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320

Vulcans and Romulans achieve warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

370

Confederacy of Surak, the official name of Vulcan, founded due to Great Awakening on Vulcan (Star Trek: Star Charts)

930

Klingons achieve warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

1154

Andorians achieve warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

1571

First interstellar solar-sail flight from Bajor to Cardassia (Explorers)

1925

Cardassians achieve warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

1947

Quark's shuttle crash lands in Roswell, Arizona (Little Green Men)

1966

Viral experiment wipes out all adult life on Miri (Miri)

1968

Gary Seven begins work for Aegis on Earth (Assignment: Earth)

1969

Apollo XI lands on Earth's Moon

1970

Khan Noonien Singh born (Eugenics Wars)

1986

U.S.S. Enterprise-A retrieves a pair of humpback whales to answer probe attacking Earth in 2286 (The Voyage Home)

1992-96

Eugenics Wars (Eugenics Wars)

1996

DY-100 sleeper ship S.S. Botany Bay, developed at Area 51, stolen by Gary Seven and presented to Khan to end Eugenics Wars (Eugenics Wars)

2020

Shaun Christopher lands on Titan; landing site named Christopher's Landing (Tommorow is Yesterday)

2024

Bell Riots in San Francisco (Past Tense)

2032

Zefram Cochrane born (Metamorphosis)

2039

Lunar Colonies founded (Earth's moon) (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2050s

World War III (First Contact)

2063

Cochrane launches Phoenix and makes first contact with Vulcans (April 5) (First Contact)

2078

Optimum Movement reaches height of power, sparking the rekindling of World War III (Demons; Bread and Circuses; Encounter at Farpoint)

2079

Postatomic Horror (Miri; Encounter at Farpoint)

2087

S.S. Conestoga lands on Terra Nova (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2093

Coridan achieves warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2103

Mars terraformed and colonized as United Martian Colonies (The 37s; Star Trek: Star Charts)

2113

United Earth government founded Star Trek: Star Charts

2151

April 11: Enterprise NX-01, the first warp-5 starship, launched (Broken Bow)

July 15: First contact with Andorians (The Andorian Incident)

Contact re-established with Terra Nova colony (Star Trek: Star Charts; Terra Nova)

2153

First contact with Tellarites (Bounty)

2156-60

First Romulan War (Balance of Terror)

2160

Romulan Neutral Zone established (Balance of Terror)

2161

Establishment of the United Federation of Planets. Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar and Alpha Centauri were founding members (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2165

Sarek of Vulcan born (Sarek)

2178

Terra Nova admitted to United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2183

S.S. Horizon lands on Epsilon Bootis III and establishes Izar Colony, the eventual location of Starfleet Tactical School (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2202

United Rigel Colonies (Beta Rigel II, IV, V, VI & X) admitted to United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2222

Montgomery Scott (Scotty) born

2223

Deltans achieve warp capability and admitted into UFP (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2227

Leonard McCoy born (Encounter at Farpoint)

2230

Spock born

2233

James T. Kirk born

2236

S.S. Columbia crash lands on Talos IV with sole survivor (The Cage; The Menagerie)

2237

Spock and T'Pring bonded (Amok Time)

Hikaru Sulu born

2239

Uhura born

2242

Scotty starts starship career

2243

McCoy meets Emony Dax at Ole Miss (Trials and Tribble-ations)

2245

Pavel Chekov born

2246

Kodos the Executioner kills 4000 on Tarsus IV; Kirk survives along with Kevin Riley (Conscience of the King)

2249

Risa admitted to United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2250

Kirk assigned to U.S.S. Republic as first-year cadet (Court Martial)

2251-62

U.S.S. Enterprise under command of Christopher Pike

2252

Spock assigned to U.S.S. Enterprise (The Cage)

2253

Spock graduates Academy and posted to U.S.S. Enterprise

2254

Kirk graduates Academy and posted to U.S.S. Farragut as Lieutenant (Obsession)

Kirk leads survey mission on Neural (A Private Little War)

Half of the crew of the U.S.S. Farragut killed by cloud vampire (Obsession)

First contact with Rigel VII by U.S.S. Enterprise (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2257

Kirk attends Command School where he meets Janice Lester (Turnabout Intruder)

2259

U.S.S. Hornet commissioned

Deneb V achieves warp capability and admitted into United Federation of Planets Star Trek: Star Charts)

Ardana achieves warp capability (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2260

January 4: Chad Young born

2261

S.S. Beagle makes contact with Magna Roma (Bread and Circuses)

2263

Chekov graduates Academy and assigned to U.S.S. Enterprise

Ardana admitted into United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

January 31: Magnus Grey born

2264

Kirk promoted to Captain and placed in command of U.S.S. Enterprise

Scotty named Chief Engineer of U.S.S. Enterprise

U.S.S. Enterprise encounters Balok of the First Federation (Corbomite Maneuver)

Romulans discovered to be an offshoot of Vulcans (Balance of Terror)

Kirk attempts to steal a Romulan cloaking device (The Enterprise Incident)

June 12: Kelly Jean O'Connor born

2265

Spock named First Officer of U.S.S. Enterprise and promoted to Commander

Sulu assigned as staff physicist on U.S.S. Enterprise

U.S.S. Enterprise discovers S.S. Botany Bay adrift; Khan and his followers are exiled to Ceti Alpha V after a failed takeover of the Enterprise (Space Seed; The Wrath of Khan)

Cassandra MacLoad born

Cestus III colony founded (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2266

McCoy named Chief Medical Officer of U.S.S. Enterprise

Uhura named communications officer on U.S.S. Enterprise

Sulu transferred to helm, U.S.S. Enterprise

Jayme and Jessica Kirk born

2267

T'Pring divorces Spock (Amok Time)

First contact with Gorn in conflict over Cestus III (Arena)

Organian Peace Treaty (Errand of Mercy)

Capella and Miri become protectorates of the United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

Coridan admitted to United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2268

U.S.S. Enterprise sent to Sycorax to determine whether a colony of genetically-engineered supermen should be admitted into the Federation (Eugenics Wars)

Neural becomes a protectorate of the United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2269

McCoy contracts xenopolycythemia, a fatal disease, which is cured by the information gained from the computer which runs Yonada (For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky)

Incident with Tholians (The Tholian Web)

Ardanian society reunified by Kirk (The Cloudminders)

Kirk promoted to Admiral and placed in charge of fleet operations at Earth

Spock retires from Starfleet to complete kohlinar (The Motion Picture)

Scotty promoted to Commander, oversaw refit of U.S.S. Enterprise (The Motion Picture)

Chekov promoted to Lieutenant and named Security Chief of U.S.S. Enterprise (The Motion Picture)

December 18: Ridika Myers born

2270

McCoy retires to enter private practice (The Motion Picture)

Sulu promoted to Lieutenant Commander and assigned to U.S.S. Enterprise (The Motion Picture)

2271

Uhura promoted to Lieutenant Commander (The Motion Picture)

V'Ger comes to Earth (The Motion Picture)

Spock reactivated during V'Ger mission (The Motion Picture)

March 28: Jade Drak'nah born

Diplomatic relations established between United Federation of Planets and Tholians (Star Trek: Star Charts)

Cestus III resettled by Humans and Gorn according to Metron treaty (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2272

August 9: Benjamin Jamison born

2273

Betazed admitted into United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

2274

Rusty Hemd born

2275

Son'a expelled from Ba'ku (Insurrection)

2277

Kirk appointed to Academy faculty

Spock promoted to Captain; assigned to Academy faculty and cadet training (The Wrath of Khan)

Chekov assigned to U.S.S. Reliant The Wrath of Khan)

Uhura assigned to Academy cadet training and StarFleet Command communications (The Wrath of Khan)

Sulu assigned to Academy cadet training and StarFleet Command helm operations (The Wrath of Khan)

2281

Young graduates Academy and assigned to U.S.S. Excalibur

Grey enters Starfleet Academy

2282

Young promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade

2283

O'Connor starts Academy

2285

Young promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to U.S.S. Trinity

Scotty promoted to Captain with oversight of transwarp drive for U.S.S. Excelsior (The Search for Spock)

Chekov promoted to Commander and First Officer of U.S.S. Reliant (The Wrath of Khan)

Khan captures Genesis device The Wrath of Khan)

Spock dies (The Wrath of Khan)

Spock is reborn (The Search for Spock)

David Marcus dies (The Search for Spock)

Trill admitted into United Federation of Planets (Star Trek: Star Charts)

Grey graduates from Starfleet Academy and is assigned to U.S.S. Payette as Communications Officer

2286

O'Connor graduates Academy and assigned to Starfleet Security on Earth

Whale-searching probe attacks Earth (The Voyage Home)

Kirk demoted to Captain for failure to obey direct orders (The Voyage Home)

U.S.S. America NCC-1776 commissioned

2287

O'Connor assigned to U.S.S. Alexis

Uhura assigned to U.S.S. Enterprise-A as communications officer (The Final Frontier)

Sybok hijacks U.S.S. Enterprise-A (The Final Frontier)

U.S.S. America destroyed

U.S.S. Hornet renamed U.S.S. America NCC-1776-A

Grey promoted to Lieutenant j.g. and made Assistant Chief Communications Officer

2288

O'Connor promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade

Young promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned to Deep Space Station K-4

2289

O'Connor transferred to U.S.S. America-A

Curzon Dax meets Kor, Kang and Koloth (Blood Oath)

Tuvok enters StarFleet Academy (Flashback)

2290

O'Connor promoted to Lieutenant

Young promoted to Lieutenant Commander

Sulu promoted to Captain and given command of U.S.S. Excelsior (The Undiscovered Country)

Grey promoted to Lieutenant and assigned as Chief Communications Officer of U.S.S. Avenger

2291

O'Connor promoted to First Lieutenant

2292

Alliance between Klingon and Romulan Star Empire collapses (Reunion)

2293

U.S.S. Excelsior detects explostion of Praxis (The Undiscovered Country)

Khitomer Accord (The Undiscovered Country)

Kirk presumed dead during U.S.S. Enterprise-B maiden voyage (Generations)

O'Connor promoted to Lieutenant Commander and transferred to U.S.S. Concordia; promoted to Commander after helping to rescue Enterprise-B from Nexus ribbon

Young transferred to U.S.S. Challenger

Tuvok graduates Academy and assigned to U.S.S. Excelsior (Flashback)

Grey promoted to Lieutenant Commander and made Second Officer of U.S.S. Avenger

2294

U.S.S. Challenger destroyed; crew reassigned to U.S.S. Monitor

Jamison graduates Academy; assigned to U.S.S. America-A

Scotty presumed missing from U.S.S. Jenolen after retirement (Relics)

Spock takes command of U.S.S. Intrepid II with Uhura as First Officer and McCoy as Chief Medical Officer.

2295

O'Connor promoted to Captain and given command of the U.S.S. America-A

Young and Jessica Kirk transferred to U.S.S. America-A

Myers and Drak'nah graduate Academy and posted to U.S.S. America-A

Jayme Kirk promoted to Captain and assigned to U.S.S. Defiant

Young promoted to Commander; DeLaney to Lieutenant; MacLeod and Drak'nah to Lieutenant Junior Grade

2296

The Andorian Ambassador announces the secession of the Andorian delegation from the United Federation of Planets

Grey assigned as First Officer of U.S.S. America-A