History of Nirn Timeline

by Tiber Septim II

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Explore Nirn through History

Explore and learn from the Timeline of how Nirn went through.

See how Equestria deals with things on it’s own as well as it’s contacts with Tamriel and Akavir.

Based off of Historical Equestria. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkY5iIM-qYGp_UtuJFLGrtQ

Note: I don’t own the property rights of Bethesda Softworks and Hasbro. This is a crossover version and a little bit of Alternate History version of Elder Scrolls and MLP.

Nirn (Equestria added by Goddess Lauren Faust along with the Aedra)

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In the Dawn Era, Aedra and the Anu-aligned spirits created Nirn, based on Lorkhan's inspiration, and Magnus' designs.

Merethic Ponthic Era

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Note: The Merethic Ponthic Era, also known as the Mythic Ponthic Era, is a period with few known, exact dates, and some of the events below may be misplaced in the general narrative. The era is dated backwards from Year Zero of the First Era (the traditional Nordic Merethic Ponthic dating), which is marked by the founding of the Camoran Dynasty.

Early Merethic Ponthic Era

MPE 2500 — Direnni Tower constructed

The days of the beastfolk

The Grazing Age begins

Middle Merethic Ponthic Era

The return of the elves

The Alicorn Kingdom emerges

The Crystal Tower

MPE 2000 - The search for Aldmeris and beyond

Rise of the Ayleids

The White-Gold Tower

Late Middle Merehic Ponthic Era

The Dwemer expands

The Transformation of Trinimac

MPE 1600 - Grogars Reign occurs

High Velothi Culture

MPE 1501 The Alicorns in their Sanctuary fashions a Restoration Spell to undo the damage done to Saddle Arabia.

MPE 1500 - The Great Cataclysm, Radiant Night, Great Tremor

The Age of Rebirth begins

Late Merethic Ponthic Era

MPE 1480

Fall of High Velothi Culture

Altmeri abandonment

MPE 1000 — Men appear on Tamriel.

MPE 90

The Return

The wandering hero

MPE 50

The Age of Strife begins

The Doom Stones of Skyrim

Dreams of Sovngarde

MPE 40 - The Three Way War begins

MPE 4 - The war comes to an end

The Dragon War

MPE 1 - The Merethic Ponthic Era comes to an end

Miscellaneous Events

The Towers

Magic from the sky

Wars of Yokuda

The Running of the Leaves begins

First Era

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First Century

1E 0 — The Canoran Dynasty is founded by King Eplear.

1E 1 - The three pony races and the tamrielic elven races begin to settle in the present day Central Equestria.

1E 5 - The Fools Golds Rebellion/ Pyrites defection occurs.

1E 20 — The Psijic Order first appears in recorded history.

1E 68 — The last Atmoran "invasion" arrives in Tamriel.

1E 70 - The expedition begins.

1E 71 - The Saddle Arabian/Equestrian war breaks out.

1E 78 - The War comes to an end.

1E 79 - The recovery will last until 1E 112

Second Century

1E 112 - The Kirin arrive on the western coast on a ship damaged by the endless storm.

1E 113 — Harald is born.

1E 140 — Harald's forces stumble upon and attack Forelhost, the last stronghold of the Dragon cult.

1E 143 — Harald is crowned High King of the Nords.

1E 198 — The Scouring of Wendelbek.

1E 199 - The Age of Chaos occurs and Discord appears.

Third Century

1E 200 — Khosey writes the Tamrilean Tractates.

1E 201 - Discord launches the Council from the building without declaring himself as ruler.

1E 202 - The Celestial Renaissance begins.

1E 210 - The Anansi spiders possess a power to see the weavings of the future.

1E 221 — High King Harald dies at the age of 108.

1E 222 — High King Hjalmer dies.

1E 227 — The Gradual Massacre occurs.

1E 240 — The Skyrim Conquests occur.

1E 241 - The Nordic army arrives in Equestria.

1E 242 — The Alessian Slave Rebellion erupts in Cyrodill.

1E 243 — Taking of the White-Gold Tower.

1E 246 — Daggerfall City is founded.

1E 250 - Star Swirl begins mentoring Celestia and Luna in magic.

1E 252 - While Equestria is at peace, Star Swirl the Bearded creates more than two hundred spells and has a wing in the Canterlot archives dedicated to him.

1E 253 - During the "Paleopony Period," a population of ponies is afflicted by cutie pox. Random cutie marks appear all over ponies' bodies, causing them to uncontrollably perform the talents that come with them. The cause of the breakout is never discovered, and the cutie pox disappears as mysteriously as it arrives. The cause of the breakout is soon to be discovered during the Septim Dynasty.

1E 254 - An unnamed Earth pony prince gives an Alicorn princess a love potion/poison and starts Hearts and Hooves Day.

1E 255 - Lord Tirek and Scorpan travel to Equestria, seeking to steal its magic, and destroy the elves. Scorpan, having come to appreciate the ponies and the tamrielic ways, betrays Tirek to the princesses. Tirek is banished to Tartarus for his crimes.

1E 256 - The Rise of the Pillars of Old Equestria begins.

1E 257 - A group of Sirens invade Equestria, causing disharmony between ponies with their singing. Stygian brings Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook, and Star Swirl the Bearded together to stop them, and Star Swirl banishes the Sirens to the human world, believing they will cause no harm there with their magic.

1E 258 - Celestia and Luna are abducted by evil forces from another dimension, and Stygian and the Pillars join forces to rescue them.

1E 264 - Stygian turns into the Pony of Shadows, and the Pillars of Old Equestria imprison him and themselves in limbo. Before trapping themselves, the Pillars plant a seed infused with their magic that will later grow into the Tree of Harmony. The Pillars and Stygian will return in the 3rd Era.


1E 265 - The group of ponies who will become the Immortalis Defiance travels to the Alessian Empire.

1E 266 — Empress Alessia dies.

Fourth Century

1E 340 — Valenwood forms a trade treaty with the Alessian Empire.

1E 355 — Clan Direnni rises to prominence.

1E 360 - The groups of ponies who worship the rulers as gods form the Herd of Astros.

1E 361 — The Alessian Doctrines are enforced.

1E 369 — High King Borgas dies.

1E 374 — The Ayleid vassal-state of Nenalata is massacred by the Alessian Order.

1E 376 — The traditional Yokudan emperors are overthrown.

1E 393 — The Alessian Order sacks Malata, an ancient Ayleid temple.

1E 395 - The group of ponies form the Immortalis Defiance.

1E 396 - The Lunar and Solar guards disbandment occurs and will be reestablished during the restoration.

1E 399 - The princess and the prince outlaws the Alessian Order and their doctrines.

Fifth Century

1E 400 - In response to the surrender of the Defiance and the Alessian Order, the support for Celestia, Luna and Shor's rule roars all over the nation.

1E 410 - Half of the human races, Bretons, Nedic peoples, Lustrous Folk, Reachmen, and the Yokudans, sail to Equestria where they are welcomed by the rulers and the council.

1E 411 - Half of the Beastfolk, People of the root, Giants, Goblin Kin, Rieklings, Great Apes, Khajiit, Lamia, Fox-Folk, Minotaur, and Nymph arrive in Equestria where they two are welcomed by the rulers and the council.

1E 412 - The ponies change the name to the High Pony/Human/Elven/Beast Council.

1E 416 — The Nords are driven out of Morrowind.

1E 420 — The Skyrim War of Succession ends.

1E 420 — Clan Rourken settles in Volenfell.

1E 430 - A small expedition of Dwemer explorers set sail to Equestria.

1E 431 - The ponies encounter the Dwemer.

1E 448 — Rislav Larich is born.

1E 452 — Olaf One-Eye dies.

1E 461 — Coronation of Emperor Gorieus of the Alessian Empire.

1E 470 — Approximate date of the discovery of the Flask of Lillandril.

1E 472 — Skingrad and Kvatch cease feuding.

1E 477 — Clan Direnni conquers High Rock and large parts of Skyrim and Hammerfell.

1E 478 — Kjoric the White dies.

1E 478 — King Rislav Larich of Skingrad routs an Alessian army led by Emperor Gorieus.

1E 480 — Ysmir Wulfharth takes the throne in Windhelm.

1E 480 — The Direnni push back the Alessians.

1E 482 — The Battle of Glenumbria Moors

1E 498 — Elven power in High Rock is ended.

Sixth Century

1E 500 — The reign of High King Ysmir Wulfharth.

1E 530 - The Royal Sisters and Brother meet Wulfharth for a dipolmatic meeting.

1E 533 — High King Ysmir Wulfharth dies.

1E 580 — The Great Burn occurs on the fortieth birthday of Baron Montclair.

Seventh Century

1E 609 — King Thagore defeats Glenpoint.

1E 609 — Mansel Sesnit becomes Elden Yokeda.

1E 610 - The rulers of Equestria arrive in Yokuda to have a dipolmatic trade relationship meeting with Mansel Sesnit.

1E 617 — Mansel Sesnit is assassinated.

1E 660 — Battle of Dragon Wall

1E 667 - An earth pony general by the name of Dapper Force set sail to Resdayn to have a dipolmatc relationship meeting with Dumac Dwarfking, Cheif Tonal Kagrenac, Indoril Nerevar, Voryn Dagoth, Almalexia the Warden, Sotha Sil the Magus, and Vivec the Poet.

1E 668 — The War of the First Council; Vvardenfell erupts.

1E 670 — Iliath Temple is converted to worship the Tribunal.

Eighth Century

1E 700 — Battle of Red Mountain.

1E 700 — The Dwemer disappear.

1E 710 - The Underground Grand Palace opens inside the largest underground city and the Dwemer establish their own council at the entrance.

1E 720 — Frandar Hunding is born.

1E 721 - The Rulers of Equestria celebrates Frandar Hunding's first birthday.

1E 734 — Frandar Hunding's father dies.

1E 737 — Emperor Randic Torn of Yokuda dies.

1E 760 — Divad Hunding is born.

1E 776 — Divad Hunding becomes an acrobat.

1E 780 — Frandar Hunding writes the Books of Circles.

1E 780 — The War of the Singers.

1E 785 - Arimaspi defeats King Guto of Griffonia by stealing the Idol of Boreas and fall into the Abysmal Abyss, leading into the longest period of decline in nirns history.

1E 786 - Emperor Hira's army occupy Griffonia to help Guto restore order while searching for the stolen Idol.

1E 790 - The sword-singers enter Griffonia and wip out Hira's forces and occupy Griffonia while they ask Guto to adopt the Way of the Sword.

1E 792 — The destruction of Yokuda.

1E 793 - The Equestrian Civil War ends.

Ninth Century

1E 800 — Northpoint is founded sometime during the ninth century

1E 800 — Earliest date of Wayrest City

1E 808 — Yokudans arrive in Hammerfell.

1E 810 - The Rulers and the Councils of Equestria delivers an Ultimatum to the Yokudans of Hammerfell, ordering to either cease the wave of battles or face war.

1E 811 - The Equestrian-Yokudan War begins.

1E 853 — The Corelanya Clan are exterminated by Yokudan colonists.

1E 874 — Warlord Thulgeg's army of Orcs and Goblins are driven from Hammerfell by the Yokudans

Tenth Century

1E 900 - The Equestrian-Yokudan War ends.

1E 907 — The Direnni repel an attempted Redguard invasion.

1E 946 — Creation of Shinji's Credo

1E 948 — King Joile writes to Gaiden Shinji proposing an assault on Orsinium.

1E 950 — Assault on Orsinium begins.

1E 951 - The Equestrian-High Rock-Hammerfell War breaks out.

1E 960 - The Equestrian Navy secures Illac Bay to evacuate innocent Orcs from the siege.

1E 973 — The Memory Stone of Makela Leki is found.

1E 979 - The Equestrian Navy brings the Orcish refugees to Equestrian where they will be setting up there city in exile.

1E 980 — Orsinium is defeated. The Equestrian-High Rock-Hammerfell War ends.

1E 983 — Evermore is founded.

Eleventh Century

1E 1029 — High Rock is admitted into the Alessian Empire.

1E 1030 — The Legend of Red Eagle.

1E 1033 — take on piracy in Black Marsh.

1E 1051 — Vinicius Imbrex becomes Archbishop of Chorrol.

1E 1085 — Earliest known appearance of Skingrad in records.

Twelfth Century

1E 1100 — The kingdom of Wayrest is founded.

1E 1102 — Warlord Ceyran dies

1E 1152 — Earliest known appearance of Bravil in records.

1E 1167 — Earliest known appearance of Bruma in records.

1E 1188 — Fervidius Tharn becomes Arch-Prelate of the Alessian Order.

Fourteenth Century

1E 1301 — Sack of Skywatch

1E 1306 — Hyperagonal Collapse Incident

Fifteenth Century

1E 1427 — Battle of Duncreigh Bridge.

The Dragon Break

The longest Dragon Break ever known, sometimes called the Middle Dawn, is said to take place across much of Tamriel, Equestria, and the others for one thousand and eight years. Some scholars think the whole matter was the result of an error in a timeline. It was a "timeless time", and from exactly when to when it occurs is unknown.

Twentieth Century

1E 2086 — The Rulers of Equestria crown Daeva and Atialya as King and Queen of Midwood Isle.

Twenty-Third Century

1E 2260 — The All Flags Navy

Twenty-Fourth Century

1E 2300 — King Daeva and Queen Atialya dies. The Rulers of Equestria attends their funeral. This would be the last time Luna would visit the Midwood Isle.

1E 2305 — High Rock secedes from the Alessian Empire.

1E 2311 - King Sombra overthrows Princess Amore and King Diaphanous and becomes the new, tyrannical ruler of the Crystal Empire, enslaving the Crystal Ponies.

1E 2312 - The Prelude to Luna's resentment begins.

1E 2321 — The War of Righteousness begins.

1E 2331 — The War of Righteousness ends.

1E 2342 - The Religous/Governmental conflict crisis. (1E 2342-1E 2343)

  1. All must worship Celestia and Shor every day when they raises and lowers the sun.
  2. Worshipping Luna is not allowed.
  3. All who refuse and defy the worshipping of Celestia and Shor must be imprisoned in the name of Celestia.

1E 2343 - The High Pony Council and the Herd of Astros comes to an end.

1E 2344 - Princess Luna's resentment begins.

Twenty-Eighth Century

1E 2702 — Wayrest City moves to Gardners Estate.

1E 2703 — The First Akaviri Invasion occurs

1E 2703 - Half of the Tsaesci arrives on the western coast of Equestria.

1E 2704 — Emperor Reman divides the Reach between High Rock and Skyrim.

1E 2705 - Half of the Tang Mo and the Ka Po' Tun sail to the western coast of Equestria.

1E 2706 - The Tang Mo, Tsaesci, and the Ka Po' Tun races establish the Dragonguard Council after getting permission from the rulers and the councils of Equestria.

1E 2714 — Valenwood is conquered by the Second Empire.

1E 2729 — The city-state of Southpoint was founded on the 1st of Rain's Hand.

1E 2750 - The Rulers of Equestria meet with Reman Cyrodill I to establish a trade through diplomatic negotiations.

1E 2762 — Emperor Reman I dies.

1E 2762 — Emperor Kastav is crowned.

1E 2790 — Tjurhane Fyrre is born.

1E 2794 — Reman II is born.

Twenty-Ninth Century

1E 2800 - The rift between the two sisters widens into a gaping chasm.

1E 2801— Emperor Kastav takes hostages in Skyrim.

1E 2803 - Princess Luna begins sculpting constellations in the night sky.


1E 2804 — The Winterhold Rebellion begins.

1E 2805 — Sky Haven Temple is besieged.

1E 2805 — Emperor Reman II is crowned.

1E 2806 - Princess Luna shows her the constellations she sculpted in the night sky to the Dwemer Council.

1E 2807 - The Dwemer Council begins the construction of their observatory and a mechanical telescope, it will also include an Orrery.

1E 2808 - The Dwemer Observatory, the mechanical telescope, and the Orrery opens and operates.


1E 2811 — The Blackwater War begins.

1E 2812 — Kastav dies.

1E 2812 — Construction of Alduin's Wall begins.

1E 2813 — Cyrodilic replaces High Elven.

1E 2815 — Reports of dragons persist in Skyrim.

1E 2816 - Some of the dragons manages to escape from Tamriel and flys west to the dragon lands next to Equestria.


1E 2818 — Construction of Alduin's Wall is completed.

1E 2820 — Eric of Guis lives among the Altmer.

1E 2820 — Governor Pomptinus is appointed the ruler of Craglorn by Reman II.

1E 2837 — The province of Black Marsh is created.

1E 2840 — The Four-Score War begins.

1E 2851 — Emperor Reman II dies.

1E 2851 — Emperor Brazollus Dor is crowned.

1E 2871 — Dragonguard slay the dragon Krahjotsaan in the southern Jerall Mountains.

1E 2877 — Emperor Reman III is crowned.

1E 2895 - Prelude to the battle of the Rulers begins.

1E 2895, 1st of Frostfall - The Battle of the Rulers.

1E 2895, Midnight - Princess Celestia, and Prince Shor banishes inflicted Princess Luna on Secunda.

1E 2895 - Equestria recovers in the Aftermath of the Nightmare Moon.

Second Era

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First Century

2E 1 — Beginning of the Second Era.

2E 50 - The Second Exploration.

2E 51 - Margarine shocks the world by making successful unusual voyages.

2E 52 - The explorers establish contact with the other species.

2E 53 - Princess Celestia and Prince Shor forms alliances with the countries the councils discovered.

Second Century

2E 101 — Earliest mention of the Star-Gazers.

2E 120 — Baroness Viana the Pure becomes ruler of Lainlyn.

2E 148 — Baroness Viana the Pure dies.

2E 182 — Reign of Zebiden-jo, Mane of Elsweyr.

2E 184 — The dragon Grahkrindrog is slain.

Third Century

2E 215 — King Aethil dies. Celestia, and Shor attends his funeral.

Third Era

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3E 1 — Beginning of the Third Era, The Crystal Empire returns

3E 1 — Events of Past Sins occur