Timeline- main events

[captain_shrike]

How about an article of a timeline of events. Like a main overview of all the big main events etc. I've seen one or two on other websites that people have made. Theres one inparticular which I'm trying to find at the moment. If there are seperate articles in the Librarium about anything in the timeline there can be a link from the timeline to that article.

 

 

Websites with timelines:

http://www.ironhands.com/40time.htm

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http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

 

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Timeline

 

http://www.criticalhit.co.uk/component/opt...pper/Itemid,55/

 

 

[-M8]The Emperor is born in Central Anatolia. Realm of Chaos: the Lost and the Damned

 

[500.M2] The Chaos powers, Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle awake to full consciousness by the end of the Middle Ages. Realm of Chaos: the Lost and the Damned

 

[M3] Scientific advances of the third and subsequent millennia bring some knowledge of the warp to humans. Realm of Chaos: the Lost and the Damned

 

[100.M3] Early in the 22nd century Mars becomes the first world to be terraformed. WD140

 

[M15] Humanity begins to colonise nearby solar systems using conventional sub-light spacecraft. At first, progress is painfully slow. Separated from Terra by up to ten generations in travel time, the new colonies have to survive on local resources. Space Marine by Ian Watson

 

[M20] The Dark Age of Technology. Discovery of warp drives accelerates the colonisation process and the early independent or corporate colonies become federated to Terra. The first alien races are encountered. The development of the Navigator gene allows human pilots to make longer and faster 'jumps' through warp space than was previously thought possible. The great Navigator families, initially controlled by industrial and trading cartels, become a power base in their own right. Humanity continues to explore and colonise the galaxy. Contacts are established with the Eldar and other alien races. A golden age of scientific achievement begins. Perfection of the Standard Template Construct (STC) system now permits an almost explosive expansion to the stars. Space Marine by Ian Watson

 

[M25] Horiax Treatise mentions genetic alteration techniques. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[M25] Age of Strife. Humanity reaches the far edges of the galaxy, completing the push to the stars begun over ten thousand years before. Human civilisation is now widely dispersed and divergent - with countless small colonies as well as many large, overpopulated planets. Localised wars and disputes with various alien races, notably the Orks, but pose no threat to the overall stability of the human-colonised world. Then two things happen almost simultaneously. First, humans with psychic powers begin to appear on almost every colonised world. Second, civilisation starts to disintegrate under the stress of widespread insanity, daemonic possession, and internecine strife between these new 'psykers' and the rest of humanity. Countless fanatical cults and organisations spring up to persecute the psykers as witches, and/or degenerate mutants. At this time, the existence of the creatures of the warp (later known and feared as daemons), and the dangers they pose to the human mind with newly awakened psychic powers, is far from understood. Terrible wars tear human civilisation apart. Localised empires and factions fight amongst themselves as well as against fleets of Orks, Tyranids, and other aliens whose forces are quick to seize the opportunity to sack human space. Many worlds fall prey to the dominance of Warp Creatures whilst others revert to barbarism. Humans survive only on those worlds where psykers are suppressed or controlled. During this time, Terra is cut off from the rest of humanity by terrible warp storms, which isolate the home world for several thousand years, further accelerating the ruin of humanity. Space Marine by Ian Watson

 

[M28] Earliest modified warriors aid the Emperor in conquest of Terra. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[M29] Birth of Slaanesh ends warp storms isolating planets in Imperium. The twenty Primarchs are developed and are scattered across galaxy by Chaos powers before fully grown. The Great Crusade begins. Each of the Primarchs rediscovered. Realm of Chaos: the Lost and the Damned; Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[826.M29] An ancient text details an altercation between the Primarchs Rogal Dorn and Night Haunter. WD260

 

[M30] Grabya's Theorem demonstrates how Primarch genetic data could be used to stabilise genetic development of Space Marines. Great Crusade continues. Sorian's Inductus Excelsus shows requirements for more warriors is vast. Accelerated gene-culturing techniques implemented, reducing processing time to create Space Marine to one year. However, accelerated gene-seed has unseen fundamental flaws. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[125.M30] Luna Wolves renamed Sons of Horus. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[350.M30] Karis Cephalon is rediscovered during the Great Crusade. WD259

 

[M31] The Horus Heresy. Nearly half of the Space Marine legions turn on the Emperor and follow Horus. Horus is defeated by the Emperor. Traitor Legions are driven into the Eye of Terror. Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines, compiles the first Codex Astartes which lays down new organisational doctrine. Loyal Space Marine legions broken up into smaller Chapters of one thousand marines, known as the Second Founding. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[014.M31] Siege of Earth. Horus lays siege to the Imperial palace. Defenders are overwhelmed and forced back to the Ultimate Gate. The Emperor, Rogal Dorn and Sanguinius teleport onto Horus's battle barge. Sanguinius is separated from the Emperor and finds Horus first. Horus offers him a place by his side but Sanguinius refuses and is slain. The Emperor then kills Horus and is so badly wounded that he is incarcerated within the Golden Throne. WD161

 

[356-372.M31] Vindicator created during third Rothern I pacification of the Great Heresy. WD231

 

[781.M31] The First Battle of Cadia Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[893.M31] Scribe First Order Wendel Voss records the Cleansing of Laeran in which the alien Laer are wiped out by the Emperor's Children led by Fulgrim. WD255

 

[243.M32] Inquisitor Damasko postulates that by reference to the Chaos Gods and associated daemons, other deities must have champions, possess worshippers, influence mortals or temporarily create manifestations in the form of daemons. WD259

 

[546.M32] The Beheading: The internecine politics of the imperium take a calamitious turn when the High Lords of Terra are slain to a man on the orders of Drakan Vangorich, the Grandmaster of the Officio Assassinorum. A Space marine retribution force drawn from the Halo Brethren, Imperial Fists and Sable Swords Chapters track the Grand master to an Assassinorum temple. The Commander of the strike force is assassinated as soon as he makes planetfall, but the Brother Marines commence their attack nevertheless. Within the temple they are assailed by a hundred Eversor Assassins. A single Space Marine survives to reach the Grand Master and deliver the Emperor's judgement with his boltgun. Warhammer 40k Rulebook 5th ed

 

[751.M32] Rogue Trader Xiatal Parnevue first catalogues Naogeddon from orbit. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[832.M33] The Castile V Massacre. Lord Periclitor slaughters missionaries and the Sororitas. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[881.M33] Adeptus Terra officially recognises new semi-democratic regime on Karis Cephalon. WD259

 

[888.M33] The Martyrdom of Saint Jerome. Periclitor kills Jerome at Tosak. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[909.M32]Third Black Crusade. Attack lead by Daemon Prince Tallomin is crushed by Space Wolves. Liber Chaotica: Khorne, Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[M33] Second Founding Chapters named in Apocrypha of Davio. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

Inquisitor Goldo pens his seminal text 'Monodomination - the Right of Man to Rule the Galaxy in the Emperor's Holy Name.' WD267

 

[c.001.M34] The Fourth Black Crusade destroys the Citadel of Kromarch before it is crushed. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd Ed, Liber Chaotica: Khorne

 

[012.M34] Alcmena Nebula Wars. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[222.M34] Rogue Trader Uzieth Pallandro rediscovers Rynn's World. WD235

 

[238.M34] Rogue Trader Uzieth Pallandro rediscovers Badlanding. WD235

 

[401.M34] The Howling: Black Templar Space marines end the Catelexis Hersey by executing the Cacodominus, an alien cyborg whose formidable psychic presence allowed it to control the populance of thirteen hundred planetary systems. Alas the Cacodominus' death scream echoes and amplifies through the Warp, burning out the minds of a billion astropaths and distorting the signal of the Astronomican. Millions upon millions of ships are lost in the resulting upheaval and entire sub-sectors slide into barbarism without the dictats of the Adeptus Terra to guide them. Warhammer 40K 5th ed

 

[722.M34] Discovery of Squat homeworlds by Rogue Trader Dausen. WD111

 

[843.M34] Imperial Frigate, Hand of Mercy, detects a distress call from Grendel's World in the Ysobael Cloud of the Eastern Fringes. Scouts from the Mortifactors Space Marines investigate and report Night Lords are responsible for slaughtering the population. WD260

 

[967.M34] Sectoris Stabilis Mandate lays down tolerance limits for raiding activity. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[M35] Grimoire Hereticus reports those Legions who turned traitor during the Great Heresy. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[021.M35] Explorator Magos Dural Lavank's expedition lost on Naogeddon. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[342.M35] Inquisitor Eisenhorn declares Quixos all all his works Heretic and Extremis Diabolus. Codex: Daemonhunters 3rd ed

 

[345.M35] Adeptus Prefectus Primus Saul Megellan reports on alignment of alien pyramids on the planet Angelis. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

Quixos hunted down and executed by cell of five Inquisitors led by Eisenhorn. Codex: Daemonhunters 3rd ed

 

[453.M35] Glaxia Daemonica Perpetua of Jerome describes Chaos and the Eye of Terror. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[598.M35] Senatorum Imperialis declares new Space Marine founding. Astral Claws founded with sole responsibility of guarding space lanes surrounding the Maelstrom. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[739.M35] The Last Stand of the 5th Armoured Terran Praefects. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[789.M35] First Imperial contact with primitive Tau on planet T'au by Adeptus Mechanicus Eplorator vessel, Land's Vision. Codex: Tau 3rd ed

 

[M36] The 21st(cursed) founding takes place. New Chapters were dogged by bad luck. Several disappeared mysteriously whilst others are affected by genetic mutation of their gene seed. The Flame Falcons were declared Excommunicate and driven from their homeworld of Lethe by the Grey Knights. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[053.M36] Longest recorded example of visions granted by the Black Rage to Chaplain Lestrallio. WD261

 

[141.M36] The fall of Chundrabad, in which the Ultramarines took part. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[347.M36] Incident on Rukh's Paradise, Amerialla Belt, where members of the local population are found drained of blood; Blood Angels stationed on planet. WD261

 

[453.M36] Relations of Imperium with Alaitoc Craftworld cease due to outbreak of Beelze Conflict. Lexicos Aldus Mari is last diplomatic envoy to Alaitoc. Codex: Eldar 3rd ed

 

[723.M36] The Fifth Black Crusade. War declared on the Adeptus Astartes by the prince of Khorn, Doombreed. The Warhawks and the Venerators Space Marine chapters are lost. Liber Chaotica: Khorne, Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[776.M36] 16th Armageddon Steel Legion end the Cassell Rebellion in less than six hours. WD248

 

[799.M36] The Sentry Vault Incident. Periclitor leading an army to Urus Prime reaches inner sanctum of the vault, best Grey Knights and receives favours from the Chaos gods. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[901.M36] The Sixth Black Crusade. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[238.M37] Explorator Magos Prime Holisen Zi's expedition lost on Naogeddon. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[563.M37] Urhua Thereaux, assassin of the Venenum Temple, dispatched to assassinate renegae Governor Yawell, ruler of Morisha. Codex: Assassins 3rd ed

 

[811.M37] The slaughter of the Blood Angels at Mackau. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[885.M37] Aftermath of Balsoir Symposium investigated by Ordo Malleus and Relictors Chapter reveals effects of Tzeentchian daemons on casualties. WD274

 

[143.M38] Imperial Commander Brassika of Orlenza brought to justice by intervention of assassin. Codex: Assassins 3rd ed

 

[220.M38] Ambush of Chapter Master Orlando Furioso of the Howling Griffons at Arios Point. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[273.M38] The Corruption of the Sanctity IX Pedagogue. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[463.M38] Colonel Brin is executed as a Heretic. Codex: Eldar 3rd ed

 

[537.M38] The Ninth Black Crusade. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[788.M38] Adeptus Mechanicus research team discovers pyramid associated with Necrons. Pyramid defies detailed examination by team due to dense material it is made from. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[848.M38] Eldar Warpgate portal found in the Trojan Sector. Codex: Eldar 3rd ed

 

[873.M38] The Skopos Incident. Adeptus Mechanicus facility taken over by aliens, possibly Necrons. 22nd Elyssian Regiment send to reclaim facility but retreat due to casualties. Skopos destroyed by bombardment by supporting fleet. WD249

 

[967.M38] First recorded Imperial encounter with Archon Kruellagh. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[001.M39] The tenth Black Crusade. The Conflict of Helica. Iron Warriors fight Iron Hands at Medusa. Liber Chaotica: Khorne, Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[087.M39] Salamanders Chapter cleanses Ymgarl and its moons of any signs of life due to Genestealer infestation. WD266

 

[187.M39] Incitement of the Braun IV Tithe Wars. Periclitor elevated to Daemonhood. Trans-Kurani sub-sector erupts in civil war as Bray is heavily taxed to pay for orbital defence. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[301.M39] The Eleventh Black Crusade. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[332.M39] Inquisitor Grim reports White Panthers ruthlessly suppress rebellion on Kethra. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[373.M39] Delta 9 Massacre. Asdrubael Vect, Supreme Lord of the Kabal of the Black Heart, leads attack on Imperial planet. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[453.M41] The Ultramarines take part in the Pyra Crusades. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[547.M39] Battle of Regi IV. Weapons recovered from Eldar pirate for study. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[694.M39] Eldar pirates attack Jericho III, destroying capital, killing 3200 defence personnel and 1400 civilians, capturing 1500 defence personnel and 16800 civilians. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[699.M39] Remains of convoy en route to Vistro discovered. Imperial Navy Cruiser Judgement, four escorts and twelve Free Charter merchant vessels destroyed. Two destroyed Eldar vessels recovered for analysis. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[705.M39] Eldar troops penetrate polar arsenal of Stratix Forge World and make off with undisclosed amount of experimental military hardware. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[709.M39] Contact with colony on Banelund XI lost. 1200 colonists slain or missing, presumed captured. Eldar warpspace portal discovered. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[719.M39] At Jurn Orbit Imperial Naval vessels clash with Eldar. Loss of Battleship Excessive Force, the cruisers Pious Victory and Mighty Endeavour plus eight assorted support vessels. Eldar lose twelve ships. Codex: Dark Eldar 3rd ed

 

[763.M39] Crusader pattern Land Raider becomes officially recognised by Techpriests of Mars. WD249

 

[812.M39] Techmarine Suprema Lysol Blane of the Imperial Fists writes the Liber Proditor Armorum which contains information on the Traitor Legions' use of armoured vehicles. WD275

 

[980.M39] Space hulk Unholy Harbinger discovered with dense asteroid of Necron manufacture deep within the core. Inquisitor Daska killed while studying Necron artefact. Unholy Harbinger destroyed by salvo of torpedoes. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[998.M39] Space hulk Unholy Harbinger, constructed from thirty eight to forty two separate craft, at least thirteen of non-human origin, discovered just inside the Cloras jump point. Due to suspected collision course with Cloras III's major orbital, Helios, Black Templars summoned to secure engine control systems to allow space hulk's course to be altered. Unholy Harbinger thought to contain Standard Template Constuct data. Warhammer 40k Rulebook

 

[140.M40] During the Vern IV offensive, the Death Spectres Chapter loses almost all of its Predator Destructors to an Eldar of the Kabal of the Envenomed Thorn ambush. WD271

 

[245.M40] Rynn's World granted as homeworld to the Crimson Fists at the termination of the Vortigen Crusade. Crimson Fists fortress-monastery located in inhospitable Hellblade Mountains. WD235

 

[450-465.M40] The most complete version of Thorian beliefs, the Principles of the God Incarnate, enshrined in the Hesten Manuscript, compiled by Inquisitor Hesten. WD259

 

[567.M40] Sergeant Lysander of the Imperial Fists awarded Imperial Laurel by Captain Venatus of the Second Company for his acts of extreme courage and resilience under fire. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[734.M40] Inquisitor Garillion witnesses Blood Angels sleeping in sarcophagi used to create them. WD261

 

[755.M40] Chronal Dirge of Cestus IV compiles report on the Eldar. Warhammer 40k Rulebook

 

[757.M40] Report on Adeptus Astartes Beliefs by Balthazar van Heppel, Ministorum Envoy questions Space Marines spiritual practices. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[924.M40] Urgak the Unstoppable is assassinated by Vindicare assassin Skult on Roxanzand, Chelio Sector. Codex: Assassins 3rd ed

 

[009.M41] Xavier is apprenticed to Salamanders. Chaplain Hasdrubael officiates at Xavier's initiation into Chapter and Xavier impresses the Chaplain deeply. WD249

 

[022.M41] Chaos Space Marines raid Attica II and IV, but leave Attica Prime and its Planetary Governor, Erwin Borstar alone. WD277

 

[139-160.M41] The Gothic War. Abaddon leads huge force against the Gothic Sector with the aim of capturing the Blackstone Fortresses. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[145.M41] Falsified fleet movement instructions are uncovered following the complete destruction of Battle Group Portentia by unkown attackers - Alpha Legion possibly involved. WD277

 

[150.M41] The Battle of Gethsemane. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[151.M41] The Battle of Schindlegeist. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[213.M41] Forge world of Castabury in the Bethamor system falls to surprise attack led by Orks of Warlord Skarmork. Castabury is liberated by Death Korps of Krieg. WD249

 

[255.M41] A sudden plague of Crixian locusts on the agri-world, Daethryu Prime, decimate food crops causing widespread famine. Riots break out and local army mutinies. Loss of food exports from Daethryu Prime causes major supply problems in the sub-sector which hinders Imperial forces in subsequent years during Chaos incursions into Segmentum Pacificus. Alpha Legion is involved. WD277

 

[337.M41] Imperial Forces and Blood Reavers recover Word Bearers' Land Raider on Merric's World. Inquisitor Le Guinn of the Ordo Malleus investigates daemon possessing Land Raider and is destroyed in process. WD275

 

[356.M41] Severus is accepted by Ultramarines and successfully completes his training. WD255

 

[357.M41] Forces of Chaos, led by Abaddon the Despoiler. Land on Urthwart. Chaos Defilers successfully used in beseiging Bloden Keep and it falls within an hour. WD282

 

[358.M41] Severus receives Marksman Honour while a member of the Ultramarines' 6th Company in combat against Eldar Pirates. WD255

 

[359.M41] Severus receives an Imperial Laurel after being wounded in cleansing of Copul IV. WD255

 

[362.M41] Severus is promoted to sergeant of the Ultramarines' 3rd Company and commands a squad through the Siege of Belios and the first Balur Crusade. WD255

 

[367.M41] Severus receives Terminator honours. WD255

 

[371.M41] Severus is critically injured during the Battle of Corinth. His mortal remains are used to replace those of Brother Commodius in the Dreadnought Ironclaw. WD255

 

[444.M41] The First War for Armageddon. Codex: Chaos Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[445.M41] Prefect of Soliden, Erasmus Phramtle, notifies Council of the threat of alien aggressors in the Donorian Sector. Warhammer 40k Rulebook

 

[455.M41] Siege of Goddeth Hive, where the Black Consuls are recorded as being annihilated. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[474.M41] Increase in warpstorms causes disruption to deliveries to Armageddon leading to food riots and eventually an armed revolt. WD248

 

[499.M41] The Bellum Chaotica states that Daemon Prince Angron raises mighty horde of mutants, daemonhosts and renegades, which use the space hulk Devourer of Souls to close in on Armageddon. WD279

 

[641.M41] Explorator Magos Prime Reston Egal surveys Naogeddon and catalogues Xeno structures of Necron origin. World declared Purgatus. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[698.M41] The Corinthian Crusade. Marneus Calgar is elected leader of combined Space Marine force of Ultramarines, Lamenters, Marines Errant, Angels of Absolution and Silver Skulls on a seven year crusade. Ork empire of Charadon suffers a series of heavy defeats, delays invasion of Waaagh Argluk by some thirty years. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[704.M41] Siege of Tulwa. Calgar leads infiltration force which destroys the Fortress of Pain of the Iron Warriors Legion. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[727.M41] Magos Biologis Salk of the Draco Legion Biomedical Research Station, New Hallefuss, details the bio-weapons used by the Tyranids. WD257

 

[733.M41] Crusat Minor planetstrike by the Ultramarines. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[742.M41] Crusade in the Lithesh Sector. Imperium tries to restore grip on string of sub-sectors stretching between the Damocles Gulf and the Perdus Rift Anomaly. Codex: Tau 3rd ed

 

[745.M41] First documented encounter between mankind and Tyranids. Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator station at Tyran attacked and consumed but records allowed Inquisitor Kryptman to identify attacks and predict course of Hivefleet Behemoth. Ultramarine Dreadnought Severus participates in the Joran retaliation against the Tau Empire. Ultramarines' 3rd Company captain, Ardias, is killed shortly before force withdraws. Battle of Macragge. Calgar leads fleet of Ultramar against Hivefleet Behemoth. Entire Ultramarine's first company wiped out; Tyranids defeated. Codex: Tyranids 3rd ed; WD255; Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[749.M41] The 812th Feast of Blades. All 12 competing chapters in attendance. Hervald Strom of the Iron Knights wins. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed.

 

[750.M41] Space Marines from the Red Wolves chapter fight off the Night Lords Chaos Space Marines as they wreak havoc in the Ango sub-sector, while searching for the possessed cruiser Shadeblight. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[753.M41] Marshal Primus Rogal Surr intercepts transcript of Cult Mechanicus trial in which Tech-Adept Uvochi is accused of techno-heresy. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[745.M41] All traces of Genestealer infestation are removed from the moon of Ymgarl by the Salamanders 2nd Company. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[759.M41] Scouring of Quintarn. Calgar drives Ork scavengers from triple system of Quintarn, Tarentus and Masali. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[760.M41] Tau commander O'Shovah establishes a string of heavily fortified stronghold-colonies. Codex: Tau 3rd ed

 

[763.M41] Sack of Penury IV. Tau Fire Warriors fight alongside pirate forces. Codex: Tau 3rd ed

 

[765.M41] Space Marine Chapter losses to date: lost in warp: 13; irrecoverable battle losses: 21; gene-seed failure: 9; inquisitorial purge: 4; other circumstances: 16. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[766.M41] Magos Biologis Salk of the Draco Legion Biomedical Research Station, New Hallefuss, describes the steps Tyranids use to assimilate a planet. WD255

 

[772.M41] Gauntlet of the Forge recovered by Forgefather He'stan Vulkan of the Salamanders, after defeating the warband of Eldar pirate lord Lath Bloodweaver. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[777.M41] Cadian Imperial forces slow the onslaught of a large Black Legion warband exiting the Eye of Terror. A counter attack from the Imperial Fists throws the Chaos Space Marines in to the warp. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[785.M41] The N'kele Massacres. Necron raids begin in the Roian Strait of the Segmentum Obscurus. WD271

 

[807.M41] Purgation of Jhanna. Calgar leads two Ultramarine companies and recaptures oceanic cities of Omon and Vorlencia. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[812.M41] The Purging of Contqual. The Iron Hands drive the taint of Chaos from a dozen planets in the Contqual sector. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[819. M41] The Mortificators and Crimson Fists come to blows after a perceived slight. The dispute is ended by Maneus Calgar before it escalates to open war, and the matter is kept from the attention of the Adeptus Terra. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[839.M41] The Magos Biologis of New Hallefuss debate the theories of the Tyranid Hive Mind. WD258

 

[845.M41] The Inando system is purged by the Blood Swords Space Marines. More than 100 Billion Imperial citizens slain. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[849.M41] The 813th Feast of Blades. Hervald Strom is victorious again despite suffering heavy injuries in the Vinculus Crusade. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[850-901.M41] Sons of Anteus answer plea for help from Guild Fathers in the Third Inter-Guild War of the Inca Sector. WD279

 

[852.M41] Craftworld Idharae is left a ruined and desolate hulk by the Invaders Chapter, who suffer horrific casualties. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[853.M41] Battle of Steel Cross. Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists slays Ork Warlord and his entire bodyguard. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[857.M41] Dead worlds of the Lazar system are blockaded for 3 years by the Silver Skulls Chapter Fleet, with no explanation. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[861.M41] Battle of Arconar. Calgar defeats powerful coalition of Eldar raiders on feral world of Arconar. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[862.M41] Kayvaan Shrike and the Raven Guard 3rd Company are amonst the forces that respond to the invasion of the Targus system by Waaagh! Skullkrak. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[865.M41] The puging of Modanna by the White Scars. Kernax Voldorius is driven from his stronghold by Kor'sarro Khan. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[867.M41] Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists manages to break through Eldar lines; suffers seventeen wounds, including a stabbing wound to one of his hearts. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[871.M41] Liberation oof Quintus. Kor'sarro Khan finally slays Kernax Voldorius in the streets of Mankarra, with the help of the Raven Guard 3rd Company. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[879.M41] Battle of Knarts Landing. Calgar eliminates rebel army led by General Dornal in thirty day battle on industrial world of Knarts Landing. Ultramarines casualties less than 17%. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[892.M41] Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists defends breach in Fortress Maladon's wall for twenty-one hours of constant fighting. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[895.M41] A devastating attack is launched on the Invaders Chapter planet. Still under strength following their assault on Idharae they are quickly overcome, though three companies escape the disaster. The Invaders are thereafter a spacebound chapter. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[897.M41] First recorded contact with Necrons by Imperial forces of the Sisters of the Adeptus Sororitas at Sanctuary 101. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[901-912.M41] The Badab War. Rebel Space Marines of the Tiger Claws led by mentally unstable Commander Huron joined by Executioners and Lamenters destroy Imperial Ships around Badab. Fire Hawks, Marines Errant, Red Scorpions, Minotaurs, Star Phantoms, Exorcists, Fire Angels, Salamanders, Space Sharks and Sons of Medusa all involved in quelling rebellion. WD101

 

[903.M41] Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists fights through entire Kardian campaign without supplies. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

Canoness Sepherina makes a pilgrimage from Terra to Sanctuary 101 to reconsecrate the hallowed ground of the convent after the Necron attack six years earlier. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[917.M41] Battle of Amion fought against rebel forces of the King of the Further Reaches. Tech-Marine Clearn and his driver Marine Rillan of the Red Talon Space Marines in Land Raider Eagle's Claw breach rebel's main defensive lines, which leads to final defeat of rebels. Azrael becomes Master of Death Wing. WD247; WD254

 

[921.M41] A variant Genestealer with sac-like pouches containing virulent inorganic poisons and haemotoxins is captured. WD266

 

[926.M41] The Necron Worldengine is destroyed on the edge of the Doranno system, thanks mainly to the sacrifice of the Astral Knights, after it was revealed as the architect of the destruction in the Vidar sub-sector. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[929.M41] The Tamari Rebellions- Veteran Sergeant Vandar of the Ultramarines 2nd Company becomes the youngest ever recipitent of the Iron Halo, awarded for tactical brilliance. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[934.M41] Toran VI massacres. The Crimson Fists defeat the warband of Chaos Lord Sathash the Golden. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[939.M41] Azrael becomes Grand Master of the Dark Angels. WD254

 

[941.M41] Ghazghkull launches a massive campaign of destruction, which begins with the bloody invasion of Armageddon. WD182

 

[943.M41] The White Scars' Great Khan Kyublai vanishes fighting the Dark Eldar. WD257

 

[944.M41] Balur Crusade. Calgar elected leader of Space Marine force operating against worlds in the Eastern Fringe. Operation begin with scouring of Ork-held Balur and end with devastation of Boros. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

 

[949.M41] The 814the Feast of Blades. Only 8 chapetrs are in attendance. Supremacy tied between the Imperial Fists and Crimson Fists. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[951.M41] The Amar Secession is brought to an end after rapid strikes by the Howling Griffons. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[954.M41] The fall of Rogue's Spire. A fighting retreat by the Sable Swords allows the Explorator and Mechanicus research teams to escape Waaagh! Dethrekka.

 

[960.M41] The Red Corsairs and their allies assault the Marines Errant fortress monastery and plunder the loyalist gene-seed. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[963.M41] Fire Hawks Chapter disappears during warp jump to the Crows World subsector. WD99

 

[964.M41] Darnath Lysander escapes from the Iron Warriors stronhold of Molodrax. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[966.M41] Lysander leads the Imperial Fists to Molodrax and scours the Iron Warriors from the planet. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[970.M41] A Necron Tomb stirs to life in the caverns of the Emperor's Swords' chapter planet of Bellicas, wiping out the chapter to the last man. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[978.M41] Purging of Xoedic Binary by Grey Knights. Codex: Daemonhunters 3rd ed

 

[983.M41] 23rd Bruttiam Regiment raised in response to Administratum decree requesting troops to take part in the Third Araklionid War. Codex: Imperial Guard 3rd ed

Fire Hawks declared lost in the warp twenty years after setting out for Crow's World on a counter-invasion mission against the Eldar. WD279

 

[983-985.M41] Creed and Kell fight through Hrud migration. WD283, Codex: Eye of Terror

 

[987.M41] 23rd Bruttiam Regiment eliminates Eldar raiding force that attacked Xenthorp Minor. Codex: Imperial Guard 3rd ed

 

[988-989.M41] Warlord Snagrod the Arch-Arsonist of Charadon invades Badlanding and then Rynn's World, homeworld of the Crimson Fists. WD 235

 

[989.M41] Helbrecht is elected High Marshal of Black Templars. WD 249

Verdus Prince Desecration of the Basilica of St Capilene - Necrons engage with Black Templars. Codex: Necrons 3rd ed

 

[990.M41] The Fire Lords Chapter descends on Bellicas to extermiinate the Necron menace and avenge the destruction of the Emperor's Swords. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[992.M41] Reports of Hivefleet Kraken in eastern fringe. VIII Kimmerian regiment assisted by Jotun Bearclaw's Space Wolf Great Company in Brightfast Mountains of Ichar IV. The Imperial Guard regiment is wiped out attacking a Tyranid brood nest. Lord General Creed annihilates Ulthwé raid on Aurent. Codex: Tyranids 3rd ed; WD245; WD283, Codex: Eye of Terror

 

[993.M41] Splinter fleets from Hivefleet Kraken move towards galactic core. Codex: Tyranids 3rd ed

After seventy years of labour, and following on from the work of eight hundred and thirty six generations of Keepers of the Library Sanctus of Terra, Keeper Cripias finishes the history of the majesty of the Human race. He is declared a heretic in the following year. Warhammer 40k Rulebook

 

[994.M41] Evacuation of Aleph Sigmar. Prefect Vertex evacuates planet in face of Tyranid splinter-fleet from Ichar IV, Hivefleet Harbinger. Codex: Tau 3rd ed

 

[995.M41] Defence of Ichar IV. Calgar acts as supreme commander in defence of Ichar IV, a vital industrial world on the Eastern Fringe. Tyranid invaders held in check by combined force of Space Marines, Imperial Guard and Eldar. Codex: Space Marines 3rd ed

Lords of Wrath Chapter and 23rd Bruttiam Regiment capture and arrest Decius Mus, better known as Arch-Heretic of Auscum. Codex: Imperial Guard 3rd ed

Hive Fleet Jorungandr begins to attack the north eastern boundaries of the Imperium. The counter attack is lead by the Death Spectres and the Honoured Sons. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[997.M41] Inquisitor Kryptman identifies pattern of attacks by Tyranid Hivefleet Leviathan stretching along the Ultima Segmentum, Segmentum Tempestus and Segmentum Solar. Centre of attacks close to Ork empire of the Overfiend of Octarius. The Temple of the Star Child is destroyed on Levilnor IV. Codex: Tyranids 3rd ed; Warhammer 40k Rulebook

 

[998.M41] Massacre on desert planet Triasta by Necrons. Deathwatch investigation proves that Necrons teleport back to tomb complexes. WD 271

Inquisitor Lichtenstein declared Excommunicate traitoris. Codex: Daemonhunters 3rd ed

 

[999.M41] Third invasion of Armageddon led by Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka. Codex: Armageddon

Creed becomes Lord Castellan of Cadia after members of the Cadian High Command are murdered. WD283

 

[980999.M41] A Chaos Space Marine fleet of Red Corsairs, under the command of Huron Blackheart, emerges from the Maelstorm and brings the Chogoris, Kaelas and Sessec systems under siege. The threat is met by the White Scars. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed, Warhammer 40K Rulebook 5th ed

 

[989999.M41] The Lagan system is liberated from the Tau Empire by the Ultramarines 3rd Company

 

[990999.M41] Imperial worlds in the Galactic south are caught in the crossfire between Saimm Hann Eldar and the Orks of Octavius. The Raven Guard, White Scars and Salamanders unite to defend the planets. Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

 

[992999.M41] The Night of a Thousand Rebellions: A wave of discord sweeps thought stable sections of the Imperium, with several worlds rebelling. Contact is lost with large areas inside the Segmentum Pacificus. Warhammer 40K Rulebook 5th ed

 

[995999.M41] The Thirteenth Black Crusade. Attack on Cadia and surrounding worlds. An Imperial counter-attack barely pushes back the tide of Chaos, at a great cost. Codex: Eye of Terror, Warhammer 40K Rulebook 5th ed

[mekboy bigdakka]

It's a good idea, but probably harder to nail down a lot of specific events than you might think. A lot of stuff in the fluff is only vaguely specified, so you might miss out on a lot of stuff.

 

By all means, discuss it though. I'd like to see what others think, as you guys will be the ones providing the dates. We are only here to fix up the end result and decide if it can be published.

[captain_shrike]

Well I think we should only start at the beginning of the Imperium, so that would be......the Emperor's conquest of Terra?27000?

[Elijah7]

I think if you are going to persue this, you should remember to site sources, i.e. M.32 Imperial Death Chickens founded (Source: I was a teenage Imperial Death Chicken, GW paperback, page 4129) so that conflicts or vagueries can be supported or disputed.

[The WarpGhost]

i.e. M.32 Imperial Death Chickens founded (Source: I was a teenage Imperial Death Chicken, GW paperback, page 4129)

I think you'll find it was on p.3987, though only if the wind is blowing north-westerly

[Maeklos]

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Timeline

 

Timeline over at the Lexicanum website.

[Bombax]

http://www.criticalhit.co.uk/component/opt...pper/Itemid,55/

 

Here's another one.

[StratoKhan]

I also direct you to Brother Pariah's Ultramarines Timeline.

[captain_shrike]

OK, so I'm gonna revive this to work on myself.....I'm just gonna quietly plod along compiling stuff which will be posted in the first post...anyone feel free to post anything extra or corrections...with sources please.

 

Currenly working in adding in information from various rulebooks and supplements from anything after 3rd edition(e.g new codicies, Cities of Death) and White Dwarf from #280 onwards- with help from the Lexicanium timeline, which is pretty detailed to say the least, but I have found stuff which isn't on there.

 

I have the following to sift through:

Codex: Space Marines 4th ed

Codex: Space Marines 5th ed

Really old Ultramarines codex

Warhammer 40k rulebook 4th ed

Codex: Armageddon

The newest Codex: Dark Angels

I may also have Codex: Black Templars and the first Tau codex somewhere

 

I also have a collection of White Dwarf magazines, and will update with which ones I have been through. Would appreciate it if anyone who has any of the rulebooks/supplements I don't have could have a sift through and post anything found ;)

And also if you could chime in with some WD entries :P