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Revision as of 00:38, 31 October 2005 by Sikander (talk | contribs) (tabular layout with new link)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Below is a summarized timeline for events detailed in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series.
All dates are quoted in Galactic Era (GE) or Foundation Era (FE) which starts in 12,067 GE.
| Date | Event |
| 11,988 GE | Hari Seldon and Cleon I are born on Helicon and Trantor, respectively. |
| 12,010 GE | Cleon I is crowned Emperor after the death of his father, Stanel VI. |
| 12,020 GE | Hari Seldon arrives on Trantor to deliver his paper outlining his theory of psychohistory, a method of predicting the future along mass social change in humanity. (Events of Prelude to Foundation) |
| 12,028 GE | (Events of "Eto Demerzel" in Forward the Foundation) |
| 12,038 GE | Death of Emperor Cleon I. (Events of "Cleon I" in Forward the Foundation) |
| 12,048 GE | Dors Venabili dies. (Events of "Dors Venabili" in Forward the Foundation) |
| 12,058 GE | (Events of "Wanda Seldon" in Forward the Foundation) |
| 12,067 GE or 1 FE | Hari Seldon goes on trial by the Commission of Public Safety and the Encyclopedia Galactica Foundation is exiled/established on Terminus. (Events of "The Psychohistorians" in Foundation) |
| 50 FE or 12116 GE | (Events of "The Encyclopedists" in Foundation) |
| 80 FE or 12146 GE | (Events of "The Mayors" in Foundation) |
| Circa 80-155 FE | (Events of "The Traders" in Foundation) |
| Circa 155-195 FE | (Events of "The Merchant Princes" in Foundation) |
| Circa 195 FE | General Bel Riose embarks on his quest to claim the Foundation in the name of the Empire and the Emperor, Cleon II. (Events of "The General" in Foundation and Empire) |
| 310 FE | (Events of "The Mule" in Foundation and Empire) |
| Circa 315 FE | (Events of "Search by the Mule" in Second Foundation) |
| Circa 320 FE | Death of the Mule. |
| 376-377 FE | (Events of "Search by the Foundation" in Second Foundation) |
| 498 FE | Golan Trevize chooses the Gaia overmind and Galaxia in preference to a Second Empire founded militarily by the First Foundation and ruled by the Second Foundation. (Events of Foundation's Edge) |
| 499 FE | Golan Trevize searches for Earth with the hopes that his finding will validate his choosing of Galaxia. (Events of Foundation and Earth) |