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Contents 1 1st Century 2 2nd Century 3 3rd Century 4 4th Century 5 5th Century

[edit] 1st Century

3E 1 - Beginning of Third Era 

The Third Era is pronounced by Tiber Septim in 2E 897, after the uniting of all provinces in Tamriel.

3E 20 - Destri Melarg Born 

Destri Melarg, a well-known historian and translator of old Redguard verse, born as simply Destri in the city-state of Rihad.

3E 38 - Emperor Tiber Septim Dies, Emperor Pelagius Crowned 

Tiber Septim, conqueror and ruler of all of Tamriel for 38 years, dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Pelagius.

3E 39 - Destri Melarg Enters the Imperial City 

Destri Melarg, famed Redguard historian and translator, enters the Imperial City to study at the age of 19 and takes the last name of Melarg.

3E 41 - Emperor Pelagius Dies, Empress Kintyra Crowned 

Emperor Pelagius is assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood. Having no children, the crown passed to his cousin.

3E 48 - Empress Kintyra Dies, Emperor Uriel Crowned 

Empress Kintyra dies. Kintyra's son was crowned after her death, the first Emperor of Tamriel to use the imperial name Uriel.

3E 64 - Emperor Uriel I Dies, Emperor Uriel II Crowned 

Emperor Uriel dies and the kingdom is taken over by his son, Emperor Uriel II, the Fifth Emperor. Tragically, the rule of Uriel II was cursed with blights, plagues, and insurrections. His tenderheartedness inherited from his father did not serve Tamriel well, and little justice was done.

3E 82 - Emperor Uriel II Dies, Emperor Pelagius II Crowned 

Emperor of Tamriel, son of Uriel I, dies after 18 years of ruling. The Emperor is succeeded by his son, Pelagius II. Pelagius II inherited not only the throne from his father, but the debt from the poor financial and judicial management.

3E 99 - Emperor Pelagius II Dies, Emperor Antiochus Crowned 

The Emperor of Tamriel, son of Uriel II, dies after 17 years of ruling Tamriel. His son, Antiochus, now reigns over the kingdom. Antiochus was certainly one of the most flamboyant of the usually austere Septim family. He had many mistresses and nearly as many wives, and was renowned for his grandness of dress and good humor. Unfortunately, his reign was rife with civil wars, surpassing even that of his grandfather, Uriel II.

[edit] 2nd Century

3E 110 - War of the Isle 

The province of Summerset is merrily lost under the leadership of Antiochus, 11 years after he took the throne after his fathers', Pelagius II, death. The united alliance of the kings of Summerset and Antiochus only managed to defeat King Orgnum of the island-kingdom of Pyandonea due to a freak storm. Legend credits the Psijic Order of the Isle of Artaeum with the magic behind the storm.

3E 112 - Emperor Antiochus I Dies, Empress Kintyra II Crowned 

Emperor Antiochus dies after 13 years of ruling and his daughter, Kintyra II takes the throne. The story of Kintyra II, heiress of her father's throne, is certainly one of the saddest tales in modern history. Her first cousin Uriel III, son of Queen Potena of Solitude, accused Kintyra of being a bastard, alluding to the famous decadence of the Imperial City during her father's reign. When this accusation failed to stop her coronation, Uriel bought the support of several disgruntled kings of High Rock, Skyrim, and Morrowind, and, with Queen Potena's assistance, coordinated three attacks on the Septim Empire. The first attack occurred in the Iliac Bay that separates High Rock and Hammerfell. Kintyra's entourage was destroyed and the Empress was taken captive.

3E 114 - Empress Kintyra II Reportedly Dies 

Empress Kintyra is reportedly slain after being captured by Uriel III. In truth the Empress is held captive until she dies in her cell in 3E 123 (23rd of Frostfall, now named the day of Broken Diamond).

3E 119 - Pelagius III Born 

The future emperor of Tamriel is born.

3E 121 - Uriel III Proclaimed Emperor 

Empress Kintyra II had been killed several years ago while in prison and the battle between the empire and Uriel III with his alliance of unhappy kingdoms of High Rock, Skyrim, Morrowind and Queen Potema. In the third major and final attack against the Imperial City itself was relatively quick taking only a fortnight to secure. At this time Uriel III proclaimed himself Emperor of Tamriel. He improperly named himself Uriel Septim III even though his true name was Uriel Mantiarco from his father.

3E 121 - War of the Red Diamond 

This war was between the three surviving children of Pelagius II: Potema, Cephorus, and Magnus, and their offspring. Potema, of course, supported her son Uriel III, and had the support of all of Skyrim and northern Morrowind. With the efforts of Cephorus and Magnus, High Rock turned. Hammerfell, Sumurset Isle, Valenwood, Elsweyr, and Black Marsh were divided, but most kings supported Cephorus and Magnus.

3E 123 - Empress Kintyra II Dies in Her Cell 

Although reported to have died in 3E 114, Empress Kintyra dies in her cell in 3E 123. The 23th of Frostfall is now named the day of Broken Diamond after her memory.

3E 127 - Emperor Uriel III Dies, Emperor Cephorus I Crowned 

Uriel III was captured at the Battle of Ichidag in Hammerfell. En route to his trial in the Imperial City, a mob overtook his carriage and burned him alive within it. His captor and uncle continued on to the Imperial City, and by common acclaim, was proclaimed Cephorus I, Emperor of Tamriel. Cephorus' reign is marked by nothing but war. By all accounts, he was a kind and intelligent man, but what Tamriel needed was a great warrior, and that he was. It took an additional ten years of constant warfare for him to defeat his sister Potema.

3E 133 - Destri Melarg Dies 

Destri Melarg, famed Redguard historian and translator, dies at the age of 113 leaving numerous unfinished histories and untranslated verse.

3E 137 - Potema, Queen of Solitude Dies 

It took ten years of constant warfare for Emperor Cephorus to defeat his sister Potema after he became emperor of Tamriel. The so-called Wolf Queen of Solitude died in the siege of her city-state.

3E 140 - Emperor Cephorus I Dies, Emperor Magnus Crowned 

Cephorus never had the time during the war years to marry, so it was his brother, the fourth child of Pelagius II, who assumed the throne. The Emperor Magnus was elderly, and the business of punishing the traitorous kings of the War of the Red Diamond drained much of his health.

3E 145, 8th of Second Seed - Emperor Magnus Dies, Emperor Pelagius III Crowned 

Legend accuses Magnus' son and heir Pelagius III of murder, but that seems very unlikely. For no other reason, Pelagius was King of Solitude, following the death of Potema, and seldom visited the Imperial City. Almost from the start, Pelagius III, sometimes called Pelagius the Mad, his eccentricities of behavior was noted. He embarrassed dignitaries, offended his vassal kings, and, on one occasion, marked the end of a grand ball by attempting to hang himself.

3E 153 - Empress Katariah Takes Over Throne 

The long-suffering wife of Emperor Pelagius III was finally awarding the regency of Tamriel and Pelagius III was sent to a series of healers and asylums until his death in 3E 153 at the age of thirty-four. The Empress Regent of Tamriel was proclaimed Empress Katariah I upon the death of her husband. Some who do not mark the end of the Septim bloodline with the death of Kintyra II consider the ascendancy of this dark elf woman as the true mark. Her defenders assert that though Katariah was not descended from Tiber, the son she had with Pelagius, was, so the chain does continue. Despite the racist assertions to the contrary, Katariah's forty-six year reign was one of the most glorious in Tamriel's history. Uncomfortable in the Imperial City, Katariah traveled extensively throughout the Empire, such as no Emperor ever had since Tiber's day. She repaired much of the damage the broken alliances and bungled diplomacy had created. The people of Tamriel came to love their Empress far more than the nobility did.

3E 153, 2nd of Suns Dawn? - Pelgius III Dies 

After being taken from the throne due to his madness Pelagius III was sent to a series of healers and asylums until his death at the age of thirty-four on a warm night in Suns Dawn after a brief fever in his cell at the Temple of Kynareth in the Isle of Betony. The 2nd of Suns Dawn, which may or may not be the anniversary of his death (records are not very clear) is celebrated at Mad Pelagius, the time when foolishness of all sorts is encouraged.

[edit] 3rd Century

3E 200 - Empress Katariah Dies, Emperor Cassynder Crowned 

Katariah's death in a minor skirmish in Black Marsh is a favorite source for conspiracy-minded historians. The sage Montalius' discovery of a disenfranchised branch of the Septim family's involvement with the skirmish was a revelation indeed. When Cassynder assumed the throne at the death of his mother, he was already middle-aged. Only half-elven, he aged like a Breton. In fact, he had left the rule of Wayrest to his half-brother Uriel due to poor health. Nevertheless, as the only true blood relation of Pelagius, and thus Tiber, he was pressed into accepting the throne.

3E 202 - Emperor Cassynder Dies, Emperor Uriel IV Crowned 

To no one's surprise, the Emperor Cassynder's reign did not last long. In two years, he was dead. Uriel Lariat, Cassynder's half-brother, the child of Katariah I and her Imperial consort Lariat, left the kingdom of Wayrest to reign as Uriel IV. Legally, Uriel IV was a Septim: Cassynder had adopted him into the family when he had become King of Wayrest. Nevertheless, to the Council and the people of Tamriel, he was a bastard child of Katariah. Uriel did not possess the dynamism of his mother, and his long forty-three year reign was a hotbed of sedition. Uriel IV's reign was difficult and long one. Despite being a legally adopted member of the Septim family, and despite the Lariat family's high position -- indeed, they were distant cousins of the Septims -- few of the Elder Council could be persuaded to accept him fully as a blood relation of Tiber. The Council had assumed much responsibility during Katariah I's long reign and Cassynder I's short reign, and a strong-willed alien monarch like Uriel IV found it impossible to hold their unswerving fealty. Time and time again, the Council and Emperor were at odds; and time and time again, the Council won the battles. Since the days of Pelagius II, the Elder Council had consisted of the wealthiest men and women in the Empire, and the power they wielded was ultimate.

3E 247 - Emperor Uriel IV Dies 

The Council's last victory over Uriel IV was posthumous. Andorak, Uriel IV's son, was disinherited by vote of Council, and a cousin more closely related to the original Septim line was proclaimed Cephorus II by the next year.

3E 248 - Emperor Cephorus II Crowned 

Cephorus II was chosen as emperor by vote of Council, since he was a cousin more closely related to the original Septim line than was Emperor Uriel IV son, Andorak. Cephorus had been a Nordic king of ??. For the first nine years of Cephorus II's reign, those loyal to Andorak battled the Imperial forces. In an act that the sage Eraintine called Tiber Septim's heart beating no more, the Council granted Andorak the High Rock kingdom of Shornhelm to end the war. Andorak's descendants still rule that land.

3E 249 - Camoran Usurper Invades 

Of course, Cephorus II had foes that demanded more of his attention than Andorak. From out of a nightmare, in the words of Eraintine, a man who called himself the Camoran Usurper (rumored to be a lich) had led an army of Daedra and undead warriors on a rampage through Valenwood, conquering kingdom after kingdom. None could resist his onslaughts, and as month turned to bloody month, fewer even tried. Cephorus II sent more and more mercenaries into Hammerfell to stop the Usurper's northward march, but they were bribed, turned into undead, or slaughtered. In short, the destruction of the forces of the Usurper had little do with efforts of the Emperor. The result was a great regional victory and an increase in hostility toward the seemingly ineffective Empire.

3E 253 - Usurper Controls Dwynnen Region 

The region of Dwynnen was invaded and captured by the Camoran Usurper and held by an army of zombies, ghosts, vampires and skeletons.

3E 266 - Lord of Reich Gradkeep (Anticlere) Dies 

The Lord of now the Anticlere region fell deathly ill and died later in the year. It was one of the reasons why the resistance to the Usurper was so slow to develop in High Rock.

3E 267 - Camoran Usurper Defeated 

The Baron Othrok and his less legendary allies, the rulers of Ykalon, Phrygia, and Kambria, changed this unfavorable perception. News of the Usurper's barbaric treatment of captives and abuse of conquered lands, mostly true, spread rapidly through their territories, and then to their neutral lands. Within a few months, the greatest navy ever combined organized along the High Rock edge of the Iliac Bay. Only the navy of Uriel V's ill fated invasion of Akavir was comparable. How the combined forces of High Rock defeated the endless army of the Camoran Usurper is certainly worthy of a lengthy book in itself. And perhaps, it is best left to the public imagination. Certainly the weather worked against the Usurper, which is reason in itself to attribute divine intervention.

3E 268 - Emperor Uriel V Crowned 

Uriel V turned opinion back toward the potential power of the Empire. Turning the attention of Tamriel away from internal strife, Uriel V embarked on a series of invasions beginning almost from the moment he took the throne.

3E 271 - Uriel V Conquers Roscrea 

3E 276 - Uriel V Conquers Cathnoquey 

3E 279 - Uriel V Conquers Yneslea 

3E 284 - Uriel V Conquers Esroniet 

3E 288 - Uriel V Invades Akavir 

Uriel V embarked on his most ambitious enterprise, the invasion of the continent kingdom of Akavir. This was ultimately a failure, for two years later Uriel V was killed in Akavir on the battlefield of Ionith. Nevertheless, Uriel V holds a reputation second only to Tiber as the great warrior emperor of Tamriel.

3E 290 - Emperor Uriel V Dies, Emperor Uriel VI Crowned 

Uriel V is killed in Akavir on the battlefield of Ionith. His son, Uriel VI, was but five years old. In fact, Uriel VI was born only shortly before his father left for Akavir. Uriel V's only other progeny, by a different woman, were the twins Morihatha and Eloisa, who had been born a month after Uriel V left. The consort Thonica as the boy's mother was given a restricted Regency until Uriel VI reached his minority. The Council retained the real power, as they had ever since the days of Katariah I. The Council so enjoyed its unlimited and unrestricted freedom to make laws (and profits), Uriel VI was not given full license to rule until 307, when he was 22 years old.

[edit] 4th Century

3E 307 - Emperor Uriel VI Takes Crown 

It was not until Uriel VI was 22 years old that he was given full license to rule.

3E 313 - Emperor Uriel VI Finally Gains Control 

Emperor Uriel VI's power to veto was regularly exercised and by 313 he could boast with conviction that he truly did rule Tamriel.

3E 314 - Pelagius IV is born 

Pelagius IV, nephew to Emperor Uriel VI and son of Eloisa is born.

3E 319 - Arslan II Born 

Arslan II, father to the future Daggerfall King Lysandus is born.

3E 320 - Emperor Uriel VI Dies, Empress Morihatha is Crowned 

When Uriel VI fell from his horse and could not be saved by the finest Imperial healers, his beloved sister Morihatha took the throne, at 25 years of age. Many provinces outside Cyrodiil rebel.

3E 336 - Nulfaga Born 

Nulfaga, mother to the future Daggerfall King Lysandus, is born.

3E 339 - Empress Morihatha is Assassinated, Emperor Pelagius IV Crowned 

Assassins kill Empress Morihatha who is succeeded by her nephew Emperor Pelagius IV.

3E 340 - Eadwyre Born 

Eadwyre, future King of Wayrest and husband to Carolyna, is born.

3E 346 - Uriel Septim VII Born 

Future Emperor, Uriel Septim VII is born.

3E 353 - Mynisera Born 

Mynisera, future wife to Lysandus, King of Daggerfall, is born.

3E 354 - Lysandus Born 

Lysandus, future King of Daggerfall, is born to Arslan II and Nulfaga.

3E 368

• Cameron, future King of Sentinel, is born.
• Carolyna, future Queen of Wayrest and wife to Eadwyre, is born.

3E 369 - Akorithi Born 

Akorithi, future Queen of Sentinel and wife to Cameron, is born.

3E 375 - Hero of Daggerfall Born 

The unnamed hero who put to rest the soul of King Lysandus is born.

3E 376 - King Helseth Born 

King Helseth is born to Queen Barenziah and Symmachus

3E 377 - Arslan II Dies 

Arslan II, father to King Lysandus of Daggerfall, dies.

3E 381 - Gothryd Born 

Gothryd, son of Lysandus and Mynisera, rulers of Daggerfall, is born.

3E 384 - Morgiah Born 

Morgiah is born to Queen Barenziah and Symmachus.

3E 386 - Aubk-i Born 

Aubk-i is born to Cameron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.

3E 388 - Emperor Pelagius IV Dies, Uriel Septim VII Crowned 

When Emperor Pelagius IV died, after an astonishing forty-nine year reign, Tamriel was closer to unity than it had been since the days of Uriel I. Uriel Septim VII then succeeded him, and continued with the unification of Tamriel.

3E 389

• Elysana is born to Carolyna and Eadwyre, rulers of Wayrest.
• Uriel Septim VII is betrayed by the Imperial Battlemage Jagar Tharn and imprisoned in a dimension of Tharn's creation.

3E 391 - Symmachus Dies 

Symmachus, husband to Barenziah, dies.

3E 392

• Greklith is born to Cameron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.
• Carolyna, Queen of Wayrest and wife of Eadwyre, dies.

3E 393 - Lhotun Born 

Lhotun is born to Cameron and Akorithi, rulers of Sentinel.

3E 396 - Regional Wars Throughout Tamriel 

A series of regional wars occur throughout Tamriel.

3E 396 - The Arnesian War 

After a slave revolt, Morrowind forces destroy the armies of Black Marsh. Symmachus was slain, and Queen Barenziah, rightly fearing for her life, fled across the Empire to the High Rock kingdom of Wayrest. The Queen abdicated her throne, leaving it to her uncle Athyn Llethan, a House Hlaalu noble.

3E 399 - Jagar Tharn is Defeated 

A mysterious champion defeated the Battlemage in the dungeons of the Imperial Palace and frees Emperor Uriel Septim VII from his other dimensional cell.

• Gortwog gro-Nagorm founded the independent nation of Orsinium

[edit] 5th Century

3E 401

• A census of Daggerfall, High Rock is taken which places the population at nearly 110,000.
• Nulfaga of Daggerfall, High Rock, finds the exact location of the Mantella, the heart of Numidium.

3E 403

• Lysandus, King of Daggerfall, is brutally murdered in a cunning trap set by Lord Woodborne of Wayrest.
• Cameron, King of Sentinel and husband to Queen Akorithi, dies.
• The War of Betony, the war between Daggerfall of High Rock and Sentinel of Hammerfell takes place.

3E 405 - Investigation into Murder 

Another mysterious character is sent by Uriel Septim VII to investigate the death of King Lysandus and to find the missing letter the Emperor sent to the Queen of Daggerfall, Mynisera.

3E 414 Vvardenfell Territory is opened for settlement

Previously a preserve administrated by the Temple since the Treaty of the Armistice, Vvardenfell was largely uninhabited and undeveloped. Vvardenfell was reorganized as an Imperial Provincial District and King Llethan of Morrowind revoked the centuries-old Temple ban on trade and settlement. A flood of Imperial colonists and Great House Dunmer came to Vvardenfell. This also opened up exploration of valuable resources like Glass and Ebony.

3E 417 - The 'Miracle of Peace', also known as the 'The Warp in the West' occurs

A mysterious event taking place between the 9th to the 11th of Frostfall in which the forty-four independent kingdoms, counties, baronies, and dukedoms surrounding the Iliac Bay were condensed into four: Daggerfall, Sentinel, Wayrest, and Orsinium.

3E 427 - Blight Curse Begins 

In 3E 427, the Morrowind government, already weakened in power over questions of authority, was further threatened by the re-awakening of the ancient curse of the Blight from the giant volcano Red Mountain, or "Dagoth-Ur". This is also the date when the reincarnation of the legendary Nerevarine first came to Morrowind's shores.

3E ~429 - Discord among the Tribunal

After the loss of her Divine powers, Almalexia of the Almsivi becomes insane and kills fellow Tribunal god, Sotha Sil. The reincarnated Nerevarine reforges Nerevar Indoril's blade - Trueflame - and uses it to kill the now-mortal Almalexia in the Clockwork City.

3E 432 - The third edition of "A Pocket Guide to The Empire" is published

Published to update the second version and remove any propaganda it could contain. Ordered by Uriel Septim VII and promulgated under the authority of the Imperial Geographical Society.

3E 433 - Daedric Invasion of Tamriel

Following the murder of Uriel Septim VII and his heirs by the secret daedric cult, the Mythic Dawn. Oblivion gates open all over Tamriel leading to a daedric invasion by the forces of Mehrunes Dagon.

3E 433 - Death of the King of Worms 

Mannimarco ("The King of Worms") falls in a duel against the Mages Guild's new archmage, with the help of the previous archmage, Hannibal Traven.