World history: Difference between revisions

Some events in the timeline are based on real world information due to concerning historical characters (or events), such as [[Ramesses II]] and [[Queen Victoria]]. They are thus subject to change should future entries into the series contradict them.

==Timeline==

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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'''

|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}}'''

|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}}.}}

|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'''

<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''.}}

|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"}}

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|'''15th – 19th centuries'''

|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'''

|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}}'''

|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}}'''

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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]].

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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'''

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

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

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|'''1902'''

|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'''

|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'''