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| Prehistory | Great war between the Wind Dukes of Aaqa and the Queen of Chaos. Rod of Law created by the seven Wandering Dukes. The Wind Dukes Icosiol and Zosiel slain by Miska the Wolf-Spider on the volcanic fields of Pesh. Miska the Wolf-Spider defeated by the Wind Duke Qadeej, wielding the Rod of Seven Parts, at Pesh. Rift Canyon formed. [DMG1; BoA; Ro7P; DNG#124] Whispering Cairn constructed by the Wind Duke Nadroc in the Cairn Hills. [DNG#124] | |
| c-14,400 CY | Valley elves present in the Valley of the Mage. | WG12 |
| -5515 CY | First year of Suloise Dating system (1 SD). | tPGtG |
| -4462 CY | First year of Elven Calender system (1 OC). | tPGtG |
| c-4415 CY | Eight House War of the Suloise (c 1100 SD).1 Possible creation of skulks for use in the Eight House War (c 1100 SD). | DR#241.47 DR#241.47 |
| -2659 CY | First year of Baklunish Hegira system (1 BH). | tPGtG |
| c –2400s | According to Olman legend, this is about the time that the Olman gods discovered Oerth and the Olman peoples. Fragmentary records from Tamoachan reveal that a civilization of demon worshipping "troglodytes" ruled the Amedio Jungle. | tSB.42 tSB.62 |
| c –2400 | Emperor Inzhilem II, of the House Neheli-Arztin, (5th mage of Power), orchestrates Suloise Wars with monsters in the southern Crystalmist Mts. (today’s Hellfurnaces). (c 3116 SD).1 | DR#230.9 |
| -2360 CY | Inzhilem II directs Imperial Congress to provide wizards to help in enchanting Orbs of Dragonkind (3156 SD). | DR#230.11 |
| -2354 CY | Inzhilem II killed in internal feud of the Neheli- Artzin. Junior Branch Artzin destroyed (3162 SD). Ubron Thrideen, of House Neheli, crowned emperor of Suloise Empire. | DR#230.11 DR#230.11 |
| c -2350 | Eight Orbs of Dragonkind crafted sometime after this year. | DR#230.11 |
| -2350 CY | First year of Flannae Tracking system (1 FT). | |
| -2062 | A strange eldritch jewel falls from the sky and lands in the foothills of the Abbor-Alz. This jewel will become known as the Soul Gem. | C2.2; RV |
| -2010 | The Flan wizard Galap-Dreidel discovers the Soul Gem [-2062] and gains mastery over it. | C2.2; RV |
| -1990 | Galap-Dreidel [-2010] builds Keep Inverness to protect the Soul Gem. | C2.2; SW |
| c-1900s | Touv tribes wander the savannahs and lower jungles of Hepmonaland, farming and hunting. Olman tribes wage war amongst themselves, build shrines to their gods, and destroy any ruins they find believed to have built by a race of bat-like humanoids who lived in Hepmonaland centuries before. | SB.36 |
| c -1900 to -1500 | The Olman learn to work stone and bronze, and build great cities in the northern Jungles of Hepmonaland. | SB.36 |
| c -1700 | Fall of "troglodyte" empire in the Amedio Jungle. | SB.62 |
| c -1600 | Gnomish creators of the Jermalaine servant race are destroyed by Suel spellcasters. Rise of intelligent gorillas, the d’kana, in the Amedio Jungle. | DR#241.49 SB.62 |
| c -1500 | The wizard Keraptis establishes himself as “protector” of the mountainside city of Tostenhca (AKA Skrellingshald) in the Griff Mountains. The Olman city of Xuxulieto, capital of the northernmost Olman nation of Hepmonaland, is abandoned after being pillaged by rivals. | RtWPM.3; GA.92-93 SB.36 |
| -1463 | Galap-Dreidel [see -1990; -2010] leaves Inverness on a journey northwest, never to return. | C2.2; RV |
| -1408 CY | Crowning of first Touv King in Kundanol. Beginning of the Touv Calendar (1 TC). First King Onatal gains kingship by defeating his brother Onak. | SB.38, 50. |
| c -1400 | Kingdom of Sulm thrives in central Bright Desert. | WGR3.15 |
| -1250 CY | Iyapo declared an official city-state by Kingdom of Kunda (159 TC). | SB.50 |
| c -1215 CY | Imperial Suloise Congress votes to create derro (4301 SD). | DR#241 |
| c -1200 | D’kana disappear from the Amedio Jungle. | SB.62 |
| -1179 | Keep Inverness falls to siege from superstitious Flan tribesmen. | C2.2; RV |
| c -1100 | Keraptis [c -1500] and his renegade gnome followers are driven from Tostenhca. Xagy and Joramy forge Queen Ehlissa's Marvelous Nightengale. The high priests of the Olman city-states of Alocotla and Xapatlapo make a pact with the god Tlaloc. The yuan-ti race is born. | RtWPM.3 DMG1.158 SB.47 |
| c -1000 | Migration of Olman tribes from Hepmonaland into the Amedio Jungle. Flan tribes inhabit the Pomarj region. | SB.47 Slav.120 |
| -805 CY | Olman of the Amedio delcare themselves the "true" Olman nation. Beginning of Olman Luna calendar (OL 1). | SB.64 |
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| c -800 | The wizard Keraptis [see -1500; -1100], with his fanatically loyal camp of renegade gnomes, slays the Elder Druid Aegwareth and occupies White Plume Mountain, a geyser-spouting mountain south of Rift Canyon and north of the Nyr Dyv. Thingizzard, Witch of the Fens, already dwelling in the Great Swamp, north of White Plume Mountain. | S2.2; SW; RtWPM.3, 56 RtWPM.15 |
| -800 CY | All seven of the Olman Amedio city-state colonies have declared themselves independent by this time. | SB.62 |
| -720 CY | Anatal, northermost Touv fort in Hepmonaland, constructed (689 TC). | SB.47 |
| c -600's | The Olman of the Amedio Jungle develop the blowgun. | SB.65 |
| -644 CY | First year of Oerid Reckoning system (1 OR). | PGtGH |
| -554 CY | The Baklunish archmage Lyzandred discovers a portal to a demiplane which enhances his quest to neutralize strong magic items. | CoLtM.2 |
| -490 CY | Assassination of Tloqasikukuatl of Chetanicatla, emperor of the Amedio Olman Empire, by priests of Zotzilaha (OL 316). | SB.65 |
| -485 CY | Baklunish-Suloise War begins. | Folio |
| -466 CY | First employment of humanoid mercenaries. | Folio.5 |
| -465 CY | Oeridian tribes begin migrating east across the Flanaess from their ancestral homeland. | tAB.55 |
| -458 CY | Oeridian migrations east at peak point. Oeridians cross through the Tuflick Valley (modern-day Ket). | Folio.5 tAB.55 |
| -447 CY | Suloise migration begins. | Folio.5 |
| -425 CY | The Scarlet Brotherhood founded. | WG8.105 |
| -422 CY | The Invoked Devastation and the Rain of Colorless Fire destroy the Baklunish and Suloise Empires, leaving the Dry Steppes and the Sea of Dust in their wakes. [Fol.5, 26] The Age of Glory ends. [Gloss.27] The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords is lost. [DMG1.156] The Cup and Talisman of Al’Akbar appear. [DMG1.157; GA.89] | |
| -411 CY | Kevelli Mauk, founder of the Scarlet Brotherhood, dies and is succeeded by his finest student, Reshek Nes. [SB.4] | |
| c -400 | A necromancer named Kyuss appears in Rift Canyon. [DNG#124.46] | |
| -385 CY | A small cluster of farmsteads is founded near a large spring on the western coast of Woolly Bay and is named Naer’s Well. This will eventually be known as the town of Narwell. | tAB.56 |
| -345 CY | Suloise clans settle on the western shore of Woolly Bay (the Wild Coast). | tAB.55 |
| -342 CY | Kingdom of Keoland founded. | tAB.55 |
| -325 CY | The city of Jurnre, in the modern-day County of Ulek, founded. | WG8.25 |
| -315 CY | Earliest date by which the village of Greyhawk is known by that name. | tAB.56 |
| -278 CY | Port of Norbe Harbor founded on the northern coast of Woolly Bay by the Suel sorcereress Ena Norbe of Safe Town (modern-day Safeton). This town will eventually be known as Hardby. | tAB.56; Slav.32 |
| -110 CY | The Aerdy army defeats Nyrondal cavalry squadrons in the Battle of a Fortnight’s Length. Thereafter, Aerdy is known as the Great Kingdom. | Folio.5 |
| -107 CY | The Order of the Knight Protectors of Aerdy, precursor to the Order of the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom, is founded. | LGG.157 |
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| 1 CY | Nasran I of House Cranden is crowned in Rauxes, the Great Kingdom of Aerdy, as the first Overking. [Fol.5; Ivid.3] The frontiers of the Great Kingdom reach modern-day Greyhawk. | Folio.5; Ivid.3 Folio.5 |
| 3 CY | Maret Nial, a Greyhawk native, leads a battalion of Great Kingdom infantry in the Nyrondal Campaign. | tAB.57 |
| 4 CY | Maret Nial, now a Great Kingdom infantry captain, returns home to the village of Greyhawk and proclaims it part of the Great Kingdom of Aerdy. | tAB.57 |
| 5 CY | A powerful elven mage named Azimer founds the elven magical school of Mithray-Nor in the northern Vesve. | DR#95; RV |
| 11 CY | A major battle between Oeridian and Flan tribes takes place at modern-day Arrowstrand, Aerdy. | Ivid.41 |
| 15 CY | The population of Greyhawk at several thousand. | tAB.57 |
| 43 CY | Ganz, Landgraf of the Selintan and the son and heir of Maret Nial [4], oversees the repulsion of a humanoid army led by six spell casters (this force failed to take Hardby a week earlier. The Citadel of Jurnre, County of Ulek constructed. | tAB.57 WG8.27 |
| 49 CY | Maro, wife of Landgraf Ganz of Greyhawk [43], succeeds her mother as Gynarch of Hardby. | tAB.57 |
| 62 CY | A castle is constructed atop Bone Hill on Lendore Isle. | L1; RV |
| 69 CY | Castle Karn [hex J4-105] is constructed in the Suss Forest. | N2; RV |
| 75 CY | Death of Tenmeris I of Aerdy, grandson of Nasran I [1]. He is succeeded by his wife, Yalranda I. | Ivid.3 |
| 92 CY | Keraptis [see -1500; -1100; -800] disappears from White Plume Mountain to further his research. | RtWPM.4; RV |
| 97-100 CY | Aerdi forces advance and the Viceroyalty of Ferrond gains full control of eastern and southeastern portions of what is now known as Perrenland. | LGG.85 |
| 100 CY | Viceroyalty of Ferrond established. | tAB.57 |
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| 134 CY | House Atirr ascends to the Herzogy of the North Province, replacing House Naelax. | DR#291 |
| 139 CY | The Order of the Heavens, a society of sages devoted to Celestian and specializing in astrology, astronomy, and other forms of divination, is formed in Keoland. | UK4; RV |
| 147 | Castle Karn in the Suss falls to siege. | N2.19; RV |
| 150 | The Rhennee first appear in the vicinity of the Adri Forest in the Great Kingdom. | tAB.57 |
| 168 CY | The Order of the Night Sky, an order of monks dedicated to serving and protecting the sages of the Order of the Heavens [139], is founded. | UK4; RV |
| 169 | Siege of Bone Hill [62]. Bone Hill Castle is destroyed, and its warlord, Arvis DuLac, slain. DuLac returns from death as a wraith. | L1.8; RV |
| c 185-189 | The Red Gnoll Clashes occur in the Great Kingdom. | DR#291 |
| 196 CY | Lady Lorana Kath, Naelax noblewoman, priestess of Hextor, and Knight Protector of the Great Kingdom, is promised to Prince Movanich of Atirr, heir to the herzogy of North Province, who spurns her. | DR#291 |
| 198 CY | In response to a comet appearing over the Flanaess, the sage Selvor the Younger predicts a coming time of strife and living death in the Great Kingdom. | GA.91; DR#290.100 |
| 200 CY | Greyhawk becomes a walled city and the Grand Citadel is rebuilt as a huge stone fortress with a large garrison of Aerdy troops. Leukish established as a trading post in Urnst. On an alternate plane, Strahd Von Zarovich makes a pact with death and becomes a vampire. The Demiplane of Ravenloft forms [351 BC]. | tAB.58 OJ1 RLT |
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| 202 CY | In Autumn of that year, in the Great Kingdom of Aerdy, Lord Nidramon the Hextorian, the Knight Commander of the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom, dies. | DR#290 |
| 203 CY | Lord Kargoth challenges the decision of the Council Gallant to make Sir Benedor Knight Commander of the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. Challenges Sir Benedor to a contest of arms in the Court of Essence at the royal palace, fails to win in the allotted time. Lord Kargoth seduced by Demogorgon and becomes the first Death Knight. Lord Kargoth leads thirteen of his fellow Knight Protectors in a raid on the Temple of Lothan near Rel Deven. Kargoth uses the Orb of Sol to unleash the demon beast Arendagrost, Maw of the Abyss on the Great Kingdom and to deliver up his allies to Demogorgon, who tansforms the thirteen Knight Protectors into death knights. Arendagrost slain near Carnifand, Aerdy, by Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. The powerful wizard Allreynen the Gripper attempts to destroy the death knight Sir Rezinar, but is slain in the attempt, though Rezinar loses a hand. | DR#290-1 |
| 205-220 | Hardby reaches its prime. | tAB.56 |
| 209 CY | The Landgraf of the Selintan and commander of the Greyhawk garrison are both assassinated by evil cultists. As the landgraf has no heirs, Ponjes the Bull, the next officer in line for command of the garrison, takes charge and declares martial law in Greyhawk. He orders the Expulsion of Evil, in which all evil cults in the city have their temples burned to the ground, their property is seized, and the cultists themselves are either driven from the city or slain. Ponjes is appointed as the new landgraf by the Overking, but calls himself simply “Mayor of Greyhawk.” The new ruler sets about reorganizing the city government. The death knight brothers Sir Maeril and Sir Farian of Lirtham attempt to invade the Aerdian city of Delaric with an undead army, but are turned back by Saint Benedor, who slays Farian with the Orb of Sol. | tAB.58 |
| 209-254 | A surge in commerce results in Greyhawk evolving into a huge trading port. About this time, the Rhennee [150] first appear in Greyhawk. | tAB.58 |
| 213 CY | Death of Overking Jiranen; Zelcor crowned as Overking. The Great Kingdom's Royal Astrologers confirm the comencement of an Age of Great Sorrow. Overking Zelcor abolishes the astrologer's order and banishes the members to Rel Astra. | LGG.23 LGG.23; DR#290 |
| 223 CY | Herzog Movanich of North Province dies uder mysterious circumstances. The death knight Lady Lorana Kath, who Movanich spurned years before, when she was still human [196], is suspected. | DR#291 |
| 230 CY | The Overking recalls the Aerdy soldiers from Greyhawk [200] and the landgraf is charged with defending the Selintan region. | tAB.58 |
| 236 CY | Myloskom, a priest of Fharlanghn from Greyhawk, is imprisioned within a mirror of life-trapping while adventuring. | |
| 247 CY | St Kargoth's [203] castle, Fharlanst, is besieged and destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. | DR#291 |
| 254 CY | Viceroy Sinvri of the Viceroyalty of Ferrod dies, and Ferrond is no more. The Kingdom of Furyondy is established in its place, with Thrommel I as its first king. | |
| 259 CY | A powerful Aerdian mage named Viracius Scath enters the ruins of Bone Hill [169] alone, in search of powerful magic rumored to lie within the ruins. He is overwhelmed by DuLac and his undead allies, and imprisoned. He dies and is cursed with eternal life, but not eternal youth. He will eventually become a “living skeleton.” | L1.15; RV |
| 271 CY | The Order of the Heavens constructs a base of operations on a small island in the Jewel River, in the westernmost portion of the Drachensgrab Hills [hex E4-106]. The edifice is dubbed the Tower of the Heavens. | UK4; RV |
| 280 CY | The magic school of Mithray-Nor [see 5 CY] in the Vesve is destroyed in a magical duel between the headmaster, Azimer, and a renegade student. After causing the student to retreat, Azimer orders the school abandoned and holes up in the lower levels. | DR#95.44 |
| 283-288 | Thrommel III of Furyondy has Chendl built and proclaims it the nation’s new capitol. | WG8.83 |
| 287 CY | The Kagu-Svirfnebli, a deep gnome tribe, build a lair in the western Drachensgrabs, not far from the Tower of the Heavens. | UK4; RV |
| 300-350 | The Bandit Kingdoms formed. | Fol.8 |
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