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Timeline of fictional historical events
Various storytellers have tried to create better verisimilitude for their stories by linking them to real history. Protagonists could have witnessed a historical event or even participated in it (often fighting in various wars). In some stories they may even be originators of some event or try to prevent it (see secret history) but fail - history, as we know it, does not change. In other cases history does change, and an alternate history branches off from our own.
In other stories, writers have simply placed the story in some specific year or date.
Fictional countries may also include history of their own, even if the story itself is not concerned about them.
See also timeline of fictional future events for fictional events that were set in the future when they were first written, but which have now been overtaken by real history; and see timeline of fictional contemporary events for fictional events that were set in the present day, when they were written.
These dates are connected to either specific historical dates or real-world historical events. They are known to be fictitious — not claimed nonfiction of conspiracy theories.
Before the Big Bang
- The previous universe was collapsing. The last person left, Galan of Taa, was spared, as the universe spoke to him. Their sentiences became one, forming the all-powerful World Devourer, Galactus, who appeared at the Big Bang. (Fantastic Four, Marvel Universe)
- The Nibblonians begin their existence seventeen years before the Big Bang. (Futurama)
Beginning of the Universe
- The end of the "Reverse Dimension" universe (where effect precedes cause according to Avengers #16; Marvel comics).
Prehistoric
Ancient civilizations
- "A Long Time Ago"
- A technologically advanced civilization inhabiting a galaxy "far, far away" goes through periods of intense political turmoil involving the rise and fall of the Galactic Empire (Star Wars series, see Dates in Star Wars for more information.)
- c. 100,000 BC
- The orbit of a giant comet briefly brings it in a short distance from Earth. A relatively small piece of the comet fragments and falls on a landmass inhabited by people known as Atlanteans. The fragment has undergone crystalisation. The Atlanteans soon discover the crystal to be a unique power source providing them with longevity. They were inspired in the further advancement of their technology. The Crystal eventually became their deity, known as the "Heart of Atlantis" - (Atlantis:The Lost Empire DVD)
- 27,000 YA
- 20,000 YA
- The Guardians of the Universe accomplish mass genetic tampering with the Martian species, giving them a weakness to fire and making them shy away from being chaotic creatures. (JLA)
- A spaceship crashes into Earth, bringing a Guardian of the Universe and a Burning Martian. The Martian kills a tribe of Cro-Magnons and later is killed by Vandal Savage. (JLA)
- c. 18,086 BC
- 18,000 BC
- 12,000 YA
- Arnessk becomes uninhabitable. The Eidolons are forced to find different planets to settle in. Some enter suspended animation. (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars)
- 10,000 BC
- 8,000 BC
- c. 6586 BC
- c. 66th century BC
- A scholar named Aziz visits Atlantis for two years and writes extensive journals with notes in the Atlantean language. Most of Atlantis is soon lost. But a remnant remains alive deep withing the Earth. The Scrolls of Aziz provive the key for the rediscovery of Atlantis by outsiders. But its strange language puzzles scholars for the following 86 centuries - Atlantis:The Lost Empire.
5th millennium BC
4th millennium BC
2nd millennium BC
- 1290 BC
- Pharaoh Seti I is murdered by his mistress Anck Su Namun and his high priest Imhotep. Anck Su Namun, with the knowledge that Imhotep has the ability to resurrect her, commits suicide moments later. Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and attempt to resurrect her, but Pharaoh's bodyguards interrupt Imhotep and mummify him alive, under a nasty curse. (The Mummy)
- 1278 BC
- 1250 BC
1st millennium BC
- 380 BC
- 2nd century BC
- 50 BC
- Julius Caesar conquers all of Gaul except for a small village of rebellious Gauls who continue to resist the occupation (Asterix)
- approx. 6 BC
- The events in The Little Drummer Boy television special--Aaron's parents murdered by scavengers, releases his anger on drum which he received for Christmas, eventually plays key part in the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem
1st millennium
10th-century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922
- Jimgrim first encounters the Nine Unknown .
- Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak begins work as a detective of the occult.
- Birth of Carl Kolchak.
- 1923
- 1924
- 1926
- Events of the run of Jazz Age Chronicles comic book by Ted Slampyak .
- The main events of the 1999 film The Mummy.
- 1927
- Parisian inspector Maigret meets (his) writer Georges Simenon for the first time. (according to Maigret's memoirs)
- 1927?
- 1928
- An expedition searching for ancient Egyptian relics discovers a Stargate buried near the city of Giza, which is confiscated by the U.S. military for study.
- 1929
- 1940
- Monique D'Aubainne takes over in Al Amarja and becomes its president-for-life.
- Scorpions of the Desert , including escaped Polish Jew Koinsky, begin their fight against Axis in Northern Africa.
- (about 1940) Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are born.
- 1941
- May 21 - The Blackbury Blitz destroys Paradise Street and the Blackbury Pickle Factory. In one timeline the siren is sounded and the street is evacuated in time, in another it isn't. (Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb)
- Parisian private eye Nestor Burma is released from a prisoner of war-camp and resumes his job during the German occupation of Paris (according to Leo Malet's books)
- Harald Olufsen tries to use old Hornet Moth plane to warn British about a German installation in Denmark (Ken Follett: Hornet Flight)
- The All-Star Squadron is formed when the Justice Society goes missing
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- German spy dashes through England to reveal Allies D-Day invasion plans (Ken Follett: Eye of the Needle).
- Nazis retreat from Russia into Lithuania. They kill most of the adults and destroy the Lecter estate. They cannibalise the children. One of the victims was Mischa Lecter, younger sister of Hannibal. Hannibal escapes.
- 1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1950s
- In the Zodiacian star system (the Twelve Colonies of Man), a robot race of Cylons attack four Battlestars and the twelve planets (and its inhabitants); the Battlestar Galactica escapes and heads for a "lost" planet called Earth (Battlestar Galactica movie and TV series)
- 1950
- 1951
- 1953
- 1955
- 1957
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- Huge snowstorm engulfs the world and threatens to cancel Christmas; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer "goes down in history" and saves Christmas Eve (Rudolph television special)
- 1963
- The Red Dwarf crew travel to John F. Kennedy's assassination in a botched attempt to get curry supplies. Kennedy survives. The crew travel three years and persuades Kennedy (now in prison) to go back to 1963 and shoot himself. He agrees and the timeline is restored.
- Michael Myers murders his 17-year-old sister, Judith, and is committed to a sanitarium for the next fifteen years (Halloween movie)
- The First Doctor leaves London to begin his adventures, leaving behind the Hand of Omega. Later that year two Dalek factions fight over the Hand, until the Seventh Doctor arrives, and tricks them into turning their homeworld's sun into a supernova.
- 1964
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- Dr Hannibal Lecter sets up a psychiatric practice in Baltimore. Lecter treats a male bowhunter for an arrow wound. Five years later, this man will become the sixth victim of The Chesapeake Ripper.
- 1971
- Haruka Urashima is born. Aged 27 at start of Love Hina.
- 1972
- 1974
- The Chesapeak Ripper starts his reign of terror in Baltimore Red Dragon
- 1975
- Sophie Amudson born. Aged 15 in 1990.
- Between March 12 and March 25, four people are brutally murdered by the Chesapeake Ripper. FBI Agent Will Graham interviews Dr Hannibal Lecter about the sixth victim. Graham realises that Lecter is the serial killer he is hunting and is nearly murdered. Lecter is arrested for the Chesapeak Ripper murders. He is imprisoned for nine counts of first degree murder. Graham retires. (Red Dragon)
- 1976
- Coup in San Theodoros reinstates General Alcazar.
- July 8, Dr Hannibal Lecter is examined after complaining of chest pains. A nurse attempts to give him an ECG and is savaged by Lecter. (Red Dragon)
- 1978
- G.I. Joe team reformed.
- FBI Agent Will Graham comes out of retirement to capture The Tooth Fairy, who has murdered two families within a month. He goes to Dr Hannibal Lecter, now imprisoned, for help.
- 1979
- Keitaro Urashima born. Mutsumi Otohime born. Mitsuni Konno born. (All aged 19 at the beginning of Love Hina.)
- 1980
- 1981
- Lesbians Mo, Clarice, Lois, Sparrow and Toni meet each other in Second Women's Pentagon Action demonstration, (According to Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For).
- Naru Narusegawa born. Aged 17 at the beginning of Love Hina.
- Birth of Buffy Ann Summers.
- Lord Voldemort murders James and Lily Potter on Halloween after a tip off. Voldemort's killing curse backfires when trying to kill Harry and his disembodied spirit flees. Harry is later retrieved from the ruins of the house by Rubeus Hagrid, and his godfather, Sirius Black, is sent to Azkaban fortress for 13 counts of murder.
- 1983
- 1984
- Keitaro Urashima, aged five, makes a promise to marry a girl he meets (Love Hina).
- Motoko Aoyama born. Aged 15 at start of Love Hina.
- 1985
- 1986
- Events of Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos.
- A time-stranded crew of Moya seek to prevent John's father from entering the Challenger. A young John loses his virginity to Chiana, and the crew manages to return to their proper time. (Farscape)
- 1987
- Kaolla Su born. Aged 13 at the start of Love Hina.
- 1988
- Shinobu Maehara born. Aged 12 at start of Love Hina.
21st Century
- 2001
- Michael Hundred , known as the world's only 'superhero', The Great Machine, stops the second plane from hitting the World Trade Center, leading to only one tower collapsing. (Ex Machina)
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