HISTORY: Spelljammer Timeline IIIa

An "official" Spelljammer Timeline [revised 1.0]
By Paul Westermeyer aka GMWestermeyer

Entry format:
Entries are listed by year. Each entry is begun with a notation 
indicating the game setting it comes from (ie [SJ] = Spelljammer, 
[FR] = Forgotten Realms, [GH] = Greyhawk, [AQ] = Al Qadim, [DL] = 
Dragonlance, [KT] = Kara Tur). They are followed by the date in the 
world's own calendar (if not a Spelljammer only event) and a citation 
with the source and pagination.

* Events marked with an asterisk do not have a specific time notation 
but the general chronology is correct.

@ Events marked with a '@' symbol are past events with no specific 
time notation nor a sense of when the event occurred. These events 
are best guesses on my part.

c Dates preceded by a 'c' are 'circa'. Dates without the 'c' are specific.

The Timeline

c-3,000,000
[SJ] The mysterious Juna, or Creators, appear to be the first race to 
dominate space.  Their trilateral symbols (flowers, stars) are today 
found on many odd and ancient ruins.
{Into the Void, pp 67-70}
[SJ] *In Winterspace, the planet Radole's unique geology and 
topography are obviously created by intelligent life long before its 
recorded history.  Radole's geology features tunnels with abstract 
murals and carvings with a motif of three pointed stars and three 
petaled flowers, possibly indicating the Juna, that likely date from 
just after the world is terra-formed.
{SJR4 Practical Planetology, pp14-15}

c-2,000,000
[SJ] *The thri-kreen precede the humans and illithids into space. 
The Juna are already disappearing, their memory preserved in 
thri-kreen legends and the artifacts and ruins left behind.
{SJA2 Skull & Crossbows, p46}
{Into the Void, pp 67-70}

c-15,000
[SJ] Historical records on the planet ring world Nivil begin. Nivil 
is home to virtually every sentient race known, each is found 
somewhere on the massive planet.
{SJR4 Practical Planetology, p41}

c-14,959
[SJ] A High Elven spelljammer crashes on the world of Bodi, 
establishing its small population of high elves.
{SJR4 Practical Planetology, p18}

-12,840
[SJ] The various societies of the Astromundi Cluster (aka the 
Shattered Sphere) become aware of spelljamming. (pre-Cycles AC)
{The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}

-11,840
[SJ] The First Cataclysm occurs when two of the Cluster's three 
planets collide.  The surviving planet, Astromundi, gives its name to 
the sphere. (1/1 AC)
{The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}

c-11,840 to 2000
[SJ] *In the aftermath of the First Cataclysm, the population of the 
planet Astromundi expanded considerably.  This led to wars, some 
lasting decades, between rival nations, as well as persecution of the 
non-human Astromundian population, particularly the elves and 
dwarves.  Many human offspring begin exhibiting mutations and they 
are banished into Astromundi's Underdark. (c1/1 to 8/1064 AC)
{The Astromundi Cluster, Astrogator's Guide, p4}

c-8318 to -5318
[FR] The Crown Wars are fought between the various Elven nations on 
Faerun.  They are initiated primarily by the Gold Elf Vyshaan clan, 
rulers of the elven kingdom of Aryvandaar in the High Forest of 
northern Faerun.  (-12,000 to -9,000 DR)
{Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p32-33 }

c-6318
[FR] Descent of the Drow: Corellon's magic, as directed through his 
priests and High Mages, transforms the dark elves, whether the 
corrupt Ilythiiri or others, into the drow. Whether by magic or by 
the weaknesses that banish them from the sunlit lands, all drow 
retreat within two months' passing into the Underdark. Elves are 
summoned by the Seldarine to the site that becomes Elven Court one 
month after the Descent of the Drow, to settle differences and 
restore the peace among the elves. (-10,000 DR)
{Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p31}

c-5318
[FR] The IEN man-o-war GREEN MONARCH under Captain Mariona Leafbower 
loses a battle with Q'nidar and is forced to make a crash landing on 
the island of Evermeet of the planet Toril in Realmspace. Captain 
Leafbower lends her expertise to Evermeet's navy in the construction 
of the Ruathimaer ('Starwings') which become the defensive fleet of 
Evermeet. (c-9000 DR)
{Evermeet: Island of the Elves, p227}
[FR] The Fifth Crown War ends with the utter defeat of the Vyshaan 
and the dissolution of Aryvandaar.  Much of the High Forest is 
abandoned for an age, leaving the forest open so the gods might 
restore its peace. The madness of the Vyshaan clan compelled even 
their most fervent followers to abandon them before all the elves lay 
dead at their hands. While the final fate of the Vyshaan elves is not 
recorded, most Tel'Quessir believe them dead and executed at the 
hands of Elven Court. Still, some rebellious elves across the 
centuries whisper tales of the four sons of Vyshaan who escaped to 
the west and to the stars to quietly marshal their strength and await 
such a time as they could return in glory to Faerun. (c-9000 DR)
{Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves, p23 & p31}

240
[SJ/FR] The Tears of Selune 'pop' into existence; the event is noted 
in ancient histories of Shou Lung and Evermeet. (-3440 DR/-2190 Shou)
{SJR2 Realmspace, p29}

c1041
[SJ] The 'People of the Celestial Mantis', a thri-kreen nation, 
dominate a section of wildspace much as the IEN does today.  They are 
the dominant sect in the thri-kreen religion, worshipping the Mantis 
God of the Eternal Lotus.  They launch an unsuccessful crusade 
against other races and faiths, trying to force them into following 
the Eternal Lotus teachings.  Their crusade is unsuccessful, breaking 
their domination of wildspace and causing the rise of more moderate 
sects devoted to the Mantis God.
{SJA2 Skull & Crossbows, p42}

c1044
[SJ] The elven heroine Raven Stormwalker defeats a horde of evil 
dragons in Realmspace.
{The Radiant Dragon, pp165-167}

c1182
[FR] Ao, overpower of Realmspace, allows the god Ptah to transport 
avatars of two godly pantheons to their people in Realmspace. 
Worshippers of these two pantheons, known latter in Realmspace as the 
Untheric and Mulhorandi pantheons, had been kidnapped from their home 
plane and enslaved by the famed Imaskari sorcerers. These sorcerers 
had been powerful enough to create a magical barrier to planar access 
into the sphere. Ptah uses two mythical spelljammers, the war 
galley/river barge MATET/SEMKTET and the GALLEY OF THE GODS, to 
transport avatars of these powers, which then overthrow the Imaskari 
sorcerers. (c. -2500 DR)
{Powers and Pantheons, p94}

1301
[FR]  Three beholder colony ships crash in the Alimir mountains of 
Toril, they establish the Alimir hive. (-2381 DR)
{Empires of the Shining Sea, p40}