Timeline: The Encyclopedia Galactica

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The timeline of this fictional universe can basically be divided into four eras (bear in mind that the timeline is rather condensed. A lot more could be added). Some of the years have been converted between C.E (current era), G.E (Galactic Era), and F.E (Foundation Era) to give a better understanding of the time-scale. Unfortunately, it can only be an approximation infered from the various texts since a complete timeline with definite years has never been published. Everything between

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Robots and spacers era The spacers were a race of long-lived humans that had settled 50 planets and despised their shortlived relatives on earth.	Rise of galactic empire era 'Rise of' is up to the point when the first Emperor Frankenn I is coronated for the galaxy-wide empire. The "smaller" Trantorian empire before that is still considered to be in the 'rise-of' era	Galactic Empire era At its peak, the Empire consisted of more than 25 million inhabited worlds spread around the galaxy, with an average of 1 billion people per planet.	Foundation era While smaller in size than the Empire, it was more powerful and maybe more stable.
Approximately between 1982 C.E and 6000 C.E	Approximately between 6000 C.E and 13,000 C.E	Approximatekly between 13,000 C.E. and 25,000 C.E	Approximately between 25,000 C.E and 25,520 C.E (and counting. No end-date specified).

Canon	Year	Era	Event
	1982 C.E	Robots and spacers era	Birth of Susan Calvin. Lawrance Robertson founds U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men, Inc. [the complete robot]
	2007 - 2008 C.E		Susan Calvin begins to work for U.S. Robot. Later, becomes a robotpsychologist at U.S. Robot and eventually chief robotpsychologist. [the complete robot]
	2062 C.E		With the use of hyperdrive mankind begins to swarm out of Earth. People bring along the virus of Chaos to the stars. Through robotic terraforming of several planets (the Outer Worlds) and their population the culture of Spacers arises. The first Spacer world is a planet of Tau Ceti's system named New Earth. Later it is renamed Aurora. In the beginning the Outer Worlds use robots in limited numbers just as Earth. [the complete robot] [robots of dawn]
'Foundation's triumph' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself.	2064 C.E		Death of Susan Calvin. Humanity begins colonizing several planets including Aurora. The first Chaos outbreaks affect civilication, breaking down confidence. On Eath, citizens cluster underground ban robots from cities. Relations between Earth and Spacer Worlds deteriote. [the complete robot] [foundation's triumph]
'Foundation's triumph' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself.	3100 C.E		The first cases of mnemonic plague (also called Burundi's fever) appear on a few Spacer worlds, primarily on the oldest and most well-established colonies. The plague is a result of a virulent mutation of certain nanoorganisms used for the terraformation of Spacer planets. Burundi's fever causes a large percent of Spacers to forget their origins and history. [foundation's triumph]
	3871 C.E		Earth allows Spacer worlds to introduce robots to everyday life in unlimited numbers. [caves of steel]
'Foundation's triumph' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself. The 'Robot World' series written by several authors is similar.	3915 C.E		First outbreaks of nanoplagues on Earth coincide with violent outbreaks of a variety of similar diseases throughout the Spacer Worlds, confusing attempts to determine a source or point of origin. Tensions rise between Earth and the Spacer colonies over who is to blame. General panic caused by the plagues makes Earthpeople turn against the intertwined science of nanotech and robotics. The use of robots is greatly restricted on Earth. Fleeing the plagues and robot persecution a new wave of emigrating Earthpeople hit the Outer Worlds. [foundation's triumph] [robot world series]
	3971 C.E		Outer Worlds limit emigration from Earth. [caves of steel]
'Foundation and Chaos' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself.	4021 C.E		The renaissance on both Earth and the Spacer worlds turns into history's first chaos outbreak. Overpopulated Earth provokes the Outer Worlds, which declare war against the motherworld. During the resulting Three Weeks' War (the Great Rebellion) Spacers defeat Earth and declare the Outer Worlds independent planets. Earth is isolated, emigration made impossible. [caves of steel] [mother earth - short story] [foundation and chaos]
'Foundation and Chaos' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself.	4021 - 4121 C.E		During the next milennium Earthpeople escape into metal-covered cities (the caves of steel). The rise of city culture, the introduction of hydroponics and the industrial use of robots outside the cities lessen the population and food problems on Earth. More benign nanotechnology is developed on Earth and on the Outer Worlds and introduced in many fields of industry. [caves of steel]
The Robot city series was not written by Asimov himself.	4050-4600 C.E		Some experiments with nanotechnology go wrong on Earth, producing nanocolonies which begin to destroy their environment as nonorganic parasites. In the end these agressive colonies destroy themselves; only a few aberrant strains are preserved. Earth scientists unravel the puzzle of the nanoplagues and develop a number of successful treatments, eventually bringing them to manageable levels. Spacer scientists begin to make progress against their own nanoplagues, reducing them in number and virulence. Spacer medical technologies and bioscience make enormous strides, increasing lifespans and reducing age-related afflictions. [caves of steel][robots of dawn] [Robot city series]
'Foundation and Chaos' is a part of the second foundation trilology. While authorized by the Asimov estate, the series was not written by Asimov himself.	4620 C.E		The last major outbreak of mnemonic plague sweeps the younger Spacer worlds, signaling the last wave of virulent disease among them. [foundation and chaos]
	4721 C.E		New York is replaced with metal-covered New York City. [caves of steel]
	4722 C.E		Population of Solaria (fiftieth and last Spacer world) from Nexon begins. Beginning of the slow and almost unrecognizable decline of Spacer culture. [the naked sun]
'Caves of steel' is the only book written by Asimov himself. 'Aurora' is a (sort of) part of the 'Robot City' series.	4750 C.E		Mnemonic plague is reduced to the level of a social stigma, largely controlled, nearly eradicated. Direct contact is required to contract it from a carrier. It is rumored that Terrans spread the disease, fueling the anti-Earth sentiment among Spacers. [aurora] [caves of steel] [foundation and chaos]
	4979 C.E		Birth of Elijah Baley. [pre-caves of steel]
	4996 C.E		Spacetown is established near New York City. Thanks to Spacer influence robots are introduced to Earth's cities. [caves of steel]
	5021 C.E		Auroran roboticist Han Fastolfe and sociologist-historian Roj Nemennuh Sarton realize the decline of Spacer culture. They want to get Earth to colonize new planets using less robotic service than Spacers. They plan to send humaniform robots to mix among Earth population to understand their way of thinking. The first humaniform robot, Daneel Olivaw, is produced according to Fastolfe's design. Meeting of Daneel and Elijah Baley. [caves of steel]
	5022 C.E		Elijah Baley and Daneel Olivaw investigate a murder case on Solaria. They discover that the crime was committed by roboticist Jothan Leebig, who planned to build spaceships with positronic brains. A fleet of these ships could protect the pathologically misanthropic society of Solaria from any potential outside threat. Leebig commits suicide. Fastolfe becomes an influential member of the Auroran government and strongly supports new Earth emigration. His Auroran opponents led by Kelden Amadiro want to terraform and populate new planets from Aurora instead of Earth. A group of Earthpeople led by Baley train to live outside the city domes to be able to colonize new planets. [the naked sun]
	5024 C.E		Amy Barone-Stein joins Baley's would-be settlers. Baley investigates a case of roboticide on Aurora accompanied by Daneel and Giskard Reventlov. In the background of the 'murder' lies the power struggle between Fastolfe and his opponents over the new colonization. Finally Aurora allows the Earth to terraform new planets and will provide technical support for the task. Giskard thinks Earthpeople must settle on worlds without robots to evade the fate of Spacers. Giskard describes the idea of psychohistory, a science that can foretell events of the future. [robots of dawn]
	5026 C.E		The second swarm of humans from Earth begins with Auroran support. They use no robotic service at all. The first colonist group is lead by Ben Baley. The first terraformed (so called Settler) planet will later be called Baleyworld. Earth plans to ban use of robots inside its cities. [robots of dawn]
	5028 C.E		There are already twenty-four Settler planets. The relationship between the Settler and Spacer worlds becomes increasingly hostile. [robots of dawn] [robots and empire]
Kyning Parapyos and his syndicate are a part of the Aurora-triology and not authorized by the Asimov Estate.	5040 C.E		Robots are in Earth's cities. Technologies based on aggressive, self-programming nano-machines are also abandoned. The Hunter Group (the legal face of the crime syndicate of arms dealer Kynig Parapoyos) is founded on an undisclosed Settler world. [robots and empire] [mirage]
	5058 C.E		Death of Elijah Bailey. [robots and empire]
'Mirage' is a part of the Aurora-triology and not authorized by the Asimov Estate.	5173 C.E		A lab is established on Cassus Thole. Kynig Parapoyos' researchers start to develop new infectious agents and their cures in the lab. They test their products on the planet's population in secret. They plan to infect the people of newly colonized Settler planets with their newly developed agents, and later make enormous profits by selling their treatments. The planet is later renamed Nova Levis. Thanks to Parapoyos' organization Nova Levis gradually grows to be the center of illegal trade. [mirage]
'Mirage' is a part of the Aurora-triology and not authorized by the Asimov Estate.	5199 C.E		Terran senator Clar Eliton invites Spacer and Settler diplomats to discuss the possible reintroduction of robots on Earth and in Settler space trade; in the meantime Eliton organizes an assassination against the diplomats in order to completely discredit robots on Earth. Derec Avery's robot Bogard proves instrumental in solving the crime. After the assassination most of the diplomats of the Fifty Worlds leave Earth. A smuggler ship leaving Nova Levis fires on a Terran patrol ship. Earth blockades Nova Levis. [mirage]
'Mirage' is a part of the Aurora-triology and not authorized by the Asimov Estate.	5202 C.E		The autonomous robot Bogard assumes control of the Parapoyos organization. It begins a program, in concert with a faction of Spacer robots, to isolate Spacers in order to allow them to die out as a result of the determination that the millennia of coexistence with numerous mutated nanoforms has altered them genetically to a condition where they represent a potential new species. Robots are dedicated to service to Homo sapiens sapiens and cannot have two masters. [mirage]
	5217 C.E		Kelden Amadiro and his group begin planting nuclear amplifiers throughout Earth to take revenge for their defeat. [robots and empire]
	5222 C.E		Anti-Earth and anti-Settler movement on Aurora gains momentum. Population of Solaria vanishes. Number and strength of Settler worlds grows fast. Daneel and Giskard formulate the Zeroth Law of Robotics. They realize they will need a working psychohistory to steer human history according to the Zeroth Law. Amadiro's group turn their amplifiers on to make Earth radioactive and inhospitable. Giskard lets them proceed, rationalizing that the poisoning of Earth would speed up the Settler swarm and do humanity good in the long run. His decision, however, creates an internal conflict between the Zeroth and the First Law, which ultimately leads to Giskard's death. Giskard provides Daneel with telepathic abilities, then becomes inoperational and dies. Settler emigration grows to enormous numbers: beginning of the Great Diaspora. Settlers carry the virus of Chaos everywhere. [robots and empire]
'Foundation and chaos' is a part of the second foundation triology.	5250 C.E		A majority of robots split into two camps. 'Giskardians' led by Daneel believe in the new Zeroth Law religion. Others - the 'Calvinians', Plussix among them - think their meddling with human affairs according to the Zeroth Law to be an outrage. A robotic civil war ensues mostly unseen by humans fleeing the sudden poisoning of Earth. Meanwhile fleets of robots - operating under Auroran programming - begin cruising the galaxy ahead of the spreading Settlers, terraforming and preparing planets for colonization. Several nonhuman intelligent races, sometimes complete ecosystems are destroyed by robot terraformers. On some planets they discover computer civilizations, remnants of once-great nonhuman cultures. The Auroran robots try to destroy the beings of these civilizations, the meme entities, as potential threaths. Some of the memes escape to the Galactic Core. [foundation and chaos]
'Inferno' is a part of the 'Robot city' novels.	5321 C.E		The Spacer planet Inferno is threatened by both an ecological and a cultural catastrophe. To avoid the ecological catastrophe, the planet's new governor, Chanto Grieg asks a group of Settler specialists to reterraform the planet. [inferno]
'Inferno' is a part of the 'Robot city' novels.	5328 C.E		An ice-comet is crashed onto Inferno's surface in order to stabilize the ecosystem and to speed up the reterraformation process. Cultural crisis is evaded by the merging of Spacers and the Settler terraformers. [inferno]
'Foundation and chaos' is a part of the 'Second foundation triology'.	5500 C.E		The interstellar robot civil war eventually reaches Inferno. New Law robots are destroyed or go into hiding. [foundation and chaos]
'Foundation and chaos' is a part of the 'Second foundation triology'.	6000 C.E		Daneel and his followers play an important role in formulating the Encoding Laws that will set the highest limits in producing artificial intelligence. As a result, Settler society will never think of building robots. This is one of the first great 'damping mechanisms' that help prevent chaos. [foundation and chaos]

Robots and spacers era The spacers were a race of long-lived humans that had settled 50 planets and despised their shortlived relatives on earth.	Rise of galactic empire era 'Rise of' is up to the point when the first Emperor Frankenn I is coronated for the galaxy-wide empire. The "smaller" Trantorian empire before that is still considered to be in the 'rise-of' era	Galactic Empire era At its peak, the Empire consisted of more than 25 million inhabited worlds spread around the galaxy, with an average of 1 billion people per planet.	Foundation era While smaller in size than the Empire, it was more powerful and maybe more stable.
Approximately between 1982 C.E and 6000 C.E	Approximately between 6000 C.E and 13,000 C.E	Approximatekly between 13,000 C.E. and 25,000 C.E	Approximately between 25,000 C.E and 25,520 C.E (and counting. No end-date specified).

Canon	Year	Era	Event
	7000 C.E (6000 B.G.E)	Rise of galactic empire era	Trantor is settled. [currents of space]
'Foundation's fear' is a part of the second foundation triology.	7000 C.E. (6000 B.G.E)		Daneel and his companions start manipulating Trantor and its neighboring kingdoms so that one day they would become allies, thus creating the nuclues of a would-be galactic empire which would provide safety for mankind. [foundation's fear]
	1960 B.G.E (around 11,040 C.E.)		Settling of planet Tyrann. [the stars,like dust]
	1260-1250 B.G.E		Tyrann conquers the Nebular Kingdoms. [the stars,like dust]
	1220 B.G.E		The Tyranni elect Hinrik V as Director of Rhodia. [the stars,like dust]
	1200 B.G.E		Planet Rhodia and the Nebular Kingdoms, led by the noble Hinriad family, shake off rule by planet Tyrann, and rediscover democracy. Beginning of the colonization of planet Sark. [the stars,like dust]
All of the Second Foundation triology	1100 B.G.E		Spacer worlds turn into themselves and slowly die throughout the millennia. The remaining population of Aurora moves to Mycogen sector of the growing planet Trantor. Settler culture gradually colonizes the Galaxy. Damping effects such as historical amnesia, brain fever and giskardian mentalic persuasion devices are introduced by Daneel and followers to fight chaos. As a result human mind, society and technology stagnates for millennia. Some human and robot groups (including the Maserd family) fight the amnesia. Later they are for the most part defeated by Giskardians. Robots are forgotten by all but a tiny remnant of humans who cooperate in hiding with heretic robots. [foundation's fear] [foundation and chaos] [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	ca 1000 B.G.E		Daneel transports apes from Earth to Panucopia. Here he starts performing genetic experiments on them in order to create a new version of humanity which he could better take care of with the Zeroth Law. The experiments are a failure. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	700 B.G.E		The Trantorian Republic of five worlds begins to grow; later becomes Trantorian Confederation and still later Trantorian Empire. Daneel uses early 'laws of humanics' (precursor of psychohistory developed with Giskard) to guide it. Sark's inhabitants discover planet Florina's natural treasure, Kyrt. They conquer Florina and by producing kyrt they make Sark incredibly wealthy throughout the centuries. [foundation's triumph] [the currents of space]
	500 B.G.E		The origin of mankind is forgotten. Planet Earth becomes one of the many millions of inhabited planets. [foundation] [foundation's edge]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	200 B.G.E		Half of the inhabited worlds of the Galaxy are part of Trantorian Empire. Trantor is on the point of forming the Galactic Empire. Trantor financially supports rebellion of Florina against oppression by planet Sark. [foundation's triumph] [the currents of space]

Robots and spacers era The spacers were a race of long-lived humans that had settled 50 planets and despised their shortlived relatives on earth.	Rise of galactic empire era 'Rise of' is up to the point when the first Emperor Frankenn I is coronated for the galaxy-wide empire. The "smaller" Trantorian empire before that is still considered to be in the 'rise-of' era	Galactic Empire era At its peak, the Empire consisted of more than 25 million inhabited worlds spread around the galaxy, with an average of 1 billion people per planet.	Foundation era While smaller in size than the Empire, it was more powerful and maybe more stable.
Approximately between 1982 C.E and 6000 C.E	Approximately between 6000 C.E and 13,000 C.E	Approximatekly between 13,000 C.E. and 25,000 C.E	Approximately between 25,000 C.E and 25,520 C.E (and counting. No end-date specified).

Canon	Year	Era	Event
	1 G.E. (= appr. 13,000 C.E.) (appr. 8000 years after the Great Diaspora)	Galactic Empire era	Trantorian Empire becomes Galactic Empire. First emperor is Frankenn I, of the Kamble Dynasty. Beginning of the galactic calendar. (G.E. = Galactic Era) [foundation and earth]
	750 G.E		Second Earth rebellion against Empire. [pebble in the sky]
	777 G.E		Demonstrating his might, Stannel II provokes revolt in Washenn, Earth (third Earth rebellion against the Empire). Stannel II is assassinated. Edard ascends the galactic throne and consolidates the situation on Earth by peaceful means. [pebble in the sky]
	780-790 G.E		Civil War in the Galactic Empire. [pebble in the sky]
	817 G.E		Earth scientists isolate the virus of Common Fever. [pebble in the sky]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	827 G.E		Arrival of Joseph Schwartz through time. A radioactive and sparsely populated Earth tries to revolt against the Empire using a bio-weapon (an extremely aggressive type of the chaos virus). The rebellion fails, thanks partly to Schwarz and Daneel's agent R. Gornon Vlimt. Empire initially supports changing of Earth's radioactive soil for healthy, then the effort is mysteriously abandoned. [pebble in the sky] [foundation's triumph]
	900 G.E		Forced evacuation of inhospitable Earth. Founding of colony on planet Alpha circling around one of the stars of Alpha Centauri. [foundation and earth]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	975 G.E		An intelligent species is discovered on a desert planet. They are transported to Cepheus 18. [blind alley - a short story] [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	978 G.E		The aliens mysteriously escape beyond the Galaxy aided by a sympathetic bureaucrat of the Empire. [blind alley - a short story] [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph, a part of the second foundation triology.	2000 G.E		Daneel Olivaw and R. Yan Kansarv establish a robot production and repair facility on the moon Eos. Ruellis helps establish principles of good paternalistic government, augmenting the stability of an unchanging society against chaos (another of Daneel's damping mechanisms). [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's fear and Foundation's triump are parts of the second foundation triology.	3000 G.E		Public debate of personality simulations Voltaire and Joan of Arc about machine intelligence during a chaos outbreak. With support of Calvinian robots the Empress Shoree-Harn sits on the imperial throne; she tries to introduce a new calendar and shake up social rigidity without success. [foundation's fear] [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's fear and Foundation's triump are parts of the second foundation triology.	7000 G.E		The Dacian Dynasty rules the Empire. The dynasty will later become the mayors of the Wye sector on Trantor. [foundation's fear] [foundation's triumph]
Foundation and chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	8045-8068 G.E		A commission of 300 authors collect all the tales and legends about Immortals A.K.A Robots, especially robots indistinguishable from humans. into several volumes. [foundation and chaos]
Foundation and Chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	8789 G.E		New renaissance begins on planet Lingane. [foundation and chaos]
Foundation and Chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	8797 G.E		Lingane renaissance falls into chaos. [foundation and chaos]
	10,050 - 10,067 G.E		Rule of Agis VI. [foundation and earth]
	11,865 G.E		Humanoid robot Dors Venabili is constructed on Eos. [forward the foundation]
Foundation and Chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	11,867 G.E		The only extragalactic human colony is abandoned in the Greater Magellanic Cloud. All data suppressed. [foundation and chaos]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	11,968 G.E		Daneel performs genetic experiments on a group of humans, which leads to the appearance of mentalics and the birth of a man who is capable of developing psychohistory. [foundation's triumph]
	11,988 G.E		Birth of Hari Seldon and Cleon I. Daneel knows the Empire is destabilizing, partly due to frequent chaos outbreaks. He is forced by Zeroth Law to actively interfere, first as Chief of Staff, then as First Minister. [prelude to foundation] [forward the foundation]
	12,010 G.E		Cleon I becomes Emperor. [prelude to foundation]
Foundation and chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,017 G.E		New renaissance begins on Madder Loss. [foundation and chaos]
	12,020 G.E		Hari Seldon lectures on possibility of psychohistory. Daneel persuades him to develop a practical science to help save the Empire. In the guise of First Minister Eto Demerzel he supports Seldon's work. Dors Venabili becomes Seldon's wife. They adopt a boy, Raych. Seldon and Yugo Amaryl begin to flesh out psychohistory. [prelude to foundation]
Foundation and chaos and Foundation's fear are parts of the second foundation triology.	12,028 G.E		A group of Calvinian robots, led by R. Plussix, move to Trantor and find historical documents dating from the era of Shoree-Harn, as well as the sims Voltaire and Joan of Arc. They get the sims to planet Sark to help seed a new renaissance there, to disturb Daneel's work. Seldon helps removing Laskin Joranum from politics. Eto Demerzel (Daneel) resigns his post. Cleon I makes Seldon First Minister. A New Renaissance begins on planet Sark. Voltaire and Joan get into Trantorian Mesh where they meet the ancient memes. To avenge the destruction of their original homes the memes cause a rebellion among the tiktoks, having many of Daneel's robot companions killed. The memes move back to the Galactic Core. Sark renaissance gradually falls into chaos. [foundation's fear] [foundation and chaos] [forward the foundation]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,032 G.E		Nikolo Pas declares that on Sterrad he discovered that artificial humans, robots, infiltrated the state apparatus and plan to start a rebellion. During the resulting general panic he has 50 billion people slaughtered on Sterrad and the neighboring planets. [foundation's triumph']
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,037 G.E		The collapse of Madder Loss renaissance rocks Galactic society. Digging of a new heatsink starts in sector Dahl of Trantor. [foundation's triumph]
	12,038 G.E		Death of Cleon I. A military junta seizes power. Seldon resigns as First Minister. [forward the foundation]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,048 G.E		'Death' of Dors Venabili. Daneel brings Dors to the Eos base for repair. Fall of the junta. Puppet-Emperor Agis XIV ascends the throne. Real power is in the hands of the Commission of Public Safety led by Chief Commissioner Linge Chen. [foundation's triumph] [foundation] [forward the foundation]
	12,052 G.E		Birth of Bellis Seldon, second child of Raych and Manella. Hari Seldon discovers Wanda's mental abilities. He tries to find others, without success. Signs of general decline show throughout the Empire. [forward the foundation]
	12,054 G.E		Psychohistorical equations predict the unavoidable collapse of the Empire. Seldon works out plan to preserve human knowledge, and create a Second Empire via the Foundation. Death of Yugo Amaryl. [forward the foundation]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,058 G.E		Raych, Manella and Bellis move to Santanni where a new renaissance has begun. Anacreon province seeks independence. Seldon finds the place for his Foundation: planet Terminus, on the edge of the Galaxy. Chaos breaks out on Santanni. Raych dies. His family is lost in space. Stettin Palver, another mentalic joins the Seldon Project, then Bor Alurin. The mentalics will later form the Second Foundation. The Commission of Public Safety begins to watch Seldon. [foundation's triumph] [forward the foundation]
Foundation and chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,062 G.E		Vara Liso, a strong mentalic learns about the existence of robots. Upon this information Farad Sinter begins to hunt for robots. [foundation and chaos]
Foundation and chaos is a part of the second foundation triology.	12,067 G.E = 1 F.E		Klayus I sits on the imperial throne, but real power remains with the Commission of Public Safety. Giskardian robot Lodovik Trema becomes accidentally liberated from the compulsion to obey the Laws of Robotics. He questions the rightness of Zeroth Law and the lack of human consultation in their own destiny. Calvinian robots want Seldon to abandon his Project to stop Daneel directing history. Death of R. Plussix. Gaal Dornick joins the Seldon Project. The Commission of Public Safety puts Seldon to trial and exiles the Encyclopedia Foundation to Terminus. Farad Sinter's soldiers destroy base of Calvinian robots. Lodovik rejoins Daneel. The Second Foundation goes into hiding at Star's End. Beginning of the Foundation calendar. [foundation and chaos] [forward the foundation]

Robots and spacers era The spacers were a race of long-lived humans that had settled 50 planets and despised their shortlived relatives on earth.	Rise of galactic empire era 'Rise of' is up to the point when the first Emperor Frankenn I is coronated for the galaxy-wide empire. The "smaller" Trantorian empire before that is still considered to be in the 'rise-of' era	Galactic Empire era At its peak, the Empire consisted of more than 25 million inhabited worlds spread around the galaxy, with an average of 1 billion people per planet.	Foundation era While smaller in size than the Empire, it was more powerful and maybe more stable.
Approximately between 1982 C.E and 6000 C.E	Approximately between 6000 C.E and 13,000 C.E	Approximatekly between 13,000 C.E. and 25,000 C.E	Approximately between 25,000 C.E and 25,520 C.E (and counting. No end-date specified).

Canon	Year	Era	Event
'The Originist' is a story in the hard-to-get collection "Foundation and Friends".	1 F.E (= appr. 12,067 G.E.)	Galactic Empire era	Originist Leyel Forska wants to join First Foundation, but Seldon turns him down. [the originist - short story]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	2 F.E (=appr 12,068 G.E.)		Reign of puppet Emperor Semrin. First Foundation (consisting mostly of technical experts and their families) gets "exiled" to Terminus and begins compiling the Encyclopedia Galactica. Daneel starts developing the overmind Gaia with human mentalics. Compelled by Zeroth Law Daneel destroys millions of ancient archives that had been designed to fight human amnesia. A new renaissance on Ktlina falls into chaos. R. Gornon Vlimt tries to send Seldon into the future to judge Daneel's plan and the projections of psychohistory, but is foiled by Daneel. Mors Planch (and possibly Biron Maserd) dives into the future. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation and chaos is a part of the second foundation triology. 'The Originist' is a story in the hard-to-get collection "Foundation and Friends".	3 F.E (12,069 G.E )		Death of Hari Seldon. Leyel Forska joins Second Foundation. Linge Chen dies, Rom Divart takes his place in the Commission of Public Safety. To strengthen his power, Divart pays attention mostly to Trantor and its vicinity. Secession begins at the Empire's Periphery. [the originist - short story] [forward the foundation]
	18 F.E (12,084 G.E)		Birth of Salvor Hardin. [foundation]
	50 F.E (12,116 G.E.)		Anacreon declares independence, separating Terminus from the Empire. Seldon's hologram in the Terminus Time Vault explains the true purpose of the Foundation. Anacreon sets up military base on Terminus with the aim of swallowing the planet. Terminus begins to provide scientific support for the neighbouring kingdoms, balancing their powers. [foundation]
	80 F.E (12,146 G.E)		The Foundation wards off Anacreon threat, then signs a treaty with neighbouring kingdoms about peaceful coexistence. The Foundation begins to trade with sophisticated industrial goods in the Periphery. As its economic influence grows, it adds the power of religious cultism. [foundation]
	105 F.E (12,171 G.E)		Death of Stannell VI. [foundation]
	135 F.E (12,201 G.E)		The Foundation spreads its influence over the planet Askone. [foundation]
	155 F.E (12,221 G.E)		Imperial atomic weapons appear in the Republic of Korell, adjacent with the Foundation's influence zone. [foundation]
	158 F.E (12,224 G.E)		Korell declares war against Foundation. [foundation]
	161 F.E (12,227 G.E)		After three years of mostly economic warfare the Korellian economy collapses. Korell becomes part of the Foundation. Birth of Bel Riose. [foundation]
	170 F.E (12,236 G.E)		Cleon II becomes emperor of the Empire. [foundation and empire]
	185 F.E (12,251 G.E)		Imperial cadet Bel Riose saves two spaceships from destruction near the Lemul Cluster. He is promoted. Later he becomes a general. [foundation and empire]
	195 F.E (12,261 G.E)		The Empire ruled by Cleon II is gaining strength. Imperial general Bel Riose begins a campaign against the Foundation. [foundation and empire]
	196 F.E (12,262 G.E)		Riose conquers large territories. Cleon II - afraid of a powerful military leader's attempt to seize the throne - calls Riose and his fleet back. [foundation and empire]
	267 F.E (12,333 G.E)		Birth of Han Pritcher. [foundation and empire]
	270 F.E (12,336 G.E)		Dagobert VIII rules remnant Empire. The rebel Gilmer conquers and sacks Trantor. First Speaker Yokim Sarns and the Second Foundation protect the Galactic Library, then sign a peace-treaty with Gilmer. [foundation and empire]
	283 F.E (12,349 G.E)		Birth of the Mule on Gaia. The Mule is a contradiction. Either he is a mutant or he is a Gaian. He can not be both. [foundation and empire]
	293 F.E (12,359 G.E)		Han Pritcher joins the army. [foundation and empire]
	303 F.E (12,369 G.E)		The Mule leaves Gaia and using his mentalic abilities he sets out to conquer the Galaxy. [foundation and empire]
	310 F.E (12,376 G.E)		Empire of Dagobert IX has shrunk to twenty worlds. Its capital is Neotrantor. The Foundation has grown into a major power. The Mule conquers the Foundation, knocking Seldon Plan off course. Psychologist Ebling Mis locates the Second Foundation. Bayta Darell shoots Mis before he could reveal location of the Second Foundation to the Mule. The Mule establishes the Union of Worlds, and searches for the Second Foundation. [foundation and empire]
	315 F.E (12,381 G.E)		Members of the Second Foundation mentalically alter the Mule, who then gives up further conquest and the search for the Second Foundation. [foundation and empire]
	320 F.E (12,386 G.E)		Death of the Mule. The Foundation regains its earlier strength, but also begins studying neglected mental sciences, further endangering Seldon Plan. [second foundation]
	351 F.E (12,417 G.E)		Preem Palver becomes First Speaker. [second foundation]
	376 F.E (12,442 G.E)		The Foundation searches for the Second Foundation, fearing its mentalic rule. Planet Kalgan starts war against the Foundation. [second foundation]
	377 F.E (12,443 G.E)		The Foundation defeats Kalgan. Diverting the Foundation's search with a ruse, the Second Foundation continues operating secretly on Trantor (Star's End). [second foundation]
	430 F.E (12,496 G.E)		Daneel unleashes his Gaia overmind. Gaia begins to watch the Foundations. [foundation's edge] [foundation and earth]
	450 F.E (12,546 G.E)		Researching mental sciences, the Foundation gets close to being superior to the supposedly destroyed Second Foundation. The Second Foundation - without noticing it - is no longer able to keep the Seldon Plan on course on its own. The Seldon Plan is kept on course by the mental guidance of the Gaia overmind. [foundation's edge] [foundation and earth]
	467 F.E (12,573 G.E)		Birth of Golan Trevize. Daneel starts manipulating a group of people (including Golan Trevize) to choose 'the man who is always right'. [foundation's edge] [foundation and earth]
	498 F.E (12,604 G.E)		The Gaia overmind offers Golan Trevize ('the man who is always right') a choice between an Empire built by the First Foundation's physical force, one ruled by Second Foundation mentalics, or a Galaxy-sized version of Gaia... Galaxia. No other options are presented and no other humans consulted. Trevize chooses Galaxia. After the decision the Seldon Plan is kept alive by Gaia to ensure stability until the emergence of Galaxia. Preparations begin for gradual assimilation of humanity into the collective overmind. [foundation's edge] [foundation and earth]
	499 F.E (12,605 G.E)		Trevize embarks on a journey seeking to explain his choice. On Solaria he finds that the planet's vanished folk have become a new race. He takes a child, Fallom from the planet. Reaching Earth he meets R. Daneel Olivaw, whose actions to this point were compelled by the Zeroth Law. Trevize realizes any solution must take into consideration robots, Solarians, memes, mutants and any other kind of intelligence, too. The right answer may not be to simplify. [foundation's edge] [foundation and earth]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	520 F.E (12,626 G.E)		First Galactic Coalescence Investigation Commission convenes on planet Pengia. The subsequent Great Destiny Debates rage for 180 years, interrupted by waves of violence, amnesia and chaos. Robotic civil wars reignite. Foundation civilization approaches ultimate confrontation with both Gaia and Chaos. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	682 F.E (12,782 G.E)		The Fifth Great Destiny Debate. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	1020 F.E (13,120 G.E)		116th Edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	1054 F.E (13,154 G.E)		117th Edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica. [foundation's triumph]
Foundation's triumph is a part of the second foundation triology.	1152 F.E (13,252 G.E)		Early History of Colonization by Sarhir Vadid is published by Baleyworld University Press. [foundation's triumph]

That's it. Now we have reached the end-of-the-line. And the year is now around 26,000 years after people thought it would be a good idea to nail a guy to a cross just because he thought it would be good if people could be kind to one another for a change. Maybe we haven't learned all that much after all...