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

• The city of Rajastan, India is irradiated by a Piece of Eden. This is probably a reference to a piece of news floating on the Internet (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.

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.

212 BCE

• The Acqua Antoniniana is built by Caracella.

210 BCE

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

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.

144 BCE

• The construction of Acqua Marcia begins.

140 BCE

• The construction of Acqua Marcia ends.

59 BCE

• The city of Florence is founded by Gaius Julius Caesar.

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.

2

• March 16: The day is marked as "WoodSmoke" in the code found in the Animus.

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.

2nd Century

135

• The construction of Castel Sant'Angelo begins.

139

• The construction of Castel Sant'Angelo ends.

3rd Century

• The city of San Gimignano is founded.

4th Century

326

• The original Basilica di San Pietro is built.

393

• The Basilica di San Lorenzo is consecrated.

5th Century

401

• The Castel Sant'Angelo is turned to a military fortress.

410

• The Castel Sant'Angelo is razed by Visigothic looters during the Sacking of Rome.

421

• The San Giacomo di Rialto is founded.

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.

6th Century

• The Lombards rule Florence.

7th Century

• The San Pietro di Castello is built.
• The city of Venezia is established.

9th Century

• The San Zaccaria is constructed.
• The Campanile di San Marco is constructed.

828

• The Basilica di San Marco is built.

889

• The city of Forli becomes an independent republic.

10th Century

• The city of San Gimignano, located in the middle of a trade route, begins to grow.
• The Acqua Antoniniana stops functioning due to the lack of repairs.

900

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

996

• The first written record of the Ponte Vecchio is made.

11th Century

1000

• The Palazzo Comunale is built.

1050

• The flooding problems of Forli is solved.

1063

• The Basilica di San Marco is reconstructed to its current form.

1071

• The San Giacomo di Rialto is constructed to its current form.

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

1105

• The San Zaccaria is burnt down.

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.

1127

• The selection of the Doge of Venice is entrusted to 40 men, known as "The Forty".

1165

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

1170

• The San Zaccaria is rebuilt after a fire.

1173

• The Abbazia di San Mercuriale is destroyed in a fire.

1180

• The Abbazia di San Mercuriale is rebuilt.

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.

1199

• The city of San Gimignano becomes self-governing.

13th Century

1202

• The Fourth Crusade begins.

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).

Circa 1237

• The Podestà starts living in Torre Rognosa.

1246

• Jacopo Tiepoto donates a piece of land to Dominicans for the construction of San Giovanni e Paolo.

1252

• Simon Stock of Cambridge claims to have a vision of Virgin Mary appearing to him in Santa Maria dei Carmini.

1255

• The Podestà puts up a new law in San Gimignano that bans building that were built higher than their residence.

1258

• The Santa Trinita is constructed over an existing church.

1260

• The facade of Scuola Grande di San Marco is built.

1271

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

1288

• The Palazzo Comunale of Tuscany is built.

1290

• The Villa Auditore is constructed in Monteriggioni.

1296

• Domenico Auditore spends his childhood "in a small house by the Venetian lagoon".
• The Carnival is first held in Venice.
• The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is designed by Arnolfo di Cambio.

1299

• The Palazzo della Signoria is designed by Arnolfo di Cambio.

14th Century

Circa 1300s

• The Santa Maria dei Carmini is built.

1300

• The construction of Torre Grossa begins.

1307

• 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.
• 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.

1309

• The Palazzo Ducale begins construction.

1311

• The construction of Torre Grossa ends.

1313

• Monte Oliveto Maggiore is founded by Bernado Tolomei.

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.
• The Arsenale di Venezia is rebuilt and enlarged. The project is funded by Templars.

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.

1337

• The Podestà takes up residence in the Palazzo Comunale.

1343

• Giotto di Bondone begins the construction of the Giotto Campanile.

1345

• The Ponte Vecchio is built to its current form.

1347

• Saint Catherine of Sienna is born.

1348

• The Black Death starts in Europe.
• Andrea Pisano dies of the Black Death.

1350

• The Black Death ends in Europe.

1359

• Francesco Talenti completes the Giotto Campanile.

1376

• The construction of Loggia dei Lanzi begins.

1378

• The lower class of Florence revolts.

1382

• The construction of Loggia dei Lanzi ends.

15th Century

Circa 1400s

• The Santa Maria della Visitazione is founded.

1412

• The Palazzo Comunale is enlarged and bought by the Ordelaffi family, the head of Forlì.

1413

• Marco Barbarigo is born.

1416

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

1418

• Stefano da Bagnone, a monk, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.

1420

• Agostino Barbarigo, the 74th Doge of the Republic of Venice, is born.
• The Santa Maria Novella is consecrated.

1421

• Emilio Barbarigo, a future Venetian merchant king and Templar is born.
• Jacopo de' Pazzi, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.

1424

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

1430

• The construction of San Giovanni e Paolo is completed.

1431

• May 30': Jeanne d'Arc is burned at the stake by English Templars.
• The Templars acquired the Sword of Eden.
• Rodrigo Borgia is born.

1432

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

1433

• Cosimo de' Medici is exiled.

1434

• Mario Auditore, an Assassin, condottiero, and ruler of Monteriggioni is born.
• Cosimo de' Medici rises to power after returning from his exile.

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.
• The dome of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is completed by Filippo Brunelleschi.

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.

1443

• Antonio de Magianis is born.
• Archbishop Francesco Salviati of Pisa, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.

1444

• Francesco de' Pazzi, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.

1445

• Carlo Grimaldi, a Templar, is born.
• The Ospedale degli Innocenti opens.

1446

• Paola's parents are killed at sea. She begins a rough life on the streets.
• Lanterns are added to the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.

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.

1449

• Lorenzo de' Medici is born.

1450

• Giovanni Auditore marries Maria de' Mozzi.
• Teodora Contanto is born.
• Antonio Maffei, a Templar and Pazzi Conspirator, is born.
• The Palazzo della Seta is built.

1452

• Leonardo da Vinci is born.
• Girolamo Savonarola is born.

1453

• Giuliano de' Medici is born.
• Bernardo Baroncelli, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.
• The Ottoman Empire overtakes Constantinople from the Byzantine Empire in the Fall of Constantinople.

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.
• Poliziano is born.
• Paola vanishes from historical records.
• Vieri de' Pazzi, a Templar and a Pazzi Conspirator, is born.

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.
• The Palazzo Medici is completed.

1456

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

1457

• Annetta, the Auditore family servant, is born.

1458

• Paola murders a Florentine city guard in self-defense.
• She opens a brothel to protect girls on the streets.

1459

• Cristina Vespucci is born.
• June 24: Ezio Auditore da Firenze is born to Giovanni and Maria Auditore.

1460

• Rosa is born.
• Dante Moro is born.
• The front gate, the "Porta Magna", of Arsenale di Venezia is erected.

1461

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

1462

• A customer writes about his experience of buying from meeting Teodora Contanto at her jewelery store.
• Darby O'Callahan writes about his stepmother.
• Darby O'Callahan joins the Abbeylara Monastery.

1463

• Petruccio Auditore da Firenze is born to Giovanni and Maria Auditore.
• Caterina Sforza is born.
• Darby O'Callahan leaves Ireland for Italy.

1464

• Poliziano becomes fluent with Latin and Greek.
• The famous facade of Madonna dell'Orto is added to the building.

1465

• Antonio de Magianis drops out of historical record until 1469.
• The Gilda dei Ladri di Venezia is established.

1466

• Leonardo da Vinci becomes an apprentice to Verrocchio.

1467

• Teodora Contanto is charged of adultery. She later enters the Santa Maria degli Angeli convent.
• 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.

1468

• Dante Moro lost his position as the Captain of the Venetian City Guard and is disowned by his father.

1469

• Niccolò Machiavelli, an Assassin, is born.
• Antonio de Magianis re-emerges on the streets of Venice as a thief.
• Lorenzo de' Medici becomes the head of the Medici family.

1470

• The upper facade of Santa Maria Novella is completed.

1471

• Giovanni carries out successful negotiations to secure Pope Sixtus IV's support of the Medici bank.
• Cristoforo Moro, father of Dante Moro, dies.
• The Rocca di Ravaldino is constructed.

1472

• Poliziano becomes a published author.
• Leonardo da Vinci establishes his own workshop.

1473

• Teodora Contanto leaves the Santa Maria degli Angeli convent and opens La Rosa Della Virtù.
• Caterina Sforza becomes engaged to Girolamo Riario.
• The Palazzo Auditore is completed.

1474

• Maria Auditore describes her son Ezio in a diary entry.
• Lorenzo de' Medici writes a letter to Giovanni Auditore, admiring the lack of "ostentation" of the Palazzo Auditore.

1475

• Petruccio Auditore is pulled from school due to unknown illness. The Auditore family doctor confines Petruccio Auditore to bed.
• Federico Auditore becomes a clerk at the Medici bank.
• Rosa attempts to pickpocket Antonio de Magianis but is caught. She becomes Antonio's apprentice in pickpocketing.
• Girolamo Savonarola studies at Santo Spirito and becomes a Dominican friar.
• 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.

1476

• Federico Auditore is fired from the Medici bank.
• All historical records relating to Ezio Auditore ceases.
• Leonardo da Vinci is accused of sodomy.
• Leonardo da Vinci continues his collaboration with Verrocchio.
• December: Giovanni Auditore uncovers a Templar plot to assassinate Galeazzo Maria Sforza.
• December 26: Giovanni Auditore fails to stop the assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza.
• December 28: Ezio Auditore and his friends fights with Vieri de' Pazzi and his gang.
• December 29:
  • Ezio Auditore beats Duccio de Luca for cheating on 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.
• December 30:
  • Giovanni Auditore and his sons were hanged .
  • Ezio Auditore is wanted .
  • He and his remaining family moves to Paola's brothel.
  • At night, Ezio speaks with Cristina Vespucci, before sending the corpses of his family on a boat as a burial .
• 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.
• Ezio Auditore begins his training under Mario Auditore.

1477

• Girolamo Riario consummates his marriage with Caterina Sforza.
• The Villa Salviati is purchased by Francesco Salviati.

1478

• Bianca Riario is born to Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza.
• April: Ezio Auditore assassinates Vieri de' Pazzi, a Pazzi Conspirator and a Templar.
• April 25:
  • Ezio Auditore meets with Leonardo da Vinci who constructs Ezio's second hidden blade .
  • Ezio visits Cristina Vespucci and saves her fiance .
  • Ezio meets La Volpe for the first time .
• 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.
• May: Ezio Auditore assassinates Antonio Maffei.

1479

• Ezio Auditore assassinates Archbishop Francesco Salviati, Bernardo Baroncelli and Stefano da Bagnone.

1480

• The Pope gives Forli to his nephew Girolamo Riario.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Jacopo de' Pazzi.
• Ezio Auditore and Leonardo da Vinci travel towards Romagna.

1481

• Leonardo da Vinci ends his collaboration with Verrocchio.
• Leonardo da Vinci receives his first commission, "the Adoration of Magi".
• Ezio Auditore travels to Venice.

1482

• Girolamo Savonarola is dispatched to Florence.

1484

• The sacking of Sforza Palazzo in Rome occurs.
• Caterina Sforza, along with her daughter Bianca Riario, enters a siege at the Castel Sant'Angelo.
• Caterina Sforza and her family moves to Forli.

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.
• The Thieves Guild in Venice is restored to its former strength.
• September 10: Ezio Auditore assassinates Emilio Barbarigo, a Templar.
• September 13: Rodrigo Borgia arrives in Venice to meet with his fellow templars and discuss the assassination of the Doge Giovanni Mocenigo.
• September 14:
  • Giovanni Mocenigo, the 72nd Doge of Venice is poisoned by Carlo Grimaldi.
  • Ezio Auditore assassinates Carlo Grimaldi.

1486

• Agostino Barbarigo is elected as the 74th Doge of Venice.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Marco Barbarigo, the 73rd Doge of Venice, and a Templar.
• Ezio Auditore frees Bartolomeo d'Alviano and his condottieri.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Dante Moro and Silvio Barbarigo.

1487

• Girolamo Savonarola departes from Florence to Bologna.

1488

• April 14: [Girolamo Riario]] is killed by the Orsi Brothers.
• June 25:
  • Ezio Auditore and the Assassins acquire the Apple of Eden.
  • He is officially inducted to the Assassin Order.
• Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli meet with their ally in Forlì to seal away the Apple of Eden.
• The Orsi brothers invades Forlì and kidnaps two of Caterina Sforza's children.
• The Sforza Plazzo is sacked for a second time.
• Ezio Auditore frees Bianca Riario and Ottaviano Riario and assassinates Ludovico Orsi.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Checco Orsi in order to retrieve the Apple of Eden from him.
• Girolamo Savonarola obtains the Apple of Eden from Ezio.

1491

• Ezio Auditore protects Christoffa Corombo during his meeting with Rodrigo Borgia.

1492

• Lorenzo de' Medici dies. Girolamo Savonarola is present at his deathbed.

1493

• Darby O'Callahan was kicked out of the Dominican order.

1494

• Niccolò Machiavelli entered government service as a clerk an ambassador.
• Poliziano dies of arsenic poisoning.
• Darby O'Callahan moved to the Romagna countryside.
• Giacomo Feo, Caterina Sforza's second husband, is assassinated on a hunting expedition.
• Girolamo Savonarola becomes the Leader of Florence.
• Suleiman I is born.

1496

• Bartolomeo d'Alviano joined the Orsini in a battle against the Borgia, who were attempting to seize Orsini territory.

1497

• Ezio Auditore returns to Florence to stop the Bonfire of the Vanities and Girolamo Savonarola.
• Perotto Calderon teaches Francesco Vecellio the path of an Assassin.
• Perotto Calderon infiltrates the Vatican as a courier.
• Fiora Cavazza begins her service under Cesare Borgia.
• Juan Borgia the Younger, is murdered by Fiora Cavazza.

1498

• Leonardo da Vinci completes "the Last Supper".
• Savonarola's men attack Manfredo Soderini and his wife Cristina Vespucci.
• Cristina Vespucci dies in Ezio's arms.
• Luis Santangel, an Assassin, dies.
• Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin and son of Lucrezia Borgia and Perotto Calderon, is born.
• Perotto Calderon is hunted down and killed by the Brotherhood for breaking The Creed.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Friar Girolamo Savonarola.
• Tomás de Torquemada, the first Inquisitor General of Spain, is assassinated by the Assassins.

• Perotto Calderon visits Rinaldo Vitturi to borrow the Shroud.

1499

• Niccolò Machiavelli is sent to the court of France, Spain and Rome.
• Agostino Barbarigo, the Doge of Venice, enters a war with Turkey.
• Caterina Sforza falls prisoner to Cesare Borgia.
• 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.
• December 25: Caterina Sforza leaves Forlì for Monteriggioni to seek the aid of Ezio's mercenaries in her battle against the Papal Forces.
• December 31:
  • Ezio Auditore travels to the Vatican and acquires the Apple of Eden .
  • Ezio escapes the Vatican with Mario Auditore .

16th Century

1500

• Alvise da Vilandino dies in Methoni, Greece during a Turkish attack.
• Darby O'Callahan dies, presumably from syphilis.
• 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.
• January 2:
  • Cesare Borgia lays siege to Monteriggioni and obtains the Apple of Eden.
  • Mario Auditore is killed by Cesare Borgia .
  • Caterina Sforza refuges herself in the Rocca di Ravaldino , but is captured and is imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo .
  • A wounded Ezio Auditore escapes to Rome with his family .
• Ezio Auditore assassinates Il Carnefice.
• Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli rebase their hideout on Tiber Island.
• Claudia Auditore becomes the new madame of the Courtesans guild after the death of Madonna Solari.
• Ezio Auditore assassinates the Master of the Sacred Palace and allows Nicolaus Copernicus to continue his studies.

1501

• Caterina Sforza is presumably raped during her imprisonment by Rodrigo Borgia and Cesare Borgia.
• Ezio Auditore infiltrates the Castel Sant'Angelo and rescues Caterina Sforza .
• Ezio Auditore begins recruiting Assassins.
• Francesco Vecellio, an Assassin, travels to Rome to begin his apprenticeship under Ezio Auditore.
• Agostino Barbarigo is killed by poison from the Assassin Tessa Varzi .

1502

• Cesare Borgia kills Astorre III Manfredi, Bianca Riario's husband.
• Ezio Auditore da Firenze summons one of his apprentices to assassinate Malfatto, a serial killer preying upon courtesans.
• Silvestro Sabbatini, a Templar involved in human trafficking, is killed by one of Ezio's recruits.

1503

• Niccolò Machiavelli is put in charge of Florence's militia and defense.
• Bartolomeo d'Alviano is hired by Ferdinand II of Spain.
• Leonardo da Vinci begins working on the "Mona Lisa".
• The ceiling fresco of Cappella Sistina is finished.
• Fiora Cavazza attempts to steal the Sixth Apple from the Borgia, but fails.
• Giovanni Borgia spends his childhood with the Borgia, and activates the Sixth Apple for several times.
• The Brotherhood is ambushed by Cesare'e men. Several members are lost in a fire.
• Ezio Auditore and the other assassins come up with a plan to deal with the Borgia.
• The Cento Occhi and Followers of Romulus are brought down by Ezio.
• Rome is fully liberated from the Borgia's rule.
• August 1: Juan Borgia the Elder is assassinated by Ezio at the pagan party.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cesare Borgia is exiled to Spain and imprisoned at the Castle La Mota.
• Maria Auditore dies due to a long-time illness.

1505

• The "Guardian" is driven out by his family, the Sultan of the Sennar Sultanate, and arrives in Alexandria.

1506

• Niccolò Machiavelli stops his service to the city of Florence.
• [[Cesare Borgia] escapes the Castel of La Mota and joins his brother-in-law, King John III of Navarre.
• Ezio Auditore, deposits the Apple of Eden in the Colosseum Vault.
• Leonardo da Vinci is kidnapped by an organization known as the Cult of Hermes.
• 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.

1507

• Leonardo da Vinci finishes the "Mona Lisa".
• March 12: Cesare Borgia is killed in Spain at the hands of Ezio Auditore during the Siege of Viana.

1509

• Pisa attacks Florence. The Florentine successfully defended the city with the help of Niccolò Machiavelli's stragedy.
• The French are victorious in the Battle of Agnadello. Bartolomeo d'Alviano is captured as a Prisoner of War . Niccolò di Pitigliano obtains the Shroud .
• Caterina Sforza dies of pneumonia.

1510

• Francesco Vecellio, an Assassin, assassinates Niccolò di Pitigliano and retrieves the Shroud.

1511

• Ezio Auditore sets out on a pilgrimage to Masyaf.
• Ezio travels to Constantinople in search of keys that will lead him to an artifact.
• Ezio meets a 17 year old Suleiman I.

1512

• Niccolò Machiavelli finishes his services in foreign courts.
• May 26: Bayezid II dies.

1513

• Bartolomeo d'Alviano is released from French prison.

1515

• Bartolomeo d'Alviano and his men, fighting for the French, defeats the Swiss army in Marignano.
• Bartolomeo d'Alviano is killed in Brescia during battle.

1516

• Cannaregio District becomes a "Jewish Ghetto".
• The La Rosa Della Virtù is burnt down and destroyer.

1519

• Leonardo da Vinci dies.

1520

• The fleet of Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico.
• Giovanni Borgia acquires the Crystal Skull.
• Bombastus analyzes the Crystal Skull.

1521

• Troilo I de' Rossi, Bianca Riario's second husband, dies.

1522

• Bianca Riario dies.

1524

• A Chinese man, presumably Emperor Jiajing, communicates with Giovanni Borgia via the Crystal Skulls.

1527

• Niccolò Machiavelli dies and is buried at an unknown location.
• During the Sack of Rome, Pope Clement VII, captured by the enemies, escapes the Castel Sant'Angelo disguised.

1541

• Francisco Pizzaro is assassinated by the Assassins.

1542

• Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin, experiences a vision of an unknown Chinese man through the Crystal Skull and decides to alert the other Assassins.

1553

• Queen Mary I obtains an Apple of Eden and begins her rule over England.

1554

• The Medici conquers Monteriggioni.

1558

• Mary I of England is assassinated by the Assassins.

1559

• Elizabeth I of England is in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1581

• Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich is assassinated by Assassins.

17th Century

1603

• Johannes and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Weston, receives a wedding gift from Uncle John.
• Uncle John watches a play by Shakespear in Globe Theatre in London.

1604

• June 21: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is opens in Prague. Johannes and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Weston, watches the play.

1651

• Charles II, King of Scotland, while exiled to Scotland, fights troops led by Oliver Cromwell in the Battle of Worcester.
• Charles II lost the battle and hides in the Royal Oak at Boscobel House.
• Charles II is exiled once again to France.

1658

• Oliver Cromwell dies.

1660

• George Monck has effectively seized control of London.
• Charles II ends his exile and is made King of England.

18th Century

1773

• Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy.

1781

• George Washington is in possession of an Apple of Eden. He would later pass it on to his succedding President.

1797

• Austria took control of Venezia.

19th Century

1812

• Napoleon I is in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1834

• June 24: Saint John's Day is celebrated in Montreal, Canada. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan witnesses the founding of Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

1862

• The Union Troops in Beaufort, South Carolina are in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1863

• The Battle of Gettysburg occurs. Subject 16 once visited the battle as his ancestor.

1865

• John Wilkes Booth is killed by the Assassins.

1866

• Aleksandr Ulyanov, an Assassin, is born.

1881

• Alexander II of Russia is killed by the Assassins in St. Petersburg.

1887

• Aleksandr Ulyanov is hanged for an attempted assassination on Tsar Alexander III.

1888

• October 29: Nikolai Orelov, an Assassin, chases Tsar Alexander III of Russia in a train in order to acquire a Piece of Eden, but causes the Borki train disaster.

1899

• Nikolai Orelov's child dies.

20th Century

1900

• Nikola Tesla is in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1902

• The Wardenclyffe Tower is under construction.

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.

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.

1910

• The Abstergo's founders designs the "Plan".

1913

• Harry Houdini performs the Chinese Water Torture cell escape. He is in possession of an Apple of Eden and used it to help him accomplish his feats.
• The Templars creates the Federal Reserve System.

1914

• Assassin Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin.
• 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.

1915

• Harry Houdini and his wife Bess poses for a photo. He is still in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1916

• Grigori Rasputin, a Russian mystic, advisor to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Templar, is assassinated by Assassins.

1917

• Nikolai Andreievich Orelov travels to Krasnoyarsk to find Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva.
• Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva kills herself.

1926

• October 31: Harry Houdini is murdered, presumably by the Templars, in order to retrieve an Apple of Eden.

1930

• Mahatma Gandhi participates in the Salt March. He is in possession of an Apple of Eden.

1937

• Abstergo Industries, a modern day front for the Templar Order, is established.

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.
• The ship is "briefly manifested in a future state" for approximately 18 minutes.
• October 28: The second, and final test of the Philadelphia Project is undertaken.

1944

• Franklin D. Roosevelt attends a stragedic meeting. He is in possess of an Apple of Eden.
• The 2nd Infantry Division of the US Army uses an Apple of Eden to aid them during their attack on Brest, France.
• The Shroud was uncovered in Milan during a bombing.
• July 22: The Abstergo Industry addresses its member on the importance of repelling Communism.

1945

• Adolf Hitler's double is killed in a bunker.
• Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party and a Templar, is assassinated by the Assassins in order to retrieve a Piece of Eden.

1946

• Mahatma Gandhi is shown to be still possessing an Apple of Eden.

1948

• January 30: Mahatma Gandhi is murdered by the Templars, just after India gains independence, in order to retrieve an Apple of Eden.

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.

1953

• Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, leader of the USSR, is assassinated by the Assassins.
• 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.

1954

• The Liberation of Guatemala is orchestrated by Templar agents.
• June: "V." and "N." discusses via phone about the need to arrest Alan Turing, a Templar traitor.

1963

• November 22: John F. Kennedy, the 35^th President of the United States, is 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.

1968

• An Apple of Eden is used during the Vietnam War at a battle in My Tho.

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 Piece of Eden is recovered.

1971

• François Duvalier, President of Haiti, is assassinated by the Assassins.

1973

• September 11: Henry Kissinger and other Templars overthrows Salvador Allende and installed Augusto Pinochet as the new President of Chile.

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.

1991

• August: Boris Yeltsin, another Templar, stands up to Mikhail Gorbachev's ideologies and Gorbachev loses popularity.
• December: Boris Yeltsin unseats Mikhail Gorbachev in a secret meeting at the Belavezhskaya Forest and becomes the first President of Russia.

1992

• Under Boris Yeltsin's capitalistic rule, Russian economy opens to elite oligarchs and private companies.
• The British Petroleum, a Templar organization, phones Alfa Bank and discusses oil deals.

1993

• The Constitutional Court and the Parliament is disbanded by Boris Yeltsin.
• 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress is sent to Boris Yeltsin after the disbandment.

1999

• Robert Getas contacts Vanessa for the first time.

21st Century

Circa 2000s

• Daniel Cross is kidnapped by Abstergo as "Subject 4" and brainwashed as a sleeper agent to assassinate the Mentor if he ever gets the chance.
• Daniel Cross relives the memories of his Russian 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.
• Subject 16 is abducted by Abstergo Industries.
• Subject 16 relives several of his ancestors' lives, which makes him go through the bleeding effect, and drives him insane.
• Subject 16 creates many encrypted files containing the "Truth" video in Abstergo's Animus database.
• Subject 16 commits suicide and leaves cryptic messages written with his own blood in his quarters and in the lab adjacent to the room.
• The Assassins discover via the Animus 2.0 the location of a Temple, located in USA.
• Abstergo Industries starts training Templar recruits by making them relive memories of several Templars in Renaissance Italy using the Animus v.1.28 and the bleeding effect.
• A large part of Altair's Codex rests in the hands of the Templars.
• The DIA satellite accident occurs.
  • The Second Apple is destroyed.
  • At least 20 are dead in the accident.
  • To cover up, a Templar agent ("Project Lead") kills everyone on the scene.
  • The cleaning crew of Abstergo Industries arrives.

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.
• December: Antonin Scalia, a Templar, writes a letter to "S.", detailing their plans to destroy the Campaign Finance laws.

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.
• October 6: The day is marked as "IRemember" in the code found in the Animus.

2002

• March 21: The day is marked as "BlackHills" in the code found in the Animus.

2003

• Desmond Miles, an Assassin, escapes the Farm - an Assassin Hideout - and starts working as a bartender.
• Desmond Miles buys a motorcycle.
• December 19: The Mars Express Orbiter hurls the Beagle 2 towards Mars.
• 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.
  • Vanessa steals data on the landing, and is killed when a trade goes foul.

2004

• Don Evans, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Commerce Secretary.
• 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.

2005

• The last time Lucy Stillman sees Rebecca Crane until 2012, likely due to her internment at Abstergo Industries.
• Paul Wolfowitz, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
• Condoleezza Rice, a Templar, becomes the U.S. Secretary of State.

2006

• Donald Rumsfeld, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Defense Secretary.
• The "Second Plague", or the "L-11 Outbreak", occurs. 96% of the Africa population dies and Africa becomes uninhabited.

2007

• Abstergo Industries carry out conditioned response experiments.
• The water flow of Acqua Vergene is halted temporarily due to a construction accident.
• September: Leila Marino, a friend of Lucy Stillman's, dies an unknown death.

2009

• Condoleezza Rice, a Templar, steps down as the U.S. Secretary of State.
• Dick Cheney and George W. Bush ends their services as the Vice President of the U.S. and President of the United States respectively.

2011

• 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.

2012

• January: The head of the Abstergo Industries left the company to an unknown person.
• August 27: Abstergo's Animus software is upgraded to version 1.28.
• 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.
• September 3:
  • The Global Weather Association abolishes the term 'Hurricane Season' due to increasingly erratic weather patterns.
  • Eye-Abstergo postpones the launch of their first satellite until December 21st.
• September 4:
  • The E.U. and U.S. begin construction of jointly owned oil platforms in the Weddell Sea.
• 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.
• The last movie studio in the USA closes.
• The findings from Desmond's journey into the Animus is downloaded onto the secure terminal in the conference room.
• September 7:
  • The President of Mexico promises to ramp up border security to stop American refugees.
  • Abstergo Industries finish cleaning up the mess left by the DIA incident.
  • Abstergo Industries learn the locations of all of the Pieces of Eden through using Desmond Miles in the Animus.
  • The Grail is removed from Abstergo's list of objectives.
  • The examination of the Crystal Skulls by the Abstergo agents is completed.
• September 8
  • A talk is held and plans to divide up Africa, devastated by a plague, are discussed.
  • Desmond Miles escapes Abstergo Industries, along with Lucy Stillman.
  • 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's life.
• 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.
  • Warren Vidic and a group of Templars attack the Assassin Hideout, the modern-age Assassins repel the Templar attack and flee to Monteriggioni .
  • Desmond Miles discovers a way into the Sanctuary underneath Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni.
• September 19:
  • Desmond is reported to be screaming loudly during his sleep.
• September 26: A white van is parked near the Villa Auditore. Rebecca Crane suspects it to be surveillance gear.
• October 10:
  • Desmond Miles uncovers Ezio Auditore's Piece of Eden, which he hid in the Colosseum Vault, with Lucy Stillman, Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings.
  • Desmond Miles is forced to stab 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.
• 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".