| BEFORE GUILD | ||
|---|---|---|
| 19000-16500 | Early civilizations on Terra. | |
| circa 17400 | Birth of Atreus (the Black), father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, the Atreides referred to by the poet, Homer, and the founders of the patronymic in the Terrean province of Greece. These latter successfully lead a small interprovencial war in an effort to regain Menelaus’ wife, Helen. | |
| 16500 | Aleksandr creates FIRST EMPIRE. | |
| 16400-16000 | ROMAN EMPIRE arises and conquers the known world, except for China, which resists until 14400. | |
| 15800 | Imperial Seat moved to Byzantium in retreat before provincial rebellions and minor jihads. | |
| 14700-14608 | THE GREAT STRUGGLE: The Century Without an Emperor. | |
| 14608 | Discoveries in America allow Madrid to attain the status of the Imperial Seat. | |
| 14512 | BATTLE OF ENGLICHANNEL. Seat of Empire moved from Madrid to London. | |
| 14500-14200 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF INVENTION: Development of radio, television, atomics, rocketry, genetics, and the computer. | |
| 14255 | First atomics demonstrated in an intraprovincial war. Seat of Empire moved to Washington. | |
| 14100-13600 | THE LITTLE DIASPORA: The solar system is colonized, and the population of Terra is eventually outnumbered by 20 to 1. | |
| 13402 | Ceres gains the Imperial Seat after a planetoid strikes Terra. | |
| 13402-13399 | THE RESCUE OF THE TREASURES from Terra. | |
| 13360 | Terra re-seeded and set aside (by Imperial edict) as a natural park. | |
| 13004 | SUSPENSOR-NULLIFICATION EFFECT discovered. | |
| 12200 | THE EMPIRE OF TEN WORLDS. Communications becoming strained. | |
| 11200 | THE EMPIRE OF A THOUSAND WORLDS (an empire in name only, because Imperial power was so diffuse as to be nonexistent). | |
| 11105 | AGE OF PRETENDERS begins when Ceres is destroyed by rebellion, and the Imperial Seat ceases to exist as a single entity. | |
| 11100-7562 | THE AGE OF TEN THOUSAND EMPERORS (sometimes called “The Great Dark Ages”). | |
| 7593 | I. V. Holtzman born on Liesco II. | |
| 7565 | Holtzman disabled and cyborged. | |
| 7562 | Holtzman reveals the “wave-effect” nature of the suspensor-nullification device. | |
| 7556 | Holtzman severely damaged and thrown into a cometary orbit. Communications with him are lost. | |
| 7562-5022 | THE WARS OF REUNIFICATION, consequent on the immediate communication made possible by Holtzman Effect. | |
| 5022 | THE EMPIRE OF TEN THOUSAND WORLDS united under Ladislaus the Great. | |
| 5022-3678 | THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE. | |
| 3832 | Holtzman reappears at Liesco, and presents the theory for construction of the DEFENSIVE SHIELD. | |
| 3678 | THE SILICON PLAGUE: the “Death of the Machines.” | |
| 3678-2000 | THE LITTLE DARK AGES, ending with the development of plague-resistant conductors. | |
| 2000-1800 | THE RETURN OF COMPUTERS (sometimes called “The Second Reunification”). | |
| 1970 | Holtzman reappears, and presents his UNIFIED THEORY. | |
| 1800-400 | THE SECOND GOLDEN AGE. Circa 700 the first anti-computer pogroms occur. | |
| 711-200 | Tensions increase between programmites and humanity-firsters, tensions which Jehanne Butler was to exploit. | |
| Events covered in Dune: Butlerian Jihad, Dune: The Machine Crusade and Dune: Battle of Corrin, by Brian Herbert | ||
| 200-108 | THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD. In 108, Holtzman returns and is destroyed by forces of the Jihad. | |
| ca. 100 | Ixians, refugees from the Jihad, led by Aurelius Venport, discover TUPILE, the Sanctuary Planet(s). | |
| 88 | THE BATTLE OF CORRIN. | |
| 86 | FOUNDATION OF HOUSE ATREIDES when Demetrios Atreides is made Baron Tantalos in reward for aiding the Corrinos. | |
| 84 | First MELANGE-guided journey through hyperspace, by Norma Cenva. | |
| 12 B.G. - 70 A.G. | The Reign of SAUDIR I, “The Great.” | |
| 10 | Corpus Luminis Praenuntiantis (the future Spacing Guild) begins negotiations with the Empire. | |
| 10-5 | THE GREAT FINANCIAL SYNOD, on Aerarium IV, creates CHOAM. | |
| 0 | THE LION THRONE, THE SPACING GUILD, and CHOAM (as an arm of the Landsraad) combine to establish the form of human society for the next ten thousand years. | |
| AFTER GUILD | ||
| 123-184 | Reign of NEGARA II. | |
| 207 | Thomas Atreides helps restore Elrood II, and is made Duke of Jaddua. | |
| 337 | THE GREAT CONVENTION is ratified. | |
| 385-388 | THE LISHASH REBELLION, the last significant armed resistance to the Empire. | |
| 388 | Saudir III designates SALUSA SECUNDUS as PRISON PLANET. | |
| 390 | Wallach I begins use of Salusa Secundus as a training ground for the SARDAUKAR. | |
| 1234 | THE ORDER OF MENTATS is founded by Gilbertus Albans, originally on the planet Septimus, and moved to Tleilax a decade later. | |
| 1487 | The Corrinos shift the Imperial Seat to Kaitain. | |
| 2800 | Elrood V gives Poritrin, third planet of Epsilon Alangue, to House Maros. Siridar Charles Baron Mikarrol, planetary governor of Terra, sends two million ZENSUNNI to Poritrin, beginning the Zensunni Migration. | |
| 4492 | Poritrin is given to House Alexin, and the Sardaukar are sent to remove the Zensunni, sending five million to BELA TEGEUSE and five million to Salusa Secundus. | |
| 5122 | First FACE DANCERS appear as entertainers at the Court of Corrin XIV. | |
| 5295 | Ezhar VII releases the Zensunni on Salusa Secundus, sending them to ISHIA, second planet of Beta Tygri. | |
| 6049 | Zensunni on Bela Tegeuse are transported again, with the majority send to Harmonthep, and the remainder to ROSSAK, the fifth planet of Alces Minor. | |
| ca. 6600 | A Sayyadina on Rossak discovers a plant whose ingestion unlocks the “voices within.” | |
| ca. 6800 | Harmonthep, a satellite of Delta Pavonis, is destroyed by unknown causes. | |
| 7193 | Zensunni on Rossak buy passage to ARRAKIS from the Spacing Guild. By this time, all Zensunni from both Ishia and Rossak have reached Arrakis. | |
| 8711 | The Atreides family is awarded the Siridar-Dukedom of CALADAN. | |
| 9751 | ELACCA drug in relatively common use. | |
| 9846 | Invention of HUNTER-SEEKER. | |
| ca. 10000 | Invention of the DISTRANS on Ix. | |
| 10092 | Semuta extraction process discovered. | |
| Events covered in Dune: House Atreides, by Brian Herbert | ||
| 10140 | LETO ATREIDES (Duke Leto I) born. | |
| Events covered in Dune: House Harkonnen, by Brian Herbert | ||
| 10154 | LADY JESSICA born. | |
| 10155-10165 | GURNEY HALLECK is a Harkonnen slave on Giedi Prime. | |
| 10158 | DUNCAN IDAHO (the human) born. | |
| Events covered in Dune: House Corrino, by Brian Herbert | ||
| 10175 | PAUL ATREIDES born. | |
| 10179 | First successful implant of the distrans in a human. | |
| Events covered in Dune, by Frank Herbert | ||
| 10190-10191 | House Atreides moves to ARRAKIS. | |
| 10191 | The Sardaukar attack on Arrakis kills Duke Leto; Paul and Jessica go into the desert with the Fremen. ALIA ATREIDES born. | |
| 10193 | Paul regains control of Arrakis and its spice monopoly. | |
| 10196 | SHADDAM IV abdicates; Paul, the Kwisatz Haderach, becomes Emperor. | |
| THE UNIVERSE OF THE KWISATZ HADERACH | ||
| Events covered in Paul of Dune, by Brian Herbert | ||
| 10196-10208 | PAUL’S JIHAD. | |
| 10200 | FARAD’N (KENOLA) born to Wensicia and Count Dalak Kenola. | |
| 10204 | Count Dalak dies suspiciously in ’thopter accident; Farad’n’s last name is changed to Corrino. | |
| 10208 | GHOLA HAYT (Duncan-10208) is created and presented to Paul. | |
| Events covered in Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert | ||
| 10209 | LETO II and GHANIMA born. CHANI dies. Paul goes into the desert, and Alia becomes regent. | |
| 10210 | Alia dissolves the FEDAYKIN, Paul’s Death-Commandos. | |
| Events covered in Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert | ||
| 10218 | Duncan-10208 delivers Lady Jessica to House Corrino. | |
| 10219 | Leto II ascends to the throne. | |
| 10246 | HARQ AL-HARBA born. | |
| Events covered in God-Emperor of Dune, by Frank Herbert | ||
| 10271 | REVOLT OF THE FREMEN crushed, and its leader, Duncan-10235, is put to death. | |
| 10941 | Duncan-10895 reveals the ritual of SIAYNOQ. | |
| 11745 | THE ORDER OF MENTATS is suppressed by Leto II. | |
| 12335 | The execution of THE NINE HISTORIANS. | |
| 12725 | The Festival City of ONN is built according to the design of Duncan-12720. | |
| 13724 | The death of LETO II. | |
| 14702 | THE CROMPTON RUINS discovered. | |
| Events covered in Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune, by Frank Herbert | ||
| 15525 | The finding of THE RAKIS HOARD. | |
| 15540 | The publication of THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Compiled by W. D. I. and W. E. M. | |
| Events covered in Sandworms of Dune, by Brian Herbert | ||
| ? | Duncan revealed as the master KWISATZ HADERACH. | |