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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]], [[:Category:Promotional materials|promotional materials]] and [[:Category:Interviews|interviews with the game developers]].

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.
==Timeline==
{{Spoilers}}
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! '''Year'''
! '''Event'''
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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|"I Ravenhooves, last prince of the Centaurs, have not galloped the earth in over ten thousand years"}}
|-
|'''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}}
|-
|'''{{c.|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>
|-
|'''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>
|-
|'''{{c.|1232 B.C.}}'''
|[[Kiya]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/three.htm|Princess Kiya|date=20141108104641}}{{Ref|a|[a]}}
|-
|'''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}}
|-
|'''Unknown'''
| Gallowmere is likely occupied by the Roman Empire at some point.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|12677|Another interview with Chris Sorrell|May 7, 2013}}
|-
|'''{{c.|9th century}}'''
|[[The Count]] is born before or around this time.{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Count (level)|The Count]]}}
|-
|'''Unknown'''
|[[Mellowmede]] is destroyed by the [[Rhinotaurs]] in what would become known as the [[Massacre of Mellowmede]].{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Rhinotaurs}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1218}}'''
|[[King Peregrin]] is born around this time.{{Ref|b|[b]}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1233}}'''
|King Peregrin is crowned at age 15. Zarok's dog, [[Mr Snuffy]], is killed by one of Peregrin's Royal Guards the day of the coronation.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

Zarok later leaves Gallowmere to become an evil sorcerer's apprentice.{{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|c|[c]}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1283}}'''
|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}}

King Peregrin hires [[Zarok]] to be his Court Magician who singlehandedly makes the famine disappear.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}

The Jabberwocky is chased from the kingdom by [[Dirk Steadfast]].{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Jabberwocky}}
|-
|'''1285'''
|[[Canny Tim]] wins top prizes in every single archery category during the 49th Gallowmere Games, which prompts King Peregrin to offer Tim a place in his army.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}}{{Ref|c|[c]}}

The people of Gallows Town clamour for a democracy.{{Gameref|MPSP}}
|-
|'''1286'''
|'''Original timeline:'''

Zarok invades Gallowmere with an army of undead. He is fought by the King’s Militia at the [[Battle of Gallowmere]]. Zarok’s Champion [[Lord Kardok]] and Sir Daniel die in the battle. Zarok ultimately loses the battle and flees into hiding.{{Bookref|MED-Manual}}

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

<div style="background-color: #eacc97; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #bc9b6c">'''Time loop timeline:'''
{{Main|Time loop}}
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 [[Captain Fortesque|living self]] to ensure history happens as it should. [[Lord Kardok]] and Dan die in the battle, while Zarok survives the battle and flees into hiding.{{Bookref|Fates-Arrow}} This locks the Sir Dan from the original timeline in a time loop and makes all other timelines, including the original one, fade away. Zarok's defeat in the Battle of Gallowmere is thus ensured across all of time.{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|21953|Q&A with Chris Sorrell|February 3, 2020}}

A few days later, King Peregrin dies from choking on a Brussels sprout.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|King Peregrin}}</div>
|-
|'''Unknown'''
|Zarok's [[Shadow Demons]] are sealed under [[The Enchanted Earth]] by a great hero{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Shadow Demons}} in an impregnable box of King Peregrin's design using the [[Shadow Artefact]]. Eventually, Zarok gets his hands on the Artefact.

At some point, Zarok obtains a [[Zarok's spell book|spell book of Black Magic]].{{Gameref|MED2-Manual}}

[[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}}
|-
|'''1383'''
|[[Wartilda]] wins the Jolliest Witch in Gallowmere Award, beginning her winning streak.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Pumpkin Witch}}
|-
|'''1386'''
|Wartilda wins the Jolliest Witch in Gallowmere Award for the fourth consecutive year.{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|Pumpkin Witch}}

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.
|-
|'''15th – 19th centuries'''
|Magicians spend centuries searching for [[Zarok's spell book]].{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Professor's Lab]]}}
|-
|'''1774'''
|Fisherman [[Phil McCaven]] catches a [[Kraken]] off the coast of Bognor Regis.{{Gameref|MED2|[[The Museum]]}}
|-
|'''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}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1830}}'''
|[[Professor Hamilton Kift]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/two.htm|Professor Hamilton Kift|date=20141108104632}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1835}}'''
|The [[Mullock King]] is born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/ten.htm|Mullock King}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1840}}'''
|[[Lord Palethorn]] and [[Madam Jo-jo]] are born.{{Siteref|MED2-EU-Site|uk/nonshocked/characters/five.htm|Lord Palethorn}}
|-
|'''{{c.|1849}}'''
|[[Mander]] is born.
|-
|'''{{c.|1851}}'''
|[[Dogman]] is born.
|-
|'''1877'''
|''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|d|[d]}}
|-
|'''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]]}}
|-
|'''1886'''
|''April 21'': The ''[[Medievil Times]]'' newspaper issue No. 666 is published.{{Bookref|Medievil-Times}}

Palethorn casts a spell that raises the dead, including Sir Dan.{{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]]. Dan travels back in time using the Professor’s [[Chrono-chair|time machine]] to change this course of events. He saves Kiya and merges with his past self, creating the [[Super Armour]]. Eventually, they defeat Palethorn.

What happens next is disputed:

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]]. 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}}
|-
|'''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}}
|-
|'''1902'''
|[[Professor Marcus Effington Christy]] is born.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|4}}
|-
|'''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]]}}
|-
|'''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}}
|-
|'''1963'''
|Prof. Marcus Effington Christy dies.{{Bookref|MED2-Manual|4}}
|-
|'''Modern Day'''
|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}}
|}

{{SpoilerEnd}}

==See also==
*[[:Category:Events|Events]]
*[[World history/Medievil Times]]
*[[World history/MediEvil]]
==Notes==
{{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.

{{Note|b|b}} In a Q&A on Facebook, [[Chris Sorrell]] said ''"I picture Dan dying in his mid thirties, King P in his late sixties"''. King Peregrin dies a few days after the Battle of Gallowmere (1286).{{Gameref|MED2019-Bestiary|King Peregrin}} This places his birth between 1217-1219, hence {{c.|1218}}. This also makes it possible to approximate other dates given the information about Peregrin's reign in ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow''.

{{Note|c|c}} The years given in ''MediEvil: Fate's Arrow'' 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: Fate's Arrow'' in the timeline.

{{Note|d|d}} If the publishing schedule for ''Medievil Times'' is the same as for its real world counterpart, ''{{W|The Times}}'', its first issue would come out on March 6, 1884.

==References==
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