Timeline

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This timeline covers the entire history of the Legend of Galactic Heroes universe. It is divided into eras and uses the dominant dating system of each era--common era, space calendar, imperial calendar and new imperial calendar dating systems are all used. During eras with multiple dominant dating systems in use at the same time, both are listed.

Hegemony Era

2039 CE

2039 CE

• The Thirteen Day War: a massive nuclear war between the nations of Earth, divided primarily between the United States of Eurafrica and the Northern Coalition, destroys all of the major cities on the planet. The human population is reduced to 1 billion.

2129 CE

• After 90 years of chaos, the nations of the Earth are united under a single banner: the "United Earth Government" is formed. The UEG's capital is established in the city of Brisbane, Australia, one of the few cities to have survived the holocaust of the Thirteen Day War. The Ministry of Space is formed and a new age of space exploration dawns.

2166 CE

• The UEG constructs a base on Io, one of the four Jovian moons, to serve as a staging base for future exploration into deep space.
• The UEG's Ministry of Space constructs its headquarters, Luna City, on the Moon's surface.

2253 CE

• A slower-than-light starship is sent on a mission of exploration to Alpha Centauri. It is expected to return to Earth in 20 years, indicating a maximum possible speed of 0.4365c.

2360 CE

• Doctor Antonel Yanosher and a team of scientists develop Warp, a means of interstellar travel. Early warp technology was only capable of traversing short distances and had dangerous side effects on the human body.

2273 CE

• The Alpha Centauri Expedition is deemed a failure: the starship disappears without a trace.
• Human population reaches 4 billion, with settlements spread throughout the Sol Starzone, including colonies on the Moon, Mars and Io.

2391 CE

• Warp drive is finally perfected, allowing for safe and efficient faster-than-light travel between the stars.

2402 CE

• The first habitable planet other than Earth is discovered, in orbit of the Canopus star. A new age of space colonization begins.

2404 CE

• As the first colony ship is dispatched for the Canopus Starzone, the United Earth Government's Ministry of Space's Navigation Safety Department is re-organized into the Department of Public Peace.

2428 CE

• The Department of Public Safety, after greatly increasing in size, is reorganized into a formal navy, the Space Defense Corps.

2480 CE

• The UEG's sphere of influence begins to reach its limit due to the limitations of Warp technology with a radius of 60 light years, centered on Earth.

2484 CE

• The Space Defense Corps becomes the Space Force, the military branch of the United Earth Government.

2527 CE

• The 2527 Military Expenditure Hearings begin: The UEG's Humanity Congress holds hearings to discuss the amount of the budget claimed by the Space Force, and to address fears of the Space Force becoming a military nobility.

2530 CE

• The UEG's sphere of influence expands to 84 light years.

2580 CE

• The UEG's sphere of influence expands to 91 light years.

2620 CE

• The UEG's sphere of influence expands to 94 light years.
• The Earth's natural resources are finally depleted: the Earth is now completely dependent on trade with the colony worlds for survival.

2664 CE

• Carle Palmgren is born on Rondolina, in the Sirius Starzone.

2666 CE

• Winslow Kennes Townshent is born on Rondolina, in the Sirius Starzone.

2669 CE

• Joliot Frankul is born on Rondolina, in the Sirius Starzone.

2670 CE

• Chao Yuiling is born on Rondolina, in the Sirius Starzone.

Warring States Era

2680 CE

• The colony worlds make a formal protest to the Humanity Congress regarding the gross economic and industrial disparities between Earth and the colonies.

2682 CE

• The 2682 Ultimatums: disgruntled colony worlds protest disproportionate representation in Humanity Congress, interference in local administration and unfairly high taxes.
• The United Earth Government initiates The Sirius Threat, a propaganda campaign intended to discredit the growing Anti-Earth Movement.

2685 CE

Earth's denunciation of Sirius ends up galvanizing the opposition. The disgruntled colonies secede from the Humanity Congress, forming their own Sirius Revolutionary Congress. The Sirius Congress then begins building up its military power in preparation for a confrontation with Earth.

2689 CE

• The Earth-Sirius War begins: Earth attacks and occupies the colony on Sirius VI, Rondolina, to suppress the dissident movement. The Earth soldiers become increasingly undisciplined as the occupation of Rondolina wears on, culminating in the Bloody Night, a massacre of civilians at the city of Laglane.

2691 CE

February

• Carle Palmgren, Winlow Kennes Townshent, Joliot Frankul and Chao Yuiling, meet at the colony of Prosperina, in the Proxima Starzone. They become the leaders of the Anti-Earth Movement and form the Black Fleet

2703 CE

• The Second Battle of Vega: Joliot Frankul leads the Black Fleet to victory over the Space Force despite a huge numerical disadvantage.

2704 CE

• The Earth-Sirus War ends with the Battle of Sol. The Black Fleet established a blockade around the inner planets of the Sol system. After two months of, the Black Fleet assaults Earth, killing most of the starving population and laying waste to the planets surface. Earth's population is reduced to about one billion.

2706 CE

• Carl Palgrem, the leader of the Sirius Revolutionary Congress, dies of a heart attack at the age of 42.
• Joliot Frankul instigates a coup d'etat, but fails and is killed; former Pime Minister Winslow Kennes Townshent becomes the dictator of the Sirian Empire

2707

• A neutron bomb explodes in the Sirian Empire's capital: dictator Winslow Kennes Townshent is killed in the blast.
• Following Townshent's death, the Sirian Empire collapses as high-ranking members of the Black Fleet fight amongst each other for power.

Space Era

1 UC / 2801 CE

• The Galactic Republic is formed, centered on the world of Theoria, in the Aldebaran Starzone.
• A new calendar is adopted, the "Universal Calendar," beginning in the 2801 CE.

106 UC

• In order to deal with the continuing threat of space pirates and remnants from the Earth-Sirius War who refused to integrate back into society, the USG authorizes the formation of a large military fleet.

268 UC

• Rudolf von Goldenbaum is born.

288 UC

• the Pirate War: Rudolph von Goldenbaum, a military genius, leads the USG's space fleets against the resurgent pirates, wiping them all out.
• Rudolph von Goldenbaum becomes a national hero, idolized throughout colonized space.

296 UC

• Rudolph von Goldenbaum, having been promoted to rank of admiral by the age of 28, retires from the military to run for a seat in Parliament.
• Rudolph von Goldenbaum forms the National Reform Alliance. The public sees the USG government as decadent, disorderly and corrupt. To them, Rudolph is a man of principle who promises to usher the galaxy into a golden age.

Early Imperial Era

1 IC / 310 UC)

• President-for-life Rudolph von Goldenbaum declares himself emperor of the newly formed Galactic Empire. He is the first emperor of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
• To commemorate his ascension to the throne, Kaiser Rudolph institutes a new calendar--the Imperial Calendar.

9 IC

• Emperor Rudolf von Goldenbaum declares the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act, which mandates the sterilization of the handicapped and execution of the mentally ill.
• Rudolf von Goldenbaum also terminates all forms of social aid for the poor.
• An aristocratic class is created through the selection "superior genetic specimens." The new High Nobles, are predominantly white, and all are given germanic names and titles by the emperor.

42 IC

• Emperor Rudolf von Goldenbaum is succeeded by his grandson, Sigismund I.
• Widespread democratic rebellions break out across Imperial territory, only to be brutally suppressed. millions of people have their citizenship revoked, becoming serfs, as punishment for being related to, or even being known associates of executed rebels.

164 IC

• Arle Heinnesen, a serf, masterminds an escape of 400,000 fellow serfs from a labor camp on Altair VII.

218 IC / 527 UC

• Arle Heinnesen's refugees, having fled more than 10,000 light years from the Empire, discover a habitable world on which to settle. They name the planet Heinessen in memory of their leader, who did not survive to see the journey end.
• The Imperial refugees on Heinessen establish the democratic Free Planets Alliance, and revive the old Space Era calendar.

220 IC / 529 UC

• August II, son of Emperor Richard III, is born in the Galactic Empire.

247 IC / 556 UC

• Kaiser August II, the Blood-Maker, becomes the 14th emperor of the Galactic Empire.

253 IC / 562

• Kaiser August II is murdered by a vassal following an attack by his cousin, Marquis Rinderhof. Rinderhof adopts the name Erich II and becomes the 15th Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

291 IC / 600 UC

• Lin Pao is born in the Free Planets Alliance.

324 IC / 633 UC

• Friedrich III becomes the 20th Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

Late Imperial Era

331 IC / 640 UC

• The Empire discovers the existence of the Free Planets Alliance. Kaiser Friedrich III declares the FPA to be insurgents against the surpreme authority of the Empire: the FPA-Imperial War begins.
• Lin Pao leads an alliance fleet into battle against an Imperial fleet under the command of grand duke Herbert at Dagon Starzone. Lin Pao's fleet soundly defeats the Imperial forces, and grand duke Herbert is killed in the battle.
• Kaiser Friedrich III dies of illness: Maximilian Josef I becomes the 21st emperor of the Galactic Empire.

447 IC / 756 UC

• Kaiser Otofried V orders the construction of Iserlohn Fortress in the Tiamat Starzone.

452 IC / 761 UC

• Crown prince Richard von Goldenbaum IV is executed for treason.
• Prince Clementz von Goldenbaum dies in a automotive accident while attempting to flee to the Free Planets Alliance.
• Kaiser Otofried V dies of a heart attack, leaving his youngest son to inherit the throne. Friedrich IV becomes the 35th emperor of the Galactic Empire.

482 IC / 791 UC

• Erwin Josef is born. Son of Crown Prince Ludwig, he is the granson of Kaiser Friedrich IV.

487 IC / 796 UC

January

• January 1: Reinhard von Lohengramm leads on Imperial fleet to overwhelming victory over the alliance at the Battle of Astate.
• Yang Wenli is promoted to rear-admiral and given command of the Alliance's newly-created 13th Fleet.

March

• Reinhard von Lohengramm is promoted to Imperial High Admiral.
• The Kastrop Rebellion occurs. Admiral Siegfried Kircheis manages to supress the revolt with only a single casualty--the rebellion's leader, Maximilian von Kastrop.

May

• May 14th: with the aid of the Rosen Ritter, Yang Wenli's 13th Fleet succeeds in capturing Iserlohn Fortress.

June

• Marquis Klopstock attempts to assassinate Kaiser Friedrich IV, but fails.
• Jessica Edwards, a member of the Peace Party, wins a seat on the National Legislative Council as the represenative from Thernusen City.

August

• August 22: the Free Planets Alliance launches on invasion of the Galactic Empire. On Reinhard von Lohengramm's order, the Imperial Fleets withdraw from the worlds in the Alliance path, allowing the FPA to 'liberate' them, but the Imperial forces take all of the supplies with them, putting stress on the Alliance' supply lines.

October

• October 10: Reinhard gives the order to counter-attack the FPA invasion forces.
• October 15: nearly all of the FPA fleets are obliterated at the Battle of Amlitzer. Only Yang Wenli's 13th fleet manages to flee Imperial territory relatively intact.
• Job Truniht is appointed leader of the Alliance High Council due to his opposition of the failed invasion of the Imperial territory.

November

• Kaiser Friedrich IV dies of a heart attack without designating an heir. Prime Minister Klaus von Lichtenlade and Reinhard von Lohengramm ally with each other and support Erwin Josef II's ascension to the Imperial Throne.
• Yang Wenli is appointed commander of Iserlohn Fortress.

488 IC / 797 UC

January

• The Galactic Empire returns 2 million prisoners-of-war to the Free Planets Alliance as a sign of magnanity.

April

• April 3: a military coup in the Free Planets Alliance overthrows the High Council on Heinessen, replacing it with the National Salvation Military Council, led by admiral Dwight Greenhill: the FPA Civil War begins.
• April 6: a group of High Nobles led by Otto von Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim form the Lippstadt League and conspire to overthrow the the government led by Lichtenlade and Reinhard and to install their own child-Kaisers on the throne.
• Reinhard von Lohengramm makes the first strike against the conspirators, forcing the Lippstadt League to flee Odin.Those who escape arrest regroup at Geiersburg Fortress and prepare for war: the Imperial Civil War begins.
• April 20: Yang Wenli and the 13th Fleet depart Iserlohn Fortress to combat the National Salvation Military Council on Heinessen.

May

• Reinhard von Lohengramm siezes Rentenburg Fortress from the Lippstadt League, but allows the fortress commander, admiral Ovlesser, to return to Geiersburg. Ovlesser is executed for suspected treason when he returns.
• Yang Wenli defeats the NSMC's 11th Fleet at the Battle of Doria Starzone.
• Thousands of civilians are massacred by by the military on Heinessen, including Represenative Jessica Edwards, during a peaceful protest of the NSMC held in a stadium.

September

• The Westerland Massacre: Otto von Braunschweig launches a nuclear attack on peasants who had revolted against the Lippstadt League. Westerland's surface is obliterated by the explosion, and millions of civilions die.
• Reinhard von Lohengramm succeeds in the capture of Geiersburg Fortress, ending the Imperial Civil War. Braunschweig commits suicide to avoid capture.

October

• Yang Wenli destroys the Artemis Necklace defending Heinessen, convincing the National Salvation Military Council to surrender. The legitimate government is reinstated and Job Trunicht returns to power.
• Admiral Merkatz, of the Lippstadt leage, flees to the Free Planets Alliance for asylum.
• Siegfried Kircheis dies during an assassination attempt on Reinhard von Lohengramm. Klaus von Lichtenlade is implicated as a conspirator in the attempt, and Imperial fleets under the command of Wolfgang Mittermeyer and Oskar von Reuenthal are dispatched to Odin to take him into custody.

November

• Reuenthal and Mittermeyer arrive at Odin: Lichtenlade and his supporters are swiftly arrested. Lichtenlade himself is forced to commit suicide. Reinhard von Lohengramm becomes Prime Minister, granting him surpreme power over the Galactic Empire.

489 IC / 798 UC

January

• January 1: Reinhard von Lohengramm begins passing numberous social reforms.
• January 16: Imperial forces clash with a training fleet under the command of admiral Dusty Attenborrough inside the Iserlohn Corridor.
• Admirals Kempf and Muller are ordered to recapture Iserlohn Fortress.

March

• Yang Wenli is summoned to Heinessen for a hearing on his actions during the FPA Civil War.
• On the 13th, Muller succeeds in warping Geiersburg Fortress to the Iserlohn Corridor, thus begining the Sixth Battle of Tiamat.

April

• Yang Wenli departs Heinessen to reinforce Iserlohn Fortress. The hearing committee is disbanded.
• Geiersburg Fortress is destroyed during the Sixth Battle of Tiamat. The Imperial forces are defeated, and their commander, Karl Gustav Kempf, dies during the battle.

May

• Reinhard von Lohengramm and Phezzani ambassador Nikolas Boltik begin negotiations for navigation rights through the Phezzan Corridor.

July

• July 6-7: Landsberg and Schumacher abduct the young Kaiser Erwin Josef II and flee through Phezzan to the Free Planets Alliance.

August

• August 20: Landsberg forms a government-in-exile within the Free Planets Alliance, prompting Reinhard von Lohengramm to mobilize the Imperial fleets for an invasion of the Free Planets Alliance.

September

• September 20: Catherine I is crowned the Kaiserin of the Galactic Empire. She is only 8 months old.

November

• November 20: The Seventh Battle of Tiamat: Imperial admiral Oskar von Reuenthal assaults Iserlohn Fortress with a fleet of 36,000 ships.

December

• December 9: Reinhard von Lohengramm and the assembled fleets of the Empire's invasion force depart Odin.
• Imperial admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer vades the autonomous dominion of Phezzan, conquering it bloodlessly.

1 NIC / 490 IC / 799 UC

January

• January 8: An Imperial Fleet commanded by Wolfgang Mittermeyer invades the Free Planets Alliance through the Phezzan Corridor.
• January 9: Yang Wenli abandons Iserlohn Fortress and withrdaws from the corridor, ending the Seventh Battle of Tiamat.
• The Battle of Rantemario: hastily-mustered Alliance fleets under the command of Alexander Bucock attack the invading Imperial forces. The Alliance fleets are defeated, but thanks to the timely aid of the 13th Fleet are able to withdraw.

February

• The Alliance fleets reorganize on Heinessen, and launch at the end of the month to engage the Imperial fleets once more.

May

• The Battle of Vermillion: Yang Wenli engages the Imperial forces in battle in an attempt to kill Reinhard von Lohengramm, and thus force the invaders to withdraw back to Imperial space. Yang surrenders once he recieves notice of Heinessen's fall.
• Wolfgang Mittermeyer and Oskar von Reuenthal invade Heinessen, prompting the Free Planets Alliance to surrender unconditionally to the Galactic Empire.
• The Treaty of Barlat formally ends the FPA-Imperial War

New Imperial Era

1 NIC / 799 UC

June

• June 20: Kaiserin Catherine von Goldenbaum is made to abdicate the throne, thus ending the Goldenbaum Dynasty. Reinhard von Lohengramm becomes the first emperor of the Goldenlöwe Dynasty. A new calendar, the 'New Imperial Calendar," is initiated.

July

• July 10: following an assassination attempt on Emperor Lohengramm instigated by the Earth Cult, the Galactic Empire decides to send a military expidition to Earth to suppress the Terraists.
• July 17: Alliance warships marked for decommisioning in accord with the Treaty or Barlat or siezed by rogue Imperial admiral Merkatz.
• Yang Wen-li is imprisoned by the FPA government, prompting the Rosen Ritter to kidnap Prime Minister Juan Lebello and free Yang.
• July 22: The Rosen Ritter attack the Imperial Consulate and capture Lennenkampf, who later hangs himself in shame for his failure. Lebello is released and Yang and his allies leave Heinessen.
• Wahlen's fleet arrives at Earth. Wahlen himself is wounded in an assassination attempt by a Terraist zealot: he survives and orders the inasion of the Earth Cult's church underneath Mount Everest. The temple is destroyed and all of the Terraists are killed.

August

• August 13: El Facil declares its independence from the Free Planets Alliance.
• Silverbache begins construction of a new capital city for the Galactic Empire on Phezzan.

November

• Reinhard von Lohengramm declares the acts of piracy, terrorism and murder within the FPA constitute a breach of the Treaty of Barlat, and announces his intention to fully subjugate the Free Planets Alliance and absorb them into his New Galactic Empire

December

• Yang Wenli's rogue fleet arrives at El Facil.
• Admiral Merkatz leads an El Facil fleet to re-capture Iserlohn Fortress.
• The Free Planets Alliance launch a fleet under the command of Alexander Bucock to meet the second Imperial invasion force in one final battle.

2 NIC / 800 UC

January

• January 14: The Rosen Ritter succeed in capturing Iserlohn Fortress for the El Facil Revolutionary Government.
• January 16: The Battle of Mar-Adetta Starzone: Bucock's fleet attack the Imperial invasion force, and are defeated.

February

• February 20: Prime minister Lebello is killed; the Free Planets Alliance surrenders to the Reinhard von Lohengramm and is absorbed into theGalactic Empire.

March

• March 23: Admirals Bittenfeld and Fahrenheit lead their fleets to the Iserlohn Corridor.