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The timeline below chronicles the events depicted in the classic [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]] series.
{{timeline series}}


It does not include the sequel series [[Galactica 1980]], which many fans, and [[Glen A. Larson]] himself, no longer recognize as part of "official" continuity. Nor does this timeline include the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|reimagined series]] or any of the novels or comics.
The '''timeline''' below chronicles the events depicted in the [[Original Series]].


The timeline is given in [[yahrens]], the classic series word for "years."  The date around which the timeline revolves is 7322, the only date given in the series, and one from the Colonial calendar. This was the yahren when the Cylons attacked [[Umbra]] on [[Caprica]] - as mentioned in "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]"
This timeline excludes the [[spin-off]] series ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' and does not include any information from [[separate continuity]] works such as novels and comics. The inaccurate ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' reference released in 1979 is noted here, but in a separate section for reference; it should not be used in articles unless properly compartmentalized.


==Many millenia ago, on Kobol==
The timeline is given in [[yahren]]s, the Colonial term for "years."  The date around which the timeline revolves is 7322, the only date given in the series, and one from the Colonial calendar. This was the yahren when the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] [[Thousand Yahren War|attacked]] [[Umbra]] on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]], as mentioned during [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s interview with [[Zara]] {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.


The beings who later appear to the Galacticans aboard the "[[Ship of Lights|Ships of Lights]]", intervene at the beginning of human development on the planet that would come to be known as [[Kobol]]. Adama refers to these beings as the "Mother Race." ("[[War of the Gods]]")
==Ancient history==


==Yahren 1==
* '''Before 1:''' The [[Beings of Light]] intervene at the beginning of human development on the planet that would come to be known as {{TOS|Kobol}}. {{TOS|Adama}} refers to these beings as the "Mother Race" {{OS|War of the Gods, Part I}}.
* '''1:''' The beginning of the Colonial calendar.
* '''~1342:''' The beginning of recorded human history on Kobol; 6,000 yahrens before "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
* '''~1342 to ~5432:''' The fall of Kobol and the Exodus of the Thirteen Tribes {{OS|Saga of a Star World|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}.
* '''~5432:''' [[The Twelve Colonies of Man|The Twelve Colonies]] begin to re-establish their space travel capabilities. At this time, the Colonials were using [[Propulsion (TOS)|sublight]] craft reminiscent of the early space vehicles launched from Earth in the 1960s and 70s {{OS|The Hand of God}}. According to Adama, "It took them hundreds of yahrens to revive even the most primitive crafts" <sup>([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]], telemovie only)</sup>.
* '''~6342:'''
** The [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], a humanoid race, are taken over by their robot slaves. A machine ruler, known as the [[Imperious Leader]], comes to rule the [[Cylon Empire]] {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}.
** The voice of Count Iblis is transcribed into the machine Imperious Leader {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}.


The date from which the Colonial calendar starts.
==History of the Colonial and Cylon Conflict==


==c. 1348==
* '''~6342:''' The [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] attack the [[Hasari]], whose territory neighbors the Colonies.  The Colonials intervene in the conflict between the Cylons and the Hasari, and the [[Thousand-Yahren War]] begins between the Colonies and the [[Cylon Empire]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.
* '''~{{inlineref|6642|bold=N}}:''' [[Proteus]] in operation as a penal colony of the Twelve Colonies {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.
* '''~{{inlineref|6842|bold=N}}:''' [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' is launched.
** [[Celestial chamber]]s on ''Galactica'' were used to confirm navigational headings some 500 yahrens before "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]."
* '''Before 7242:''' {{TOS|Adama}} is born {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}.
* {{inlineref|7322}}: The [[w:epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of this timeline. After one of the first Cylon attacks on Caprica, the people of the farm village of [[Umbra]] are scattered. Chameleon is separated from Starbuck, who is later found alone at the edge of the [[Thorn forest]]; Chameleon notes that his wife was killed in the raid and his "baby son"<ref>It is entirely possible that this is an exaggeration, as [[Chameleon]]'s proclivities as a con artist make him an [[w:Unreliable_narrator|unreliable narrator]].</ref> (Starbuck) went missing  {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.
* {{inlineref|7340}}:
** The [[Fifth Fleet]] engages the Cylons at the [[Battle of Molecay]]. Battlestar ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'' is the only Colonial vessel to survive. Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]], realizing there will be Cylons lying in wait along the entire route back to the Colonies, orders ''Pegasus'' out into deep space 2 yahrens before "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]".
* '''7340-7342:''' ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'' heads out into deep space, eventually winding up in the [[Delphian Empire]], which is in the process of falling to the Cylons {{OS|The Living Legend, Part I}}.


The beginning of recorded human history on Kobol. (6000 yahrens before "[[Saga of a Star World]]" - the episode set just before the seventh millennium of recorded time).
== The Seventh Millennium of Time ==


==Ancient Civilization of Kobol==
* {{inlineref|7342}}: Destruction of the Colonies, just before the 7th millennium of recorded time, and the end of the [[Thousand Yahren War]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.


A series of great rulers, the Lords of Kobol, come to rule the planet.
*  [[Saga of a Star World]]


Human civilization achieves great heights, including the creation of pyramids and the invention of interstellar travel.
*  [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]


Environmental disaster ensued. "..Incredible waste occurred. The rivers and oceans were contaminated. The skies couldn't support even the heartiest of creatures." -Adama, "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]" (telemovie only).
*  [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]


Ultimately, the planet begins to decay. City by city the civilization falls. The largest city, Eden, was the first to fall. It was likely there that the Ninth and final Lord of Kobol was entombed. ("Lost Planet of the Gods")
*  [[The Lost Warrior]]


==The Exodus==
*  [[The Long Patrol]]


(year undetermined)
*  [[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]


After their home planet was known to be doomed, the people set forth across a great void which seemed endless until a bright shining star appeared as if from nowhere and guided them to safety. - The Book of the Word. ("Lost Planet of the Gods")
*  [[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]]


The original 13 tribes leave Kobol and head out into space. Twelve of the tribes settle near each other on a series of planets that became known as the Twelve colonies. The remaining Thirteenth Tribe heads to Earth.
*  [[The Magnificent Warriors]]


The twelve colonies were named as follows: Caprica, Gemoni, Canceria, Piscon, Sagitara, Leo, Libra, Aquaria, Virgon, Aeriana, Taura, Scorpio. (Official Battlestar Galactica scrapbook, p. 14).
*  [[The Young Lords]]


"And when they settled the Colonies, they turned on the very technology that could have saved them had they used it properly. They destroyed the ships, the machines, everything." - Adama, "Lost Planet of the Gods" (telemovie only).
*  [[The Living Legend, Part I]]


On Earth, the thirteenth colony is established. This is apparently the beginning of human life on Earth. These visitors influence several great ancient Earth cultures. These likely included the civilizations of the Toltecs, Egyptians and Mayans as well as possibly those of the lost continents of Lemuria and Atlantis.
*  [[The Living Legend, Part II]]


==c. 5348==
*  [[Fire in Space]]


The Twelve Colonies begin to re-establish their space travel capabilities. At this time, the Colonials were using sub light craft reminiscent of the early space vehicles launched from Earth in the 1960s and 70s. ("Hand of God") "It took them hundreds of yahrens to revive even the most primitive crafts." - Adama, "Lost Planet of the Gods" (telemovie only).
*  [[War of the Gods, Part I]]


==c. 6348==
*  [[War of the Gods, Part II]]


Just prior to 6348 the [[Cylons]], a humanoid race, are taken over by their robot slaves. A machine ruler, known as the [[Imperious Leader]], comes to rule the Cylon Empire. Count Iblis may have provided the voice for the Imperious Leader at the time of his assembly. ("War of the Gods")
*  [[The Man with Nine Lives]]


c. 6348
*  [[Murder on the Rising Star]]


The Cylons attack the Hasaris, whose territory neighbors the Colonies.
*  [[Greetings From Earth]]


The Colonies intervene in the conflict between the Cylons and the Hasaris.
*  [[Baltar's Escape]]


The [[Thousand-Yahren War]] begins between the Colonies and the Cylon Empire. ("[[Saga of a Star World]]")
*  [[Experiment in Terra]]


==c. 6848==
*  [[Take the Celestra]]


The Galactica is first launched. Back then, the Celestial Temples on the Galactica were used to confirm navigational headings. (500 yahrens before "Hand of God")
*  [[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]


==prior to 7248==
==7349 and later ==


Adama is born. He reveals he is over a hundred yahrens old in "Lost Planet of the Gods".
{{mainarticle|Timeline (1980)}}


==7315==
The period between the [[Original Series]] and ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', and the episodes and events of the ''Galactica 1980'' happened in this period. Of course, as Battlestar Wiki treats ''1980'' as a divergent continuity, and thus a [[Timeline (1980)|separate timeline page is available]].


Apollo is born on Caprica to Adama and Ilya.
== Tie-in Material Information ==
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
** '''~1000:''' Oral traditions of the Thirteen Tribes are written down to form the [[Book of the Word]]. <ref name="timeline">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=59}}</ref>
** '''1000-2100:''' The Age of the Philosophers occurs, during which the [[Books of the Lords of Kobol]] are composed. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''~2200:''' The Industrial Age begins on [[Kobol]]. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''2705:''' The [[Exodus]] from Kobol occurs. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''2710:''' The [[Colonies]] are founded, marking the beginning of the [[Era of Darkness]]. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''4479:''' The Academy is founded at [[Caprica]], space travel is reinvented, and the Scientific renaissance begins. <ref name="academy">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=9}}</ref>
** '''4483:''' The Academy graduates its first class of nine [[Warriors]] in Yahren 4483. Their training emphasized the strategy of intercontinental warfare, and hand-to-hand martial arts that were obsolete even then. <ref name="academy10">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=10}}</ref>
** '''4808:''' Contact between the Twelve Colonies is re-established. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''4868:''' The Academy opens to students not of ruling [[Bureautician|buritician]] class and to women. <ref name="academy10" />
** '''4920:''' Students from other Colonies are admitted to the Academy. The changes greatly improved the average quality of the student body, so that by Yahren 5000, the Academy graduated 10,000 in each class and had become the leading university of the Colonies. <ref name="academy10" />
** '''4980:''' Ultra-light-drive is invented and the [[Long Peace]] begins. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''4998:''' The [[Quorum of the Twelve]] is established. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''5160:''' A Cybernetic revolt occurs and the Colonial Code is passed limiting artificial intelligences. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''5220:''' [[Proteus]] prison established by [[Aerian|Aerians]]. <ref name="proteus">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=47}}</ref>
** '''5225:''' First contact with the [[Hasari|Hasaris]] occurs. <ref name="timeline" />
** '''5300:''' Proteus prison population reaches 100,000 persons. <ref name="proteus" />
** '''5547:''' The [[Thousand-Yahren War|Great Cylon War]] begins. <ref name="timeline" />
***  Sometime "early in the Cylon War," Proteus prison is decommissioned and a majority of its prisoners and enforcers are evacuated, barring a few hundred in number that remained across both the prisoner and enforcer populations. <ref name="proteus" />
** '''5597:''' [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] takes First Honors from the Institute of Diplomacy. Hoping to realign the human forces into a more effective political union, he became a staff assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve in 5597, but soon became frustrated by the internal bickering that characterized the Council at that time. <ref name="adar">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=12}}</ref>
** '''5770''': the 300-member [[Praesidium]] was reinstated on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] after the abandonment of the wartime three-leader ruling councils system. During the [[Great Cylon War]], the power of the buriticians had been effectively enhanced through crisis governance composed of a commoner, a military leader and a buritician. However, because of the length of the war, this system was deemed no longer sustainable and the full representative Praesidium was restored to power.<ref name="p46">''Ibid.'', 46.</ref>
**  '''6250:''' The first [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] is commissioned. <ref name="timeline" />
**  '''6392:''' [[Carillon]] is discovered. <ref name="timeline" />
**  '''6440:''' [[Adama]] is born. <ref name="adama">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=11}}</ref>
**  '''6450:''' A mining colony is established on Carillon, with human population reaching 50,000 at its peak in '''6465'''. As the Great War intensified, lines of supply were impossible to maintain over the vast reaches of space between Carillon and the Colonies, and the mining operation was abandoned. <ref name="carillon">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=26}}</ref>
**  '''6453:''' [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] is born on the asteroid [[Cygnus]], a provincial outpost of the Picon Colony, where his family operated a small Tylium mine. <ref name="baltar">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=16}}</ref>
**  '''6465:''' Carillon mining colony reaches peak population of 50,000. <ref name="carillon" />
**  '''6470:''' Cylons capture Cygnus and Baltar lives as a prisoner for five yahren until '''6475'''. <ref name="baltar" />
**  '''6475:''' Baltar is liberated from Cygnus. <ref name="baltar" />
**  '''6495:''' [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] graduates number one in the Academy class. <ref name="cain">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=25-26}}</ref>
**  '''6498:''' Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] begins his military career as a simple soldier, commissioned a Warrior on the field of battle for outstanding heroism during the Tauron campaign in 6525. <ref name="tigh">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=54}}</ref>
**  '''6519:''' [[Cassiopea]] is born. <ref name="cassiopea">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=26}}</ref>
**  '''6523:''' [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is born. <ref name="starbuck">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=53}}</ref>
**  '''6525:''' [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] is born. <ref name="apollo">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=13}}</ref>
*** Tigh is commissioned a Warrior on the field of battle for outstanding heroism during the Tauron campaign. <ref name="tigh" />
**  '''6527:''' [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] is born. <ref name="boomer">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=22}}</ref>
**  '''6532:''' [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] is born. <ref name="athena">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=14}}</ref>
**  '''6535:''' [[Zac|Zaccariah]] (sic) is born. <ref name="zac">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=57}}</ref>
**  '''6560:''' ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' is commissioned. <ref name="galactica">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=10}}</ref><ref>This contradicts the statements made in "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]," where ''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s age numbers in the hundreds of yahrens; more approximately 500 yahrens.</ref>
**  '''6562:''' Boomer and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] graduate from the Academy; Boomer graduates with honors in electromagnetic science. <ref name="boomer" />
**  '''6570:''' The [[Final Destruction]] of the Colonies by Cylon forces occurs.<ref name="timeline" /> Apollo, Boomer, and Starbuck are awarded the Golden Cluster for his heroism in the Final Destruction.<ref name="apollo" /><ref name="starbuck" /><ref name="boomer" /> Adar and Zac die during the Final Destruction.<ref name="adar" /><ref name="zac" /> Cain's fate during the Great Destruction is unknown. <ref name="cain" />
**  '''6572:''' A successful raid on Cylon [[Gamoray|Gomoray]] (sic) base occurs, along with the possible destruction of battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]''. Cain's fate remains in question. <ref name="timeline" /><ref name="cain" />


Starbuck is born on Caprica. His father is [[Chameleon]].
=== Errata ===


(based on the age of Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict at the time of filming - 33).
* [[Sheba#Tie-in Material Information|Sheba]]'s entry in ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' notes the events that cut her off from ''Pegasus'' occur in '''6577<ref>{{cite book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=51}}</ref>''', although the timeline fully provided later on notes that these events occur in 6572<ref name="timeline" /><ref name="cain" />.


==7322==
== References ==


After one of the first Cylon attacks on Caprica, the people of the farm village of Umbra are scattered. One of the members of the community, Chameleon, is separated from his son, Starbuck. Starbuck is later found alone at the edge of the Thorn Forest and is presumed to have been orphaned. ("The Man With Nine Lives") At this time, Starbuck was the same age Boxey was during the series - that is, seven yahrens old.
{{reflist}}


The date of the attack was given in the episode.
[[Category: A to Z]]
 
[[Category:Colonial History]]
==7341==
[[Category:Colonial History (TOS)]]
 
[[Category: TOS]]
Boxey is born to Serina in the Colonies. (Based on Noah Hathaway's age at the time of filming - seven).
[[fr:Chronologie (LSO)]]
 
==7346==
 
The Fifth Fleet engages the Cylons at the Battle of Molecay. The Battlestar Pegasus is the only Colonial vessel to survive. Commander Cain, realizing there will be Cylons lying in wait along the entire route back to the colonies, orders the Pegasus out into deep space. (2 yahrens before "The Living Legend")
 
==c. 7347==
 
The Pegasus heads out into deep space, eventually winding up in the Delphian Empire, which is in the process of falling to the Cylons. ("The Living Legend")
 
==7348==
 
Destruction of the Colonies, (just before the 7th millennium of recorded time) and the end of the Thousand Yahren War. ("Saga of a Star World")
 
Battlestar Galactica series takes place.
 
Episode "[[Saga of a Star World]]."
 
To replace the warriors lost in the Destruction, Adama opens the shuttle pilot training program to civilians from the Fleet. Serina joins the service and begins training, but keeps this secret from Apollo.
 
Cassiopeia joins the Colonial service and is given a posting as a nurse on the Galactica, serving under Dr. Salik.
 
Episode "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]."
 
Episode "[[The Lost Warrior]]."
 
Episode "[[The Long Patrol]]."
 
Episode "[[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]."
 
Episode "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]."
 
Episode "[[The Young Lords]]."
 
Episode "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]."
 
Episode "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]."
 
The viper squadrons of the Galactica are rearranged to accomodate the new Viper pilots from the Pegasus. Silver Spar squadron is reformed as a Galactica squadron under the command of [[Sheba]].
 
Episode "[[Fire in Space]]."
 
Episode "[[War of the Gods]]."
 
Episode "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]."
 
Episode "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]."
 
Episode "[[Greetings from Earth]]."
 
Episode "[[Baltar's Escape]]."
 
Episode "[[Experiment in Terra]]."
 
Episode "[[Take the Celestra]]."
 
Episode "[[The Hand of God]]."
 
(Somehow, a signal from Earth from the year 1969 reaches the Galactica during this episode, which would seem to indicate that these events are occurring sometime after the Earth year 1969.)
 
After "The Hand of God" it is likely Adama kept his agreement, and stranded Baltar on a habitable planet. (conjecture)
 
==7349==
 
The journey continues..
 
In the base continuity, we end the story with Adama in command of the Galactica, and the fleet continuing its trek toward Earth.
 
The Cylons have been routed for the time being, and John, of the Ship of Lights, has provided the Colonials with a heading for Earth.
 
The recent encounter with the Terrans also indicates that the Colonists are on the right path.
 
(Note: This is the time frame, where, according to Glen A. Larson, Starbuck may have had a long dream about the Galactica discovering Earth - a dream which was depicted in all of the episodes of Galactica: 1980.)
 
==What Happened Next?==
So what would have happened next? Here's some speculation, based on clues in the series.
 
Terra, Luna and the Eastern Alliance are extremely Earth-like cultures. One explanation for this is that they are Earth colonies that were long ago cut off from their homeworld.
 
From this point of view, and given the transmission from 1969, the Battlestar Galactica would seem to be headed for an encounter with a spacefaring Earth civilization of the future.
 
Count Iblis also predicted that Sheba would see her Father again, (suggesting a second encounter with the Pegasus), and further predicted that the people of the Galactica would again meet up with Iblis himself.
 
==Sometime after 7349==
 
Galactica discovers Earth?

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Timelines of the Battlestar Galactica series


The timeline below chronicles the events depicted in the Original Series.

This timeline excludes the spin-off series Galactica 1980 and does not include any information from separate continuity works such as novels and comics. The inaccurate Encyclopedia Galactica reference released in 1979 is noted here, but in a separate section for reference; it should not be used in articles unless properly compartmentalized.

The timeline is given in yahrens, the Colonial term for "years." The date around which the timeline revolves is 7322, the only date given in the series, and one from the Colonial calendar. This was the yahren when the Cylons attacked Umbra on Caprica, as mentioned during Starbuck's interview with Zara (TOS: "The Man with Nine Lives").

Ancient history

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History of the Colonial and Cylon Conflict

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The Seventh Millennium of Time

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7349 and later

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Main article: Timeline (1980)

The period between the Original Series and Galactica 1980, and the episodes and events of the Galactica 1980 happened in this period. Of course, as Battlestar Wiki treats 1980 as a divergent continuity, and thus a separate timeline page is available.

Tie-in Material Information

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  • According to Encyclopedia Galactica (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):
    • ~1000: Oral traditions of the Thirteen Tribes are written down to form the Book of the Word. [2]
    • 1000-2100: The Age of the Philosophers occurs, during which the Books of the Lords of Kobol are composed. [2]
    • ~2200: The Industrial Age begins on Kobol. [2]
    • 2705: The Exodus from Kobol occurs. [2]
    • 2710: The Colonies are founded, marking the beginning of the Era of Darkness. [2]
    • 4479: The Academy is founded at Caprica, space travel is reinvented, and the Scientific renaissance begins. [3]
    • 4483: The Academy graduates its first class of nine Warriors in Yahren 4483. Their training emphasized the strategy of intercontinental warfare, and hand-to-hand martial arts that were obsolete even then. [4]
    • 4808: Contact between the Twelve Colonies is re-established. [2]
    • 4868: The Academy opens to students not of ruling buritician class and to women. [4]
    • 4920: Students from other Colonies are admitted to the Academy. The changes greatly improved the average quality of the student body, so that by Yahren 5000, the Academy graduated 10,000 in each class and had become the leading university of the Colonies. [4]
    • 4980: Ultra-light-drive is invented and the Long Peace begins. [2]
    • 4998: The Quorum of the Twelve is established. [2]
    • 5160: A Cybernetic revolt occurs and the Colonial Code is passed limiting artificial intelligences. [2]
    • 5220: Proteus prison established by Aerians. [5]
    • 5225: First contact with the Hasaris occurs. [2]
    • 5300: Proteus prison population reaches 100,000 persons. [5]
    • 5547: The Great Cylon War begins. [2]
      • Sometime "early in the Cylon War," Proteus prison is decommissioned and a majority of its prisoners and enforcers are evacuated, barring a few hundred in number that remained across both the prisoner and enforcer populations. [5]
    • 5597: Adar takes First Honors from the Institute of Diplomacy. Hoping to realign the human forces into a more effective political union, he became a staff assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve in 5597, but soon became frustrated by the internal bickering that characterized the Council at that time. [6]
    • 5770: the 300-member Praesidium was reinstated on Caprica after the abandonment of the wartime three-leader ruling councils system. During the Great Cylon War, the power of the buriticians had been effectively enhanced through crisis governance composed of a commoner, a military leader and a buritician. However, because of the length of the war, this system was deemed no longer sustainable and the full representative Praesidium was restored to power.[7]
    • 6250: The first Battlestar is commissioned. [2]
    • 6392: Carillon is discovered. [2]
    • 6440: Adama is born. [8]
    • 6450: A mining colony is established on Carillon, with human population reaching 50,000 at its peak in 6465. As the Great War intensified, lines of supply were impossible to maintain over the vast reaches of space between Carillon and the Colonies, and the mining operation was abandoned. [9]
    • 6453: Baltar is born on the asteroid Cygnus, a provincial outpost of the Picon Colony, where his family operated a small Tylium mine. [10]
    • 6465: Carillon mining colony reaches peak population of 50,000. [9]
    • 6470: Cylons capture Cygnus and Baltar lives as a prisoner for five yahren until 6475. [10]
    • 6475: Baltar is liberated from Cygnus. [10]
    • 6495: Cain graduates number one in the Academy class. [11]
    • 6498: Colonel Tigh begins his military career as a simple soldier, commissioned a Warrior on the field of battle for outstanding heroism during the Tauron campaign in 6525. [12]
    • 6519: Cassiopea is born. [13]
    • 6523: Starbuck is born. [14]
    • 6525: Apollo is born. [15]
      • Tigh is commissioned a Warrior on the field of battle for outstanding heroism during the Tauron campaign. [12]
    • 6527: Boomer is born. [16]
    • 6532: Athena is born. [17]
    • 6535: Zaccariah (sic) is born. [18]
    • 6560: Galactica is commissioned. [19][20]
    • 6562: Boomer and Starbuck graduate from the Academy; Boomer graduates with honors in electromagnetic science. [16]
    • 6570: The Final Destruction of the Colonies by Cylon forces occurs.[2] Apollo, Boomer, and Starbuck are awarded the Golden Cluster for his heroism in the Final Destruction.[15][14][16] Adar and Zac die during the Final Destruction.[6][18] Cain's fate during the Great Destruction is unknown. [11]
    • 6572: A successful raid on Cylon Gomoray (sic) base occurs, along with the possible destruction of battlestar Pegasus. Cain's fate remains in question. [2][11]

Errata

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  • Sheba's entry in Encyclopedia Galactica notes the events that cut her off from Pegasus occur in 6577[21], although the timeline fully provided later on notes that these events occur in 6572[2][11].

References

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  1. ↑ It is entirely possible that this is an exaggeration, as Chameleon's proclivities as a con artist make him an unreliable narrator.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 59.
  3. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 9.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 10.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 47.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Ibid., 46.
  8. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 11.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 26.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 16.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 25-26.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 54.
  13. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 26.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 53.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 13.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 22.
  17. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 14.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 57.
  19. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 10.
  20. ↑ This contradicts the statements made in "The Hand of God," where Galactica's age numbers in the hundreds of yahrens; more approximately 500 yahrens.
  21. ↑ Kraus, Bruce (1979). Encyclopedia Galactica, p. 51.
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