I hope this incorperates most things, allthough by now that fluff has been changed i am afraid it might be out dated, will revise some time soon.
WHFB Chronology(Until the year: 2554 I.C.)
-7500
The Old Ones appear from beyond the stars [Approximate dating]. The Old Slann alter the planet's orbit, causing a general increase in temperatures, rise in sea levels and withdrawl of the ice sheets to the extreme polar regions - Creation of the World Pond and separation of the continents. Spawning of the Saurus, Skink, and Kroxigor races. The Old Slann transport the emerging race of Elves onto the island later known as the Ulthuan. Tribes of Human hunter-gatherers arrive in the New World from the northwest and begin to spread across the land.
-6000
Tribes of Humans arrive and spread in the mountainous areas of the Old World. The emergence of Amazons.
-5000
Dwarfs begin their slow colonization of the Worlds Edge Mountains. Time of the Ancestor Gods.
-4600
-4550 High Elves establish fortress of Sith Rionnasc'namishathir (Star-Gem of the Sea) at the mouth of the Reik.
-4500
The coming of Chaos. Disappearance of the Ancestor Gods. Dwarfs and High Elves meet for the first time and friendly relationship established.
-4500 The first Phoenix (High) King defends the Shrine of Asuryan against the Chaos Horde of Morkar.
-4498 War against Chaos begins in earnest.
-4480 Forces of Chaos driven back. Phoenix King marries Everqueen.
-4471 Forces of Chaos attack Avelorn. Everqueen slain and children lost.
-4461 Caledor Dragontamer starts repairing and expanding ancient network of Standing Stones (which stood on Ulthuan since dawn of time) so as to drain the Winds of Magic from the world.
-4458 Malekith, future Witch King of Naggaroth, is born.
-4419 Battle of the Isle of Dread results in a magical vortex which drains the world of the magic, thereby weakening the Chaos forces. The first Phoenix King dies.
-4200
First mass migration of Human tribes from the south. Ancestors of the Romany peoples.
-4164 The foundation of the first High Elf colonies on the east coast. Malekith defeats an Orc army and saves the city of Athel Toralien.
-4119 Dwarfs and High Elves combine armies and finally drive the last remnants of Chaos from Old World. Trade between both races flourish and the Dwarfs establish many new strongholds.
-3500
-3419 Cult of Pleasure begins its slow spread through Nagarythe and across all Ulthuan.
-3200
First Human civilization rises in Nippur, on the banks of the Rivers Tigis and Phrates in eastern Araby.
-3000
The Pharaohs (God-Kings) unite Upper and Lower Kemet (Pharaonia) along the banks and delta of the River Nyllus.
-3000 Golden Age begins as Dwarven Empire founded and establishment of Karaz-a-Karak as capital.
-2900
-2839 Pledge of friendship between dwarfs and Elves. Dwarfs build the sea wall, Vloedmuur, about Sith Rionnasc.
-2800
Rise of Midean civilization.
-2789 Malekith finds the Circlet of Iron in the ancient city of Vorshgar in the northern wasteland.
-2774 Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh.
-2751 Massacre at the Shrine of Asuryan. Malekith fails in bid to become Phoenix King.
-2749 Elven civil war commences, and rages for 25 years.
-2736 Malekith is sealed within his black armor and is hailed as the Witch King.
-2724 Phoenix King Caledor defeats the Witch King at the Battle of Maledor.
-2723 The Sundering. Witch King interferes with the Vortex which contained Chaos Magic. Much of northern Ulthuan sunk.
-2723 Dark Elves establish themselves in the cold land of Naggaroth, with its capital of Naggarond. Native tribes of Ikadians in the area are scattered and destroyed.
-2700
-2630 Dark Elf expedition returns and hostilities resume.
-2600
Assurian Empire dominates in Tigis/Phrates valley. Clashes with Kemet to the west.
-2500
First Dynasty rises in Cathay, consolidating victory over local warlords.
-2500 The rise of Settra; first and most powerful of the Pharaoh-Kings of Khemri (Kemet.) Settra forms the first bastion of human civilisation, the country: Nehekhara. He conquers neighbouring lands and exacts tribute; supporting his growing Empire. As the heart of Nehekhara he builds a great city: Khemri. Consumed by immortality; Settra and his High Priests strive to learn all they can in prolonging his life – They fail, but ultimately promise that he will awaken in a beautiful Paradise where he will rule for all eternity. Other Rulers follow his trend and are mummified and entombed in great pyramids clusters called necropolises. Nehekhara continues to grow and prosper.
-2000
Birth of Nagash.
-2000 City of Kavzar (Tumas) is established. Rapidly grows to become the largest city in the Old World.
-1997 War of the Beard (War of Vengeance) begins and lasts for 400 years.
-1974 Son of Dwarf High King slain by High Elf King Caledor II.
-1968 Battle of Oeragor.
-1968 A High Priest of Khaine in a group of envoy Dark Elves teaches Dark Magic to Nagash in Khemri (capital of Nehekhara). Nagash then defeats the Dark Elf leaders in a sorcerers duel and has survivors entombed alive in the Great Pyramid.
-1960 Death of Pharaoh-King Ormahkaten. Civil war breaks out in Nehekhara.
-1959 Nagash slays High Priest of Orierus and seizes power in Khemri.
-1950 Nagash begins to prolong his fading youth by distilling an elixir from Human blood - Recruits other depraved noblemen to join him. Nagash orders the construction of the Black Pyramid, destined to be larger than the Great Pyramid of Khemri.
-1950 Midean civilization mysteriously vanishes.
-1950 A wandering Dwarf clan takes up residence in Tumas and furthers city building.
-1948 Elf city of Athel Maraya is burned to the ground by Dwarf Army. Civilization rises in Ind.
-1700
-1750 The Kings of Nehekhara become afraid of Nagash’s power and form an alliance against him led by Prince Lahmizzar of Lahmia. After decades of war; Nagash is pushed back into his Black Pyramid. A mighty battle is waged and Prince Lahmizzar falls; his son takes charge and breaks Nagash’s armies. Nagash flees north. At least one of Nagash’s books is taken by Queen Neferata. She becomes the first of the Vampires; around her, she gathers a Court of Vampires. Queen Khalida of Lybaras becomes aware of the evil of the Lahmians, but she is slain by Neferata; keeping the Vampire secret safe.
-1666 Chaos army sweeps down from the Chaos Wastes and invades Naggaroth. Dark Elf casualties are high, but Chaos army completely wiped out.
-1600
-1600 First true Skaven emerge as masters of Skavenblight (formerly Kavzar). First experiments with magic. Warpstone sought further a field. Tunnel system under Skavenblight expanded to accommodate rapidly increasing population.
-1600 Nagash’s wonderings take him to Cripple Peak; a mountain by the shores of the Sour Sea. Within Cripple Peak nestles the greatest mass of warpstone in the World. Nagash begins to experiment with the warpstone; however, due to its raw chaotic nature, he is forced to use ever more potent necromantic magicks to hold onto his Unlife.
-1599 Dark Elves invade Shadowlands. Intermittent war begins.
-1560 Battle of Three Towers at the gate of Tor Alessi - The Dwarfs defeat Elves in a cataclysmic battle. Phoenix King Caledor II slain by Dwarf King Gotrek Starbreaker. Phoenix Crown taken by Dwarfs as recompense.
-1502 Sith Rionnasc falls to dwarfs after long siege. Fortress razed to the ground.
-1502 High Elf army routs Dark Elves in Ulthuan.
-1501 High Elves withdraw from Old World to battle resurgent Dark Elves from Naggaroth. Dwarfs are left victorious, but decimated with the ending of the War of Vengeance. Athel Loren, the Wood Elf capital, is founded.
-1500
Goblinoids overrun land, threaten Hettite capital. Hettite forces withdraw from Khemri to meet Goblin threat in north. Volcanic activity destroys Dwarf realms.
-1500 Nagash unveils the secrets of warpstone and realizes the power it can bring him. Lacking followers he animates corpses and skeletons to work for him. He begins excavating the warpstone ores beneath Cripple Peak and creates Nagashizzar - The Cursed Pit: a giant underground fortress full of alchemical laboratories, barracks, foundries and armouries. The warp dust and slag released from the mine puts the surrounding lands to ruin, creating what is known as the Desolation of Nagash. Primitive Human tribes begin to worship him as a god and this eventually leads to their devolution into a corpse-eating race of creature known as Ghouls. Within a few hundred years Nagash builds a powerful empire around the shores of the Sour Sea.
-1500 Earthquakes triggered by Skaven society devastate the population of Skavenblight. The twelve Grey Lords arise forming the first Council of Thirteen and the Order of the Grey Seers.
-1499 Start of Goblin wars as Karak Ungor is the first Dwarfhold to fall to Goblins. Karak Varn is flooded and occupied by Goblins and Skaven.
-1498 Dwarf mines in Dragonback Mountains fall.
-1457 Mad Dog Pass and Gunbad fall. Almeca civilization rises in the south as Slann Empire recedes into Lustria.
-1400
-1387 Silver Road Wars begin and lasts 20 years.
-1367 Mount Silverspear falls.
-1350 The Skaven are drawn to the warpstone at Cripple Peak – The Skaven go to war against Nagash. By now Nagash is an immensely powerful entity; leading his armies, he easily drives the Skaven back. However, eventually Nagash and the Council of Thirteen make a deal. In return for luring Orcs and Goblins into Nagashizzar, the Skaven receive warpstone mined from the pit.
-1300
-1250 Troll Wars begin.
-1245 Dwarfs regain control of area between Karak Kadrin and Mad Dog Pass.
-1222 An earthquake reveals a seam of Gromril within Misty Mountains – Nagash forges his fabled armour from an alloy of this Gromril and Lead.
-1200
The Kings of Nehekhara become aware of the evil in Lahmia; and unite in war against the Vampires. The Vampires are driven out by the alliance led by King Alcadizaar - Abhorash, Ushoran, and Neferata scatter into the world. The separating Vampires give rise to the varying bloodline families. Wsoran; first of the Nechrarch, joins with Nagash.
-1185 Karak Varn is reoccupied for 49 years.
-1163 Nagash launches full-scale war on Nehekhara. The Kings; united under King Alcadizaar, eventually defeat the armies of Nagash. In response Nagash unleashes a plague on the land: mass-death through disease falls on Nehekhara. Nagash assaults again, this time laying waste to all before him. King Alcadizaar becomes a slave of Nagash.
-1151 After consuming vast quantities of warpstone Nagash begins The Great Ritual: a spell to kill all life in Nehekhara and raise the dead. The Skaven guards sense danger and flee, King Alcadizaar manages to cut down Nagash and steal the Crown of Sorcery. The Priests of Nehekhara are unaffected by the spell and thus become true Liche Priests. The Pharoah-Kings awake and are enraged that the land they have come to is a blasted desert-waste – The Tomb Kings are born.
-1149 Arkhan the Black razes the city of Bel-Alaid; initiating, what will later be called The Wars of Death - For the next 1000 years Arkhan raids and sacks towns and cities of Araby. The once mighty civilisation is reduced to a few city-states and nomad tribesmen.
-1147 The body of Alcadizaar is discovered by Kadon, who takes the Crown of Sorcery. Using the Crown he creates an Undead empire which is overrun after 75 years by the Orc Warlord Dork Redeye.
-1136 Orcs and Skaven renew pressure and force Dwarfs to depart. Miyan civilization rises to the east of the Almeca.
-1000
Rise of Hellene (Grecian) City-States. The renowned city-state of Myrmidens is founded. Achaen League forms to battle Goblinoids from Badlands.
-975 Battle of a Thousand Woes. Dwarf attempt to recapture Red Eye Mountain (Karak Ungor) fails. Almeca civilization disappears suddenly.
-950 The fall of Mourkain and the start of the devolution of the Strigoi Vampire Bloodline.
-900
-800
-750 Karak Azul partially occupied by Goblins for 10 years.
-700
-692 Last of the Dark Elves in Ulthuan are destroyed.
-600
Vorag Bloodytooth comes south from beyond the Black Mountains and unites the scattered Ghoul tribes around Nagashizzar. Vorag Bloodytooth becomes the first Ghoul King. With his army he destroys the Red Cloud Goblin tribe and puts the enslaved to work building the Fortress of Vorag to the east of the Plains of Bone.
Vorag turns to the Grey Hag Goblin tribe who retreat into the mountains. While besieging the Goblins, Vorag is struck down by a bolt-thrower’s powerful bolt. Leaderless; the Ghouls scatter and flee back to Cripple Peak (Nagashizzar.) The Fortress of Vorag is forgotten and falls to ruin. 1000 years later a creature named Vorag (it is uncertain whether or not it is the same one) appears in the southern forests of Sylvania determined to restore the lost kingdom of Strigos.
-513 Karak Eight Peaks falls to Orcs, Goblins, and Skaven.
-500
Rise of Humanity in northern Old World. First dealings with Dwarfs. Establishment of numerous petty states throughout rest of Old World.
-469 Orcs destroy and abandon Karak Azgal.
-466 Karak Drazh falls and is renamed Black Crag. Founding of Bilbali and Magritta (Estalia). Founding of the towns of Luccini, Miragliano, and Remas (Tilea).
-400
-370 Orcs and Goblins beaten back at Battle of Black Water.
-300
-239 Alesandr of Achaes succeeds his father, Philus, as leader of the League.
-237 Subdues City-State of Myrmidens.
-234 Alesandr leads Grecian armies against Goblinoids, frees coast of the Black Gulf.
-230 Alesandr conquers ancient kingdoms of Assuria, Het, Kemet, and Nippur.
-224 Alesandr dies from an illness in Nippur and is entombed in Kemet while Grecian Empire divided among his heirs.
-250
Dwarfs intensify trading contacts with Humans in lands which will become the Empire.
-210 Rise of Remean Republic.
-200
-190 Remas leads Tilean League against invading Hellenic Empire and expels it from southern Tilea.
-130 Saratosa founded.
-100
-87 Dark Elf ships start raiding the coasts of Cathay and Nippon.
-85 Founding of Reikdorf [Altdorf].
-80 Tobaro founded.
-50 Founding of Middenheim. Remas battles neighbors until it dominates Tilea.
-40 Nagash is reborn exactly 1111 years after he was destroyed. He attempts to control the Tomb Kings but under the leadership of Settra he is driven out and falls back to Nagashizzar. He finds Cripple Peak to be infested by Skaven and expels them all in a single night. Over the next 25 years the Skaven continually attempt to recapture Nagashizzar.
-39 In arrogance, Settra turns against the other Tomb Kings and is defeated in a battle that lasts 7 days and 7 nights. He retreats to Khemri and remains undisputed ruler in Khemri – His Empire still being the largest and most powerful in Nehekhara.
-30 Sigmar Heldenhammer is born in Reikdorf (Altdorf.)
-30 Nagash forges his Iron Hand.
-20 Founding of Nuln.
-15 Rescues Dwarven King Kargan from Goblin warbands.
-15 Arkhan the Black annihilates a huge Skaven horde at the Battle of Death Rock – So devastated are the Skaven by their defeat that it is their last attempt to recapture Nagashizzar.
- 5 Founding of Talabheim.
- 1 Battle of Black Fire Pass where Sigmar leads alliance of Humans and dwarfs and crushes the Goblinoid army. Drives remaining Goblinoids back into the Dark Lands.
0
First period of tolerance of sorcery begins and lasts 200 years.
0 Establishment of The Empire.
1 Sigmar crowned Emperor by High Priest of Ulric. Nippon unites for first time under a single Emperor Warlord: Yamyakyuki I.
15 Remean Legions crush Goblins near Black Gulf and drives them back into the Dark Lands.
15 Nagash discovers that the Crown of Sorcery is now in the possession of Morath. He travels north to reclaim the Crown but Morath is defeated by Sigmar before he can retrieve it. Nagash raises an army and attacks Sigmar. At the Battle of the River Reik Nagash is cut down by Sigmar and his army destroyed.
16 Krell; the only survivor of Nagash’s army, is felled at the Battle of the Glacier Lake and imprisoned in a magical tomb.
25 Remas establishes presence in the south. Sigmar grants Krugar title to lands along Talabec.
35 Remean Legions conquer Magritta.
50 Sigmar abdicates and disappears in Worlds Edge Mountains. Remean Legions conquer Bilbali. Clashes with native Keltoi peoples.
52 Establishment of electoral system (Empire).
73 Establishment and expansion of Cult of Sigmar, open conflict with Cult of Ulric begins.
Johann Helstrum becomes first Grand Theogonist of Sigmar.
85 After defeat by the still tribal Teutognens, Marius the Fen Wolf, first Baron of Westerland, leads his people westward from Nordland.
90 Marius founds the city of Marienburg and begins construction of Rijker's Isle fortress.
100
Settra begins a new campaign of raids, attacking the land and coastline of what will later be called Bretonnia. Thousands of prisoners are brought to Khemri.
176 Following numerous incursions by Chaos warbands, Dark Elves begin building a series of watchtowers along Naggaroth's northern border.
200
Secret societies of sorcerors form across Old World as the various Cult hierarchies lead in the oppression of the Sorcerous Arts. The loss and destruction of many magical treasures occur during this period.
287 Miners discover nest of the dragon Mordrak in the mountains south of Karak Azul.
300
400
451 Sartosa is besieged and captured by a combine force of Dark Elves and Undead.
453 Remean Legions recapture Sartosa and rout the Dark Elf/Undead force.
500
Intensive deforestation and cultivation takes place in Old World as Humanity spreads.
501 Independent Westerland is absorbed by Empire during reign of Emperor Sigismund II: the Conqueror.
504 Legions clash with Keltoi peoples as Remean Empire expands.
510 Establishment of City of Constantium as capital of Remean Kemet.
512 Founding of the city of Brionne (Bretonnia).
520 Establishment of Erengrad (Kislev.)
530 Founding of the city of Bordeleux (Bretonnia).
537 Founding of the city of Moussillon (Bretonnia).
540 Founding of the city of Quenelles (Bretonnia).
555 Empire grants Middenheim charter to avoid city's secession. Creation of first Knight Eternal (Inner circle Knights) to represent Middenheim.
560 Founding of the city of L'Anguille (Bretonnia).
562 Founding of the city of Couronne (Bretonnia).
570 Founding of the city of Gisoreux (Bretonnia).
572 Establishment of Dorogo (Kislev).
592 Founding of the city of Parravon (Bretonnia).
600
657 Thori Gundrikson discovers Gromril in caves west of Black Water.
662 Discovery of Lost Heartstone of Aldin Getgold in the Dragonback Mountains.
665 The Dwarf Mines near Black Water destroyed by Skaven.
684 Discovery of the Axe of Dail deep in the ruins of Karak Varn and return to High King in Karaz-a-Karak.
685 Skin of the dragon Fyrskar brought to High King.
698 Representatives of the Phoenix King of the High Elves arrive in Cathay. Trade between east and west begins to flourish.
700
742 Sons of the High King are rescued from the dungeons of Black Crag.
753 Dark Elf slave-ships begin to roam the globe and begin to bring entire tribes to Naggaroth in chains.
756 Remean Legions retreat to south as troubles plague its Empire.
758 Revolt in Kemet put down by Remeans.
760 Civil War erupts and lasts for 30 years.
765 Barony and Norse conclude treaty at the Althing of Traktatsey ending latter's raiding.
779 Establishment of Constantium as second capital of Remean Empire.
800
820 Remas crushes revolt in Bilbali. Rise of the Anatuzi, Cliff-Dwellers, in the arid west.
830 Norse raids begin anew. Marienburg is burned down several times over the next 20 years by the Norse.
876 En-route to Lustria, Norse Raiders capture an Empire ship and unwittingly take on board the body of Vampire Luthor Harkon. By the time the ship reaches the coasts of Lustria the entire crew is slain or turned Undead. Luthor proceeds to create an Undead empire in Lustria – the area becoming known as Vampire Coast.
892 Destined to be the greatest and most long lived Runesmith of his age, Kragg the Grimm forges his first rune.
900
936 Duchy of Moussillon and Barony of L'Anguille at war.
977 Gilles le Breton of Gisoreux begins 70 years of dynastic conquests that leads to unification of Bretonnia.
980 Orcs and Goblins retreat to Grey Mountains and northern forests.
982 Remean Legions begin a 10 year campaign to recover lost territories and clashes frequently with le Breton's army.
995 Goblinoid forces destroy Remean settlements along Black Gulf.
996 The prophet, Mulhaed al-Quyat, born.
999 Suffering great losses, Remean Legions defeat invading Goblinoids.
1000
Emperor Ludwig the Fat issues royal charter to the Halflings of the Moot granting them administrative autonomy and an Imperial vote.
1001 Tilean Civil War erupts
1002 Declining Remean Empire authority collapses. Establishment of petty kingdoms in the wake.
1005 Le Breton sweeps Remean armies out of Bretonnia. Constantium becomes center of Remean Empire as the remainder collapses in much of the Old World.
1015 Remas domination ends.Rise of the Tilean City-States.
1022 Escaping le Breton's forces, some of Bretonnia's nobility and their retinue invade and carve out their own petty realms.
1032 Skalf Dragonslayer slays the dragon Graug the Terrible and claims the kingship of Karak Azgal. The Dwarfs make no attempt to recapture hold infested with Goblins, Skaven, and other foul creatures.
1033 Skalf Dragonslayer and descendants establish a town in the valley below the old entrance of Karak Azgal.
1050 Mulhaed al-Quyat begins preaching of the One True God.
1053 The beginning of a 62 year reign by Boris Goldgather the Incompetent begins. Corruption is prevalent throughout his reign.
1060 Mulhaed al-Quyat begins 200 year jihad against Constantian Empire.
1065 Mulhaed al-Quyat dies.
1087 Marienburg concludes treaty with eastern kingdoms of Albion.
1100
1102 Second period of tolerance of sorcery begins and lasts for 40 years.
1111 The Black Death; brought about by the Skaven, wipes out nine-tenths of the Empire’s population – Skaven overrun the land. The Necromancer Vanhel raises an army of Undead and routes the Skaven out of Sylvania.
1112 Vanhel builds the fortress of Vanhaldenschlosse and carves out a powerful Undead empire in Sylvania.
1115 Death of Emperor Boris Goldgather. No successor elected during ensuing anarchy. Skaven start to systematically enslave the surviving Human settlements.
1124 Vanhel is assassinated and his empire collapses.
1124 Count Mandred Skavenslayer rallys the realm and drives the Skaven back underground – he is elected Emperor.
1125 Dark Elves invade Ulthuan.
1131 Dark Elves rebuild citadel of Anlec in the Shadowlands.
1133 Begins war with siege of Griffon Gate.
1142 Eastern provinces of Constantian Empire fall to the Arabian forces
1146 Siege of Griffon Gate lifted.
1152 The Western Constantian provinces fall. Guillaume; the third Bretonnian King, defeats a large Orc army at the Battle of Armandur and drives the last of the Orcs from northern Bretonnia.
1152 The assassination of Emperor Mandred by Skaven assassins.
1152 Inconclusive Electoral Council starts the 200 year Age of Wars (initiated by war between Talabecland and Stirland.) Middenheim annexes Middenland.
1152 Rise of the Alomas, first of the Mound Builders, in the Alhio River basin of the Eastern Woodlands.
1175 Settra leads a large naval raiding fleet against Bretonnia. He is met at Savage Point by the Bretonnian Admiral Henri Lamorte and his fleet. Settra is defeated and flees back to Khemri.
1200
1205 Central provinces fall and the 55 year siege of Constantium begins.
1207 Dieter Helsnicht is discovered to be a Necromancer and flees the Empire city of Middenheim. He escapes to the Forest of Shadow and begins building up an Undead army.
1212 Arabian forces begin conquest of Estalian kingdoms.
1224 Although greatly reduced, the kingdom of Astarios and its capital Magritta stands despite repeated setbacks.
1225 Bilbali falls.
1233 Remnants of the Estalian realms (Tigarre, Obregon, and Cantonia) withdraw to the Irrana Mountains to continue the struggle. Aloma culture vanishes after nearly two hundred years.
1244 Although Dieter Helsnicht is successful in defeating an Empire army sent against him, his army is destroyed at the Battle of Beeckerhoven by an Empire-Kislev alliance. His body is never recovered.
1260 Constantium falls to Arabian forces and is renamed Istrabul.
1275 The Lamorte family crypt is pillaged by grave robbers. The body of Henri Lamorte is stolen and soon thereafter there are reports of a highly skilled Wight Lord terrorising the Bretonnian countryside.
1300
1342 Arabian forces lay siege to Brionne and threaten the south of Bretonnia.
1344 Rollo d'Chinon dislodges the Arabians.
1347 d'Chinon drives the Arabians back to Estalia.
1359 Imperial capital moves from Altdorf to Nuln with election of Grand Duke of Stirland to Emperor.
1360 Ottilia of Talabheim declares herself Empress with support of High Priest of Ulric. High Priest of Ulric leaves Middenheim for Talabheim during Imperial Civil War.
1361 Ottilia outlaws Cult of Sigmar in Talabecland. Ulrican extremists begin the Sigmarite Heresy doctrine.
1361 Chevan civilization rises in the mountainous west.
1400
1420 Lands around Karak Kadrin are tormented by the great dragon Skaladrak Incarnadine.
1435 Sultan Jaffar, a powerful Arabian sorcerer, wields together a coalition of several desert tribes.
1436 Jaffar expands his city-state to a small empire with the capture of Al-Haikk, Copher, Martek, and Lashiek in western Araby.
1442 The Sultan of All Araby, Daryus-e Qabir, declares jihad against the infidels of the Old World.
1448 Skaven convince Jaffar that he should extend his empire into Estalia and overthrow the corrupt and soft ruling Almarvid regime and crush the Estalians. Sultan Jaffar initiates an invasion.
1450 Start of 600 year Crusadings. Fall of Estalian kingdom of Astarios and most of Magritta to Arabians. Only the citadel and harbor remain in Estalian hands.
1452 Fall of Bilbali to the Crusading forces.
1457 The founding of the Order of the Blazing Sun (Empire). Magritta liberated by Crusading forces. Only Arabian kingdom of Alhabra remains in Estalia. Tulen civilization rises in the plateaus west of the Miyan jungle realms.
1500
1502 High Elf army routs Dark Elves in Ulthuan.
1503 First wave of Gospodar peoples migrate through Northern Pass from Farside by pressure from Ungol people [who moved into steppes from region in northern Cathay].
1505 Population pressure leads to sporadic raiding along the coasts of the Sea of Claws.
1510 Norse princes of Ropsmann peoples raid Gospodar settlements along Lynsk River.
1523 Norse princes establish themselves as ruling minority in Erengrad.
1540 The founding of the Order of Knights Panther.
1547 High Priest of Ulric and Graf Heinrich of Middenheim achieve rapprochement by Cult accepting a vow of celibacy for all priests. Heinrich's bid for the throne fails, but declares himself Emperor. Age of Three Emperors begins.
1550 Steady disintegration over the next four hundred years sees increase in the number of Daemonologists and Necromancers, proliferation of secret Chaos worship.
1563 City of Tobaro is overrun by Skaven breaking through the ancient Elf-carved network of tunnels which riddle the cliffs around it.
1565 Tobaro is recaptured by a mercenary army led by Meldo Marcelli.
1597 Marienburg seized by Bretonnian army under Count of L'Anguille.
1600
Rise of the Holamkis, second of the Mound Builders, in the Misipia and Alhio River basins of the eastern woodlands.
1601 Village of Escantos in the south of Estalia is completely devoured by swarm of rats.
1602 Five year Bretonnian occupation ends as army under the Graf of Middenheim approaches Marienburg.
1666 Arabian forces destroy Goblinoid strongholds and driving them towards Dark Lands.
1681 Nagash returns to life 1666 years after he was slain by Sigmar – The Night of the Restless Dead. For one night throughout the known world the dead walk the land. Terror and confusion reign for a night and entire villages and towns are destroyed before the coming of dawn.
1688 Bretonnian and Empire crusading forces, led by Knights Panther, sack Istrabul.
1689 Arabian forces drive the Crusaders back towards sea.
1700
1703 Norse raids begin. Magnus the Mad besieges Lothern with 200 men.
1707 Orc Warlord Gorbad Ironclaw invades The Empire from Black Fire Pass.
1708 Large Imperial army led by Count of Wissenland is destroyed in Battle of Grunberg.
1708 Altdorf is besieged, but holds out. Emperor Sigismund V is killed by Orc wyverns.
1709 Orc army disperses after Warlord Ironclaw disappears. Capital moves to Altdorf as Nuln is sacked, Mootland is devastated, and Sudenland overrun.
1712 Arabian forces attack petty kingdoms, overcoming the easternmost.
1724 Battle of Matorca halts the Arabian advance in the southeastern region of the Old World.
1731 Rise of the Tialanese Empire in the lands south of Cathay.
1745 Ungol horde, led by Kanai-Khan, sweep through northern Cathay.
1749 Ungols overthrow the Ling Dynasty. Chuano civilization begins to rise north of the Chevan people.
1752 Ungol hordes invade Norsca.
1754 Norse princes subdue the Ungol horde in the north.
1755 The Ungol become rulers along the Rivers Talabec and Urskoy.
1762 Prince Vermund establishes Cult of Ulric in north.
1786 Bordeleaux loses one third of its population to an outbreak of Red Pox during a single week. Baron Giscard Du'ponte orders poor quarter burned to ground, which halts the Red Pox immediately.
1797 Vlad von Carstein becomes the first of the Vampire Counts of Sylvania. He marries Isabella von Drak and over the course of the next 2 centuries the majority of the remaining aristocratic families become infected with the curse of the Vampire.
1798 Ungol invasion fleet sinks off the coast of Nippon during a sudden storm.
1800
1806 Bretonnian crusaders carve out petty kingdoms. King Louis VIII the Simple dies leaving no clear heir.
1809 Bretonnian Duchies and baronies war against one another for next 250 years.
1808 Central Bretonnian authority collapses.
1814 Crusaders capture Istrabul.
1812 Southern Bretonnia is ravaged by another outbreak of Red Pox. Great fire of Brionne razes three quarters of city.
1812 Middenland lays siege to Middenheim and is repulsed with the aid of Dwarfs. The Dwarfs seal Middenheim's "Undercity".
1813 Two Skaven armies appear, razing several villages and small towns along the River Brienne. Brionne and Quenelles are besieged. The combined Skaven army is defeated and driven off by Wood Elves and Bretonnian knights from Parravon. The Red Pox is brought under control.
1814 Northern Tilea is ravaged by outbreak of Red Pox.
1848 Norse raids resume on coast of Bretonnia.
1850 Norse raiding parties cross the Sea of Claws and Middle Sea.
1854 Norse raids begin on the northern coast of Bretonnia.
1870 Third period of tolerance of sorcery begins in the Tilean City-States.
1900
Holamki and Tulan civilizations vanish. Chevan civilization declines. The Anatuzi culture declines as the Molgolan civilization rises to the south.
1901 Ungol warbands threatens Talabheim.
1901 Facing increasing Norse raids, the Mages of Saphery draw a shroud of mists over eastern sea approaches.
1903 Development of loose confederation of states centered on the city-state of Erengrad [under Ingjold the Red] and ruled by Norse Ropsmann princes.
1904 Emperor in Talabheim acknowledges sovereignty of Ungol chief Utilla over all lands east of Talabheim.
1910 Ungol capital of Dorogo becomes cosmopolitan city.
1952 Baron Henri d'Amateu of L'Anguille grants the Norse Skajad the Bastard land in the Armorica region to end the Norse raids.
1958 Fall of the Crusading Kingdoms.
1979 Magritta of Marienburg becomes last elected Empress for 400 years.
1979 "Wizard's War" begins in Middenheim and spreads throughout the Empire.
1980 Grand Theogonist of Sigmar refuses to acknowledge the election rights of Magritta and Imperial system is effectively ended. Dark Ages spread as central authority completely collapses for next three hundred years.
1991 "Wizard's War" ends in the banishment and execution of a number of Daemonologists and Necromancers.
2000
Miyan civilization declines. Erald the Wanderer becomes first Human to reach the Elven Kingdoms, but is prevented from entering by Sea Elves of Lorthern.
2003 Ungol aristocracy slowly assimilated into Gospodar culture.
2010 The Wars of Vampire Counts begins with devastation of Ostermark by Vlad von Carstein, first of the notorious Vampire Counts of Sylvania. Undead armies rampage between Stirland and northern border. The Battle of Hunger Wood - Dwarfs take part in the Night Siege of Castle Tempelhof and the defeat of Vampire Countess Manuelle.
2011 Ropsmann princedoms establish overland trade with Dorogo.
2032 The last of the Arabians withdraw from Estalia.
2050 Rise of the Misipians, third and greatest of the Mound Builders, in the Misipia, Alhio, and lower Misori River basins of the eastern woodlands. Founding of the mound-dominated city of Cahoken.
2051 Vlad van Carstein is slain at the siege of Altdorf. Isabella von Carstein commits suicide rather than spend an eternity without her beloved. The various remaining Vampire Counts begin fighting amongst themselves and taking advantage of the moment the Grand Theogonist; with the help of the High Elves, casts an unbinding spell on the Undead Horde - The largest Undead Horde in history dissipates as separate feuding forces splinter to go their own ways.
2064 Tialanese Empire collapses under weight of attacks from the Cathanese Imperial Army.
2094 Konrad von Carstein successfully seizes the political seat of power in Sylvania and once more unites the Vampire Counts.
2100
Igor the Terrible, Prince of Erengrad, invites Prince of Dorogo to join the Confederacy of Kislevite States.
Rise of the Nazcas in the western mountains and highlands. Trade commences with the declining Slann.
2100 Konrad von Carstein launches a new invasion of The Empire - With the assistance of a Dwarf and a Wood Elf army; within a year his conquering army is defeated and broken at the Battle of Four Armies. Konrad returns to Sylvania and uses Waldenhof as a staging point to raid into the Empire.
2121 Konrad von Carstein is finally killed by a combined army of the Empire and Dwarfs at the Battle of Grim Moor.
2101 When the Prince of Dorogo refuses, Igor sends an army to raze Dorogo. He rebuilds and renames the city Kislev, and embarks on a campaign to consolidate various minor states and principalities of southern and central Kislev.
2132 Mannfred von Carstein takes the ruling crown of the Vampire Counts and immediately launches another invasion of the Empire. In a vicious lightning strike; Mannfred and the Vampire Counts lay waste to all in their path and once again, Altdorf comes under siege. A hasty alliance of Empire, Dwarf, High Elf, and Wood Elf armies drive Mannfred back to Sylvania.
2134 Igor's campaign stalls at foothills of Worlds Edge Mountains and Farside Steppes region.
2135 Declares both territories part of Confederated States of Imperial Kislev and names himself Tsar (Tzar) of all
Kislev.
2145 Determined to be rid of the Vampire Count menace; the Empire’s feuding political factions unite thereby ending more than 5 centuries of Imperial civil strife. The Empire’s armies scour the Sylvanian country and Mannfred is finally brought to bay at Hel Fenn, where he is reportedly defeated and slain. The aristocracy of Sylvania is stripped of any rights to wealth or power and Sylvanian land is annexed into Stirland and Ostermark. Hereby ends the Wars of Vampire Counts.
2150 Sea Elves return to Old World. Marienburg signs treaty granting them exclusive trading rights with Sea Elves.
2151 Re-establishment of Sea Elves in the ancient ruined Star-Gem fortress.
2169 Battle of the Blight. Miraglianese army and allies drive the Skaven back to the deepest reaches of the marshes. Thousands of Skaven die, but the Tileans fail to utterly destroy them.
2179 Last of the Crusading forces drive the Arabians out of the Old World.
2198 Goblinoid forces overrun Arabian villages.
2199 Arabians withdraw to the Marg beh-Mard Desert.
2200
2201 Beginning of the Errantry Wars when Louen Orc Slayer, King of Bretonnia, declares intention to rid
Bretonnia of Orcs.
2203 After several increasingly weak and ineffective Tsars, coalition of government bureaucrats and priests
conspire to govern through puppet Tsars.
2205 Battle of Black Falls ends in rout of Goblin army by dwarfs after both sides lost their leaders.
2206 Establishment of first agricultural colonies in Farside.
2232 Alliance of northern Estalian kingdoms invade and conquer southern Bretonnia.
2254 Estalian kingdom of Astarios establishes an empire by conquering southern Tilea.
2267 All Tilean provinces send troops to drive out the Estalian invaders.
2261 Rise of the Aztlanos in the plateaus where the Tulan civilization once stood.
2270 Rise of the Inquisition.
2274 Siege of Brionne results in the end of Estalian domination.
2283 Riots in Luccini violently suppressed.
2300
Six nations of the Eraquati in the northeastern forests free themselves from the Dark Elf domination. Continuous war between native Humans and Dark Elves begins. Establishment of Romanoff dynasty in Kislev. Nazca Empire in Lustria grows as Chuano civilization subjugated.
2301 Incursion of Chaos.
2302 Karaz-a-Karak is attacked during Great War against Chaos, but holds out. Magnus the Pious appears in Nuln and unites Empire. Praag falls and siege of Kislev and Erengrad begins. Tsar Alexis Romanoff appeals to Magnus for aid. Graf Paulus van der Maacht, last Baron of Westerland, dies in battle against Chaos.
2303 Eternal alliance with Kislev. Minor plagues break out in Nuln and Talabheim. Battle of Grovod Forest results in defeat for Chaos hordes. Imperial and Kislevite forces with Norse allies drive Chaos forces back. Kislevite chapter of the Order of the White Wolf founded. Harald the Wolf leads Norse and Norse dwarfs against Chaos hordes and drive them back. Dark Elves and Chaos allies are driven out of the Old World. Minor plague in Marienburg.
2304 Magnus elected Emperor.
2305 Magnus decrees the cessation of the Barony and establishes Province of Westerland, governed by an appointed Council drawn from the burghers of Marienburg.
2319 Skaven warships are spotted in waters off Tilea.
2321 Battle of Bloodwater Sound ends with Dwarf Ironclads from Barak Varr defeating Skaven Fleet in the
Black Gulf. Estalian and Tilean coasts suffers from Skaven raiding throughout summer.
2355 Nipponese armies invade Imperial Cathay. Start of 120 year war between the two great Empires.
2369 Death of Magnus the Pious. Empire does not pass to his brother, Gunther von Bildhofen, but to Count Leopold Unfahiger of Stirland.
2378 Merchant fleets and militias from Marienburg conduct a highly successful campaign against pirates.
2387 Prince Karsten of Waldenhof employs Skaven to undermine the walls of Castle Siegfried in Sylvania. Karsten is hanged when all the children in Waldenhof disappear.
2391 Two days of riots result from Elves arresting a Human in the Suiddock and dragging him off to Elftown. Many Elves are hanged before tempers are calmed.
2400
Renaissance of sorcerous studies across entire Old World. Abandonment of last Farside colony. City-States free themselves of the Estalian yoke.
2402 Discovery of Lustria by Old Worlders.
2410 Colonisation begins.
2412 First encounter with ancient, degenerated civilization of the Slann.
2419 Accession of Charles I L'Enorm marks beginning of Bretonnia's degeneration.
2420 King Charles L'enorm announces intention to carry the Errantry Wars east into the Border Princes and beyond. Bretonnian knights win a huge victory against Orcs at Blood River. Goblin Warlord Grom the Paunch defeats Dwarf army at the Battle of Iron Gate, and commences a four-year rampage throughout the Empire before setting sail for Ulthuan.
2421 Norse Losterikson discovers a great inland bay on the west coast, south of the equator.
2425 Goblin horde from Old World invades eastern Ulthuan and ravages land until defeated.
2429 Discovery of New World by Old Worlders. Removal of Dieter IV, last Unfahiger, from Imperial throne. Prince Wilhelm Holswig-Schliestein of Altdorf becomes Emperor Wilhelm III. Marienburg Provincial Council declare the Wasteland's independence and secede from Empire.
2430 Empire Capital returns to Altdorf from Nuln. Colonisation begins on "New Coast".
2449 Colonisation of New World begins. Battle of Grootscher Marsh (Wasteland) deals decisive blow to Imperial designs. Emperor Wilhelm III recognizes Wasteland independence. Rioting spreads from the Suiddock throughout the city in response to anti-Labour laws passed by the City Council at the behest of the Merchants' Guild.
2452 Emperor Wilhelm III legalises the practice of the four sorcerous academic disciplines and establishes the four academies of sorcery and magical guilds.
2473 Belegar, descendant of King Lunn, recaptures and resettles parts of Karak Eight Peaks. The Dwarf hold remains in a permanent state of siege.
2475 Last Romanoff Tsar, Psychotic Ivan, murdered by a fanatic priest. Radii Bokha rises to power with the support of the military and aristocracy.
2488 Bretonnian army is defeated by Orc army led by Morglum Necksnapper at the Battle of Death Pass. King Charles II declares Errantry Wars at an end.
2491 Heinrich Kemmler; otherwise also known as The Lichemaster, finds the barrow of Krell. He breaks the magical seals and raises the Chaos Champion back to Undeath. Creating an Undead horde Krell and the Lichemaster sweep down from the Grey Mountains into Bretonnia. They are stopped at the Battle of la Maisontaal Abbey where their army breaks after heavy losses – The pair retreat back to the Grey Mountains and have not been heard of since.
2498 Battle of the Jaws. Orc army is defeated at west end of Mad Dog Pass by dwarfs.
2500+
Incursions of Chaos are growing increasingly active. Charles Tete d'Or ascends throne as King Charles III.
2502 Election of Karl-Franz, last of the Holswig-Schliesteins, as Emperor Karl-Franz I. Erik Redaxe raids Cothique at head of a great fleet of Norse reavers. High Elf war fleet defeats Norse.
2503 Orc army occupies Karak Azul for four years before retreating from a Dwarf army.
2505 An increase of the magical fluxes of the world is awakening an increasing number of Tomb Kings. Settra is rallying them to his banner - preparing to launch a new age of conquest.
2510 Dwarf army defeats rampaging Orc army in the Battle of Broken Leg Gully.
2512 Huge army of Orcs begin rampage in the northern Empire, led by Azhag the Slaughterer. Orcs eventually defeated by Reik-Marschall Otto Blucher, and the Crown of Sorcery taken by the Grand Theogonist.
WHFB Chronology(Until the year: 2554 I.C.)
-7500
The Old Ones appear from beyond the stars [Approximate dating]. The Old Slann alter the planet's orbit, causing a general increase in temperatures, rise in sea levels and withdrawl of the ice sheets to the extreme polar regions - Creation of the World Pond and separation of the continents. Spawning of the Saurus, Skink, and Kroxigor races. The Old Slann transport the emerging race of Elves onto the island later known as the Ulthuan. Tribes of Human hunter-gatherers arrive in the New World from the northwest and begin to spread across the land.
-6000
Tribes of Humans arrive and spread in the mountainous areas of the Old World. The emergence of Amazons.
-5000
Dwarfs begin their slow colonization of the Worlds Edge Mountains. Time of the Ancestor Gods.
-4600
-4550 High Elves establish fortress of Sith Rionnasc'namishathir (Star-Gem of the Sea) at the mouth of the Reik.
-4500
The coming of Chaos. Disappearance of the Ancestor Gods. Dwarfs and High Elves meet for the first time and friendly relationship established.
-4500 The first Phoenix (High) King defends the Shrine of Asuryan against the Chaos Horde of Morkar.
-4498 War against Chaos begins in earnest.
-4480 Forces of Chaos driven back. Phoenix King marries Everqueen.
-4471 Forces of Chaos attack Avelorn. Everqueen slain and children lost.
-4461 Caledor Dragontamer starts repairing and expanding ancient network of Standing Stones (which stood on Ulthuan since dawn of time) so as to drain the Winds of Magic from the world.
-4458 Malekith, future Witch King of Naggaroth, is born.
-4419 Battle of the Isle of Dread results in a magical vortex which drains the world of the magic, thereby weakening the Chaos forces. The first Phoenix King dies.
-4200
First mass migration of Human tribes from the south. Ancestors of the Romany peoples.
-4164 The foundation of the first High Elf colonies on the east coast. Malekith defeats an Orc army and saves the city of Athel Toralien.
-4119 Dwarfs and High Elves combine armies and finally drive the last remnants of Chaos from Old World. Trade between both races flourish and the Dwarfs establish many new strongholds.
-3500
-3419 Cult of Pleasure begins its slow spread through Nagarythe and across all Ulthuan.
-3200
First Human civilization rises in Nippur, on the banks of the Rivers Tigis and Phrates in eastern Araby.
-3000
The Pharaohs (God-Kings) unite Upper and Lower Kemet (Pharaonia) along the banks and delta of the River Nyllus.
-3000 Golden Age begins as Dwarven Empire founded and establishment of Karaz-a-Karak as capital.
-2900
-2839 Pledge of friendship between dwarfs and Elves. Dwarfs build the sea wall, Vloedmuur, about Sith Rionnasc.
-2800
Rise of Midean civilization.
-2789 Malekith finds the Circlet of Iron in the ancient city of Vorshgar in the northern wasteland.
-2774 Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh.
-2751 Massacre at the Shrine of Asuryan. Malekith fails in bid to become Phoenix King.
-2749 Elven civil war commences, and rages for 25 years.
-2736 Malekith is sealed within his black armor and is hailed as the Witch King.
-2724 Phoenix King Caledor defeats the Witch King at the Battle of Maledor.
-2723 The Sundering. Witch King interferes with the Vortex which contained Chaos Magic. Much of northern Ulthuan sunk.
-2723 Dark Elves establish themselves in the cold land of Naggaroth, with its capital of Naggarond. Native tribes of Ikadians in the area are scattered and destroyed.
-2700
-2630 Dark Elf expedition returns and hostilities resume.
-2600
Assurian Empire dominates in Tigis/Phrates valley. Clashes with Kemet to the west.
-2500
First Dynasty rises in Cathay, consolidating victory over local warlords.
-2500 The rise of Settra; first and most powerful of the Pharaoh-Kings of Khemri (Kemet.) Settra forms the first bastion of human civilisation, the country: Nehekhara. He conquers neighbouring lands and exacts tribute; supporting his growing Empire. As the heart of Nehekhara he builds a great city: Khemri. Consumed by immortality; Settra and his High Priests strive to learn all they can in prolonging his life – They fail, but ultimately promise that he will awaken in a beautiful Paradise where he will rule for all eternity. Other Rulers follow his trend and are mummified and entombed in great pyramids clusters called necropolises. Nehekhara continues to grow and prosper.
-2000
Birth of Nagash.
-2000 City of Kavzar (Tumas) is established. Rapidly grows to become the largest city in the Old World.
-1997 War of the Beard (War of Vengeance) begins and lasts for 400 years.
-1974 Son of Dwarf High King slain by High Elf King Caledor II.
-1968 Battle of Oeragor.
-1968 A High Priest of Khaine in a group of envoy Dark Elves teaches Dark Magic to Nagash in Khemri (capital of Nehekhara). Nagash then defeats the Dark Elf leaders in a sorcerers duel and has survivors entombed alive in the Great Pyramid.
-1960 Death of Pharaoh-King Ormahkaten. Civil war breaks out in Nehekhara.
-1959 Nagash slays High Priest of Orierus and seizes power in Khemri.
-1950 Nagash begins to prolong his fading youth by distilling an elixir from Human blood - Recruits other depraved noblemen to join him. Nagash orders the construction of the Black Pyramid, destined to be larger than the Great Pyramid of Khemri.
-1950 Midean civilization mysteriously vanishes.
-1950 A wandering Dwarf clan takes up residence in Tumas and furthers city building.
-1948 Elf city of Athel Maraya is burned to the ground by Dwarf Army. Civilization rises in Ind.
-1700
-1750 The Kings of Nehekhara become afraid of Nagash’s power and form an alliance against him led by Prince Lahmizzar of Lahmia. After decades of war; Nagash is pushed back into his Black Pyramid. A mighty battle is waged and Prince Lahmizzar falls; his son takes charge and breaks Nagash’s armies. Nagash flees north. At least one of Nagash’s books is taken by Queen Neferata. She becomes the first of the Vampires; around her, she gathers a Court of Vampires. Queen Khalida of Lybaras becomes aware of the evil of the Lahmians, but she is slain by Neferata; keeping the Vampire secret safe.
-1666 Chaos army sweeps down from the Chaos Wastes and invades Naggaroth. Dark Elf casualties are high, but Chaos army completely wiped out.
-1600
-1600 First true Skaven emerge as masters of Skavenblight (formerly Kavzar). First experiments with magic. Warpstone sought further a field. Tunnel system under Skavenblight expanded to accommodate rapidly increasing population.
-1600 Nagash’s wonderings take him to Cripple Peak; a mountain by the shores of the Sour Sea. Within Cripple Peak nestles the greatest mass of warpstone in the World. Nagash begins to experiment with the warpstone; however, due to its raw chaotic nature, he is forced to use ever more potent necromantic magicks to hold onto his Unlife.
-1599 Dark Elves invade Shadowlands. Intermittent war begins.
-1560 Battle of Three Towers at the gate of Tor Alessi - The Dwarfs defeat Elves in a cataclysmic battle. Phoenix King Caledor II slain by Dwarf King Gotrek Starbreaker. Phoenix Crown taken by Dwarfs as recompense.
-1502 Sith Rionnasc falls to dwarfs after long siege. Fortress razed to the ground.
-1502 High Elf army routs Dark Elves in Ulthuan.
-1501 High Elves withdraw from Old World to battle resurgent Dark Elves from Naggaroth. Dwarfs are left victorious, but decimated with the ending of the War of Vengeance. Athel Loren, the Wood Elf capital, is founded.
-1500
Goblinoids overrun land, threaten Hettite capital. Hettite forces withdraw from Khemri to meet Goblin threat in north. Volcanic activity destroys Dwarf realms.
-1500 Nagash unveils the secrets of warpstone and realizes the power it can bring him. Lacking followers he animates corpses and skeletons to work for him. He begins excavating the warpstone ores beneath Cripple Peak and creates Nagashizzar - The Cursed Pit: a giant underground fortress full of alchemical laboratories, barracks, foundries and armouries. The warp dust and slag released from the mine puts the surrounding lands to ruin, creating what is known as the Desolation of Nagash. Primitive Human tribes begin to worship him as a god and this eventually leads to their devolution into a corpse-eating race of creature known as Ghouls. Within a few hundred years Nagash builds a powerful empire around the shores of the Sour Sea.
-1500 Earthquakes triggered by Skaven society devastate the population of Skavenblight. The twelve Grey Lords arise forming the first Council of Thirteen and the Order of the Grey Seers.
-1499 Start of Goblin wars as Karak Ungor is the first Dwarfhold to fall to Goblins. Karak Varn is flooded and occupied by Goblins and Skaven.
-1498 Dwarf mines in Dragonback Mountains fall.
-1457 Mad Dog Pass and Gunbad fall. Almeca civilization rises in the south as Slann Empire recedes into Lustria.
-1400
-1387 Silver Road Wars begin and lasts 20 years.
-1367 Mount Silverspear falls.
-1350 The Skaven are drawn to the warpstone at Cripple Peak – The Skaven go to war against Nagash. By now Nagash is an immensely powerful entity; leading his armies, he easily drives the Skaven back. However, eventually Nagash and the Council of Thirteen make a deal. In return for luring Orcs and Goblins into Nagashizzar, the Skaven receive warpstone mined from the pit.
-1300
-1250 Troll Wars begin.
-1245 Dwarfs regain control of area between Karak Kadrin and Mad Dog Pass.
-1222 An earthquake reveals a seam of Gromril within Misty Mountains – Nagash forges his fabled armour from an alloy of this Gromril and Lead.
-1200
The Kings of Nehekhara become aware of the evil in Lahmia; and unite in war against the Vampires. The Vampires are driven out by the alliance led by King Alcadizaar - Abhorash, Ushoran, and Neferata scatter into the world. The separating Vampires give rise to the varying bloodline families. Wsoran; first of the Nechrarch, joins with Nagash.
-1185 Karak Varn is reoccupied for 49 years.
-1163 Nagash launches full-scale war on Nehekhara. The Kings; united under King Alcadizaar, eventually defeat the armies of Nagash. In response Nagash unleashes a plague on the land: mass-death through disease falls on Nehekhara. Nagash assaults again, this time laying waste to all before him. King Alcadizaar becomes a slave of Nagash.
-1151 After consuming vast quantities of warpstone Nagash begins The Great Ritual: a spell to kill all life in Nehekhara and raise the dead. The Skaven guards sense danger and flee, King Alcadizaar manages to cut down Nagash and steal the Crown of Sorcery. The Priests of Nehekhara are unaffected by the spell and thus become true Liche Priests. The Pharoah-Kings awake and are enraged that the land they have come to is a blasted desert-waste – The Tomb Kings are born.
-1149 Arkhan the Black razes the city of Bel-Alaid; initiating, what will later be called The Wars of Death - For the next 1000 years Arkhan raids and sacks towns and cities of Araby. The once mighty civilisation is reduced to a few city-states and nomad tribesmen.
-1147 The body of Alcadizaar is discovered by Kadon, who takes the Crown of Sorcery. Using the Crown he creates an Undead empire which is overrun after 75 years by the Orc Warlord Dork Redeye.
-1136 Orcs and Skaven renew pressure and force Dwarfs to depart. Miyan civilization rises to the east of the Almeca.
-1000
Rise of Hellene (Grecian) City-States. The renowned city-state of Myrmidens is founded. Achaen League forms to battle Goblinoids from Badlands.
-975 Battle of a Thousand Woes. Dwarf attempt to recapture Red Eye Mountain (Karak Ungor) fails. Almeca civilization disappears suddenly.
-950 The fall of Mourkain and the start of the devolution of the Strigoi Vampire Bloodline.
-900
-800
-750 Karak Azul partially occupied by Goblins for 10 years.
-700
-692 Last of the Dark Elves in Ulthuan are destroyed.
-600
Vorag Bloodytooth comes south from beyond the Black Mountains and unites the scattered Ghoul tribes around Nagashizzar. Vorag Bloodytooth becomes the first Ghoul King. With his army he destroys the Red Cloud Goblin tribe and puts the enslaved to work building the Fortress of Vorag to the east of the Plains of Bone.
Vorag turns to the Grey Hag Goblin tribe who retreat into the mountains. While besieging the Goblins, Vorag is struck down by a bolt-thrower’s powerful bolt. Leaderless; the Ghouls scatter and flee back to Cripple Peak (Nagashizzar.) The Fortress of Vorag is forgotten and falls to ruin. 1000 years later a creature named Vorag (it is uncertain whether or not it is the same one) appears in the southern forests of Sylvania determined to restore the lost kingdom of Strigos.
-513 Karak Eight Peaks falls to Orcs, Goblins, and Skaven.
-500
Rise of Humanity in northern Old World. First dealings with Dwarfs. Establishment of numerous petty states throughout rest of Old World.
-469 Orcs destroy and abandon Karak Azgal.
-466 Karak Drazh falls and is renamed Black Crag. Founding of Bilbali and Magritta (Estalia). Founding of the towns of Luccini, Miragliano, and Remas (Tilea).
-400
-370 Orcs and Goblins beaten back at Battle of Black Water.
-300
-239 Alesandr of Achaes succeeds his father, Philus, as leader of the League.
-237 Subdues City-State of Myrmidens.
-234 Alesandr leads Grecian armies against Goblinoids, frees coast of the Black Gulf.
-230 Alesandr conquers ancient kingdoms of Assuria, Het, Kemet, and Nippur.
-224 Alesandr dies from an illness in Nippur and is entombed in Kemet while Grecian Empire divided among his heirs.
-250
Dwarfs intensify trading contacts with Humans in lands which will become the Empire.
-210 Rise of Remean Republic.
-200
-190 Remas leads Tilean League against invading Hellenic Empire and expels it from southern Tilea.
-130 Saratosa founded.
-100
-87 Dark Elf ships start raiding the coasts of Cathay and Nippon.
-85 Founding of Reikdorf [Altdorf].
-80 Tobaro founded.
-50 Founding of Middenheim. Remas battles neighbors until it dominates Tilea.
-40 Nagash is reborn exactly 1111 years after he was destroyed. He attempts to control the Tomb Kings but under the leadership of Settra he is driven out and falls back to Nagashizzar. He finds Cripple Peak to be infested by Skaven and expels them all in a single night. Over the next 25 years the Skaven continually attempt to recapture Nagashizzar.
-39 In arrogance, Settra turns against the other Tomb Kings and is defeated in a battle that lasts 7 days and 7 nights. He retreats to Khemri and remains undisputed ruler in Khemri – His Empire still being the largest and most powerful in Nehekhara.
-30 Sigmar Heldenhammer is born in Reikdorf (Altdorf.)
-30 Nagash forges his Iron Hand.
-20 Founding of Nuln.
-15 Rescues Dwarven King Kargan from Goblin warbands.
-15 Arkhan the Black annihilates a huge Skaven horde at the Battle of Death Rock – So devastated are the Skaven by their defeat that it is their last attempt to recapture Nagashizzar.
- 5 Founding of Talabheim.
- 1 Battle of Black Fire Pass where Sigmar leads alliance of Humans and dwarfs and crushes the Goblinoid army. Drives remaining Goblinoids back into the Dark Lands.
0
First period of tolerance of sorcery begins and lasts 200 years.
0 Establishment of The Empire.
1 Sigmar crowned Emperor by High Priest of Ulric. Nippon unites for first time under a single Emperor Warlord: Yamyakyuki I.
15 Remean Legions crush Goblins near Black Gulf and drives them back into the Dark Lands.
15 Nagash discovers that the Crown of Sorcery is now in the possession of Morath. He travels north to reclaim the Crown but Morath is defeated by Sigmar before he can retrieve it. Nagash raises an army and attacks Sigmar. At the Battle of the River Reik Nagash is cut down by Sigmar and his army destroyed.
16 Krell; the only survivor of Nagash’s army, is felled at the Battle of the Glacier Lake and imprisoned in a magical tomb.
25 Remas establishes presence in the south. Sigmar grants Krugar title to lands along Talabec.
35 Remean Legions conquer Magritta.
50 Sigmar abdicates and disappears in Worlds Edge Mountains. Remean Legions conquer Bilbali. Clashes with native Keltoi peoples.
52 Establishment of electoral system (Empire).
73 Establishment and expansion of Cult of Sigmar, open conflict with Cult of Ulric begins.
Johann Helstrum becomes first Grand Theogonist of Sigmar.
85 After defeat by the still tribal Teutognens, Marius the Fen Wolf, first Baron of Westerland, leads his people westward from Nordland.
90 Marius founds the city of Marienburg and begins construction of Rijker's Isle fortress.
100
Settra begins a new campaign of raids, attacking the land and coastline of what will later be called Bretonnia. Thousands of prisoners are brought to Khemri.
176 Following numerous incursions by Chaos warbands, Dark Elves begin building a series of watchtowers along Naggaroth's northern border.
200
Secret societies of sorcerors form across Old World as the various Cult hierarchies lead in the oppression of the Sorcerous Arts. The loss and destruction of many magical treasures occur during this period.
287 Miners discover nest of the dragon Mordrak in the mountains south of Karak Azul.
300
400
451 Sartosa is besieged and captured by a combine force of Dark Elves and Undead.
453 Remean Legions recapture Sartosa and rout the Dark Elf/Undead force.
500
Intensive deforestation and cultivation takes place in Old World as Humanity spreads.
501 Independent Westerland is absorbed by Empire during reign of Emperor Sigismund II: the Conqueror.
504 Legions clash with Keltoi peoples as Remean Empire expands.
510 Establishment of City of Constantium as capital of Remean Kemet.
512 Founding of the city of Brionne (Bretonnia).
520 Establishment of Erengrad (Kislev.)
530 Founding of the city of Bordeleux (Bretonnia).
537 Founding of the city of Moussillon (Bretonnia).
540 Founding of the city of Quenelles (Bretonnia).
555 Empire grants Middenheim charter to avoid city's secession. Creation of first Knight Eternal (Inner circle Knights) to represent Middenheim.
560 Founding of the city of L'Anguille (Bretonnia).
562 Founding of the city of Couronne (Bretonnia).
570 Founding of the city of Gisoreux (Bretonnia).
572 Establishment of Dorogo (Kislev).
592 Founding of the city of Parravon (Bretonnia).
600
657 Thori Gundrikson discovers Gromril in caves west of Black Water.
662 Discovery of Lost Heartstone of Aldin Getgold in the Dragonback Mountains.
665 The Dwarf Mines near Black Water destroyed by Skaven.
684 Discovery of the Axe of Dail deep in the ruins of Karak Varn and return to High King in Karaz-a-Karak.
685 Skin of the dragon Fyrskar brought to High King.
698 Representatives of the Phoenix King of the High Elves arrive in Cathay. Trade between east and west begins to flourish.
700
742 Sons of the High King are rescued from the dungeons of Black Crag.
753 Dark Elf slave-ships begin to roam the globe and begin to bring entire tribes to Naggaroth in chains.
756 Remean Legions retreat to south as troubles plague its Empire.
758 Revolt in Kemet put down by Remeans.
760 Civil War erupts and lasts for 30 years.
765 Barony and Norse conclude treaty at the Althing of Traktatsey ending latter's raiding.
779 Establishment of Constantium as second capital of Remean Empire.
800
820 Remas crushes revolt in Bilbali. Rise of the Anatuzi, Cliff-Dwellers, in the arid west.
830 Norse raids begin anew. Marienburg is burned down several times over the next 20 years by the Norse.
876 En-route to Lustria, Norse Raiders capture an Empire ship and unwittingly take on board the body of Vampire Luthor Harkon. By the time the ship reaches the coasts of Lustria the entire crew is slain or turned Undead. Luthor proceeds to create an Undead empire in Lustria – the area becoming known as Vampire Coast.
892 Destined to be the greatest and most long lived Runesmith of his age, Kragg the Grimm forges his first rune.
900
936 Duchy of Moussillon and Barony of L'Anguille at war.
977 Gilles le Breton of Gisoreux begins 70 years of dynastic conquests that leads to unification of Bretonnia.
980 Orcs and Goblins retreat to Grey Mountains and northern forests.
982 Remean Legions begin a 10 year campaign to recover lost territories and clashes frequently with le Breton's army.
995 Goblinoid forces destroy Remean settlements along Black Gulf.
996 The prophet, Mulhaed al-Quyat, born.
999 Suffering great losses, Remean Legions defeat invading Goblinoids.
1000
Emperor Ludwig the Fat issues royal charter to the Halflings of the Moot granting them administrative autonomy and an Imperial vote.
1001 Tilean Civil War erupts
1002 Declining Remean Empire authority collapses. Establishment of petty kingdoms in the wake.
1005 Le Breton sweeps Remean armies out of Bretonnia. Constantium becomes center of Remean Empire as the remainder collapses in much of the Old World.
1015 Remas domination ends.Rise of the Tilean City-States.
1022 Escaping le Breton's forces, some of Bretonnia's nobility and their retinue invade and carve out their own petty realms.
1032 Skalf Dragonslayer slays the dragon Graug the Terrible and claims the kingship of Karak Azgal. The Dwarfs make no attempt to recapture hold infested with Goblins, Skaven, and other foul creatures.
1033 Skalf Dragonslayer and descendants establish a town in the valley below the old entrance of Karak Azgal.
1050 Mulhaed al-Quyat begins preaching of the One True God.
1053 The beginning of a 62 year reign by Boris Goldgather the Incompetent begins. Corruption is prevalent throughout his reign.
1060 Mulhaed al-Quyat begins 200 year jihad against Constantian Empire.
1065 Mulhaed al-Quyat dies.
1087 Marienburg concludes treaty with eastern kingdoms of Albion.
1100
1102 Second period of tolerance of sorcery begins and lasts for 40 years.
1111 The Black Death; brought about by the Skaven, wipes out nine-tenths of the Empire’s population – Skaven overrun the land. The Necromancer Vanhel raises an army of Undead and routes the Skaven out of Sylvania.
1112 Vanhel builds the fortress of Vanhaldenschlosse and carves out a powerful Undead empire in Sylvania.
1115 Death of Emperor Boris Goldgather. No successor elected during ensuing anarchy. Skaven start to systematically enslave the surviving Human settlements.
1124 Vanhel is assassinated and his empire collapses.
1124 Count Mandred Skavenslayer rallys the realm and drives the Skaven back underground – he is elected Emperor.
1125 Dark Elves invade Ulthuan.
1131 Dark Elves rebuild citadel of Anlec in the Shadowlands.
1133 Begins war with siege of Griffon Gate.
1142 Eastern provinces of Constantian Empire fall to the Arabian forces
1146 Siege of Griffon Gate lifted.
1152 The Western Constantian provinces fall. Guillaume; the third Bretonnian King, defeats a large Orc army at the Battle of Armandur and drives the last of the Orcs from northern Bretonnia.
1152 The assassination of Emperor Mandred by Skaven assassins.
1152 Inconclusive Electoral Council starts the 200 year Age of Wars (initiated by war between Talabecland and Stirland.) Middenheim annexes Middenland.
1152 Rise of the Alomas, first of the Mound Builders, in the Alhio River basin of the Eastern Woodlands.
1175 Settra leads a large naval raiding fleet against Bretonnia. He is met at Savage Point by the Bretonnian Admiral Henri Lamorte and his fleet. Settra is defeated and flees back to Khemri.
1200
1205 Central provinces fall and the 55 year siege of Constantium begins.
1207 Dieter Helsnicht is discovered to be a Necromancer and flees the Empire city of Middenheim. He escapes to the Forest of Shadow and begins building up an Undead army.
1212 Arabian forces begin conquest of Estalian kingdoms.
1224 Although greatly reduced, the kingdom of Astarios and its capital Magritta stands despite repeated setbacks.
1225 Bilbali falls.
1233 Remnants of the Estalian realms (Tigarre, Obregon, and Cantonia) withdraw to the Irrana Mountains to continue the struggle. Aloma culture vanishes after nearly two hundred years.
1244 Although Dieter Helsnicht is successful in defeating an Empire army sent against him, his army is destroyed at the Battle of Beeckerhoven by an Empire-Kislev alliance. His body is never recovered.
1260 Constantium falls to Arabian forces and is renamed Istrabul.
1275 The Lamorte family crypt is pillaged by grave robbers. The body of Henri Lamorte is stolen and soon thereafter there are reports of a highly skilled Wight Lord terrorising the Bretonnian countryside.
1300
1342 Arabian forces lay siege to Brionne and threaten the south of Bretonnia.
1344 Rollo d'Chinon dislodges the Arabians.
1347 d'Chinon drives the Arabians back to Estalia.
1359 Imperial capital moves from Altdorf to Nuln with election of Grand Duke of Stirland to Emperor.
1360 Ottilia of Talabheim declares herself Empress with support of High Priest of Ulric. High Priest of Ulric leaves Middenheim for Talabheim during Imperial Civil War.
1361 Ottilia outlaws Cult of Sigmar in Talabecland. Ulrican extremists begin the Sigmarite Heresy doctrine.
1361 Chevan civilization rises in the mountainous west.
1400
1420 Lands around Karak Kadrin are tormented by the great dragon Skaladrak Incarnadine.
1435 Sultan Jaffar, a powerful Arabian sorcerer, wields together a coalition of several desert tribes.
1436 Jaffar expands his city-state to a small empire with the capture of Al-Haikk, Copher, Martek, and Lashiek in western Araby.
1442 The Sultan of All Araby, Daryus-e Qabir, declares jihad against the infidels of the Old World.
1448 Skaven convince Jaffar that he should extend his empire into Estalia and overthrow the corrupt and soft ruling Almarvid regime and crush the Estalians. Sultan Jaffar initiates an invasion.
1450 Start of 600 year Crusadings. Fall of Estalian kingdom of Astarios and most of Magritta to Arabians. Only the citadel and harbor remain in Estalian hands.
1452 Fall of Bilbali to the Crusading forces.
1457 The founding of the Order of the Blazing Sun (Empire). Magritta liberated by Crusading forces. Only Arabian kingdom of Alhabra remains in Estalia. Tulen civilization rises in the plateaus west of the Miyan jungle realms.
1500
1502 High Elf army routs Dark Elves in Ulthuan.
1503 First wave of Gospodar peoples migrate through Northern Pass from Farside by pressure from Ungol people [who moved into steppes from region in northern Cathay].
1505 Population pressure leads to sporadic raiding along the coasts of the Sea of Claws.
1510 Norse princes of Ropsmann peoples raid Gospodar settlements along Lynsk River.
1523 Norse princes establish themselves as ruling minority in Erengrad.
1540 The founding of the Order of Knights Panther.
1547 High Priest of Ulric and Graf Heinrich of Middenheim achieve rapprochement by Cult accepting a vow of celibacy for all priests. Heinrich's bid for the throne fails, but declares himself Emperor. Age of Three Emperors begins.
1550 Steady disintegration over the next four hundred years sees increase in the number of Daemonologists and Necromancers, proliferation of secret Chaos worship.
1563 City of Tobaro is overrun by Skaven breaking through the ancient Elf-carved network of tunnels which riddle the cliffs around it.
1565 Tobaro is recaptured by a mercenary army led by Meldo Marcelli.
1597 Marienburg seized by Bretonnian army under Count of L'Anguille.
1600
Rise of the Holamkis, second of the Mound Builders, in the Misipia and Alhio River basins of the eastern woodlands.
1601 Village of Escantos in the south of Estalia is completely devoured by swarm of rats.
1602 Five year Bretonnian occupation ends as army under the Graf of Middenheim approaches Marienburg.
1666 Arabian forces destroy Goblinoid strongholds and driving them towards Dark Lands.
1681 Nagash returns to life 1666 years after he was slain by Sigmar – The Night of the Restless Dead. For one night throughout the known world the dead walk the land. Terror and confusion reign for a night and entire villages and towns are destroyed before the coming of dawn.
1688 Bretonnian and Empire crusading forces, led by Knights Panther, sack Istrabul.
1689 Arabian forces drive the Crusaders back towards sea.
1700
1703 Norse raids begin. Magnus the Mad besieges Lothern with 200 men.
1707 Orc Warlord Gorbad Ironclaw invades The Empire from Black Fire Pass.
1708 Large Imperial army led by Count of Wissenland is destroyed in Battle of Grunberg.
1708 Altdorf is besieged, but holds out. Emperor Sigismund V is killed by Orc wyverns.
1709 Orc army disperses after Warlord Ironclaw disappears. Capital moves to Altdorf as Nuln is sacked, Mootland is devastated, and Sudenland overrun.
1712 Arabian forces attack petty kingdoms, overcoming the easternmost.
1724 Battle of Matorca halts the Arabian advance in the southeastern region of the Old World.
1731 Rise of the Tialanese Empire in the lands south of Cathay.
1745 Ungol horde, led by Kanai-Khan, sweep through northern Cathay.
1749 Ungols overthrow the Ling Dynasty. Chuano civilization begins to rise north of the Chevan people.
1752 Ungol hordes invade Norsca.
1754 Norse princes subdue the Ungol horde in the north.
1755 The Ungol become rulers along the Rivers Talabec and Urskoy.
1762 Prince Vermund establishes Cult of Ulric in north.
1786 Bordeleaux loses one third of its population to an outbreak of Red Pox during a single week. Baron Giscard Du'ponte orders poor quarter burned to ground, which halts the Red Pox immediately.
1797 Vlad von Carstein becomes the first of the Vampire Counts of Sylvania. He marries Isabella von Drak and over the course of the next 2 centuries the majority of the remaining aristocratic families become infected with the curse of the Vampire.
1798 Ungol invasion fleet sinks off the coast of Nippon during a sudden storm.
1800
1806 Bretonnian crusaders carve out petty kingdoms. King Louis VIII the Simple dies leaving no clear heir.
1809 Bretonnian Duchies and baronies war against one another for next 250 years.
1808 Central Bretonnian authority collapses.
1814 Crusaders capture Istrabul.
1812 Southern Bretonnia is ravaged by another outbreak of Red Pox. Great fire of Brionne razes three quarters of city.
1812 Middenland lays siege to Middenheim and is repulsed with the aid of Dwarfs. The Dwarfs seal Middenheim's "Undercity".
1813 Two Skaven armies appear, razing several villages and small towns along the River Brienne. Brionne and Quenelles are besieged. The combined Skaven army is defeated and driven off by Wood Elves and Bretonnian knights from Parravon. The Red Pox is brought under control.
1814 Northern Tilea is ravaged by outbreak of Red Pox.
1848 Norse raids resume on coast of Bretonnia.
1850 Norse raiding parties cross the Sea of Claws and Middle Sea.
1854 Norse raids begin on the northern coast of Bretonnia.
1870 Third period of tolerance of sorcery begins in the Tilean City-States.
1900
Holamki and Tulan civilizations vanish. Chevan civilization declines. The Anatuzi culture declines as the Molgolan civilization rises to the south.
1901 Ungol warbands threatens Talabheim.
1901 Facing increasing Norse raids, the Mages of Saphery draw a shroud of mists over eastern sea approaches.
1903 Development of loose confederation of states centered on the city-state of Erengrad [under Ingjold the Red] and ruled by Norse Ropsmann princes.
1904 Emperor in Talabheim acknowledges sovereignty of Ungol chief Utilla over all lands east of Talabheim.
1910 Ungol capital of Dorogo becomes cosmopolitan city.
1952 Baron Henri d'Amateu of L'Anguille grants the Norse Skajad the Bastard land in the Armorica region to end the Norse raids.
1958 Fall of the Crusading Kingdoms.
1979 Magritta of Marienburg becomes last elected Empress for 400 years.
1979 "Wizard's War" begins in Middenheim and spreads throughout the Empire.
1980 Grand Theogonist of Sigmar refuses to acknowledge the election rights of Magritta and Imperial system is effectively ended. Dark Ages spread as central authority completely collapses for next three hundred years.
1991 "Wizard's War" ends in the banishment and execution of a number of Daemonologists and Necromancers.
2000
Miyan civilization declines. Erald the Wanderer becomes first Human to reach the Elven Kingdoms, but is prevented from entering by Sea Elves of Lorthern.
2003 Ungol aristocracy slowly assimilated into Gospodar culture.
2010 The Wars of Vampire Counts begins with devastation of Ostermark by Vlad von Carstein, first of the notorious Vampire Counts of Sylvania. Undead armies rampage between Stirland and northern border. The Battle of Hunger Wood - Dwarfs take part in the Night Siege of Castle Tempelhof and the defeat of Vampire Countess Manuelle.
2011 Ropsmann princedoms establish overland trade with Dorogo.
2032 The last of the Arabians withdraw from Estalia.
2050 Rise of the Misipians, third and greatest of the Mound Builders, in the Misipia, Alhio, and lower Misori River basins of the eastern woodlands. Founding of the mound-dominated city of Cahoken.
2051 Vlad van Carstein is slain at the siege of Altdorf. Isabella von Carstein commits suicide rather than spend an eternity without her beloved. The various remaining Vampire Counts begin fighting amongst themselves and taking advantage of the moment the Grand Theogonist; with the help of the High Elves, casts an unbinding spell on the Undead Horde - The largest Undead Horde in history dissipates as separate feuding forces splinter to go their own ways.
2064 Tialanese Empire collapses under weight of attacks from the Cathanese Imperial Army.
2094 Konrad von Carstein successfully seizes the political seat of power in Sylvania and once more unites the Vampire Counts.
2100
Igor the Terrible, Prince of Erengrad, invites Prince of Dorogo to join the Confederacy of Kislevite States.
Rise of the Nazcas in the western mountains and highlands. Trade commences with the declining Slann.
2100 Konrad von Carstein launches a new invasion of The Empire - With the assistance of a Dwarf and a Wood Elf army; within a year his conquering army is defeated and broken at the Battle of Four Armies. Konrad returns to Sylvania and uses Waldenhof as a staging point to raid into the Empire.
2121 Konrad von Carstein is finally killed by a combined army of the Empire and Dwarfs at the Battle of Grim Moor.
2101 When the Prince of Dorogo refuses, Igor sends an army to raze Dorogo. He rebuilds and renames the city Kislev, and embarks on a campaign to consolidate various minor states and principalities of southern and central Kislev.
2132 Mannfred von Carstein takes the ruling crown of the Vampire Counts and immediately launches another invasion of the Empire. In a vicious lightning strike; Mannfred and the Vampire Counts lay waste to all in their path and once again, Altdorf comes under siege. A hasty alliance of Empire, Dwarf, High Elf, and Wood Elf armies drive Mannfred back to Sylvania.
2134 Igor's campaign stalls at foothills of Worlds Edge Mountains and Farside Steppes region.
2135 Declares both territories part of Confederated States of Imperial Kislev and names himself Tsar (Tzar) of all
Kislev.
2145 Determined to be rid of the Vampire Count menace; the Empire’s feuding political factions unite thereby ending more than 5 centuries of Imperial civil strife. The Empire’s armies scour the Sylvanian country and Mannfred is finally brought to bay at Hel Fenn, where he is reportedly defeated and slain. The aristocracy of Sylvania is stripped of any rights to wealth or power and Sylvanian land is annexed into Stirland and Ostermark. Hereby ends the Wars of Vampire Counts.
2150 Sea Elves return to Old World. Marienburg signs treaty granting them exclusive trading rights with Sea Elves.
2151 Re-establishment of Sea Elves in the ancient ruined Star-Gem fortress.
2169 Battle of the Blight. Miraglianese army and allies drive the Skaven back to the deepest reaches of the marshes. Thousands of Skaven die, but the Tileans fail to utterly destroy them.
2179 Last of the Crusading forces drive the Arabians out of the Old World.
2198 Goblinoid forces overrun Arabian villages.
2199 Arabians withdraw to the Marg beh-Mard Desert.
2200
2201 Beginning of the Errantry Wars when Louen Orc Slayer, King of Bretonnia, declares intention to rid
Bretonnia of Orcs.
2203 After several increasingly weak and ineffective Tsars, coalition of government bureaucrats and priests
conspire to govern through puppet Tsars.
2205 Battle of Black Falls ends in rout of Goblin army by dwarfs after both sides lost their leaders.
2206 Establishment of first agricultural colonies in Farside.
2232 Alliance of northern Estalian kingdoms invade and conquer southern Bretonnia.
2254 Estalian kingdom of Astarios establishes an empire by conquering southern Tilea.
2267 All Tilean provinces send troops to drive out the Estalian invaders.
2261 Rise of the Aztlanos in the plateaus where the Tulan civilization once stood.
2270 Rise of the Inquisition.
2274 Siege of Brionne results in the end of Estalian domination.
2283 Riots in Luccini violently suppressed.
2300
Six nations of the Eraquati in the northeastern forests free themselves from the Dark Elf domination. Continuous war between native Humans and Dark Elves begins. Establishment of Romanoff dynasty in Kislev. Nazca Empire in Lustria grows as Chuano civilization subjugated.
2301 Incursion of Chaos.
2302 Karaz-a-Karak is attacked during Great War against Chaos, but holds out. Magnus the Pious appears in Nuln and unites Empire. Praag falls and siege of Kislev and Erengrad begins. Tsar Alexis Romanoff appeals to Magnus for aid. Graf Paulus van der Maacht, last Baron of Westerland, dies in battle against Chaos.
2303 Eternal alliance with Kislev. Minor plagues break out in Nuln and Talabheim. Battle of Grovod Forest results in defeat for Chaos hordes. Imperial and Kislevite forces with Norse allies drive Chaos forces back. Kislevite chapter of the Order of the White Wolf founded. Harald the Wolf leads Norse and Norse dwarfs against Chaos hordes and drive them back. Dark Elves and Chaos allies are driven out of the Old World. Minor plague in Marienburg.
2304 Magnus elected Emperor.
2305 Magnus decrees the cessation of the Barony and establishes Province of Westerland, governed by an appointed Council drawn from the burghers of Marienburg.
2319 Skaven warships are spotted in waters off Tilea.
2321 Battle of Bloodwater Sound ends with Dwarf Ironclads from Barak Varr defeating Skaven Fleet in the
Black Gulf. Estalian and Tilean coasts suffers from Skaven raiding throughout summer.
2355 Nipponese armies invade Imperial Cathay. Start of 120 year war between the two great Empires.
2369 Death of Magnus the Pious. Empire does not pass to his brother, Gunther von Bildhofen, but to Count Leopold Unfahiger of Stirland.
2378 Merchant fleets and militias from Marienburg conduct a highly successful campaign against pirates.
2387 Prince Karsten of Waldenhof employs Skaven to undermine the walls of Castle Siegfried in Sylvania. Karsten is hanged when all the children in Waldenhof disappear.
2391 Two days of riots result from Elves arresting a Human in the Suiddock and dragging him off to Elftown. Many Elves are hanged before tempers are calmed.
2400
Renaissance of sorcerous studies across entire Old World. Abandonment of last Farside colony. City-States free themselves of the Estalian yoke.
2402 Discovery of Lustria by Old Worlders.
2410 Colonisation begins.
2412 First encounter with ancient, degenerated civilization of the Slann.
2419 Accession of Charles I L'Enorm marks beginning of Bretonnia's degeneration.
2420 King Charles L'enorm announces intention to carry the Errantry Wars east into the Border Princes and beyond. Bretonnian knights win a huge victory against Orcs at Blood River. Goblin Warlord Grom the Paunch defeats Dwarf army at the Battle of Iron Gate, and commences a four-year rampage throughout the Empire before setting sail for Ulthuan.
2421 Norse Losterikson discovers a great inland bay on the west coast, south of the equator.
2425 Goblin horde from Old World invades eastern Ulthuan and ravages land until defeated.
2429 Discovery of New World by Old Worlders. Removal of Dieter IV, last Unfahiger, from Imperial throne. Prince Wilhelm Holswig-Schliestein of Altdorf becomes Emperor Wilhelm III. Marienburg Provincial Council declare the Wasteland's independence and secede from Empire.
2430 Empire Capital returns to Altdorf from Nuln. Colonisation begins on "New Coast".
2449 Colonisation of New World begins. Battle of Grootscher Marsh (Wasteland) deals decisive blow to Imperial designs. Emperor Wilhelm III recognizes Wasteland independence. Rioting spreads from the Suiddock throughout the city in response to anti-Labour laws passed by the City Council at the behest of the Merchants' Guild.
2452 Emperor Wilhelm III legalises the practice of the four sorcerous academic disciplines and establishes the four academies of sorcery and magical guilds.
2473 Belegar, descendant of King Lunn, recaptures and resettles parts of Karak Eight Peaks. The Dwarf hold remains in a permanent state of siege.
2475 Last Romanoff Tsar, Psychotic Ivan, murdered by a fanatic priest. Radii Bokha rises to power with the support of the military and aristocracy.
2488 Bretonnian army is defeated by Orc army led by Morglum Necksnapper at the Battle of Death Pass. King Charles II declares Errantry Wars at an end.
2491 Heinrich Kemmler; otherwise also known as The Lichemaster, finds the barrow of Krell. He breaks the magical seals and raises the Chaos Champion back to Undeath. Creating an Undead horde Krell and the Lichemaster sweep down from the Grey Mountains into Bretonnia. They are stopped at the Battle of la Maisontaal Abbey where their army breaks after heavy losses – The pair retreat back to the Grey Mountains and have not been heard of since.
2498 Battle of the Jaws. Orc army is defeated at west end of Mad Dog Pass by dwarfs.
2500+
Incursions of Chaos are growing increasingly active. Charles Tete d'Or ascends throne as King Charles III.
2502 Election of Karl-Franz, last of the Holswig-Schliesteins, as Emperor Karl-Franz I. Erik Redaxe raids Cothique at head of a great fleet of Norse reavers. High Elf war fleet defeats Norse.
2503 Orc army occupies Karak Azul for four years before retreating from a Dwarf army.
2505 An increase of the magical fluxes of the world is awakening an increasing number of Tomb Kings. Settra is rallying them to his banner - preparing to launch a new age of conquest.
2510 Dwarf army defeats rampaging Orc army in the Battle of Broken Leg Gully.
2512 Huge army of Orcs begin rampage in the northern Empire, led by Azhag the Slaughterer. Orcs eventually defeated by Reik-Marschall Otto Blucher, and the Crown of Sorcery taken by the Grand Theogonist.
