TIME LINE of the Babylon 5 Universe
(Revision 010598)
Compiled by I. Marc Carlson
LIB_IMC@Centum.UTulsa.edu
With additional information by:
Victor Yanagida (victory @ aloha.com),
A. Bergman (abergman @ minerva.cis.yale.edu),
David Strauss (dss2k @ poe.acc.virginia.edu),
Bret Feinblatt (by626 @ freenet.Buffalo.edu),
Josh Glazenburg-Diamond (jmd @ bear.com),
and Larry King (lking @ math.washington.edu).
Converted to HTML format by Larry King.
SPOILER WARNING: No attempt is made to alter the following information
to remove or hide any "spoilers" for any episodes aired. This document
covers Seasons One, Two, and Three, and Four, plus all the novels and comics,
and the TNT prequel, "In The Beginning".
In other words, it covers all episodes aired through mid-January 1998
in the USA. (Canada hasn't yet seen "In the Beginning".)
Since all of this information has come from other sources, I
don't feel as though I can copyright it. Feel free to use it as
you wish, within the bounds of other copyrights on this material.
If you like the occasional hypothesis that I have left strewn about
within, please recall where you found it.
Babylon 5 and related concepts are the property of Warner Brothers
Domestic Television Distribution and J. Michael Straczynski.
(Straczynski is referred to as "JMS" throughout this document.)
Notes on sources:
The sources used for this were the episodes and information
revealed by JMS on Genie and Usenet.
The codes in parentheses indicate the source.
Following Larry Nemecek's precedent for coding his Star Trek
Concordances, items marked with a '/v' contain information based
on visual clues such as computer screen displays; items marked
with an '/s' contains information based on a script or other
version of an episode. Following my own precedent,
UT: indicates a 'Universe Today' headline, and
B: indicates comments overheard in background dialogue
("background walla").
Other abbreviations:
FAQ = Babylon 5 Frequently Asked Questions List
GEL = Babylon 5 Grid Epsilon Log
JMSD = JMS's digest of postings
JMSG = JMS's GEnie postings
JMSU = JMS's USENET postings
TFAQ = Technical FAQ
GAME = Babylon Project Role-Playing Game
The above materials will be superseded should different
information be broadcast. The use of information in novels and comics
is based on JMS's statements that these are "canon". Even so, they will
be superseded as appropriate by material actually broadcast.
Finally, all items marked with an '*' are conjecture
based on the information on hand, and may be further explained by
a description in brackets.
Notes on Minbari Cycles:
Based on information in Babylon Squared, A Late Delivery from
Avalon, Atonement, and the novel To Dream in the City of
Sorrows (as well as the novel Clark's Law), it may be assumed
that a Minbari Cycle is approximately 1.35 years.
(The interval from July 2245 to Nov 2258 / Feb 2259 was ten cycles long).
Information on the B5 Screen saver suggests (in describing Delenn's
and Lennier's ages) that a Cycle is 0.7 years. But in this case, it is more
likely (based on statements regarding Delenn's age in JMSU) that the
age comparison is effective age, not a literal chronological
comparison.
The Chronology
c 15 Billion
Creation of the Universe.
[Ya gotta start somewhere . . . . . ]
c 10 Billion
Galaxies form.
???? [Date Unknown]
There is The First One.
Shadows evolve.
("They were old when even the Ancients were young",
"In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum".
"The first of these Ancients were the Shadows.",
"Matters of Honor".)
The First Ones (the eldest races) evolve: those who "walk
among the stars like Giants".
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".).
c 1 Million BCE
The First Ones begin to disappear, some traveling
beyond the stars.
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".)
The other First Ones
leave behind the Vorlons and the Shadows to shepherd the
young races along; the Vorlons follow the rigid paths
of Order, while the Shadows prefer the more explosive
evolutionary path of Chaos and Conflict.
("Z'ha'dum", "Summoning", "Apotheosis".)
Over the next million years there are a series of wars
between the "First Ones" (especially the Vorlons)
and the Shadows. The Shadows are often driven from
Z'ha'dum but always return; Lorien says they believe
they are "paying their respects" to him, though he
believes both they and the Vorlons "no longer understand".
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum", "Mr Garibaldi".).
c 500,000 BCE
The Vindrizi are created as a species of "symbiotes"
to record everything, observing events all over the
galaxy so that others can learn about the past when all
the records have been lost in the next dark age.
("Exogenesis".).
c 8000 BCE
The last Great War between the Shadows and the First
Ones.
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".).
c 5000 BCE
An unknown species begins building a network of
jumpgates across the galaxy.
("To Dream in the City of Sorrows" novel.).
????
The Centauri wipe out the other sentient race on their world,
the Xon.
("Parliament".).
????
The Vorlons visit lesser races, implanting in their cultures
the idea of glowing beings of light, or perhaps exploiting
already-existing ideas of such beings.
["Fall of Night". No specific date has been given,
but this appears to have covered many millenia.]
c 3750 BCE
(Rathenn mistakenly uses this date to describe when the
Minbari began to decline in population, in Comic 1.
JMSC indicated that Rathenn was either mistaken or lying
when he told Sinclair this.)
c 250 CE
The Minbari begin to decline in population.
("Points". JMSU said that at this time, something begins
to weaken the Minbari, "the power holding the Shadows in check".]
515
Approximate date of the Battle of Camlan.
("Avalon".)
c 1100
The Minbari first begin to travel in space. They
discover the ancient network of Jumpgates.
(JSMU, "City of Sorrows" novel.)
c 1250*
A highly advanced space-faring society flourishes on
Ikara 7. After being invaded repeatedly, they build 12
organic technology warriors to protect them.
("Infection".).
Several other races, including the Markab, have legends that
suggest they are also familiar with the Shadows, or at least
"Soldiers of Darkness".
("Long Dark".).
The Shadows occupy a continent in Narn's southern hemisphere,
where they are observed by G'Quon. He writes of this "ancient
race" and their Great War at the Rim of "Known Space", centered
around Z'ha'dum, in his Sacred Book. He includes
pictures of Shadow Warriors and Shadow vessels.
("Revelations", "Long Dark", "Matters of Honor".)
[He manages to identify the location of the stars
near Z'ha'dum accurately enough that G'Kar is able to
trace them and visit them in "Revelations"!]
After the Narns start attacking the Shadows, the Shadows
retaliate by killing off all the Narn "mindwalkers" (telepaths).
("Ship of Tears", JMSU.)
An alliance of worlds, including the few remaining First Ones
(the Vorlons among them) and the Minbari, attack the Shadows in
what will later be remembered as a Great War.
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".)
Nothing of specific significance occurs on Earth,
although at least two Shadow ships crash in the Solar
System (at Mars and Ganymede).
("Messages from Earth".)
The Great War begins to go badly for the Minbari and their
allies. Their greatest Starbase is destroyed by the Shadows.
Space station Babylon 4 is brought from the future to serve
as a replacement, becoming the base of operations during this war
between Light and Darkness. To the Minbari, it seems to appear
from out of nowhere.
Accompanying Babylon 4 is Jeffrey David Sinclair,
who undergoes the "Chrysalis" process to become a "Minbari, not
born of Minbari".
("Babylon Squared", "War Without End I and II".)
Valen subdues the Warrior Caste, and establishes
the Grey Council as "The Chosen One", and establishes the
Anla'Shok ("Rangers") to fight the Shadows.
(JMSU, "City of Sorrows" novel.)
The Alliance against the Shadows destroys two-thirds of the
Shadow forces, driving them from Z'ha'dum.
("War Without End I".)
Valen's appearance signals that Minbari Souls are
going somewhere else: "going missing". (This may be when
they start to actually notice a change.)
("War Without End I and II", JMSU.)
The Babylon 4 Station survives the war, but doesn't last much
longer than that.
(JMSU -- but note that the upcoming second comic
series reveals more on this matter.)
Valen transforms the Anla'Shok into an army of
watchers to keep an eye out for the return of the Shadows.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
c 1250 to c 1350
After the War, Valen had children. The children,
fearing persecution because they weren't pure Minbari,
fled Minbar until after Valen's death.
("Atonement".)
c 1350
Valen writes notes to Delenn and Sinclair.
("War Without End I", JMSU.)
It is possible that Sinclair finds Catharine Sakai in
the past.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Valen "Goes Beyond".
[JMSU originally stated that Sinclair lived 100
years as Valen and then died. More recently, he stated that
there are a variety of contradictory tales about Valen's final
fate. In "To Dream in the City of Sorrows" novel, it is
simply said that he "went beyond".]
Valen's body is never found.
("Atonement".)
The Children of Valen return to Minbar and have
children of their own, spreading human genes through the
Minbari population for the next thousand years.
("Atonement".)
c 1750
An ancient race dies out, soon after building the Great Machine
on Epsilon 3. They leave Varn as Guardian of the Great Machine.
("Voice in Wilderness II", "War Without End II".)
The Third Fain of Chudomo (a Minbari clan) begins "service with
honor".
1888
Aug - Nov: "Jack the Ripper" terrorizes London's East End.
11 Nov: On the morning after the last of the Ripper
Murders, the Vorlons abduct "Sebastian", of 14-B Harrisburg
Lane, to determine if he is truly the "Chosen One". When it
is determined that he is not, they retain him to act as their
"Inquisitor".
("Inquisitor".)
????
The Centauri invade the Vega System and conquer it in only nine
days.
("Gathering".)
1940
14 Nov: The Germans bomb Coventry.
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".)
c 1950*
Aliens begin to capture Humans for various research purposes.
["Grail"/v, "All Alone"/v.
The "Gray" styles of aliens shown suggest
that not all the contact reports we've had so far have been
hoaxes. Although they appear to be similar to the Streib,
JMSU has been pretty specific that they are not the
same species.]
1961
12 April: Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth.
("The Illusion of Truth".)
1999
12 April: US President Bill Clinton establishes his
Commission on the Future.
("The Illusion of Truth".)
2013
The Russians are involved in some sort of Totalitarian
governmental coup.
("The Exercise of Vital Powers".)
2025
The Iraqis are involved in some sort of Totalitarian
governmental coup.
("The Exercise of Vital Powers".)
2026
Space Station Freedom abandoned.
(GAME.)
2035
Last gasoline powered motorcycle built.
("Eyes".)
2047
Station Prime completed.
(GAME. Note that "Station Prime" is
also a location in "The Shadow Within" novel.)
2061
12 April: Lunar Colony is established.
("The Illusion of Truth". The GAME establishes the
Armstrong Colony in the Sea of Tranquility, the first
permanent outworld colony, in 2064.)
2075
Earth Alliance is founded as an economic and political
conglomerate to colonize Mars.
(GAME.)
2075-2124
Morobuto, African philosopher and "Ghandi of his time".
(JMSU.)
2081
Feb: A Johns Hopkins Medical Center study confirms the
existance of Psychic powers.
(GAME.)
2090
The Martian colony is established with one hundred men and
women.
[GAME. Note that JMSU places this about 2100.]
2099
The Mars Colony main dome is destroyed in a sneak
attack by terrorists, which killed the entire civilian
population.
[Date given in GAME. No date given in
"Midnight on the Firing Line".]
c 2100-2110
Earth scientists agree about the existence of telepaths, and begin
keeping genetic records of telepath families. The government
begins to regulate them.
(JMSG, JMSU.)
The government establishes an agency to monitor the telepaths.
(Comic 11.)
2105
Colonists begin to migrate to the Mars colony, once
again making it a stable, self-sufficient Colony.
("Voice in Wilderness I", "Spider in the Web", GAME.)
[GAME states that the "civilian population" of the first
Mars Colony was destroyed, implying that the military occupation
remained in place. Note that Amanda Carter's great grandfather
John piloted the first colony ship to Mars, although it is
unclear if this means the first FIRST COLONY ship, or the
first colony ship for the SECOND colony. In either event,
the GAME's date of 2105 would mean that generations in the
Carter family have been running about 50 years, which seems
strange. Her family history, and the fact that the "Free Mars"
group brags of having members who have been on Mars for "a
century", seem to favor a date closer to 2150.]
2107
United Nations is dissolved.
("Gathering"; date given in GAME.)
2112
The French are involved in some sort of Totalitarian
governmental coup.
("The Exercise of Vital Powers".)
2113
The Centauri conquer the Narn.
("Gathering", "Midnight", "Now For a Word", JMSG,
GAME.)
2122
Earth Alliance formally becomes the governmental structure
for Earth.
(GAME. Note that JMSU mentions that some smaller
nations still remain outside of the EA, at least up to
early 2260.)
c 2150*
Centauri begin their decline from power.
("Gathering", "Midnight", JMSG.)
Zathras born.
("War Without End I". Note this date
is NOT exact since Math is not Zathras' strong suit!]
Last real contact betweeen the Vorlons and the Minbari.
(JMSC.)
2150
San Diego destroyed by nuclear terrorists.
["Gathering", "Midnight". The
UT article describes it as 100 years ago in 2257;
GAME gives date as 2150.]
2152
Sept:
William Kurges, a telepath in Earth Force Security, stops three
terrorist plots during his career and dies saving the life of
Earth Alliance President Robinson. She passes equal opportunity
laws, and establishes the Committee on Psychic Phenomena.
(Comic 11, JMSU, GAME. Comic 11 suggests a date
of about 2125.)
2153
The USS Copernicus, a deep range exploration ship,
is launched with Will and Mariah Sirrus in cryo-stasis.
("Long Dark", GAME.)
2155
7 April:
The Centauri contact the Earth Alliance, claiming that Earth
is a lost Centauri Colony.
["Gathering", "Long Dark", JMSU. In "Long Dark"
this is referred to as "over a hundred years ago". JMSU
states the exact date as 2151. In GAME, date is given
as 7 April 2155.]
The Centauri lease the humans time on their jumpgates.
Eventually, Earth is able to build jumpgates of its own.
c 2155
Foundationism established.
(JMSU. Initially, JMS said this
happened at the end of the 20th century; later he said this
happeded after first contact with aliens.]
c 2158
Battle of Nu'Skok. The Centauri lose "the Eye".
("Signs and Portents".)
Earthdome is built in Geneva and the seat of the Earth
Alliance Government ("Earthgov") is relocated there.
(JMSU.)
2161
12 April:
Psi Corps established (as an outgrowth of the Committee on
Psychic Phenomena).
[This date is given in "The Illusion of Truth."
Comic 11 suggests a date of about 2125; GAME gives date as
2152; and the novel "Voices" claims that the Psi Corps
and the Mix are established in 2156.]
2165
10 June:
Proxima III becomes the Earth Alliance's first
extra-Solar colony.
(GAME.)
2169
The Koulani raid the EA outpost orbiting 61 Cygnus A II.
(GAME.)
2170
A raid by the Ch'lonas on the Human colony on Ross 128 IV
is defeated by the first "Aries" Starfuries.
(GAME.)
c 2190*
Sometime about this point, Garibaldi's Grandmother is
a Boston Police Officer, and uses a .38.
("Grey 17 is Missing".)
c 2190 - 2210
"Interplanetary Expeditions" is established.
(JMSU.)
2195
Jha'dur (Deathwalker) born on Omelos, Caliban sector.
("Deathwalker"/v.)
2200
The Blue Jays are sold to the Mars Consortium.
(JMSU.)
Mars Colony requests independence from Earth.
(GAME.)
2200*
Delenn born.
[Based on material on the B-5 Screen Saver.
See note above on length of Minbari Cycles.]
2201*
Sophie (later Sophie Ivanova) is born.
("Midnight". Date is based
on her conjectured date of suicide.)
2206*
Lennier born.
[Based on material on the B-5 Screen Saver.
See note above on length of Minbari Cycles.]
2209*
Narn win their independence from the Centauri after a long war
of attrition, and massacre their Centauri leaders. They get
access to Centauri technology that was left behind and begin
to sell weapons.
("Now For a Word". "Clark's Law" novel puts this
in 2228.)
I am clueless as to the actual dates of these events:
Londo Mollari born.
[The B5 Screen Saver gives his age as "77 Centauri Years,
or the equivalent of 45 Earth Years."]
Vir Cotto born.
[The B5 Screen Saver gives his age as "50 Centauri Years,
or the equivalent of 39 Earth Years."]
G'Kar born.
[The B5 Screen Saver gives his age as "64 Centauri Years,
or the equivalent of 49 Earth Years."]
Delenn, a young Minbari girl, has a vision in the temple.
(She describes this vision in "Confessions and Lamentations".)
2216
John Sheridan born on Earth.
[Based on material in B5 Screen Saver.]
2218
3 May: Jeffrey David Sinclair born on Mars Colony.
("Sky Full of Stars".)
2219
27 June: Del Varner born.
("Gathering"/v.)
2221*
Late Feb: Michael Alfredo Garibaldi born.
["Survivors"/v. Month estimated from estimated date
of "Distant Star". Possibly 23 February?]
2221
Prostitution is legalized and unionized.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
2224
Stephen Franklin born, probably on Earth.
[Based on material in B5 Screen Saver.]
2225
10 Dec: Lyta Alexander born.
("Gathering"/v.)
2229*
Londo ascends into public life.
("Soul Mates".)
The Narn begin to expand.
("Twilight".)
2230*
Talia Winters born.
[Estimate based on "Voices" novel.]
Approximate time that Turhan becomes Emperor of the
Centauri.
(JMSU.)
2230
30 Aug: Susan Ivanova born.
("Eyes"/v.)
The League of Non-Aligned Worlds is devastated by the invasion
of the Dilgar. Jha'dur leads the invasion and conquest of
sectors 24, 39, 64, 58.
("Deathwalker", "Deathwalker"/v.)
Jha'dur wipes out the population of Latig 4 by infecting them
with Stafford's Plague.
("Deathwalker".)
The Earth Alliance joins in to help the Non-Aligned Worlds.
("Deathwalker".)
The Dilgar conquer the Narn world of Hilak 7. The Dilgar
conquer Balus.
("Deathwalker".)
2231
Jha'dur destroys the planets Tirolus, Comac 4, and
Malax (Halax?)
("Deathwalker"/v.)
2232
Earth Alliance captures Balus.
("Deathwalker"/v.)
At some point, Jeffrey Sinclair's father is killed in
the Dilgar War. Sinclair moves in with Father Raffelli.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Battle of Salos (Balos?) End of the Dilgar War; Earth and
the Non-Aligned Worlds victorious. Jha'dur escapes to hide out
with the Minbari.
("Deathwalker".)
c 2232 - 2244
(This is described as an era of optimistic expansion for
Earth.)
("Hunter Prey".)
Some time late in this period, the Minbari hear about
the Humans from the Centauri. They elect to not make
contact.
("Atonement".)
c 2233
Delenn becomes an associate of the Grey Council,
apparently serving in a support, or back up, capacity.
(This may be the same as being an "acolyte".)
[In "All Alone in the Night", Delenn says that she has
"stood beside you as one of the Nine for 20 cycles". Based on
the reasoning explained above regarding Minbari Cycles, this
gives a date of 2233. However, she gives a different date in
"Severed Dreams". Moreover, both "Atonement" and "In the Beginning"
make it quite clear that she was not one of the Nine until 2245.
JMS later wrote a message claiming the earlier date began her
"association" with the Grey Council, though she clearly does say
"one of the Nine" in the earlier quote.]
c 2234
The Narn occupy the T'll.
("Betrayals" novel.)
2235*
Talia Winters adopted into Psi Corps.
[Date estimated from age in "Voices" novel, and
comments in "Spider".]
2236*
Sophie Ivanova is determined to be a Telepath. The Psi-Corps
offers her the legal options of joining them, going to prison,
or taking telepathy-suppressing drugs; she chooses to accept
the drugs so she can stay with her family.
["Midnight". Date
is based on her conjectured date of suicide.]
2237
Sinclair enlists in Earth Force Defense.
("Sky Full of Stars".)
2238*
Sheridan joins Earth Force.
[Estimated date based on
an interview with Boxleitner.]
2239*
Sheridan serves with Jack Maynard on "old Moon-Mars
Patrol" (his first assignment).
("Distant Star".)
Late 2230's
Earth Alliance undertakes a number of Cyber experiments
that eventually lead to the "Black Project Lazarus".
("Spider".)
The equipment to perform mind-wipes becomes effective enough
for use on criminals.
[Estimate, based on JMSU.]
I am clueless as to the actual dates of these events:
Londo and Urza are members of the Corps of Freedom.
("Knives".)
Londo leads a Centauri Raid on Frallis 12.
("Voice in Wilderness II".)
A nova wipes out the remaining Dilgar.
("Deathwalker".)
Earth Alliance fights the Canal Wars.
("Gropos".)
Earth Alliance liberates the African Bloc.
("Gropos".)
General Franklin becomes the "Scourge of Janos 7".
("Gropos".)
Fighting in Israel?
("Eyes".)
Earth Alliance fights on New Jerusalem.
("Eyes".)
Earth Alliance fights on Cyrus 3.
("Eyes".)
Urza Jaddo becomes the "Hero of Gorash".
("Knives".)
The Omega Disaster. A "first contact" failure for Captain
Michael Jankowski.
("In the Beginning".)
2240
Sinclair is promoted to Fighter Pilot.
("Sky Full of Stars".)
2240*
Londo marries Timov.
("Soul Mates".)
The Narn and the Centauri begin to dispute over Ragesh 3.
(JMSU.)
2241
Sinclair is promoted to Squadron Leader.
("Sky Full of Stars".)
2241*
Sheridan visits the Dalai Lama.
["Points". He claims this happens
when he is 21; date of birth estimated from
interview with Boxleitner.]
2241
According to Garibaldi, there is some sort of "Dust"
problem on Mars.
("Survivors".)
2242
12 Sept: G'kar makes "Contact" with the Tuchanq.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
2242*
Steven Franklin leaves Earthforce and begins to hitchhike across
the galaxy, trading his medical skills for passage. He eventually
comes across a crashed Minbari ship off Beta Durani and tries
to help the victims.
("In the Beginning".)
2243
Garibaldi's friend, Frank Kimmer, dies on Europa. Garibaldi
"crawls into a bottle".
("Survivors".)
2243
Susan Ivanova becomes obsessed with the radical
neo-Communist Kushoyev. She finally meets him, is humiliated
by him and is defended by her father.
("TKO".)
2243*
Earliest date for Sinclair to meet Catharine Sakai.
["Chrysalis": "When you've known someone for 12,
almost 15 years....."
He might also have met her during his days at the Academy,
since Sakai states that Sinclair's been reading the writings
of Tennyson "since his days in the academy" in "Mind War".]
2243* : "In the Beginning"
Londo Mollari represents the Centauri on Earth.
["In the Beginning": Londo says "35 years ago" in 2278,
but these might not be Earth years.]
2244
Amanda Carter and Abel Horn meet, and he recruits her into
"Free Mars".
("Spider".)
2245
c March: Kadroni becomes unable to function in the Grey
Council. Dukhat recommends Delenn (who has been serving as
Dukhat's aide, and who has been serving the Grey Council as
an acolyte) as her replacement. Delenn begins to meditate.
("In the Beginning", "Atonement".)
c 12 July:
Delenn becomes a fully participating Member of the
Grey Council.
[See comments in 2233 above. "Atonement" and "In the
Beginning" both make it fairly clear that the incident with
the humans is her first
action as Satai, or one of the Nine.]
The Grey Council's cruiser in a group of three ships
encounters a human convoy fleet, including EAS
Prometheus (under Captain Michael Jankowski),
EAS Hyperion, and DSEV Amundsen, an EA
Explorer vessel. Only Delenn can identify what species
the ships belong to. Notably on hand are a group of
Soul Hunters. The Minbari religious leader Dukhat
realizes that the Minbari practice of approaching with
gun ports open could be dangerous, but before his order
to close them can be carried out, the Earth ships
attack. Gunnery Sgt. David McIntyre of the Prometheus
fired the first shots of the confrontation that destroyed
the two Minbari ships, and severely damaged the Grey
Council's Cruiser.
("Atonement", "Late Delivery from Avalon",
"In the Beginning", and "Clark's Law" novel.)
Dukhat is killed. A Soul Hunter was on hand for the death,
but was prevented from taking
Dukhat's soul by the Grey Council.
("In the Beginning", "Atonement", "Soul Hunter".)
Enraged over the death of Dukhat, Delenn gives the
order that starts the Earth - Minbari War. The Minbari
ships open fire, and a number of the Earth ships are
destroyed. The rest of the Human ships fled as the
remaining Minbari ships hesitated, waiting to see what
happened to Dukhat.
("Atonement", JMSU.)
When the Minbari fleet learns that Dukhat was
killed, they take off and pursue the ships back to an
Earth base. Initially, one of the Earth captains
explains that they had encountered hostiles in an
attempt to cover his actions, and when the Minbari ships
appear, all hell breaks loose.
(JMSU.)
"It was shortly after this "cowardly attack" on their ships,
and the assassination of their leader, that the Minbari
declared what is in essence a jihad, a holy war, against Earth. The
worker class went along with it, even though the religious caste was
unsure . . . but divided, they couldn't raise sufficient objections to
the war to stop it initially.
"The contact was made late in the year, and while
that was the first blow, it takes a while for any war to really get
going; you aren't at war instantly. The Minbari had to pull their forces
together, make the open declaration of war, establish supply lines and
all the other elements needed for warfare." -- JMSU
[The war is said to have lasted "about 5 years" in some
sources from JMSU, but was "three years" according to Lennier
in "Points".
It began "15 years ago to the day" prior to Summer 2260,
according to "Late Delivery from Avalon". My date is
backdated from this point. "In the Beginning" places the contact
date as "35 years before 2278", or 2243-44, assuming Londo is
using Earth years.
According to the "Clark's Law" novel, Luis Santiago was then a vice
president under Madame -----?, the contact ship was the
DSEV Amundsen, and the date was 12 Nov 2242.
This date is too early, though JMSD confirmed that both the
Amundsen and the Prometheus were indeed involved.]
Earthforce strips Jankowski of rank, and tries him for
his attack on the Minbari. They offer to turn him over
to the Minbari, but this is rejected.
("In the Beginning" novelization.)
Planetary Draft begun.
("Coming of Shadows".)
Steven Franklin returns to Earthforce.
("In the Beginning".)
During the war, the death penalty was in use.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
Sophie Ivanova, mother of Ganya and Susan, commits suicide
after being hounded by the Psi Corps for much of her adult life.
["Midnight on the Firing Line", "Eyes". This was
during the war, and one year before Ganya's death, so
2245 seems likely.]
Late 2245 or Early 2246?
Steven Franklin is thrown in prison for not turning
over his notes on Minbari biology to Earthforce.
("In the Beginning".)
In an engagement between the War Cruiser Drala Fi
("Black Star", the Minbari flagship) and a number of Earth
Force vessels (including the EAS Lexington under Capt.
Roger Sterns), Ganya Ivanov is killed.
["In the Beginning", JMSU. "Eyes" places this one
year after Sophie Ivanova kills herself.]
The Lexington is badly damaged and Capt. Sterns is killed.
Lexington First Officer John Sheridan, destroys the
Black Star and a number of lesser vessels by
mining an asteroid field and then transmitting a distress
signal.
("Points of Departure", "There All the Honor Lies",
JMSU, "In the Beginning".)
There is an attempt at peace negotiations between
Sheridan, Steven Franklin and Lenonn, head of the
Rangers, aided by G'Kar. It is disrupted when the
Centauri attack and kill Lenonn.
["In the Beginning" and "In the Beginning" novelization.
Dates of events even during the
novel are a bit tricky to determine, but the aired
information is pretty clear about this being near the
beginning of the war.]
????
Europa mining strikes result in the Rush Act being enacted,
allowing authorities to curtail strikes by defense-related
workers (and other workers as well?)
["By Any Means Necessary". JMS has said this was
during the Earth-Minbari War.]
c 2246
A deep space "listening post" of 47 humans is established on a
moon orbiting a world being used by the Minbari as a Command and
Control post. The Listening Post is set up in the ruins of an
old city. 46 of the 47 are killed by the Shadow they wake
up. The Shadow hitches a ride on a passing space vessel, the
USS Copernicus .
["Long Dark". The actual date is conjectural, as it
"happened in the war".]
Garibaldi crawls out of his bottle long enough to serve as a
ground-pounder ("GROPO") during the War. His unit is attacked
and pretty well wiped out.
("Long Dark".)
2247
Susan Ivanova enters Earth Force.
("Severed Dreams".)
Marcus Cole is drafted into Earthforce.
["City of Sorrows" novel.]
The Battle of Sinzar. The Battle of Flinn Colony.
["In the Beginning" novelization.]
Dec* Battle of the Line: of 20,000 vessels fielded by
Earth, with 250,000 crew, there are only 200 survivors
(including Jeffrey Sinclair and David McIntyre). Sinclair taken
aboard the Grey Council's
ship and interrogated. End of the Earth/Minbari War.
["In the Beginning", "Sky Full of Stars", "Points",
"Avalon". Since Sinclair is 39 years old per "Sky", the Battle of
the Line happens between May 2247 and April 2248.
JMSD states that the war ends in 2247.]
Sinclair is set adrift with 24 hours of his memory missing.
("Gathering", "Sky Full of Stars", "In the Beginning".)
Sinavel, Captain of the Minbari War Cruiser Trigati,
commits suicide; his ship vanishes rather than accept the
Surrender.
("Legacies", "Points".)
2248
Food Riots on Mars. Jeffrey Sinclair and John Sheridan meet.
Sheridan shows some sort of brilliant command ability.
Sinclair meets Laurel Takashima, head of Mars security.
("Lines of Communication", "War Without End I",
"Distant Star", JMSG.)
Beginning of the Free Mars Movement. (At least the PUBLIC
beginning.)
("Voice in Wilderness I".)
Mary Kirkish begins to work for Interplanetary Expeditions.
("Messages from Earth".)
2249*
Ivanova is a cadet at flight school ("OTC").
She meets J.D. Ortega.
("Now For a Word", "Accusations" novel.)
Luis Santiago, President of the Earth Alliance, proposes the
"Babylon Project": an interplanetary forum for negotiation and
peaceful dialogue.
At some point, the Centauri, Narn, Minbari, and the non-aligned
worlds choose to support this plan.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
2249 (or 2247)
3 December:
John Sheridan and Anna Keller marry.
("The Shadow Within" novel states that the Icarus'
departure was 3 Dec 2256, the Sheridans' seventh anniversary.
On the other hand, "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum"/v shows
the Icarus' departure as 15 July 2256, suggesting that this may
be in error. And the "In the Beginning" novelization states
that John and Anna marry immediately after the war ends, at the
end of 2247.)
c 2250
G'Kar begins to serve on the Kha'Ri, the Narn Council.
("Parliament".)
Delenn's father dies, his spirit broken by the War.
("Grey 17 is Missing".)
Ivanova transfers to Io, leaving behind Malcolm Biggs
in a major Career move. She cries herself to sleep for
the first few months. At Io, she meets and
works for John Sheridan.
("War Prayer", "Points of Departure".)
c 2251
Garibaldi begins a string of failed jobs as he bounces his way
across known space. [Date estimate based on a variety of
sources.] During this time he serves as a transport pilot
on a number of Ice Mining operations, spends time on Orion III,
etc.
2251
3 April: Charles Ward, the "Black Rose Killer", is
sentenced to be mindwiped at Earth Colony Three in the Orion
system, after committing nine murders.
("Gethsemane".)
Leo Mueller is Chess Grand Master, after having been trained
by Brother Theo.
("Gethsemane"/s.)
Early 2250's
Space stations Babylon, Babylon 2, and Babylon
3 are begun, but each is sabotaged and destroyed before
completion.
["Gathering", "Grail". It is not known whether these were
located in the Epsilon 3 system.]
2252
Babylon 4 is begun. It is apparently located in orbit about
the planet "Epsilon 3", which is in the Epsilon Eridani system.
[Date given in GAME. Although B4 is in "Sector
14", the trip from B5 to B4 in "Babylon Squared" and "War
Without End" does not appear to involve hyperspace.]
Brother Edward joins an order of monks.
("Gethsemane".)
March: Abel Horn sentenced to Phobos maximum security
outpost for involvement in the computer theft of over 50
million conglomerate credits. Served one year; then was
transferred to Lunis Planum prison base, where he served
one month before escaping.
("Spider"/v.)
18 Dec: This is the date on Lyta's P5 License.
("The Gathering"/v. Note, however, that in
"Face of the Enemy" she says she joined the Psi Corps as
an infant.)
2253
9 Feb: David McIntyre is honorably discharged from Earth
Force.
("Avalon".)
16 April: Abel Horn escapes from Lunis Planum prison
base.
("Spider"/v.)
12 July: Sheridan is involved in something he'd rather not
have stories told about. . . . .
("Distant Star".)
c 2253
Talia Winters serves on Mars with the Penal system. She
soon leaves to work for the Political Bureau?
[Pretty much conjecture, based on some dialogue in
"Quality of Mercy" and JMSU.]
Lyta interns with the Psi Cops. A unnamed person
starts murdering telepaths. The Corps engages in illegal
scans of civilians, and eventually find the killer.
Rather than simply kill him, they twist his mind,
eventually trapping him in a cell in a secret facility on
Beta 2, straitjacketed 24 hours a day to keep him from
clawing out his own eyes to stop the nightmare visions
only he can see.
("Face of the Enemy".)
Rumors of a "Rogue" element in the government begin to
spread.
("Spider".)
2253*
An Interplanetary Expeditions ("IPX") archaeological team, including
Mary Kirkish, finds a Shadow ship buried under the Martian sands
in Syria Planum, where Psi Corps will eventually build a secret
base.
("Messages from Earth".)
Garibaldi transfers to Mars, where he runs a shuttle transport
business.
(Comic 5.)
Day 1:
Sinclair hires Garibaldi to ferry him and his team on a search
mission.
[First time they meet. Comic 5 places this in 2255;
Kirkish's comments in "Messages from Earth" suggest a date of 2253.
It takes place during the "Martian Winter", which according to
Brett Feinblatt will be centered in April.]
Day 2:
IPX team unearths a Shadow ship. It has been buried at least
a thousand years. A worker touches it with his bare hand and
dies instantly; the team alerts the IPX Corporation.
("Messages from Earth".)
Day 6:
IPX orders Dr. Kirkish and the others to move out, and a number
of unmarked shuttles head in for six days.
("Messages from Earth".)
Day 7:
Garibaldi and Sinclair are shot down on their fifth day of
flying. They have only five days of air and food
with them as they begin to walk out of the desert.
(Comic 6.)
Day 9:
The Shadow vessel sends out a signal.
("The Shadow Within" novel.)
Day 12:
Garibaldi and Sinclair, after hiking fifty miles, get stuck in
a cave.
(Comic 7.)
A Shadow ship arrives at Syria Planum and digs the wrecked ship
out. Both ships leave Mars. These ships are tracked by IPX
and the EA to a planet they designate "Alpha Omega 3"....
the planet known to the older races as "Z'ha'dum".
("Messages from Earth", "Z'ha'dum", "The Shadow Within"
novel.)
Garibaldi and Sinclair free themselves, and spot the new Shadow ship
digging out the buried one. They also discover a Psi-Corps base
on Mars, involved in some sort of secret project with the
Shadows. Talia is one of the many subjects of this project.
(Comic 8, "Messages from Earth".
It is not clear that this is the same project that made Talia
into a "sleeper". Obviously, though, by this time there is some
Shadow influence in the EA Government!.)
2254
Babylon 4 is completed. It is staffed with Earth Alliance
military personnel, but as yet no ambassadors.
Twenty-four hours after Babylon 4 becomes operational, the last
construction workers depart. At this point, a small group of
Shadow vessels attempt to destroy it. They are stopped by the
White Star.
Sheridan is "lost in
time". [Based on Kranz's statements to Sinclair, I assume
that this is when the station's "Time Track" system
begins to go haywire.] Cloaked by the EMP burst from the
destroyed Shadow bomb, the White Star lands on the
station, punches throught the hull and the landing teams
split up.
("War Without End I".)
Ivanova and Marcus
are nearly caught, alerting the Babylon 4 Security forces
to the presence of "hostiles" on board. A false hull
breach warning frees-up the area of B4 connecting to the
Power Core for the White Star teams. After Zathras sees
Sheridan reappear once, he sets up a "blue suit" to help
contain the Captain. Sheridan reappears and remains. Sheridan
and Sinclair head into the central power core to finish
stabilizing the Station while Ivanova begins rigging a
false reading to convince the B4 Crew that their core was
unstable. Noting that there is a drop in power
production, Major Kranz orders an increase of power.
This triggers the Time Travel mechanism. Sheridan is
again lost in time.
("War Without End II".)
A single shuttle, carrying "Jinxo", leaves the station in
time to see B4 vanish.
("Grail".)
The Cortez leaves for the Rim.
("Distant Star".)
2255
Garibaldi begins to work for Mars Security.
("Voice in Wilderness I", "Babylon Squared".)
Garibaldi meets Catherine Sakai. He notes her presence to
Sinclair.
("Parliament".)
2255*
G'Kar ends his service on the Kha'Ri.
["Parliament". Date is estimated. Comments made
during "Fall of Night" and "Rock" indicate
that G'Kar may never have actually stopped being a member
of the Kha'Ri.]
The Psi Corps begins developing the telepathic drug "Dust".
("Dust to Dust"-- but note entry for 2241!)
2256
Lyta interns with the Psi Cops. A unnamed person
starts murdering telepaths. The Psi Corps engages in illegal
scans of civilians, and eventually find the killer.
Rather than simply kill him, they twist his mind,
eventually trapping him in a cell in a secret facility on
Beta 2, straitjacketed 24 hours a day to keep him from
clawing out his own eyes to stop the nightmare visions
only he can see.
("Face of the Enemy".)
An IPX probe discovers alien ruins "of an unknown
alien race" on Alpha Omega 3 (Z'Ha'Dum). The probe had been sent
to track the Shadow vessels from Mars.
("The Shadow Within" novel.)
Vorlons and Minbari learn of the return of the Shadows.
["Shadow of Z'ha'dum". Despite Delenn's December 2258
question to Kosh, it is clear from the novel "The Shadow Within"
that the Shadows never completely left Z'ha'dum.]
c April: The Babylon 5 station is completed, and goes
on-line.
(Two years before "Infection".)
Garibaldi is working Security on Mars when he is asked to
head security on Babylon 5.
[I assume this is the "second time Garibaldi met Sinclair"
mentioned by Lise in "Babylon Squared".]
The Cortez begins mapping Sector 900.
("Distant Star".)
May: A terrorist bombing of the Io Jumpgate destroys a
passenger vessel, killing Morden's wife and daughter.
("The Shadow Within" novel. See note on dates below.)
August [April]:
Anna Sheridan, under Dr. Chang, returns from a dig on
Theta Omega 2, exploring the ruins of the J/Lai.
("The Shadow Within" novel. See note on dates below.)
23 November [5 July]: The Shadow Within. (Novel.)
[There are two dates given here
because the dates as given in the novel states that it
begins in "Nov 2256", but this contradicts the visual
information given in "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum". The
dates given in the on-screen information are the basis
for the dates in brackets].
Anna and John Sheridan are scheduled to meet at
Station Prime, but are stopped by problems on the
Agamemnon (John's new command), and Anna's research.
25 Nov [7 July]:
The last time that Anna and John Sheridan speak to one another.
("The Shadow Within" novel. See note on dates above.)
3 Dec [15 July]:
The Icarus departs for the Rim. It is the Sheridans' 7th
anniversary.
("The Shadow Within" novel. See note on dates above.
The date of 15 July is visible on-screen in "In the Shadow
of Z'ha'dum".)
11 Dec [23 July]:
The Icarus, dropped off in real space by the Explorer
vessel DeSoto, begins to interact with the IPX probe from
a distance.
("The Shadow Within" novel.)
27 Dec [8 Aug]:
Official date of the Icarus' destruction.
(In "Revelations", Sheridan's sister says it's
been "two years" since his wife vanished; several months later,
in "Shadow of Z'ha'dum", Delenn says the Shadows awoke "three
years ago". Explicit dates in "In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum"/v
and the novel "The Shadow Within" disagree; see note above.)
31 Dec [12 Aug]:
The Icarus arrives at Alpha Omega 3 (Z'ha'dum).
("The Shadow Within" novel.)
Dec '56 or Jan '57: Miners' strike begins on Ganymede.
(B: "Gathering".)
2257
Vorlons make contact with Earth Alliance. The Vorlon
Empire sends an ambassador, Kosh Naranek, to Babylon 5.
("Gathering".)
"Narn Protests of EA's B5 Admin Heat"
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
"Vorlons To Make Contact"
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
"Oxygen Breather bias on B5? The debate continues"
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
"Minbari worlds gather for mult-world arts conference"
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
"Galactel matrix aquires EA - Centauri comm link"
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
"Two planets join Earth Alliance, Amador and
Pepinia full members."
(UT: "Gathering"/v.)
Ganymede strike is in its third month. (B: "Gathering".)
1 Jan [13 Aug '56]:
New Years' party aboard Icarus. All communication is
cut off. The archaeological teams begin to explore the
ruins. Dr. Chang is killed and his team vanish. They
appear to have awoken the ancient evil on Z'ha'dum.
("The Shadow Within" novel. See note on dates above.)
1 Jan:
The Agamemnon stops a Homeguard cruiser from destroying
Babylon 5.
("The Shadow Within" novel.)
3 Jan:
Babylon 5 is dedicated by President Santiago.
("And Now For a Word", "The Shadow Within" novel.)
January 3 - 5: "The Gathering".
(Babylon 5 pilot movie.)
3 Jan: Del Varner arrives at Babylon 5 via the United Spaceway
Transport Delta-Gamma-Nine (from the Tigris Sector).
Lyta Alexander arrives at B5 via the NG-27 (from
Earth.) Kosh arrives two days early (in the evening.
He is nearly killed by an assassination plot.
[Exact
date given in "Divided Loyalties". "And Now for a Word"
says that Kosh arrived "just over two years ago".]
4 Jan: Sinclair turns station over to Takashima during the
investigation. The B5 Advisory Council turn Sinclair
over to Vorlon jurisdiction. Assassin tries to shut
off Kosh's life support.
5 Jan: (Very early in the morning.) The Vorlon Fleet arrives while
Sinclair fights the assassin. A plot of Minbari, Narn, and
Human agents is revealed.
March: Babylon 5 officially "established".
("Now For a Word"; probably either an error, or refers to some
political initiation.)
Mid March: Lyta Alexander is recalled to Earth.
("Divided Loyalties".)
???: Dr. Kyle is transferred to Earth Dome.
[Date is unknown at this point, but can't
have been *too* long before Franklin comes aboard. On the other
hand, given the time it might take to find an appropriate
replacement, a few months is not out of the question.]
Ms. Connally's father is killed during the strike on Ganymede.
("By Any Means Necessary".)
Capt. John Sheridan finally learns the name of "Bureau 13" just
before his informant dies.
("Spider".)
Sheridan takes the Agamemnon out "onto the Rim".
("Points".)
Jason Ironheart and "Rick" begin a secret project for the PsiCorps.
("Mind War".)
2258: "Signs and Portents" (Babylon 5, first season)
First case of new Drafa Plague discovered on Markab homeworld.
Jan* Midnight on the Firing Line.
[JMS said that this episode took place "9 months" after
"Gathering", which would be September 2257, but the show's
intro is specific about the year.]
Narns invade Ragesh 3, allegedly because the Centauri
inhabitants asked them to.
A link is established between the Narn and the Raiders,
giving Sinclair leverage to make the Narns withdraw from
Ragesh 3.
Luis Santiago re-elected President of Earth.
c 1 or 2 March Soul Hunter.
Dr. Stephen Franklin arrives aboard liner Asimov.
2 March: Dr. Stephen Franklin assumes control of Med-lab.
("Interludes"/v.)
March* Born to the Purple.
Londo is seduced by the slave Adira Tyree, in order to
obtain "the Purple Files" from him.
Garibaldi discovers that Ivanova has been covertly
abusing the Gold Channels. Her father, Andrei Ivanov, dies.
Centauri agree to negotiation about the Euphrates Sector.
Treaty between Narn and Centauri.
April* Infection.
Second anniversary of B5 going on-line.
[See "Gathering" for rationale of date.]
Narn-Centauri Euphrates Treaty negotiations begin.
Late March to Mid-April*
Ko'Dath, G'Kar's aide, dies in an unexplained airlock
accident.
[A week before "Parliament".]
April* The Parliament of Dreams.
Na'Toth arrives as G'Kar's aide, in time to help him
defeat an intended assassin.
Lennier arrives as Delenn's aide.
Catherine Sakai, an old paramour of Sinclair's, arrives.
Late April* Mind War.
[Date is an estimate -- Sinclair is described as 40, but
this may just be rounding up.]
Jason Ironheart seeks refuge on B5.
Psi-Cop Bester first visits the station.
Ironheart is transformed into a more evolved entity.
Late April*
"Rick" contacts Dr. Franklin regarding the Underground
Railroad.
("Race through Dark Places".)
Early May* The War Prayer.
Radical pro-Earth group, the Homeguard, spread to B5
where they attack and disfigure Minbari poet Sha'al Mayan.
Early May* And the Sky Full of Stars.
The "Knights" interrogate Sinclair regarding what happened
at the Battle of the Line.
[Sinclair's 40th birthday will happen on 3 May; he
is still 39 in this episode.]
"Homeguard Leader Convicted; Jacob Lester Found Guilty
in Attack on Minbari Embassy"
(UT:"Sky Full of Stars"/v.)
June* Deathwalker.
Warmaster Jha'dur is found to be still alive. She offers
an immortality serum to the galaxy, but is killed by the
Vorlons before she can reveal it.
June* Believers.
Raiders attack liner Asimov.
July* Survivors.
[Episode takes three days -- travel time from Io to B5.]
President Santiago visits B5.
Zeta Squadron assigned to B5.
July* By Any Means Necessary.
[Episode takes three days -- travel time from Io to B5.]
Dockers' Guild strikes; the Rush Act is invoked.
3 August: Signs and Portents.
Raiders attack Babylon 5.
Morden visits B5 and talks to the various ambassadors.
The Raiders are destroyed by the Shadows.
The Centauri "Eye" is recovered. Morden gives it to Londo,
but does not contact him again until the end of the year.
Aug* T K O.
[Date is an estimate; this may occur as late as
November.]
The human, Walker Smith, fights in the Mutai.
Aug* Draffa plague spreads on Markab homeworld
("the Dark Angel of Draffa begins to walk among the Markab
once more".)
("Confessions".)
Sept* Grail.
A trial between Flint, a human, and a "Gray" type
alien.
Sept* Eyes.
Colonel Ari Ben Zayn comes to the station to accuse Sinclair of
treason.
???? A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1.
Mars Colony revolts.
???? A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2.
[Date is unknown. Since this is considerably after "Portents"
(3 August), it ought to be well into autumn, but Lise Hampton
says that she is expecting her child "in September".]
A Minbari, Draal, becomes the Guardian of Epsilon 3.
Mars Colony revolt is put down by Earth as President
Santiago authorizes the use of Shock Troops.
Abel Horn killed in Mars Rebellion. His ship is
destroyed in outer atmosphere combat skirmish
Beta-9 as a result of a plasma burst from
Earthforce star cruiser Pournelle. Bureau 13
recovers his near-lifeless body.
("Spider"/v.)
Nov* Babylon Squared.
Space station Babylon 4 reappears from four years in the
past. The command crew of Babylon 4, led by Major Kranz,
discover Ivanova's
planted indications of reactor instability and send out
a distress call. This is picked up by B5, which sends
out a Starfury to investigate. Sinclair is discovered to
have aged. *Time Flash* Ivanova takes Zathras to a work
area to repair Sheridan's time stabilizer.
[During the next nine hours, Sheridan reappears at least
once, and is seen by B4 personnel, including Kranz.]
At least nine hours after B4 arrives in this time, seven
ships led by Garibaldi and Sinclair arrive from B5.
Zathras is captured, and Major Kranz is alerted to his
presence before Sinclair and Garibaldi arrive. [Kranz
suggests that Zathras' capture took place *before* "all
hell broke loose".] *Time Flash* (Garibaldi defending the
station). Delenn finds Sheridan and changes time
stabilizers with him and dons the space suit. Zathras
meets Sinclair and Sheridan. The disappearance of B4 is
apparently explained by Zathras, who says the station was pulled
from the past "to be used as a base in a Great War
between Light and Darkness". Zathras claims to be from
"4993" (in some unidentified dating system). Ivanova
takes over C-and-C as the evacuation of the station proceeds.
"The One" appears, and Zathras hands over the repaired
stabilizer. (Zathras implies that "The One" is somehow
focusing all the energies of the Time Transfer through
his body, protected only by the stabilizer.) *Time Flash*
(Garibaldi on Mars). Sheridan is found by Marcus.
Zathras is pinned beneath a beam, and reveals to Sinclair
that he has "a Destiny". The evacuation ships depart.
Sinclair tries to warn Garibaldi. Zathras is rescued by
Delenn. B4 vanishes into the Time Stream. Delenn and
Sinclair join up (her dress has changed colors!)
("Babylon Squared", "War Without End II".)
The evacuated crew of B4 land on B5.
("Babylon Squared", "War Without End II".)
Delenn turns down the leadership of the Grey Council, and is
given a Triluminary: this Triluminary is the one which
will come from Epsilon 3 via Zathras in two years,
and will then go back to the time of Valen. There are
two other Triluminaries as well, perhaps constructed
by the Minbari in imitation of the original.
("Babylon Squared", JMSU.)
[Delenn says that Dukhat died "ten cycles ago".
Based on dates in "Avalon", it may be concluded that a
Minbari cycle is 1.3 earth years. See note above.]
Nov* Legacies.
The Corpse of the Shai Alyt Branmer is progressed
throughout Minbari Space, until it vanishes on B5.
[This episode was meant to follow Babylon Squared;
note Delenn's use of the Triluminary.]
Nov* The Quality of Mercy.
Dec: (Sometime during this month, Zack Allen is
transferred to Babylon 5, as he mentions to Sinclair
in "War Without End I".)
30 Dec: Chrysalis.
President Santiago leaves Mars Colony for the Io Jump-point
on a "Goodwill Tour" in Earth-Force One.
Vice-President Clark remains on Mars due to a "viral
infection".
("Chrysalis", "Hunter Prey", "Voices of Authority".)
31 Dec: Narn Base in Quadrant 37 is obliterated by
Shadows. Garibaldi shot while uncovering an assassination
plot.
2259: "The Coming of Shadows" (Babylon 5, second season)
1 Jan: President Santiago is killed in an "accident" on his
ship.
("Chrysalis", "Hunter Prey", "Voices of Authority".)
Delenn begins her transformation.
("Chrysalis".)
Catherine Sakai leaves on a survey tour.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
1 Jan* Sinclair is recalled to Earth.
("Points", Comic 1. Ivanova states that "it's been five
days since [Sinclair] was recalled to Earth" in "Points",
but JMSU
distinctly states it takes 3 days to reach Earth.)
4 Jan* Sinclair arrives on Earth.
[In Comic 1, Sinclair complains about having been
sitting around for two days waiting to see the President.]
6 Jan: In Darkness Find Me. (Comic 1.)
Sinclair meets with President Clark; becomes
ambassador to the Minbari.
6 Jan: Points of Departure.
Opening Ivanova comments. [She states that it's
been five days since Sinclair was recalled to Earth.]
8 Jan:
John Sheridan is assigned to Babylon 5.
[He receives his orders at 0145; Ivanova talks to General
Hague at 05..; Sheridan arrives shortly thereafter.]
9 Jan: Sinclair starts paperwork to promote Ivanova.
("Geometry".)
10 Jan: Sinclair leaves Earth.
[After an indeterminate passage of time in Comic 1,
Sinclair notes that
it's been a week since he left B5.]
19 Jan* Revelations.
G'kar battles Shadow ships.
John Sheridan's sister arrives on B5.
Londo meets with Morden (having heard of G'kar's escape?)
Franklin uses Alien Machine on Garibaldi.
[Sheridan refers to Garibaldi's being his head of security
for only two weeks, i.e. 10 to 22 days.]
20 Jan* Garibaldi awakes; Delenn hatches; Jack is
arrested.
21 Jan* Narn ship destroyed at Z'ha'dum.
President Clark requests Jack and his files.
Delenn returns to the Council.
22 Jan* Treason. (Comic 2.)
Delenn leaves B5.
25 Jan* Delenn meets with Solaris.
27 Jan* Sinclair and Delenn reach Minbar.
27 Jan* In Harm's Way. (Comic 3.)
The "Chosen One" is installed as new Minbari leader.
Sinclair is arrested for assassination attempt.
27 Jan* The Price of Peace. (Comic 4.)
Sinclair is tried by the Minbari: Neroon is prosecutor.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
27 - 29 Jan: The Geometry of Shadows .
Refa meets with Londo; Drazi ritual fight breaks out;
Ivanova is promoted and breaks her ankle.
Technomages visit B5 and then leave Known Space.
Garibaldi returns to duty.
29 Jan* Voices. (Novel.)
[Comments by Garibaldi place this as no later than a
month after his being shot.]
Explosion at the Royal Tharsis Hotel on Mars.
30 Jan* Meeting with Sheridan.
31 Jan* (Estimated date of Delenn's return.)
1 Feb* 1st Psi Corps arrivals on B5.
2 Feb* 1st day of Psi Corps convention (Delenn on B5.)
3 Feb* Bombing.
4 Feb* Talia leaves B5.
7 Feb* Talia reaches Earth; Garibaldi and Gray leave B5.
9 Feb* Garibaldi and Gray arrive in Boston.
10 Feb* Talia, Garibaldi and Gray reach Mars.
11 Feb* Garibaldi leaves Mars.
14 Feb* Garibaldi returns to B5. ("Voices" novel.)
Garibaldi picks up an odd incoming message. (Comic 5.)
c 15 Feb* To Dream in the City of Sorrows. (Novel.)
[Dates in this novel are estimates, based on internal
information.]
Sinclair is asked to become Entil'Zha of the Anla'Shok
(Rangers).
After a major speech to the Minbari assembly, including the
Council of Caste Elders and the Grey Council, Sinclair is allowed
to become "Ranger One", but not given the title "Entil'Zha".
Humans are permitted to join the Anla'Shok.
c 18 Feb* Ivanova loses her cane.
[Three weeks after "Geometry".]
19 Feb* A Distant Star.
The Cortez arrives at B5 after spending 2 years "on the
Rim". Delenn schedules a meeting to discuss events
in Sector 19.
20 Feb* Discussion of Shadows on the Rim.
21 Feb* Delenn is questioned by the Minbari on the station.
22 Feb* Cortez departs early morning. Tocatti and
Pak'mara trouble resolved. Explosion on board the
Cortez strands them in hyperspace.
23 Feb* Zeta Squadron searches for Cortez; Keffer
sights a Shadow ship. Delenn is examined and blows
Garibaldi's secret. Garibaldi's Birthday.
Estimated arrival of first "Rangers" on Babylon 5:
two humans and two Minbari arrive to begin setting up
logistics.
("Coming of Shadows", "City of Sorrows" novel.)
25 Feb* The Long Dark.
The Copernicus homes in on B5.
First clear Ranger sighting.
26 Feb* Mirah awakens and looks around. Franklin has her
stay in his room.
27 Feb* Alien is murdered by the dark creature. Council
meeting.
28 Feb (early morning)* Garibaldi and Amis hunt the
dark creature. (The first real contact with the
Shadows?)
7 March* A Spider in the Web.
Abel Horne awakens and kills Taro Isogi, a Mars businessman.
Senator Voudreau speaks to Sheridan. Abel Horne speaks to
Bureau 13 "Control". Preparations for T'Kai delegation.
8 March* Abel Horne dies. Sheridan tells Garibaldi of his
two-year long investigation into the mysterious Bureau 13.
10 March* With Friends like These (Shadows Past
and Present I.) (Comic 5.)
Shadows try to kill Garibaldi.
10 March* Against the Odds (SPP II.) (Comic 6.)
11 March* Survival the Hard Way (SPP III.) (Comic 7.)
11 March* Silent Enemies (SPP IV.) (Comic 8.)
[Garibaldi refers to Keffer's sighting the Shadow ship,
from "Distant Star".]
14 March: A Race Through Dark Places.
The presence of an Underground Railroad on B5 is
revealed to Bester after an interrogation on Mars.
17 March* Bester on B5. Sheridan dines with Delenn.
Late-night assembly of PPGs.
18 March* Talia breakfasts with Bester. She is kidnapped.
Bester "fights" with the Rogues; Talia seems to join
with him in his fight. Bester leaves B5. Talia learns
that the powers that Jason Ironheart gave her are greater
than she realized. Underground Railroad prepares to
leave B5 and re-locate.
21 March* Bloodoath. (Novel.)
G'Kar receives data crystal from Mi'ra. He appears to be
killed in a transport accident.
[Londo claims to be preparing
for an Earth "Winter Solstice" Ceremony, which is clearly
impossible. A Summer Solstic ceremony would place it after
"Coming of Shadows". Ergo, if it is a "Solar Ceremony"
as he says, it must be the Vernal Equinox.]
22 March* K'Sha Na'vas docks at B5. Memorial service for
G'Kar.
23-24 March* Garibaldi and Ivanova are in transit to Narn.
25 March* Garibaldi and Ivanova arrive on Narn. Second Memorial
Service. They meet with Da'Kal.
26 March* Garibaldi and Ivanova in the Border Zone. They leave
Narn by old freighter.
29 March* Garibaldi and Ivanova arrive back at B5.
April* Soul Mates
(formerly "Pestilence, Famine and Death").
Londo Mollari's 30th Anniversary of his Ascension.
He is nearly murdered.
Talia's ex-husband arrives on the Station.
c 10 April Induction Ceremony of the first Humans as full
Rangers.
("City of Sorrows" novel; date is estimate.)
10 April* Duet for Human and Narn in C Sharp
(Laser-Mirror-Starweb I.) (Comic 9.)
G'Kar appears to leave B5 just as his Ini-Darka arrives.
He and Garibaldi are trapped in the station's core.
10 April* Duet for Human and Narn in B Flat
(LMS II.) (Comic 10.)
c 15 April The Coming of Shadows.
[Dates are estimates, but the novel "Accusations",
which gives specific dates, is supposed to come after
this episode.]
The Centauri Emperor, Turhan, visits Babylon 5.
The Narn Colony in Quadrant 14 is eradicated by the Shadows.
Garibaldi and Delenn each make contact with the Rangers
and receive messages from Sinclair.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Emperor Turhan dies and is succeeded by his nephew, Cartagia.
The Narn declare war on the Centauri.
18 April: Accusations. (Novel.)
J.D. Ortega is murdered.
23 April: Yang's body is discovered.
26 April: Garibaldi is attacked.
28 April: Khatib is murdered.
29 April: Ivanova discovers Ortega's secret. She is reinstated.
End of April: Military traffic increases through B5.
("Race through Dark Places".)
Sometime in Spring* Psi-Corps And You. (Comic 11.)
[Date is purely conjectural and probably
pretty irrelevant, since this comic doesn't describe any events
that would be considered "real" in the B5 universe, being
nothing but Psi-Corps propaganda.]
April* Adkar Crisis. Rebels at Matok fight against the Shelassian
Triumvirate.
Early May * Catherine Sakai encounters a Shadow Fleet on her way
back to Babylon 5.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Early May * The Mining Colony at Arisia 3 is destroyed by Shadows.
Marcus Cole is the sole survivor, after his brother William is
killed. Marcus travels to Babylon 5.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
May* GROPOS.
Operation Sudden Death. Earth Force Marines aid
Shelassian Triumvirate against Rebels.
Late May or Early June: All Alone in the Night.
[Sheridan comments having been at B5 for 6 months.]
Delenn is removed from the Grey Council.
The Streib attack shipping in Sector 92.
A fleet, led by the Agamemnon and Delenn, pays a visit
to the Streib homeworld.
While Sheridan is a prisoner of the Streib, Catherine Sakai
arrives at Babylon 5. She converses with Delenn (presumably
just after Delenn's return from Streib).
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Early June * Catherine Sakai arrives on Minbar.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Early or Mid June * Marcus Cole arrives on Minbar.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Middle June: Acts of Sacrifice.
The Lumati ally with the Earth Alliance.
Covert aid to the Narn civilian populace begins.
Late June: Hunter, Prey.
[Sheridan refers to "All Alone" as a few weeks ago.]
July: Knives.
[Sheridan is referred to as having taken command of B5
"several months ago".]
Sheridan is presented with nightmares from his past.
Londo tries to save an old friend from his new friends.
July * Jenimer, the Minbari "Chose One", dies.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
July * Sinclair is elevated to the position of Entil'Zha.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
c July* Betrayals. (Novel.)
[Placing this novel in July is a guess, based on the
premise that it takes place after the war is underway, but
the Narn are still doing rather well.]
Late July* There All The Honor Lies.
Sheridan is accused of murdering a Minbari.
The Station briefly opens a Merchandising shop.
Early Aug* And Now For a Word.
[The date is an estimate, based on the fact that the "36
Hours" Episode *airs* 16 Sept 2259. This gives them enough
time to produce the episode to air. It is unreasonable
to assume that it could take place any *earlier* than
this.]
The station is visited by a INS news team.
Centauri are discovered to be smuggling "weapons of
mass destruction" through the station.
Early Aug* Londo is recalled to Centauri Prime for
"consultations on the war effort".
("Shadow of Z'ha'dum".)
Mid Aug* In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum.
Sheridan confronts Morden, and speaks to Delenn and Kosh.
He learns of the Shadows and of the (possible) fate of
his wife.
The Ministry of Peace (Nightwatch) begins to recruit on B5;
both Talia and Zack express interest.
Late Aug / Early Sept:
Confessions and Lamentations.
[Date from JMSC.]
A virulent plague, "Draffa", wipes out the Markab.
16 Sept: "36 Hours" airs its Babylon 5 story.
("Now For a Word".)
Sept * Catharine Sakai begins training Rangers as pilots.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Sept * Sakai, Sinclair and Marcus travel to Sector 14 to
foil a Shadow attempt to gain control of the Time
Vortex. Catharine Sakai is lost in the Vortex.
("City of Sorrows" novel.)
Early Oct: Divided Loyalties.
[Dates are estimates, but I am told that JMS said that
the last four episodes of this season took place between
October and December.]
Lyta Alexander, the station's first telepath, returns with a
warning that one of Babylon 5's officers is an operative for
a top-secret government organization.
Talia is forced to stay
with Ivanova while her air recycler system is refurbished.
Lyta is attacked while she is held by Security.
The next day:
Lyta goes to Delenn. Delenn is reconsidering trade with the
Lumati. Ivanova reveals her slight telepathy to
Sheridan.
After Lyta
probes most of the Command staff, Talia is revealed to be
"Control".
Mid Oct: The Long, Twilight Struggle.
[Sheridan is looking for news of the sixth game of the World
Series.]
Londo has misgivings about the war, but Refa eggs him
on. G'Kar meets with G'Sten.
Sheridan meets with Draal, still living inside the
Machine in Epsilon Three.
The next day:
Narn attack Gorash 7 but are destroyed by Shadows;
Centauri fleets bombard the Narn homeworld.
End of the Narn / Centauri War.
The next day:
G'Kar asks Sheridan for sanctuary. Meeting with the
Advisory Council. Sheridan meets with the Rangers.
9 Oct: The Tuchanq nuMir Ru slaughters the Narn administration
of the Tuchanq homeworld. She renames herself D'Arc.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
Nov* Comes the Inquisitor.
G'Kar tries to rally the Narn resistance on Babylon 5.
Kosh tests Delenn's allegiance by summoning an ancient
inquisitor.
10 Dec: (This would be the date "Fall of Night"
began if the *actual* dates of Hanukah in 2259 were
used; this would, of course, place "Matters of
Honor" during Christmas 2259.)
12 Dec: Clark's Law. (Novel.)
Tuchanq delegation arrives on Babylon 5.
Mollari tries to convince the Tuchanq to accept
Centauri assistance in exchange for permitting a
Centauri force to remain on their moon. The Tuchanq
are suspicious and decide to wait a bit. One
Tuchanq, D'Arc, is stunned and goes insane, killing
a visiting human. Earthdome decides that this is
to be the first time death sentence is applied, and
sends an executioner.
[The executioner's ship clearly takes too little time
to arrive.]
G'Kar attacked in
core shuttle by Lurkers wearing Changeling nets to
look like Tuchanq. He defeats them and kills all but
one. Executioner killed accidentally. EarthGov
makes Sheridan judge, jury and executioner. G'Kar
tries to kill Mollari, after learning he was behind
the attack. Morden saves both Garibaldi's and
Mollari's lives.
13 Dec: D'Arc is sentenced to death. Sheridan and
Garibaldi fake the execution and send D'Arc onto
the Tuchanq ship. A riot breaks out during the
execution: hundreds wounded and more than 50 people
are killed. The Tuchanq decide to accept the Centauri
offer.
14 Dec: (This would be the date of the signing of the
Earth-Centauri Non-Aggression Pact in "Fall of Night"
if the *actual* dates of Hanukah in 2259 were
used.)
Mid to Late Dec:
Morden talks to Refa and arranges for Zagros VII to
be secured.
("Matters of Honor".)
Lyta leaves the station to head into Vorlon space.
("Gethsemane".)
17/18 Dec: (This is the actual date of the end of Hanukah
in 2259, and thus should be the end of "Fall of Night",
when the contents of Keffer's flight recorder
are revealed on ISN. However, this would place
"Matters of Honor" during Christmas 2259.)
22 Dec: The arrival of the Centauri on Tuchanq.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
23 Dec: The Fall of Night.
Starfighter Squadrons are training against Centauri models.
Sheridan receives word of the Centauri's invasion of the Drazi
and Pak'ma'ra spheres of influence. Sheridan takes this to
Londo Mollari.
24 Dec: Lantz and Welles arrive on B5. The Narn warcruiser
G'Tok arrives very late at night and seeks sanctuary
at Babylon 5.
[Lantz refers to the Solstice celebrations in Geneva as though
it was something he didn't want to miss. Sheridan refers to
someone at EarthDome having read his report about the Centauri
problem, implying a bit of time to send it and have it
possibly read.]
The EAS Eratosthenes, A Wells Fargo jump-gate laying
ship, under Captain Johannes Varese, is destroyed by Shadow
ships in Sector 913.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
25 Dec: Ivanova is approached by Welles. Sheridan tells
G'Kar about the G'Tok. Meeting of the Nightwatch.
G'Tok's Captain takes his engines off-line.
In response to the execution of D'Arc, the E A Senate votes
to end capital punishment.
("Clark's Law" novel.)
26 Dec: The Centauri learn about the G'Tok and send a
Battlecruiser.
The Battlecruiser is destroyed by the Station. While
escorting the G'tok to safety, Keffer finds a trace of a
Shadow Ship. Keffer is killed, but not until he ejects
his flight recorder. On his way to make an official
apology to the
Centauri, Sheridan is almost blown up. Kosh reveals himself
to save Sheridan.
27 Dec: Earth-Centauri Non-Aggression Pact announced.
[Note: JMS suggested strongly that this occurred on or
about the Solstice, which is why I have placed it here.]
28 Dec: End of Hanukah (if this is in fact WHY Ivanova is
lighting her menorah). The contents of
Keffer's flight recorder are revealed on ISN.
2260: "Point of No Return", formerly "I am become Death, Destroyer
of Worlds."
(Babylon 5, third season)
1 Jan* Matters of Honor.
[A week after Sheridan's rescue.]
Marcus Cole leaves Zagros 7. Kosh meets with Sheridan.
5 Jan* Endawi arrives on the Station. Morden and Londo
"reconsider their relationship". Endawi meets with
Delenn and Sheridan ("We have been studying this
footage for the last ten days".) Cole meets with
Delenn and Sheridan. Endawi meets with
ambassadors. They leave the station to go to Zagros 7.
7 Jan* Delenn and Sheridan return to the station, just
as Endawi is leaving.
[Assuming a day to Zagros 7 and a day back.]
8 Jan* War Council established.
11 Jan* Endawi reports to Senator.
[This could take place as late as the 20th, depending on how
long it took the White Star to travel to Zagros 7.]
Engineering and Maintainance hire Richard Carlson.
???? The Touch of your Shadow,
The Whisper of Your Name. (Novel.)
[Placement of this novel is a blatant guess. Garibaldi
has been on a week-long vacation, which would seem to imply
the novel takes place after "Messages from Earth", in which
Garibaldi claims not to have had a vacation for three years.
But the book specifies that it takes place before "Day in
the Strife".]
16 Jan* Convictions.
Various alien missionaries arrive at the station. Brother
Theo and his monks arrive. A
series of bombs rock the station. Lennier is
nearly killed by a bomb when he saves Londo and
Delenn's lives.
17 Jan* Sheridan and Garibaldi catch the Bomber. Londo
and G'Kar are freed from their elevator.
20 Jan* A Day in the Strife.
Transport Pilots' Association complaining about
increased time for inspection, due to increased
weapons searches. Narn Councillor Na'far arrives to
replace G'Kar, because the Centauri think he's
building a resistance. Ta'Lon (from "All Alone in the
Night") is with him, as
his bodyguard. Garibaldi notices indications of
Franklin's stim habit in Earhart's. An alien probe
arrives and gives them 24 hours to provide answers
to a 'test'. Mollari asks Delenn to help arrange
for Vir to be sent to Minbar to work in the
Centauri Diplomatic mission, empty for several
years. Na'far tries to convince G'Kar to leave.
21 Jan* A group of Narns meet Na'Far. They attempt to kill
him, and G'Kar stops them by agreeing to go back to Narn.
With all the answers ready, Sheridan figures out
that the probe is actually there to destroy anyone
who might be advanced enough to be a threat. Ta'Lon
and the others convince G'Kar to stay. Garibaldi and
Franklin meet in Earhart's again. Franklin lies
about not having used stims during the whole probe
incident. Sheridan meets with the Transport Pilots'
Association. Vir leaves for Minbar.
25 Jan* Passing through Gesthemane.
Theo beats Sheridan in a chess game. Lyta
Alexander returns to the station.
[Lyta left a
month ago. She hung out on the edge of Vorlon space
for three days, and then stayed behind in a life pod. Five
days later, she was found and brought to the Vorlon
homeworld. She'll be working for Kosh from now on.]
26 Jan* Brother Edward discovers a Black Rose in his
bag. Edward returns to his quarters, and finds
'Death Walks Among You' painted in what looks like
blood on his wall. He brings Garibaldi in to see
it, but it is gone. Brother Edward interviews
Delenn and Lennier about their beliefs. He heads back
to his room, and after bumping into a Centauri, he
has flashbacks of memories about things he doesn't
remember doing.
27 Jan* Edward disappears. Lyta probes the Centauri and
finds out where they are. One of the humans attempts to kill
Edward.
7 Feb* Lyta returns from Kosh's mission. "Brother
Malcolm" is sent to Earth.
c 13 Feb* Voices of Authority.
The War Council decides to try to contact the
First Ones. G'Kar starts prying into Ranger
activities. Captain meets with Julie Musante, his
political officer. Ivanova meets with Draal and
comes up with evidence of Clark's complicity in
President Santiago's death.
c 14 Feb* Ivanova and Marcus meet the "Walkers of Sigma
957". Sheridan turns the evidence over to General
Hague.
c 15 Feb* Musante recalled to Earth as the evidence is
revealed. G'Kar gives Garibaldi the Book of G'Quon.
c 21 Feb* Dust to Dust.
Sheridan receives the "fourth report" of
sedition "in two days" (implying that it's about
day five or six of "Voices of Authority".)
Senate Meetings are
beginning. Bester contacts Garibaldi. Dust user
goes nuts down-below. War Council meeting.
c 22 Feb* Vir returns to the station (from Minbar).
Bester arrives at B5. He takes "the sleepers".
[It has been established, notably in "Mind War",
that a dose of the "sleepers" lasts for a week.]
G'Kar attacks Londo. G'Kar's revelation.
c 27 Feb* G'Kar's trial. G'Kar sentenced to no less than
60 days (8 1/2 weeks) incarceration for assaulting
Londo.
[Date based on G'Kar's being released in "Point of
No Return"; n.b. 2260 is a leap year.]
c 29 Feb* Vir recalled to Minbar. [Londo looks like he's
had a few days to recover from his beating.] Bester
leaves.
c 4 March: Mary Kirkish is called in to a dig on Ganymede,
where a Shadow vessel has been dug up.
("Messages from Earth".)
11 March* Exogenesis.
A ship arrives with some Vindrizi symbiotes. Lt
j.g. David Corwin is promoted to full Lieutenant.
Sheridan asks Ivanova to find out whether or not
they can trust Corwin enough to bring him into the
War Council. Marcus receives info from a Ranger.
"Ranger One" recommends that the Rangers go on
heightened state of alert and pull back from Earth
space, due to what's happening back home. A
'package' Marcus wants just left Mars, and should
arrive in a week.
[The date is based on the
assumption that the 'package' is Dr. Kirkish.]
12 March* Marcus talks Franklin into going with him to
investigate disappearances of people. Marcus and
Franklin are taken prisoner by the Vendrizi. Corwin
visits Ivanova. Franklin and Marcus agree to let the
Vendrizi go on with their mission. Duncan can't
take another back in -- it would harm him.
13 March* Ivanova tells Sheridan Corwin won't work out.
Duncan decides to leave B5, to try and see the
things he saw when joined with the Vendrizi.
18 March* Messages From Earth.
Mary Kirkish arrives on B5.
[Earth is "beginning the sixth week of Senate hearings";
G'Kar says "two weeks here; six to go". Since the
actual duration of G'Kar's sentence is 8 1/2 weeks, my
estimate is an attempt to be as conservative as
possible.]
19 March* Sheridan leaves to reach the White Star.
["The Captain hasn't been in his quarters since last
Monday".]
20 March* Sheridan and the White Star reach
Ganymede just as the Shadow Vessel is activated. Sheridan
encounters the Agamemnon.
21 March* Sheridan returns to B5.
2 April: General Hague disappears from contact.
["Last Monday" in "Point of No Return".]
8 April: President Clark declares Martial Law in "Earth
Central", in the late evening.
["Messages from Earth", "Point of No Return".]
8 April: Point of No Return.
Londo and Vir learn of both the Martial Law and of
Lady Morella's visit.
9 April: Communications blackout (0800); Lady Morella
arrives on B5; G'Kar is released; Command Staff
communicate with General Smitts (1100); Nightwatch
takes over Security on B5; Lady Morella's Tour
(evening); Executive Order for Martial Law
announced during a Riot.
10 April: Nighwatch Security are captured (0315); the
Narn assist security; Lady Morella prophesies;
G'Kar insists on being let "in" on the "New Alliance".
10 April: Severed Dreams -- opening battle scene.
General Hague's ship, the EAS Alexander, is ambushed
by the Earth-loyal ship EAS Clarkstown after leaving
Orion VII. Hague is killed; Major Ryan takes command.
Ryan destroys the Clarkstown.
11 April: Point of No Return -- final scene.
Vir leaves again for Minbar. Delenn returns.
c 12 April:
Mars refuses to implement President Clark's order of
martial law.
13 April: Severed Dreams.
President Clark orders the bombardment of the Mars Colony.
The Alexander arrives at B5 carrying General
Hague's body.
Human colonies on Orion VII and Proxima III declare
independence from the Earth Alliance.
Babylon 5 declares independence from the Earth
Alliance.
14 April: Major battle for control of Babylon 5.
c 30 April: G'Kar's estimated date of release from
jail.
[Assuming he had two weeks left on his sentence
in "Point of No Return".]
???? Ceremonies of Light and Dark.
Remants of Nightwatch try to kill Delenn.
[Dates are unknown. This is the halfway point of the
series as planned.]
14 May: Date of Sheridan's tape, in which he describes
his feelings towards Delenn.
("Mr Garibaldi".)
c 20 June: Bester becomes involved with Carolyn Sanderson.
[Backdated from "Ship of Tears"; her name given in
"Z'ha'dum"/v.]
3 July: Sic Transit Vir.
Vir returns to B5 from Centauri Prime to find
that he's been married.
Vir is removed from his position at Minbar because he
has been helping Narns escape slaughter.
c 12 July: A Late Delivery from Avalon.
[This is "15 years to the day" after the Prometheus fired
the shots that began the Earth / Minbari War. Date is an
estimate based on dates of "Vir" and "Ship of Tears".]
"Arthur, King of the Britons" comes to Babylon 5
to give Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.
The Babylon 5 Treaty, for the mutual defense of
Babylon 5, is signed by a number of members of the former
League of Non-Aligned Worlds.
David McInytre is sent to work with the Narn
resistance.
c 20 July* Ship of Tears.
ISN comes back on-line, now a propaganda arm of the Earth
government.
Bester arrives at B5 wanting to stop a shipment
of weapons components being shipped to the Shadows.
These components consist of biotechnologically
altered telepaths.
c 20 to 22 July* Bester and the crew capture these telepaths
from the Shadows.
24 July: The Shadows begin to invade a number of alien
systems.
[This may be the beginning of the
so-called "Shadow War", which would seem to be the second
phase of the "Great War".]
("Ship of Tears", "Interludes".)
27 July: Kosh "goes to ground".
("Interludes".)
28 July: Earthforce begins campaign to "liberate" Mars.
("The Illusion of Truth" says campaign has been going on
for 259 days.)
3 August: Interludes and Examinations.
The Shadows continue their attacks, this time in Brakiri
space. Londo prepares for a visit from Adira.
4 August:
Sinclair convinces Kosh to arrange for a Vorlon
fleet to help defeat the Shadows.
Vorlon fleet destroys the Shadow fleet in Brakiri space.
5 August:
(Early morning:) Morden and three shadows kill Kosh.
Adira is poisoned before her ship arrives at Babylon 5.
Londo agrees to work with Morden again.
Kosh's body is
returned to his ship, and launched into the Sun.
13 August: War Without End, Part 1.
[This is eight days after the last Shadow attack; they
have been "laying low" since the Vorlon fleet showed
up.]
Jeffrey Sinclair and Delenn receive messages from out of
the past. Sinclair travels from Minbar to Babylon 5.
[It *should* take more than a few hours for Sinclair to
arrive from Minbar, but apparently it doesn't.]
Sinclair, Sheridan, Delenn, Zathras, and others use the
machine on Epsilon 3 to take the White Star into
the past to steal Babylon 4. Sheridan is lost in time.
13 August: War Without End, Part 2.
[Most of this episode does not actually take place
in 2260.]
Oct*
Shadows begin herding refugees into Sector 83.
("Shadow Dancing".)
Mid Nov: Walkabout.
New Vorlon ambassador arrives. Sheridan and Lyta Alexander
verify that telepaths can block Shadow vessels.
Late Nov: Grey 17 Is Missing.
Delenn becomes the new Entil'zha ("Ranger One").
7 Dec ["Z-14"]: The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place.
A group of religious leaders from Earth arrive on B5.
Lord Refa and Lord Virini arrive to discuss Centauri
politics with Londo.
8 Dec ["Z-13"]:
G'Kar on Narn. Lord Refa finds "no hiding place" on Narn.
11 Dec ["Z-10"]:
Londo talks to Minister Virini. The existence of the fleet
of White Star type ships is revealed to Sheridan.
14 Dec ["Z-7"]: Shadow Dancing.
Delenn meets with the Alliance representatives.
The White Star leaves to spearhead the Fleet in Sector
83.
15 Dec ["Z-6"]:
Battle in Sector 83. A Shadow fleet is destroyed,
counterpointing Franklin's fight for his life.
17 Dec ["Z-4"]:
The wounded begin arriving at B5.
c 18 Dec ["Z-3"*]:
Franklin begins directing the medical efforts from his
wheelchair.
19 Dec ["Z-2"]:
Early Morning: Anna Sheridan arrives on B5, shattering the
isolated peace of the "beacon, all alone in the night".
19 Dec ["Z-2"]: Z'ha'dum.
Anna confronts John and Delenn.
21 Dec ["Z"]:
John Sheridan and Anna leave for Z'ha'dum.
26 Dec:
John Sheridan and Anna arrive at Z'ha'dum and speak with
Morden and Justin. Shadow vessels threated Babylon 5.
Londo is recalled to Centauri Prime. Sheridan attacks
Z'ha'dum. Garibaldi apparently abducted by a Shadow
vessel.
(Date based on Franklin's comments in "Mr Garibaldi" and
clarification by JMSU.)
It seems possible that the conversations between John Sheridan
and Lorien actually take place during his plunge.
("Hour of the Wolf", "Mr Garibaldi".)
2261: "No Surrender, No Retreat" (Babylon 5, fourth season)
2 Jan: The Hour of the Wolf.
Ivanova, Delenn, and Lyta decide to seek for Sheridan at
Z'ha'dum.
[Ivanova says it's "7 days after" Sheridan went to
Z'ha'dum. But since the dates in "Mr Garibaldi" were
clarified in JMSU, this episode must somehow fit between
26 December and 4 January. How Ivanova, Delenn, and Lyta
reach Z'ha'dum and return so quickly is a mystery, since
it took the Sheridans five days to make the trip one-way.]
4 Jan: Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
[JMSU clarified that Franklin's voice-over was supposed
to read, "It's now 14 days since Captain Sheridan left
for Z'ha'dum and was presumed killed; 9 days since
Mr. Garibaldi disappeared while on patrol."]
G'Kar leaves to search for Mr. Garibaldi.
Delenn plans to attack Z'ha'dum in "one week".
Garibaldi is given to the Psi Corps by the Shadows.
They take him to a secret facility on Mars, where Bester
intervenes and adds some programming of his own. Bester
is aware that some kind of action is being planned
against the Corps, but he doesn't know what or by whom.
Given Garibaldi's proven track record at ferreting out
conspiracies, Bester instructs his colleagues to leave
Garibaldi's personality largely intact, and to accentuate
his natural sense of paranoia and distrust.
Garibaldi's mission is to gather information about the
threat to the Psi Corps if the opportunity arises, then
signal Bester.
("Face of the Enemy".)
7 Jan? The Summoning.
Zack discovers Garibaldi. Delenn's plan to attack the
Shadows runs into trouble. Ivanova and Marcus depart.
9 Jan? Ivanova and Marcus attempt to
solicit aid from more First Ones, but discover the Vorlon
fleet instead.
[Two days after Ivanova leaves, Delenn says it is
"January 17". But she also says it is "two weeks after
Garibaldi vanished", i.e. January 9. The second date seems
the right one -- since the White Star Fleet, scheduled to
leave on January 11, has not yet left when Sheridan returns!]
9 or 10 Jan? Sheridan returns from the dead, bringing with
him the alien Lorien.
Mid January: Personal Agendas. (Novel.)
[This novel takes place between "Summoning" and
"Apotheosis".]
Mid or Late January: Falling Toward Apotheosis.
The Vorlons begin step up their battle against the
Shadows. Sheridan asks Garibaldi to remove Kosh from the
station, leading to the death of the second Kosh. Delenn
learns that Sheridan has twenty years to live.
Three Days Later: The Long Night.
Cartagia, Londo, Vir, and G'kar reach Narn. Assassination
of Cartagia.
Three Days Later: Into The Fire.
Lorien and Ivanova briefly stop at Babylon 5. Londo and Vir
reach Centauri Prime.
The Next Day: Londo destroys the Shadow vessels on
Centauri Prime, and has Morden executed.
The Army of Light mounts its final assault. They meet the
Vorlons, the Shadows, and the Old Ones at Coriana 6. One Vorlon
Planet-Killer destroyed by Old Ones; another reaches Centauri
Prime.
Lorien intercedes. End of the Shadow War. End of the
Second Age of Mankind.
Winter: Epiphanies.
Londo Mollari returns to Babylon 5, leaving (name?) in charge
as Regent. Garibaldi resigns. Z'ha'Dum is destroyed to keep
its technology from falling into the wrong hands.
Centauri Regent acquires a "Keeper".
c 28 March: The Illusion of Truth.
ISN reporter interviews Sheridan on on Babylon 5.
c 5 April: Sheridan's family farm burns down. Sheridan's father
vanishes.
12 April: ISN News program airs.
Senate reopens. Day 259 of fighting on Mars ends with
freeing of New Vegas and Slimtown.
Early June: Atonement.
Delenn is recalled to Minbar to resolve a problem
concerning her relationship with Sheridan, and must
finally face up to her role in the Earth-Minbari War.
Sheridan sends Marcus and Franklin to Mars on a secret
mission.
Mid June: Racing Mars.
Marcus and Franklin meet Captain Jack and land on Mars.
[Two weeks after "Atonement".]
Mid June: Lines of Communication.
Shadow remnants begin attacking shipping.
Franklin and Marcus try to convince the leaders of the
resistance to go along with Sheridan's plan to unseat
Clark.
Delenn investigates a series of attacks on Minbari
allies. She discovers the Drakh.
Minbar begins to slide toward civil war.
Sheridan prepares to broadcast news with Ivanova on
the "Voice of the Resistance".
[Episode lasts three days.]
Early July: Conflicts of Interest.
Garibaldi meets Lise Hampton Edgars. He begins working for
William Edgars.
Ivanova visits Epsilon 3, meets another Zathras.
"Voice of the Resistance", the resistance's counter-propaganda
broadcasts, begins.
Sheridan proposes a plan to protect the Non-Aligned
Worlds from raiders.
[Roughly two weeks after "Lines of Communication".]
Mid July: Rumors, Bargains, and Lies.
Sheridan tricks the League of Non-Aligned Worlds into
accepting his proposed defense pact. The League of
Non-Aligned Worlds agreeds to give the White Star Fleet
authority to operate as a police force along its borders.
Delenn tries to work with Neroon to defuse a brewing
Minbari civil war.
2 August * Moments of Transition.
The warrior caste demands Delenn's surrender to end
the Civil War.
Bester makes an offer to an increasingly desperate
Lyta.
A Starfury squadron defects to the Resistance at
Proxima III.
3 August:
Delenn forms a new Grey Council, with the worker caste
holding five of the nine positions. The position of leader is
reserved for "The One who is to come."
Unable to find work, Lyta rejoins the Psi Corps
"in name only".
Sheridan is compelled to act after receiving a
recording of an Earthforce Destroyer destroying refugee
ships from Ivanova. ("Moments of Transition"/v clearly
shows this to be the Agamemnon; but JMSU says
this is an error that will later be corrected.)
2 Sept: No Surrender, No Retreat.
Sheridan's forces liberate Proxima III.
Londo tries to enlist G'Kar's aid in backing Sheridan
against Earth.
Garibaldi leaves the station for Mars, intending to
never return.
c 10 Sept: Sheridan's forces have liberated the colony
at Beta Durani, as well as a midrange military outpost.
("Vital Powers".)
c 15 Sept: The Exercise of Vital Powers.
Day 1:
Garibaldi arrives on Mars to meet with Edgars.
Lyta accidentally awakens one of the implanted
telepaths rescued from the Shadows.
Garibaldi is interrogated by Edgars and a telepath.
Day 2:
Franklin and Lyta test her ability to wake up the
implanted telepaths. After observing the effect of her
mental contact with them, Franklin devises an artificial
equivalent and feels he's well on his way to reviving
them.
Sept or Oct * The Face of the Enemy.
Lyta warns Franklin of an impending clash between
telepaths and "Normals".
Sheridan's search for his father leads him into Garibaldi's
trap. He is imprisoned on Mars.
Garibaldi learns of Edgars' plan, which threatens all
telepaths. Bester's people wipe out Edgars and his threat.
Garibaldi gets his mind back.
Sept or Oct * Intersections in Real Time.
Sheridan is tortured.
[Episode begins about 2-3 days after "Face of the Enemy".
This episode appears to take 4-5 days, but given the
nature of the torture, there is
no real reason to believe what is actually said.
However, based on the healing of the wounds on Sheridan's
face, and the speed of his beard's growth, it's not
implausible.]
Oct * Between the Darkness and the Light.
Day 1:
Garibaldi is captured by the Mars Resistance.
[According to Lyta, this takes places "less than a week"
after Sheridan's capture].
Ivanova and the White Star fleet defeat the Orion and
the Damocles, and learn that Clark has set a trap at the
rendezvous point in Sector 300.
Day 2:
Garibaldi, Franklin and Lyta rescue Sheridan.
[According to Lyta, this takes places "over a week" after
Sheridan's capture].
Ivanova and the White Star fleet battles Clark's
"advanced Destroyer" forces (built from Shadow
technology). Ivanova is mortally injured.
Day ?:
Sheridan reaches the fleet rendezvous point, and
visits Ivanova. She asks him to lead the final battle
for Earth from the bridge of the Agamemnon.
[There is no
way to tell how long it took Sheridan to get from Mars to
the the rendezvous point. Since he appears to arrive on
a Minbari flyer, it may not have been a direct route.]
1 Nov: Endgame.
Sheridan and his fleet disable the Mars Fleet by
unleasing the Shadow-modified telepaths. They then proceed
towards Earth.
Marcus learns of the alien healing device, and
abandons the fleet, which is about to attack Earth.
2 Nov: Sheridan and his fleet arrive at Earth
(1.45 AM Earth Standard Time).
President Clark commits suicide (2.53 AM EST), but not before
turning the Planetary defence grid towards Earth.
Earth Government is re-established.
Marcus hooks himself and Ivanova into the alien
healing device.
[n.b. *White Star ships* seem to be able
to make it from Earth to B5 in under 24 hours.]
Sheridan surrenders to Earthgov.
2 or 3 Nov: Rising Star.
Susanna Luchenko of the Russian Consortium becomes
Earthgov President. She and Sheridan come to an
arrangement.
Told that the Regent is dying, Londo is requested
to return to Centauri Prime.
Delenn presents to the League of Non-Aligned Worlds a
proposition for an Interstellar Alliance.
Garibaldi continues to search for Lise Hampton-Edgars.
3 Nov: Earthgov grants Sheridan's officers amnesty.
Sheridan resigns from Earthforce.
Delenn announces the formation of the Interstellar
Alliance to Earthgov and invites them to join. Sheridan
is named President of the new Alliance.
Ivanova is promoted to Captain and is assigned to a
new Warlock Class destroyer.
Sheridan and Delenn are married in a private ceremony
on a White Star ship heading back to Babylon 5.
Early Nov: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars.
Sheridan and Delenn arrive on Babylon 5 and are greeted as
a newly married couple. Londo, G'kar, and Garibaldi are all
present.
[The remainder of this episode does not take place in 2261.
See "Glimpses of What Will Be" below.]
Date unknown: Thirdspace.
(TNT Babylon 5 movie.)
The crew finds an alien artifact in hyperspace (?)
[This upcoming TNT movie was originally set to occur between
"Epiphanies" and "Atonement", according to JMS. More
recently, JMS has said it will take place at the end of
Season Four, before Ivanova's departure.]
2262: Babylon 5, fifth season.
(Title unknown.)
2 Jan: ISN program "Night Side" discusses the recent events,
including the fall of President Clark and the formation of
the Interstellar Alliance.
("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
Glimpses of what will be . . . . .
2260's ??
Londo Mollari becomes Emperor of the Centauri.
("Coming of Shadows", "Point of No Return". He
doesn't look significantly older in the dream. Based on
Vir's comments in "Rising Star", this may happen as early
as 2262.)
2265 to 2270: "The Babylon Project: Crusade"
(Forthcoming spin-off series.)
????
Sheridan and Delenn eventually become the parents of "David".
("War Without End II", "Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
????
The Telepath War.
(JMSU, and hints in "Deconstruction".)
????
The Drakh War.
(JMSU.)
????
The Shadows' allies scourge Centauri Prime, and pretty well
decimate the Centauri. Emperor Londo is given a "Keeper", a
shadow servant which lurks on his neck. He orders most windows
in the palace painted black to avoid views of the carnage.
("War Without End I", "In the Beginning".)
2278
Sheridan and Delenn are interrogated by Emperor Londo on
Centauri Prime but kept separate. The time-travelling Sheridan
enters the future Sheridan's body while being interrogated.
Londo locks Sheridan up with Delenn; they reunite while he
begins drinking.
("War Without End I and II".)
Londo tells the story of "In the Beginning" to Urza
Jaddo's niece and nephew.
("In the Beginning" and "In the Beginning" novelization.)
Londo continues to drink, subduing his "Keeper". He allows
Sheridan and Delenn to escape.
("War Without End II".)
Before Londo can be controlled again by his "Keeper",
he asks for his "old friend" G'Kar to kill him. Londo and
G'Kar kill each other.
("Midnight on the Firing Line", "Coming of Shadows",
"War Without End II".)
[Londo predicted his death would be around 2278 in "Midnight".
In "War Without End", he gives the date as being "17 years after
the alliance to fight the Shadows was formed", or about 2277.
The precise date of 2278 is given in "Beginning".]
2278
After Londo dies, Vir becomes emperor.
[This is a guess, based on Lady Morella's vision, Vir's picking up
the amulet of office, and my assumption that the remaining
Centauri are to be eventually redeemed.]
("Point of No Return", "War Without End II".)
c 2281
Sheridan dies, as the life force he gained from
Lorien on Z'ha'dum fades.
(Lorien's comments in "Apotheosis" suggest Sheridan would
die around 2280. In "Deconstruction", the stellarcast of 2362
says Sheridan's death was "eighty years ago", or approximately
2282.)
c 2282
Babylon 5 is destroyed.
(In "Deconstruction", this is stated to have been "480 years
ago" in 2762. Note that this could very well be at the
same time as Sheridan's death, since either date may be
rounded off.)
2362
2 Jan:
A stellarcast discusses the 100th anniversary of the
Interstellar Alliance. Delenn appears to refute the
historians' opinions of Sheridan.
("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
2762
2 Jan:
Two factions vie for control of Earth: one is in
favor of breaking away from the Interstellar Alliance; the other
wishes to remain in the Alliance. The break-away faction
attempts to holographically
"deconstruct historical figures revered by the
prolesector". This results in the the triggering of a terrible
war that will later be known as The Great Burn. This
war renders the surface of the Earth nearly uninhabitable.
("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
3262
2 Jan:
An order of monks is attempting to find, record and
restore the knowledge of the past, helped secretly by
agents of the Rangers.
("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
c 1,000,000
The Rangers apparently still exist, and at least some of
them resemble the Vorlons.
The Earth's sun goes nova.
("The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".)
The future that almost was . . . . .
21 August 2260
The Shadows, in an alternate future, attack Babylon 5.
[This is eight days after date of "War Without End I".]
Garibaldi forces Sinclair to leave B5, as it is
about to be overrun by "evil creatures". Sinclair
escapes, while Garibaldi remains behind to fight
them while the self-destruct is engaged.
("Babylon Squared", "War Without End I".)
Babylon 5 explodes, with only one ship escaping.
("Signs and Portents"/v, "War Without End I"/v.)
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