Timeline

Before Common Era

 * Millions of Years Ago
 * A large meteorite strikes Antarctica. (Tomb Raider)
 * Unknown Times
 * One of the rulers of Atlantis, Natla, is imprisoned beneath the desert of what will one day be New Mexico for abusing the powers of the Atlantean Scion. (Tomb Raider)
 * Polynesians find the meteorite in Antarctica and carve five artifacts from it. They flee, however, when their children begin born with deformities. (Tomb Raider)
 * 9000
 * Earliest known inhabitants of Peru. (Indiana Jones)
 * 3180
 * Skara Brae is settled.
 * 3067
 * The Scorpion King ends his seven year campaign after a defeat at Thebes drives him and his army into the desert. He makes a deal committing his soul to Anubis for an army that can defeat his enemies. Anubis gives him command of the Army of Anubis, but after the battle he is imprisoned for 5,000 years. (The Mummy)
 * 2900
 * Set is imprisoned by his brother Horus in a secret tomb within the Valley of Kings.  (Tomb Raider)
 * 2686
 * Old Kingdom begins in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 2584
 * Construction begins on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
 * 2222
 * A meteorite strikes Assyria. Metal is taken from this and forged into the sword Excalibur. (Bonekickers)
 * 2181
 * Old Kingdom ends in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 2133
 * Middle Kingdom begins in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1633
 * Middle Kingdom ends in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1567
 * New Kingdom begins in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1500
 * The Minoan Eruption: A volcanic eruption on Thera wipes out the Minoans there, and destroys much of the land that is part of Atlantis. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1400
 * The Ark of the Covenant is built. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1300
 * An ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll is written, claiming that it was written at the location where the First Time took place. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1290
 * Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun kill the pharaoh Seti I when their affair is discovered. Imhotep is cursed with the Hom Dai when he attempts to resurrect his love. (The Mummy)
 * 1085
 * New Kingdom ends in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 980
 * Pharoah Shishak invades Jerusalem. (Indiana Jones)
 * 753
 * April 21: Rome is founded. (Indiana Jones)
 * 600
 * Estimated time construction began on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
 * 586
 * Jerusalem is invaded by the Babylonians. The Temple of Solomon is destroyed, countless artifacts and captives are brought to Babylon. (Indiana Jones)
 * 563
 * Gautama Buddha is born. (Indiana Jones)
 * 550
 * Construction begins on the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
 * 509
 * Tarquin the Proud is overthrown as king of Rome, the Roman Republic is founded. (Indiana Jones)
 * 435
 * The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is constructed.
 * 367
 * Aristotle leaves Stagira for Athens. (Indiana Jones)
 * 356
 * The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is burned by invaders. (Indiana Jones)
 * 351
 * Mausoleum at Halicarnassus begins being constructed.
 * 300
 * The Yayoi period begins on Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * At some point during this period, a spy posing as foreign ambassador visits the island and witnesses Queen Himiko’s power. When he returns, he advises his liege not to trifle with her.
 * Other nations are not so wise -- many attempts to conquer Yamatai are made during this period. None succeed.
 * 292
 * The Colossus of Rhodes begins to be constructed.
 * 270
 * The Lighthouse of Alexandria begins to be constructed following plans made by Sostratos. (Indiana Jones)
 * 224
 * The Colossus of Rhodes is toppled in an earthquake. (Indiana Jones)
 * 221
 * Qin Shihuang becomes the first emperor of unified China. (Indiana Jones)
 * 218
 * A meteorite lands in China, foretelling the death of Emperor Qin Shihuang. (Indiana Jones)
 * 217
 * Qin Shihuang orders construction to begin on his tomb. (Indiana Jones)
 * 210
 * Tibetan monks battle against the forces of Emperor Qin Shihuang at the Great Wall of China. The Emperor loses, despite using the Dagger of Xian, and is killed. The Dagger is brought back to its proper resting place. (Tomb Raider)
 * 200
 * Emperor Han of China attempts to achieve immortality with the help of Zi Yuan. Realizing his evil, she ultimately places a curse upon him and his army -- suspending them in a clay. (The Mummy)
 * 196
 * The Rosetta Stone is created. (Indiana Jones)
 * 64
 * The Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors begins to be constructed in Peru. (Indiana Jones)
 * 44
 * March 15: Julius Caesar is assassinated. (Indiana Jones)
 * 30
 * Egypt becomes part of the Roman Republic. (Indiana Jones)
 * Mark Antony and Cleopatra are entombed together.
 * 27
 * The Roman Empire is formed out of the Roman Republic. Augustus Octavian becomes the first Emperor of Rome. (Indiana Jones)

Common Era

 * 30
 * Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (Indiana Jones)
 * 37
 * Joseph of Arimethea travels to Great Britain. (Indiana Jones)
 * 43
 * Roman invasion of Great Britain. (Indiana Jones)
 * 79
 * Mount Vesuvius erupts. (Indiana Jones)
 * 262
 * The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is burned by invaders.
 * 300
 * The Yayoi period ends on Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * 325
 * The First Council of Nicaea occurs. During the council, the Arian controversy occurs as Arius makes an argument denying the divinity of Jesus Christ. The Council finds against Arius and he and his followers are labeled heretics. (Uncharted)
 * Arius’ ideas will become an influence on the Sete Cidades.
 * 336
 * Arius dies. Many consider this a miracle. (Uncharted)
 * 341
 * Roman expansion of the fortress at Kaliakura is completed.
 * 400
 * Rumors begin circulating that the Ark of the Covenant in the Axum in Ethiopia. It is not. (Indiana Jones)
 * 410
 * Visigoths sack Rome. The Roman Empire falls. (Indiana Jones)

Dark Ages

 * 622
 * Muhammad moves from Mecca to Medina. (Indiana Jones)
 * 653
 * The last vestiges of the Colossus of Rhodes disappear. (Indiana Jones)
 * 711
 * The Moors invade the Iberian Peninsula. In order to preserve Spanish treasures, seven bishops depart in ships loaded with artifacts and gold. The ships are never seen again but legend holds that they founded seven perfect cities that are gateways to Heaven. (Uncharted)
 * This legend directly gives rise to Sete Cidades.
 * 722
 * The Battle of Covadonga begins the Reconquista -- efforts by Christians to retake the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. (Uncharted)
 * 970
 * The Deathless Prophet arrives in Constantinople. He quickly impresses Decius. (Tomb Raider)
 * 972
 * Now fully devoted to the Deathless Prophet, Decius has recruited many others to follow. (Tomb Raider)
 * 977
 * The Deathless Prophet and his followers are driven out of Constantinople by the Order of Trinity. (Tomb Raider)
 * 978
 * Rayne of Tarsus paints a Byzantine fresco depicting the Deathless Prophet and his followers. (Tomb Raider)
 * 979
 * The Deathless Prophet and his followers reach their new home -- where they will build Kitezh. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1000
 * The Temple of the Sun is constructed in the Canyon of the Crescent Moon. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1066
 * Norman conquest of England. (Indiana Jones)

The Crusades

 * 1095
 * The First Crusade begins. (Uncharted)
 * 1099
 * The First Crusade begins with the founding of the Crusader States -- Christian states within the Middle East. (Uncharted)
 * During the Crusades an amulet bearing the name of a city through which the city of Ubar could be reached was found. The Crusaders broke the amulet in half. One half remained in one of the Crusader castles in Syria, while another was brought back to France.
 * 1118
 * The Knights Templar are founded. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1147
 * The Muslims invade the Crusader state of Edessa. The Second Crusade begins in retaliation. (Uncharted)
 * 1149
 * The Second Crusade officially ends. It is an abject failure. (Uncharted)
 * 1163
 * Construction begins on Notre Dame Cathedral. (Indiana Jones)
 * Good Friday: Saint Hildegard of Bingen experiences a vision of the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1176
 * Saladin begins construction on Cairo’s Citadel. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1185
 * The Kamakura period begins on Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * During this period, Himiko attempts to possess Hoshi. Hoshi kills herself during the ritual, leaving Himiko trapped in her corpse. Believing he has failed Himiko, the Stormguard General kills himself shortly thereafter.
 * 1187
 * Saladin reconquers the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, prompting Richard the Lionheart to begin the Third Crusade. (Uncharted/Indiana Jones)
 * 1192
 * The Third Crusade ends, a tenuous peace is reached. (Uncharted)
 * 1238
 * The Grail Knight begins his tenure protecting the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1250
 * Portugal and Spain are reconquered and established as separate kingdoms. The only part of the Iberian Peninsula still controlled by the Moors is Granada. (Uncharted)
 * 1267
 * A Franciscan friar who had met the Grail Knight dies in Kaffa, Crimea. His last words are recorded on the Kaffa Parchment. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1271
 * Marco Polo leaves Venice for China. (Uncharted/Indiana Jones)
 * During the journey, he discovers Shambala and the Cintamani Stone. (Uncharted)
 * 1291
 * May 18: Christians are driven out of Jerusalem, taking the last Christian stronghold of the Middle East and effectively putting an end to the Crusades.
 * 1292
 * After a Persian envoy arrives in China seeking a bride for their ruler, Kublai Khan permits Marco Polo and his party to leave China with 14 ships laden with treasure. There are 600 passengers. One ship arrives in Persia, some years later, with only 18 passengers. No record is made of what became of the rest of the party. (Uncharted)
 * 1295
 * The Polos return to Venice. (Uncharted)
 * 1303
 * The Lighthouse of Alexandria is destroyed by an earthquake.
 * 1307
 * Friday, October 13: The Knights Templar are arrested by agents of King Phillip IV.
 * 1333
 * The Kamakura period ends on Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1431
 * May 30: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.
 * Joan of Arc's bones are smuggled by a German monk to Verdun. (Bonekickers)
 * 1445
 * Pieter Echkardt is imprisoned. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1453
 * Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Empire. (Indiana Jones)

Age of Exploration

 * 1492
 * The king of Granada surrenders to Spain. (Uncharted)
 * Spain expels its entire Jewish population -- the Ottoman Empire grants them refuge. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1513
 * Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida while in search of the Fountain of Youth. (PotC)
 * 1519
 * Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire. (PotC)
 * The Aztecs deliver a stone chest containing 882 pieces of Aztec gold -- blood money to appease his slaughter. When the conquest doesn’t end, the gold is cursed so that anyone who removes one coin from the chest would become undead skeletons. The chest ultimately ends up on Isla de Muerta. (PotC)
 * 1520
 * Hernando Cortes gives the Cross of Coronado to Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, and sends him in search of the Seven Cities of Gold. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1527
 * The enslaved Esteban the Moor is brought to Central America -- he is the first African in the New World. (Uncharted)
 * 1531
 * Marcos de Niza -- a Franciscan friar and a member of the Sete Cidades -- sets sail for the New World. He lands in the northern part of modern day Mexico. (Uncharted)
 * Michael Villanueva publishes a book on theology “On Errors of the Trinity” under the pen name Servetus. He becomes known as Michael Servetus. (Uncharted)
 * 1532
 * The Spanish land in Peru, led by Francisco Pizarro. (Indiana Jones)
 * November 16: Pizarro imprisons Atahuallpa, the Incan emperor. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1533
 * August 29: Francisco Pizarro executes Atahuallpa.  (Indiana Jones)
 * 1537
 * Marcos de Niza, Esteban the Moor, and a number of Conquistadors set out in search of the Seven Cities. They discover the ruins of Quivira but -- believing they have found a gateway to hell -- Marcos kills Esteban as a sacrifice to keep the evil within, and then murders the conquistadors so they will not tell anyone of their discovery. (Uncharted)
 * 1539
 * Francisco Vasquez de Coronado forces Marcos de Niza to lead him to Quivira. Instead, Marcos leads him in the wrong direction. Coronado is furious and brands Marcos as “the liar friar”. (Uncharted)
 * 1544
 * The Mission of St. John is constructed. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1553
 * April 4: Michael Servetus is arrested for heresy. He escapes three days later. Ultimately, he is recapture on August 13 and burned at the stake on October 27. (Uncharted)
 * 1573
 * Brother Herbert of St. Francis Folly writes in his prayer journal, mentioning rumors that Tihocan’s tomb is beneath the monastery and contains a piece of the Atlantean Scion. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1577
 * Members of the Hermetic Secret Order, including Queen Elizabeth I, deduce the location of Ubar. Francis Drake is assigned to find it, under the guise of acting as a privateer. (Uncharted)
 * 1578
 * Thomas Doughty is executed for witchcraft under evidence provide by Francis Drake. Drake promptly changes the name of his ship to the Golden Hind. (Uncharted)
 * Drake finds Ubar and is horrified at the discovery. He erases all traces of his voyage, and leaves warnings telling others not to seek out Ubar. (Uncharted)
 * 1580
 * September 26: Francis Drake returns to England, lying to the queen and telling her that he did not find Ubar. The queen orders all knowledge of the journey classified and kept quiet under pain of death. (Uncharted)
 * 1581
 * Francis Drake is knighted. (Uncharted)
 * 1583
 * Nurhachi becomes the leader of his clan. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1590
 * Spanish conquistadors discover El Dorado and move the statue to a hidden island. (Uncharted)
 * In the following few years, Francis Drake also learns of El Dorado and seeks to plunder it -- until he learns of its curse and decides that no nation should be able to find it and takes steps to ensure that does not happen.
 * 1596
 * Francis Drake fakes his death, sinking his coffin into the ocean with his diary. He then proceeds to the island where El Dorado is being kept in hopes of destroying it-- instead, he met his demise there. (Uncharted)
 * 1600
 * Approximate time when Davy Jones falls in love with the sea goddess Calypso. He is given the task of ferrying souls that have died at sea to the afterlife, only able to set foot on dry land once every ten years. (PotC)
 * The East India Trading Company is founded. (PotC)
 * 1603
 * November 30 - December 30: Andres Lopez and Truylos Serrano arrive at Paititi with twelve soldiers and two molossers. They retrieve the Silver Box of Ix Chel and bring it to the Mission of St. John. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1604
 * December 18: Andres Lopez, now called Angel de la Cruz, begins construction on a library to hide the Silver Box of Ix Chel in. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1610
 * Davy Jones sets foot on dry land, but his love Calypso is nowhere to be found. The First Brethren Court is convening at roughly this time, and so Davy Jones convinces them to use the Nine Pieces of Eight to bind Calypso into human form. (PotC)
 * Shortly after this, grief-stricken at the terrible thing he had done, Davy Jones carves out his own heart and locks it in the Dead Man’s Chest. He refuses his duty, and begins terrorizing the sea. He and his crew become cursed to slowly transform into sea creatures. (PotC)
 * 1616
 * Nurhachi begins his reign as an emperor of the Manchu Dynasty. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1626
 * Nurhachi dies and is cremated. (Indiana Jones)

The Golden Age of Piracy

 * 1656
 * James Harrington's The Common-wealth of Oceana is published. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1661
 * The Second Brethren Court convenes. Henry Morgan and Bartholomew establish the Pirate’s Code and write it in the Pirata Codex. The Court establishes a Keeper and Carriers of the Code, as well as how to elect a Pirate King and how to summon further sessions of the court. (PotC)
 * 1687
 * Cutler Beckett is born. (PotC)
 * 1668
 * Hector Barbossa is born in the West Indies. (PotC)
 * Edward Teague is born. (PotC)
 * 1690
 * Jack Sparrow is born to Edward Teague and an unknown woman. (PotC)
 * 1693
 * Angelica is born, the daughter of Blackbeard and an unknown woman. (PotC)
 * 1695
 * The Gunsway Heist occurs. Thomas Tew fakes his death to avoid capture. (Uncharted)
 * 1696
 * Henry Avery makes a deal with the governor of Nassau. (Black Sails)
 * Henry Avery disappears. (Uncharted)
 * 1701
 * King Frederick I of Prussia commissions construction of the Amber Room. (Uncharted)
 * 1703
 * A Spanish raid on Nassau leads to the death of Eleanor Guthrie’s mother. Richard Guthrie leaves Nassau, leaving Mr. Scott in charge. (Black Sails)
 * 1704
 * The Whale & Waterspout Inn is established in Port Royal. (PotC)
 * Eleanor Guthrie first meets Charles Vane. (Black Sails)
 * 1705
 * Cutler Beckett is captured and tortured by pirates, before his ransom is eventually paid by Lord Reginald Marmaduke Bracegirdle-Penwallow. (PotC)
 * James McGraw and Lord Thomas Hamilton, along with Miranda Hamilton, come up with a plan to bring law and order back to Nassau. They fail to gain any support, Thomas is imprisoned and James and Miranda are exiled. (Black Sails)
 * Edward Teach kills the governor of New Providence’s wife and son. (Black Sails)
 * 1706
 * James McGraw and Miranda Hamilton arrive in Nassau. McGraw “creates” Captain Flint and becomes a pirate. By June, he takes his first noticeable prize. (Black Sails)
 * 1707
 * British Royal Navy and East India Company forces unified under the command of Admiral Lawrence Norrington attempt to capture Captain Edward Teague. (PotC)
 * Eleanor Guthrie bans Edward Teach from Nassau, and begins an affair with Charles Vane. (Black Sails)
 * England and Scotland join together to form the United Kingdom. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1708
 * Armando Salazar attempts to destroy piracy in the Caribbean, but Jack Sparrow tricks him into sailing into the Devil’s Triangle. Salazar’s ship sinks and his whole crew is lost -- only to be resurrected as ghosts. (PotC)
 * Will Turner is born. (PotC)
 * Elizabeth Swann is born. (PotC)
 * 1713
 * King Frederick I of Prussia dies. Construction of the Amber Room ceases. (Uncharted)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
 * 1715
 * Jack Sparrow, an employee of the East India Trading Company, is given command of his own merchant vessel, the Wicked Wench. (PotC)
 * Black Sails
 * 1716
 * King Frederick William of Prussia  enters an alliance with Russia. He sends the panels of the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift. (Uncharted)
 * Jack Sparrow refuses to transport a cargo of slaves for the East India Company. Cutler Beckett has him branded as a pirate and burns the Wicked Wench. Jack Sparrow makes a deal with Davy Jones -- raising the ship from the depths, so Jack can continue to sail it for twelve years before serving aboard the Flying Dutchman for a hundred years. Jack renames his ship the Black Pearl. (PotC)
 * Jack Sparrow becomes Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea. (PotC)
 * 1718
 * Jack Sparrow recruits a crew to seek the Treasure of Cortes. Hector Barbossa leads a mutiny three days into the voyage, after Jack has given him the bearings of the Isla de Muerta. Jack is marooned on a desert island. (PotC)
 * Barbossa’s crew successfully find the treasure and spends it -- only learning the curse that has befallen them afterwards. They set about reclaiming and returning all of the 882 pieces of treasure.
 * "Bootstrap" Bill Turner, believing the crew deserves to be cursed for their mutiny, sends his gold coin to his son. Barbossa straps Turner to a cannon and sinks him into the sea. Unable to die, Turner endures a tormented existence until Davy Jones rescues him in return for 100 years of serving aboard the Flying Dutchman.
 * Blackbeard is believed to be killed in battle, but he truly survives and begins practicing magic. (PotC)
 * 1720
 * Will Turner’s ship is attacked by the Black Pearl but he is rescued by the crew of the HMS Dauntless. (PotC)
 * Weatherby Swann sets himself up as governor of Port Royal. (PotC)
 * Approximate year Henry Avery and Thomas Tew convince Edward England, Richard Want, Christopher Condent, Tariq bin Malik, William Mayes, Joseph Farrell, Anne Bonny, Yazid al-Basra, Adam Baldridge, and Guy Wood to become Pirate Lords and found Libertalia with them. (Uncharted)
 * Some time soon after the pirate nation is constructed, tensions rise and a civil war breaks out. Tew and Avery poison the other pirates, and then battle each other -- all of the pirate lords end up dead on the island off the coast of Madagascar. (Uncharted)
 * 1728
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
 * 1729
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
 * 1730
 * Henry Turner is born. (PotC)
 * 1732
 * Hector Barbossa and Margaret Smyth give birth to Carina Smyth. Margaret dies, Barbossa leaves Carina with nothing but her name and the Diary of Galileo Galilei. (PotC)
 * 1739
 * Elizabeth Swann and her son Henry spend one day with Will Turner, who they believed would be freed from his duty. However, he returns to the Flying Dutchman after just one day. (PotC)
 * 1742
 * Henry Turner tries to drown but he is rescued by the Flying Dutchman. He tells his father about the Trident of Poseidon, which could break his curse. Will Turner tells him to forget it. (PotC)
 * 1746
 * The Queen Anne’s Revenge attacks the Black Pearl. Blackbeard shrinks the Pearl and keeps it in a bottle. (PotC)
 * 1749
 * Carine Smyth disguises herself as a man to attend university classes. (PotC)
 * 1750
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
 * 1751
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
 * 1754
 * Treasure Island
 * 1761
 * Nicholas Flamel and his wife are spotted at an opera in Paris -- making them over 400 years old. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1770
 * The Amber Room is finally completed -- at the Summer Palace in Russia. (Uncharted)
 * 1776
 * The United States of America formally declares its independence from England. (Indiana Jones)

Nineteenth Century

 * 1822
 * The Rosetta Stone is deciphered by Jean-François Champollion. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1823
 * Barnett College is established in Fairfield, New York. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1828
 * The Thuggee cult is brutally and violently suppressed -- it temple is destroyed. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1834
 * Charles Darwin’s expedition departs. Over the course of the global voyage, they stop in Antarctica, where Paul Caulfield is killed by a wolf. The others each take one of the meteorite artifacts found there -- and subsequently, the artifacts are scattered around the world. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1839
 * Pankot Palace is built over the ruins of a large Thuggee temple dedicated to Kali. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1843
 * Juan Crisostomos Nieto explores the Chachapoyas region of Peru. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1845
 * February 7: A drunken visitor to the British Museum smashes the Portland Vase. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1849
 * An oil painting depicting Sir Galahad kneeling before the Holy Grail is painted. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1850
 * A wood engraving of the Fountain of Youth is made. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1872
 * December 12: Henry Walton Jones is born in Scotland. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1878
 * March 17: Anna Mary Jones is born in Virginia. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1880
 * Minos Kalokairinios discovers the walls of the labyrinth of King Minos on Crete. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1885
 * William Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Naukratis, Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1886
 * Rumors begin circulating of an unspoiled Chachapoyan temple. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1893
 * National Geographer Magazine is founded. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1898
 * Henry Walton Jones and Anna Mary Jones are married. (Indiana Jones)
 * April 2: Henry Walton Jones has a vision of the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1899
 * July 1: Henry Jones Jr. is born. (Indiana Jones)

Twentieth Century

 * 1900
 * Henry Walton Jones Sr becomes a professor of medieval literature at Princeton University. (Indiana Jones)
 * March 16: Arthur Evans locates the Palace of Knossos. (Indiana Jones)
 * Augst 24: Henry Walton Jones Sr. returns home from the conference of the Association of American Medievalists. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1903
 * Nurhachi’s ashes are stolen. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1905
 * Henry Jones Jr adopts a dog that he names “Indiana” and also begins using that nickname for himself. (Indiana Jones)
 * November 14: Henry Walton Jones Sr receives a letter informing him that Marcus Brody has manuscripts about the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1906
 * July 8: The Jones family travels to the abbey of Cantaney, France. Henry Jones Sr finds evidence of the Holy Grail’s existence. (Indiana Jones)
 * July 16: Henry Jones Sr. visits Klassenheim Castle, containing several Grail-related artifacts. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1907
 * T.E. Lawrence begins attending Jesus College, Oxford to study history. During holidays, he tours France to examine the Crusader castles there. (Uncharted)
 * 1908
 * Henry Jones Sr embarks on a two year lecture tour. (Indiana Jones)
 * Indiana Jones meets T.E. Lawrence and Howard Carter. (Indiana Jones)
 * Demetrios steals the jackal headpiece from the tomb of Kha. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1909
 * T.E. Lawrence tours Syria, with a special interest in Crusader castles. (Uncharted)
 * November 14: Muhammad Ali al-Jawf writes a letter to Henry Jones Sr. about a manuscript of Nur ed-Din al-Musafir.
 * 1910
 * August: Henry Jones Sr concludes his world tour. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1912
 * February 22: G. Codirolli contacts Henry Jones Sr about the journal of Paolo of Genoa. (Indiana Jones)
 * Indiana Jones fails to retrieve the Cross of Coronado from treasure hunters.
 * April 14: G. Codirolli survives the sinking of the RMS Titanic but loses a large portion of the journal of Paolo of Genoa in the wreck. (Indiana Jones)
 * Subsequently, he visits Henry Jones Sr to lend him a document about a stained glass window in Constantinople.
 * May: Anna Jones dies of fever. (Indiana Jones)
 * G. Codirolli finishes his lecture tour, and takes back his documents from Henry Jones Sr. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1913
 * Indiana Jones meet Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir in Egypt. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1914
 * June 28: Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, leading to a series of events that leads quickly to the beginning of World War I. (Indiana Jones)
 * T.E. Lawrence is made an intelligence officer and posted in Cairo due to his extensive knowledge of the Middle East. (Uncharted)
 * September: Henry and Indiana Jones are in Greece, searching for clues about the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * October: Henry and Indiana Jones move back to Princeton. (Indiana Jones)
 * In San Francisco, Carruthers and Henry Jones have a falling out over a supposed Incan urn etched with the words “Made in Japan” (Indiana Jones)
 * 1915
 * Spring: The Celtic Scholar publishes Charles B. Hawken’s discovery of the Abergavenny manuscript. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1916
 * April 5: Indiana Jones’ dog dies of old age. (Indiana Jones)
 * T.E. Lawrence participates in instigating the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. (Uncharted)
 * 1917
 * The Russian Revolution ends.
 * The Amber Room remains in the Summer Palace -- now a museum. (Uncharted)
 * 1918
 * T.E. Lawrence recommends allowing Arab independence. When this does not occur, he leaves the Middle East -- vowing only to return if he ever seeks the city of Ubar. (Uncharted)
 * 1920
 * January: Indiana Jones begins studying under Abner Ravenwood, and meets Marion Ravenwood. (Indiana Jones)
 * June 29 - July 31: Henry Jones Sr is in Great Britain seeking out information on the Holy Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * September 2: In Switzerland, Henry Jones Sr reads the account of Saint Hildegard of Bingen. (Indiana Jones)
 * September 29: In Bologna, Henry Jones Sr and Cordirolli meet and discuss the Kaffa parchment and the account of a Byzantine merchant. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1922
 * June: Indiana Jones graduates the University of Chicago. (Indiana Jones)
 * August: Indiana Jones first encounters Rene Emil Belloq at a dig in Iraq. (Indiana Jones)
 * September: Indiana Jones attends Sorbonne to get a post-graduate degree in linguistics. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1923
 * June 2: Lady Eleanora Ferrer-Landsdowne sends Henry Jones Sr a letter regarding Richard Francis Burton and a Moor who had seen the Grail. (Indiana Jones)
 * June 19: Henry Jones Sr is at Princeton seeking maps matching the geographic information he received from Lady Eleanora Ferrer-Landsdowne. (Indiana Jones)
 * Rick O'Connell and Beni Gabor are the sole survivors of a battle at the ruins of Hamunaptra. (The Mummy)
 * 1925
 * April 20 - August 9: Percival Harrison Fawcett, Jack Fawcett, and Raleigh Rimmel go in search of the Lost City of “Z” -- Raleigh dies of an infection, Jack and his father are separated when attacked by jungle cats. Jack dies shortly thereafter, having found the lost city but never returning home. (Tomb Raider)
 * Indiana Jones graduated with his PhD from Sorbonne. (Indiana Jones)
 * Indiana Jones takes his first teaching gig at London University. (Indiana Jones)
 * Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood begin a romantic relationship that is doomed to fail due to Indiana’s professional relationship with her father. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1926
 * Richard Byrd attempts to fly across the North Pole. He is forced to turn back, but catches sight of Agartha during the flight. (Uncharted)
 * Indiana Jones marries Deirdre Campbell. One week later, they rescue Percival Fawcett -- but both Percival and Deirdre tragically die in a subsequent plane crash from which Indiana is the only survivor. (Indiana Jones)
 * G. Cordirolli is beaten to death by fascists. (Indiana Jones)
 * The Mummy
 * 1927
 * Indiana Jones is released from his position at the University of London. (Indiana Jones)
 * March: Robert Hawe discovers the Gospel of Joseph of Arimethea. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1928
 * October 2: Henry Jones Sr looks over the Gospel of Joseph of Arimethea in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1930
 * August: Marcus Brody contacts Henry Jones Sr about the Saint Anselm Chronicles. (Indiana Jones)
 * September: Henry Jones Sr visits the Salisbury Cathedral, before leaving for Paris and Yugoslavia. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1933
 * The Mummy Returns
 * 1934
 * Indiana Jones discovers Rene Belloq has beaten him to a dig site in Saudi Arabia and thoroughly swept through it. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1935
 * May 19: T.E. Lawrence is killed by the Hermetic Secret Order to keep his knowledge of Ubar secret. It is made to look like an accident. (Uncharted)
 * The Nazi Ahnenerbe begins seeking out ancient artifacts across the globe.
 * One such expedition seeks out the Spear of Destiny. (Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider)
 * One expedition seeks out El Dorado. The curse wipes out the entire expedition. (Uncharted)
 * One expedition, led by Karl Schafer, discovers the city of Shambala and -- to prevent the Cintamani Stone from falling into Heinrich Himmler’s hands -- Schafer kills his entire team and lives the rest of his life in hiding. (Uncharted)
 * May: Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
 * June: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
 * 1936
 * Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
 * 1937
 * Walter Donovan asks Henry Jones Sr to lead his research team. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1938
 * May 25: The Byzantine Crusader article by Bob Ellis features an article on the Holy Grail by Henry Jones Sr. (Indiana Jones)
 * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
 * 1939
 * Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
 * May: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
 * World War II begins.
 * December: Indiana Jones joins the Office of Strategic Services. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1941
 * The Nazis invade Russia, conquering the Summer Palace. Adolf Hitler orders the Amber Room be relocated to Germany. (Uncharted)
 * December 7: Pearl Harbor is attacked. The USA enters World War II.
 * 1942
 * The Japanese military attempts to occupy Yamatai. The Stormguard drive them to relocate their forces into an old monastery. Due to further sabotage by an agent of the Order of Trinity, the entire occupying force is wiped out. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1945
 * The Soviet Union reclaims the Amber Room. They hire Richard Byrd to fly it somewhere safe where it can later be retrieved -- he flies it to the entrance of Agartha. (Uncharted)
 * A German U-Boat sinks while carrying the Spear of Destiny.  (Tomb Raider)
 * May 24: A newspaper publishes an image of an Inuit whale hunter carrying the Mask of Tornarsuk. (Tomb Raider)
 * July 16: Natla is freed from imprisonment when a bomb test explodes near her. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1946
 * The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
 * 1947
 * Henry Jones Sr acts as a substitute teacher at Barnett College while Indiana Jones seeks the Infernal Machine. (Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine)
 * 1951
 * Victor Sullivan is born. (Uncharted)
 * Henry Jones Sr dies. (Indiana Jones)
 * 1953
 * Richard Croft is born. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1970s
 * The Soviet Union installs a facility in Remnant Valley. (Tomb Raider)
 * Ivan is arrested for treason. Serafima gives birth to a daughter, but is made to work for the Soviets immediately thereafter. Instead, she adopts to persona of Baba Yaga.
 * 1971
 * Samuel Morgan is born. (Uncharted)
 * 1976
 * Nathan Morgan is born. (Uncharted)
 * 1981
 * Cassandra Morgan commits suicide. Her husband leaves their two sons in the care of an orphanage: the St. Francis Boys’ Home. (Uncharted)
 * 1982
 * July: Mathias crashes on Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * September: The other survivors of Mathias’ crash attempt to leave the island by sea. They all die. Mathias resolves to uncover the secrets of the island. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1983
 * November 25: An employee of Porvenir discovers oil under Kuwaq Yaku. Mariana Ortiz has the worker killed. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1984
 * Elena Fisher is born. (Uncharted)
 * 1986
 * Richard Croft receives a doctorate of archaeology from Oxford. (Tomb Raider)
 * Samuel and Nathan Morgan break into an estate to steal one of their mother’s journals. Although they befriend the woman who owns the estate, she has a heart attack and dies -- leaving them wanted for her murder. The brothers adopt the surname “Drake”. (Uncharted)
 * 1990
 * Victor Sullivan is hired by Katherine Marlowe to steal Sir Francis Drake’s ring, at the same time Nathan Drake is trying to claim it for himself. After their confrontation, Sully decides to take Nate under his wing. (Uncharted)
 * June 23: Vincent Perez joins the International Office of Iniquities. (Uncharted)
 * October 13: Mathias decides to form a group devoted to learning the secrets of Yamatai. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1991
 * Victor Sullivan bails Nathan Drake out of a Peruvian prison. (Uncharted)
 * 1992
 * February 14: Lara Croft is born. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1994
 * October 24: A Russian ship wrecks on the shores of Yamatai. Mathias attempts to recruit the survivors -- those who do not join him are executed. The Solarii Brotherhood is formed. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1995
 * Lara Croft begins being privately tutored. (Tomb Raider)
 * 1997
 * January 21: Mathias moves the Solarii Brotherhood inland to Himiko’s palace. They begin to construct a small city around it. (Tomb Raider)

Twenty-first Century

 * 2000
 * Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan accidentally end up part of a drug smuggling run while transporting cargo. Sully talks Nate out of dumping the drugs overboard. (Uncharted)
 * Nathan Drake, Samuel Drake, and Rafe Adler go undercover in a Panamanian prison to investigate Henry Avery’s lost treasure. In their escape, they believe Samuel has been killed. (Uncharted)
 * 2001
 * Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan spend time in Costa Rica. (Uncharted)
 * 2003
 * Lara Croft enrolls at Wimbledon High School. (Tomb Raider)
 * October 15: The London Times publishes an article ridiculing Richard Croft. (Tomb Raider)
 * Within the year, he is assassinated by agents of the Order of Trinity, however it is made to look like a suicide.
 * Nathan Drake is trapped underground below an Aztec tomb. (Uncharted)
 * 2004
 * The London Observer prints a headline that ruins the Croft family’s reputation. (Tomb Raider)
 * Vincent Perez, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, becomes desperate to solve the mystery of the murdered conquistadors. He enters a partnership with Jason Dante to convince Robert Guerra to allow them to investigate. (Uncharted)
 * Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan seek out ancient masks in Bhutan for a few weeks. (Uncharted)
 * 2005
 * Vincent Perez discovers the location of the Sword of Stephen and seeks it out without telling anyone where it is. He dies during the search. (Uncharted)
 * Uncharted: The Golden Abyss.
 * 2006
 * Nathan Drake, believing Sir Francis Drake’s coffin to be empty, begins plans to retrieve it. He first searches for funding. (Uncharted)
 * Uncharted: The Eye of Indra.
 * Elena Fisher agrees to fund Nathan Drake’s expedition as part of her television show. (Uncharted)
 * Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
 * 2007
 * Nathan Drake is hired to recover the Staff of Ayr Manco. He does so, but Ramon Valdez -- his employer -- betrays him. Nate barely makes it out of Ecuador alive. (Uncharted)
 * 2008
 * Lara Croft moves to Gordonstoun Boarding School in Scotland. (Tomb Raider)
 * Within her first year there, she accompanies Professor Werner Von Croy on an expedition to Cambodia -- she returns alone.
 * Later that year, Lara Croft stows away on a boat rented by Father Bram Patrick Dunstan. (Tomb Raider)
 * 2009
 * Now an investigative journalist, after the cancellation of her show Uncharted, Elena Fisher is actively searching for evidence that Zoran Lazarevic is alive. (Uncharted)
 * Lara Croft meets Samantha Nishimura while attending university and working as a barmaid at 9 Bells. (Tomb Raider)
 * Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
 * 2010
 * Lara Croft enrolls at the Swiss Finishing School while away from university for a short while. (Tomb Raider)
 * Elena Fisher and Nathan Drake separate, due to his lust for adventure. Elena is given a journalist assignment in Yemen. (Uncharted)
 * Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
 * 2013
 * Lara Croft survives a plane crash in the Himalyas. (Tomb Raider)
 * Lara Croft and Samantha Nishimura finish their education at University College London. Lara gets a job on the Endurance. Sam tags along. (Tomb Raider)
 * Tomb Raider
 * Rafe Adler releases Samuel Drake from prison and they begin seeking out Henry Avery’s treasure again. (Uncharted)
 * 2015
 * November: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.
 * November 10: The Daily Bell publishes an article with the headline “Another Crazy Croft” (Tomb Raider)
 * Rise of the Tomb Raider.
 * Blood Ties
 * 2017
 * Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
 * 2018
 * Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
 * 2019
 * Lara Croft searches for the Philosopher’s Stone in Rome. (Tomb Raider)
 * 2020
 * Tomb Raider
 * 2021
 * Tomb Raider II
 * May 26: Lara Croft breaks into Von Croy Industries and steals the Iris.
 * 2022
 * Tomb Raider III
 * 2023
 * Lara Croft is hired by The Times to continue Howard Carter’s expedition into King Tut’s tomb.
 * Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation.
 * 2024
 * A memorial service for Lara Croft is held in Paris. Meanwhile, Werner Von Croy excavates in Egypt hoping to learn of Lara’s fate. (Tomb Raider)
 * 2027
 * Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness