The timeline documents important dates and events in the history of the Empire of Romanus with the dates in the human calendar are counted from the "Refounding ", a mysterious event immediately following the Great War .
Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR
230s BR
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Between 2700 BR to 1240 BR
2700 BR - Dwarves arrive in the lands of Romanus, the gnomes already have small colonies in [city name] and [city name]
2230s BR - The First Landing, Humans arrive from the south, crossing the southern mountains
1240s BR - The Age of Exploration, Elves arrive on their white ships
230s BR
The Kingdom of Romanus is founded by King Melital.The emergence of goddess worship in the form of the pantheon, one of the oldest and most widespread systems of beliefs.
Development of a written language based on elven runes and dwarven ideograms
1
The Resurrection
760s
The necropolis at Fen Carn is created
Nordling people arrive in the north of the Continent, human civilizations already present in the other parts of the world (people also settle in the south)
Known as the "First Landing" or "Landing of the Exiles", this event is very important in human history. Humans most likely came ashore at the mouth of the Yaruga and the Pontar Delta. Once on land, Jan Bekker was quick to discover and harness the Force found there and humans set up the first settlement. It took several hundred years for the elves to notice the growing threat posed by the newcomers
Between 760s and 830s
Reigns of Dezmod and Sambuk begin simultaneously
The introduction of a new (twenty-four character) alphabet
The Novigradian Union is formed
Geoffrey Monck takes a group of children to be trained by the elves at Loc Muinne
Mages' seat in Mirthe is established
Massacre at Loc Muinne and Est Haemlet carried out by Raupenneckof Tretogor's army. Carnage at Shaerrawedd
830s
Raffard the White ends the Six Years' War between warring kings. While he does not officially rule, he becomes the first advisor to Temeria's mentally ill king, commanding power from behind
Creation of the Conclave of Mages and adoption of the laws drawn up by Herbert Stammelford, Aurora Henson, Ivo Richert, Agnes of Glanville, Geoffrey Monck and Radmir of Tor Carnedd
Formation of the Chapter and Supreme Council of Mages
Executions of all those who do not recognize the Conclave and new laws. Raffard the White is among those killed in the ensuing conflict
839
Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, vampire and good friend of Geralt, is born
950s
The first witchers are created by the renegade mages Alzur and Cosimo Malaspina
1060s
Aelirenn's Uprising
Dilapidation of Shaerrawedd
1112
The witcher Vesemir is noted as being active in fulfilling the duties of his profession during this year
1133
On Birke, in the village of Sylvan Dam, the prophet Lebioda delivers a sermon to his students
1140s
King Radovid III, looking for resources to wage war against Aedirn, decides to tax the Appanage of Kovir. The Appanage declares itself as the independent Kingdom of Kovir, resulting in war between the new kingdom and Redania. Despite support from ally Kaedwen, the war ends with Kovir's victory and the First Treaty of Lan Exeter is signed
The mage Cregennan is murdered in Foam, Lara Dorren gives birth to their child and dies of exhaustion in the woods near Tretogor. Queen Cerro of Redania adopts the half-elf girl and named her Riannon
Lara's death triggers another war between elves and humans, fostering racial tension that continues through the 13th century
1150s
Aedirn conquers Dol Blathanna
The Houtborg triplets are born
Falka's Rebellion
Goidemar's troops assault Houtborg castle
1156
Coram II is born
1170s
Outbreak of the Black Death plague in Vizima and Princess Adela dies helping priests in the hospital
Prince Amavet is cruelly murdered by Count Roger Kameny and his men
Roger Kameny is subjected to torture and torn apart by horses. This incident prompts the Temerian nobility to rebel which is suppressed by the intervention of Cidarian forces led by King Liam
Prince Amavet's illegitimate children, Muriel and Crispin, are born
1173
Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Yennefer of Vengerberg is born
1178
Coram II and Fiona are married
1180
Corbett is born
1191
Coram II ascends the Cintran throne
1190s
Crispin disappears without leaving a trace in Metinna
Muriel and Robert Garramone are married
1198
Corbett ascends the Cintran throne and marries Elen of Kaedwen
Dagorad is born to Corbett and Elen
1200
In the village of Forest Dam, an obelisk is erected by Spyridon Apps to commemorate the prophet Lebioda's sermon there sixty-seven years prior
1203
The Borsodi brothers officially enter business, trading horses and livestock from a shed in the countryside
1210
King Corbett of Cintra passes away and his only child Dagorad ascends the throne
1211
Esterad Thyssen is born
Roegner of Ebbing, Ciri's grandfather, is born
1212
Kobus de Ruyter is born
1218
Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, is born
1219
Sigismund Dijkstra is born
1220s
Audoen separates Hengfors from Kovir during the Secession of Poviss and forms there his miniature kingdom, which includes Arcsea
1225
King Osmyk of Kerack passes away, his son Belohun ascends the Kerack throne
1226
Virfuril defeats Medell's armies at Hagge
1228
A group of dissidents forms against Fergus var Emreis, with Vysogota of Corvo as one of its leaders
Olaf Stigvason is born
1229
Dandelion is born
1232
Death of Dagorad of Cintra, coronation of Calanthe
1233
Battle of Hochebuz
1234
Peter Evertsen is born
1235
Roegner of Ebbing and Calanthe are married
1237
Roegner of Ebbing is saved from death by Duny, going by the name "Urcheon of Erlenwald", who invokes the Law of Surprise as his payment
Pavetta, Calanthe and Roegner's daughter, is born
1238
Esterad Thyssen and Zuleyka of Talgar are married
1239
The beginning of the Northern Wars, annexation of Ebbing
Houvenaghel is born
Adda the White is born
1240
Windhalm of Attre is born
1241
The massacre in Lello, enacted by the witcher Brehen, takes place
1242
The Brotherhood of Sorcerers employ the services of the jurists Codringher and Jacob Fenn in discr ing the witness of a scandal known as "The Grain Scam"
1245
June-August - events of the Season of Storms novel (according to a year mentioned in the in-novel letters, inconsistent with dates from the Saga)
1246
Roegner of Ebbing dies
1248
Angoulême is born
Hjalmar an Craite is born
1249
Carthia van Canten is born
1250
Shani is born
1251
Unknown time before Season of Storms, the short story "A Shard of Ice" takes place
June-August - events of Season of Storms (calculation based on the rest of books)
1252
The short story "A Question of Price" takes place
Duny and Pavetta, Ciri's parents are married
Eist Tuirseach and Calanthe are married
1253
Belleteyn (night between 30 April and 1 May) - Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon of Cintra is born. She is better known as Ciri or the Lion Cub of Cintra
1255
Radovid V is born
1257
Calanthe breaks the engagement of Prince Windhalm of Attre and Ciri
Death of Pavetta and Duny at Sedna Abyss
Engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
Emhyr var Emreis overthrows and executes the Usurper, taking again control of the Imperial throne
1258
Akerspaark dies
Duke Raymund of Toussaint begins his reign of the duchy
1261
Dandelion travels to Toussaint and meets Duchess Anna Henrietta and the two become romantically involved from Belleteyn to the summer solstice.
1262
The short story "The Sword of Destiny" takes place
Calanthe break engagement of Prince Kistrin of Verden and Ciri
1263
Engagement of Prince Radovid V of Redania and Ciri
Vizimir II breaks the engagement between the pair
July, the Nilfgaardian Empire invades the Northern Kingdoms
Battle of Marnadal, death of Eist Tuirseach
Slaughter of Cintra
Calanthe, Ciri's grandmother, commits suicide rather than surrendering to the Nilfgaardians
Battle of Sodden Hill
1264
The short story "Something More" takes place
1265
Ebbing confederation insurrection takes place
Duke Raymund of Toussaint dies, his wife Duchess Anna Henrietta takes over
1267
Major events in Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, and Baptism of Fire take place
Vizimir II, Meve, Foltest, Demavend, and Henselt meet secretly at Hagge
Cintra rebellion takes place. Windhalm of Attre is executed in Cintra.
July - Thanedd coup; Nilfgaardian Empire invades Dol Angra valley; Second Northern War begins
Attre rebellion start
5th August - the Lodge of Sorceresses is formed by Philippa Eilhart and conspires to wed Ciri to Tankred Thyssen of Kovir in order to create a country ruled by magic, eventually hoping to eclipse Nilfgaard in might
31st August - The Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga takes place.
9th September - The Rats confront Leo Bonhart in the village of Jealousy and are killed in combat.
27th September - Vysogota of Corvo discovers the wounded Ciri and takes her back to his cottage to recuperate.
31st October - On Saovine Eve, Ciri kills several members of Stefan Skellen's gang in a tavern in Dun Dare. In his cottage, Vysogota passes away.
1268
Major events in The Lady of the Lake take place
Red comet, first week of March
March - Battle of Brenna takes place
The Second Northern War ends
Assault on Stygga Castle
2nd April - Peace of Cintra – a peace settlement treaty ending the Nilfgaard wars, is signed
Execution of Vrihedd Brigade officers
6 or 7 June – the Rivian Pogrom, Geralt of Rivia is apparently killed by an angry peasant mob, his body is never found. Yennefer of Vengerberg appears to die trying to heal him. The pair were taken by Ciri to a pocket dimension and left there to heal and live their lives in peace.
22nd September - Joanna Selborne appears before imperial officials in the High Tribunal of the Eternal Empire and testifies regarding the events of the previous year.
First outbreak of plague
Attre rebellion ends
1269
In Maribor, Milo "Rusty" Vanderbeck contracts the plague and passes away in the arms of Iola the Second. Four days later, she passes away from the plague alone.
1272
Second outbreak of the Catriona plague
Beginning of the witch hunts
1276
The end of the witch hunts
1290
Peter Evertsen is promoted to imperial treasurer of the crown
1294
Third outbreak of plague
End of the thirteenth century
Beginning of climate change
1301
Peter Evertsen is falsely accused of misappropriation of imperial funds, found guilty, imprisoned and executed at Winneburg Castle
Morvran Voorhis ceases being Emperor of Nilfgaard
Jan Calveit becomes Emperor of Nilfgaard
Jan Calveit appoints Houvenaghel burgrave and director of mines in Venendal and as reward for services rendered gives him the office of mayor of Neveugen
Houvenaghel dies
1309
Start of the War of the Two Unicorns
1318
End of the War of the Two Unicorns
1328
Emperor Jan Calveit posthumously rehabilitates Peter Evertsen
1331
Death of Stella Congreve
1340
Death of Shani
1350
the Haak invasion, rumored to have been predicted by Ithlinne
1373
Young Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn travels to Aretuza
Geralt of Rivia kills one of the last idrs in Magpie Forest
1432
Flourens Delannoy is born
1460
Flourens Delannoy becomes librarian and secretary to the imperial court
1476
Delannoy becomes a professor at the academy at Castel Graupian