User:Barnabas Hale/Timeline

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This is an attempt to reconstruct a complete Assassin's Creed timeline with sources.

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{| style="color: white"
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| colspan="3" style="background:#003366; text-align: center;"| '''Before the Common Era (BCE)'''
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| colspan="3" style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"| [[#Early Undocumented History|Early Undocumented History]]
|- style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"
| [[#Pre-2nd Millennium BCE|Pre-2nd Millennium BCE]]
| [[#2nd Millennium BCE|2nd Millennium BCE]]
| [[#1st Millennium BCE|1st Millennium BCE]]
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| colspan="3" style="background:#003366; text-align: center;"| '''The Common Era (AD)'''
|- style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"
| [[#1st Century|1st Century]]
| [[#2nd Century|2nd Century]]
| [[#3rd Century|3rd Century]]
|- style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"
| [[#4th Century|4th Century]]
| [[#5th Century|5th Century]]
| [[#6th Century|6th Century]]
|- style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"
| [[#7th Century|7th Century]]
| [[#8th Century|8th Century]]
| [[#9th Century|9th Century]]
|- style="background:#6082B6; text-align: center;"
| [[#10th Century|10th Century]]
| [[#11th Century|11th Century]]
| [[#12th Century|12th Century]]
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| [[#13th Century|13th Century]]
| [[#14th Century|14th Century]]
| [[#15th Century|15th Century]]
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| [[#16th Century|16th Century]]
| [[#17th Century|17th Century]]
| [[#18th Century|18th Century]]
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| [[#19th Century|19th Century]]
| [[#20th Century|20th Century]]
| [[#21st Century|21st Century]]
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| colspan="3" style="background:#003366; text-align: center;"| '''[[#Footnotes|References]]'''
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== Early Undocumented History ==
* [[Those Who Came Before]] creates human and [[Pieces of Eden]]s.
* [[Adam and Eve]] rebels against [[Those Who Came Before]] and steals an [[Apple]]. <ref name="AC2G1">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 1</ref><ref name="AC2GT">Assassin's Creed II, The Truth</ref>
* [[Cain]] murders [[Abel]] to obtain his [[Apple]], and become the first known [[Templar]]. <ref name="AC2G6">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 6</ref>
* The war between the Humans and [[Those Who Came Before]] begins.

== Pre-2nd Millennium BCE ==
* The city of Rajastan, India is irradiated by a Piece of Eden. <ref name="AC2G4">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 4</ref> This is probably a reference to a piece of news floating on the Internet ([http://www.vnn.org/world/WD0009/WD23-6283.html One such example]) claiming that scientists discovered the city to be highly irradiated from an atomic blast that occured between 10,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE.

=== 798000 BCE ===
* The city of [[Forli]] is "founded" by Palaeolithic cavemen. <ref name="AC2D">Assassin's Creed II, Database</ref>

=== Between 75000 BCE and 69000 BCE ===
* The [[Toba catastrophe]], or the [[First Disaster]], occurs. <ref name="AC2G19">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 19</ref><ref name="ACRAD">Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Animus Database</ref> It heavily reducing the population of both humans and [[Those Who Came Before]].
* [[Those Who Came Before]] and Humans interbreed after the [[First Disaster]].

=== 3114 BCE ===
* '''August 11''': The Mayan Long Count Calendar begins at 13.0.0.0.0. This starts the countdown to the Abstergo Satellite launch in December 2012. <ref name="ACWE">Assassin's Creed, Warren Vidic's Emails</ref>

== 2nd Millennium BCE ==
=== Prehistory ===
* The stories of [[Those Who Came Before]] and their children, happening in this period, would later be retold as mythologies in Ancient Greek. The [[Glyphs]] name this period as "Prehistory" <ref name="AC2G14">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 14</ref>, yet these events precedes the [[Trojan War]], and is thus listed under the 2nd Millennium BCE.
* Zeus, one of [[Those Who Came Before]], rapes Io, a human. Io gives birth to Epaphus. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* Zeus rapes Europa, a human, giving birth to Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* Zeus and Danaë, a human, gives birth to [[Perseus]]. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* [[Perseus]] slays Medusa with [[the Sword]]. <ref name="AC2G5">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 5</ref>
* Zeus seduces Leda, a human, as a swan. Leda gives birth to Helen of Troy. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* Heracles steals an Apple from the Hesperides. <ref name="AC2G1"/>
* Jason obtains the [[The Shroud|Golden Fleece]]. <ref name="AC2G7">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 7</ref>
* Hippomenes wins a race with Atalanta (in order to marry her) by distracting her during the race with an Apple.
* Cupid, one of [[Those Who Came Before]], and Psyche, a human, gives birth to Voluptas. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* Isis uses [[the Ankh]], a Piece of Eden, to resurrect Osiris. From the sexual intercourse that happened during that night Horus was born. <ref name="ACFC"/>

=== Circa 1700 BCE ===
* Jacob gives [[The Shroud]], as a multicolored coat, to [[Joseph]]. <ref name="AC2G7"/>

=== Circa 1600 BCE ===
* [[Moses]] obtains [[the Staff]]. <ref name="AC2G5"/>
* [[Moses]] liberates the Israelites from Egyptian rule with the help of [[the Staff]]. <ref name="GI">Assassin's Creed Timeline, Game Informer</ref>

=== Circa 1190 BCE ===
* Zeus sends Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite to Paris of Troy to decide who would receive the [[Apple]].
* The [[Trojan War]] occurs as a result of Paris choosing Aphrodite. <ref name="GI"/>
* Idun possess an Apple, or even multiple Apples, that gives the eater immortality. <ref name="AC2G1"/>

== 1st Millennium BCE ==
=== Circa 970 BCE ===
* [[David]] wins a fight against Goliath with the help of [[the Shroud]]. <ref name="AC2G7"/>

=== 8th Century BCE ===
* Burials in Colle Quirinale begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Napoli is founded by the Greeks. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 702 BCE ===
* [[Shabataka]] begins his rule of Egypt with the help of [[the Staff]]. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

=== 7th Century BCE ===
* Burials in Colle Quirinale ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 6th Century BCE ===
* The Cloaca Maxima is constructed under King Tarquinius of Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] returns to Samos as a Periodonikēs. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] follows Pythagoras of Samos and moves to Croton.
* Milo of Croton trains under [[Kyros of Zarax]] and wins his first Periodonikēs.
* Alcmaeon is exiled from Croton.
* Milo of Croton saves Pythagoras's life by supporting the roof of a collapsing hall until Pythagoras could reach safety.
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] and Pythagoras are forced away from Croton and begins their travels.
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] and Pythagoras meets Hermes Trismegistus wielding [[the Staff]].
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] meets Aphrodite and obtains one of the [[Apples of Eden]].
* [[Kyros of Zarax]] marries the princess of Arcadia, Atalanta.

=== Circa 510 BCE ===
* The Republic of Rome is founded. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 465 BCE ===
* [[Xerxes I of Persia]] is assassinated by [[Darius]]. <ref name="AC2S">Assassin's Creed II, Sanctuary</ref>
** This is the first recorded use of the hidden blade. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 456 BCE ===
* A law is passed in Rome allowing plebeians to own property on the Aventino. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 361 BCE ===
* The city of [[Tivoli]] (known as Tibur at the time) allies themselves with the Gauls. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 338 BCE ===
* The Roman army defeats the Gauls and absorbs the village of [[Tivoli]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 332 BCE ===
* [[Alexander the Great]] invades Egypt. It is likely that he also receives his [[the Staff|Staff]] during the war.

=== 323 BCE ===
* The [[Assassin]] [[Iltani]] poisons [[Alexander the Great]] <ref name="AC2S"/>, who holds the [[Staff of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

=== 212 BCE ===
* The [[Acqua Antoniniana]] is built by Caracella. <ref name="ACBD">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Database</ref>

=== 210 BCE ===
* [[Assassin]] [[Wei Yu]] kills Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]] of China with a spear. <ref name="AC2S"/>

=== 188 BCE ===
* The Romans built the city of [[Forli]].

=== Before 150 BCE ===
* The Antikythera mechanism is constructed, probably with help from [[Those Who Came Before]]. <ref name="AC2G4"/>

=== 144 BCE ===
* The construction of [[Acqua Marcia]] begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 140 BCE ===
* The construction of [[Acqua Marcia]] ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 126 BCE ===
* The Pantheon is constructed by Marcus Agrippa. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 90 BCE ===
* [[Tivoli]] receives Roman citizenship. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 59 BCE ===
* The city of [[Florence]] is founded by [[Gaius Julius Caesar]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 46 BCE ===
* The construction of Basilica Giulia is dedicated by Julius Caesar. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 44 BCE ===
* [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] is killed by the [[Assassins]], led by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]. <ref name="ACBS">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Scrolls of Romulus</ref>

=== 42 BCE ===
* [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] suicides.
* The [[Assassins]] revives [[Brutus]] with the power of [[the Shroud]], who wakes for a moment then falls dead again. <ref name="ACL">Assassin's Creed: Legacy</ref>

=== 30 BCE ===
* [[Amunet]], an [[Assassin]], kills Pharaoh [[Cleopatra]] of Egypt with an Asp snake. <ref name="AC2S"/><ref name="AC2G15">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 15</ref>

=== Circa 27 BCE ===
* The successful and wealthy Republic of Rome give birth to the imperial Roman Empires. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 24 BCE ===
* Burials in the Mausoleo di Augusti begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 18 BCE ===
* The construction for Piramide Cestia begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 12 BCE ===
* The construction for Piramide Cestia ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 1st Century ==
* Roman ships on Lago di Nemi form an elaborate floating palace. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1 ===
* The birth of [[Jesus Christ]], marking the start of the Common Era.

=== 2 ===
* '''March 16''': The day is marked as "WoodSmoke" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. The year is labelled "0002" and is put between entries from "2002". It is likely for this date to be a typo. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 28 ===
* [[John the Baptist]] acquires the [[Staff of Eden]] and begins his ministry. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

=== 30 ===
* [[Jesus Christ]] is baptized by [[John the Baptist]].

=== 33 ===
* '''April 3''': [[Jesus Christ]] is crucified by the [[Templars]] in order to retrieve [[the Shroud]]. <ref name="AC2G7"/>
* '''April 5''': [[Jesus Christ]]'s followers sneak into a fortress and recover [[the Shroud]], which was then used to resurrect Jesus for a few days. <ref name="AC2G7"/>
* [[Saint Peter]] obtains the [[Staff of Eden]] and becomes the leader of the Early Christian Church. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

=== 41 ===
* [[Leonius]], an [[Assassin]], assassinates Emperor [[Caligula]] of the Roman Empire with a knife. <ref name="AC2S"/>

=== 62 ===
* The Ponte Fabricio is built by Lucius Fabricius. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 72 ===
* The construction of Colosseo begins under Emperor Titus. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 79 ===
* Il Campidoglio becomes the home to the Tabularium, the Roman Empire’s main archive. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Emperor Titus's father, Emperor Vespasian, dies. The cosntruction of Tempio di Vespasiano, in honor of the Flavian Dynasty, follows. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Monte Vesuvio erupts and destroys both Pompeii and Herculaneum. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 80 ===
* The construction of Colosseo ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 82 ===
* The Arco di Tito is built by Emperor Domitian to honor his dead brother Emperor Titus. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 98 ===
* The burials in Mausoleo di Augusti ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 2nd Century ==
* Hermeticists text originates in Greece. <ref name="ACB2"/>

=== 107 ===
* The design of Mercati di Traiano by Apollodorus of Damascus begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 110 ===
* The design of Mercati di Traiano ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 135 ===
* The construction of [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] begins. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 139 ===
* The construction of [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] ends. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 140 ===
* One of the upper tiers of Circo Massimo collapses and kills 1,112 spectators. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 3rd Century ==
* The city of [[San Gimignano]] is founded. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 212 ===
* Emperor Caracalla assassinates his joint Emperor, Geta, and subsequently destroys all records of Geta’s existence including Geta’s image and inscriptions on the Arco di Settimio Severo.
* The construction of Terme di Caracalla and Acqua Antoniniana begins under Emperor Caracalla. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 216 ===
* The construction of Terme di Caracalla ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 259 ===
* [[Aquilus]] is attacked by Roman soldiers. <ref name="ACFC">Assassin's Creed (French comic)</ref>
* [[Accipiter]] gives Aquilus [[the Ankh]], a Piece of Eden.
* [[Caius Fulvus Vultur]] kills [[Lucius]] and [[Weke]] and steals the Ankh.

=== 271 ===
* Mura Aureliane begins construction under the reigns of Emperor Aurelian. <ref name="ACBD"/>
** The Piramide Cestia is built into the bulwark, forming a triangular bastion in an effort to cut costs on the snowballing wall project. <ref name="ACBD"/>
** The Porta Metronia is constructed jointly with the wall. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 275 ===
* Mura Aureliane finishes construction under the reigns of Emperor Probus. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 293 ===
* Emperor Diocletian starts the "Rule of Four". <ref name="ACRD">Assassin's Creed: Revelations database</ref>

== 4th Century ==
* The Palazzo Laterano becomes the principal Papal residence. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 308 ===
* The Basilica di Massenzio begins construction under Emperor Maxentius. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 312 ===
* Emperor Constantine I defeats Emperor Maxentius in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
** Constantine builds the Arco di Costantino to celebrate the victory.
** Constantine oversees the completion of the Basilica di Massenzio.
** The Castra Praetoria, the barracks for Maxentius's army, was destroyed. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 326 ===
* The original [[Basilica di San Pietro]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 330 ===
* Byzantium is reconstructed by Constaintine I and renamed to Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 337 ===
* Reign of Constanius II, Roman Emperor, begins. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 357 ===
* The [[Obelisk of Theodosius]] is pilfered by Constanius II to Alexandria. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 375 ===
* Emperor Valens builds the [[Valens Aqueduct]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 393 ===
* The [[Basilica di San Lorenzo]] is consecrated. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Forum of Theodosius]] is repaired, improved, and christened by Emperor Theodosius. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 397 ===
* The [[Obelisk of Theodosius]] is moved to Hippodrome by Emperor Theodosius. <ref name="ACRD"/>

== 5th Century ==
* The Porta Pinciana is constructed by Honorius. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 401 ===
* The [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] is turned to a military fortress. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 410 ===
* The Goth enters Rome and begins the Sack of Rome.
** The Goth king Alaric I enters through the Porta Salaria. <ref name="ACBD"/>
** The [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] is razed by Visigothic looters. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 421 ===
* The [[San Giacomo di Rialto]] is founded. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 434 ===
* [[Atilla the Hun]] obtains the [[The Sword|Sword of Eden]] and becomes Emperor of the Hunnic Empire until his death in 453. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

=== c. 455 ===
* The [[Column of Marcian]] is erected to honor Emperor Marcian. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 476 ===
* The Roman Empires fall.
** The last Emperor, Romulus Augustus, was exiled to Castel dell’Ovo in Napoli. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== Between Late 5th Century and Late 6th Century ==
* [[Arthur]] pulled the [[The Sword|Sword of Eden]], then called Excalibur, out of a stone and used it to become King of England. <ref name="AC2G5"/>
* Odin obtains the sword, and plunges the Sword into a tree called Barnstokkr.
* [[Sigmund]] pulled the Sword from the tree. <ref name="AC2G5"/>

== 6th Century ==
* The Lombards rule [[Florence]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== c. 500 ===
* The [[Little Hagia Sophia]] is built. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 536 ===
* General Belisarius passes through the Porta Asinaria and retakes Rome from the Ostogoths. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 537 ===
* Most of the Roman aqueducts are destroyed during the Siege of the Goths. This affects all of the public baths in Rome:
** The Terme di Traiano are subsequently abandoned due to the loss of their water supply.
** The most lavish imperial bath, Terme di Diocleziano, stops functioning.
** The hydraulic installations of the Terme di Caracalla is destroyed. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 545 ===
* The Mura Aureliane is destroyed by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, during the Gothic War. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 546 ===
* A traitor opens the Porta Asinaria to the Totila and his army of Goths, who soon retakes Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 549 ===
* The treason of the Isaurian garrison allowed Totila and his Ostrogoths to enter Rome via Porta Ostiense and sack the city. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 7th Century ==
* The [[San Pietro di Castello]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The city of [[Venezia]] is established. <ref name="AC2D"/>

== 8th Century ==

=== 756 ===
* The Roman Catholic Church takes power in Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 9th Century ==
* The [[San Zaccaria]] is constructed. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Campanile di San Marco]] is constructed. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 828 ===
* The [[Basilica di San Marco]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 852 ===
* The Porta Viridaria is enclosed by the Leonine Walls. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 889 ===
* The city of [[Forli]] becomes an independent republic. <ref name="AC2D"/>

== 10th Century ==
* The city of [[San Gimignano]], located in the middle of a trade route, begins to grow. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Acqua Antoniniana]] stops functioning due to the lack of repairs. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 900 ===
* A Chinese wall art in Dunhuang depicts the [[Fourth Apple]]. <ref name="AC2G4"/>

=== 908 ===
* The [[Fenari Isa Mosque]] is built. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 996 ===
* The first written record of the [[Ponte Vecchio]] is made. <ref name="AC2D"/>

== 11th Century ==
* The Tempio di Antonino e Faustina is converted into the church of San Lorenzo in Miranda. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1000 ===
* The [[Palazzo Comunale (Forlì)|Palazzo Comunale]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Great Chain]] is built. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1050 ===
* The flooding problems of [[Forli]] is solved. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1063 ===
* The [[Basilica di San Marco]] is reconstructed to its current form. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1110 ===
* The [[Maiden Tower]] is constructed. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1167 ===
* The Colonna family is disgraced, banished from the city and their fortification is dismantled after their humiliating defeat of the Commune of Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1071 ===
* The [[San Giacomo di Rialto]] is constructed to its current form. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1090 ===
* [[Hassan-i Sabbah]] is the [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order]]. <ref name="GI"/>
* The [[Assassins]] begins performing public assassinations and let the public to know of their existence.

== 12th Century ==
=== 1105 ===
* The [[San Zaccaria]] is burnt down. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1119 ===
* The [[Templars]], unnamed at this time, officially name themselves "Templars". <ref name="GI"/> This is the "founding date" of the Templars. <ref name="ACR">Assassin's Creed: Revelations</ref>
* [[Hugh de Payns]] is the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], leading the Templars to unification.

=== 1127 ===
* The selection of the Doge of Venice is entrusted to 40 men, known as "The Forty". <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1129 ===
* The Templar Order is established. It is recognized and confirmed during the Council of Troyes. <ref name="ACRAD"/>

=== 1157 ===
* [[Richard I of England]] is born. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1165 ===
* '''January 11''': [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], an [[Assassin]] (later [[Grand Master]]), is born. <ref name="ACE"/><ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1166 ===
* [[Abbas Sofian Sofian]] is born. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1170 ===
* The [[San Zaccaria]] is rebuilt after a fire. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1173 ===
* The [[Abbazia di San Mercuriale]] is destroyed in a fire. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1176 ===
* The [[Siege of Masyaf]] occurs. <ref name="ACRD"/>
** [[Umar Ibn-La'Ahad]] is executed by the [[Saracens]].
** [[Ahmad Sofian]] is capatured by the [[Saracens]]. He later kills himself in remorse. <ref name="ACSC"/><ref name="ACRD"/>
** The first historical record of [[Al Mualim]] appears during the Siege. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1180 ===
* The [[Abbazia di San Mercuriale]] is rebuilt. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1189 ===
* '''May''': The [[Third Crusade]] begins as the Crusaders declare war on the Muslims. <ref name="ACE"/>
* [[Masyaf]] is [[Assault on Masyaf|assaulted]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
** [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] becomes famous after he singlehandedly defeats a wave of Crusaders. <ref name="ACRD"/> <ref name="ACR"/>
** [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] rescues [[Al Mualim]], who was held hostage by the Templars. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1190 ===
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] becomes a Master Assassin. <ref name="ACAC">Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles</ref>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] returns to Alep after a very long journey, and is tasked by [[Al Mualim]] to find the [[Chalice]].
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] kills [[Lord Basilisk]], [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]], but fails to rescue a kidnapped [[Adha]] and swears to find her again.
* [[Robert de Sable]] succumbs [[Lord Basilisk]] as the new [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]]. <ref name="AC">Assassin's Creed</ref>

=== 1191 ===
* [[Al Mualim]] acquires a Piece of Eden. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Malik A-Sayf]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]] are sent to retrieve the [[Ezio's Apple|Templars' treasure]]. Altaïr flees the scene; Kadar is killed but Malik, though badly wounded, completes the mission. <ref name="AC"/>
* The [[Siege of Masyaf]] by [[Robert de Sable]] results in victory for the Assassins.
* Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad is demoted to Novice.
* Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad hunts down nine Templars responsible for the prolonged Crusade.
* '''September 7''': The [[Battle of Arsuf]] occurs. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinates [[Robert de Sable]], [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]].
* '''September''': [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] kills [[Al Mualim]].
** Altaïr rescues [[Abbas Sofian]] who was nearly killed by the Piece of Eden. <ref name="ACR"/>
* [[Armand Bouchart]] succumbs [[Robert de Sable]] as the new [[Grand Master of the Knights Templar]]. <ref name="ACBL">Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines</ref>
* [[Richard the Lionheart]] sells [[Cyprus]] to [[Armand Bouchart]].
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] assassinates [[Armand Bouchart]] and various Templar agents in [[Cyprus]].

=== 1192 ===
* [[Richard I of England]] makes peace with Saladin and returns to England. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1193 ===
* [[Maria Thorpe]] decides to stay in [[Masyaf]] with Altaïr. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1195 ===
* [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] is born. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1197 ===
* [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad]] is born. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1199 ===
* The city of [[San Gimignano]] becomes self-governing. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Richard I of England]] dies. <ref name="ACE"/>

== 13th Century ==
=== 1200 ===
* The [[Hippodrome]] falls into disrepair. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1202 ===
* The Fourth Crusade begins. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1204 ===
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] begins to promote the way of the Assassin Order in various cities and regions. <ref name="ACSC"/>

=== 1209 ===
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] began to expand the Order's sphere of operations significantly, sending out those that had trained under him across the globe. <ref name="AC2C">Assassin's Creed II, Codex</ref>

=== 1217 ===
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Maria Thorpe]] leave for Mongolia. <ref name="ACSC"/>

=== 1225 ===
* [[Abbas Sofian Sofian]] stages a coup and becomes the Grand Master of the Assassins.
* [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad]] is killed by [[Abbas Sofian Sofian]]. <ref name="ACSC"/>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Maria Thorpe]] confronts [[Abbas Sofian Sofian]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
** [[Maria Thorpe]] is killed by [[Swami]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
** [[Swami]] suicides. <ref name="ACSC"/>

=== 1227 ===
* [[Qulan Gal]], an [[Assassin]], assassinates [[Genghis Khan]] of the Mongol Empire by shooting his horse with an arrow (Genghis Khan would die of his injuries). <ref name="AC2S"/>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and his family returns to Maysaf.

=== c. 1230 ===
* [[Maffeo Polo]] and [[Niccolò Polo]] are born in Venice. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== c. 1237 ===
* The Podestà starts living in [[Torre Rognosa]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1246 ===
* Jacopo Tiepoto donates a piece of land to Dominicans for the construction of [[San Giovanni e Paolo]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1247 ===
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] is hurt trying to protect [[Mukhlis]]. <ref name="ACSC"/>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] kills [[Abbas Sofian Sofian]] and restores the Order. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1250 ===
* [[Maffeo Polo]] and [[Niccolò Polo]] travel to Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1252 ===
* Simon Stock of Cambridge claims to have a vision of Virgin Mary appearing to him in [[Santa Maria dei Carmini]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1255 ===
* The Podestà puts up a new law in [[San Gimignano]] that bans building that were built higher than their residence. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1256 ===
* [[Niccolò Polo]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] travels to [[Masyaf]]. They meet and interview [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1257 ===
* The [[Fall of Masyaf]]: Mongols attack [[Masyaf]]. Altaïr entrusts his [[Seals of Altaïr|Seals]] and [[Codex]] to [[Niccolò Polo]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* The [[Codex]] is lost to the Mongols two days after the attack. <ref name="ACSC">Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade</ref>
* [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] dies in his library. <ref name="ACE"/><ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1258 ===
* The [[Santa Trinita]] is constructed over an existing church. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1259 ===
* [[Niccolò Polo]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] leave [[Masyaf]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1260 ===
* The facade of [[Scuola Grande di San Marco]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1261 ===
* Michael Palaiologos recaptures the Constantinople. The Palaologian dynasty is restored and Latin emperors are expuled. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1271 ===
* [[Marco Polo]] begins his life living in the court of [[Kublai Khan]]. He acquired the [[Codex]] during his stay. <ref name="AC2F">Assassin's Creed II, Auditore Family Crypt stone plaques</ref>

=== 1288 ===
* The [[Palazzo Comunale (San Gimignano)|Palazzo Comunale]] of Tuscany is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1290 ===
* The [[Villa Auditore]] is constructed in [[Monteriggioni]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1296 ===
* [[Domenico Auditore]] spends his childhood "in a small house by the Venetian lagoon". <ref name="AC2F"/>
* The Carnival is first held in [[Venice]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]] is designed by Arnolfo di Cambio. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1299 ===
* The [[Palazzo della Signoria]] is designed by Arnolfo di Cambio. <ref name="AC2D"/>

== 14th Century ==
* [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] is converted into a castle for the popes and is connected to St. Peter’s via a covered passage called the Passetto di Borgo. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* The Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli becomes the center for religious and civic life in Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== Circa 1300s ===
* The [[Santa Maria dei Carmini]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1300 ===
* The construction of [[Torre Grossa]] begins. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1301 ===
* The Battle of Bapheus marks the first appearance of the Ottomans. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1307 ===
* A fire breaks out in Palazzo Laterano. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''October 12''':
** A Templar fleet with 18 vessels, carrying various documents and artifacts, departs from France.
** They are split into 9 groups heading for 9 different destinations, including [[Venice]], Nova Scotia and Lisbon. <ref name="GI"/>
* '''October 13''':
** Also known as "Friday the 13th", King Philip IV of France arrests [[Jacques de Molay]] and 60 of his Templar allies.
** The [[Templars]] starts to operate in the shadows, becoming a true secret society. <ref name="GI"/>

=== 1309 ===
* The [[Palazzo Ducale]] begins construction. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1311 ===
* The construction of [[Torre Grossa]] ends. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1313 ===
* [[Monte Oliveto Maggiore]] is founded by Bernado Tolomei. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1314 ===
* The Templar Order is officially disbanded according to mainstream history and used the public disbanding as a cover to go underground and continue the covert war against the Assassins. <ref name="AC"/>

=== 1320 ===
* The [[Villa Auditore]] is attacked by the Florentine, leaving its facade damaged. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Arsenale di Venezia]] is rebuilt and enlarged. The project is funded by [[Templars]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1321 ===
* [[Dante Alighieri]] is murdered by the [[Templars]]. His body is found by [[Domenico Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2F"/>
* [[Domenico Auditore]] purchases and renovates the [[Villa Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2F"/>
* Domenico and his family escapes to Spain. <ref name="AC2F"/>

=== 1322 ===
* The Pope declared that the Franciscans' vow of poverty was illegal. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''October 28''': [[Lukas Zurburg]], a German Assassin, is born. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1324 ===
* [[Domenico Auditore]] travels to Venice. <ref name="AC2F"/>
* [[Marco Polo]] and [[Domenico Auditore]]'s father are murdered. <ref name="AC2F"/>

=== 1337 ===
* The Podestà takes up residence in the [[Palazzo Comunale (San Gimignano)|Palazzo Comunale]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1343 ===
* Giotto di Bondone begins the construction of the Giotto Campanile. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1345 ===
* The [[Ponte Vecchio]] is built to its current form. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1347 ===
* Saint Catherine of Sienna is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1348 ===
* The [[Galata Tower]] is built by Genoese settlers. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The Black Death starts in Europe. <ref name="AC2D"/>
** Andrea Pisano dies of the Black Death. <ref name="AC2D"/>
** In Germany, the city of Essen has its population halved by the disease. <ref name="ACFL"/>
** The [[Brothers of the Cross]] travels through Germany promising protection from the disease. <ref name="ACFL"/>
* A great earthquake occurs in Rome.
** The Santi Apostoli is destroyed.
** The top floor of Torre Milizie crumples. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1349 ===
* The Colosseo suffers large-scale irreparable damage from the earthquake and is left to ruin. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1350 ===
* The Black Death ends in Europe. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Brothers of the Cross]] disappears. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1359 ===
* Francesco Talenti completes the Giotto Campanile. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1361 ===
* A fire breaks out in Palazzo Laterano. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1376 ===
* The construction of [[Loggia dei Lanzi]] begins. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1378 ===
* The lower class of [[Florence]] revolts. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1382 ===
* The construction of [[Loggia dei Lanzi]] ends. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1387 ===
* '''January 31''': [[Li Tong]], a Chinese Assassin, is born. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1397 ===
* Bayezid I launches an unsuccessful attack at Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>

== 15th Century ==

=== Circa 1400s ===
* The [[Santa Maria della Visitazione]] is founded. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1400 ===
* The Byzantine empire is only occupying a small portion of Thrace and a few islands. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1402 ===
* Emperor [[Yongle]] rises to power following a bloody coup against his family in China. <ref name="ACFL">Assassin's Creed: Follow Your Legacy</ref>
* [[Fang Xiaoru]], the Assassin Grand Master of China, and his apprentices were executed by [[Yongle]].

=== 1412 ===
* The [[Palazzo Comunale]] is enlarged and bought by the Ordelaffi family, the head of [[Forlì]].

=== 1413 ===
* [[Marco Barbarigo]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1416 ===
* [[Uberto Alberti]], a [[Templar]] and Gonfaloniere of [[Florence]], is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1417 ===
* Pope Martin V restores the Santi Apostoli. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1418 ===
* [[Stefano da Bagnone]], a monk, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1420 ===
* [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the 74th Doge of the Republic of Venice, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Santa Maria Novella]] is consecrated. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1421 ===
* [[Emilio Barbarigo]], a future Venetian merchant king and Templar is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]], a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1424 ===
* [[Jeanne d'Arc]] receives the [[The Sword|Sword of Eden]] and starts having visions of thwarting the English occupation in France. <ref name="AC2G8">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 8</ref>
* The [[Palazzo Ducale]] finishes construction. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1430 ===
* The construction of [[San Giovanni e Paolo]] is completed. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1431 ===
* '''May 30''': [[Jeanne d'Arc]] is burned at the stake by English [[Templars]]. <ref name="AC2G8">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 8</ref>
* The [[Templars]] acquired the [[The Sword|Sword of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G8">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 8</ref>
* [[Rodrigo Borgia]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1432 ===
* [[#Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria de' Mozzi]], future wife to [[Giovanni Auditore]], is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Mehmet II is born. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1433 ===
* Cosimo de' Medici is exiled. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1434 ===
* [[Mario Auditore]], an [[Assassin]], condottiero, and ruler of [[Monteriggioni]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Cosimo de' Medici rises to power after returning from his exile. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1435 ===
* [[Silvio Barbarigo]], a state inquisitor of [[Venice]], and a [[Templar]], is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The Delizia di Belriguardo is built by Niccolo III d’Este as a summer home. <ref name="ACB2"/>

=== 1436 ===
* [[Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]], [[Maria Auditore]]'s husband and [[Mario Auditore]]'s brother is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The dome of the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]] is completed by Filippo Brunelleschi. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Egidio Troche]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1438 ===
* [[Paola]], an [[Assassin]] and the leader of the [[Courtesans]] of [[Florence]], is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''June 29''': [[Mario Auditore]], now a condottiero patrolling the countryside of Anghiari, alerts Micheletto Attendolo to a surprise advance of Milanese troops. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1440 ===
* The Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi begins construction under Cardinal Antonio de Chavez. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1441 ===
* [[Alvise da Vilandino]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1442 ===
* [[Cosimo de' Medici]] promotes Luca Albizzi to the position of Gonfaloniere, in the place of his old friend [[Ilario Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1443 ===
* [[Antonio de Magianis]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Archbishop [[Francesco Salviati]] of Pisa, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1444 ===
* [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1445 ===
* [[Carlo Grimaldi]], a Templar, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Ospedale degli Innocenti]] opens. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The Sant’Antonio dei Portoghesi finishes construction. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1446 ===
* [[Paola]]'s parents are killed at sea. She begins a rough life on the streets. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Lanterns are added to the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Juan Borgia the Elder]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1448 ===
* [[#Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria de' Mozzi]] meets [[Giovanni Auditore]] for the first time at her bakery. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Octavian de Valois]], a French baron, [[Templar]] and general in both the papal and French army is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1449 ===
* [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1450 ===
* [[Giovanni Auditore]] marries [[#Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria de' Mozzi]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Teodora Contanto]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Antonio Maffei]], a Templar and Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Palazzo della Seta]] is built. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The balustrades of Ponte Sant’Angelo buckle due to a surging mob of pilgrims making their way to the Basilica San Pietro, leading to a mass drowning. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Several pilgrims are trampled to death in a Jubilee celebration. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1452 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] is born. <ref name="AC2D2"/>

=== 1453 ===
* [[Giuliano de' Medici]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Bernardo Baroncelli]], a [[Templar]] and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmet II, overtakes [[Constantinople]] from the Byzantine Empire in the Fall of Constantinople. <ref name="GIR"/><ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1454 ===
* [[Giovanni Auditore]] moves to [[Florence]] with [[Maria Auditore]] to pursue a career in banking. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Mario Auditore]] stays at the family villa in [[Monteriggioni]] <ref name="AC2D"/> and attempts to decipher Altaïr's [[Codex]].
* Mario Auditore repels an attack on [[Monteriggioni]] led by the condottiero [[Federico da Montefeltro]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* Mario Auditore finds [[the Shroud]] inside a chamber within the well of Villa Auditore. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Giovanni Auditore]] takes [[The Shroud]] from [[Monteriggioni]] at [[Mario Auditore]]'s request. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Poliziano]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Paola]] vanishes from historical records. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Vieri de' Pazzi]], a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1455 ===
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], an [[Assassin]], and condottiero of [[Venice]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Giovanni Auditore]] saves [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] from drowning in the River Arno, starting a beneficial friendship between their families.
* The [[Palazzo Medici]] is completed. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1456 ===
* [[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] is born to [[Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1457 ===
* [[Annetta]], the Auditore family servant, is born. <ref name="AC2D1"/>

=== 1458 ===
* [[Paola]] murders a Florentine city guard in self-defense. <ref name="AC2D"/>
** She opens a brothel to protect girls on the streets. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Giovanni Auditore]] writes about [[Altaïr's library]] in a letter. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1459 ===
* [[Cristina Vespucci]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Francesco Troche]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* The construction of [[Topkapi Palace]] begins. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* '''June 24''': [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] is born to [[Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="AC2">Assassin's Creed II</ref>

=== 1460 ===
* [[Rosa]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Dante Moro]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The front gate, the "Porta Magna", of [[Arsenale di Venezia]] is erected. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Hermeticists texts arrives in Pistoia and are introduced to the western world. <ref name="ACB2"/>

=== 1461 ===
* [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]] is born to [[Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Pope Pius II builds the Rocca Pia in [[Tivoli]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1462 ===
* A customer writes about his experience of buying from meeting [[Teodora Contanto]] at her jewelery store. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] writes about his stepmother. <ref name="AC2D1">Assassin's Creed II, Battle of Forli, Database</ref>
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] joins the Abbeylara Monastery. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Duccio de Luca]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1463 ===
* [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze]] is born to [[Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Caterina Sforza]] is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] leaves Ireland for Italy. <ref name="AC2D1"/>

=== 1464 ===
* [[Poliziano]] becomes fluent with Latin and Greek. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The famous facade of [[Madonna dell'Orto]] is added to the building. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1465 ===
* [[Antonio de Magianis]] drops out of historical record until 1469. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The Gilda dei Ladri di Venezia is established. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ristoro]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1466 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] becomes an apprentice to Verrocchio. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Gaspar de la Croix]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1467 ===
* [[Piri Reis]] is born. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] is born in Bursa. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Teodora Contanto]] is charged of adultery. She later enters the Santa Maria degli Angeli convent. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* During a night in Florence, [[La Volpe]] is seen on the rooftops of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], the [[Palazzo Medici]], and the [[Basilica di Santa Croce]] all at the same time. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1468 ===
* [[Dante Moro]] lost his position as the Captain of the Venetian City Guard and is disowned by his father. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Augustine Oberlin]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Piri Reis]] is born. <ref name="ACE">Assassin's Creed: The Encyclopedia</ref>

=== 1469 ===
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], an [[Assassin]], is born. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Antonio de Magianis]] re-emerges on the streets of [[Venice]] as a thief. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] becomes the head of the [[Medici]] family. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1470 ===
* The upper facade of [[Santa Maria Novella]] is completed. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Pietro Rossi]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Micheletto Corella]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1471 ===
* [[Giovanni]] carries out successful negotiations to secure Pope Sixtus IV's support of the [[Medici]] bank. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Cristoforo Moro, father of [[Dante Moro]], dies. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] is constructed. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1472 ===
* [[Poliziano]] becomes a published author. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Silvestro Sabbatini]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] establishes his own workshop. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] creates the painting "Annunciation". <ref name="ACBLP">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Leonardo’s Paintings</ref>

=== 1473 ===
* [[Teodora Contanto]] leaves the Santa Maria degli Angeli convent and opens La Rosa Della Virtù. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Caterina Sforza]] becomes engaged to [[Girolamo Riario]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Palazzo Auditore]] is completed. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The Ponte Sisto begins construction under Pope Sixtus IV. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Donato Mancini]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Il Carnefice]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1474 ===
* [[Maria Auditore]] describes her son [[Ezio]] in a diary entry. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] writes a letter to [[Giovanni Auditore]], admiring the lack of "ostentation" of the [[Palazzo Auditore]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* Hermeticist [[Ercole Massimo]] is born. <ref name="ACB2"/>
* '''May 2''': Murat Bin Husn, an Ottoman Janissary, is born. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1475 ===
* [[Petruccio Auditore]] is pulled from school due to unknown illness. The Auditore family doctor confines Petruccio Auditore to bed. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Federico Auditore]] becomes a clerk at the Medici bank. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Rosa]] attempts to pickpocket [[Antonio de Magianis]] but is caught. She becomes Antonio's apprentice in pickpocketing. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] studies at Santo Spirito and becomes a Dominican friar. <ref name="AC2D2">Assassin's Creed II, Bonfire of the Vanities</ref>
* '''September 17''': The [[Medici]] bank reports a bag of florins missing. [[Federico Auditore]] approaches Francesco Sassetti and reveals the location of the bag with a smile. The bag was hidden on one of the Florentine rooftops. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1476 ===
* [[Lia de Russo]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Pantasilea Baglioni]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Federico Auditore]] is fired from the Medici bank. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* All historical records relating to [[Ezio Auditore]] ceases. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is accused of sodomy. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] continues his collaboration with Verrocchio. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Sofia Sartor]] is born in Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* '''December''': [[Giovanni Auditore]] uncovers a Templar plot to assassinate [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]. <ref name="ACTV">Assassin's Creed: Lineage</ref>
* '''December 26''': [[Giovanni Auditore]] fails to stop the assassination of [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]. <ref name="ACTV"/>
* '''December 28''': [[Ezio Auditore]] and his friends fights with [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his gang. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''December 29''':
** [[Ezio Auditore]] beats [[Duccio de Luca]] for cheating on [[Claudia Auditore|his sister]].
** Ezio meets [[Leonardo da Vinci]] for the first time.
** The [[Templars]] raze the [[Villa Auditore]] and takes [[Giovanni Auditore]] and his sons to prison.
** Ezio discovers his father is an [[Assassin]], and dons the robes of an Assassin for the first time. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''December 30''':
** [[Giovanni Auditore]] and his sons were hanged <ref name="AC2"/>.
** [[Ezio Auditore]] is wanted <ref name="AC2D"/>.
** He and his remaining family moves to [[Paola]]'s brothel. <ref name="AC2"/>
** At night, Ezio speaks with [[Cristina Vespucci]], before sending the corpses of his family on a boat as a burial <ref name="ACB">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</ref>.
* '''December 31''':
** [[Uberto Alberti]] is assassinated by [[Ezio Auditore]].
** Ezio and his family travels to [[Villa Auditore]].
** [[Mario Auditore]] helps them defeat [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]'s ambush. <ref name="AC2"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] begins his training under [[Mario Auditore]].

=== 1477 ===
* [[Girolamo Riario]] consummates his marriage with [[Caterina Sforza]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The [[Villa Salviati]] is purchased by [[Francesco Salviati]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1478 ===
* [[Bianca Riario]] is born to [[Girolamo Riario]] and [[Caterina Sforza]]. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* '''April''': [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Vieri de' Pazzi]], a Pazzi Conspirator and a Templar. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''April 25''':
** [[Ezio Auditore]] meets with [[Leonardo da Vinci]] who constructs Ezio's second hidden blade <ref name="AC2"/>.
** Ezio visits [[Cristina Vespucci]] and saves [[Manfredo Soderini|her fiance]] <ref name="ACB"/>.
** Ezio meets [[La Volpe]] for the first time <ref name="AC2"/>.
* '''April 26''':
** The Pazzi Conspiracy occurs.
** [[Giuliano de' Medici]] is killed by the conspirators.
** [[Ezio Auditore]] escorts [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] to safety and assassinates [[Francesco de' Pazzi]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
** The conspirators are exiled. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''May''': [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Antonio Maffei]]. <ref name="AC2"/>

=== 1479 ===
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates Archbishop [[Francesco Salviati]], [[Bernardo Baroncelli]] and [[Stefano da Bagnone]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* The Ponte Sisto finishes construction. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1480 ===
* The Pope gives [[Forli]] to his nephew [[Girolamo Riario]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] and [[Leonardo da Vinci]] travel towards [[Romagna]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* The [[Rosa in Fiore]] is founded. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Salai]] is born. <ref name="ACB2"/>
* [[Lanz]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Lucrezia Borgia]] is born. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1481 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] ends his collaboration with Verrocchio. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] receives his first commission, "the Adoration of Magi". <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] travels to [[Venice]]. <ref name="AC2"/>

=== 1482 ===
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] is dispatched to Florence. <ref name="AC2D2"/>

=== 1484 ===
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] meets [[Ishak Pasha]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The sacking of Sforza Palazzo in Rome occurs. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Caterina Sforza]], along with her daughter [[Bianca Riario]], enters a siege at the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]]. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Caterina Sforza]] and her family moves to [[Forli]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1485 ===
* The facade of [[Scuola Grande di San Marco]] is rebuilt, under a new design by Pietro Lombardo, after a fire destroyed its former facade. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Murat Bin Husn]] joins the Imperial Army. <ref name="ACFL"/>
* The Thieves Guild in [[Venice]] is restored to its former strength. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''September 10''': [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Emilio Barbarigo]], a Templar. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''September 13''': [[Rodrigo Borgia]] arrives in [[Venice]] to meet with his fellow templars and discuss the assassination of the Doge [[Giovanni Mocenigo]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''September 14''':
** [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], the 72nd Doge of Venice is poisoned by [[Carlo Grimaldi]].
** [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. <ref name="AC2"/>

=== 1486 ===
* [[Agostino Barbarigo]] is elected as the 74th Doge of Venice. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Marco Barbarigo]], the 73rd Doge of Venice, and a Templar. <ref name="AC2"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] frees [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and his condottieri. <ref name="AC2"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Dante Moro]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]]. <ref name="AC2"/>

=== 1487 ===
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] departes from [[Florence]] to Bologna. <ref name="AC2D2"/>
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] joins the Assassins. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1488 ===
* '''April 14''': [[Girolamo Riario]] is killed by the Orsi Brothers. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* '''June 25''':
** [[Ezio Auditore]] and the [[Assassins]] acquire the [[Apple of Eden]].
** He is officially inducted to the Assassin Order. <ref name="AC2"/><ref name="AC21">Assassin's Creed II, Battle of Forli</ref>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] meet with their ally in [[Forlì]] to seal away the Apple of Eden. <ref name="AC21"/>
* The Orsi brothers invades Forlì and kidnaps two of [[Caterina Sforza]]'s children. <ref name="AC2D1"/><ref name="AC21"/>
* The Sforza Plazzo is sacked for a second time. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* Ezio Auditore frees [[Bianca Riario]] and [[Ottaviano Riario]] and assassinates [[Ludovico Orsi]]. <ref name="AC21"/>
* Ezio Auditore assassinates [[Checco Orsi]] in order to retrieve the [[Apple of Eden]] from him. <ref name="AC21"/>
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] obtains the [[Apple of Eden]] from Ezio. <ref name="AC21"/>

=== 1490 ===
* [[Duccio de Luca]] buys a small ship in an attempt to become an alum trader. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1491 ===
* [[Ezio Auditore]] protects [[Christoffa Corombo]] during his meeting with [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. <ref name="ACBL"/>

=== 1492 ===
* [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] dies. <ref name="AC2D"/> Girolamo Savonarola is present at his deathbed. <ref name="AC22">Assassin's Creed II, Bonfire of the Vanities</ref>

=== 1493 ===
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] was kicked out of the Dominican order. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Lucrezia Borgia]] marries Giovanni Sforza to help further the Papal relationship with Milan. <ref name="ACBD"/>
** She has been betrothed twice by the age of 13. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1494 ===
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] entered government service as a clerk an ambassador. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Poliziano]] dies of arsenic poisoning. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] moved to the [[Romagna]] countryside. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* Giacomo Feo, [[Caterina Sforza]]'s second husband, is assassinated on a hunting expedition. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Girolamo Savonarola]] becomes the Leader of Florence. <ref name="AC22"/>
* [[Suleiman I]] is born. <ref name="GIR">Game Informer: Assassin's Creed Revelations Reveal</ref><ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Pietro Rossi]] leaves Ercole d’Este’s theater in Ferrara after he was caught in bed with an actress playing one of the Three Graces. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Egidio Troche]] writes in a letter about the corrupted state of Campidoglio. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''October 4''': [[Miguel Ramon Carlo de Lugo]], a Puerto Rican Assassin, is born. His mother died during childbirth. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1495 ===
* [[Egidio Troche]] begins visiting the [[Rosa in Fiore]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Claudia Auditore]] writes in a letter about [[Ezio]]'s adventures. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1496 ===
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] joined the Orsini in a battle against the [[Borgia]], who were attempting to seize Orsini territory. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1497 ===
* [[Ezio Auditore]] returns to [[Florence]] to stop the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] and [[Girolamo Savonarola]]. <ref name="AC22"/>
* [[Perotto Calderon]] teaches [[Francesco Vecellio]] the path of an Assassin. <ref name="ACL"/>
* Perotto Calderon infiltrates the Vatican as a courier. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Fiora Cavazza]] begins her service under [[Cesare Borgia]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Juan Borgia the Younger]], is murdered by [[Fiora Cavazza]]. <ref name="ACA">Assassin's Creed: Ascendance</ref>
* [[Duccio de Luca]] stops his alum work and starts working as a smuggler between cities. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Bartolomea Orsini dies during a Borgia assault. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] marries [[Pantasilea Baglioni]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] fights the French faction of [[Cesare Borgia]]'s army, led by [[Octavian de Valois]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Rodrigo Borgia]] annuls [[Lucrezia Borgia]]'s marriage with Giovanni Sforza. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1498 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] completes "the Last Supper". <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Girolamo Savonarola|Savonarola]]'s men attack [[Manfredo Soderini]] and his wife [[Cristina Vespucci]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Cristina Vespucci]] dies in [[Ezio]]'s arms. <ref name="ACB"/>
* Doge [[Agostino Barbarigo]] writes about [[Pantasilea Baglioni]] after learning about her marriage with [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Luis Santangel]], an Assassin, dies. <ref name="AC2D">Assassin's Creed II: Discovery</ref>
* [[Giovanni Borgia]], an Assassin and son of [[Lucrezia Borgia]] and [[Perotto Calderon]], is born. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Lucrezia Borgia]] enters into an affair with [[Perotto Calderon]]. <ref name="ACE"/>
** [[Perotto Calderon]] is hunted down and killed by the Brotherhood for breaking The Creed. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates Friar [[Girolamo Savonarola]]. <ref name="AC22"/>
* [[La Volpe]] assists Ezio in Florence with his fight against Savonarola. <ref name="ACBD"/>
** He disappears from the record once more after the incident. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Tomás de Torquemada]], the first Inquisitor General of Spain, is assassinated by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="AC2G15"/>
* [[Fabio Orsini]] partners with Bartolomeo d’Alviano against the Savelli, a rival family and marries Jeronima Borgia. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Perotto Calderon]] visits [[Rinaldo Vitturi]] to borrow [[the Shroud]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* The Porta Settimiana is restored by [[Rodrigo Borgia|Pope Alexander VI]] to give it a more military feel. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Octavian de Valois]]'s distant cousin Louis XII is crowned and he is put in charge of Louis’s new Italian campaign. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] drowns Pedro Calderon, the Papal Chamberlain, for getting close to [[Lucrezia Borgia]].

=== 1499 ===
* The Venetian-Ottoman war begins. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* Juan Borgia, [[Cesare Borgia]]'s elder brother, dies. Cesare is made Captain General and marries a royal French bride. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] attacks [[Romagna]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] arrives in Rome. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Juan Borgia the Elder]] helps [[Cesare Borgia]] negotiate an allegiance with [[Octavian de Valois]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Fabio Orsini]] frees a friend imprisoned by [[Cesare Borgia]] in the Tor di Nona. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] is sent to the court of France, Spain and Rome. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice, enters a war with Turkey. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is forced into service for the [[Borgia]] as a military engineer.
* '''December''': The Assassins gather at [[Villa Auditore]] to discover the location of the the Vault and plan their assault on [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''December 25''': [[Caterina Sforza]] leaves [[Forlì]] for [[Monteriggioni]] to seek the aid of [[Ezio]]'s mercenaries in her battle against the Papal Forces. <ref name="AC2"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] seizes [[Forli]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''December 31''':
** [[Ezio Auditore]] travels to the Vatican and acquires the [[Apple of Eden]] <ref name="AC2"/>.
** Ezio escapes the Vatican with [[Mario Auditore]] <ref name="ACB"/>.

== 16th Century ==
* The Ponte Sant’Angelo is used to display the bodies of executed men to the public. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== Early 1500s ===
* The Trinita dei Monti is constructed. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1500 ===
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] becomes famous in Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The marriage of Astorre Baglioni is attacked by the rival family, the Oddi. The marriage party becomes a massacre. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Alvise da Vilandino]] dies in Methoni, Greece during a Turkish attack. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Darby O'Callahan]] dies, presumably from syphilis. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Octavian de Valois]] enters Rome and is attacked by [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and his men. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] stabs Alfonso of Aragon, [[Lucrezia Borgia]]'s husband. Alfonso survives the initiate attack but was strangled by [[Micheletto Corella]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''January 1''':
** [[Ezio Auditore]] returns from [[Rome]] along with [[Mario Auditore]] and tells the other assassins about his confrontation with [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in the Vatican.
** [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] leaves Monteriggioni for Rome. <ref name="ACB"/>
* '''January 2''':
** [[Cesare Borgia]] lays siege to [[Monteriggioni]] and obtains the [[Apple of Eden]].
** [[Mario Auditore]] is killed by Cesare Borgia <ref name="ACB"/>.
** [[Caterina Sforza]] refuges herself in the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] <ref name="AC2D"/>, but is captured and is imprisoned in [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] <ref name="AC2D1"/><ref name="ACB"/>.
** A wounded [[Ezio Auditore]] escapes to [[Rome]] with his family <ref name="ACB"/>.
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates [[Il Carnefice]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] rebase their hideout on [[Tiber Island]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Claudia Auditore]] becomes the new madame of the Courtesans guild after the death of [[Madonna Solari]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] assassinates the [[Master of the Sacred Palace]] and allows [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] to continue his studies. <ref name="ACB1">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Copernicus Conspiracy</ref>
* '''June'''
** [[Rodrigo Borgia]] is nearly hit by a falling piece of iron in St. Peter’s Basilica.
** A room in the Vatican collapses, killing all of its occupant except [[Rodrigo Borgia]].
* '''December'''
** [[Rodrigo Borgia]] is charged by a stag while hunting. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1501 ===
* [[Caterina Sforza]] is presumably raped during her imprisonment by [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and [[Cesare Borgia]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] infiltrates the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] <ref name="ACB"/> and rescues [[Caterina Sforza]] <ref name="AC2D"/>.
* [[Ezio Auditore]] begins recruiting [[Assassins]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Francesco Vecellio]], an Assassin, travels to [[Rome]] to begin his apprenticeship under [[Ezio Auditore]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Agostino Barbarigo]] is killed <ref name="AC2D"/> by poison from the Assassin [[Tessa Varzi]] <ref name="ACL"/>.
* The statue of Pasquino is erected in Piazza Navona. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* Napoli begins its rule under French King Louis XII. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1502 ===
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] meets with Venetian Assassins in Greece. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* Venetian and Ottoman conflicts in Constantinople ceases. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* Andreas Palaiogolsis dies in Rome. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] kills Astorre III Manfredi, [[Bianca Riario]]'s husband. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] spirits [[Francesco Troche]] to France to persuade King Louis to abandon support for the Orsini family. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] summons one of his apprentices to assassinate [[Malfatto]], a serial killer preying upon courtesans. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Silvestro Sabbatini]], a [[Templar]] involved in human trafficking, is killed by one of Ezio's recruits. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Malfatto]] begins lurking outside [[Rosa in Fiore]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Lucrezia Borgia]] is married to Alfonso d'Este. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1503 ===
* The Venetian-Ottoman war ends. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Miguel Ramon Carlo de Lugo]] becomes fluent with Taíno, Arawak and Spanish. <ref name="ACFL"/>
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] is put in charge of [[Florence]]'s militia and defense. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] is hired by Ferdinand II of Spain. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] abandons the [[Caserma di Alviano]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Egidio Troche]] writes to the Venetian ambassador, detailing Cesare’s war plans for the region. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] begins working on the "Mona Lisa". <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The ceiling fresco of [[Cappella Sistina]] is finished. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Fiora Cavazza]] attempts to steal the [[Ezio's Apple]] from the Borgia, but fails. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Giovanni Borgia]] spends his childhood with the Borgia, and activates the [[Ezio's Apple]] for several times. <ref name="ACL"/>
* The Brotherhood is ambushed by Cesare'e men. Several members are lost in a fire. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] and the other assassins come up with a plan to deal with the [[Borgia]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* The [[Cento Occhi]] and [[Followers of Romulus]] are brought down by Ezio.
* Rome is fully liberated from the Borgia's rule.
* [[Juan Borgia the Elder]] is assassinated by [[Ezio]] at the pagan party.
* '''July''': [[Rodrigo Borgia]] moves the [[Ezio's Apple]] out of the Castello. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Octavian de Valois]] is assassinated by [[Ezio]] at his French camp.
* [[Francesco Troche]] is strangled by [[Micheletto]] on Cesare's order.
* Ezio saves [[Pietro Rossi]] from poisoning.
* Ezio Auditore and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] have fully set up the Brotherhood in Rome.
* [[Claudia Auditore]] is officially inducted into the Assassins Order.
* [[Ezio Auditore]] becomes the [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order]].
* Ezio Auditore and his guild assassinates Templar agents [[Ristoro]], [[Gaspar de la Croix]], [[Donato Mancini]], [[Augustine Oberlin]], [[Lanz]], [[Silvestro Sabbatini]], [[Malfatto]] and [[Lia de Russo]]. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''August 18''': [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], is murdered by his son Cesare with a poisoned apple. [[Ezio Auditore]] regains the [[Apple of Eden]].
* '''August 19''': Cesare's military power within Rome is reduced.
* '''September''': Cesare leaves the city, and [[Ezio]] and his recruits kill all of Cesare's men at the Colosseum.
* '''December''': [[Cesare Borgia]] is arrested by [[Fabio Orsini]] after Pope Julius II issues a warrant for his arrest.

=== 1504 ===
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and his troops defeats Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Maria Auditore]] dies due to a long-time illness.
* [[Cesare Borgia]] is exiled to Spain and imprisoned at the Castle La Mota. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Fabio Orsini]] dies of a head would after the battle of Garigliano. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Ercole Massimo]] becomes heavily interested in the cult teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. <ref name="ACB2"/>

=== 1505 ===
* [[Odai Dunqas]] is driven out by his family, the Sultan of the Sennar Sultanate, and arrives in Alexandria. <ref name="GIR"/> <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Sofia Sartor]]'s father commissioned the German artist Albrecht Dürer to paint a portrait of her. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* Naples come under Spain rule when Ferdinand seized the island from the French. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1506 ===
* [[Piri Reis]] joins the Assassins. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] stops his service to the city of [[Florence]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Cesare Borgia]] escapes the Castel of La Mota and joins his brother-in-law, King [[John III of Navarre]]. <ref name="ACB"/> <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]], deposits the [[Apple of Eden]] in the [[Colosseum]] Vault. <ref name="ACB"/>
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is kidnapped by an organization known as the [[Cult of Hermes]]. <ref name="ACB2">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, The Da Vinci Disappearance</ref>
* Ezio, with the help of Leonardo's assistant, [[Salaì]], search for clues on how to locate the kidnapped artist.
* Ezio enters the [[Temple of Pythagoras]], assassinates the Hermeticist leader, [[Ercole Massimo]] and rescues Leonardo da Vinci. The pair navigate the remainder of the temple and arrive at the Vault hidden inside.
* [[Micheletto Corella]] dies. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Templar]] activities in [[Constantinople]] reaches a minimum. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1507 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] finishes the "Mona Lisa". <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''March 12''': [[Cesare Borgia]] is killed in Spain at the hands of [[Ezio Auditore]] during the [[Siege of Viana]]. <ref name="ACB"/><ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1508 ===
* Pope Leo X holds an architectural competition for a new church in Rome. The winning entry is the San Giovanni dei Fiorentini. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1509 ===
* An earthquake happens in Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>
** The Templars obtained a Masyaf key due to the secret door collapsing. <ref name="ACR"/>
* Prince [[Selim I]]'s brother died, making [[Ahmet]] the only competition to the Ottoman throne. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* Pisa attacks [[Florence]]. The Florentine successfully defended the city with the help of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]]'s stragedy. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The French are victorious in the [[Battle of Agnadello]]. [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] is captured as a Prisoner of War <ref name="AC2D"/><ref name="ACL"/>. [[Niccolò di Pitigliano]] obtains [[the Shroud]] <ref name="ACL"/>.
* [[Caterina Sforza]] dies of pneumonia. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Ezio Auditore]] finds letters and writings from [[Mario]] and [[Giovanni]] about [[Masyaf]]. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1510 ===
* [[Francesco Vecellio]], an Assassin, assassinates [[Niccolò di Pitigliano]] and retrieves [[the Shroud]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Ezio]] set sails for Syria. <ref name="ACE"/>
* [[Alonso Carlo]] and his adopted son [[Miguel Ramon Carlo de Lugo]] flees Puerto Rico after he is accused by [[Juan Ponce de León]] of plotting an assassination plot against him, and ordered his execution. They arrive in Florida. <ref name="ACFL"/>
* [[Selim I]] attacks Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The Byzantines find the door underneath [[Masyaf]] that could only be opened by the [[Memory Seals]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''April''': The Byzantines discover a Seal in [[Topkapı Palace]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''May''': [[Ezio Auditore]] sets out on a pilgrimage to [[Masyaf]]. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1511 ===
* [[Piri Reis]]'s uncle dies, and he begins his travels on the sea. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* '''February''': The worker begins trying to break through the door to [[Altaïr's library]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''March''': Ezio arrives at [[Masyaf]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
** [[Leandros]] is assassinated by Ezio.
** He obtains [[Niccolò Polo's journal]]. <ref name="ACSC"/>
* '''May''': Ezio travels to [[Constantinople]] in search of keys that will lead him to an artifact. <ref name="ACR"/>
** Ezio meets [[Suleiman I]], [[Yusuf Tazim]] and [[Sofia Sartor]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''August''': Ezio assassinates [[Tarik Barleti]]. <ref name="ACR"/>

=== 1512 ===
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] finishes his services in foreign courts. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''March''': Ezio travels to [[Cappadocia]] and kills [[Shahkulu]] and [[Manuel Palaiologos]].<ref name="ACR"/>
* [[Yusuf Tazim]] dies. <ref name="ACR"/>
* [[Selim I]] kills his brother, [[Ahmet]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* [[Ezio]] visits [[Altaïr's library]] and speaks with [[Desmond]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''May 26''': [[Bayezid II]] dies. <ref name="ACR1">Assassin's Creed: Revelations reveal teaser</ref>

=== 1513 ===
* Piri Reis produces his most famous map. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] is released from French prison. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* '''May''': [[Flavia Auditore]] is born. <ref name="ACRN">Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel</ref>

=== 1514 ===
* '''October''': [[Marcello Auditore]] is born. <ref name="ACRN"/>

=== 1515 ===
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and his men, fighting for the French, defeats the Swiss army in Marignano. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] is killed in Brescia during battle. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1516 ===
* [[Cannaregio District]] becomes a "Jewish Ghetto". <ref name="AC2D"/>
* The La Rosa Della Virtù is burnt down and destroyer. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1519 ===
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] dies. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Lucrezia Borgia]] dies from complications giving birth to her eighth child. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1520 ===
* The fleet of [[Hernán Cortés]] arrives in Mexico. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Giovanni Borgia]] acquires the Crystal Skull.
* [[Bombastus]] analyzes the Crystal Skull.
* [[Duccio de Luca]] dies from rabies after a starving Roman dog attacked him in search of food. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* [[Suleiman I]] takes the throne. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1521 ===
* Troilo I de' Rossi, [[Bianca Riario]]'s second husband, dies. <ref name="AC2D1"/>
* [[Juan Ponce de León]] is assassinated by [[Miguel Ramon Carlo de Lugo]] to prevent him from finding a Piece of Eden in Florida. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1522 ===
* [[Bianca Riario]] dies. <ref name="AC2D1"/>

=== 1524 ===
* A Chinese man, presumably Emperor Jiajing, communicates with [[Giovanni Borgia]] via the [[Crystal Skulls]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Maria Amiel]] begins working as [[Bombastus]]'s assistant. <ref name="ACL"/>
* The city of Troyes is destroyed in a fire.
* [[Shao Jun]] visits [[Ezio Auditore]].
* [[Ezio Auditore]] dies. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1527 ===
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] dies and is buried at an unknown location. <ref name="AC2D"/>
* [[Giovanni Borgia]] returns to [[Bombastus]] for answers. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Maria Amiel]] is tasked to find the second half of [[the Book]].
* [[Maria Amiel]] and [[Giovanni Borgia]] travel from Basel to Paris and visit Jacques Henri.
* [[Maria Amiel]] and [[Giovanni Borgia]] take a detour and visit Troyes. [[Giovanni Borgia]] kills the Viper, a Templar agent, and they escape to Basel.
* '''June 24''': Basel celebrates St. John's Day. [[Maria Amiel]] finds the mad [[Bombastus]].
* Giovanni Borgia and Maria Amiel visited the [[Pythagorean Vault]].
* During the Sack of Rome, Pope Clement VII, captured by the enemies, escapes the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] disguised. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1541 ===
* [[Francisco Pizzaro]] is assassinated by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>

=== 1542 ===
* [[Giovanni Borgia]], an Assassin, experiences a vision of an unknown Chinese man through the Crystal Skull and decides to alert the other Assassins. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1553 ===
* [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I]] obtains an [[Apple of Eden]] and begins her rule over England.

=== 1554 ===
* The [[Medici]] conquers [[Monteriggioni]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1555 ===
* [[Piri Reis]] dies. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1558 ===
* [[Mary I of England]] is assassinated by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>

=== 1559 ===
* [[Elizabeth I of England]] is in possession of an [[Second Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G2">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 2</ref>

=== 1563 ===
* The Porta Viridaria is rendered useless when the third set of Leonine Walls was built around it. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1575 ===
* The construction of Santa Maria in Vallicella begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1581 ===
* [[Ivan Ivanovich of Russia|Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich]] is assassinated by Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>
* John Francis, [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]]'s brother, is born. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1582 ===
* [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] is born. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1587 ===
* [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] begins living with Count Rožmberk. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1589 ===
* [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] sees his stepfather Edward Kelley using [[the Book]]. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1592 ===
* Edward Kelley shows [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] his workshop. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1598 ===
* Edward Kelley jumps from a tower of Hněvín's Castle and is killed. <ref name="ACL"/>
* A flood sweeps away the Ponte Emilio. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* The Este family leaves Delizia di Belriguardo, and Delizia di Belriguardo becomes a stable. <ref name="ACB2"/>

=== 1599 ===
* The construction of Santa Maria in Vallicella is finished and consecrated. <ref name="ACBD"/>

== 17th Century ==
* Pope Urban VIII remodels the Porta Aurelia and renames it to Porta San Pancrazio. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1601 ===
* A plague occurs in Rome due to the stagnant waters of Acquea Mariana. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1603 ===
* Johannes marries [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]].
* Queen Elizabeth I of England dies.
* [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] receives a wedding gift, the painting "Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses", from John Dee.
* John Dee watches a play by Shakespear in Globe Theatre in London. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1604 ===
* '''June 21''': "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is opens in Prague. Johannes and his wife, [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]], watches the play. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1605 ===
* Guy Fawkes carries out his infamous Gunpowder Plot. <ref name="ACJM"/>

=== 1632 ===
* Herzafen Ahmet Chelebi tests his gliding machine on top of the [[Galata Tower]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1650 ===
* The construction for San Andrea della Valle completes. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1651 ===
* [[Charles II]], King of Scotland, while exiled to Scotland, fights troops led by Oliver Cromwell in the Battle of Worcester. <ref name="ACL"/>
* Charles II lost the battle and hides in the Royal Oak at Boscobel House. <ref name="ACL"/>
* Charles II is exiled once again to France. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1658 ===
* Oliver Cromwell dies. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1660 ===
* George Monck has effectively seized control of London. <ref name="ACL"/>
* [[Charles II]] ends his exile and is made King of England. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1662 ===
* The renovations of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesan begins. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1675 ===
* The renovations of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesan ends. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1679 ===
* Sultan Mustafa restores the [[Valens Aqueduct]]. <ref name="ACRD"/>

=== 1680s ===
* King James II orders the building of King's Chapel in Boston. <ref name="AC3D"/>

== 18th Century ==
=== 1707 ===
* Benjamin Church's residence is built by a prominent local merchant named Robert Calef. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1713 ===
* The Old State House in Boston begins housing the Massachusetts government. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1734 ===
* The construction of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini is completed. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1740s ===
* The South Battery of Boston is expanded. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1754 ===
* William Douglass, owner of Green Dragon Tavern, dies. His property was left to his daughter, Catherine Kerr, and his nephew, Cornelius Douglass. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* '''April 18''': [[Haytham Kenway]] assassinates [[Miko]] in the Royal Opera House.
* '''April 20''': Haytham Kenway begins his journey to Boston.
* '''May 16''': [[Louis Mills]] begins painting barrels of cargo and throwing them into the ocean as the ship progressed, in order to provide a trail that the Aquila could follow.
* '''May 21''': Haytham Kenway kills Louis Mills.
* '''July 8''': Haytham Kenway arrives at Boston. He meets [[Kaniehtí:io]], a captured prisoner. <ref name="AC3"/>

=== 1755 ===
* Haytham finds Kaniehtí:io.
* '''July 13''': Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu dies. Haytham and Kaniehtí:io kills [[Edward Braddock]]. Haytham impregnates Kaniehtí:io. <ref name="AC3"/>

=== 1760s ===
* The South Battery of Boston falls out of use. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1760 ===
* '''2 November''': The village in Kanatahséton was burned down by Charles Lee, Benjamin Church, Thomas Hickey, and William Johnson, and Kaniehtí:io died, leaving Ratonhnhaké:ton an orphan of the village. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1765 ===
* '''August''': The first protest over the Stamp Act occurs in Boston. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1766 ===
* An earthquake occurs in Constantinople. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The [[Bayezid Mosque]] is restored. <ref name="ACRD"/>
* The Freemasons buy the Green Dragon Tavern and rename it "The Freemasons Arms". <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1767 ===
* A gallery is installed in the Old State House. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1769 ===
* '''October 4''': Ratonhnhaké:ton and Kanen'tó:kon explores the forest and learns the way of a hunter. <ref name="AC3"/>

=== 1770 ===
* [[Paul Revere]] begins living in his Boston residence. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* '''March''': Fighting between soldiers and rope workers begins in Macneal's Rope Yard, leading right up to the Boston Massacre. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1773 ===
* Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1775 ===
* The Siege of Boston begins. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1776 ===
* The Christ Church is known as the Old North Church. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* The Old North Meeting House is torn down and used as firewood. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* The Old South Meeting House is ransacked. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* The British flee Boston. <ref name="AC3D"/>
* '''January''': Charlestown is burned during a raid. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1781 ===
* [[George Washington]] is in possession of an [[Third Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G2">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 2</ref> He would later pass it on to his succedding President. <ref name="AC2G3">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 3</ref>

=== 1790 ===
* The Massachusetts State House opens in Beacon Hill. <ref name="AC3D">>Assassin's Creed III, Database</ref>

=== 1797 ===
* Austria takes control of [[Venezia]]. <ref name="AC2D"/>

=== 1798 ===
* The Boston government moves out of the Old State House. <ref name="AC3D"/>.

=== 1799 ===
* '''January 22''': [[Ludger Duvernay]], a Canadian Assassin, is born. <ref name="ACFL"/>

== 19th Century ==
=== 1812 ===
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon I]] is in possession of an [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G2">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 2</ref>

=== 1817 ===
* Public hanging ends in Boston. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1830 ===
* Cows are banned in Boston. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1834 ===
* '''June 24''': Saint John's Day is celebrated in Montreal, Canada. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan witnesses the founding of Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1862 ===
* The Union Troops in Beaufort, South Carolina are in possession of an [[Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G4"/>

=== 1863 ===
* The Battle of Gettysburg occurs. [[Subject 16]] once visited the battle as his ancestor. <ref name="AC2G14"/>
* '''November 19''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] witnesses the Gettysburg Address as a result of the bleeding effect. <ref name="ACRLA"/>

=== 1865 ===
* [[John Wilkes Booth]] is killed by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>
* '''February 28''': [[Mina Bergson]], an Assassin, is born. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1866 ===
* [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]], an Assassin, is born. <ref name="ACTF"/>

=== 1880 ===
* [[Mina Bergson]] befriends [[Annie Horniman]] and the Assassins. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1881 ===
* [[Alexander II of Russia]] is killed by the Assassins in St. Petersburg. <ref name="ACTF">Assassin's Creed: The Fall</ref>

=== 1887 ===
* [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]] is hanged for an attempted assassination on Tsar Alexander III. <ref name="ACTF"/>
* The Assassin Order asks [[Mina Bergson]] to pretend to take interest in [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]] who is about to establish his own occult secret society, knowing that he is funded by the Templars. <ref name="ACFL"/>

=== 1888 ===
* '''October 29''': [[Nikolai Orelov]], an Assassin, chases [[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III]] of Russia in a train in order to acquire a [[Piece of Eden]], but causes the Borki train disaster. <ref name="ACTF"/>

=== 1891 ===
* [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]] obtains the original "Divine Science".
* [[William Wynn Westcott]] and [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]] send an assassin to kill [[Frater V.O.V.]].
* '''December 20''':
** Gustav Meyrink visits [[Frater V.O.V.]].
** [[Frater V.O.V.]] is assassinated. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1899 ===
* [[Nikolai Orelov]]'s child dies. <ref name="ACTF"/>

== 20th Century ==
=== 1900 ===
* [[Nikola Tesla]] is in possession of an [[Fourth Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G11"/>
* The Exposition Universelle in Paris attracts over fifty million people. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1901 ===
* Moina Mathers copulates with [[Frater V.O.V.]]'s corpse to keep his soul alive. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1902 ===
* The Wardenclyffe Tower is under construction. <ref name="AC2G11">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 11</ref>

=== 1903 ===
* [[Thomas Edison]] electrocutes a circus elephant to cause disapproval of [[Nikola Tesla]]'s alternating current, who at that time is in possession of the [[Fourth Apple]]. <ref name="AC2G11">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 12</ref>

=== 1905 ===
* One of Paul Revere's descendants buys his former residence and turns it into a museum. <ref name="AC3D"/>

=== 1908 ===
* '''June 30''': By request of the [[Assassins]], [[Nikola Tesla]] fires a particle beam weapon at a Templar facility Siberia, causing the [[Tunguska event]]. [[The Staff]] is destroyed. <ref name="ACTF"/><ref name="AC2G16">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 16</ref><ref name="ACCE"/><ref name="ACRAD"/>

=== 1910 ===
* The Abstergo's founders designs the "Plan". <ref name="ACBG3"/><ref name="ACRAD"/>

=== 1913 ===
* [[Harry Houdini]] performs the Chinese Water Torture cell escape. He is in possession of an [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]] and used it to help him accomplish his feats. <ref name="AC2G3"/>
* The [[Templars]] creates the Federal Reserve System. <ref name="ACBG3">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 3</ref>

=== 1914 ===
* [[Assassin]] [[Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva]] attempts to assassinate [[Grigori Rasputin]]. <ref name="ACL"/>
* '''December 25''':
** The Christmas Truce occurs between the Germans and British.
** During the truce, Erich Albert, a German Templar, is assassinated by a British medic who is secretly an Assassin. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1915 ===
* [[Harry Houdini]] and his wife Bess poses for a photo. He is still in possession of an [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G9">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 9</ref>

=== 1916 ===
* [[Grigori Rasputin]], a Russian mystic, advisor to Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] of [[Russia]] and Templar, is assassinated by [[Assassins]].

=== 1917 ===
* The [[Bolshevik Revolution]] occurs in Russia. <ref name="ACRAD"/>
* [[Nikolai Andreievich Orelov]] travels to [[Krasnoyarsk]] to find [[Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva]].
** [[Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva]] kills herself. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1926 ===
* '''October 31''': [[Harry Houdini]] is murdered, presumably by the Templars, in order to retrieve an [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G3"/><ref name="AC2G9"/>

=== 1930 ===
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] participates in the Salt March. He is in possession of an [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G3"/>

=== 1937 ===
* [[Abstergo Industries]], a modern day front for the Templar Order, is established. <ref name="ACBG3"/><ref name="ACRAD"/>

=== 1939 ===
* [[World War II]], orchestrated by the Templars, begins between the Axis Forces and the Allied Forces when Britain and [[France]] declare war on Germany]

=== 1943 ===
* '''July 22''': The first test of the [[Philadelphia Project]] takes place.
* [[Subject 15]] relives the memory of his ancestor during the Philadelphia Project. <ref name="ACCE"/>
* The ship is "briefly manifested in a future state" for approximately 18 minutes. <ref name="ACCE"/>
* '''October 28''': The second, and final test of the Philadelphia Project is undertaken. <ref name="ACLE"/>

=== 1944 ===
* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] attends a stragedic meeting. He is in possess of an [[Third Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G3">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 3</ref>
* The 2nd Infantry Division of the US Army uses an [[Apple of Eden]] to aid them during their attack on Brest, France. <ref name="AC2G3"/>
* The [[Shroud]] was uncovered in Milan during a bombing. <ref name="ACL"/>
* '''July 22''': The [[Abstergo]] Industry addresses its member on the importance of repelling Communism. <ref name="ACBG3"/>

=== 1945 ===
* [[Adolf Hitler]]'s double is killed in a bunker. <ref name="AC2G17">Assassin's Creed II, Glyph 17</ref>
* [[Adolf Hitler]], leader of the Nazi Party and a Templar, is assassinated by the Assassins in order to retrieve a Piece of Eden. <ref name="AC2G17"/>

=== 1946 ===
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] is shown to be still possessing an [[Second Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G9"/>

=== 1948 ===
* '''January 30''': [[Mahatma Gandhi]] is murdered by the Templars, just after India gains independence, in order to retrieve an [[Second Apple|Apple of Eden]]. <ref name="AC2G3"/><ref name="AC2G9"/>

=== 1952 ===
* '''January''': [[Jack Parsons]] loses his security clearance at Caltech.
* '''June 17''': [[Thomas Sean Morgan]] visits [[Theodore von Kármán]]. [[Jack Parsons]] is killed in an explosion planted by [[Abstergo Industries]].
* '''June 25''': A flight departs from Pasadena, California to Mexico. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 1953 ===
* [[Joseph Stalin|Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin]], leader of the USSR, is assassinated by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>
* The Liberation of Iran is orchestrated by [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], [[Sha'baan Ja'fari]] and other Templar agents. The Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown. <ref name="ACBG5"/>
* England loses to Hungary in an infamous football match. The event is considered to be the worst sports-related disaster in history by some, including [[Shaun]]'s father. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1954 ===
* The Liberation of Guatemala is orchestrated by Templar agents. <ref name="ACBG5"/>
* '''June''': "V." and "N." discusses via phone about the need to arrest [[Alan Turing]], a Templar traitor. <ref name="ACBG3">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 4</ref>

=== 1960 ===
* The [[Caserma di Alviano]] is marked to be rebuilt as a memorial. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1963 ===
* '''November 22''': [[John F. Kennedy]], the 35<sup>th</sup> President of the United States, is [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|murdered]] by [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], a [[Templar]]. The [[First Apple]] is used to create a phantom on the hill effect, and the [[Second Apple]] is used to control the driver to take the [[Third Apple]] from Kennedy.
* [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], a Templar, succedds John Kennedy as the President of the United States.

=== 1964 ===
* Chilean workers marches in support of [[Salvador Allende]] as the President of Chile. <ref name="ACBG5">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 5</ref>

=== 1968 ===
* An [[Apple of Eden]] is used during the Vietnam War at a battle in My Tho. <ref name="AC2G4"/>

=== 1969 ===
* '''July 20''': Apollo 11, a Templar expedition, lands on the Moon with Neil Armstrong and [[Buzz Aldrin]] becoming the first humans to set foot on the Moon. A [[Fifth Apple|Piece of Eden]] is recovered.

=== 1971 ===
* [[François Duvalier]], President of Haiti, is assassinated by the Assassins. <ref name="AC2G15"/>

=== 1973 ===
* '''September 11''': [[Henry Kissinger]] and other Templars overthrows [[Salvador Allende]] and installed [[Augusto Pinochet]] as the new President of Chile. <ref name="ACBG5"/>

=== 1974 ===
* [[Daniel Cross]] is born. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1984 ===
* [[Rebecca Crane]], an Assassin, is born.

=== 1985 ===
* The technology for the [[Animus]] first becomes available to [[Abstergo Industries]].

=== 1987 ===
* [[Desmond Miles]], an Assassin, is born at "[[The Farm]]".
* [[Lucy Stillman]], an Assassin, is born.

=== 1990 ===
* Mikhail Gorbachev, a Templar, brings democracy to Russia and establishes the Constitutional Court. His Communism ideals conflicts the ideology of the [[Templars]]. <ref name="ACBG6">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 6</ref>
* The Porta Cavalleggeri is enlarged for cars to pass through. <ref name="ACBD"/>

=== 1991 ===
* '''August''': [[Boris Yeltsin]], another Templar, stands up to Mikhail Gorbachev's ideologies and Gorbachev loses popularity. <ref name="ACBG6"/>
* '''December''': [[Boris Yeltsin]] unseats Mikhail Gorbachev in a secret meeting at the Belavezhskaya Forest and becomes the first President of Russia. <ref name="ACBG6"/>

=== 1992 ===
* Under [[Boris Yeltsin]]'s capitalistic rule, Russian economy opens to elite oligarchs and private companies. <ref name="ACBG6"/>
* The British Petroleum, a Templar organization, phones Alfa Bank and discusses oil deals. <ref name="ACBG6"/>

=== 1993 ===
* The Constitutional Court and the Parliament is disbanded by [[Boris Yeltsin]]. <ref name="ACBG6"/>
* 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress is sent to [[Boris Yeltsin]] after the disbandment. <ref name="ACBG6"/>

=== 1997 ===
* The Templars arrange for fake hominid skeletons to be planted in Ethiopia. <ref name="AC2"/>

=== 1998 ===
* [[Daniel Cross]] confronts his psychiatrist and starts having hallucinations. <ref name="ACE"/>

=== 1999 ===
* Robert Getas contacts Vanessa for the first time. <ref name="ACL"/>

== 21st Century ==
=== Circa 2000s ===
* [[Subject 16]] is abducted by [[Abstergo Industries]]. <ref name="AC"/>
* Subject 16 relives several of his ancestors' lives, which makes him go through the [[bleeding effect]], and drives him insane. <ref name="AC2"/>
* Subject 16 creates many encrypted files containing [[The Truth|the "Truth" video]] in Abstergo's Animus database. <ref name="AC2"/>
* Subject 16 commits suicide and leaves [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]] written with his own blood in his quarters and in the lab adjacent to the room. <ref name="AC"/>
* The Assassins discover via the Animus 2.0 the location of a Temple, located in USA.
* [[Abstergo Industries]] starts training [[Templars|Templar]] recruits by making them relive memories of several Templars in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]] using the [[Animus]] v.1.28 and the [[bleeding effect]]. <ref name="ACB"/>
* A large part of [[Codex|Altair's Codex]] rests in the hands of the Templars.
* The [[DIA satellite accident]] occurs.
** The [[Second Apple]] is destroyed. <ref name="ACCE">Assassin's Creed, Conference Room Email</ref>
** At least 20 are dead in the accident. <ref name="ACLE"/>
** To cover up, a Templar agent ("Project Lead") kills everyone on the scene. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** The cleaning crew of [[Abstergo Industries]] arrives. <ref name="ACWE"/>

=== 2000 ===
* The [[Templars]] and [[Assassins]] both attempt to gain control over the United States during the presidential campaign; with [[George W. Bush]] as the Templar-backed candidate and [[Al Gore]] as the Assassin-backed candidate. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* [[Daniel Cross]] is kidnapped by Abstergo as "[[Animus' Subjects|Subject 4]]" and brainwashed as a sleeper agent to assassinate [[The Mentor (2000)|the Mentor]] if he ever gets the chance. <ref name="ACTF"/><ref name="ACRAD"/>
* Daniel Cross relives the memories of his [[Russia]]n Assassin ancestor, [[Nikolai Orelov]], through the [[bleeding effect]] in his adulthood.
* Daniel Cross assassinates the Mentor.
* Daniel Cross returns to Abstergo Industries to report all locations of the Assassin camps and is returned to the Animus.
* The Brotherhood comes to near destruction due to the actions of [[Daniel Cross]]. <ref name="ACE"/>
* '''December''': [[Antonin Scalia]], a Templar, writes a letter to "S.", detailing their plans to destroy the Campaign Finance laws. <ref name="ACBG7"/>

=== 2001 ===
* Don Evans, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, [[Dick Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]], all Templars, begins their positions as the U.S. Commerce Secretary, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Defense Secretary, Vice President of the U.S. and President of the United States respectively. <ref name="ACBG7">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 7</ref>
* '''October 6''': The day is marked as "IRemember" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ">Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Desmond's Joruney Teaser Trailer</ref>

=== 2002 ===
* '''March 21''': The day is marked as "BlackHills" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 21''': The day is marked as "MotherSad" and "FatherMad" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. This day is marked in the American convention (M-D-Y). <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''July 22''': The day is marked as "NothingIsTrue" and "EverythingIsPermitted" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 2003 ===
* [[Desmond Miles]], an Assassin, escapes [[the Farm]] - an Assassin Hideout - and starts working as a bartender in [[Bad Weather]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* [[Desmond Miles]] buys a motorcycle.
* '''February 4''': The day is marked as "BoredOfWarStories" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''May 16''': The day is marked as "ChicagoGirls" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 16''': The day is marked as "Escape" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 23''': The day is marked as "FacesInStone" and "WhatIsThisPlace" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 27''': The day is marked as "NotFarEnough" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 30''': The day is marked as "PainKillers" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''December 19''': The Mars Express Orbiter hurls the Beagle 2 towards Mars. <ref name="ACL"/>
* '''December 25''':
** Vanessa, a scientist working for the Beagle 2 launch, and other scientists from the LOCC awaits confirmation of Beagle 2 landing on Mars. <ref name="ACL"/>
** Vanessa steals data on the landing, and is killed when a trade goes foul. <ref name="ACL"/>

=== 2004 ===
* Don Evans, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Commerce Secretary. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* '''March 11''': The day is marked as "TheyWillFindMe" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 14''': The day is marked as "12To6" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''November''': Gary, a CIA agent, finds out about Abstergo and their links to numerous commerical organizations. He plans to publish a book about his findings but is stopped by Templar agents. <ref name="ACBG9">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 9</ref>

=== 2005 ===
* The last time [[Lucy Stillman]] sees [[Rebecca Crane]] until 2012, likely due to her internment at [[Abstergo Industries]]. <ref name="AC2"/>
* Paul Wolfowitz, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* [[Condoleezza Rice]], a Templar, becomes the U.S. Secretary of State. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* '''March 3''': The day is marked as "JustACult" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 16''': The day is marked as "WHEREAREYOU!" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 2006 ===
* Donald Rumsfeld, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Defense Secretary. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* The "Second Plague", or the "L-11 Outbreak", occurs. 96% of the Africa population dies and Africa becomes uninhabited. <ref name="ACWE"/>

=== 2007 ===
* [[Abstergo Industries]] carry out conditioned response experiments. <ref name="ACLE"/>
* The water flow of [[Acqua Vergene]] is halted temporarily due to a construction accident. <ref name="ACBD"/>
* '''January''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] visits his psychiatrist. The psychiatrist notes that he may have OCD or ADHD. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''February''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] visits his psychiatrist. The psychiatrist notes that he may have had an abusive parental relationship. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* [[Clay Kaczmarek]] is inducted by [[William Miles]] to the [[Assassins]]. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''August''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]]'s psychiatrist note that there is a change in Clay Kaczmarek's behavior. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''September'''
** [[Leila Marino]], a friend of [[Lucy Stillman]]'s, dies an unknown death. <ref name="ACWE"/><ref name="ACLE">Assassin's Creed, Lucy Stillman's Emails</ref>
** [[Clay Kaczmarek]] quits college.
** [[Clay Kaczmarek]] visits his psychiatrist. <ref name="ACRLA"/>

=== 2008 ===
* '''January''': The ''First Quarter Briefing on Abstergo Lab Facility Progress'' is published. <ref name="ACRLA">Assassin's Creed: Revelations: The Lost Archive</ref>
* '''March''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] visits his psychiatrist. Positive progress is noted. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''April''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] visits his psychiatrist and steals the patient files on himself. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''June 12''': The day is marked as "CALLHOME!" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 16''': The day is marked as "SoMuchNoise" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 2009 ===
* [[Condoleezza Rice]], a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Secretary of State. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* [[Dick Cheney]] and [[George W. Bush]] ends their services as the Vice President of the U.S. and President of the United States respectively. <ref name="ACBG7"/>
* [[Abstergo]] installs the Akashic Satellite Plexus. <ref name="ACRAD"/>
* An "incident" happens on Pennsylvania Avenue, prompting increased security to guests.<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''February 16''': The day is marked as "TheEverythingCity" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 2010 ===
* '''July''': [[Lucy Stillman]] runs experiment on [[Subject 15]]. She sends an email to comfort a stressed [[Clay Kaczmarek]]. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''July 12''': Maintenance crews start maintenance in the North Parking Structure of [[Abstergo Industries]].<ref name="ACJM">James Morse's e-mail</ref>
* '''July 19''': The maintenance crews finishes their maintenance.<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''November 11''': Leonard Wong requests to see [[Alan Rikkin]].<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''November 15''': The [[Abstergo Industries]] Company Insurance Evaluation deadline.<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''November 28'''
* The [[Abstergo Industries]] internal network is checked for possible security holes in light of the governmental breach to Wikileaks.<ref name="ACJM"/>
* Carson Kairns receives a delivery on behalf of [[Abstergo Industries]].<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 9''': [[Shaun Hastings]], under the name "Guy Fawkes", releases confidential details on [[Abstergo Industries]] to Wikileaks.<ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 10'''
* [[Shaun Hastings]] is kidnapped by [[Abstergo Industries]]. He escapes on the same day. <ref name="ACJM"/>
* Some [[Abstergo Industries]] holds a party on Pennsylvania Avenue. <ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 13''': [[Abstergo Industries]] announces the plan to launch their satellite in 2012 to its employees. <ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 14''': The experimentation on [[Subject 15]] ceases. She is disposed by [[Abstergo Industries]]. <ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 15''': [[Warren Vidic]] stays in the Blair House for a meeting. <ref name="ACJM"/>
* '''December 19''': C Wing of [[Abstergo Industries]] becomes a restricted area. <ref name="ACJM"/>

=== 2011 ===
* '''February 1''': [[Clay Kaczmarek]] is arranged to be "captured" by [[Abstergo Industries]]. <ref name="ACRLA"/>
* '''February 4''': The day is marked as "JustAddGin" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''April''': A man named Mr. Jameson finds out Abstergo's CCTV used to spy on civilians. He and his son are promptly disposed by Templar agents. <ref name="ACBG8">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 8</ref>
* '''April 13''': Carolie Grey sends a notice of acquisition of Saint Petersburg to [[Alan Rikkin]]. <ref name="ACFL"/>
* '''September 17''': The day is marked as "TheJMZ" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>

=== 2012 ===
* '''January''':
** The head of the [[Abstergo Industries]] left the company to an unknown person. <ref name="ACBG10"/>
* '''August 8''':
** The day is marked as "I Am Not Alive" in the code related to [[Subject 16]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 9''':
** The day is marked as "BadWeather" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 10''':
** The day is marked as "NineYearsAlone" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''August 27''':
** [[Abstergo]]'s [[Animus]] software is upgraded to version 1.28. <ref name="AC"/><ref name="GI"/>
* '''September 1''':
** [[Desmond Miles]] is found by [[Abstergo Industries]].
** He is introduced to the [[Animus]] 1.28 and lives through key moments of his ancestor [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]'s life. <ref name="AC"/> <ref name="GI"/>
* '''September 3''':
** The Global Weather Association abolishes the term 'Hurricane Season' due to increasingly erratic weather patterns. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** Eye-Abstergo postpones the launch of their first satellite until December 21st. <ref name="ACWE"/>
* '''September 4''':
** The E.U. and U.S. begin construction of jointly owned oil platforms in the Weddell Sea. <ref name="ACWE"/>
* '''September 6''':
** The water supply of a small town is tampered, leading to hundreds being hospitalized.
** The "Fluoride Enhancement Studies" documents is leaked from [[Abstergo Industries]], as a result, Abstergo Holdings is accused to be behind the plot. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** The last movie studio in the USA closes. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** The findings from Desmond's journey into the Animus is downloaded onto the secure terminal in the conference room. <ref name="ACWE"/>
* '''September 7''':
** The President of Mexico promises to ramp up border security to stop American refugees. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** [[Abstergo Industries]] finish cleaning up the mess left by the DIA incident. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** Abstergo Industries learn the locations of all of the [[Pieces of Eden]] through using Desmond Miles in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="AC"/>
** The Grail is removed from Abstergo's list of objectives. <ref name="ACCE"/>
** The examination of the [[Crystal Skulls]] by the Abstergo agents is completed. <ref name="ACCE"/>
* '''September 8'''
** A talk is held and plans to divide up Africa, devastated by a plague, are discussed. <ref name="ACWE"/>
** Desmond Miles escapes Abstergo Industries, along with Lucy Stillman. <ref name="AC"/><ref name="GI"/>
** They retreat to an Assassin [[Hideout]] where he meets fellow Assassins Rebecca Crane and [[Shaun Hastings]].
** Desmond Miles is introduced to the [[Animus 2.0]] and relives key moments of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s life. <ref name="AC2"/>
* '''September 9''':
** [[Desmond Miles]] suffers from side-effects of the [[bleeding effect]].
** The Assassins were made aware of [[Minerva]]'s warning through the Animus 2.0. <ref name="AC2"/>
** [[Warren Vidic]] and a group of Templars attack the Assassin Hideout, the modern-age Assassins repel the Templar attack <ref name="AC2"/> and flee to [[Monteriggioni]] <ref name="ACB"/>.
** Desmond Miles discovers a way into the [[Sanctuary]] underneath [[Villa Auditore]] in Monteriggioni. <ref name="ACB"/>
* '''September 17''':
** The day is marked as "AreYouDesmondMiles?" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''September 19''':
** Desmond is reported to be screaming loudly during his sleep. <ref name="ACBLE">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Lucy Stillman's Emails</ref>
** The day is marked as "Bastards!" in the code related to [[Desmond Miles]] found in the [[Animus]]. <ref name="ACRDJ"/>
* '''September 26''':
** A white van is parked near the [[Villa Auditore]]. [[Rebecca Crane]] suspects it to be surveillance gear. <ref name="ACBLE"/>
* '''October 10''':
** Desmond Miles uncovers [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s [[Ezio's Apple|Piece of Eden]], which he hid in the [[Colosseum Vault]], with Lucy Stillman, Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings.
** Desmond Miles is forced to stab and kill<ref name="ACR"/> Lucy Stillman with his [[hidden blade]] by [[Juno]].
** Desmond Miles is taken back into an Animus by [[William M.]] and an unknown man of Assassin affiliation. <ref name="ACB"/>
** In a coma, Desmond is forced to relive the last memories of Ezio. <ref name="ACR"/>
** Desmond meets [[Jupiter]] and wakes up from the coma. He, [[William Miles]], [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] travels to the [[Grand Temple]]. <ref name="ACR"/>
* '''October 30''': Desmond familiarizes himself with the updated software installed during the time he spent in a coma. <ref name="AC3">Assassin's Creed III</ref>
* '''December 21''':
** This is the scheduled launch date of an Abstergo satellite. The satellite will be mounted with a [[Piece of Eden]] as part of the Templars' plan to control the minds of [[humans]] and ensure ''"absolute peace"''. <ref name="ACWE"/><ref name="ACBG10">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Cluster 10</ref> The project is now cancelled. <ref name="ACRAD"/>

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