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This article provides an unofficial timeline of recorded important events in the Warcraft universe compiled from official timelines and all sources published by Blizzard. Blizzard has used two standards when establishing dates in various official timelines, both based on the opening of the Dark Portal.

Numbering is based on the opening of the Dark Portal, as this is the method used by the latest source. Some sources have the opening of the Dark Portal as about 25 years before the start of World of Warcraft, and other dates state that it was about 30 years before the start of World of Warcraft. This timeline is based on the 30 year standard.

All dates are considered to be spans of time from one to the next since many events are only given vague ordering and estimated dates. Warcraft products are displayed in italics.

It should be considered as an official timeline, but should be as accurate as, and more complete than, whatever Blizzard has provided.

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Beginning of Azeroth

-147,000

-65,000

-64,001

-25,000

Sargeras arrival on Argus. Promised the Eredar Leaders godlike powers but Velen had a vision about the Eredar transforming into unspeakable Demons

Velen and his Draenei fled Argus

-24,969

-16,000

Age of the elves

-14,000

The first Night Elves or "Kaldorei" appear and found their civilization upon the banks of the Well of Eternity

-13,500

The Kaldorei begin to actively study and practice arcane magic. They bend magic to their will and use it to build beautiful cities, craft artifacts and reshape the land. Some Kaldorei resist the lure to use the Well of Eternity’s power and warn others of the dangers of abusing it. Their warnings go unheeded.

A group of upper-class Kaldorei begin to refer to themselves as the Highborne and revel in the use of magic.

-11,900

Zandalari Invasion

-10,250

-10,000

Start of the War of the Ancients[1]

-9,999

-9,998

-9,400

-9,000

-7,300

-6,800

-5,000

-4,000

Age of the mortals

-2,800

-2,700

-2,500

-1,200

-1,000

-818

-370 (Year 222 by the King's Calendar)

Last Gnome royalty

-230 (Year 362 by the King's Calendar)

-170 (Year 422 by the King's Calendar)

Dwarves meet Gnomes

Gnomeregan is built

Rise of the Horde

-100 (Year 492 by the King's Calendar)

Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact begins »

» The invincible Manta is slain with an arrow with three drops of a volatile black liquid, saving Azeroth from total annihilation

-46 (Year 546 by the King's Calendar)

-45 (Year 547 by the King's Calendar)

-40 (Year 552 by the King's Calendar)

-19 (Year 573 by the King's Calendar)

-18 (Year 574 by the King's Calendar)

First War

0 (Year 592 by the King's Calendar)

1 (Year 593 by the King's Calendar )

4 (Year 596 by the King's Calendar )

5 (Year 597 by the King's Calendar )

Second War

6 (Year 598 by the King's Calendar )

7 (Year 599 by the King's Calendar)

8 (Year 600 by the King's Calendar)

18 (Year 610 by the King's Calendar)

20 (Year 612 by the King's Calendar)

In Between the Second and Third Wars

23 (Year 615 by the King's Calendar)

The events of Escape from Durnholde Keep take place.

Third War and the Scourge

25 (Year 617 by the King's Calendar)

26 (Year 618 by the King's Calendar)

28 (Year 620 by the King's Calendar)

29 (Year 621 by the King's Calendar)

Rise of the Qiraji

30 (Year 622 by the King's Calendar)

32 (Year 624 by the King's Calendar)

Siege of Outland

War against the Scourge

34 (Year 626 by the King's Calendar)

36 (Year 628 by the King's Calendar)

39 (Five years after the start of Wrath of the Lich King, three years since Arthas' death. Year 631 by the King's Calendar)





After the Cataclysm ended

41 (2 "Dragon"-years after The Cataclysm. Year 633 by the King's Calendar)

Warlords of Draenor

The Legion Returns to Azeroth

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43 (10 years after Illidan's "death"

4 years since the end of the Cataclysm

Year 635 by the King's Calendar)

The Legion defeated and Sargeras banished

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External enemies defeated, the factions focus on each other

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Future?

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