As the campaign unfolds—and more details are added about the Corvus Cluster—it may become difficult to track what’s happening and when. The campaign timeline should help put everything into perspective, so that the grand sweep of “history” makes sense.
21st Millennium—Earliest recorded settlement of the Corvus Cluster.
30th Millennium—Ultramarines spearhead the Great Crusade into the Ultima Segmentum and impose Imperial control in the sector.
35th Millennium—The Tau are discovered by the Imperium in a stone age cultural state.
37th Millennium—The Knights of Altair are part of the 27th Founding.
741.M36—Evacuation of Prysmos (Exdoxos IV); destruction of planet’s ecosystem by radioactive ion cloud.
41st Millennium
720.M41—Estimated date that Prysmos would exit ion cloud.
726.M41—The fall of Brother-Sergeant Valerus.
728.M41—Last reported sighting of the Shard of Damnation.
732.M41—Media III secedes from Imperium and joins the Tau Empire.
3 166 733.M41—Ork rok crashes into southern continent of Hegira
734.M41—Incident on Petronius IV
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1 001 735.M41—CAMPAIGN BEGINS.
3 002 735.M41—Border clash on Veris Island
3 009 735.M41—PDF defeat Tau on Dar Sai
3 016 735.M41—The Fall of Veris Island
3 017 735.M41—728th Cadian Regiment reinforces Hegria defenses
3 023 735.M41—Battle of the Manufactorum
3 027 735.M41—Battle of the Iron Spires
3 042-043 735.M41—Imperial Guard fails to retake Iron Spires
3 107 735.M41—The Fall of Count Feracci
3 242 735.M41—Imperial Navy suffers disaster at Hegira
3 244 735.M41—Dar Sai: Battle of the White Tower
3 267 735.M41—Ambush on Morkai
3 280 735.M41—Tau navy rebuffed at Dar Sai
3 285-334 735.M41—Tau army marches on Malati (Dar Sai)
3 335 735.M41—First Battle of Malati (Dar Sai)
3 413 735.M41—Hegira: Battle of the Sea of Dust
3 473 735.M41—Imperial Guard Retakes Iron Spires (Hegira)
3 398 735.M41—Inquisition strikes at Mora
6 680 735.M41—Tau crush ork fleet in Al’gel System
3 730 735.M41—Ork invasion force stopped on Sea of Dust
3 842 735.M41—Imperial forces repulsed at Z’yra Mines
6 687 735.M41—Tau invasion of Al’gel II meets fierce resistance
6 893 735.M41—Pyramids of Stigmata: An Adeon Drake Adventure
3 935 735.M41—Malati falls to Tau attack
— 736.M41 —
3 007 736.M41—Imperial Guard defeats Tau at Sandeep Plains
3 010 736.M41—Orks take Iron Spires in Fourth Battle
3 055 736.M41—Tarak Mines are lost to massive ork attack
3 091 736.M41—Tau drive north and seize port of Volantis
3 101 736.M41—Tallarn troops deploy in Sculptor System
3 110 736.M41—Panic spreads with fall of Barad Mine to orks
3 150 736.M41—Panic across Hegira: Is the world lost to orks?
6 201 736.M41—Tau break out on Al’gel II
3 240 736.M41—Ork invaders repulsed at Susa City
3 291 736.M41—Imperial counterattack retakes Barad Mine
3 450 736.M41—Skirmish SE of Barad Mine (Patrols report skirmishers south of Barad Mine)
3 480 736.M41—Skirmish SW of Barad Mine (Patrols report skirmishers south of Barad Mine)
6 598 736.M41—Distress signal received from Dryilian IV outpost
3 639 736.M41—Guard retakes Tarak Mines in fast fight
3 670 736.M41—Imperial advance stalls in Iron Spires
3 768 736.M41—Yaisdra Subsector requests covert operation
3 801 736.M41—Space Wolves raid xeno base on Media III
3 887 736.M41—Tau repulsed in Battle of Pradeep
3 891 736.M41—Skirmish on Al’gel II
6 919 736.M41—Tau and ork ships clash at asteroid KV-9
— 737.M41 —
3 003 737.M41—Tarak Mines fall to massive greenskin attack
3 078 737.M41—Orks repulsed at Barad Mine
6 165 737.M41—Warp storm known as Heart of Darkness expands
6 183 737.M41—Victims of Slaver attack rescued by Rogue Trader
6 283 737.M41—Heresy on Hedera
6 321 737.M41—Greenclaw launches assault on Tau on Al’gel II
3 359 737.M41—Hegira PDF slaughtered at Barad Mine
6 383 737.M41—Sacrilege of Cestius
6 492 737.M41—Voloh Gudag Returns
5 572 737.M41—Scourge of Governor Krendax
6 647 737.M41—Battle of Flies
3 600 737.M41—Orks stopped again at Barad Mine
6 681 737.M41—Inquisition visits Dryilian outpost
6 687 837.M41—Escape from Dryilian IV
3 683-713 737.M41—Fierce skirmish action outside Pradeep
3 731 737.M41—Blood Angels clear Tau from “no man’s land”
3 751 737.M41—Space Marines stop Tau attack at Pradeep
3 820 737.M41—Tau fail to break Dar Sai blockade
— 738.M41 —
3 009 738.M41—Knights of Altair raid Veris Island
3 021 738.M41—Mutants defeated on Morkai
6 042 738.M41—Tau firing line slaughters orks on An’gel II
6 091 738.M41—Death Guard invade Dozaria
3 173 738.M41—Tau raid moon of Druidia (Battle of Sculptor IIIa)
3 178 738.M41—Imperial army defeated in Hegira’s Sea of Dust
The captive Runepriest that the Inquisition wants returned safely.
3 244 738.M41—Tau seize Decora Mining Base in Sculptor System
6 281 738.M41—Underhive fight: A Jason Scarn Adventure
3 298 738.M41—Warp phenomenon reported at Barad Mine
3 300 738.M41—Stompa nearly breaks Barad Mine defenses
3 339 738.M41—Rogue Trader Florton brings news of Burning Frontier
6 450 738.M41—Necron ship sighted in Dryillian quarantine zone
3 451 738.M41—Knights of Altair driven from Barad Mine
3 454 738.M41—Commander Tō’kra: The Dark Tau arrives on Dar Sai
5 574 738.M41—Mysterious xeno fleet attacks Imperial flotilla
3 454-660 738.M41—Tau launch offensive at Port Aruna
3 665 738.M41—Tau invaders repulsed by Aruna trench lines
3 738 738.M41—728th Regt. drives Tau from Omao Plantation
3 852 738.M41—Vorpal Swords establish base in Burning Frontier
3 861 738.M41—Imperial Navy bombards ork positions on Hegira
3 863 738.M41—Recon patrol clashes with Tau north of Aruna
3 870 738.M41—Imperial pilot shoots down Fast Eddy Rikken Orker
3 883-885 738.M41—Battle of Three Hills ends in Guard-Tau draw
3 899 738.M31—Space Wolves defeat Death Guard on Dozaria
6 921 738.M41—Tallarn recover key technology from Death Guard
6 933 738.M41—Knights of Altair seize refinery on Dozaria
3 963 738.M41—Orks ambush naval patrol in Sculptor asteroids
3 999 738.M41—Inquisition captures ork warlord on Hegira
— 739.M41 —
3 004 739.M41—Ork probe repulsed in Hegira’s Sea of Dust
3 007 739.M41—Ork war band attacks Space Marine camp in Hegira ruins
3 010 739.M41—Ork forces edge closer to Hegira’s capital city
3 041 739.M41—Space Marine scouts bested again outside Susa City
4 046 739.M41—Space Wolves clash with Tau on Media III
3 058 739.M41—Ork invaders pushed back from Susa City
3 061 739.M41—Imperial drive on Hawi Plantation fails
3 068 739.M41—Tau counterattack seizes Omao Plantation
6 078 739.M41—Skaros Guard Regiment win victory on Dozaria
3 092 739.M41—Squad Taridon regains its honor against ork invaders
3 110 739.M41—Mutants seize promethium plant on Morkai
3 117 739.M41—Mutant horde repulsed on Morkai
3 165 738.M41—Space Marines battle heretics on Dozaria
6 379 739. M41—Agri-world population slaughtered by Eldar
3 522 739.M41—Ultramarines smash traitor uprising on Luxicon
3 528 739,M41—Knights of Altair stop Tau at Sandhurst Oasis
3 624 739.M41—Imperial warships clash with Kill Kroozer
3 636 739.M41—Iconia PDF fight to contain ork threat
3 671 739.M41—Orks press Imperial lines near Topac Manufactorum
6 744 739.M41—Death Guard launches offensive on Dozaria
3 764 739.M41—Two Imperial warships lost to ork attack
3 817 739.M41—Deathwatch capture Tau leader on Dar Sai
3 850 739.M41—Inquisition investigates Haruspex cult
6 853 739.M41—Knights of Altair stop ‘Ritual of Pestilence’
6 853 739.M41—Bounty hunters seek unsanctioned psykers
6 853 739.M41—Infection at Outpost Zero-Omega
6 893 739.M41—Carcharodons’ 5th Company saves Gamelan V
6 957 739.M41—Tech Priest Abnightus battles Necrons for xeno secrets
6 976 739.M41—Deathwatch captures Tau Ethereal on Dar Sai
3 991 739.M41—Orks test Imperial defenses on Hegira’s Sea of Dust
— 740.M41 —
3 045 740.M41—Imperial patrols slammed by ork warships
3 074 740.M41—Knights of Altair clash outside Susa City
3 097 740.M41—Ork attack on Hegira’s capital city repelled
3 116 740.M41—‘Battle of the Bastion’ outside Hegria’s capital city
3 156 740.M41—New Tau attack stopped on Dar Sai
6 162 740.M41—Space Marines raid heretic-held town on Dozaria
6 183 740.M41—Blood Wolves raid Volana manufactorum
6 206 740.M41—Blood Wolves and Death Guard clash in space
3 305 740.M41—Tau fleet breaks naval blockade over Dar Sai
6 360 740.M41—Necron forces advance on Tophet
3 324 740.M41—Tau break Imperial line north of Aruna
3 345 740.M41—Tau encircle PDF company on Dar Sai
3 396 740.M41—Imperial armor slows Tau advance on Aruna
3 438 740.M41—Squad fails to rescue captured captain on Hegira
6 489 740.M41—Flotilla Adriana destroyed by Necron fleet
6 507 740.M41—Necrons wipe out NuDawn colony
3 508 740.M41—Knights of Altair defeat Tau force on Dar Sai
3 558 740.M41—Tau crack Port Aruna’s defenses on Dar Sai
3 559 740.M41—The Aruna Gauntlet-Journal of Pvt. Levers
6 478 740.M41—Imperial Navy bombards Murella capital
6 613 740.M41—Subsector dies after visit by Space Hulk
6 643 740.M41—Blood Angels repulsed from enemy cruiser
6 652 740.M41—High Mayor of Aruna escapes Tau
3 735 740.M41—Massive ork attack strikes at Hegira’s capital
3 772 740.M41—Mutants drive Imperial troops from Nisa Ruins
3 782 740.M41— Mutants seize Madad’za Channel on Morkai
3 813 740.M41—Mutants wipe out Imperial force on Morkai
3 822 740.M41—Nomads attack dig site on Morkai
3 834 740.M41—Nomads continue advance on Morkai
3 863 740.M41—Home Guard defeats mutants on Morkai
3 901 740.M41—Tau ambush Imperial flotilla near Dar Sai
6 905 740.M41—Death Guard targets Dozarian crops
6 913 740.M41—Death Guard seize key complex on Dozaria
—741.M41—
6 028 741.M41—Astartes smash Necron army on Tophet
3 127 741.M41—Astartes defeat Tau warships near Decora Mining Base
3 127 741.M41—Astartes retake mining base in Sculptor System
3 153 741.M41—Knights of Altair offensive drives back Necrons
6 191 741.M41—Death Guard offensive stopped on Dozaria
3 311 741.M41— Athena raids depot on Dar Sai
6 369 741.M41—Necron threat ends on Tophet
6 405 741.M41—Troops discover ork raiders on Sculptor IIb
6 433 741.M41—Patrol clashes with orks near Susa City
6 489.741.M41—Iron Alliance Regiment holds manufactorum
3 572 741.M41—Imperial forces mauled outside Sandeep
3 592 741.M41— Imperial patrol stops ork pilfering
3 699 741.M41—Dreadnought stops ork attack
6 714 741.M41—Necrons raid Melinoe Naval Base
6 715 741.M41—Death Guard repulsed on Dozaria
6 775 741.M41—Tau win major victory on Al’gel II
3 801 741.M41 —Orks break through Susa City defenses
3 825 741.M41—Orks advance in Seat of Dust
3 833 741.M41—Ork fleet attempts to blockade Hegira
3 851 741.M41—Too many orks, not enough men
3 876 741.M41—Space Wolves raid Tau on Gallus
6 889 741.M41—Ork warships smash Tau flotilla in Al’gel System
6 911 741.M41—Battle of Skardu Valley – Dozaria
3 927 741.M41—Bishop calls for crusade against Tau (Damocles Gulf Campaign)
3 932 741.M41—Orks stopped at Achaeon Suburbs
3 951 741.M41— Mutants seize Tomada Oasis on Morkai
3 957 741.M41—Mutants force Skitarii to retreat on Morkai
6 974 741.M41—Battle of Whitegon (Nemea Primus)
3 999 741.M41—Skitarii clash with Blood Wolves on Hegira
— 742.M41 —
3 004 742.M41—Orks probe defenses of Achaeon Suburbs
6 013 742.M41—The Burning of Daxim III
3 020 742.M41—Imperium launches crusade against Tau
6 089 742.M41—Tau rebuff attack by Imperial Crusade
6 103 742.M41—Troops clash with mutants in abandoned Morkai village
6 113 742.M41—Necrons ambush Imperial cruiser
6 165 742.M42—Mutants attack Ma Sophia’s farm
6 213 742.M41—Crusade fleet enters Timbra Sub-Sector
6 247 742.M41—Knights of Altair suffer new defeat on Namatos
6 251 742.M41—Dark Mechanicum seizes Mechanicus vessel
3 433 742.M41—Tau stopped on drive to Malifax
3 555 742.M41—Inquisition investigates destroyed Perdide Colony
3 587 742.M42—Enemy patrol clash in Acheaon Suburbs
6 661 742.M41—Death Guard advance on key Dozarian city
6 664 742.M41—Death Guard suffer massive defeat on Dozaria
6 681 742.M41—Breakaway colonies brought to heel by Damocles Crusade
6 835 742.M41—Tau resistance tarnishes Imperial Crusade success
6 875 742.M41—The Slaughter of Redolence
6 882 742.M41—Toxic bombardment breaks Imperial line on Dozaria
6 901 742,M41—Inquisition foils Kassig Plague outbreak on Polarian
—743.M41—
3 015 743.M41—Food riots break out on Morkai
3 092 743.41—Myopolis seeks aid against Necron forces
3 121 743.M41—Astartes retake mining station
3 135 743.M41—New ork attack stopped in Achaeon Suburbs
6 142 743.M41—Al’gel I falls to Tau Empire
6 164 743.M41—Special ops team recaptures Morkai city
6 217 743.M41—Space Marines storm Tau-held town
6 233 743.M41—Necrons seize key city on Myopolis
6 262 743.M41—Cultists seek secrets to Kossogtha’s return
6 275 743.M41—Cultists seize the first fragment to free Kossogtha
3 314 743.M41—Tau repulsed in Dark Forest of Dar Sai
3 402 743.M41—Konrad’s Killers ambush Tau
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