Timeline

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Mouvelian calendar	Canthan calendar	Dynastic Reckoning	Tyria	Cantha	Elona
1080 AE	1590 CC	1280 DR	The Ebon Vanguard are withdrawn from the north and fortify Ebonhawke.	Present day during the later Winds of Change events. Ashu takes control over the Ministry of Purity.
1079 AE	1589 CC	1279 DR	Present day during the War in Kryta and Hearts of the North events. The Krytan civil war ends.	Present day during the earlier Winds of Change events. The Ministry of Purity begin the final stage of eliminating the Afflicted from Cantha.
1078 AE	1588 CC	1278 DR	Present day in Guild Wars Eye of the North. Earthquakes erupt across Tyria, caused by the Great Destroyer. The Asura appear on the surface. The Norn interact with southern races. The Charr begin a civil war, sparked by Pyre Fierceshot's rebellion. The Transformation of the Dwarves. Primordus, the Elder Dragon, stirs but does not awaken.
1077 AE	1587 CC	1277 DR		Minister Reiko Murakami officially establishes the Ministry of Purity.
1076 AE	1586 CC	1276 DR	Pyre Fierceshot leads his warband in a rebellion against the Shaman caste.
1075 AE	1585 CC	1275 DR			Present day in Guild Wars Nightfall. Nightfall occurs and the Goddess of Truth ascends into godhood. Palawa Joko is set free from imprisonment.
1073 AE	1583 CC	1273 DR		Reiko Murakami, as member of the Ministry of Flame, begins to rally the people of Cantha against the Afflicted.
1072 AE	1582 CC	1272 DR	Present day in Guild Wars Prophecies. Ascalonian refugees flee to Kryta. The Undead Lich attempts to open the Door of Komalie.	Present day in Guild Wars Factions. Master Togo summons Mhenlo to the Shing Jea Monastery. Shiro unleashes plague in Cantha.
1071 AE	1581 CC	1271 DR	Resurgent trade between Cantha and the devastated Tyrian kingdoms formalized in the Second Treaty of Lion's Arch.
			Orr is sunk in the Cataclysm. Bay of Sirens is renamed Sea of Sorrows after an upswing in shipwrecks.	After 191 years of fighting, the Tengu Wars come to an end.
1070 AE	1580 CC	1270 DR	Present day in pre-Searing. The charr invasion and The Searing ravages Ascalon, bringing an end to the Guild Wars. The White Mantle take control of Kryta.
1067 AE	1577 CC	1267 DR	Mhenlo is the last Tyrian to graduate from Shing Jea Monastery.
			Earliest date given to the White Mantle's existence, and the first year of the Test of the Chosen.
1058 AE	1568 CC	1258 DR		Kintah dies and is succeeded by his son Kisu, who becomes the 31st Canthan Emperor. Open warfare between the Luxons and Kurzicks ended, resuming border skirmishes, and the Xunlai Guild began spreading its influence outside of Cantha.
1022 AE	1532 CC	1222 DR	Ermenred of Ascalon travels to Cantha to meet Emperor Kintah. Informal trade routes open between the two nations.
1020 AE	1530 CC	1220 DR	Surmia is founded.
1017 AE	1527 CC	1217 DR		The Luxons and Kurzicks of Cantha end formal diplomatic contact, communicating with each other only when required (and almost always through official liaisons of the Celestial Ministry).
1016 AE	1526 CC	1216 DR			Second Great Corsair War ends with Seamarshal Matoha's defeat of Lady Glaive's Armada. Istan established as maritime power.
1013 AE	1523 CC	1213 DR	The Third Guild War begins in Tyria.
982 AE	1492 CC	1182 DR			Second Great Corsair War begins.
972 AE	1482 CC	1172 DR		Juedo summoned the demon Mang.
940 AE	1450 CC	1140 DR	Cantha's embassy formally closed in Ascalon City and Elona. Corsair activity rises as a result of this.
902 AE	1412 CC	1102 DR	Long-standing trade agreements between the Tyrian kingdoms and the Canthan Empire dissolved by imperial decree.
900 AE	1410 CC	1100 DR			Successful merchant Amaki Voss establishes herself as the clanmarshal for life of the city of Makuun, becoming the first "prince" of Vabbi.
899 AE	1409 CC	1099 DR			Great Fortress of Jahai established at the Grand Cataract.
898 AE	1408 CC	1098 DR	The Great Northern Wall is erected.
886 AE	1396 CC	1086 DR		Inhabitants of Courthouse Square successfully petition the Celestial Ministry to rename the neighborhood Vizunah Square in honor of Vizu for her efforts against Shiro Tagachi.
880 AE	1390 CC	1080 DR		Increased hostility from the Tengu. Open war with the Angchu Tengu averted through Emperor Hanjai's personal ambassador's efforts. Sensali Tengu claim the Angchu as traitors.
874 AE	1384 CC	1074 DR			Istan and Vabbi restore their clanmarshals. Kourna retains warmarshal ruler, Kunai Ossa. While Kunai Ossa refuses the Dynastic Crown, all warmarshals of Kourna are from the Ossa clan.
872 AE	1382 CC	1072 DR		Shiro Tagachi slain in the Harvest Temple of Cantha after killing Emperor Angsiyan. The bloodline is unbroken when his son Emperor Hanjai (Kisu's great-great grandfather) ascends to the throne. Beginning of the Age of the Dragon.
			Canthan diplomats in the northern kingdoms return to Cantha and trade declines due to increased pirate attacks.
870 AE	1380 CC	1070 DR	The Burnt Warband, part of the Flame Legion, discovers the Titans at the Hrangmer volcano and declares them as deities.
868 AE	1378 CC	1068 DR			Turai Ossa leads the Great Pilgrimage into the Crystal Desert.
865 AE	1375 CC	1065 DR		Shiro Tagachi thwarts a Celestial Ministry coup d'etat, mounting the rebels' heads outside the Ministry's office.
862 AE	1372 CC	1062 DR			Turai Ossa defeats Palawa Joko at the Battle of Jahai. The Order of Whispers seals away Palawa Joko.
860 AE	1370 CC	1060 DR	Nolani is founded.		Palawa Joko invades Elona, captures most of the Northern Province, earns the sobriquet "Scourge of Vabbi."
858 AE	1368 CC	1058 DR		Shiro famously defeats a group of Am Fah, beheading their leader and executing all surrenderers.
851 AE	1361 CC	1051 DR	Lord Odran becomes the first mortal to enter the Rift.
825 AE	1335 CC	1025 DR	Mad King Thorn and the Lunatic Court are killed during a rebellion.
774 AE	1284 CC	974 DR		Emperor Senvho's dies on the new throne of Raisu Palace.
772 AE	1282 CC	972 DR		Dinfang is attacked by the naitahlen armada led by Appollonia, who is defeated by Kitah and her squadron.
757 AE	1267 CC	957 DR			Palawa Joko builds his Bone Palace in the Desolation.
712 AE	1222 CC	912 DR			First of the Great Corsair Wars.
694 AE	1204 CC	894 DR		The infamously cruel Emperor Singtah is burned alive in the first Raisu Palace. His son, Senvho begins building the second Raisu Palace. Beginning of the Age of the Tortoise.
640 AE	1150 CC	840 DR			Last of the Shattered Dynasties collapse. Elona emerges as three allied provinces--Kourna, Istan, and Vabbi.
583 AE	1093 CC	783 DR			Collapse of the Great Dynasty. Start of the Pretender Wars and the Shattered Dynasty Era.
572 AE	1082 CC	772 DR		Magadore attempts to siphon life from Cantha's forests and is killed by Zojun's animal army.
534 AE	1044 CC	734 DR	Lornar single-handedly holds off a great Hill Giant invasion in Lornar's Pass.
520 AE	1030 CC	720 DR			First new settlements in the Istan Islands.
456 AE	966 CC	656 DR			End of the Plague Years. Admun Kolos takes the throne, founding the Great Dynasty.
452 AE	962 CC	652 DR			Scarab Plague sweeps through Elona, decimates the population, and wipes out the Royal House. Istan abandoned. End of the Primeval Kings.
372 AE	882 CC	572 DR		Karei is approached by Dwayna and made Master of Kaziin Monastery.
358 AE	868 CC	558 DR	Kryta becomes an independent nation.
324 AE	834 CC	524 DR			First mention of organized corsair activities in the Dynastic records. Monument building common in Istan and Kourna.
300 AE	810 CC	500 DR	Kryta established as a colony of Elona.
272 AE	782 CC	472 DR	Glint compiles the Flameseeker Prophecies.
221 AE	731 CC	421 DR		Shing Jea Island is no longer used for logging and begins agricultural recovery. Beginning of the Age of the Hedgehog.
			Cantha begins trading with Tyria, Elona, and the northern areas.
174 AE	684 CC	374 DR	The Forgotten leave the world of men, settling in the Crystal Desert.
29 AE	539 CC	229 DR			Primeval Kings spread their rule into Vabbi and the Desolation, and begin to bury their dead rulers in tombs in the Crystal Desert.
2 AE	512 CC	202 DR	Orr becomes an independent nation.
1 AE	511 CC	201 DR	King's Watch is founded.	Prince Chang Hai, a Warrior Monk, becomes the first Ascendant emperor of Cantha. Beginning of the Age of the Bat.
0 AE (Year 0)	510 CC	200 DR	The Human Gods split the bloodstones to control magic. The Crystal Desert is formed and the Desolation created. Margonite civilization collapses. Fall of Abaddon. The Exodus of the Gods.
1 BE	509 CC	199 DR	The Human Gods give magic to races of Tyria.
					Date of the Scriptures of Abaddon.
45 BE	465 CC	155 DR	Date of the Scriptures of Lyssa.
48 BE	462 CC	152 DR	Date of the Scriptures of Balthazar, Melandru, and Grenth.
100 BE	410 CC	100 DR	Ascalon's new king receives first Canthan ambassador.
			High-plains human settlements become known as Ascalon. Humans drive charr out of Ascalon. Doric is crowned king during the Season of the Phoenix in Ascalon.
115 BE	395 CC	85 DR	Date of the Scriptures of Dwayna.
175 BE	335 CC	25 DR			Margonite settlements appear along coastlines north and west of Elona. Margonite vessels rule the Unending Ocean.
200 BE	310 CC	0 DR			First of the Primeval Kings rules Elona from the city of Fahranur in Istan. Start of Dynastic Reckoning (DR).
205 BE	305 CC	-5 DR	Humans appear on Tyrian continent.	Beginning of the Age of the Falcon.	Humans appear on the islands of Istan and in the valley of Elona.
459 BE	51 CC	-259 DR		Kurzicks declare independence from Cantha, become vassal clan.
462 BE	48 CC	-262 DR		Luxons formally secede from the Empire, become vassal clan.
464 BE	46 CC	-264 DR		Lord Emperor Kaineng Tah dies under mysterious circumstances. Yian Zho takes the throne.
510 BE	0 CC	-310 DR		Canthan clans unite under Kaineng Tah, first Lord Emperor of the Dragon. Construction on the first Raisu Palace begins. Beginning of the Age of the Marmoset.
786 BE	Late Pre-Imperial Era	-586 DR		Humans appear in Cantha for the first time and settle the northern coastline before spreading completely across the continent. Their development is unhindered by the Forgotten.
1769 BE	Middle Pre-Imperial Era	-1569 DR	The Forgotten arrive in Tyria.
10,000 BE	Early Pre-Imperial Era	-9800 DR	Last of the Giganticus Lupicus, the Great Giants, disappear from the Tyrian continent.

See also

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