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|[[Dragons]] of old build the [[Dragon Gate]] and create the [[Dragon Armour]].{{Gameref|MED}}{{Gameref|MED|The Gallows Gauntlet|author=Book|quote=This magical barrier was constructed by the Dragons of old. Only those brave enough to adorn the Dragon Armor may pass through this fiery gate way.}}{{Gameref|MED|The Gallows Gauntlet|author=Book|quote=The fabled Dragon Armor was forged by Dragons from an age long ago. Seek out any remaining Dragons if you are to claim this mighty armor.|id=1}}

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|'''{{circa|87th century B.C.}}'''

|[[RavenHooves the Archer]], last prince of the Centaurs, dies before or around this time.{{Gameref|MED|[[Hall of Heroes]]|author=RavenHooves the Archer|quote=I Ravenhooves, last prince of the Centaurs, have not galloped the earth in over ten thousand years.}}

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|'''Unknown'''

|The [[ancients]] trap the strong magical energy that emanates from [[Gallowmere]] in [[Rune Stones|rune stones]] which they use as keys.{{Bookref|MED-Manual}}

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|class="real"|'''{{c.|1303 B.C.}}'''{{Note|name="ramesses"|This year is based on information about the historical Ramesses II, as no years about his life or reign are specified in ''MediEvil 2''.}}

|class="real"|[[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>

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|class="real"|'''1279 B.C.'''{{Note|name="ramesses"}}

|class="real"|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>

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|class="real"|'''{{c.|1232 B.C.}}'''{{Note|name="kiyabirth"|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.}}

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

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|class="real"|'''1213 B.C.'''{{Note|name="ramesses"}}

|class="real"|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}}

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|class="real"|'''27 B.C.'''

|class="real"|The [[wikipedia:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] is founded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rome.net/roman-empire|title=Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD)|site=Rome Tourism and Travel Guide|retrieved=February 25, 2024}}</ref>

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|class="real"|'''{{c.|43}} – {{c.|410}}'''{{Note|name="romanbritain"|Gallowmere is a kingdom in Medieval Britain. In The Gallows Gauntlet level, there is a mosaic featuring a Roman centurion, which game director Chris Sorrell suggested was likely left over from Roman occupation. Britain was occupied by the Roman Empire from about 43 AD to around 410 AD, making it the likeliest time period for Gallowmere to be occupied as well.}}

|class="real"|Gallowmere is ruled by the Roman Empire at some point.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|12677|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|May 7, 2013|quote=Since MediEvil 2 was in Victorian London, its fair to say that Gallowmere must have been a 'Dark Ages' realm somewhere in Europe and hence somewhere most likely ruled by the Roman empire a good while before that? :)|author=Chris Sorrell}}

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|'''Unknown'''

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

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|class="res"|'''{{c.|4th century}}'''

|class="res"| [[MediEvil: Resurrection|Some scholars]] believe that [[RavenHooves the Archer]], last prince of the Centaurs, died before or around this time, instead.{{Gameref|MPSP}}{{Gameref|MPSP|[[Hall of Heroes (MediEvil: Resurrection)|Hall of Heroes]]|quote=I Ravenhooves, last of the centaur Princes, have not the earth in a thousand years galloped.|author=RavenHooves the Archer}}

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|'''{{c.|9th century}}'''

|[[The Count]] is born before or around this time.{{Gameref|MED2}}{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Count (level)|The Count]]|author=The Count|quote=You have done well to get this far, but the Count has walked this Earth for a thousand years defeating hundreds stronger than you, and for a thousand more I...}}

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|class="real"|'''1209'''{{Note|name="cambridge"|[[Professor Darrow]] works for the University of Cambridge, necessitating its founding in the ''MediEvil'' world. Additionally, she meets the mysterious man in Hobson's building, a part of St Catharine's College, necessitating their existence as well. Dates relevant to the establishment of these institutions and buildings are thus included here as per [[GP:CANON]].}}

|class="real"|The [[wikipedia:University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge]] is established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/middleages_timeline_noflash.shtml|site=BBC - History|title=British History Timeline|retrieved=February 25, 2024}}</ref>

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|'''{{c.|1221}}'''{{Note|name="peregrin"|Peregrin was crowned at age 15. It is said the kingdom thrived under his reign for 50 years. Canny Tim wins the 49th Gallowmere Games in 1285. Given the odd specificity of this, it is likely the Gallowmere Games first started when Peregrin was crowned, and the 50th year of his reign is going to be 1286, the year of the war with Zarok. Therefore, if we subtract 65 from 1286, we get the rough year of Peregrin's birth, {{c.|1221}}.}}

|[[King Peregrin]] is born around this time.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

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|class="res"|'''1222'''

|class="res"|The Seadogs Charter of 1222 is issued, making it a requirement for pirates to have a bird companion.{{Gameref|MPSP|[[Scurvy Docks]]|author=Harbour Master|quote=Nice try, but your shoulder appears to be birdless. According to the Seadogs Charter of 1222 this gross omission removes any claims to piratical authenticity you may have, I'm afraid.}}

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|'''1236'''

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

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|'''1254'''{{Note|name="danbirth"|The years given in ''MediEvil: The Game Prequel'' are 100 years off from the dates given in ''MediEvil 2''. For the sake of consistency with ''MediEvil 2'', 100 years have been added to all years from ''MediEvil: The Game Prequel'' in the timeline.}}{{Note|name="originalbirth"|On the official US website for the first game, Dan's year of birth was given as 715.{{Siteref|MED-US-Site|index2.html|Main Page}} This was later retconned by ''MediEvil 2'', where it was said to be "around 1250."}}

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

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|'''1285'''{{Note|name="danbirth"}}

<span class="res">Some scholars believe that the people of Gallows Town clamoured for a democracy at this time.{{Gameref|MPSP|[[Sleeping Village]]|quote=The army marched south across the Silver Mountains and through the Silver Woods. Soon afterwards even the Pumpkinlands belonged to Zarok - and Gallows Town looked to be his for the taking. The people of the town cried out for help. "Save us, good King Peregrine!" they whined. And to think that, only the year before, they'd been clamouring for a democracy.>>King Peregrine wasn't one to bear a grudge, however, and he got his army together and marched against the undead multitude.|author=HISTORY OF GALLOWMERE, Volume 2}}</span>

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|rowspan="2"|'''1286'''{{Note|name="originaldeath"|Dan's year of death was listed as being 747 on the original game's official US website.{{Siteref|MED-US-Site|index2.html|Main Page}} This was retconned by ''MediEvil 2''.}}

A few days later, King Peregrin dies from choking on a Brussels sprout.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|King Peregrin}}

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|'''Time loop timeline:'''

A few days later, King Peregrin dies from choking on a Brussels sprout.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|King Peregrin}}

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|'''13th – 14th centuries'''

[[The Town Mayor]] steals the Shadow Artefact from Zarok's Tower. Zarok later searches Gallows Town for it and turns many of its citizens into goats which plummets the Mayor's ratings.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|The Town Mayor}}

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|'''1383'''

|[[Wartilda]] wins the Jolliest Witch in Gallowmere Award, beginning her winning streak.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Pumpkin Witch}}

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|'''1386'''{{Note|name="date"|An article about ''MediEvil'' from July 1997 lists the year 1332 as the year when the game's events take place.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/HobbyConsolas070EspecialMedievil Hobby Consolas No. 70, Especial ''MediEvil'' - El nacimiento de una leyenda (o casi)]. Published in July 1997 by Axel Springer España.</ref> Later, the game's [[MediEvil US site|official US website]] listed the year 847 instead.{{Siteref|MED-US-Site|index2.html|Main Page}} However, no year was ever given in the game itself. Both dates were eventually retconned by ''MediEvil 2''.}}

Zarok returns to conquer Gallowmere once again, but unwittingly resurrects Sir Dan, who eventually defeats him.{{Gameref|MED2|[[INTROP1]]}} Zarok's spell book is lost in the battle.

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|class="ghosthunter"|'''1415'''

|class="ghosthunter"|A member of the Fortesque family fights and dies at the {{w|Battle of Agincourt}}.{{Gameref|Ghosthunter}}{{Gameref|Ghosthunter|HMS Victoria|quote=Pish and Baloney, the Fortesque family have been fighting, man and boy, for old 'Blighty' for over 1000 years, and we've never let a little thing like death get in the way of a good scrap. Why there's a Fortesque on every battlefield in the civilized world, Agincourt, dead, Waterloo, dead, Dunkirk, dead...|author=Colonel Freddie Fortesque}}

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|class="real"|'''1473'''{{Note|name="cambridge"}}

|[[wikipedia:St Catharine's College|St Catharine's College]], a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, is established as "Saynt Kateryns Hall of Cambridge."<ref name="catharine">{{Cite web|url=https://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/about-us/history|title=Our history|site=St Catharine's College, Cambridge|retrieved=February 25, 2024}}</ref>

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|'''15th – 19th centuries'''

|Magicians and occultists spend centuries searching for [[Zarok's spell book]].{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Professor's Lab]]|author=The Professor|quote=Well, people like myself have been searching for that book for centuries.}}

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|'''1774'''

|Fisherman [[Phil McCaven]] catches a [[Kraken]] off the coast of [[Bognor Regis]].{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Museum]]|author=Book|quote=The great Kraken, that could smash a boat between its fearsome jaws - some still suppose that the deepest seas still hold creatures like this great beast. Fisherman, Phil McCaven, caught this example off the coast of Bognor Regis in 1774.}}{{Note|name="regis"|The suffix "Regis" ("of the King") usually recalls the historical ownership of lands or manors by the Crown. However, Bognor Regis is the exception, being a modern example of the granting of the suffix "regis". In 1929, [[wikipedia:George V|George V]], having spent several months recuperating from a serious illness in the seaside resort of Bognor, allowed it to be renamed as "Bognor Regis". This means the museum book in ''MediEvil 2'' calls the town Bognor Regis 43 years ahead of it being named as such in the real world.}}

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|class="ghosthunter"|'''1815'''

|class="ghosthunter"|A member of the Fortesque family fights and dies at the [[wikipedia:Battle of Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]].{{Gameref|Ghosthunter|HMS Victoria|quote=Pish and Baloney, the Fortesque family have been fighting, man and boy, for old 'Blighty' for over 1000 years, and we've never let a little thing like death get in the way of a good scrap. Why there's a Fortesque on every battlefield in the civilized world, Agincourt, dead, Waterloo, dead, Dunkirk, dead...|author=Colonel Freddie Fortesque}}

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|'''1817'''

|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}}

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|class="real"|'''1819'''{{Note|name="victoria"|No years about Queen Victoria's life are provided in ''[[MediEvil 2]]''. However, since this is a historical character, real world dates are used on this page. These are subject to change should they be contradicted by future in-game information.}}

|class="real"|[[Queen Victoria]] is born.<ref name="royal">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/encyclopedia/victoria-r-1837-1901|site=The Royal Family|title=Victoria (r. 1837-1901)|retrieved=July 18, 2023}}</ref>

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|'''{{c.|1830}}'''

|[[Professor Hamilton Kift]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/two.htm|Professor Hamilton Kift|date=20141108104632}}

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|'''{{c.|1835}}'''

|The [[Mullock King]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/ten.htm|Mullock King}}

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|class="real"|'''1837'''{{Note|name="victoria"}}

|class="real"|Queen Victoria ascends the throne of the United Kingdom.<ref name="royal"/>

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

|[[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Madam Jo-jo]] are born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/five.htm|Lord Palethorn}}

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|'''{{c.|1849}}'''

|[[Mander]] is born.

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|'''{{c.|1851}}'''

|[[Dogman]] is born.

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|'''1877'''

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

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|'''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]].

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

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|class="ghosthunter"|[[cambridge:Ghosthunter:Colonel Freddie Fortesque|Colonel Freddie Fortesque]] is born around this time.{{Gameref|Ghosthunter|[[cambridge:Ghosthunter:Shock Jump Cards|Shock Jump Cards]]}}

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|'''1885'''

|'''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]]}}

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|'''1886'''

*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}}

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|'''20th – 21st centuries'''

|Scholars spend years studying Professor Kift's [[Chrono-chair|Time Machine]] blueprints. However, no evidence of the Time Machine being in his collection is found.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

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|class="real"|'''1901'''{{Note|name="victoria"}}

|class="real"|Queen Victoria dies.<ref name="royal"/>

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|'''1902'''

|[[Professor Marcus Effington Christy]] is born.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|4}}

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|'''1910'''

|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]]|author=Book|quote=By the year 1910, the moon will become part of the great colonial empire.}}

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|class="real"|'''1930'''{{Note|name="cambridge"}}

|class="real"|The Hobson's building, a part of St Catharine's College in Cambridge, is built.<ref name="catharine"/>

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|class="ghosthunter"|'''1940'''

|class="ghosthunter"|A member of the Fortesque family fights and dies at the [[wikipedia:Battle of Dunkirk|Battle of Dunkirk]].{{Gameref|Ghosthunter|HMS Victoria|quote=Pish and Baloney, the Fortesque family have been fighting, man and boy, for old 'Blighty' for over 1000 years, and we've never let a little thing like death get in the way of a good scrap. Why there's a Fortesque on every battlefield in the civilized world, Agincourt, dead, Waterloo, dead, Dunkirk, dead...|author=Colonel Freddie Fortesque}}

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|class="ghosthunter"|'''1945'''

|class="ghosthunter"|Colonel Freddie Fortesque, last of the Fortesque line, dies at sea.{{Gameref|Ghosthunter|HMS Victoria|id=1|quote=Mission is to protect His Majesty's gold, Sir. Why yes, HMS Victoria, commandeered Liner, ferrying troops and supplies... the spoils of war, don't you know... sunk in '45.|author=Colonel Freddie Fortesque}}

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|'''1962'''

|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}}

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|'''1963'''

|Prof. Marcus Effington Christy dies.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|4}}

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|class="real"|'''2008'''{{Note|name="corpusclock"|The Corpus Clock can be seen in the opening panel of ''[[MediEvil: The Game Prequel]]''.}}

|class="real"|The [[wikipedia:Corpus Clock|Corpus Clock]] is unveiled in Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7625815.stm|site=BBC NEWS <nowiki>|</nowiki> Technology|title=Hawking unveils 'strangest clock'|published=September 19, 2008|retrieved=February 25, 2024}}</ref>

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|'''Modern Day'''

|A [[Captain Fortesque|mysterious man]] meets with [[Professor Darrow]] of Cambridge Archaeology, who is a researcher of the life, death, and resurrections of Sir Daniel Fortesque. They meet in Hobson's building, a part of St Catharine's College. He tells her about the events following Palethorn's defeat and the events preceding the Battle of Gallowmere.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

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