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Revision as of 01:47, 3 November 2010 by 24.87.13.9 (talk) (punctuation fix)(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) and Foundation Era (FE) which starts in 12,068 GE.
Date | Event | |
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GE | FE | |
11,988 | -78 | Hari Seldon and Cleon I are born on Helicon and Trantor, respectively. |
12,010 | -56 | Cleon I is crowned Emperor after the death of his father, Stanel VI. |
12,020 | -46 | 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 | -38 | (Events of "Eto Demerzel" in Forward the Foundation) |
12,038 | -28 | Death of Emperor Cleon I. (Events of "Cleon I" in Forward the Foundation) |
12,048 | -18 | Dors Venabili dies. (Events of "Dors Venabili" in Forward the Foundation) |
12,058 | -8 | (Events of "Wanda Seldon" in Forward the Foundation) |
12,067 | -1 | 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) |
12,069 | 1 | Hari Seldon dies. (This date is explicitly mentioned in "The Psychohistorians" in Foundation) |
12,116 | 50 | (Events of "The Encyclopedists" in Foundation) |
12,146 | 80 | (Events of "The Mayors" in Foundation) |
12,146-221 | 80-155 | (Events of "The Traders" in Foundation) |
12,221-61 | 155-195 | (Events of "The Merchant Princes" in Foundation) |
~12,261 | ~195 | 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) |
12,376 | 310 | (Events of "The Mule" in Foundation and Empire) |
~12,381 | ~315 | (Events of "Search by the Mule" in Second Foundation) |
~12,386 | ~320 | Death of the Mule. |
12,428 | 362 | Arkady Darell born. |
12,442-3 | 376-377 | (Events of "Search by the Foundation" in Second Foundation) |
12,443 | 377 | Battle of Quoriston between Lord Stettin and the Foundation. |
12,564 | 498 | Golan Trevize chooses the Gaia overmind and Galaxia in preference to a Second Empire founded militarily by the First Foundation or ruled by the Second Foundation. (Events of Foundation's Edge) |
12,565 | 499 | Golan Trevize searches for Earth with the hopes that his finding will validate his choosing of Galaxia. (Events of Foundation and Earth) |
13,086 | 1020 | 116th Edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica published. |
External links
- Detailed timeline for the Robots and Foundation Universe
- Even more detailed timeline of all stories, including works by other authors.
Isaac Asimov's Foundation series | |
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Asimov writings | |
Others' writings | |
Other media | |
Foundation universe | |
Preceded by: The Robot series and The Empire series |