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000.M41 The Macharian Crusade ends. Death of Lord Solar Macharius. Beginning of the Macharian Heresy. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
c.070.M41 The Macharian Heresy ends, the rebellions put down by elements of 100 Space Marine Chapters. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
322.M41 The Golden Halos Space Marine Chapter encounters the infamous "ghost ship" Celestion while aboard the Battlecruiser Garandus. The result was a severe glancing collision upon the lower port bow, ripping apart several of the chapters dropships. A surprise warp vortex halted all recovery operations. Casualties were listed as 2362, 17% from the Golden Halos Chapter. Inferno Issue 11
342.M41 Inquisitor Eisenhorn declares Inquisitor Quixos a heretic and Extremis Diabolus. Eisenhorn leads a cell that hunts down and kills Quixos 3 years later. (Quixos approx. 300 years old at this point). Malleus by Dan Abnett
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)
444.M41 First War for Armageddon. Chaos incursion led by Angron and World Eaters beaten back by Space Wolves and Grey Knights. Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), p.8
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, foresees 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 and the 3rd and 7th companys suffer hrrific casulties 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
757.M41 First recorded incidence of the Zombie Plague. Hyrda Minoris quarantined. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
778.M41 The hive world of Lyubov has been conquered by the forces of chaos including warriors of the Blood Pact during the later days of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. General Andreas Carnhide, a veteran Imperial Guard commander has to draw together feuding factions of Guard, Navy and Adeptus Mechanicus to retake the planet. Tactica Imperialis
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 Ulthwé foresees an Imperial explorer force would awaken the Necron tomb world. The Eldar destroyed the explorer fleet and then destroyed the 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 Siege of Zalathras. Marneus Calgar holds the gate alone against an invasion of Orks for a night and a day. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
801.M41 Lugganath Eldar craftworld first detected by the Imperium. Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)
801.M41 The Astronomican 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)
811.M41 Dark Eldar raiders mount occasional but highly damaging raids on the main habitation area of Naxos, Colony One, until a force of space marines from the Iron Snakes chapter, under the command of Captain Trokus, turns up to resolve the situation. Tactica Imperialis
815.M41 Space Wolves Great Wolf Sven Ironhand revokes his oath and leads his Great Company into exile in the Eastern Fringes.
822.M41 Abbaddon raids the Maiden World Ildanira. He is driven off by forces form Alaitoc Craftworld. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
414830.M41 The Siege of Vraks came to an official end. 34 Krieg regiments had fought for almost eighteen years and lost almost fourteen million men. Vraks Original population of 8million souls had been wiped out, the numbers of enemy losses incalculable. In the end, Vraks was utterly destroyed in the fighting and has been cordoned off by the Inquisition Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three
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
849.M41 All contact is lost with Birmingham, the Black Planet. Subsequent investigations confirm Dark Eldar massacre. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
850.M41 Inquisitor Solomon Lok leads an expedition to the Anphelion system. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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)
863.M41 Saint Cyllia Massacre: The Adamant Fury Titan Legion fall to Chaos and massacre the Saint Cyllia PDF before escaping. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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.
888.M41 The Crusade of Wrath: Black Templars defeat Word Bearers and reclaim many worlds near the Maelstrom. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
891.M41 Persya sector undergoes the 'long midnight' as Eldar pirates prey on them for over half the year, until driven off by Imperial Patrol Praxion. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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 completely 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
913.M41 Disclipes of Ahriman sack the Jollana Librarium. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
917.M41 Battle of Amion. Red Talons and Armageddon Steel Legion vs. rebel Imperial forces.
919.M41 Commissar Ciaphas Cain is attached to the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery Regiment, in the hopes of enjoying a career in a backwater post as far from combat as possible. He ends up facing down a Tyranid Hive Tyrant with nothing but a Laspistol and Chainsword completely by accident. This event, and others following it, eventually snowball his reputation to ridiculous levels. Fight or Flight a short story by Sandy Mitchell
920.M41 Loss of the troopship Emperor's Faithful to Eldar pirates. Over 5 million Guardsmen and 200,000 Naval personnel listed as Missing. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
925.M41 Contact lost with the Vidar sector, including the forge world Lentrel Prime. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
926.M41 The Vaxhallan Genocides: The Purge slaughter 14 billion Imperial citizens. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
927.M41 Green Skins and Black Hearts: The Ork Invasion of Perlia by Hismyonie Kallis is published. It is later used by Inquisitor Amberley Vail when she is organizing the Cain Archive Death or Glory by Sandy Mitchell
928.M41 Two Eldar Phoenix Lords of the Striking Scorpions Aspect duel for seventeen days. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
931.M41 An Imperial taskforce primarily made up of Valhallans successfully prevent the Tau from annexing an Imperial world during the Gravalax Incident For the Emperor one of the Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell
933.M41 Terrorists, Chaos Cultists, Genestealers and a Tyranid Hive fleet splinter all threaten the world of Periremunda at the same time. Duty Calls one of the Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell
937.M41 Inquisitor Pranix leads a strikeforce of Space Wolves, Cadian and Tallarn Imperial Guard in an attempt to wrest the Hollow Worlds from the control of the Red Corsairs. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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)
963.M41 Ultramarines clash with Tau colonisation forces on the world of Malbede; both armies later unite against Necron awakening. The Tau escape the planet, which is destroyed in an exterminatus ordered by Marneus Calgar shortly afterwards. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
968.M41 The Khai-Zhan rebellion, where Imperial forces (notably, the Cadian 122 and the Imperial Fists Space Marines) fought back the forces of Chaos, mostly in the streets of Vogen, the planet's capitol city. Codex: Cityfight
969.M41 Terminus Est spotted in the Cando system. The Zombie Plague sweeps across the system in the following months. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
971.M41 The Ork Wazdakka Gutsmek begins his plan to create an interstellar supa'eyeway through the Warp. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
972.M41 Imperial agri-world Chigon 17 overrun by Orks under Thraka using guerrilla tactics
975.M41 Cadian fortress-world Lutoris Epsilon lost to Khornate temptation initiated by Skarbrand the Bloodthirster. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
976.M41 Hive Fleet Perseus detected by Ultramarines. Marneus Calgar severely mauled in a skirmish against Tyranids. White Dwarf 97, Ultramarines
981.M41 Durlan Occellati 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.
985.M41 Eldar predations in the Underhives of Cathoria II. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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 defence 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
989.M41 Waa-Snagrod barrels through the Loki sector, devastating Rynn's World and the Crimson Fists. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
990.M41 The ancient ruling class of nobility on Rophanon have their lands and power taken away from them when the Adeptus Terra decides to turn the planet into a retirement community for high ranking clerks and a massive records storage facility. The council of Rophanon instigates a rebellion but Lord General Artemis Blythe just happens to be on the planet recovering from wounds suffered during a space battle. He leads the fight back, when eventually becomes mired in a war of attrition. When Hive Fleet Leviathan emerges near Rophanon the Imperials withdraw and let the Tyranids destroy the planet before letting the Deathwatch deliver the Exterminatus. Tactica Imperialis
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 Ulthwé 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 Defence of Ichar IV. Calgar acts as supreme commander in defence 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.
995.M41 Tau fleet action at the shrineworld Ghola's Hope. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
995.M41 Red Corsair pirates capture the Space Wolf cruiser Wolf of Fenris. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
138997.M41 Hive Fleet Leviathan contacts the galactic base of the Imperium, causing destruction in Segmentums Tempestus, Ultima and Solar. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
221997.M41 The Ork Warlords Ghazghkull Thraka and Nazdreg launch 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, Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
509997.M41 A combined Mortifactors and Ultramarines strikeforce defeat a shard of Leviathan at Tarsis Ultra. The remainder of the Hive Fleet rampages on, completely unaffected. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
601997.M41 Commissar Yarrick and Ghazghkull come face to face again on the world of Golgotha. Yarrick is captured and tortured but ultimately released - Ghazghkull is planning to invade Armageddon again, and wants a good fight. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
622997.M41 Golgothan refugees are slaughtered en masse by Dark Eldar raiders on the moon of Jagdor Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
977997.M41 The Tau Empire resumes the Third Phase Expansion under Commander Shadowsun. They capture several worlds on the Eastern Fringe. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook, Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition)
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.
757998.M41 The Third War for Armageddon begins. Having learned from past mistakes, Imperial Commanders commit a ridiculous amount of forces to hold the world. It drags on for months in a bloody stalemate, and soon Ghazghkull grows bored and leaves his generals to finish the fight while he goes looking for other worlds to conquer. Commissar Yarrick joins a Black Templar's Crusade and gives chase. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook, Codex: Armageddon
718999.M41 Hive Fleet Leviathan invades the Ork Empire in the Octarius system, and war rages with neither side showing any signs of stopping. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
957999.M41 The light of the Astronomican grows dim; contact is lost with Ultima Macharia and becomes intermittent with both Macragge and Cypra Mundi. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
978999.M41 Dark Eldar raiders cripple the Imperial Navy's port at Bakka. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
980999.M41 The Red Corsairs emerge from the Maelstrom in force and lay siege to several systems, notably the Chogoris, Kaelas, and Sessec systems. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
982999.M41 The Great Awakening: a ripple of psychic power flows through the Warp and activates the latent abilities of millions of psykers. Innumerable warp rifts are created and several worlds are lost to daemonic infestation. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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.
987999.M41 Necron activity detected within 2,000 light years of Terra. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
989999.M41 The Ultramarines 3rd Company liberate the Lagan system from the Tau Empire Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
990999.M41 Eldar forces from the Biel-Tan and Saim Hann Craftworlds destroy both Imperial and Ork worlds surrounding the Octarius system with the intent of denying bio-resources to Hive Fleet Leviathan. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
992999.M41 The Night of a Thousand Rebellions: A wave of discord sweeps heretorfore thought stable sections of the Imperium, with several worlds rebelling. Contact is lost with large areas inside the Segmentum Pacificus. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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
995999.M41 Warmaster Abaddon launches the 13th Black Crusade. The armies of Chaos Undivided lay siege primarily to Cadia but attack many of the surrounding worlds as well. Imperial Forces launch a massive counterattack, and eventually push back the tides of Chaos, but only just barely, and at great cost. The Space Wolves' 13th Company are amongst the forces seen fighting against the forces of chaos. Codex: Eye of Terror, Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
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