User:Barnabas Hale/Timeline

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

Table of Contents
Early Undocumented History
Before the Common Era (BCE)
Pre-2nd Millennium BCE	75000 BCE - 67000 BCE - 3114 BCE
2nd Millennium BCE	1700 BCE - Age of Greek Mythology - 1700 BCE - 1600 BCE - 1190 BCE
1st Millennium BCE	970 BCE - 702 BCE - 465 BCE - 332 BCE - 323 BCE - 210 BCE - 150 BCE 44 BCE - 42 BCE - 30 BCE
The Common Era (AD)
1st Century	1 - 28 - 30 - 33 - 41
5th Century	434
6th Century
10th Century	900
11th Century	1090
12th Century	1119 - 1165 - 1189 - 1190 - 1191
References

Early Undocumented History

• Those Who Came Before creates human and Pieces of Edens.
• Adam and Eve rebels against Those Who Came Before and steals an Apple.
• The war between the Humans and Those Who Came Before begins.
• The First Disaster occurs, heavily reducing the population of both humans and Those Who Came Before.
• Those Who Came Before and Humans interbreed after the First Disaster.
• Cain murders Abel to obtain his Apple, and become the first known Templar.

Pre-2nd Millennium BCE

Between 75000 BCE and 67000 BCE

• The Toba catastrophe occurs. It is speculated by the Assassins in 2012 to be the same event as 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.

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" , 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.
• Zeus rapes Europa, a human, giving birth to Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon.
• Zeus and Danaë, a human, gives birth to Perseus.
• Perseus slays Medusa with the Sword.
• Zeus seduces Leda, a human, as a swan. Leda gives birth to Helen of Troy.
• Heracles steals an Apple from the Hesperides.
• Jason obtains the Golden Fleece.
• 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.

Circa 1700 BCE

• Jacob gives The Shroud, as a multicolored coat, to Joseph.

Circa 1600 BCE

• Moses obtains the Staff.
• Moses liberates the Israelites from Egyptian rule with the help of the Staff.

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.
• Idun possess an Apple, or even multiple Apples, that gives the eater immortality.

1st Millennium BCE

Circa 970 BCE

• David wins a fight against Goliath with the help of the Shroud.

702 BCE

• Shabataka begins his rule of Egypt with the help of the Staff.

465 BCE

• Xerxes I of Persia is assassinated by Darius.

332 BCE

• Alexander the Great invades Egypt. It is likely that he also receives his Staff during the war.

323 BCE

• The Assassin Iltani poisons Alexander the Great , who holds the Staff of Eden.

210 BCE

• Assassin Wei Yu kills Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China with a spear.

Before 150 BCE

• The Antikythera mechanism is constructed, probably with help from Those Who Came Before.

44 BCE

• Gaius Julius Caesar is killed by the Assassins, led by Marcus Junius Brutus.

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.

30 BCE

• Amunet, an Assassin, kills Pharaoh Cleopatra of Egypt with an Asp snake.

1st Century

1

• The birth of Jesus Christ, marking the start of the Common Era.

28

• John the Baptist acquires the Staff of Eden and begins his ministry.

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.
• 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.
• Saint Peter obtains the Staff of Eden and becomes the leader of the Early Christian Church.

41

• Leonius, an Assassin, assassinates Emperor Caligula of the Roman Empire with a knife.

5th Century

434

• Atilla the Hun obtains the Sword of Eden and becomes Emperor of the Hunnic Empire until his death in 453.

Between Late 5th Century and Late 6th Century

• Arthur pulled the Sword of Eden, then called Excalibur, out of a stone and used it to become King of England.
• Odin obtains the sword, and plunges the Sword into a tree called Barnstokkr.
• Sigmund pulled the Sword from the tree.

10th Century

900

• A Chinese wall art in Dunhuang depicts the Fourth Apple.

11th Century

1090

• Hassan-i Sabbah is the Grand Master of the Assassin Order.
• The Assassins begins performing public assassinations and let the public to know of their existence.

12th Century

1119

• The Templars, unnamed at this time, officially name themselves "Templars".
• Hugh de Payns is the Grand Master of the Templar Order, leading the Templars to unification.

1165

• January 11: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, an Assassin (later Grand Master), is born.

1189

• May: The Third Crusade begins as the Crusaders declare war on the Muslims.

1190

• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad becomes a Master Assassin.
• 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.

1191

• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Malik A-Sayf and Kadar A-Sayf are sent to retrieve the Templars' treasure. Altaïr flees the scene; Kadar is killed but Malik, though badly wounded, completes the mission.
• 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.
• Armand Bouchart succumbs Robert de Sable as the new Grand Master of the Knights Templar.
• Richard the Lionheart sells Cyprus to Armand Bouchart.
• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinates Armand Bouchart and various Templar agents in Cyprus.

13th Century

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.

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).

1271

• Marco Polo begins his life living in the court of Kublai Khan. He acquired the Codex during his stay.

1290

• The Villa Auditore is constructed in Monteriggioni.

1296

• Domenico Auditore spends his childhood "in a small house by the Venetian lagoon".

14th Century

1307

• Pope Clement V allows Philip IV of France to "arrest" Templars across Europe.

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.

1320

• The Villa Auditore is attacked by the Florentine, leaving its facade damaged.

1321

• Dante Alighieri is murdered by the Templars. His body is found by Domenico Auditore.
• Domenico Auditore purchases and renovates the Villa Auditore.
• Domenico and his family escapes to Spain.

1324

• Domenico Auditore travels to Venice.
• Marco Polo and Domenico Auditore's father are murdered.

15th Century

1416

• Uberto Alberti, a Templar and Gonfaloniere of Florence, is born.

1424

• Jeanne d'Arc receives the Sword of Eden and starts having visions of thwarting the English occupation in France.

1431

• Jeanne d'Arc is burned at the stake by English Templars.
• The Templars acquired the Sword of Eden.

1432

• Maria de' Mozzi, future wife to Giovanni Auditore, is born.

1434

• Mario Auditore, an Assassin, condottiero, and ruler of Monteriggioni is born.

1435

• Silvio Barbarigo, a state inquisitor of Venice, and a Templar, is born.

1436

• Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin, Maria Auditore's husband and Mario Auditore's brother is born.

1438

• Paola, an Assassin and the leader of the Courtesans of Florence, is born.
• June 29: Mario Auditore, now a condottiero patrolling the countryside of Anghiari, alerts Micheletto Attendolo to a surprise advance of Milanese troops.

1441

• Alvise da Vilandino is born.

1442

• Cosimo de' Medici promotes Luca Albizzi to the position of Gonfaloniere, in the place of his old friend Ilario Auditore.

1446

• Paola's parents are killed at sea.
• Paola begins a rough life on the streets.

1448

• Maria de' Mozzi meets Giovanni Auditore for the first time at her bakery.
• Octavian de Valois, a French baron, Templar and general in both the papal and French army is born.

1450

• Giovanni Auditore marries Maria de' Mozzi.

1454

• Giovanni Auditore moves to Florence with Maria Auditore to pursue a career in banking.
• Mario Auditore stays at the family villa in Monteriggioni and attempts to decipher Altaïr's Codex.
• Mario Auditore repels an attack on Monteriggioni led by the condottiero Federico da Montefeltro.
• Mario Auditore finds the Shroud inside a chamber within the well of Villa Auditore.
• Giovanni Auditore takes The Shroud from Monteriggioni at Mario Auditore's request.

1455

• Bartolomeo d'Alviano, an Assassin, and condottiero of Venice is born.
• Giovanni Auditore saves Lorenzo de' Medici from drowning in the River Arno, starting a beneficial friendship between their families.

1456

• Federico Auditore da Firenze is born to Giovanni and Maria Auditore.

1457

• Annetta, the Auditore family servant, is born.

16th Century

1500

• Alvise da Vilandino dies in Methoni, Greece during a Turkish attack.