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| Year | Event | Source |
| 019.M41 | Far eastern rim of the Galaxy assaulted by an Ork Waaagh. | |
| 019.M41 | Two High Lords of Terra assassinated. | |
| 019.M41 | Saint Drache martyred on Korynth. | |
| 019.M41 | Billions die due to famine on Beznos. | |
| 019.M41 | Infamous Heretic Pontius Glaw first touched by the Warp. | Malleus by Dan Abnett |
| 085.M41 | By request of Inquisitor Scallen, Sisters of Battle of the Order of the Valorous Heart purge Hive Tumulus (on planet Farglum) of the Cult Epicurian. | Chapter Approved 2001 |
| 139.M41 | Abaddon the Despoiler's forces complete construction of the Planet Killer in the Eye of Terror. | |
| 139-160.M41 | Abaddon uses the Planet Killer to lead the 12th Black Crusade that ravages the Gothic Sector. The Gothic War. | |
| 154.M41 | The Planet Killer is finally destroyed. No traces of the remains are found by Inquisitor Horst's investigation 2 years later. | |
| 213.M41 | Castaburg invaded by Orks under Warlord Skarmork. Death Korps of Krieg counterattack. | |
| 241.M41 | Thracian Primaris overtakes Gudrun as the preeminent world of the Helican subsector, and the Subsector capital is moved from Gudrun to Thracian Primaris | Xenos by Dan Abnett |
| 273.M41 | Hydra Flak Tank found. | Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy |
| 356.M41 | Macharius born, son of Pella, Imperial Commander of Donia. | |
| 359.M41 | Copul IV cleansed by Ultramarines. | |
| 367.M41 | Ork world of Balur scoured by Space Marine and Imperial Guard campaign led by Calgar. | |
| 371.M41 | Sergeant Severus of the Ultramarines wounded on Corinth, interred in Dreadnought. Returns for 7 year Corinthian Crusade in 698.M41. | |
| 373.M41 | Inquisitors murdered. Jaq Draco raids the Black Library of Chaos. Planet Sabulorb incinerated. Jaq Draco killed in the Eldar Webway. | Harlequin (Novel), Chaos Child (Novel) |
| 374.M41 | Macharius earns the Colonelcy of the Donian XXVI. | |
| 379.M41 | Macharius becomes the General of the Donian IV army during the Roxane rebellion. | |
| 380.M41 | Macharius takes the stronghold of rebel leader Roxane Mountjoy, and rescues Lord Solar Phillips, becoming Phillips' second in command and most successful general. | |
| 386.M41 | Lord Solar Phillips dies. Macharius appointed Lord Solar. | |
| 387-391.M41 | As Macharius's armies assemble, he reconquers the worlds of Lands End, Morbellum and Jalfrezi III with his Donian army. | |
| 392.M41 | Macharius begins his great conquest of the western galaxy. Over a thousand worlds fall to him and his Generals over the next seven years. | |
| 392.M41 | The hive world of Persepolis is recontacted after 5,000 years. Macharius finds the tomb of the ancient explorer Indijona the Vagrant, and takes the Helm he finds there for himself. | |
| 393.M41 | While fighting against Chaos Space Marines on Zaga IV, a Bolter round embeds in Macharius's chest but does not explode. The Confessors proclaim this an Emperor's Miracle. | |
| 395.M41 | Macharius orders the advanced technology world of Adrantis V destroyed by a redirected comet, and disbands the 3rd army group. | |
| 396.M41 | Macharius' 2nd and 5th army cross the boundary of the Astronomican. | |
| 398.M41 | Warp travel is slow, but Macharius still conquers another 15 worlds- and destroys seven. | |
| 399.M41 | Macharius bombards the Carnelion Palace of Leminitus into submission. His Generals decide the conquests should end. | |
| 400.M41 | Macharius dies before reaching the old boundaries of the Imperium. | |
| 401.M41 | Macharius is entombed on Macharia, his first base of operations. | |
| 450-465.M41 | Hesten manuscript, documenting principles of the God Incarnate (Thorian doctrine), compiled by Inquisitor Hesten. | |
| 474.M41 | Armageddon riots. Warp Storms cut off Armageddon. Food shortages lead to armed rebellion in a dozen hives. | |
| 452.M41 | Adepta Sororitas (Order of the Bleeding Heart) entrusted with the bones of St. Emiline must evacuate Emilines Hope (Shrine World) when Yerena System invaded by an Ork Waaagh under the command of Arch Maniac of Calvera. | |
| 454.M41 | Lammas Campaign underway, Valstadt 13th Armoured Regiment fighting. | |
| 659.M41 | Logan Grimnar becomes new Great Wolf of the Space Wolves. | Grey Hunter by William King |
| 679.M41 | Trade War between Ferrozoica Hive and Vervunhive on the planet Verghast. | Necropolis by Dan Abnett |
| 696.M41 | A Tau probe was discovered in the Koath system. The translated message was a greeting and an invitation to "share the culture, technology, and protection of the Tau Empire." | Codex: Tau (3rd Edition) |
| 698.M41 | Corinthian Crusade. Calgar elected leader of Marine force including Ultramarines, Lamenters, Marines Errant, Angels of Absolution and Silver Skulls on a 7 year crusade. Ork empire of Charadon suffers series of heavy defeats, delaying the invasion of Waa-Argluk by 30 years. | |
| 704.M41 | Siege of Tulwa. Calgar leads infiltration force that destroyed the Fortress of Pain (Iron Warriors). | |
| 737.M41 | Valos reported stripped of life. (Hive Fleet Behemoth). | |
| 738.M41 | Latest Founding (26th). | Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, p.6 |
| 740-743.M41 | The Balance Wars take place. | The Sabbat Worlds Crusade |
| 742.M41 | Damocles Crusade is launched against the Tau Empire. It is eventually runs into a stalemate. A truce is agreed upon, and Imperial forces retreat to be redeployed against approaching Hive Fleet Behemoth. Due to a lack of transports, several regiments of the Imperial Guard are left behind. First Imperial contact with Kroot, as Tau allies. | Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), page 20; Codex: Tau (3rd Edition), page 58 |
| 744.M41 | Taggarath, Seer of Corrinto, forsees the approach of the End Times, and prophesies a time of unprecedented upheaval, in which even the light of the Emperor is swallowed in darkness. Taggarath is immediately executed for heresy. | Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook p. 126 |
| 745.M41 | First Tyrannic War. Hive Fleet Behemoth attacks the Ultramarines homeworld Macragge. Defeated at great cost- entire first company wiped out. | Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition) |
| 752-754.M41 | The Khulan Wars take place. | The Sabbat Worlds Crusade |
| 755.M41 | The Sabbat Worlds Crusade begins. | The Sabbat Worlds Crusade |
| 759.M41 | Scouring of Quintarn. Calgar commands forces against Ork scavengers who captured triple system of Quintarn, Tarentus and Masali (part of Ultramarines Empire) in the aftermath of Hivefleet Behemoth. | |
| 765.M41 | Space Marine Chapter Losses to date: 13 Lost in warp, 21 Irrecoverable battle losses, 9 Gene seed failure, 4 Inquisitorial purge, 16 Other circumstances. Warmaster Slaydo killed on the planet Balhaut. | Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), The Sabbat Worlds Crusade |
| 766.M41 | Several Imperial listening posts in the Catachan and Ryza systems are attacked by Eldar pirates under the command of Prince Yriel. | Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook p. 126 |
| 769.M41 | Defence of Vervunhive, planet Verghast. | Necropolis by Dan Abnett |
| 773.M41 | Brazen Skulls are listed as extinct. | |
| 774.M41 | Gereon Mission, Sabbat Worlds Crusade | Traitor General by Dan Abnett |
| 780.M41 | Fourth Quadrant rebellion. | Warhammer 40,000: Compendium (The Badab War), White Dwarf 96, Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition) p. 44 |
| 783.M41 | Battle of Maedrax. Eldrad Ulthran of Ulthwe forsees an Imperial exploritor force would awaken the Necron tomb world. The Eldar destroyed the explorator fleet and then destroyed tbe Necron complex. When leaving Maedrax, they had to fight their way through a relief force of Blood Angels Space Marines | White Dwarf 342us "Timeline" p.33 |
| 795.M41 | An uprising in the Krandor system is put down by the Cadian 23rd. | Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook p. 126 |
| 797.M41 | The Seige of Zolathros. Marneus Calgar, holds the gate, alone, against an invasion of Orks for a night and a day. | White Dwarf 342us "Timeline" p.33 |
| 801.M41 | Lugganath Eldar craftworld first detected by the Imperium. | Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition) |
| 801.M41 | The Astronomicon flickers resulting in thousands of ships being lost in the Warp. | White Dwarf 342us "Timeline" p.33 |
| 807.M41 | Purgation of Jhanna. Calgar leads two Ultramarine companies in the recapture of rebellious oceanic cities of Omon and Vorlencia, against renegades and Chaos Space Marines. | Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) |
| 815.M41 | Space Wolves Great Wolf Sven Ironhand revokes his oath and leads his Great Company into exile in the Eastern Fringes. | |
| 833.M41 | The Vinculus Crusade is fought by Black Templars and Sister of Battle of the Order of the Bloody Rose under the command of Marshal Ludoldus and Canoness Jasmine against an assassin-cult on Peleregon IV. The Daemon-possessed Inquisitor Vinculus is slain. | Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), page 19 |
| 850-901.M41 | Third Inter-Guild War. The Guild Fathers, Inca Sector of the Ultima Segmentum, fought a war against Eldar pirates, sponsored by business rivals. The Sons of Antaeus and Subjugators Space Marine chapters answered the call of the Guild Fathers. | Chapter Approved 2004 The Cursed Founding by Andy Hoare, Graham McNeill, and Phil Kelly |
| 853.M41 | Battle of the Steel Cross. Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists slays ork Warlord and his bodyguard. | |
| 861.M41 | Battle of Arconar. Calgar defeats coalition of Eldar Raiders on the feral world of Arconar, scattering their forces and capturing their bases both on and off world. | Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) |
| 867.M41 | Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists breaks through Eldar lines despite suffering 17 wounds including stab through one of his hearts and two heavy weapons hits. | |
| 879.M41 | Battle of Knarts Landing. Calgar defeats rebel army led by General Dornal in 30 day battle on industrial world of Knart's Landing, taking less than 17% casualties. | |
| 891.M41 | First War for Armageddon. Chaos incursion led by Angron and World Eaters beaten back by Space Wolves and Grey Knights. | |
| 892.M41 | Cortez defended breach in Fortress Maladon's wall for 21 hours of constant fighting. | |
| 897.M41 | A Adepta Sororitas fortress-convent, Sanctuary 101, is completly destroyed by Necrons. This raid is the first recorded contact with the Necrons. Faze V is re-discovered by a Rogue Trader who has the support of the Dark Angels 5th company. The local Human population is mind-linked with a huge artificial intelligence and the Dark Angels manage to destroy it. Millions of local Human rise up against the Imperium and the Dark Angels crush the rebellion and burn the planet to the ground. Secretly some unknown data is retrieved from the machine complex by Bekenel, Grand Master of the Deathwing. | Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition) pg 11 Darkness Rising, Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition) pg 20 |
| 901-912.M41 | Badab War. Astral Claws' master, Lufgt Huron, revolts. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 901.M41 | Imperial investigation fleet destroyed in orbit of Badab killing 23,000 agents of the Imperium. Huron declares himself Tyrant of Badab and secedes from the Imperium. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 903.M41 | Badab War - Lamenters, Mantis Warriors and Executioners join revolt. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 903.M41 | Captain Cortez fights through the entire Kardian six week campaign without supplies after they had been lost to enemy fire during deployment. | |
| 904.M41 | Badab War - Fire Hawks retaliate when their supply ship is captured by the Mantis Warriors. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 905.M41 | Badab War - Marines Errant recalled from Eastern Fringe but find themselves protecting convoys more than actively attacking the rebels. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 906.M41 | Badab War - Red Scorpions and Minotaurs called in to suppress revolt. | |
| 907.M41 (913?) | Badab War - Several chapters are redeployed in response to Ork expansions in Ultima Segmentum and Imperial Navy assume their responsibilities. Badab blockaded. More chapters brought in to investigate Executioners and Mantis Warriors worlds. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 908.M41 | Badab War - Bulk of the Lamenters caught in an ambush and surrender to loyalist forces. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 908-912.M41 | Badab War - A series of sieges see the fortresses of Huron crumble to the loyalists. Badab is eventually surrounded and cut off. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 912.M41 | Badab War ends with the fall of Badab and final defeat of the Astral Claws. Heavy fighting in the Palace of Thorns sees Huron badly wounded but 200 Astral Claws escape with him to the Maelstrom. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 912.M41-Present | Lamenters, Mantis Warriors and Executioners sent on century-long penitence crusades. | Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition) p57 |
| 917.M41 | Battle of Amion. Red Talons and Armageddon Steel Legion vs. rebel Imperial forces. | |
| 931.M41 | An Imperial taskforce primarily made up of Valhallans successfully prevent the Tau from annexing an Imperial world during the Gravalax Incident | |
| 940.M41 | Tzeentch cults revolt on the Imperial planet Chicano. World lost. | Realm of Chaos |
| 941-942.M41 | Second War for Armageddon. Ork Waaagh! led by Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka assault the hive world Armageddon Secundus. Lord Herman von Strab's forces are saved by Commissar Yarrick's performance. | |
| 942.M41 | Eldar Commander Yriel is the leader of the Craftworld Iyanden space fleet. | Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition) |
| 944.M41 | Balur Crusade. Calgar elected leader of Marine Crusade force operating against worlds along the Eastern Fringes. Operations began with scouring of Ork held Balur and ending with devastation of Boros. | |
| 945-959.M41 | Ghazghkull Thraka mounts raids on various planets | Codex: Armageddon |
| 946.M41 | Dante (station), Yarrick (station), Mannheim (station) monitoring stations established in outermost orbit of Armageddon system | |
| 962.M41 | Imperial base on Buca III annihilated by Ork asteroid base (Thraka) | |
| 963.M41 | Fire Hawks mobile chapter fleet sent to Crow's World sector to retaliate against Eldar pirates. En route, entire chapter is destroyed in the warp. | White Dwarf 99, Legion of the Damned, Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) |
| 972.M41 | Imperial agri-world Chigon 17 overrun by Orks under Thraka using guerrilla tactics | |
| 976.M41 | Hive Fleet Perseus detected by Ultramarines. Marneus Calgar severely mauled in a skirmish against Tyranids. | White Dwarf 97, Ultramarines |
| 981.M41 | Durlan Ocellati discovers warp route into Wheel of Fire | Book of the Astronomican |
| 981.M41 | Taelos of the Imperial Fists takes a warrior pilgrimage through the Maelstrom, Choria, Fell Heart, and Golgotha | Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition) inside back cover |
| 982.M41 | Last encounter with Hive Fleet Perseus. Drifts outsystem. | |
| 983.M41 | Fire Hawks declared lost in the warp. | |
| 983-985.M41 | The Hrud migration in which Ursarkar Creed fought. | Codex: Eye of Terror p.40 |
| 984.M41 | Battle of Hell Town. Pyran Dragoons assigned to Armageddon jungle base desert their posts, leaving the Armageddon Ork Hunters to defend against Ork invasion. | |
| 986.M41 | Imperial Battlecruiser Radiant Way wiped out by Ork pirates led by Thraka. | History of the Third War for Armageddon |
| 987.M41 | Space Wolves attack the Ork-held planet of Xit; 519th crusade ends in the Wheel of Fire. | Book of the Astronomican |
| 988.M41 | Orks of the Charadon empire invade Rynn's World. During the initial invasion the Crimson Fists are nearly wiped out by their own defense missile. | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader |
| 989.M41 | Helbrecht is elected as High Marshal of the Black Templars and declares a Crusade against the Cythor Fiends of the Ghoul Stars. | Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition), p.44 |
| 992.M41 | Second Tyrannic War. Iyanden craftworld nearly destroyed by Hive Fleet Kraken. Lamenters and Scythes of the Emperor chapters virtually destroyed. | Codex Imperialis |
| 992.M41 | The Kimmerian VIII regiment, fighting Orks on the eastern fringe, are assisted by Jotun Bearclaw's renegade Great Company, who refused to return to Fenris after fighting at Ichar IV due to the length of travel time involved. | |
| 992.M41 | Ursarkar E. Creed annihilates Ulthwe raid on Aurent. | Codex: Eye of Terror p.40 |
| 995.M41 | Battle of Korsk II. Lord Varlak leads a rebellion that is crushed by Space Marines in a major tank battle on the plains of Korsk II. | |
| 995.M41 | Defense of Ichar IV. Calgar acts as supreme commander in defense of Ichar IV, a vital industrial world on the Eastern Fringe. Tyranid invaders from Hive Fleet Kraken held in check by the combined efforts of Space Marines, Imperial Guard and alien Eldar forces. | |
| 997.M41 | Inquisitors Alexio, Credo, and Fortez report having destroyed Temple of the Star Child on Levilnor IV. | Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook p.272 |
| 997.M41 | Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka launches an attack upon the power plant of Kadillus Harbour, the capital-city of Piscina IV. The Dark Angels, under the command of Company Master Belial manage to disrupt his plans until further Dark Angels reinforcements manage to arrive. The Ork horde is driven off. | Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition) p.19 |
| 998.M41 | The Taros invasion fleet arrives carrying the 4621st Imperial army to prosecute the Taros Campaign against the Tau. The invasion fails and the Tau annex the world, renaming it T'ros | |
| 998.M41 | Historicus Coran Celecius tried for heresy after his work links the Aphis hermitage massacre to the Necrontyr and other mysterious past encounters. | |
| 998.M41 | Inquisitor Lichtenstein declared Excommunicate Traitoris. | |
| 999.M41 | The Third War for Armageddon begins. | Codex: Armageddon |
| 999.M41 | A murderous plot kills several members of the Cadian High Command. Ursarkar E. Creed is appointed Lord Castellan of Cadia. | Codex: Eye of Terror p.40 |
| 999.M41 | The 13th Black Crusade. Attack on Cadia. | Codex: Eye of Terror |
| 999.M41 | The Space Wolves' 13th Company are seen fighting against the forces of chaos in the Thirteenth Black Crusade. | Codex: Eye of Terror |
| 986999.M41 | Tech Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus discover failures in the mechanisms of the Golden Throne that are far beyond their ability to repair. | White Dwarf 342us "Timeline" p.37 Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook p. 129. |
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