Imperial Calendar

Dwarven Calendar

Events

2600 AI

Stonehenge built by Atlantian settlers for reasons unknown

2200 BI

The Tuathadedannan defeat the Firbolgs at the second battle of Mag Tured taking control of Hybernia

1900 BI

Brutus, grandson of Aeneas of Troy, leads his people from Achaea to Albion where Brutus becomes the first High King

1300 BI

Celts begin infiltration of Albion and Cymru, where they come under the rule of descendants of Brutus

855 – 854 BI

Caesar invades Albion, defeats Britons under King Cassivellaunus

Druidic power in Britannia is too great and Caesar is forced to return to Gaul

795 BI

Cunobelin is acknowledged by Rome as King of Albion

762 BI

Caractacus Feyblood and his half brother Togodumnus, sons of the Albion King Cunobelin lead the resistance against the Roman invasion

Elven enclaves join Celts against the Romans

758 BI

Revolts in Gaul weaken Roman invasion

Caractacus Feyblood recaptures most of Albion

757 BI

Honor’s Fury 38 KR

Treaty of Dalafkoar leads the elves to abandon Caractacus

754 BI

Caractacus captured and sent to Rome

739 BI

Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, leads a revolt against the Romans

Boadicea destroys Londinium and other Roman cities, but is defeated and killed

737 BI

Joseph of Arimathea brings the Holy Grail to Britannia and eventually Avalon

725 – 716 BI

Gnaeus Julius Agricola completes the conquest of Cymru and Albion

678 – 664 BI

Hadrian’s Wall is built

591 BI

Saint Alban martyred

530 BI

Construction begins on a system of forts to defend the Saxon shore, east of Albion

440 BI

Roman Britannia is attacked by Goblinkin, Sylvan Elves (Picts) and the Hybernians

Rome sends special legions to fight the invaders

431 BI

Romans drive Picts and Hybernians from Roman Britannia

417 BI

Magnus Maximus (Macsen Wledig) is proclaimed Emperor of Roman Britannia by the Roman legions.  He leads an army into the continent and conquers Galia, Iberia and Italia.

412 BI

Maximus occupies Rome, but is defeated and beheaded by Theodosius, the Eastern Emperor.  Maximus’ troops settle in Armorica, this becomes known as the First Migration

404 – 403 BI

Roman general Stilicho reorganizes Britannic defenses, transfers military authority to local chieftains and repels an attack by Picts, Goblinkin, Hybernians and Saxons

402 BI

Stilicho withdraws one of Britannia’s two legions in order to defend the Roman Empire from the Half-Elf Alaric.  The legion never returns

394 – 393 BI

A vast horde of Goblinkin sweeps through central Gaul, severing contact between Rome and Britannia.  The remaining legion is Britannia mutinies and elects two emperors, both of whom are killed shortly after being elected, before settling on Constantine the Third.  He leads the last legion out of Britannia and into Gaul to rally support for his cause

392 BI

The now undefended Britannians endure devastating attacks by the Picts, Goblinkin, Hybernians and Saxons

391 -390 BI

Britannians declare their independence from Rome and begin to organize their own defenses

368 BI

Saint Patrick introduces the Holy Church to Hybernia

362 BI

Ambrosius Aurelianus, younger brother of King Constans, son of King Constantine, descendant of Brutus, is born

360 BI

Britannia is beset by civil war, famine and continued invasion

355 BI

Vortigern seizes power, following King Constantine’s assassination by a Pict

354 BI

Vortigern uses Saxon and Goblinkin mercenaries to defend Albion against barbarian attacks

350 BI

Vortigern welcomes Saxon chieftains Hengest and Horsa, each said to Dreadbloods of Troll descent, to Albion, they arrive with three keels of warriors

348 BI

Octha, son of Hengest, arrives in the north with 16 keels of warriors

347 BI

Saxons begin raids on local towns and cities

344 BI

Feigning peace, Saxons meet with 300 nobles in Albion and massacre them

343 BI

Battle of Aylesford

Vortigern, Hengest and Horsa defeated by Ambrosius with the inspired guidance of the Half-Elf bard Taliesin

Vortigern is killed in the battle

342 BI

Hengest and Horsa conquer Kent

340 BI

Ambrosius takes full control of Albion forces and leads the war against the Saxons

335 BI

Artorius is born

334 BI

Battle of Wippedesfleot

Saxons defeat forces of Albion with great cost to both sides.  Losses are so great that Saxon raids cease

330 BI

Battle of Wallop

Ambrosius defeats his rival Vitalinus and becomes High King of Albion

327 BI

Saxons attack, driving the Albion people before them as one flees fire

320 BI

Battle of Llongborth

A great Albion chieftain, Geraint King of Dummonia, is killed while fighting with Artorius

315 – 304 BI

Artorius, pupil of Taliesin, defeats the Saxons in 12 battles

300 BI

Siege of Mount Badon

Ambrosius and Artorius decisively defeat the Saxons

300 – 260 BI

Saxon advances halt and peace returns to Albion

Hybernians establish Kingdom of Dalriada

Picts establish a kingdom in Caledonia

Kingdom of Northumbria established

Brythonic kingdom of Strathclyde is founded

Celtic monasticism spreads throughout Europa

Mass migration of Celtic monks to Armorica, known as the Third Migration

276 – 272 BI

Saint Brigid founds the first nunnery at Kildare

258 BI

Battle of Camlann

Artorius and Medraut kill each other

250 BI

Saint Dewi introduces the Holy Church to Cymru

237 BI

Saint Columba comes to Caledonia from Hyberina, establishes a monastery and proceeds to spread the teachings of the Holy Church

223 BI

Cymry are defeated at Dyrham and cut off from Brythonic Cornwall

216 BI

Eomaer founds the Saxon kingdom of Mercia

203 BI

Saint Augustine arrives in Kent and converts King Ethelbert, making him the first converted King of Albion

200 BI

Taliesin writes the Book of Taliesin and invents the Cymric language

185 BI

Battle of Chester

Cymru is cut off from Brythonic kingdom Strathclyde

136 BI

Cadwaladr, the last king to attempt to unite the Brythonic people and known for his red dragon banner, dies

70 BI

Half Pictish King, Angus MacFergus, conquers kingdoms of Dalriada and Strathclyde

69 BI

Bede, historian monk, completes his Ecclesiastical History of the People of Albion

43 BI

Offa becomes king of Mercia

21 BI

Offa becomes king of all Albion

16 BI

King Offa builds Offa’s Dyke to protect Albion from the Cymry.  The 150 mile long bank and ditch becomes the permanent border between Albion and Cymru

13 BI

First raids in Albion by the Danes

7 BI

First Viking raids on Albion

4 BI

Death of King Offa

28 AI

Egbert, King of Wessex, is recognized as Overlord of all Saxon Kings

44 AI

Dalriada and Kingdom of Picts united under Kenneth MacAlpine, new kingdom is called Alban

Rhodri the Great, descendant of Brutus, becomes King of Gwynedd in Cymru

56 AI

Danes launch major invasion of Albion

Rhodri kills the Viking leader, the Black Pagan Horme, restricting Danish occupation of Cymru to a few scattered ports

71 AI

Alfred the Great becomes King of Albion (Wessex)

Leads resistance against invading Danes

Establishes code of laws and encourages learning

Consolidates the powers of the Monarch

Founds the Albion Navy

77 AI

Rhodri dies after uniting all of Cymru under his rule

78 AI

Alfred the Great defeats Danes at Eddington

Danish invasions subside

Albion divided into a part controlled by Alfred and a northern part called Danelaw, ruled by Danes

86 AI

Battle of London

Alfred the Great defeats the Danes

90 AI

Alfred the Great is acknowledged as the Overlord of Cymru

96 AI

Alfred the Great repulses renewed Danish invasions

99 AI

Alfred the Great dies

100 AI

Hywel Dda establishes unified Cymric legal code

194 – 212 AI

Danes invade Albion

Sweyn, Danish leader, conquers Albion and becomes king

213 AI

King Athelred forced to flee to Normandy

214 AI

Battle of Clontarf

Hybernian High King Boru defends Dublin and destroys power of Norse invaders

215 AI

King Athelred invades Albion and drives out Danes

216 AI

Battle of Assandun

Danes, under Canute, reconquer Albion after defeating King Edmund Ironside

218 AI

Battle of Carham

Alban King Malcolm II defeats Northumbria and extends kingdom at the expense of Northumbrians

Canute inherits Danish crown

228 AI

Canute gains control of Norge

234 – 240 AI

Duncan, King of Alban, incorporates Strathclyde into kingdom, which becomes known as Caledonia.  Severe political turmoil culminates in his murder by Macbeth

235 – 242 AI

Canute dies, Albion ruled by his descendants

239 – 263 AI

Gruffydd ap Llywelyn unites Cymru and defends it against the Saxons

242 AI

Edward the Confessor becomes king of Albion, restoring Anglo-Saxon rule.  Raised in Normandy, Edward appoints many Romansh speaking Normans to his court

257 AI

Macbeth killed by Malcolm Canmore, Duncan’s son

266 AI

Battle of Hastings

Edward, at his death, names Harold his successor crown is claimed by Edward’s cousin, Duke William of Normandy.  William defeats Harold and conquers Albion

267 AI

William the Conqueror begins to institute the feudal system in Albion, replaces many Anglo-Saxon nobles with Normans

Lady Godiva, an Albion native and rumored to have Elven blood, rides through town naked to protest high taxes

Work is begun on building the Tower of London

286 BI

Domesday Book is completed in Albion

297 – 307 AI

Edgar, son of Malcolm III (Canmore) reigns, begins breakup of traditional Caledonian society

300 AI

Henry I crowned king of Albion, while older brother Robert of Normandy is on crusade

306 AI

Battle of Tinchebrai

Robert is defeated by Henry I, giving him control of Normandy

320 AI

William, son of Henry I, dies leaving Matilda as his only surviving heir

324 AI

David I, King of Caledonia, extends the southern frontier of his kingdom to include Northumbria, Cumbria and Lancashire

325 AI

Henry I forces the Barons to swear that they will accept Matilda as queen upon his death

328 AI

Henry I forces Matilda to marry 16 year old Geoffrey of Anjou

330 AI

Stephen, nephew of Henry I, is the richest man in Albion and Normandy thanks to the generous gifts of his uncle

335 AI

Henry I dies while at war with son-in-law Geoffrey of Anjou

Stephen takes control of Albion and becomes its king

338 AI

Cymru and Caledonians attack Albion

Matilda, Geoffrey of Anjou and Robert of Gloucester (Henry’s illegitimate son) invade Albion and begin civil war

351 AI

Geoffrey of Anjou dies, his son Henry inherits Normandy and Anjou

352 AI

Henry of Anjou marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, more than doubling his continental possessions

353 AI

Civil war ends when both sides agree that Henry of Anjou will become king after Stephen

354 AI

Henry of Anjou becomes Henry II, King of Albion

Institutes Trial by Jury and begins to develop a common law

355 AI

Tomas Beckett, close friend of Henry II, becomes Chancellor

362 AI

Beckett named Archbishop of Canterbury, begins opposition to Henry II’s attempt to limit church courts

364 AI

Beckett driven into exile by Henry II

366 AI

Richard de Clare (Strongbow) leads an army into Hybernia

Rory O’Connor seized High Kingship, reigns as last High King of Hybernia

370 AI

Henry II names son, Henry the Young, King of Albion, but retains rulership of continental holdings.

Beckett returns to Albion to oppose the crowning of Henry the Young

After proclaiming his wish that someone would rid him of that “troublesome priest” four knights kill Thomas Beckett at Canterbury Cathedral.  Beckett’s death may have been unknowingly facilitated by a ring given to Henry II by one of Eleanor’s Elven courtiers

371 AI

Henry II recognized as Overlord of Hybernia

372 AI

Henry II is pardoned by the Pope, after claiming to be heartbroken by Beckett’s death

373 AI

Henry II’s son, Henry the Young King, Richard (Lionheart), Geoffrey and John (Lackland) being their first rebellion against their father with the encouragement of their mother Eleanor of Aquitaine and the assistance of Louis VII, King of France

Henry II captures king of Caledonia and forces him to swear fealty

383 AI

Henry the Young King dies in Martel Castle during the second rebellion

385 AI

Henry II appoints John Lackland overlord of Hybernia

John alienates Hybernian natives and the lords from Albion, John returns home after 6 months

386 AI

Geoffrey is killed in a tournament in Paris, by his horse

389 AI

Henry II is defeated by his son Richard with the help of French King Phillip Augustus.  Henry II dies two days later

390 AI

Richard (Lionheart) and Phillip Augustus join the Third Crusade

391 AI

Phillip Augustus returns to France and begins plotting with John Lackland

John attempts to take control of Albion

392 AI

Richard attempts to return to Albion but is captured and held for ransom by the Western Emperor

394 AI

Richard returns to Albion and crushes John’s rebellion, begins war with Phillip to regain lost lands in Galia

398 AI

Richard defeats Phillip near Gisors

399 AI

Richard is killed by a crossbow bolt during a siege

John Lackland becomes John I, King of Albion

404 AI

Phillip II (Augustus) conquers Normandy, Brittany, Anjou, Maine and Touraine, forcing John I to return to Albion

Donnybrook begins holding its annual fair, which becomes famous for rowdiness and brawling

405 AI

Uther, son of Llywelyn the Great, King of Cymru and descendant of Brutus First King of Albion, and Joan, daughter of John Lackland, is born

407 AI

Albion is placed under interdict by Pope Innocent III when John refuses to accept the Pope’s appointment for the Archbishop of Canterbury

409 AI

John I is excommunicated for attacks on church property

413 AI

Papal interdict of Albion ends after John is deposed and restored by the Pope, effectively making Albion a fealty to the Papacy

415 AI

King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta by rebelling Barons

416 AI

King John renounces the Magna Carta and is killed in the ensuing civil war and French invasion.

Henry III, John’s son, attempts to claim the Albion throne.

Barons refuse to acknowledge John’s son as king, which leads to civil war

425 AI

Uther claims crown of Albion

464 AI

Barons rebel against Uther

465 AI

Arthur, son of Uther is born

472 AI

Uther dies

481 AI

Arthur removes the Sword from the Stone, becomes King of Albion and Cymru

495 AI

Arthur convenes First Parliament of Albion

537 AI

Arthur dies in battle with his illegitimate son Modred

Llywlyn the Last becomes Prince of Cymru

538 – 539 AI

Black Death reaches Albion

550 AI

Edward, descendant of Henry II, restores order to Albion and becomes Edward I, King of Albion

561 AI

Edward I (Longshanks) defeats and kills Llywlyn the Last and Llywelyn’s brother Dewi

568 AI

Edward I begins attempt to expel all non-humans from lands under his control.  In reaction to this policy, Elves begin harassing his troops and organizing resistance among the people of Cymru, central to which is the use of the Mighty Britannic Longbow

Margret Maid of Norge dies, leaving no heir to the Caledonian Crown.  Edward is asked to arbitrate between 13 claimants to the throne, Edward I chooses John Balliol to be King of Caledonia

574 AI

Gold’s Quest 44 KR

Edward I deposes John Balliol

In retaliation for the expulsion of the Sundred, the Dwarven Brotherhood of War begins to train and equip Caledonians opposed to Edward I

575 AI

Battle of Canbuskenneth

William Wallace defeats Albion army

576 AI

William Wallace defeated at Falkirk

583 AI

William Wallace captured and executed

584 AI

Robert the Bruce crowned King of Caledonia

Robert I leads a new rebellion against Edward I

585 AI

Edward I dies on the march to Caledonia and Edward II becomes King of Albion

592 AI

Battle of Bannockburn

Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II and restores Caledonian independence

People of Cymru, wielding Mighty Britannic Longbows, and their Elven allies drive Edward II’s troops from Cymru

593 AI

Caledonians invade Hybernia, led by Edward Bruce, they ally with local chieftains to undermine Albion rule

604 AI

Edward II is deposed by his queen, Isabella and her lover Mortimer

Edward III is made King of Albion

605 AI

Edward II is brutally murdered

607 AI

Edward III exiles Isabella and executes Mortimer

628 AI

Order of the Garter formerly established

652 AI

John of Gaunt takes charge of the government of Albion

Edward’s heir, the Black Prince, suffers from a mysterious ailment

654 AI

Good Parliament in Albion called by the Black Prince, just before his death

655 AI

Richard II becomes King of Albion at the age of 10

Albion effectively ruled by John of Gaunt

659 AI

Wat Tyler leads the peasants revolt against the oppressive policies of John of Gaunt.  Marched on London, took Tower of London and beheaded Archbishop of Canterbury.  After receiving many concessions from Richard II, Tyler was killed at London, after which Richard rescinded the concessions

666 AI

Merciless Parliament led by 5 Lords Appellant try and convict 5 of Richards closest advisors of treason

675 AI

Richard arrests 3 of the 5 Lords Appellant and executes them, the other two are banished

677 AI

One of the exiled Lords, Henry Bolingbroke, returns to Albion and is elected King by Parliament while Richard II is attempting to quell warring chiefs in Hybernia. 

Henry Bolingbroke is the son of John of Gaunt and establishes House Lancaster

John of Gaunt dies and his estate is confiscated by Richard II

678 AI

Richard II murdered at Pontefract Castle

681 AI

Battle of Shrewsbury

Rebellion by the Percy family

Kings forces, led by the king’s son 16 year old Henry, defeat and kill Harry Hotspur Percy

691 AI

Henry V assumes the Albion throne after father’s death and puts down an assassination plot by nobles loyal to Richard II