Canon Timeline

Events in bold refer to major incidents or the beginning of significant eras in the timeline.

Pre-Common Era

YEAR	EVENT	REF
~11 billion years ago	Biological life appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy.	I-8
~8 billion years ago	DNA-based life first evident in the Milky Way Galaxy.	I-8
~7.5 billion years ago	A time-traveling culture appears to have colonized on planet 522-IV.	I-8
~4.5 billion years ago	Humanoids first evolve in the Milky Way galaxy.	I-8
~700,000 years ago	The Pnaii is the last FTL culture to have visited and settled (temporarily) the area of space around Earth.	I-50

20th and 21st Centuries

YEAR	EVENT	REF
1992	The Eugenic supermen take over most of South & Southeast Asia.	I-9
1996	Khan Noonian Singh and several of his followers escape Earth, as the Angkor fortress is captured.	I-11
2030	Zephram Cochrane is born.	I-21
2032	Ares III, the sixth successful mission to Mars, occurs.	I-11
2035	The AFP-1 prototype is lost in a disaster.	I-15
2036-2039	The first crewed probeships attempt flight out of the Sol system.	I-13
2045	Five spaceframes of the Columbus series are ready for flight.	I-16
2045	(September) UNSS Columbus’ mission delayed to a fueling accident.	I-16
2046	(January 21) UNSS Nautilus boosts out of Earth orbit for Tau Ceti.	I-16
2046	(February 21, speculative) UNSS Icarus launches for Alpha Centauri.	I-16
2046	(March 21, speculative) UNSS Hector launches for Arcturus.	I-16
2046	(April 21, speculative) UNSS Prometheus launches for Epsilon Indi.	I-16
2046	(May 5) UNSS Nautilus is damaged after hitting an object.	I-16
2049	The ’East’ orders 5 Keldysh class cruisers built, four which are ready by 2053, in time for World War III.	I-25
(before) 2053	UNSS Columbus is appropriated by the United States of America.	I-16
2053	Columbus is destroyed by an Econ kinetic-kill missile.	I-16
2053	World War III begins.	I-21
2055	Planned FTL experiments by the United States Air Force are canceled.	I-18
2058	The United States of America is building the first transorbital warships.	I-18
2060	The White Sands Spaceport is closed and heavy-lift capability ceases.	I-19
2061	First test of the continuum distortion superimpellor.	I-21
2062	The first Liberty class cruiser attains nominal drive capacity.	I-19
2062	The warp surveyor SS Leif Eirickson departs for 61 Cygni. (speculative)	I-20
2063	(April 4) Zephram Cochrane breaks the light ’barrier.’	I-18
2063	(April 4) Vulcan scouts make first contact with Earth.	I-18
2064	The first Liberty class cruiser has its armament installation completed.	I-19
2064	Six new Liberty class hulls are orbiting Earth.	I-19
2064	SS Defiant & SS Valiant depart respectively for the upper & lower edges of the galactic disk.	I-25 & -27
2064	(November 5) The Phoenix warp engines are recovered from orbit.	I-22
2064	The ex-Seneca is towed to the (now-empty) Valiant berth, for transformation into the Bonaventure.	I-28
2064	(October) Jules Verne has first successful sublight test flight.	I-31
2065	The Sparon-DeSota Treaty requires all armed spacecraft within 5,000 AUs of Sol to be crewed internationally.	I-19
2065	The Phoenix is retired.	I-22
2065	SS Defiant is believed to have destroyed by the Barrier Alliance in this year.	I-26
2065	(August 22) Construction starts on SS Conestoga, Earth’s first colonizer.	I-33
2065	(December 14) Jules Verne has first warp run outside Uranus orbit, achieving w1.02.	I-31
2066-2069	The Liberty class system defense cruisers are the primary line of Sol system defense.	I-18
2066-2069	Full pre-WWIII industrial capacity is achieved by Earth	I-30
2067	(early March) SS Conestoga christened.	I-34
2067	(April 4) On the 4th anniversary of Cochrane’s flight, the SS Conestoga launches for Eta Cassiopeiae III, later to be named Terra Nova.	I-34/35
2070	51 Liberty class cruisers are in Sol space.	I-19
2071	SS Spirit, the next Conestoga colonizer, is completed.	I-35
2073	SS Leif Eirickson makes contact with the Tellarites on 61 Cygni V, days before a Tellarite explorer/merchantman is intercepted by a task force in the vicinity of Neptune.	I-19/20
2073	By this year, more than 50 warp ships had departed the Sol system.	I-24
2073	SS Valiant encounters the galactic barrier and self-destructs.	I-26
2073	The Verne class cruiser, the first series-produced vessel, enters United Earth service.	I-30/31
2075	The 18th Verne class cruiser is built, with 16 interstellar missions for the class currently underway.	I-31
2076	(late year) SS Conestoga arrives in orbit of Terra Nova.	I-35
2077	USS Mercury & USS Banshee are lost to hostile actions by unknown forces (the first so lost).	I-32
2080	The Jovian moons of Ganymede and Europa have become important industrial and military assets.	I-39
2081	The colonists of Terra Nova, determined to be independent, threaten any future attempts by Earth to further settle the planet.	I-35
2081	Permanent human presences are established on Ganymede and Europa.	I-39
2084	The SS Leif Eirickson’s message of contact with the Tellarites reaches Earth.	I-20
2086	USS Fletcher explodes in a warp drive failure, ending the tri-nacelle arrangement and resulting in the Verne class being restricted (and re-designated) in a system-defense role.	I-32
2086	SS Ascender, the third Conestoga colonizer, reaches and settles 36 Ophiuci III.	I-35
2087	The United Earth Star Fleet (UESF) is formed.	I-20
2089	The UESF formally assumes authority over the various Terran spaceflight organizations (including the United Earth Space Probe Agency).	I-44
2089	The Verne class cruisers have operational control turned over to the UESF.	I-31
2089	USS Scythe accidentally opens fire on USS Hammer & USS Emnity.	I-32
2090	(speculative) Verne class destroyers removed from active duty & delegated to training.	I-32
2090-2130	Messier class ships are used to explore outside the Sol system.	I-38
2091	The UESF Academy is founded, with Liberty class cruisers available as training vessels.	I-20
2091	The re-directed SS Spirit reaches and settles on Alpha Centauri A-II.	I-35
2091	The first major upgrade of the Messier class’ warp engines occurs.	I-38
2091	The original Hercules (Y-100) is fielded.	I-45
2093	By this year, six extra-solar colonies had been established.	I-24
2095	(speculative) Verne class decommissioned.	I-32
2096-2098	The first series of confrontations with the Kzintis.	I-35
2096-2099	The Hercules model Y-200 is bought bu the UESF.	I-45
2098	The fourth Kzinti invasion fleet retreats.	I-38
2099	Type-III cargo modules are introduced by the Terran mining industry.	I-47

22nd Century

YEAR	EVENT	REF
2100	Twenty-five Messier class vessels have been constructed, by this year.	I-38
2103	(speculative) The Hercules model FY-500 is introduced.	I-45
2112	Roanoke-Gemini subclass is purchased with plasma cannons.	I-48
2115	The second major upgrade of the Messier class’ warp engines occurs.	I-38
2115	Zephram Cochrane’s team begins development of a new series of warp engine.	I-61
2119	Zephram Cochrane leaves Alpha Centauri for deep space and is never seen again.	I-23
2120-2129	The first mutual defense pacts between Alpha Centauri and resident Terran colonists are signed.	I-56
2123	DY-500s are being produced in large numbers.	I-12
2125	(speculative) The Phoenix warp engines are recovered and preserved at the Smithsonian.	I-22
2125	The Hercules model FY-500 is discontinued.	I-46
2132	The first offensive actions by the Romulans begin with an attack on the USS Balboa.	I-51
2132-2156	Phase I of the Romulan War: Romulan attacks against Terran (and others’) territories are conducted.	I-51
2134	The UESF calls for a new survey ship class.	I-62
2135	The third (and final) major upgrade of the Messier class’ warp engines occurs.	I-38
2136	Four parallel development lines emerge from the original Cochrane team.	I-62
2140	(October 5) The Daedalus is destroyed in a drive chain explosion at warp 4.	I-63
2142	(January speculative) The Fleet Logistics Division of the UESF is formed.	I-59
2142	(May) The Fleet Logistics Division orders the development of a large warp transport.	I-59
2142	(March speculative) Hulls capable of mounting w3 engines are developed.	I-66
2145	USS Horizon, first of the Daedalus class, is fielded.	I-63
2146	The PB-2 engines are given official clearance for w3 cruising.	I-63
2146	A convoy escorted by two Iceland class frigates is almost completely destroyed by a Romulan raiding party, though it is initially blamed on Nausicaans.	I-70
2147	Starbase One is declared operational.	I-74
2147	The construction of USS Enterprise begins.	I-77
2147-2159	About 400 ’Cochrane’ fighters are produced.	I-71
2149	The Nausicaan ’scare.’	I-70
2149	The USS Hopkins is lost to hostile action.	I-73
2150	The Gradualist Party wins power in the United Earth Senate.	I-68
2150	Seven more Hopkins class ships are fielded.	I-74
2150	(October) Test flights of USS Enterprise begin.	I-77
2151	(April 16) A Klingon courier crashes on Earth.	I-78
2151	The fate of the silent colony on Terra Nova is discovered by the survey cruiser USS Enterprise.	I-35
2151	USS Intrepid is the first Earth ship to report a Rihannsu (Romulan) raid, though the attacker of the SS Diana is unidentified at the time. The Intrepid’s evidence, however, is lost with the ship in the vicinity of Tau 1 Eridani.	I-39
2151	The Klingon ’incidents.’	I-70/71
2151	USS Enterprise encounters a Romulan patrol of Theta Eridani.	I-39
2152	(January 1) USS Carronade survives a Romulan attack on Defense Outpost 4.	I-81
2152	(speculative) The Upholder class USS Intrepid is named after the recently-lost Messier class ship of the same name.	I-39
2152	Phased particle beam weaponry and polarizable armor is introduced.	I-70
2153	The Xindi strike Earth.	I-78
2153	(speculative) Some Messiers are re-classified as Verdun attack cruisers.	I-40
2153	(speculative) Some Messiers receive a fourth warp engine upgrade.	I-40
2153	(May 25) USS Intrepid is involved in the first major Klingon confrontation, with three Birds of Prey.	I-67
2155	Starbase One is destroyed by a specific Romulan attack.	I-74
2156	Romulans begin to overtly attack some Earth colonies.	I-51
2156	USS Patton reports its own destruction by Romulan forces. The attack results in a declaration of war by Earth.	I-86/87
2156	Punitive actions begin against the Romulans.	I-40
2156	Full-scale war against the Romulans begins.	I-51
2156	Convoy tactics changed from ’constant escort’ to ’relay.’	I-71
2156-2157	(June to June) Six Mercury class ships are lost.
2156-2159	Phase II of the Romulan War: Romulans conduct offensive towards Earth and its allies.	I-51
2157	Fleet actions between the UESF and the Romulans occur, most notably near Gamma Tri.	I-40
2158	Major concern regarding a potential Romulan invasion of Sol space is entertained.	I-58
2158	It is discussed that almost 100 colonies and outposts may have to be abandoned, in order to consolidate a defense of Earth’s core resources.	I-71
2159	Three Messiers surprise & overrun a Romulan forward staging post in Sierra Sector.	I-41
2159	A UESF battle group locates and severely damages a Romulan fleet supply point.	I-51
2159-2160	(in the months before Cheron) Starbases Two & Three become operational.	I-74
2159-2161	Phase III of the Romulan War: the final attrition battles occur.	I-51
2160	The Romulan command post at Cheron is crippled.	I-52
2161	The final Romulan ’plunge’ at Alpha Omega B.	I-72
2161	(May 24) USS Cavalier is destroyed by a Romulan attack, after the cease fire.	I-82
2162	The last Messier, USS Braxton, is destroyed in a warp system failure.	I-41
2162	(January 21) USS Cavalier survivors are rescured from an M-class world.	I-82
2162-2164	The Tarn Conflict	I-41/82
2164	After re-analyzation of SS Tupac Amaru’s sensor data, the 2146 raid previously blamed on the Nausicaans is properly attributed to the Romulans.	I-70
2172	Dr. Helmut Kreutzer, aboard the surveyor USS Schliemann for a pre-colonization assessment mission, dates the planetwide ruins on planet 522-IV as over 7.5 billion years old.	I-8
2177	The last Hercules model is decommissioned.	I-46
2188	The sublight and low-warp versions of the DY series cease production.	I-12
2188	The USS Columbia is destroyed by a Klingon raid.	I-65
2190-2199	All but 10 Roanokes are withdrawn from service.	I-49

23rd Century

YEAR	EVENT	REF
2201	The re-settled Terra Nova colony thrives.	I-35
2209	The Conestoga reactor on Terra Nova is shut down.	I-35
2260-2269	The last nine of 10 Roanokes, used as navigation training vessels, are withdrawn from service.	I-49
2265	The USS Enterprise uncovers the fate of the SS Valiant.	I-26
2266	Khan Noonian Singh’s DY-100 is discovered in the Mutara Sector, 50 lightyears from Earth.	I-11
2279	USS Frost Ridge, the last of the Roanokes, is retired.	I-49
2285	The Ascender reactor on Terra Nova is shut down.	I-35
2291	The Spirit reactor on Terra Nova is shut down.	I-35

24th Century

YEAR	EVENT	REF
2365	The remains of Lt. Col. Richey, USAF, of Charybdis (TAU Three), are found on Theta 116-VIII by the USS Enterprise.	I-14
2366	A joint UFP-Tarn survey of Torgu-Va finds descendents of the Tarn and humans (from the USS Verdun) still fighting.	I-41

References:

I – UFP Starfleet and It’s History, Vol. I