<ref name="n1">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/coralax_hybrids.html CoV Official Site, Coralax hybrids official info]</ref>
<ref name="n2">[[Paragon Times/20050615|Paragon Times, 15 June 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n3">[[Magus Mu'Drakhan#Defeat Infernal|CoV mission: Defeat Infernal]] from [[Magus Mu'Drakhan]]</ref>
<ref name="n4">[[Diviner Maros#Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain|CoV mission: Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain]] from [[Diviner Maros]]</ref>
<ref name="n5">CoH Story Arc, [[Cadao Kestrel#Disrupt the ritual and look for signs that Hequat is returning|The Envoy of Shadows]]</ref>
<ref name="n8">[[Police Radio|Police radio mission]]</ref>
<ref name="n9">CoH Story Arc, [[Template:Mission StoryArc The Library of Souls#Talk to Azuria|The Library of Souls]].One of the crystals recovered contains the soul of a Roman centurion.</ref>
<ref name="n10">[[Diviner Maros#Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain|CoV mission: Force information on Calystix from the Legacy Chain]] from [[Diviner Maros]]</ref>
<ref name="n11">CoH Story Arc, [[Template:Mission StoryArc A Path into Darkness#Raid Oranbega for information on the Path of the Dark| A Path Into Darkness]]</ref>
<ref name="n12">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/shivan.html CoV Official site, Shivans official info]</ref>
<ref name="n13">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_cot.html CoH official info, Circle of Thorns]</ref>
<ref name="n14">CoH Story Arc: The Envoy of Shadows. Mission: [[Cadao Kestrel#Investigate the scene in Kings Row and recover the book|Investigate the scene in Kings Row and recover the book]], from [[Cadao Kestrel]].</ref>
<ref name="n15">CoV History badge: [[Lorekeeper Badge]], any of the monuments</ref>
<ref name="n16">CoH Story Arc: [[Template:Mission StoryArc The Library of Souls#Help the soul within the crystal orient itself|The Library of souls]].</ref>
<ref name="n18">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/carnival_of_shadows.html CoH official site, Carnival of Shadows info]</ref>
<ref name="n20">CoH history badge: [[Alumnus Badge]], Monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n21">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/spectral_pirates.html CoV Official site, Spectral Pirates official info]</ref>
<ref name="n22">[http://www.cityofvillains.com/gameinfo/rogue_isles.html CoV official site, The Rogue Isles]</ref>
<ref name="n23">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_p.html CoH official site, Geography, Port Oakes]</ref>
<ref name="n24">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_b.html CoV Official Site, geography, Bloody Bay]</ref>
<ref name="n25">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/history/paragon_city_an_introduction.html CoH Official Site, Paragon City Backstory]</ref>
<ref name="n26">[[Paragon Times/20050810|Paragon Times, August 10 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n28">Mission CoH: [[Miriam Bloechl#Recover the antiquies from the Banished Pantheon|Recover the antiquies from the Banished Pantheon]] (Levels 25 - 29)</ref>
<ref name="n29">CoH history badge: [[Researcher Badge]], monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n30">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/arachnos.html CoV official site, Arachnos official info]</ref>
<ref name="n31">[[Paragon Times/20050406|Paragon Times, April 6 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n32">CoH mission, Talk to the Security Chief, Brickstown briefing</ref>
<ref name="n33">[[Paragon Times/20041027|Paragon Times, 27 October 2004]]</ref>
<ref name="n35">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_stee.html CoH official site, geography, Steel Canyon]</ref>
<ref name="n36">CoH Mission, Kheldian Arcs, Dr. Winslowe and the Cosmotron, mission Save Save Dr. Francois, clue (levels 20 - 25)</ref>
<ref name="n37">CoH Story Arc: [[Template:Mission StoryArc A Path into Darkness#Talk to Peter Stemitz| A Path Into Darkness]]</ref>
<ref name="n38">[[Paragon Times/20050316|Paragon Times, March 16 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n39">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_king.html CoH official site, geography, Kings Row]</ref>
<ref name="n40">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_family.html CoH official site, villain groups, Family]</ref>
<ref name="n41">[http://www.cityofvillains.com/gameinfo/rogue_isles3.html CoV official site, The Rogue Isles, The 20th century and beyond]</ref>
<ref name="n42">[[Paragon Times/20050413|Paragon Times 13 April 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n43">CoH history badge: [[Pupil Badge]], monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n44">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_stee.html CoH official site, geography, Steel Canyon]</ref>
<ref name="n45">[[Paragon Times/20041201|Paragon Times, 1 December 2004]]</ref>
<ref name="n46">[[Paragon Times/20050302|Paragon Times, March 2 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n47">CoH History badge: [[Student Badge]], monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n48">CoH History badge, [[Student Badge]], monument 4</ref>
<ref name="n49">CoH History badge, [[Pupil Badge]], monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n50">[[5th Column#Mek Man|Mek Man bio]]</ref>
<ref name="n52">CoH Mission: [[Tobias Hansen#Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain|Retrieve Tobias' heirloom from Vampyr Mountain]], from [[Tobias Hansen]]</ref>
<ref name="n53">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_talo.html CoH official site, geography, Talos Island]</ref>
<ref name="n54">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles_m.html CoV official site, geography, Mercy Island]</ref>
<ref name="n55">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/slag_golems.html CoV official site, Enemies, Slag Golems]</ref>
<ref name="n56">[http://www.cityofvillains.com/feature_update_issue_7b.html CoV official site, Feature updates, Grandville]</ref>
<ref name="n57">[[Paragon Times/20050427|Paragon Times 27 April 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n58">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_gala.html CoH official site, geography, Galaxy City]</ref>
<ref name="n59">[[Numina|Numina's bio]]</ref>
<ref name="n60">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_tsoo2.html CoH official site, Villain groups, Tsoo, Top Secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n61">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/outcasts.html CoH official site, villain groups, Outcasts, Top Secret report] (Sustract his age at the time (17) from the imprisonment year (1979) to obtain this date.)</ref>
<ref name="n62">CoH Story Arc: [[Indigo#Rescue Melvin Langley from the Malta Group|Melvin and the mysterious Malta Group]]</ref>
<ref name="n63">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_skyw.html CoH official site, geography, Skyway City]</ref>
<ref name="n64">CoH History badge: [[Scholar Badge]], monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n65">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/enemies/top_secret/top_secret_malta.html CoH official site, villain groups, Malta Group, top secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n66">[[Paragon Times/20050323|Paragon Times, 23 March 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n67">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_family2.html CoH official site, villain groups, The Family, top secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n68">CoH History badge: [[Scholastic Badge]], Monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n69">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofvillains.com/gameinfo/ghost_widow.html Ghost Widow]</ref>
<ref name="n70">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_skulls2.html CoH official site, villain groups, Skulls, top secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n71">CoH story arc: [[Gordon Stacy#Attack the Crey facility and stop the Revenant Hero Project|Revenant Hero Project]]</ref>
<ref name="n72">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/tsoo.html CoH official site, Villain groups, Tsoo]</ref>
<ref name="n73">[[Paragon Times/20050330|Paragon Times, March 30, 2005]]</ref>
<ref name="n74">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_trolls2.html CoH official site, Villain groups, Trolls, Top Secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n75">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_gold_brickers.html CoV official site, Goldbrickers official info]</ref>
<ref name="n76">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_the.html CoH official site, geography, The Hollows]</ref>
<ref name="n77">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/clockwork.html CoH official site, villain groups, Clockwork, top secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n78">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/sky_raiders.html CoH official site, villain groups, Sky Raiders]</ref>
<ref name="n79">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 17 September 2004]</ref>
<ref name="n80">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 21 October 2004]</ref>
<ref name="n81">CoH History badge: [[Alumnus Badge]], Monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n82">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 3 November 2004]</ref>
<ref name="n83">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 14 September 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n84">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 24 November 24 2004]</ref>
<ref name="n85">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 20 April 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n86">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 5 January 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n87">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 27 October 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n88">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragon_times.html Paragon Times, 8 December 2004]</ref>
<ref name="n89">CoH History badge: [[Authority Badge]], monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n90">CoH History badge: [[Authority Badge]], monument 4</ref>
<ref name="n91">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n92">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n93">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n94">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 4</ref>
<ref name="n95">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 5</ref>
<ref name="n96">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 6</ref>
<ref name="n97">CoH History badge: [[Disciple Badge]], Monument 7</ref>
<ref name="n98">CoH History badge: [[Expert Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n99">CoH History badge: [[Expert Badge]], Monument 2</ref>
<ref name="n100">CoH History badge: [[Ghost Hunter Badge]], Monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n101">CoH History badge: [[Ghost Hunter Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n102">CoH History badge: [[Historian Badge]], Monument 5</ref>
<ref name="n103">CoH History badge: [[Just Said No To Superadine Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n104">CoH History badge: [[Just Said No To Superadine Badge]], Monument 4</ref>
<ref name="n105">CoH History badge: [[Just Said No To Superadine Badge]], Monument 5</ref>
<ref name="n106">CoH History badge: [[Scholastic Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n107">CoV History badge: [[Swashbuckler Badge]], Monument 1</ref>
<ref name="n108">CoV History badge: [[Arachnos Rising Badge]], Monument 3</ref>
<ref name="n109">CoV History badge: [[Arachnos Rising Badge]], Monument 4</ref>
<ref name="n110">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_4_2.html Ghost Widow journal, 4 May 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n111">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_may_16.html Ghost Widow journal, 16 May 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n112">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_august.html Ghost Widow journal, 5 August 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n113">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_septemb_1.html Ghost Widow journal, 22 September 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n114">CoV official site: [http://www.cityofvillains.com/gameinfo/scirocco.html Scirocco]</ref>
<ref name="n117">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_paragon_city_crey.html CoH official site, geography, Crey's Folly]</ref>
<ref name="n118">CoH mission, Crimson, Defeat Helix Black 0-9-0</ref>
<ref name="n119">CoH mission: [[Merisel Valenzuela#Stop production of Council robots and retrieve some parts for analysis|Stop production of Council robots and retrieve some parts for analysis]], from [[Merisel Valenzuela]] (Levels 30 - 34)</ref>
<ref name="n120">CoH mission: [[Colleen Nelson#Rescue Leon Natale from the Council|Rescue Leon Natale from the Council]], from [[Colleen Nelson]] (Levels 35 - 39)</ref>
<ref name="n121">Plaque in Atlas Park</ref>
<ref name="n123">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/geography/the_zones_of_the_rogue_isles.html CoV official site, Geography, Shakhead Isle]</ref>
<ref name="n125">CoH mission: [[Gordon Stacy#Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon|Investigate the disappearance of the Invisible Falcon]] from [[Gordon Stacy]] (Levels 35 - 39)</ref>
<ref name="n128">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragontimes/paragontimes36.html The Paragon Times, April 30 2007]</ref>
<ref name="n129">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/paragontimes/paragontimes39.html The Paragon Times, July 24 2007]</ref>
<ref name="n130">CoH novel: Web of Arachnos</ref>
<ref name="n1a">Crimson mission: save Dyaomesk (Levels 45 - 50)</ref>
<ref name="n2a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/the_lost.html CoH official site, The Lost]</ref>
<ref name="n3a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/crey_industries.html CoH official site, Crey] (founding date: the official site mentions that Count Crey felt into a come 14 years ago. Supposing the game was launched in 2003, this gives us 2003 - 14 = 1989, as the supposed date)</ref>
<ref name="n4a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/freakshow.html CoH official site, Freakshow] (founding date: the official site mentions that the group was founded "more than a decade ago". It could be in the early 90s, or perhaps in the late 80s. Again, I'm supposing this was meant at the time the game was launched, in 2003)</ref>
<ref name="n5a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/story/ghost_widows_journal_-_july_7.html CoV official site: Ghost Widow journal, 7 July 2005]</ref>
<ref name="n6a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/paragon_police_department.html CoV Official site, Paragon Police official info]</ref>
<ref name="n7a">[http://www.cityofvillains.com/gameinfo/black_scorpion.html CoV official site: Black Scorpion]</ref>
<ref name="n8a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/villain_groups_hellions2.html CoH official site, Villain groups, Hellions, top secret report]</ref>
<ref name="n9a">[[Adamastor|Adamastor bio]]</ref>
<ref name="n10a">[http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_info/know_your_adversary/mooks_and_marcones.html CoV Official site, Mooks and Marcones official info]</ref>
<ref name="n11a">CoV Story Arc, [[Captain Petrovich#Story Arc|Iron Widow]] from [[Captain Petrovich]] (Levels 20 - 24)</ref>
<ref name="n12a">CoH Story Arc, [[Ginger Yates#Story Arc|The Terra Conspiracy]] (Levels 35 - 39)</ref>
<ref name="n13a">[[Woodsman|Woodsman bio]]</ref>
<ref name="n14a">CoH Story Arc, [[Christine Lansdale#Story Arc|The Mysterious General Z]] (Levels 25 - 29)</ref>
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Date unknown, Mediterranean: First human tribes in North Africa and Oriental Mediterranean. Spirits reach godhood status, starting to require human believers and worshipers. These gods eventually form alliances and pantheons.
Some gods discover how to feed on pain and negative feelings of men instead of worship.[2]
First war of gods
Date and place unknown: The gods fight against those of them who feed on negative feelings of men. The goddess Tielekku learns the secrets of Magic and teaches them to other gods. Among her pupils are the gods Ermeeth and Hequat.[3]
Date and place unknown: The god Eermeth reveals the secrets of magic to his worshipers, the Oranbegans. As a result, they stop worshiping the gods. Tielekku and Hequat's faction fight Eermeth's followers, effectively forcing them to flee.[3]
Oranbegan Civil War
Date unknown, Oranbega: An Oranbegan named Mu'Rhakmet gathers a number of followers and begins to demand a return of the people to the worshiping of the gods and the old ways. A civil war soon follows: Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers are defeated and forced to flee to the sea.[4]
14000 years ago, Atlantic Ocean: The goddess Hequat raises an island from the sea and grants it to Mu'Rhakmeth and his followers to build a powerful nation on it. The inhabitants of the island, the Coralax, are forced to leave. But one of his priests, Calystix the Shaper, summons The Leviathan to destroy the invaders. Hequat defeats the beast and imprisons it under the island. The nation of Mu is born.[3][5]
Muvians practice eugenic breeding, generation after generation, creating people of incredible magical potential.[6]
The Mu - Oranbega War
Date unknown: Following Hequat's orders, Mu finally attacks, and the civilizations of Mu and Oranbega war against each other. Only a handful of Muvians survive the conflict and are forced to flee; Oranbegans are reduced to spiritual existence and their city of Oranbega is physically abandoned.[3][6]
Ancient Egypt
Date unknown, Egypt: The great mage Nectanebo rules during the 30th Dynasty, leaving behind a legacy of magic items and relics still used today.[7]
The Kheldian half of the being that will be known later as Shadowstar finds refuge in a priestess of an ancient Egyptian Moon cult, looking to leave behind the ways of the Nictus. Together they create the path of the Warshades.[8]
Ancient Rome
Date unknown, Rome: Rome destroys Carthago. Many relics of the god Mot survive the city, being used by metahumans still today.[9]
America, 1641: Village of Salamanca is established.[21]
Italy, 1698:Giovanna Scaldi dies in Venetia while she was waiting to be executed.[19]
18th century
Rogue Isles, 1718: the pirate Blackbeard harasses Fort Hades, conquering the fort and leaving behind no survivors. (107) When the French try to reclaim it, the hauntings begin.[22]
Rogue Isles, 1756: Huge influx of colonists from Europe and America arrive to the isles.[23]
Rogue Isles, 1760s: The Rogue Isles declare themselves independent from France. [23]
19th century
Rogue Isles, 19th century: Dockside village foundation and growth.[24]
Rogue Isles, 1801: First settlements in the island of Oceanview.[25]
Paragon City, 1900s: The city enters in a period of intense industrialization. (117)
Italy, Early 20th century:Arachnos is created [32]
Rogue Isles, 1901: Dockside rechristened by sergeant Westin Oakes as Port Oakes. [24]
1910 - 1920
Paragon City, 1911: Disturbs of South End Rail: Transports' strike causes dozens of wounded and dead, forcing the city hall to request the presence of federal troops.[33]
Paragon City, 1912: Paragon Rail Company founded.[33]
Europe, 1914: Starting of the First World War. The Circle of Thorns flees en masse to America.[14]
Paragon City, 1918: A huge fire destroys the neighborhood that will be later known as Brickstown. (32)
Paragon City, 1918: Departure of Marcus Cole to the front lines of the First World War in Europe. [27]
Paragon City, 1918: Marcus Cole, who becomes Statesman, Travels the Far East. (25)
Paragon City, 1 September 1918: Devon Wilcox (Dark Watcher) is born.[26]
Europe, 11 November 1918: End of the First World War.
1920 - 1930
Europe, 1920s:Baron Zoria finds clues of location of the the Malleus Mundi in an abandoned Templar fortress (33)
Striga Isle, 1920s:The Family arrives to the Isle (34)
America, 1920s: The US Navy destroys a chapter of the Cult of the Shaper in the coast of Massachusetts (4?)
Paragon City, 1920s: A great number of skyscrapers is built in the jewelers' district. The neighborhood is rechristened as Steel Canyon.(35)
Paragon City, 1930s: The Freedom Phalanx wages a successful war against organized crime [27]. Some of the old families result destroyed. (40)
Rogue Isles, 1930s (?): A great number of villains flee to the Rogue Isles, which become a haven for the supervillains. Among them, Arachnos infiltrates a number of cells.(41)
Europe?, late 1930s:Requiem finds and recruits Othman Doul, the man who will become the villain Vandal. (115)
Paragon City, 1932: the hero Atlas claps out the flames of a building in fire the firefighters couldn't extinguish by themselves.(43)
Striga Isle, 1932: The tanker Moraine vanishes without a trace on her first voyage. (45 & 101)
Paragon City, 1933: The hero Dream Doctor links the kidnapping of several kids to the Circle of Thorns, prevents their sacrifice and exposes the evil nature of the group to public light. The Circle as a public organization vanishes that same year.[14]
Paragon City, 1933: The first Geneva Hotel is built. (42)
Paragon City, 9 January 1933: The Midnight Squad is founded by the Dream Doctor. [14][26]
Paragon City, 1935: The Paragon Times building is built. (46)
Paragon City, 1936: City council and mayoral elections. There's a series of pro-hero candidates. Finally, a mayor and a city council tough on (organized) crime is elected. It's the end of the criminal empires in Paragon. (25,40)
Paragon City, 6 January 1937: The heroine Maiden Justice is sued by the very criminals she arrested. (47)
Paragon City, September 1937: The Citizen Crime Fighting Act is passed, legally authorizing masked heroes to arrest evildoers. [27]
Paragon City, 12 September 1937: First legal arrest made by a hero. (48)
Europe, 1939: Second World War starts. Armies include metahumas or groups of them: The Dawn Patrol in England, Storm Korps in Germany, Imperial Wind in Japan. [27]
Paragon City, 1939: A parade honoring the hero Atlas is sabotaged by the hero's nemesis, the villain Teal Serpent. The plan is frustrated and the Serpent defeated. (49)
1940 - 1950
World, 1939 - 1945: Second World War
Europe?, 1940s: First sighting of the Mek Man androids. (50 & 119)
British Isles, 1940: Battle of Britain. The Dawn Patrol helps the RAF fight the Germans. [27]
America?, 2 May 1940: Tammy Arcanus (Numina) is born.[26]
British Isles, 1941:Freedom Phalanx helps defend Great Britian from Nazi incursions. (25)
Pacific Ocean, 7 December 1941: Japan raids the US Navy base in Pearl Harbor. [27]
Paragon City, 7 December 1941: A group of German supersoldiers attacks Independence Port, base of the program of lend/leasing of war equipment to the troubled British Isles. Despite the huge material and human damage they cause, the hero Atlas stops single-handedly the attack, losing his life in the process. [27]
America, 1941: The United States declare war on Axis powers. [27] Laws are modified to legally allow masked heroes to enlist and fight (25).
Rogue Isles, 1941 (?): The Rogue Isles declare themselves neutral, but with Allied leanings. Rogue Isles Army wages a visible "war" on 5th Column members. (41)
Paragon City, 1942: The US Army opens special training facilities for metahuman soldiers in Paragon City. [27] (25)
Paragon City, 1942: A force of the Fifth Column, apparently the same who attacked Independence Port, attacks the Hero Brigade in Liberty Plaza as it was getting ready to depart to Europe. [27]
Africa, 1942: First Hero Brigade fights in North Africa, being defeated and reformed in small cells soon after [27]. The Dream Doctor forms a cell called The Sand Kings, who performs numerous acts of sabotage and kidnapping against the Nazi forces. (25)
British Isles, 1942: The Storm Korps attack Buckingham Palace, briefly kidnapping the King [27]. The Storm Korps are re-deployed in North Africa. (25)
Pacific Ocean, 1942: The metahuman forces of Japan and America clash against each other repeatedly. The conflict turns personal and the members of both forces become obsessed with defeating each other, creating a parallel, meaningless war. [27]4
Pacific, 1943: Japanese Imperial Wind clashes with US heroes in Pacific. (25)
England, 28 October 1943:Dawn Patrol is formed.[27]Note: This date is contradicted by other sources.[34]
France, 1944: Normandy Landing, where the Dawn Patrol and Freedom Phalanx land in the first wave.[27] The Storm Korps defend the German positions. Both sides suffer huge losses, including Statesman, who won't be able to fight during the rest of the war. (25)
Germany, 1945:Storm Korps and the First Hero Brigade fight in the black forest. [27] Only five of the soldiers of the Storm Korps survive to be judged. (25)
Germany, 1945: The Storm Korps soldiers are judged found guilty of war crimes. [27]
Japan, 1945: Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [27] Japan surrenders soon after, but the Imperial Wind refuses to stop fighting. (25)
United States, 1945:Nemesis threatens the country with a poison gas. Freedom Phalanx member Dark Watcher finds the source of the gas in the sewers of Paragon City and neutralizes it, while Dr. Mnemonic develops an antidote. The antidote is distributed across the country by the Freedom Phalanx with only minutes to spare. [35]
Pacific Ocean, 1945: The leader of the Imperial Wind, Lord of Frosts, fights the leader of the American metahuman forces in the zone, Captain Volcano, defeating and killing him. [27] Lord of Frosts eludes pursuit and escapes. (25)
America, 1946:Nemesis attacks Washington and declares himself "Emperor of the Americas". He's fought and defeated by the Freedom Phalanx, being forced to flee once more. [27]
???, 1946: The adventurers Lars and Tobias Hansen are captured while they were investigating a strange Italian cabal called "The Council" (52)
Paragon City, April 1946:Atlas Park inaugurated. (42)
America, late 40's: Many veteran heroes turn to a life of crime, being Paragon City one of his favorite targets. The rise in villains' numbers cause a rise in heroes' numbers as well. [27]
1950 - 1960
World, 1950s: Cold War starts. Soviet and Western metahumans fight and die in secret battles in different parts of the globe. [27]
Paragon City, 1950s: The colossal hero Talos fights giant monsters. (53)
Paragon City, 1975:Tub Ci arrives to Paragon. (60)
South America, 9 December 1975: Ernesto Rodriguez (Black Scorpion) is born.[26]
Soviet Union, 1976: American spy plane is shot down by a soviet metahuman. Statesman is sent to rescue the crew. Soviet general launches a nuclear warhead against him, nearly killing the hero and putting the world at the verge of a nuclear war. Metahumans sabotage the weapons of both superpoweres. Hero One offers himself as negotiator to find a peaceful solution. Relations between supergroups and governments result badly damaged and will never be completely restored. [27]
Paragon City?, 22 May 1977: Eddie Polstra (Maelstrom) is born.[26]
Paragon City, September 1979:Leonard Calhoun arrested for the first time. The Outcasts are born soon after. (61)
1980 - 1990
Iran, 24 April 1980: Eddie Polstra's father is killed in the failed rescue attempt of the U.S. embassy workers being held hostage. [36]
America, 1980s: Economical recession; shortage in heroin and coca causes the rise of Superadine. [27] Appearance of Trolls. (103)
Paragon City, early 80s:Talos Island's real estate boom. (53 & 66)
Paragon City, middle 80s:Superadine production and consuming rises with no clear reason. [27]
Paragon City, middle 80s: Heroes' moral crisis: threats, beatings and torture become relatively common methods. (25 & 126)
Paragon City, 25 June 1984: Clarissa Moore (War Witch) is born.[26]
Paragon City, 1985:Tub Ci arrested for heroin dealing. (60)
Paragon City, 1985: Horrorfyng nature of drug manufacturers discovered (27)
Paragon City, 1986: The Midnight Squad discovers the laboratory where the Superadine is being created. Back Alley Brawler assaults the place, giving all material found there to the Freedom Phalanx. (25 & 104)
Paragon City, 7 or 12 July 1988: A Freedom Phalanx researcher, Dr. Brian Webb, publicly announces the discovery of technology able to pierce the interdimensional barrier. Planar travel is born. (25 & 68)[26]
Axis America, 1989: Dr. Webb and his expedition are captured, tortured and killed by an extradimensional Nazi copy of Statesman, the Reichsman. [27]
Outer space, 1989: A multinational force of heroes launches an attack against the alien entity known as "Shiva" in deep space. The heroes are never seen again.[13]
Rogue Isles, 1989: A rain of meteorites falls on the isle of Bloody Bay, leaving it uninhabitable. [25]
Paragon City, 1989: The Nazi supersoldiers of the Reichsman invade Paragon City. (25 & 106) The Freedom Phalanx confronts and defeats them. [27] Reichsman captured and imprisoned. (25) Portal Corp installations result destroyed in the fight. The widow of Dr. Webb starts a long legal battle to retain control of the now ruined firm. (25)
Rogue Isles, 1990: Governor of Cap au Diable is killed by extradimensional attackers. Dr. Aeon comes to Cap au Diable and appointed by Lord Recluse as new governor.
Rogue Isles, 1991: The Gold Brickers plunder the central vault of Aeon City's bank. (75)
Paragon City, 1995: The Freakshow try to hijack the Talos - Peregrine ferry. (66)
Paragon City, 1995:Tub Ci is released from prison. (60)
Paragon City, 1995: The original Luminary becomes spokesman for Hero Corps (27)
World, 1998:Hero Corps has now more than 30 branches all over the globe. [27]
Paragon City, 1998: Harry Atta joins the Trolls. (74)
Paragon City, 1998:Portal Corp re-opens, under new management.
Paragon City, 1998: Hero Corps tries to open a branch in Paragon, the first one in America. [27]
Paragon City, 1998: The Freedom Phalanx declares itself not under the laws or politics of any country. [27]
Paragon City, 1999: Public protests against the construction of the Hero Corps building. (25 & 93) Previously unknown supervillains attack Paragon [27]. Countess Crey deplores that Statesman and the Freedom Phalanx try to prevent the establishment of Hero Corps in Paragon City.(25)
Paragon City, February 1999: First clash between Hero Corps and Freedom Phalanx. In the confusion, a villain escapes. (94)
Paragon City, March 1999: During three weeks, The hero Luminary makes a public demonstration of his powers as a part of his campaign for Hero Corps. (25 & 92)
Paragon City, 1999: Power-armored soldiers destroy the recently finished Hero Corps building. (25 & 97)
Paragon City, May 1999: Countess Crey publicly announces her sponsorship of Hero Corps. (96)
Paragon City, September 1999: Metahuman mercenaries use poison gas on a secret installation of the Midnight squad in Terra Volta, killing 47 people. (25 & 102)
Paragon City, October 1999: Hero Corps leaves Paragon. (95) They have spent five times the expected budget. [27]
World, 2000: UN Special Council of Super Human Activities formed. [27]
Paragon City, July 2000: Art History student Vanessa DeVore travels to Italy to study in Florence. [19]
Italy, 2000: During a weekend trip to Venice, Vanessa DeVore buys an old porcelain mask and uses the mask for the first time. Frightened by the power of Giovanna Scaldi, Vanessa resolves to never touch the mask again, and moves back to Paragon City. [19]
Paragon City, early 2000s: First sighting of Clockwork (77)
World, 2001:Hero Corps has now over 100 branches all over the globe. [27]
Paragon City, 11 January 2001: Bastion (Citadel) is created.[26]
Paragon City, Spring? Summer? 2001: First wave of Clockwork. (77)
Paragon City, 23 May 2002: Thousands of lights appear all over the world. It is determined that they are portals. Star Strider volunteers to be the first to enter one of these mysterious portals and is never seen or heard from again.
↑CoH official site, Crey (founding date: the official site mentions that Count Crey felt into a come 14 years ago. Supposing the game was launched in 2003, this gives us 2003 - 14 = 1989, as the supposed date)
↑CoH official site, Freakshow (founding date: the official site mentions that the group was founded "more than a decade ago". It could be in the early 90s, or perhaps in the late 80s. Again, I'm supposing this was meant at the time the game was launched, in 2003)
To avoid any confusion, the source of any given event can be found here. These entries should be converted to wikipedia:Footnotes format (aka inline REF tags).
Please note that the conclusions reached in this article are based on the facts and clues discovered in-game. If those facts turn out to be false in a later date (as it was Statesman's origins history, for example), then this page will need to be redone.