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{{for|the history of the game world|real world history|Real world history}}The timeline on this page outlines the '''history of the world''' that the ''[[MediEvil]]'' series takes place in. It is based on information from [[manual]]s, [[books]] and other in-game references. It also uses information from the [[:Category:Official websites|official websites]] and [[:Category:Promotional materials|promotional materials]].

Historical events preceded by "c." are approximations based on given information and are not to be considered exact dates, and may be subject to change as new information is given.

Events marked as "Unknown" are also approximations and their placement in the timeline could be entirely wrong.

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! '''Year'''

! '''Event'''

|'''{{circa|8614 B.C.}}'''

| [[RavenHooves the Archer]], last prince of the Centaurs, dies before or around this time.

|'''{{circa|1303 B.C.}}'''

|[[Ramesses II]] is born.<ref name="Ramesses">{{Icon|Wikipedia}} {{Cite web|title=Ramesses II|site=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II|retrieved=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

|'''{{c.|1232 B.C.}}'''

|[[Kiya]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/three.htm|Princess Kiya|date=20141108104641}}{{Ref|a|[a]}}

|'''1279 B.C.'''

|Ramesses II becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.<ref name="Ramesses">{{Icon|Wikipedia}} {{Cite web|title=Ramesses II|site=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II|retrieved=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

|'''1213 B.C.'''

|Kiya is selected to be one of Ramesses II's wives. However, Ramesses II dies before their marriage is consummated.<ref name="Ramesses"/> Nonetheless, Kiya is selected to accompany him on his journey to the afterlife. She is interred in a tomb at Abu Simbel.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|7}}

|[[Mellowmede]] is destroyed by the [[Rhinotaurs]] in what would become known as the [[Massacre of Mellowmede]].{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Rhinotaurs}}

|'''Unknown'''

|King Peregrin is crowned at age 15. Zarok's dog, [[Mr Snuffy]], is killed by Peregrin's Royal Guard the day of the coronation.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

|'''1236'''

|The first Gallowmere Games take place this year.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

|'''1254'''

|[[Sir Daniel Fortesque]] is born to [[Lord Cedric Fortesque]].{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}{{Ref|b|[b]}}

|'''Unknown'''

|50 years after Peregrin's coronation, a terrible famine sweeps over Gallowmere. The King tasks his Court Magician, [[Mazok the Muddled]] to come up with a solution. Mazok's attempts lead to the creation of the [[Jabberwocky]].{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Jabberwocky}}

The people of Gallows Town clamour for a democracy.{{Gameref|MPSP}}

|'''1286'''

|The undead Sir Daniel Fortesque from '''1886''' finds himself in Gallowmere, just one day before the [[Battle of Gallowmere]]. He joins forces with [[Canny Tim]] and the fairies to thwart an attack on Castle Peregrin by the [[Jabberwocky]].{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

On the day of the battle, the undead Dan swaps places with his living self to ensure history happens as it should. [[Lord Kardok]] and Daniel die in battle. Zarok survives the battle and flees into hiding.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

|'''Unknown'''

|'''1386'''

Zarok returns to conquer Gallowmere once again, but unwittingly resurrects Sir Dan, who eventually defeats him.{{Gameref|MED2|[[INTROP1]]}}

|Fisherman [[Phil McCaven]] caught a [[Kraken]] off the coast of Bognor Regis.{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Museum]]}}

|Many possessions of Ramesses' are recovered from a Tomb at Abu Simbel, including Kiya's tomb and are brought and placed into the Great Museum in Kensington.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|7}}

|'''{{c.|1840}}'''

|'''{{circa|1849}}'''

|'''{{circa|1851}}'''

|''December'': Lord Palethorn is expelled from the Magic Circle.

|'''1878'''

|''January 10'': Lord Palethorn asks Professor Hamilton Kift to accompany him on a [[Expedition of '78|journey]] to the last resting place of [[Zarok's spell book]].

''January 11'': The Professor agrees to accompany Lord Palethorn.

''January 17'': The Professor and Lord Palethorn stay the night in the Bonny Prince Charlie inn.

''January 18'': The Professor and Palethorn arrive on the island where the tomb containing Zarok's spell book can be found.

''January 20'': The Professor and Lord Palethorn find the entrance to the tomb.

''January 21'': The Professor and Lord Palethorn enter the tomb. As Palethorn takes the spell book, the tomb begins to collapse. He pushes the Professor aside, whose hands are crushed by the closing tomb's door.

''Early February'': The Professor is found by local fishermen and transported to Inverness to heal.

''March 31'': The Professor constructs functional mechanical hands for himself, although he has trouble adjusting to them.

''April 1'': The Professor recounts the events of January 21 in his journal.

|'''1884'''

|''March 6'': ''Medievil Times'' newspaper issue No. 1 is published.{{Ref|c|[c]}}

|''March 12'': the Professor performs experiments in an attempt to create a fully formed human specimen, but only manages to re-animate body parts, which mutate into monsters that he is forced to release into the London Underground.{{Gameref|MED2|[[Dankenstein]]}}

|''April 21'': The ''[[Medievil Times]]'' newspaper issue No. 666 is published.{{Bookref|Medievil-Times}}

Palethorn casts a spell that raises the dead, including Daniel once again.{{Gameref|MED2|[[INTROP3]]}} Dan teams up with the Professor and Princess Kiya to stop him.

''May 23'': The Professor writes in his journal about Kiya's usefulness in helping him with his experiments in creating a fully formed human specimen.{{Gameref|MED2|[[Dankenstein]]}}

Later, Kiya is killed by [[Jack the Ripper]]. Daniel travels back in time using the Professor’s Time Machine to change this course of events. He saves Kiya and merges with his past self, creating the [[Super Armour]]. Eventually, Palethorn is defeated.

One outcome sees Daniel and Kiya return to their eternal slumber together in the Museum.{{Gameref|MED2|[[OUTRO]]}}

Another sees Daniel and Kiya travel back in time (but also to an alternative timeline), where they end up in [[Zarok's Lair:MediEvil|Zarok's Lair]]. However, instead of encountering Zarok, they are met with [[Palethorn]], who used the power of [[Zarok's spell book]] to travel back in time and replaced Zarok with himself.{{Gameref|MED2|[[CHALLIS]]}}{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|11632|Interview with Jason Wilson|February 10, 2012}}

Another chain of events shows that Dan and Kiya use the time machine to travel through time. However, the time machine malfunctions and separates them. Dan ends up in '''1286''', one day before the [[Battle of Gallowmere]] while Kiya is transported back to her own lifetime.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

|It was believed back in 1886 that by this year, the moon will be a part of the great colonial empire.{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Time Machine]]}}

|The "Essays on Popular Delusion and the Madness of the Masses", written by Prof. Marcus Effington Christy are released. Among these delusions is included ''The Autumn of Death'' which describes the events of 1886 as such.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|4}}

|A [[Captain Fortesque|mysterious man]] meets with [[Professor Darrow]], a researcher of the life, death and resurrections of Sir Daniel Fortesque. He tells her about the events following Palethorn's defeat and the events preceding the Battle of Gallowmere.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

{{Note|a|a}} Kiya's age is given as 19 on [[MediEvil 2|''MediEvil 2'']]'s official website. Subtracting her age from the year of the Pharaoh's death gives us her approximate date of birth.