -- is overthrown by the Syrranites. (ST)
	+ November: The Babel Crisis occurs and is resolved by a cooperative effort by the humans, Andorians, Vulcans, and Tellarites. (ST)
	+ November: *Columbia* NX-02 is launched.
* 3155 CE
	+ The humans, Andorians, Vulcans, and Tellarites form the Coalition of Planets. (ST)
	+ Decontamination of Cold Station 12 is complete. (ST)
	+ *In the Mirror Universe, Hoshi Sato stages a coup and takes command of the Terran Empire*. (ST)
* 3156 CE
	+ The Romulan Star Empire makes a bid to take over areas of the Beta Quadrant -- igniting the Earth-Romulan War. (ST)
	+ The Redjac entity kills ten women in Heliopolis on Alpha Eridani II. (ST)
* 3158 CE
	+ Shran fakes his own death. (ST)
* 3159 CE
	+ A spaceship disappears in the Tauren Region. (ST)
* 3160 CE
	+ The Earth-Romulan War ends with a victory for the Coalition of Planets. The Romulan Neutral Zone is established. (ST)
	+ Shran leaves the Andorian Imperial Guard when his daughter Talla is born. (ST)
* 3161 CE
	+ The humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites found the United Federation of Planets. (ST)
	+ The M.A.C.O.s are disbanded and absorbed into Starfleet. (ST)
		- Major Balthazar Edison is given command of the USS *Franklin* NCC-326. (ST)
* 3164 CE
	+ The USS *Franklin* disappears. (ST)
	+ Jonathan Archer is made an honorary member of the Andorian Imperial Guard. (ST)
* 3169 CE
	+ Jonathan Archer begins serving as ambassador to Andoria. (ST)
* 3175 CE
	+ Jonathan Archer becomes a council member on the Federation Council. (ST)
* 3184 CE
	+ Jonathan Archer begins an eight-year tenure as President of the Federation. (ST)

#### 33rd Century

* Cloaking devices are installed on Klingon vessels. (ST)
* By the end of this century, the Klingons have all but eradicted tribbles. (ST)
* 3223 CE
	+ Relations between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets degenerate into a tense cold war. (ST)
* 3243 CE
	+ Doctor Richard Daystrom invents the duotronic computer. (ST)
* 3245 CE
	+ The USS *Enterprise* is launched. (ST)
	+ A battle occurs between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire at Donatu V. (ST)
* 3254 CE
	+ After a disastrous mission to Rigel VII, the USS *Enterprise*under the command of Christopher Pike responds to an eighteen year old distress signal from Talos IV. (ST)
* 3256 CE
	+ Sunday, May 11: The Battle of the Binary Stars between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets. (*Star Trek: Discovery* begins.)
* 3257 CE
	+ The Klingon-Federation War comes to an end. (ST)
	+ The USS *Discovery* travels 930 years into the future in order to put an end to the threat of Control. (ST)
* 3265 CE
	+ The Borg destroy the homeworld of the El-Aurians. (ST)
	+ The USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701) begins its five year mission. (*Star Trek* begins.)
* 3267 CE
	+ The UFP and the Klingon Empire sign the Treaty of Organia -- greatly improving their relations. (ST)
		- These two factions and the Romulan Star Empire create a "colony of peace" on Nimbus III. (ST)
* 3270 CE
	+ Around this time, an attack on the Earth by the *V'Ger* is narrowly averted. (*Star Trek: The Motion Picture*)
	+ The Battle of Caleb IV occurs. (ST)
* 3286 CE
	+ The Earth is threatened by a probe of unknown origin -- but the threat is stopped. (*Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*)
* 3293 CE
	+ The Khitomer Accords are signed, establishing a lengthy peace between the Klingon Empire and the UFP. (*Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*)

#### 34th Century

* 3311 CE
	+ After the Tomed Incident, the UFP signs the Treaty of Algeron -- promising not to research cloaking technology. (ST)
* 3313 CE
	+ Rop is born. (TO)
* 3320 CE
	+ The Nyxians discover their sun will envelope their planet, and so they relocate underground. (TO)
	+ The UFP fights a bloody war with the Tzel. (TO)
		- The USS *Burton* is lost in a battle over the Chog homeworld. (TO)
* 3344 CE
	+ The Battle of Narendra III further solidifies the relationship between the Klingon Empire and the UFP. (ST)
* 3364 CE
	+ Captain Jean-Luc Picard is given command of the USS *Enterprise*-D. (*Star Trek: The Next Generation* begins.)
	+ Neural parasites attempt to take control of the UFP but are prevented. (ST)
* 3367 CE
	+ The UFP makes official first contact with the Borg. (ST)
	+ The Klingon Civil War occurs, but at the end of it Gowron is confirmed as Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. (ST)
* 3369 CE
	+ The stable Bajoran Wormhole is discovered. (*Star Trek: Deep Space 9* begins.)
* 3370 CE
	+ The Envall make a formal agreement with the UFP to stay way from worlds with nitrogen atmospheres. (TO)
* 3371 CE
	+ The Maquis raider the *Val Jean* and the Federation starship USS *Voyager* are both brought to the Delta Quadrant by the dying Caretaker. (*Star Trek: Voyager* begins.)
* 3372 CE
	+ The influence of the Founders breeds violence across the Milky Way in this year. (ST)
		- The Klingon Empire launches several attacks against the Cardassian Union, attacks the UFP condemns. (ST)
		- A bombing at the Antwerp Conference nearly leads to a coup of the President of the Federation. (ST)
		- The Klingons withdraw from the Khitomer Accords. (ST)
* 3373 CE
	+ After the Klingons learn of the Founders' influence on recent events, the Khitomer Accords are reinstated. (ST)
	+ The Cardassian Union joins the Dominion. (ST)
	+ The Borg attack Earth, but are defeated in the Battle of Sector 001. (*Star Trek: First Contact*)
	+ The Dominion conquer Deep Space 9, igniting the Dominion War. (ST)
* 3374 CE
	+ Deep Space 9 is reclaimed by the United Federation of Planets. (ST)
	+ The Dominion conquers Betazed. (ST)
	+ The Romulan Star Empire declares war against the Dominion. (ST)
* 3375 CE
	+ The Breen Confederacy joins the Dominion and attacks Earth. (ST)
	+ Gowron is killed and Martok becomes the new Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. (ST)
	+ The Cardassian Rebellion allows Cardassia Prime to be captured by the alliance opposing the Dominion. (ST)
		- As a result, the Dominion War ends and the Treaty of Bajor is signed. (ST)
* 3379 CE
	+ Shinzon takes over the Romulan Star Empire through a Reman coup d'etat. (*Star Trek: Nemesis*)
* 3380 CE
	+ Ensign D'Vana Tendi is transferred to the USS *Cerritos*. (*Star Trek: Lower Decks* begins.)
* 3383 CE
	+ The Diviner begins searching for the USS *Protostar*. (*Star Trek: Prodigy* begins.)
* 3385 CE
	+ Mars is attacked by rogue synthetics created at the Daystrom Institute. The Utopia Planitia Shipyard is all but destroyed. The United Federation of Planets places a ban on all production and study into synthetic lifeforms. (ST)
* 3387 CE
	+ Romulus is obliterated by a supernova. (ST)
* 3388 CE
	+ Ock'or is captured and added as an exhibit at the Calivon Zoo. (TO)
* 3390 CE
	+ Galdus Harona is born on Xelaya. (TO)
* 3394 CE
	+ Future physicist Janice Lee is born. She will one day invent the quantum accelerator. (TO)
* 3396 CE
	+ Alara Kitan is born. (TO)
* 3399 CE
	+ Jean-Luc Picard begins investigating two synthetic girls -- Dahj Asha and Soji Asha -- bringing him to uncover Zhat Vash operatives inside the United Federation of Planets. (*Star Trek: Picard* begins.)

#### 35th Century

* 3401 CE
	+ Orrin Channing and Gordon Malloy are stationed at Outpost 73 when it is attacked by the Krill. Orrin Channing is captured and his whole family is killed. (TO)
* 3405 CE
	+ Norvo Tigan is released from prison. (TO)
* 3411 CE
	+ Galdus Harona begins teaching at the University of Xenara Medical School. (TO)
* 3412 CE
	+ Toren and Korick become mates. (TO)
* 3413 CE
	+ Bortus and Klyden become mates. (TO)
* 3414 CE
	+ Ed Mercer and Kelly Grayson begin dating. (TO)
		- A temporal accident leads to an alternate timeline where Kelly rejects Ed, leading to a devastating attack by the Kaylons. Claire Finn manages to erase the alternate timeline.
* 3416 CE
	+ Alara Kitan leaves Xelaya to serve the UFP. (TO)
* 3417 CE
	+ The Regorians send a message into space, inviting first contact. (TO)
* 3418 CE
	+ Derek Ashton joins the Epsilon Science Station. (TO)
	+ Ed Mercer and Kelly Grayson divorce. (TO)
* 3419 CE
	+ Galdus Harona dies. (TO)
	+ Darulio begins working on the Lopovius archaeological dig site. (TO)
	+ January: Lurenek and Baral are added to the Calivon Zoo. (TO)
	+ September: Admiral Halsey offers Ed Mercer command of the USS *Orville*. (*The Orville* begins.)
	+ October: Topa is born to Bortus and Klyden, and is born female. Despite Bortus' objections, the government of Moclus arranges for Topa to be surgically reassigned to male. (TO)
	+ Pria Levesque saved the USS *Orville* from destruction, but is prevented from stealing the ship into the future -- forever altering the galactic timeline. (TO)
		- *In the original unaltered timeline, the USS* Orville *is destroyed by dark matter.*
	+ Ed Mercer and Gordon Malloy prevent the Krill from unleashing a new weapon, killing an entire Krill crew except Teleya and her classroom of children, in the process. Teleya is incarcerated by the UFP. (TO)
* 3420 CE
	+ Bruidians and Navarians formalize a truce. (TO)
	+ April: the USS *Orville* encounters a pocket of two-dimensional space. (TO)
	+ May: the USS *Orville* observes the lifeforms of a multiphasic planet grow from Bronze Age development to Space Age over a period of 33 days. (TO)
	+ June: the USS *Orville* discovers the crashed remnants of the USS *Burton*, having devastated a planet. The Chog who lived there are evacuated so the planet can be terraformed and the damage undone. (TO)
	+ July: Bortus returns to Moclus with the crew of the USS *Orville* for his annual ja'loja. (TO)
	+ August: the USS *Orville* saves a pocket of surviving Nyxians from the destruction of their homeworld. (TO)
	+ September: Alara Kitan leaves the crew of the USS *Orville* and returns to Xelaya. (TO)
	+ October: it is revealed that the escaped Krill Telaya has infiltrated the crew of the USS *Orville*. (TO)
	+ November: the crew of the USS *Orville* creates a false star in the skies above Regor 2, ending the discrimination against Giliacs. (TO)
	+ December: Locar fakes his death to avoid facing trial for heterosexuality. (TO)
* 3421 CE
	+ January: Orrin Channing escapes Krill captivity. (TO)
	+ February: The **Battle of Earth**; the Kaylons attempt to eradicate the UFP at Earth but are stopped by a coalition of species, including the Krill. The Krill and UFP agree to a ceasefire. (TO)
	+ April: the Lak'vai Pact of Tarazed 3 is signed. (TO)
	+ May: The **Battle of the Sanctuary**; the Moclans attempt to eradicate a clandestine sanctuary for Moclan females, facing off against the USS *Orville*. The UFP mediates an unsatisfactory peace between the sanctuary and Moclus. (TO)

#### 36th Century

* The United Federation of Planets is the largest superpower in the Milky Way during this century. Their membership grows to include even Klingons and Romulans. (ST)
* 3585 CE
	+ The ark ships of the Andromeda Initiative finally reach the Heleus Cluster. (ME)

#### 37th Century

* Late in this century, one hundred Changelings return to the Great Link. (ST)
* 3664 CE
	+ The quarantine on Velara III is lifted, and the microbrains there reopen communication with the UFP. (ST)

#### 41st Century

* By this century, time travel is so common in the United Federation of Planets that every classroom is equipped with quantum discriminators.
* **The Burn** occurs sometime between 4068 CE and 4088 CE, wherein much of the galaxy's dilithium explodes. With no explanation to offer, and the difficulty of traveling at warp without dilithium, the Federation's influence diminishes. (ST)

#### 42nd Century

* Time travel technology is outlawed by this century, following the end of the Temporal Wars. (ST)
* 4125 CE
	+ A retrofitted dorsal carrier, design XRT-55D, is commissioned. (ST)
* 4148 CE
	+ Aditya Sahil begins his forty-year guardianship of a Federation relay station. (ST)
* 4186 CE
	+ *Gabrielle Burnham* *is transported to this year by the Project Daedalus suit. In this timeline, all life in the galaxy had been extinguished, however, the crew of the USS Discovery was able to erase this timeline with her help.* (ST)
* 3188 CE
	+ Michael Burnham arrives in this year using the Project Daedalus suit. (ST)
* 3189 CE
	+ The USS *Discovery* arrives in this year after escaping from Control in 3257 CE. (ST)

## Interim

* The United Federation of Planets is infiltrated by individuals from the Mirror Universe, who begin to corrupt it's true purpose.
* War breaks out in the Milky Way, the devastating conflict leads to the United Federation of Planets being re-formed as the Terran Federation -- led by interlopers from the Mirror Universe.
	+ Significant technology is lost as a result of the conflict, including transporter technology.
	+ Many species of the Milky Way are wiped out during the war.
* The Milky Way is invaded by Andromedans. The Terran Federation narrowly wins the Intergalactic War, but loses much of its territory and influence as a result. (B7)
* The Terran Federation rebuilds itself through use of a Pacification Programme, using drugs to sedate populations of planets. (B7)

## Dark Age of Technology

### 15th Millenium

* The Dark Age of Technology begins. Some of the greatest scientific minds in mankind's history exist. (WH)
	+ Human psykers known as Navigators are discovered -- using psionic powers, they prove capable of finding pathways through the Warp. (WH)
		- The Great Diaspora of Mankind: The ability to traverse the Warp makes travel across the Milky Way almost instantaneous. Humanity spreads across the galaxy, wiping out a number of species and taking over numerous planets as they go. (WH)
	+ Human scientists create artificially intelligent robots known as the Men of Iron. They eventually rebel against their creators -- a devastating war occurs and the study and creation of artificial intelligence is outlawed on all human worlds. (WH)
	+ Uncontrolled psionically powerful humans are overtaken by daemons from the Warp. (WH)

### 18th Millenium

* The city of Commorragh is constructed within the Webway. (WH)
	+ Eldar, seeking to avoid the attention of the Eldar Empire, escape to Commorragh to engage in hedonistic cult activities. (WH)
		- The hedonistic cults begin to rise in popularity, power, and influence. They take up permanent residence within the Webway. (WH)

### 19th Millenium

* Worship of the traditional Eldar Gods begins to wane across the Eldar Empire as new sects rise to power. The Dark Muses become the new figureheads of the vice-obsessed religious order. (WH)

### 20th Millenium

* The Eldar who live within the Webway, begin to steal suns from realspace to power their growing subspace civilization. (WH)
	+ The star systems affected by these stolen suns wither and die. Millions of species are driven to extinction. (WH)

### 21st Millenium

* 20001 CE
	+ A terrible catastrophe occurs -- forcing humanity to build up weapons and military tactics to defend themselves. (WH)

### 22nd Millenium

* Humankind first encounters and fights the Eldar and the Orks during this millenium -- both of which have become galactic superpowers in recent millenia. Humanity suffers heavy losses. (WH)
	+ WAAAGH! Skragjaw nearly reaches Earth before it is thwarted. (WH)

### 23rd Millenium

* The Knight Worlds manage to stand against the insanity that grips many human worlds, and their knightly orders battle daemons and other creatures from the Warp. (WH)

### 24th Millenium

* Warp storms cut off the planets that will eventually become the homeworld of the Squats. These storms will last 5,000 cycles. (WH)
	+ This separation causes the humans living on these worlds to adapt to their conditions -- evolving into Squats. (WH)

## Age of Strife

### 25th Millenium

* There is a massive increase in the number of humans born with psionic and biotic potential. (WH)
	+ Many of these psykers, having no control over their abilities, unleash untold destruction on their homeworlds. (WH)
		- Psykers begin to be treated as pariahs, often called "witches". (WH)
		- Psykers make convenient hosts for daemonic entities seeking to escape the Warp. (WH)
* Galaxy-wide warp storms make faster-than-light travel all but impossible. (WH)
* The Standard Template Construct database is lost -- causing much of human history and technology to be lost with it. (WH)
* The *Horiax Treatise* -- an ancient text describing advanced genetic engineering -- is found. The technology required, however, is lost. (WH)
* Due to the hedonism of the Eldar, a new entity begins forming the Immaterium. (WH)

### 29th Millenium

* The Squats are betrayed by the Orks and the Eldar. (WH)
* The Eldar, heeding warning from the Slann, create Craftworlds to save their species. (WH)
* The galactic warp storms end, but by this point faster-than-light travel has been lost by virtually every species remaining in the Milky Way. (WH)

## Age of the Imperium

### 30th Millenium

* The Eldar Exodus: preparing for the destruction of their race, a portion of the Eldar population escapes the corruption of the Eldar Empire by boarding Craftworlds.
* The Chaos God Slaanesh is born out of the psionic energy created by the hedonism and pleasure-seeking excess of the Eldar living within the Warp.
* Simultaneous to the birth of Slaanesh, human psykers launch a psionic attack upon the Q Continuum -- hoping to take their subspace realm and create a safe haven for others like themselves.
	+ The violence of this act -- in combination with the violent energy released into the Eldar Empire by Slaanesh's birth -- causes a region of space in the heart of the Eldar Empire to sink into the Warp, creating the rift known as the Eye of Terror.
* The Age of War: The Age of Trade between the Eldar, the Orks, and the Squats comes to an abrupt end after nearly three millenia after Grunhag the Flayer leads an assault on the Squat homeworlds. The Squats appeal to the Eldar for help but none arrives.
* 29540 CE
	+ Discovery of Mezoa: The planet Mezoa is discovered in the Cyclops Cluster. It is claimed as an outpost of the Lucien Mechanicum and becomes an independent forge world.
* 29570 CE
	+ Exploration of Mandragoran Stars begins: Lady Arica Orpheus explores the Mandragoran region of the galaxy, cataloging countless dead worlds and aged stars. The exploration of this region lasts through 29750 CE.
* 29675 CE
	+ The Massacre of Gaduare: in under an hour's time, less than 5,000 Thunder Warriors slaughter 50,000 militiamen in Gaduare, Franc.
* 29745 CE
	+ On Terra, the Emperor of Mankind and the *Legio Custodes* eradicate the last church -- the Church of the Lightning Stone. This ushers in a secular age and belief in the "Imperial Truth".
* 29748 CE
	+ The flagship of the Dark Angels, the *Invincible Reason*, begins its service to the Imperium of Man.
* 29750 CE
	+ The Primarch Project: the Emperor of Mankind begins to craft genetically perfect Primarchs, but their gestation capsules are taken into the Warp by the Chaos Gods and scattered across the Milky Way.
	+ The Exploration of Mandragoran Stars ends.
* 29780 CE
	+ The First Founding: 20 legions of genetically engineered Space Marines are founded.
* Unknown Dates
	+ Sa'afrik Liberation: the first recorded engagement of the World Eaters, although after this victory the Emperor of Mankind seems to have been reserved in his use of Space Marines during the Unification Wars.
	+ Pacification of the Cephic HIves: the War Hounds earn their name by doggedly combatting the residents of the sprawling Cephic Hives.
* 29790 CE
	+ The Incaladion Conflcit: the planet of Incaladion is divided between warring factions and becomes a global battleground.
	+ The First Pacification of Luna: the combined forces of the Imperial Fists, Ultramarines, and Luna Wolves engage in a conflict with Luna to bring the satellite's residents to heel under the Emperor of Mankind. The conflict lasts six hours, and ends in a victory for the Space Marines.
* 29798 CE
	+ The Unification Wars end, and the Imperium of Man is now in control of the entirety of Terra.
	+ The Great Crusade begins: The Imperium of Man seeks to spread its influence out across the entirety of the Milky Way and to unite all human worlds under the reign of the Emperor of Mankind.
	+ The Pacification of the Boetian Lowlands: the Thousand Sons legion is created to combat any rebels left on Terra after the Unification Wars. They swiftly bring the nation of Boetia to heel.
	+ The Unheard War: the Azurite Stations of Uranus become embroiled in a conflict with space pirates. 50 Imperial Fists arrive at the station to battle the pirates, and ultimately sacrifice themselves and the station in order to prevent a terrible and ancient psionic weapon from wreaking havoc on humanity.
* Date Unknown
	+ Cerberus Insurrection: the asteroid prison colony of Cerberus revolts, descending into mob violence. The anarchistic movement is quelled by the War Hounds legion and the XXII regiment of the *Imperialis Auxilla*.
* 29800 CE
	+ The Consus Drift Compliance: the 3rd Expeditionary Fleet, under the command of the Imperial Fists, discovers the the Consus Drift and conquers the Driftborn, forcing them into imperial submission.
* 29803 CE
	+ The Flesh Change: the Thousand Sons begin to develop psychic abilities. Use of Warp-derived psychic powers, however, begins to mutate some of them -- and ultimately one even transformed into a mindless Chaos Spawn.
	+ The Paramar System is discovered. It will become a waypoint for further Imperial exploration into the Segmentum Obscurus.
	+ First contact is made between the Imperium of Man the Ak'Haireth. The Ak'Haireth are wiped out by the Luna Wolves and the Night Lords.
* 29805 CE
	+ The Treaty of Olympus Mons is signed, bringing peace between Terra and Mars.
	+ The Primarch Horus Lupercal is discovered on the planet Cthonia.
	+ The Siege of Reillis: the Emperor of Mankind and Horus Lupercal fight together at Reillis. Horus is wounded in the battle, and the Emperor protects him until reinforcements arrived.
* 29806 CE
	+ The Gorro Hollowing: the Emperor of Mankind leads an assault on an Ork empire that is centered on Gorro. During the height of the battle, Horus Lupercal saves the Emperor from a monstrous Ork.
	+ The Compliance of the Osiris Cluster: the Ultramarines discover the Osiris Cluster and bring the inhabitants under Imperial control with relatively little bloodshed.
* 29807 CE
	+ The Primarch Leman Russ is discovered, having been raised by wolves on the planet Fenris.
	+ The Battle of Rust: The X Legion leads an invasion of the Krooked-Klaw Empire.
	+ War in the Shedim Drifts: Horus Lupercal commands a battle against marauding Eldar Craftworlds. Though the battle is a victory, Lupercal sacrifices the *Legio Atarus* to accomplish it.
* 29810 CE
	+ The Emperor of Mankind finds the Primarch Ferrus Manus on the planet Medusa. Manus quickly establishes himself the leader of a legion of Space Marines -- the Iron Hands (who formally adopt that name at this time.)
* 29813 CE
	+ Mezoa joins the Imperium of Man.
* 29824 CE
	+ Lethe is contacted by Vaspperly Elgin.
* 29829 CE
	+ The Proximan Rebellion: one of the earliest recorded engagements of the III Legion. The Emperor of Mankind was wounded in the battle, but the sacrifice of many Space Marines allowed him time to escape.
* 29830 CE
	+ The Gene-Seed Crisis: almost the entire stock of the III Legion's gene-seed is lost in a crash on Luna shortly before a virus threatens the gene-seed stock on Terra.
	+ Reports of Space Marines who answer to no master are first heard. Sparse fragments of anomalous *Legiones Astartes* activity is recorded. Both are attributed to a "Ghost Legion".
	+ The Praxil Rebellion begins. This ultimately ends in victory for the Imperium of Man.
* 29832 CE
	+ Primarch Fulgrim is found on the planet Chemos, and is soon after given command of the III Legion.