Forgotten Realms chronology, ... - 0


All dates are in Dalereckoning, and year names are given where appropriate.

-5642
  • Elves found the city of Evereska.
  • Djen settle in Calimshan area.
-4642
  • Efreet invade Djen through a Gate, start of 100 years of war.
c.-4542
  • End of the 100 years Djen-Efreeti war.
-3809
  • Seven fishing villages form the organisation of Netheril.
-3796
  • Trade begins between humans of Netheril and the elves of Illefarn.
c.-3650
  • Dwarven realm of Shanatar founded.
c.-2642
  • Dwarven Realm of Ammarindar founded.
c.-2639
  • Dwarven Realm of Dareth founded.
-2637
  • Mezro in Chult is founded by Ubtao.
-2550
  • Ulutiu, an unknown entity, dies. His ice barge sinks and gives birth to the Great Glacier.
-2475
  • Great Glacier continues to expand, covering the lands that will eventually be known as Vaasa & Damara.
-2488
  • Empire of Raurin (Imaskari, Artificers) is destroyed.
-2274
  • Dwarven forebears of the Innugaakalikurit exiled from the Tortured Land.
-2135
  • Mulhorand founded.
-2087
  • Unther founded.
-1967
  • First Mulhorand-Unther war.
-1961
  • Mulhorand and Unther agree on common border; peace between these nations to the present day.
-1846
  • Peak of Netherese civilization.
-1648
  • Sossalian ancestors of the Ulutiuns settle by the Lugalpgotak sea.
-1500
  • Expansion of Unther and Mulhorand.
-1362
  • Discovery of the Writings of Ulutiu, splintering of the tribes into the Nakulutiuns and the Iulutiuns.
c.-1290
  • The blue wyrm Maldraedior reigns as the suzerain of the blue dragons of Unther and Mulhorand.
-1250
  • Unther battles against the elves of the Yuirwood and the dwarves of the Great Rift.
-1186
  • The nomadic Angulutiuns founded.
-1088
  • First record of trading at future site of Waterdeep.
-1087
  • The Theurgist Adept Thayd rebels along with most of the wizards in Unther and Mulhorand.
-1081
  • Thayd and his conspirators are defeated.
-1076
  • Opening of the Orcgate in southwestern Thay.
-1075
  • Orcgate wars in Thay.
-1071
  • Orc god Gruumsh kills Mulhorand deity Re; first known deicide.
-1069
  • Orcs in Thay defeated; many flee north and west.
-1050
  • Set kills Osiris in power struggle to succeed Re.
-1048
  • Osiris ressurected by Isis, Horus-Re drives Set into the desert and becomes chief of the Mulhorand pantheon. Set worship is abolished, and the Tower of Set in Skuld is destroyed.
-986
  • Lured by abundant caribou, an Iulutian faction moves to Angalpuk and becomes the first of the nomadic Angulutians.
-963
  • Several Iulutian settlements unite to wage war on their Angulutian neighbors. Start of the Keryjek Wars (named for the mountain range in which most of the fighting occured).
-913
  • The Keryjek Wars end with a treaty between the Iulutian and Angulutians. The first koatulit is held, becoming a yearly event thereafter.
-901
  • Attempt at relatons between Iulutiuns and Innugaakalikurit. Beginning of a long and cordial relationship between the Innugaakalikurit and the Iulutians.
c.-900
  • Rise of Narfell and Raumathar.
-760
  • Year of the Great Flood of the Great Glacier. Hundreds of Ulutians drown when their villages are washed away.
-734
  • Enlil decides to leave Toril, Gilgeam, son of Enlil, becomes King of Unther.
  • Year 1 in Untheric calendar.
c.-700
  • The Vastar of the orcs in the Vast.
-642
  • Founding of Delzoun.
-623
  • Narfell attempts invasion of Mulhorand and Unther by sea, and is defeated.
-598
  • Innugaakalikurit & Frost Giants argue over great catapult. The dwarven thieves are enslaved by the giants; their descendants remain that way today.
c.-530
  • The Blades of Dragon's Tongue are stolen by the Prophet of Tiamat, Ochir Naal.
-475
  • The phaerimm discover the nation of Netheril and begin plotting its downfall.
-474
  • The port of Cimbar is founded by Unther.
c.-400
  • Auguthra the Mad travels the world.
-290
  • The fall of Netheril.
-212
  • Awakening of the beast Ulfoq in the Great Glacier. The beast devours dozens of Nakulutians before returning to its Crevasse. It has not been seen since.
c.-200
  • Records indicate that Tethyrian royal family rules in Tethyr.
  • Candlekeep founded; calendar of Harptos begun.
  • First Dalesmen cross the Dragon Reach to Cormanthor.
c.-150
  • Narfell and Raumathar destroyed.
-148
  • The God Kings final battle. An alliance of the Summoned is defeated and they are sent back to their home planes.
-137
  • The Chultian city of Mezro is sacked.
-135
  • Founding of Bezantur. Other cities soon built on the coastal areas of the Wizard's Reach as Mulhorand and Unther once again expand northward.
-75
  • The nation of Rashemen is officially founded.
-52
  • First permanent farms in the Waterdeep area.
-45
  • Mulhorand attacks Rashemen through the Gorge of Gauros, and is repulsed.
-37
  • The first recorded settlement of Alaghon.
c.-30
  • Ochir Naal, the Prophet of Tiamat, is killed.


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Created June 19, 1997 - updated June 20, 1997
George Krashos, Jason A., Olaf Krusche