Documente Academic
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M41
Year Event Source
Far eastern rim of the Galaxy assaulted by an [Needs Citation]
Ork Waaagh!
Two High Lords of Terra assassinated. [Needs Citation]
Malleus (Novel) by
The infamous heretic Pontius Glaw is first
Dan Abnett, [Needs
touched by the Warp. Citation]
100 - 199.M41
Year Event Source
Clan Raukaan - A
Clan Raukaan of the Iron Hands defeat a
Codex: Space
group of Dark Eldar slavers in the
123.M41 Marines
Hundharr Cluster by using a number of
Supplement (6th
civilian workers as bait for a trap.
Edition)
Abaddon the Despoiler's forces complete
139.M41 construction of the Planet Killer in the Eye [Needs Citation]
of Terror.
Abaddon uses the Planet Killer to lead the
12th Black Crusade that ravages the
139-160.M41 [Needs Citation]
Gothic Sector, known later as the Gothic
War.
The Jorun Retaliation. The Howling
Griffons, Ultramarines and Sons of Orar
Imperial Armour
Chapters defeat the Cabal of the Crimson
Volume Nine -
Libation and their ex-Imperial Guard
143.M41 The Badab War -
slaves. Chaplain Armand Titus of the
Part One, pp.
Howling Griffons is interred within a
126–127
Dreadnought sarcophagus after
succumbing to the Xenos poisons.
Imperial Armour
Volume Two -
143-151.M41 Magdellan Prime Civil War
Second Edition,
pg. 20
Fall of Betalis IV to forces of Chaos. Battle Imperial Armour
Sisters of the Order of the Ebon Chalice Volume Two -
143-151.M41
helped to evacuate Ecclesiarchy officials Second Edition,
and sacred relics pg. 20
The Planet Killer is finally destroyed. No
traces of the remains are found by
154.M41 [Needs Citation]
Inquisitor Horst's investigation 2 years
later.
Rogue trader Veronique Renuka is Rogue Trader
179.M41 declared an outlaw for her involvement in a Core Rulebook
coup attempt on Cyclopia. pg. 362
Eternal Praetorian is lost with all hands Rogue Trader:
189.M41 while searching for a stable route into the Into the Storm pg.
Koronus Expanse. 165
200 - 299.M41
Year Event Source
The genocidal madman Kobras Aquairre, last of Rogue Trader
201.M41 the Aquairre rogue traders, disappears into the Core Rulebook
Rifts of Hecaton. pg. 362
A Meritech Clan raid on a trio of Battlefleet Rogue Trader:
Calixis Sword-class frigates triggers a Battlefleet
211.M41
fifteen-year war that ends with the destruction of Koronus pgs.
Meritech clan strongholds. 28, 56
Warlord Skarmork's Orks invade Castaburg. The
213.M41 [Needs Citation]
Death Korps of Krieg counterattack.
Explorator Fleet Hydrax-Lamda-15 discovers an
Imperial Armour
Ork Terror Ship adrift in space. The ship is
Volume Ten -
devoid of life, but contains the corpses of
220.M41 The Badab War
hundreds of Orks. A standard bearing the words
- Part Two,
'Carcharodon Astra' is found atop a mound of
pp. 118–119
bodies several metres high.
Malleus (Novel)
The Helican subsector capital is moved to - Eisenhorn
Thracian Primaris from Gudrun when it overtakes (Omnibus) by
241.M41
the latter as the preeminent world of the Dan Abnett,
subsector. Chapter Two,
pg. 289
Asdrubael Vect seals the daemon-summoning Codex: Chaos
248.M41 Dark Eldar Archon Ysclyth into his own territory. Daemons (6th
The daemons tear apart Ysclyth and his kabal. Edition) pg. 22
The Forge World Columnus is assaulted by the
Ork Weirdwaaagh! led by the Weirdboy
Zagdakka. Iron Hands Clan Raukaan, a Raven
Clan Raukaan -
Guard Shadow Company, and the entire Legio
A Codex: Space
Ferrax Titan Legion are among the defenders.
249.M41 Marines
The Orks are defeated and Zagdakka killed,
Supplement (6th
though at the cost of the entire Raven Guards
Edition)
company and Shadow Captain Stenn, who were
used as bait for the Ork Warlord and allowed to
die by Warleader Kristos.
As a result of Warleader Kristos' actions on
Columnus, seen to be not of logic but the settling
of a score with the Raven Guard, the Kristosian Clan Raukaan -
Conclave is called on Medusa to debate his A Codex: Space
260.M41 actions there, but the conclave expands to Marines
become a general debate on the chapter's Supplement (6th
philosophy. During the 200 years of the Edition)
conclave, no Iron Father is elected to lead the
Iron Council.
Rogue Trader:
The first Falchion-class frigate is laid down at the
261.M41 Battlefleet
Voss forge world.
Koronus pg. 26
Imperial Armour
Volume One -
273.M41 Hydra Flak Tank found. Imperial Guard
and Imperial
Navy, [Needs Citation]
Rogue trader Salgut Falkin ferries thirty thousand
Rogue Trader
surplus hive workers from Clove in the Calixis
298.M41 Core Rulebook
Sector to an uninhabited world. He remains long
pg. 326
enough to see their prefabricated habs deployed.
300 - 399.M41
Year Event Source
Rogue trader Salgut Falkin returns to the colony
world he founded after a series of unfortunate
encounters with the eldar. He finds a thriving
Rogue Trader
community calling itself New Clove and installs
310.M41 Core Rulebook
himself as Imperial commander. An eldar fleet
pg. 326
follows him and ejects the colonists from their
Maiden World. Falkin and the remainder of his
flotilla disappear into the Koronus Expanse.
The Golden Halos Space Marine Chapter
encounters the infamous "ghost ship" Celestion
while aboard the Battlecruiser Garandus. The
result is a severe glancing collision upon the lower Inferno Issue
322.M41
port bow, ripping apart several of the chapter's 11, [Needs Citation]
dropships. A surprise warp vortex halts all
recovery operations. Casualties were listed as
2,362, 17% from the Golden Halos Chapter.
Inquisitor Eisenhorn declares Inquisitor Quixos a Malleus
heretic and Extremis Diabolus. Eisenhorn leads a (Novel) by Dan
342.M41
cell that hunts down and kills Quixos three years Abnett, [Needs
later (Quixos approx. 300 years old at this point). Citation]
400 - 499.M41
Year Event Source
Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor and his team Ravenor The
401-404.M41 investigate the illegal trade in flects, a Omnibus pg.
warp-tainted drug on Eustis Majoris 306-307, pg. 570
The Dark Angels suppress civil wars during
the Macharian Heresy. The Ravenwing
Codex: Dark
uncovers cults and signs of Cypher's
405.M41 Angels (6th
presence. An encounter with the Space
Edition) pg. 25
Wolves allows several Fallen Angels to
escape during the Lythanos Uprisings.
Waaagh! Gulgrog lays siege to Port
Wander. Two-thirds of Battlefleet Calixis
responds to the attack, led by Admiral
Androvast Strophes. Fist of Adamant
Rogue Trader:
cripples the ork flagship and routs the
422-424.M41 Edge of the
invasion. The Imperial Navy reclaims Port
Abyss pg. 51
Wander instead of pursuing the orks into
the Maw. The orks of the Koronus Expanse
remain a minor threat for the next four
centuries.
The Inquisition has Lord-Captain Balastus
Rogue Trader
Irem and his family wiped out for dealing in
443.M41 Core Rulebook
xenotech excavated from the Cineris
pgs. 281, 361-362
Malificum, including Halo Devices.
Codex: Chaos
Space Marines
First War for Armageddon. Chaos (3rd Edition, 2nd
incursion led by Angron and World Eaters Codex), pg. 8;
444.M41
beaten back by Space Wolves and Grey Codex: Chaos
Knights. Space Marines
(6th Edition) pg.
24
Imperial Armour
Volume Two
447.M41 Godjera Incursion
(Second Edition),
pg. 20
Inquisitor Hesten compiles the Hesten
450-465.M41 manuscript, which documents principles of [Needs Citation]
500 - 599.M41
Year Event Source
Across the Imperium there are visions
of the Emperor's tears. From the
poorest urchin to the mightiest Warhammer 40,000 6th
Chapter Master, all who see the Edition Rulebook, pg.171
500.M41 visions know that the Emperor weeps
not for himself, but for all mankind.
Liege Tarn Marvolus of Footfall is
Rogue Trader: Hostile
quartered after attempting to extort
Acquisitions pgs. 18-19
tribute from rogue trader Cassilus.
Imperial Armour Volume
Imbach Genocide - it is known that Two - Space Marines and
2nd Company of the Skull Bearers Forces of the Inquisition,
Space Marine Chapter took part in it. pg. 64; Imperial Armour
508.M41
Later all of the records about this Volume Two - Second
Genocide were expunged by the Edition: War Machines of
Inquisition the Adeptus Astartes, pg.
20
A sub-fleet of the Disciples of Thule
under Magos Solus Kanceme enters Rogue Trader Core
528.M41
the Koronus Expanse and scatters in Rulebook pg. 359
search of pre-Imperial artefacts.
The Prefect Majoris of the mining
world Dlathus in the Hazeroth Abyss
mistakes rogue trader Lady Sun Lee
for a representative of the Adeptus Rogue Trader Core
538.M41
Terra and releases his world's Rulebook pg. 328
Imperial tithe to her. He disappears
before the official tithe collectors
arrive the next year.
600 - 699.M41
Year Event Source
The Bloodwrath Incident. A transport ship
carrying the 92nd Brontian Longknives
Imperial Guard regiment, three years
overdue after leaving Dwinlicht, translates
into realspace near Port Wander. Initial Dark Heresy:
609.M41 investigation brings the boarding party into Daemon Hunter
contact with daemons of Khorne. Inquisitors pgs. 18-19
of the Ordo Malleus board the ship to fight
the incursion and find its source. The
Inquisitors fight a Bloodthirster in the central
cargo bay, but the ship is destroyed when it
passes within one million kilometres of Port
Wander.
Inquisitor Estroz purges House Thrungg after
members of the noble house summon the
Slaaneshi daemon Merthen the Skindancer.
Dark Heresy:
Only three members of Thrungg survive,
622.M41 Daemon Hunter
being off-world at the time. Sebellus Hive's
pg. 90
manufacturing capability is crippled for
months despite the timely intervention of the
Inquisitor's Acolytes.
Imperial
Armour Volume
650.M41 Goru Heresy
Two (Second
Edition), pg. 20
Codex: Tau
651.M41 Commander Puretide is born in Dal'yth sept. Empire (6th
Edition) pg. 28
Grey Hunter
Logan Grimnar becomes new Great Wolf of (Novel) by
659.M41
the Space Wolves. William King,
[Needs Citation]
Imperial
Armour Volume
Nine - The
The Battle for Grand Al'gul.
Badab War -
Part One,
666.M41 pp. 92–93.
The Yuctan Incident - The entire population
of Yuctan, including a Naval depot housing
The Harvest
squadron Farsight, vanishes following an
Fleets
encounter with Necron raiders. A single
Cobra destroyer survives to tell the tale.
Segmentum Tempestus experiences a
sudden and severe rise in warp storm
activity, afflicting even the most reliable Warp
routes. Natural and unnatural disasters
Imperial
plague the worlds of the Orpheus Sector.
Armour Volume
Psykers report recurring nightmares of dead
672-990.M41 Twelve - The
cities and rising darkness. The Ordo
Fall of Orpheus
Hereticus and Ordo Malleus ruthlessly
pg. 23
suppress knowledge of this nightmare
epidemic. Only the vigilance of Battlefleet
Orpheus and the Angels Revenant keep the
sector from falling out of Imperial control.
679.M41 Trade War between Ferrozoica Hive and Necropolis
Vervunhive on the planet Verghast.[*] (Novel) by Dan
Abnett,
Chapters One,
Three
Inquisitor Chaegryn travels to Ghosar
Quintus to investigate the mining colony's
suspected heretical turn from the Imperial
Deathwatch:
680.M41 Cult. After a violent encounter with a
Overkill
sub-level overseer, Chaegryn declares the
investigation closed and his intent is to return
to the Ordo fortress. He never arrives.
Part of Ortan Cassius's Deathwatch kill team
is reassigned to investigate Ghosar Quintus
and retrieve Inquisitor Chaegryn. Kill Team
681.M41 Excis is lost and Cassius demands he be Ibid.
allowed to take his kill team to Ghosar to
avenge them and learn the truth of
Chaegryn's disappearance.
A localised and violent warp storm
designated the "Howling Vortex" engulfs the
Imperial
Barren Stars, cutting off the Morros
Armour Volume
Lachrymal penitentiary from the rest of the
Twelve - The
Orpheus Sector. All void travel and
Fall of Orpheus
689.M41 communications cease, leaving the fate of
pg. 24
the colony's thirteen million prisoners and the
prison hulks en route a mystery.
Rogue trader Orolshan discovers the derelict Rogue Trader:
Eternal Praetorian in orbit of the Into the Storm
Witch-Cursed World. pg. 165
The Battle of Jade Reach. Three rogue trader
Rogue Trader
flotillas answer the call for help from the
691.M41 Core Rulebook
Imperial Navy vessel Wrote for Luck to fight
pg. 322
an ork fleet.
The Angelis Boat, a buried ship of unknown
metal, suddenly awakens without warning Battlefleet
692.M41 and flies away. The Angelis Boat is Gothic Armada,
suspected of being a Necron Dirge class pg. 78
raider.
A Tau probe is discovered in the Koath
system. The translated message was a Codex: Tau
696.M41 greeting and an invitation to "share the Empire (6th
culture, technology, and protection of the Tau Edition) pg. 5
Empire."
The Corinthian Crusade. Chapter Master Imperial
698-705.M41
Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines leads the Armour Volume
crusade, which consists of Ultramarines, Nine - The
Angels of Absolution, Lamenters, Silver Badab War -
Skulls, Scythes of the Emperor, Marines Part One,
Errant and over fifty Imperial Guard pp. 76–77
regiments. Waaagh! Skargor is crushed and
the threat from the Orks of Charadon is
diminished for over thirty years.
700 - 799.M41
Year Event Source
Imperial Armour
Corinth Crusade: the Liberation of Volume Nine - The
701.M41
Slaughterhouse III. Badab War - Part
One, pgs. 109, 111
Erasmus Haarlock vanishes after wiping Rogue Trader Core
703.M41
out his entire family. Rulebook pg. 362
The Siege of Tulwa. Marneus Calgar
704.M41 leads infiltration force that destroy the [Needs Citation]
Behemoth.
Warhammer
738.M41 Latest Founding (26th). 40,000
Compendium, p. 6
Wolf Lord Finn Goresson boards the
gargantuan Ork warship Starkrusha, with
Codex: Space
a small force of Space Wolves. Six
739.M41 Wolves (5th
months later, he emerges from the ship
Edition), p. 18
with Warboss Godstompa's head hanging
from his belt.
Imperial Armour
The Exorcists Chapter save the planet of
Volume Ten - The
740.M41 Stonekraal from a large Genestealer
Badab War - Part
infestation.
Two, pp. 126–127
The Sabbat Worlds
Crusade
740-743.M41 The Balance Wars take place. (Background Book)
by Dan Abnett,
[Needs Citation]
Imperial Armour
The Salamanders Chapter purge the
Volume Ten - The
Moons of Ymgarl of Genestealers.
Badab War - Part
Captain Sokhar Bray'arth of the 4th
754-756.M41 Two, pp. 78, 172;
Company is interred in the Iron Dragon
Codex: Space
Dreadnought chassis after suffering
Marines (5th
mortal wounds.
Edition), p. 49
The Harvest of Reavers. Aspyce Chorda
Rogue Trader Core
754.M41 has the surviving pirates of Iniquity
Rulebook pg. 361
lobotomized and used as slave-serfs.
The Sabbat Worlds Crusade, the largest Codex: Imperial
755.M41 Imperial offensive since the Macharian Guard (5th
Crusade, begins. Edition), p. 22
Warhammer
First recorded incidence of the Zombie 40,000 5th Edition
Plague. Twenty-three billion healthy Rulebook, pg. 126;
757.M41
Imperial citizens of Hydra Minoris are Codex: Chaos
quarantined. Space Marines (6th
Edition) pg. 24
Scouring of Quintarn. Marneus Calgar
commands forces against Ork
scavengers who captured the triple
759.M41 [Needs Citation]
system of Quintarn, Tarentus and Masali
(part of the Ultramar Coalition) in the
aftermath of the Battle for Macragge.
Imperial Armour
The Minotaurs Chapter breaks the Siege Volume Ten - The
of Casaubon. Badab War - Part
Two, pg. 109
760.M41 Commander Farsight recaptures much of
the territory the Tau Empire lost in the
Codex: Tau Empire
Damocles Gulf Crusade but refuses the
(6th Edition) pg. 29
recall order. He establishes the fortified
Farsight Enclaves.
Marneus Calgar leads the Ultramarines
against the Daemon-corrupted Forge
World of Thrax. After retrieving crucial Codex: Space
data-records from the manufactorums, Marines (5th
banishing thousands of daemons in the Edition), pg. 40
process, Calgar withdraws his forces and
pronounces Exterminatus on the planet.
The Catachan MXIV 'Unseen Lurkers',
led by Colonel 'Steel Eye' Black engage
762.M41
Orks of the Death Skulls on the planet of Codex: Imperial
Kato, a shadow world. The stalemate is Guard (5th
only broken once Sentinels locate and Edition), pg. 22
destroy the Ork Stompa factory hidden in
Widow Valley.
Imperial Armour
Volume Two
Purging of Gladrinus VI
(Second Edition),
pg. 20
Space Marine Chapter Losses to date: 13
Codex: Space
lost in the Warp, 21 Irrecoverable battle
Marines (3rd
losses, 9 Geneseed failure, 4 Inquisitorial
Edition) pg. 47
purges, 16 Other circumstances.
765.M41 The Sabbat Worlds
Crusade
Warmaster Slaydo killed on the planet
(Background Book)
Balhaut.
by Dan Abnett,
[Needs Citation]
Traitor General
774.M41 Gereon Mission, Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Novel) by Dan
Abnett, [Needs Citation]
Imperial Armour
Sulsalid Campaign, Fourth Quadrant Volume Nine - The
775-777.M41
rebellion. Badab War - Part
One pp. 100–101
Codex: Imperial
Chaos Space Marines led by the Black
Guard (5th
Legion break out of the Cadian Gate, only
Edition), pg. 22;
777.M41 to be slowed by the Cadians and are
Codex: Space
eventually driven back with the help of the
Marines (5th
Imperial Fists.
Edition), pg. 49
General Andreas Carnhide, a veteran
Imperial Guard commander, draws
together feuding factions of Guard, Navy,
Tactica Imperialis,
778.M41 and Adeptus Mechanicus to retake the [Needs Citation]
hive world of Lyubov from the forces of
Chaos, including warriors of the Blood
Pact.
Imperial Armour
Volume Nine - The
Badab War - Part
Lycanthos Drift Campaign, Fourth
780.M41 One pp. 57, 59;
Quadrant rebellion.
Codex: Dark
Angels (6th
Edition) pg. 25
Wolf Lord Osric Three-Fists's fleet is
ambushed in the Maelstrom by a larger
Chaos fleet. When his flagship is crippled,
Osric leads the remains of his Great Codex: Space
781.M41 Company in a boarding action of the Wolves (5th
Chaos flagship Storm of Hate. Only thirty Edition), p. 18
Space Wolves board the ship, but
manage to capture the ship and turn its
firepower on the rest of the Chaos fleet.
Battle of Maedrax. Eldrad Ulthran of White Dwarf 342
Ulthwé foresees an Imperial explorer (US) "Timeline"
783.M41
force would awaken the Necron tomb p. 33; Codex: Eldar
world. The Eldar destroy the explorer fleet (6th Edition) pg. 22
and then the Necron complex. When
leaving Maedrax, they have to fight their
way through a relief force of Blood Angels
Space Marines. Unfortunately, the
Necron dynasty is much larger than
Eldrad believed; tomb worlds across the
system awaken.
Aspyce Chorda goes to war with Calligos Rogue Trader Core
785.M41
Winterscale over resources. Rulebook pg. 361
Eliac Zephyrblade of Saim-Hann delivers
an ultimatum to the Imperial colony on
Gnosis Prime: evacuate or die. The
Codex: Eldar (6th
colonists refuse and Zephyrblade leads
Edition) pg. 22;
786.M41 his warhost against them. Despite being
Planetstrike pgs.
outnumbered one hundred to one, the
60-61
warhost destroys the colony's military and
industrial infrastructure before leaving the
colony to their Dark Eldar allies.
The Vostroyan IX under Graf Toshenko
are wiped out defending the factory city of
Codex: Imperial
Polia on the planet of Nimbosa from the
790.M41 Guard (5th
Tau Commander Brightsword, inspiring
Edition), pg. 22
the populace to resist the Tau's culture of
'the Greater Good'.
The Faceless Lord Karrad Vall braves the
Maw to shell Footfall and battle Calligos
Winterscale. His fleet tears through the Rogue Trader Core
794.M41
defences and he leaves taunting Rulebook pg. 356
messages before he disappears for a
decade.
Warhammer
The Cadian 23rd put down an uprising in
795.M41 40,000 5th Edition
the Krandor system.
Rulebook, pg. 126
Adinbur Prime: Patrol group Tiryns Battlefleet Gothic
796.M41
assaulted by Necron escorts, but escape. Armada, pg. 77
The Siege of Zalathras. Marneus Calgar
Codex: Space
of the Ultramarines holds the gate alone
797.M41 Marines (5th
against an invasion of Orks for a night
Edition), pg. 40
and a day.
The Siege of Somonor: Eldar Farseer
Eldorath Starbane attacks Somonor.
Codex: Necrons
Necron Overlord Szaron of the
ca. 798.M41 (5th Edition) pgs.
Arrynmarok Dynasty swears allegiance to
13, 22
Imotekh, becoming a client of the
Sautekh Dynasty. Imotekh repulses
Starbane's attack, allowing him to flee
back to Alaitoc after severing his right
hand.
The Ultramarines begin to fortify the Codex: Space
eastern bounds of Ultramar against the Marines (5th
Tau Empire. Edition), pg. 40
The San Leor Massacre. The Red
Corsairs attack San Leor. Nine Orders
Militant of the Adepta Sororitas launch a
799.M41 counter-attack to defend the Sisterhood's
Codex: Sisters of
original homeworld and annihilate the
Battle (5th Edition),
attackers. [Needs Citation]
800 - 899.M41
Year Event Source
Codex: Eldar
Lugganath Eldar craftworld first detected
(3rd Edition),
by the Imperium. [Needs Citation]
White Dwarf
342us
"Timeline" p.
The Astronomican flickers, resulting in 33;
thousands of ships being lost in the Warhammer
Warp. 40,000 5th
Edition
801.M41 Rulebook pg.
127
Codex:
Hive Fleet Naga enters the galaxy from Tyranids (5th
the Eastern Fringe. Edition), pp.
16–17
Imperial
Armour Volume
Judgement of Hellenus
Two - Second
Edition, pg. 21
The Ordo Xenos burns Amphian Deed for Rogue Trader
803.M41 his role in the Halo of Darkness cult, Core Rulebook
ending the Deed lineage of rogue traders. pg. 362
Cardinal-Astral Borja dies and Cardinal Imperial
Xaphan is named as his successor. Armour Volume
804.M41 Xaphan declares that he will make a Five - The
pilgrimage through the Scarus Sector, Siege of Vraks -
which will take five years. Part One, pg. 8
Marneus Calgar leads three Ultramarines
companies against Waaagh! Gutshredda
in the Forgoil system. In only three
weeks, the Ultramarines halt the
Codex: Space
Waaagh! by destroying the Orks'
805.M41 Marines (5th
tellyporta ships and Stompa factories.
Edition), pg. 40
Calgar personally leads a Terminator
Squad in a boarding action of
Gutshredda's flagship, Da
Superdestructa.
Purgation of Jhanna. Marneus Calgar
leads two Ultramarines companies in the Codex: Space
807.M41 recapture of rebellious oceanic cities of Marines (3rd
Omon and Vorlencia against renegades Edition) pg. 36
and Chaos Space Marines.
Imperial
After a failed assassination attempt on
Armour Volume
Cardinal-Astral Xaphan, civil unrest
Five - The
674810.M41 consumes Vraks Prime. The
Siege of Vraks -
Departmento Munitorum receives an
Part One, pg.
urgent request for relief.
11
Dark Eldar raiders mount occasional but
highly damaging raids on the main
habitation area of Naxos, Colony One, Tactica
until a force of Space Marines from the Imperialis, [Needs
Iron Snakes chapter under the command Citation]
40,000 5th
The Saint Cyllia Massacre: The Adamant
Edition
Fury Titan Legion falls to Chaos and
Rulebook,
massacre the Saint Cyllia PDF before
p. 127
863.M41 escaping1. Leading the Cadian 423rd,
Knight Commander Pask engages 2
Codex:
rearguard elements of the traitor Titan
Imperial Guard
Legio.2
(5th Edition), p.
22
The Purging of Modanna, Kor'sarro Khan,
Master of the Hunt of the White Scars, Codex: Space
865.M41 drives the Daemon Prince Kernax Marines (5th
Voldorius from his most important Edition), p. 49
fortress.
Captain Cortez of the Crimson Fists
breaks through Eldar lines, despite Codex: Space
867.M41 suffering seventeen wounds, including a Marines (3rd
stab through one of his hearts and two Edition) pg. 39
heavy weapons hits.
Mogul Kamir and Imperial Guard
regiments of Attila deploy in force on the
planet of Loxar IV to fight a three-year
Codex: Imperial
campaign against the Necrons. Victory is
870.M41 Guard (5th
finally taken after the ill-fated charge of
Edition), pg. 22
the Lumen Valley, the largest calvary
charge to take place in records of the
Imperium.
The Liberation of Quintus. With the aid of
Kayvaan Shrike and the Raven Guard
Third Company, Kor'sarro Khan slays Codex: Space
871.M41 Kernax Voldorius in the streets of Marines (5th
Mankarra, and returns with the Daemon Edition), pg. 49
Prince's head to the White Scars'
fortress-monastery.
Warhammer
The Bloodtide returns under the 40,000 6th
command of the Bloodthirster Edition
Ka'jagga'nath. It rampages across the Rulebook, pg.
876.M41
planet Van Horne until Ka'jagga'nath is 173; Codex:
banished by the 4th Brotherhood of the Chaos
Grey Knights. Daemons (6th
Edition), pg. 22
An enormous Void whale emerges from
the Warp, mutated by exposure to the
Empyrean. The Space Wolves of Engir
Krakendoom's Great Company board the
entity before it can destroy the stronghold Codex: Space
of Perillia, combating the entire hostile Wolves (5th
ecosystem in the whale's innards, before Edition), pg. 19;
877.M41
planting demolition charges on its vital Codex: Chaos
organs and escaping seconds before the Daemons (6th
explosion. The Perillian Gas Belt is born Edition), pg. 22
from the whale's remains. The gas belt
overtakes Rillith and Deith, bringing
catastrophes. The Inquisition resorts to
sorcery to disperse the gas belt.
Chaos pirates, led by the Daemon Prince
M'kar, claim several uninhabited planets
Codex: Space
on the borders of Ultramar; Ultramarines
878.M41 Marines (5th
Captain Cato Sicarius destroys most of
Edition), pg. 40
the pirate fleet in a battle in the Halamar
Rift, though M'kar escapes into the Warp.
Battle of Knarts Landing. Marneus Calgar
defeats a rebel army led by General Codex: Space
879.M41 Dornal in a thirty-day battle on the Marines (3rd
industrial world of Knart's Landing, taking Edition) pg. 36
less than 17% casualties.
The largest armoured assault since the
Battle of Tallarn, spearheaded by the
Cadian 423rd, attacks and nearly
Codex: Imperial
annihilates a renegade Titan Legion in a
Guard (5th
battle on the Planus Steppes. Imperial
Edition), p. 22
forces are to endure the loss of over eight
thousand tank companies and thirty five
883.M41 super-heavy detachments.
Dark Eldar warriors of the Kabal of the
Black Heart raid Imperial Munitions Relay Warhammer
Base 359, causing the western Imperial 40,000 6th
flank to collapse during the Irgax Edition
Offensive and threatening the stability of Rulebook, pg.
the Imperial presence on Kyobin and the 344
entire subsector.
A deputation from the Ecclesiarchy visits
the Space Wolves' homeworld of Fenris,
planning to investigate rumours of pagan Codex: Space
886.M41 worship. The Wolves open fire on the Wolves (5th
fleet, provoking a three-week war Edition), p. 19
between the Wolves and three orders of
the Adepta Sororitas, which ends when
the Ecclesiarchy decides to retreat.
The Battle for Orar's Sepulchre. The
entire Ultramarines chapter goes to war
for the first time since the Battle for
Codex: Space
Macragge to defend Orar's Sepulchre on
Marines (5th
planet Commrath from Eldar forces from
Edition), p. 40
Craftworlds Alaitoc and Iyanden. In the
888.M41 final battle, Marneus Calgar defeats the
Alaitoc Avatar in single combat.
Warhammer
The Crusade of Wrath: Black Templars 40,000 5th
defeat the Word Bearers and reclaim Edition
many worlds near the Maelstrom. Rulebook, pg.
127
Warhammer
The Persya sector undergoes the 'long
40,000 5th
midnight' as Eldar pirates prey on them
Edition
for over half the year, until driven off by
Rulebook, pg.
Imperial Patrol Praxion.
127
891.M41
On Yurk, grav-tank skimmers from
craftworld Iyanden destroy the forces of Codex: Eldar
ork warlord Killfist without a single loss, (6th Edition),
preventing a Waaagh! from forming and pg. 22
threatening a nearby eldar colony.
Captain Cortez defends the breach in Codex: Space
892.M41 Fortress Maladon's wall in twenty-one Marines (3rd
hours of constant fighting. Edition), pg. 39
Imperial
Armour Volume
Two - Second
894.M41 Betalis Campaign on Betalis III Edition: War
Machines of the
Adeptus
Astartes, pg. 21
Craftworld Alaitoc launches a devastating
invasion of the Invaders' home world in
retaliation for their destruction of Idharae.
Codex: Space
With the Invaders still under-strength,
Marines (5th
only three companies escape the disaster
Edition), pg. 49
895.M41 and their fortress-monastery is destroyed.
The Invaders are thereafter a
spacebound chapter.
The Space Wolves and a host of Eldar Codex: Space
Aspect Warriors ally to destroy the Wolves (5th
Waaagh! of Grimtusk Bloodboila. The Edition), pg. 19
operation is a success, but a simple
mistranslation at the victory celebration
afterwards leads to a fight breaking out,
followed by open war between the
Wolves, Eldar, and Orks.
Codex:
Necrons (3rd
Edition), pg. 11
Sisters of Battle fortress-convent Darkness
Sanctuary 101 is completely destroyed. Rising;
This raid is the first recorded Imperial Warhammer
contact with the Necrons. 40,000 5th
Edition
Rulebook pg.
127
Faze V is re-discovered by a Rogue
Trader who has the support of the Dark
Angels Fifth Company. The local human
Codex: Dark
population is mind-linked with a huge
Angels (3rd
artificial intelligence and the Dark Angels
Edition), pg. 20;
destroy it. Millions of locals rise up
897.M41 Codex: Dark
against the Imperium and the Dark
Angels (6th
Angels crush the rebellion and burn the
Edition), pg. 25
planet to the ground. Bekenel, Grand
Master of the Deathwing, retrieves some
data from the machine complex.
Hive Fleet Colossus descends upon the
Imperial world of Thressiax. Ignoring the
orders of Imperial Command, Wolf Lord Codex: Space
Bran Redmaw details two squads of Grey Wolves (5th
Hunters to protect the planet's spaceport Edition), pg. 19
from the Tyranids long enough for the
civilian population to evacuate.
Imperial
Armour Volume
Battle of Centius Prime
Two - Second
Edition, pg. 21
Codex: Tau
Empire (6th
Hive Fleet Gorgon eats through the Tau
Edition), pg. 29;
Empire until a combined force of Tau and
897-903.M41 Codex:
Imperium of Man fleets stops it at
Tyranids (5th
Kel'shan.
Edition), pp.
18–21
the Necron Arotepk Dynasty assaults the Codex:
898.M41
Eldar Maiden World of Silentia to steal a Necrons (7th
precious gem that was likely a Shard of Edition) - A
the Void Dragon. In 912.M41 this shard New Epoch
escaped and despite being only a fraction Begins
of the creatures former glory it managed
to lay waste to the Dynasty and gorge
itself on a dozen worlds. Eventually
however Arotepk Crypteks were able to
force the beast back into its cage
Imperial
The Battle of Carrion Deep. One of the Armour Volume
first confirmed and detailed conflicts Ten - The
899.M41
between the Imperium and the rising Badab War -
Necron threat. Part Two, pp.
88–89
900 - 999.M41
Year Event Source
The Tau's listening post on Morix Codex: Space
900.M41 Prime is eliminated by the Marines (5th
Ultramarines' 4th Company. Edition), pg. 40
Mortarion's Heart
(Audio Drama);
Battle of Kornovin. Mortarion kills Grey
Codex: Grey
Knights Supreme Grand Master Linus
Knights (5th
Geronitan. The Grey Knights choose
901.M41 Edition) pg. 38;
Kaldor Draigo as his successor to
Codex: Grey
finish the ritual battle and banish
Knights (7th
Mortarion back to the Warp.
Edition) Chapter
Organisation
Codex: Chaos
Space Marines
Lufgt Huron, Chapter Master of the
(4th Edition),
Astral Claws, revolts. An Imperial
p. 57; Codex:
investigation fleet is destroyed in orbit
Chaos Space
901-912.M41 of Badab, killing 23,000 agents of the
Marines (6th
Imperium. Huron declares himself
Edition) pg. 24;
Tyrant of Badab and secedes from the
Warhammer
Imperium. The Badab War follows.
40,000 5th Edition
Rulebook pg. 127
Imperial Armour
The Thirteenth Castigation of
Volume Nine -
902.M41 Golgotha is carried out by the Fire
The Badab War -
Hawks Chapter.
Part One, p. 69
903.M41 Badab War: the Lamenters, Mantis Codex: Chaos
Warriors and Executioners join Space Marines
Huron's revolt. (4th Edition), pg.
57
Captain Cortez fights through the
Codex: Space
entire six-week Kardian campaign
Marines (3rd
without supplies after they had been
Edition) pg. 39
903.M41 lost to enemy fire during deployment.
Hive Fleet Gorgon is destroyed by the Codex: Tyranids
combined forces of the Tau and the (5th Edition),
Imperial Guard. pp. 18–21
Badab War: the Fire Hawks retaliate Codex: Chaos
when their supply ship is captured by Space Marines
the Mantis Warriors. (4th Edition), p. 57
revolt.
Badab War: The Betrayal at Grief -
Lord High Commander Verant Ortys of
906.M41 the Red Scorpions is killed under an
Imperial Armour
attack by unknown forces during a
Volume Nine -
meet between the Loyalist and
The Badab War -
Secessionist forces. The Chapter
Part One, p. 31
Master of the Mantis Warriors Sartaq
is also killed. Lufgt Huron is later
blamed for this incident.
Badab War: Several chapters are
redeployed in response to Ork
expansions in the Ultima Segmentum Codex: Chaos
907.M41 (913?) and the Imperial Navy assumes their Space Marines
responsibilities. Badab is blockaded, (4th Edition), p. 57
while more chapters are brought in to
investigate the Executioners and
Mantis Warriors' worlds.
Badab War: The bulk of the Lamenters Codex: Chaos
908.M41 are caught in an ambush and Space Marines
surrender to loyalist forces. (4th Edition), p. 57
Badab War: A series of sieges see the
Codex: Chaos
fortresses of Huron crumble to the
908-912.M41 Space Marines
loyalists. Badab is eventually
(4th Edition), p. 57
surrounded and cut off.
The Badab War ends with the fall of
Badab and final defeat of the Astral Codex: Chaos
Claws. Heavy fighting in the Palace of Space Marines
Thorns sees Huron badly wounded but (4th Edition), pg.
two hundred Astral Claws escape with 57
him to the Maelstrom.
Svengar the Red of the Space Wolves
Codex: Space
and his men disappear forever after
Wolves (5th
sailing through a wyrmhole in search
912.M41 Edition), pg. 20
of Leman Russ.
The Death Korps of Krieg are sent to
the world of Derondii in punishement
for withheld tithes. The Death Korps
spend the next ten years bombarding Stronghold
the world's cities to rubble, five years Assault, p. 7
after recieving an unconditional
surrender and two years after the last
sign of life is spotted.
In the aftermath of the Badab War, the Codex: Chaos
Lamenters, Mantis Warriors and Space Marines
912.M41-Present
Executioners are sent on century-long (4th Edition), pg.
penitence crusades. 57
Warhammer
Disciples of Ahriman sack the Jollana
40,000 5th Edition
Librarium.
Rulebook pg. 127
913.M41 Imperial Armour
Molov Massacre. All details purged by Volume Two -
Inquisition Second Edition,
pg. 21
Starting of The Red Hunt - The Red Imperial Armour
Hunters Chapter were ordered to Volume Two -
shadow the Mantis Warriors, Second Edition:
915.M41
Lamenters and Executioners in their War Machines of
penitent crusades after the Badab the Adeptus
War. Astartes, pg. 22
917.M41 Battle of Amion. Red Talons and [Needs Citation]
Armageddon Steel Legion vs. rebel
Imperial forces.
Codex: Dark
Azrael is named Grand Master of the
Angels (6th
Deathwing.
Edition) pg. 52
Commissar Ciaphas Cain is attached
to the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery
Regiment in the hopes of enjoying a
career in a backwater post as far from
combat as possible. He ends up facing
down a Tyranid Hive Tyrant on Fight or Flight
Desolatia completely by accident with (Short Story) by
nothing but a laspistol and Sandy Mitchell
chainsword. This event, and others
following it, eventually snowball his
919.M41 reputation to ridiculous levels. He is
also assigned a permanent adjutant,
Gunner Ferik Jurgen.
The Eagle Warriors tried to repell
Feral Orks from the central lowlands of
Imperial Armour
the primal continent on Balur
Volume Two
Secundus but receive a grievous
(Second Edition),
defeat when the Orks ambushed them
pg. 22
and kill all except Veteran Sergeant
Nzahan who managed to survive.
Loss of the troopship Emperor's
Warhammer
Faithful to Eldar pirates. Over five
40,000 5th Edition
million Guardsmen and 200,000 Naval
Rulebook pg. 127
personnel are listed as missing.
920.M41
Codex: Chaos
The Tau Empire claims Ur-Clemait
Space Marines
until the Word Bearers return to claim
(6th Edition) pg.
their Blood Tithe.
26
Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of
the Ultramarines, is ambushed by the
Night Lords while en route to the
Darkhold battlezone, and his ship
Codex: Space
crash-lands on the feudal world of
921.M41 Marines (5th
Barathred. Several hundred Chaos
Edition), p. 40
Space Marines of the Night Lords
make planetfall, but under Calgar's
leadership, the planet's feudal
population rises up and defeats them.
The first four companies of the Dark Codex: Dark
922.M41 Angels put down a rebellion on Angels (6th
Sephlagm. Edition) pg. 25
Contact lost with eighteen planets in Warhammer
the Vidar sector, including the forge 40,000 5th Edition
world Lentrel Prime. Rulebook, p. 128
Waaagh! Grax invades the Ryza
system. Regiments are raised from
planets within ten light years, including
925.M41 the worlds of Barac, Ulani, Dulma'lin
Codex: Imperial
and Catachan. To meet demand,
Guard (5th
four-fifths of Dulma'lin's populace is
Edition), p. 22
drafted. The Orks would eventually be
broken decades later at the Battle of
Desolation Valley by Commander
Mordrid van Hordric.
Warhammer
40,000 5th Edition
The Vaxhallian Genocides: The Purge Rulebook, pg.
slaughter over fourteen billion Imperial 128; Codex:
citizens in a single month. Chaos Space
Marines (6th
Edition) pg. 25
The Dulma'lin Cleansing: The
Catachan II, led by Colonel "Iron
926.M41 Hand" Straken, the only regiment to
Codex: Imperial
survive planetfall on Dulma'lin, fights a
Guard (5th
year-long guerrilla war against the Ork
Edition), pg. 23
invaders, destroying the Orks' main
settlement two days ahead of the
arriving Imperial reinforcement.
The Necron World Engine is destroyed
Codex: Space
on the edge of the Doranno system,
Marines (5th
thanks to the heroic sacrifice of the
Edition), pg. 49
Astral Knights chapter.
Green Skins and Black Hearts: The Death or Glory
Ork Invasion of Perlia by Hismyonie (Novel) by Sandy
Kallis is published. It is later used by Mitchell, Editorial
Inquisitor Amberley Vail when she is Note after Chapter
organizing the Cain Archive. One
927.M41
An army of daemons wipes out the
famous armoured siege regiment of Codex: Imperial
Hammeront IV under the command of Guard (5th
Grand Marshal Lourgant during the Edition), pg. 23
Fallaxian Scourging.
Two opposing Eldar Phoenix Lords of
Warhammer
the Striking Scorpions Aspect Arha
40,000 5th Edition
and Karandras, duel for seventeen
Rulebook, pg. 128
days in the ruins of ancient Zandros.
928.M41 The Catachan II, with the help of
Planetary Defence Forces engage in Codex: Imperial
search and destroy missions against Guard (5th
Ork Kommandos in the polar ranges of Edition), pg. 23
the planet Ulani.
Due to the slow-moving machinations
of the Administratum, the news of the
destruction of the Hammeront IV
Codex: Imperial
regiment fails to be passed onto the
Guard (5th
Departmento Munitorum, which
Edition), pg. 23
charges the regiment to lead the
929.M41 liberation of the Abraxis Citadel on
Prassium.
The Trenor Uprising. Three dozen
Ultramarines Scouts, under the Codex: Space
directions of veteran Sergeant Torias Marines (5th
Telion, put down a rebellion on Trenor Edition), pg. 40
in less than a day.
The Orks under Krakskull are
Codex: Imperial
destroyed in a trap in a ravine on
Guard (5th
Arandra V by the Catachan XXIV
Edition), p. 23
'Waiting Death'.
Warhammer
Commissar Yarrick comes out of 40,000 5th Edition
retirement and devotes the rest of his Rulebook pg. 128;
life to hunting down Ghazghkull Codex: Imperial
Thraka. Guard (5th
Edition), pg. 24
944.M41 Balur Crusade. Marneus Calgar is
elected leader of the Space Marine
Crusade force operating against Codex: Space
worlds along the Eastern Fringes. Marines (3rd
Operations began with scouring of Edition) pg. 36
Ork-held Balur and ending with
devastation of Boros.
On Atria IV sappers from the Catachan Codex: Imperial
945.M41 XXIII breach the walls of the Palace of Guard (5th
Hate within a week of their arrival. Edition), pg. 23
Codex:
Ghazghkull Thraka mounts raids on
945-959.M41 Armageddon,
various planets. [Needs Citation]
Imperial Armour
Purging of Ganymede - all information Volume Two -
959.M41
deleted by Inquisition Second Edition,
pg. 22
The Imperial base on Buca III is
annihilated by an Ork asteroid base.
962.M41 [Needs Citation]
The action is ascribed to Ghazghkull
Thraka.
White Dwarf 99
The Fire Hawks mobile chapter fleet is
(UK), Legion of
sent to Crow's World sector to retaliate
the Damned;
963.M41 against Eldar pirates. En route, the
Codex: Space
entire chapter is destroyed in the
Marines (3rd
warp.
Edition), [Needs
Citation]
Notes
*: No exact date is given, but repeated references in Necropolis (Novel) state
that the Trade War took place "ninety years before" the Siege of Vervunhive,
which, according to The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book), took
place in 769.M41.[1]