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== 1503 ==
* Remilia Scarlet born. (''[[Touhou]]'')
* Frustrated at every turn by Ezio Auditore's growing force of Assassins, and successful sabotage and takeover of Rome, Cesare Borgia assaults his sister/lover Lucrezia and murders his father, Master Templar Pope Alexander VI. Soon after, Ezio drives Cesare completely from Rome. In a failed attempt to reclaim the city, Cesare is promptly arrested and imprisoned by the papal forces of Pope Julius II. (''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
== 1506 ==
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== 1507 ==
* Ezio Auditore tracks down Cesare Borgia to the Siege of Viana in Spain. In disgrace, Cesare is now a mercenary in employ of his brother-in-law, King John III of Navarre. After a fight on ramparts, Ezio gains the upper hand and goes to kill Cesare, who declares that he is not fated to "Die at the hands of man." Declaring that he will then leave Cesare "To the hands of Fate," Ezio throws him off the castle wall to his death. (''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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== 1510 ==
* Emperor Skantarios recaptures Jerusalem for the Eastern Roman Empire. The Dome of the Rock and other Islamic centers of worship are destroyed, and the surviving Muslims driven from the city. (''[[
* Birth of Cassia Marsilka in Greece. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
== 1511 ==
* Ezio Auditore travels to Constantinople to retrieve the seals of Altaïr in order to unlock the vault of Masyaf. (''[[
== 1513 ==
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== 1514 ==
* Bothan Spynet established. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* Mecca sacked by the Byzantines. The Ka'aba is destroyed along with the rest of the city and its population is butchered. Emperor Skantarios decrees that only Orthodox Christians may henceforth enter the city. (''[[
== 1518 ==
* Connor MacLeod born. (''[[
== 1519 ==
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== 1524 ==
* On planet Zeist, there is a rebellion against the rule of General Katana. The rebellion is quickly crushed, and the leaders sentenced to be killed on Zeist and reborn on Earth as the immortals Ramirez and Connor MacLeod. (''[[Highlander II the Quickening]]'' <ref>500 years before the main events of the film.</ref>)
* Ezio Auditore passes away quietly on a bench in Florence at the age of 65. (''[[
== 1525 ==
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== 1532 ==
* Emperor Skantarios slays Pope Nicolaus IV the Missionary in single combat before capturing Rome for the Byzantine Empire. (''[[
* Peabody and Sherman help Francisco Pizzaro conquer the Incas. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
== 1535 ==
* Kit Walker becomes the first Phantom. (''[[The Phantom (
== 1536 ==
* January 1 - Birth of Cervantes de Leon in Valencia. (''[[Soul Blade]]'')
* Connor MacLeod slain by the Kurgan, but revives. He is banished by the fearful people of his hometown. (''[[
== 1538 ==
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== 1539 ==
* Connor MacLeod marries Heather MacDonald. (''[[
* Peabody and Sherman track down a jar of jelly for Henry VIII's kitchen, saving his cook from being beheaded. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Death of Maria Regina, the current Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
== 1530s ==
* Publication of the major works (''[[
== 1540 ==
* Emperor Skantarios is killed while touring new conquests just south of Bern. (''[[
== 1541 ==
* June 28 - Mendoza is recruited by the Company. ([[The Company Novels]])
* August 25 - Birth of Voldo in Palermo. (''[[Soul Blade]]'')
* Connor MacLeod meets fellow Immortal Ramirez, who becomes his mentor. (''[[
== 1542 ==
* While Connor MacLeod is out hunting, the Kurgan slays Ramirez and assaults Heather. (''[[
* Ludvig Prinn, imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition, writes ''De Vermis Mysteriis'' in his cell; he somehow smuggles it out before his execution. ([[Cthulhu Mythos]])
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== 1576 ==
* June 15 - Birth of Talim in the Village of the Wind Deity. (''[[Soul Calibur]] II'')
* Christopher Belmont goes on a quest to destroy the revived Dracula. ([[
* Death of Heishiro Mitsurugi's parents. Mitsurugi becomes a samurai of the Murakami clan. (''[[Soul Blade]]'')
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* Autumn: Battles for the Soul swords heat up again. Soul Edge and Soul Calibur clash once more, causing a huge explosion. Zasalamel does not gain the death he sought, and instead decides to try and improve the world. (''[[Soul Calibur]] III'')
* Winter: Yet more battles over the Soul swords. Soul Edge and Soul Calibur are (apparently) destroyed at this time. (''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'')
* Christopher Belmont hunts Dracula again to save his son. ([[
== 1592 ==
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* Marcus Octavius and Colin MacLeod take part in [http://en.wikipedia.org/Sengoku_jidai a series of conflicts raging across Japan], but their only recorded duel is inconclusive. (''[[Highlander the Search For Vengeance]]'')
* On a battlefield in Japan, Marcus Octavius discovers Kyala, a new immortal. He decides not to decapitate her, and she becomes his student and lover for centuries. (''[[Highlander the Search For Vengeance]]'')
* Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated at Richmond Palace by Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, as are the Lords Blackadder and Melchett <ref>(and two undistinguished peasants of minor importance and questionable sanity, whose names history has only partially recorded)</ref>. Presumably, the Prince is able to conceal his crime and assume her identity for the remainder of "her" reign. Unsurprisingly, no marriages or offspring result. ''([[
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== 1625 ==
* The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan battle the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu. (''[[The Three Musketeers (
* Duncan MacLeod receives his first Quickening after Timothy of Gilliam, the Hermit of Loch Bannoch, warns him of an evil that enters the world every thousand years and then commits suicide. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Connor MacLeod meets Duncan MacLeod and becomes his mentor. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
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== 1647 ==
* Apparent birth of Ronin in Glasgow, Scotland. An energy being, Ronin bonds initially to Jessel Howard, and in subsequent years to a female descendant of Jessel. (''[[Star Trek:
== 1649 ==
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== 1653 ==
* Duncan MacLeod captured by pirates and sold into slavery to Hamza el Kahir, a fellow immortal. Hamza becomes his new mentor, teaching him the use of the scimitar as well as the Arabian language, culture and customs. His studies are cut short when Hamza loses his head to Xavier St. Cloud. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'', novel: ''Scimitar'')
* Seamus McBundy insults Poxilda (a fat, ugly witch) and gets himself cursed. Seamus and male Bundys are cursed with eternal bad luck. Furthermore, his home village of Lower Uncton, England is going to have a [[The Night That Never Ends|Night That Never Ends]]. It will only end when the last male Bundy is dead. In the 20th century, the people of Lower Uncton would try to dispose of Seamus last known male descendants: Al and Bud Bundy. (''[[Married...
== 1657 ==
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== 1659 ==
* September 30 - Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on an island. (''[[
* In Normandy, the horse-driven carriage of wealthy immortal Kristin Gilles is attacked by [[The Highwayman|highwaymen]]. Duncan MacLeod intervenes and rescues her. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
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== 1662 ==
* [[The Three Musketeers (
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== 1671 ==
* A time-traveling Hiro Nakamura meets his hero, Takezo Kensei, and discovers that he's not all the legends make him out to be. (''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'')
== 1673 ==
* Birth of the samurai Oboro Bishamon in Japan. He would grow up to be possessed by the demonic armor Hannya and the cursed sword Kien, turning him into a [[Blood Knight]]. (''[[
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== 1675 ==
* On planet Bajor, the "Book of the Kosst Amojan" is placed into the Bajoran Central Archives and then forgotten about until 2375. The Book is a mystical text, its content only revealed when blood is spattered across its surface. Said content details the existence of Pah-wraiths (evil spirits) and offers instructions on how to release them. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
== 1678 ==
* Birth of the succubus Morrigan Aensland in Scotland. (''[[
== 1680 ==
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== 1685 ==
* The convicted English traitor Dr. Peter Blood escapes from enforced servitude on a Barbados plantation. (''[[
== 1686 ==
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== 1691 ==
* Simon Belmont takes up the whip to destroy Dracula. (''[[
== 1692 ==
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** The Salem witch trials begin in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. (''[[The Crucible]]'' and real life).
** The magic-using Megans evacuate planet Earth. (''[[Star Trek:
* July-September - Reconquest of Santa Fe and the wider New Mexico area by the Spanish Empire. Javier Maribona-Picard serves under Vargas during the brutal suppression of the revolt. His distant descendant Jean-Luc Picard would consequently have trouble gaining the trust of a Native American leader who happened to recognize the name "Picard". (''[[Star Trek:
* Dunwich founded in Massachusetts. ([[Cthulhu Mythos]])
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== 1698 ==
* Simon Belmont goes on a quest to find the remains of Dracula, so that he could reverse a curse plaguing the land. (''[[Castlevania II:
== 1699 ==
* April 1 - The Eleventh Doctor is briefly becalmed on Henry Avery's pirate ship. Mermaids are involved. <ref>So are spaceships.</ref> (''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* November - Lemuel Gulliver is washed ashore in Lilliput. (''[[
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== 1703 ==
* June 16 - Lemuel Gulliver is marooned in Brobdingnag. (''[[
== 1707 ==
* May - Lemuel Gulliver arrives at the floating island of Laputa. (''[[
== 1710 ==
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== 1711 ==
* May 9 - Lemuel Gulliver is marooned in the land of the Houyhnhnms. You'd think he'd have figured out that sea voyages were unlucky for him. (''[[
== 1712 ==
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== 1718 ==
* March 3/4, midnight - Tristram Shandy is conceived. His mother asks his father if he'd remembered to wind the clock. (''[[
== 1720 ==
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== 1730 ==
* In England, Duncan MacLeod is arrested for poaching. He almost loses his head to an executioner's axe. He is rescued by Charles Browning, a fellow immortal. The duo celebrates their friendship with a night of drinking, which doesn't end well. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Birth of the twins Hsien Ko/Lei-Lei and Mei Ling/Lin-Lin in China. (''[[
== 1731 ==
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== 1738 ==
* July 17 - Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a man with a superhuman sense of smell, is born in Paris. (''[[
== 1744 ==
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== 1740s ==
* The mother of Hsien Ko/Lei-Lei and Mei-Ling/Lin-Lin gives her life to defend their village from an attack by ghosts. The twins proceed to use a forbidden technique in an attempt to reclaim her soul from the dark, which transorms Hsien-Ko to a Jiang Shi and Mei-Ling into a disembodied soul, inhabiting the sealing ward which prevents her sister from going berserk. Together they would become [[The Hunter|the Dark Hunter]] of supernatural beings. (''[[
* 22 November 1740 - Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton is born (''[[The Dreamer]]'')
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* Liam is turned into a vampire by Darla. He takes the name Angelus. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Rose warns Madame de Pompadour about the threat of androids in five years time. (''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* Estimated birth of Tarquin, a telepath in a race that fears telepaths. He would have trouble with companionship until 2135. (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
* In Constantinople, Duncan MacLeod and Amanda have a reunion within the Ottoman court. They fight their way out when Amanda is arrested for theft. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Three-year-old Kun Lan is identified as the reincarnation of a demon and is worshipped by an underground cult. (''[[Killer 7]]'')
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== 1757 ==
* The last Mohicans and [[The Leatherstocking Tales
* Birth of Obi-Wan Kenobi (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* 11 January - Alexander Hamilton is born between 1755-1757. (''[[The Dreamer]]'')
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* Young Jim Hawkins is pulled into a quest for pirate Captain Flint's treasure. (''[[Treasure Island]]'')
* Dr. Maximillian Roivas discovers the plots of Pious Augustus. He attempts to warn the world and is locked in an asylum for his efforts. (''[[Eternal Darkness]]'')
* Barnabas Collins and his family leave Liverpool for America. (''[[Dark Shadows (
== 1761 ==
* The town of Collinsport is established around the Collins family fishing business. Construction begins on the Collins family manor. (''[[Dark Shadows (
== 1762 ==
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== 1766 ==
* April - After killing a series of women for their scents in Grasse, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is caught by the authorities and sentenced to death. <ref>When he's about to be executed, he uses the perfume he created to make the crowd love him and declare him innocent</ref>. (''[[
== 1767 ==
* Kunta Kinte is kidnapped and sold into slavery. (''[[Roots]]'')
* At about this date, the planet Eminiar VII goes to war against its former colony Vendikar. The war lasted for 500 years, ending in 2267. During the war, the two sides switched from using actual weaponry to using computer simulations. The two sides calculated the casualties each strike would cause. An equivalent number of actual people would then be asked to commit suicide. (''[[Star Trek:
== 1768 ==
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== Mid-18th Century ==
* The crew of the ''Black Pearl'' attack Port Royal in search of the means to break their curse. (''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'')
* The inhabitants of Epsilon 3 leave the planet, leaving behind the Great Machine and it's guardian. (''[[Babylon
* Thomas Gainsborough paints "The Two Georges," commemorating George Washington's meeting with King George III and the peaceful resolution of tensions between England and its American colonies. (''[[
== 1770 ==
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* Washington's Rebellion quelled after Benjamin Franklin is bribed into defecting. (''[[Code Geass]]''<ref>1721 CE</ref>)
* Kunte Kinte has his foot amputated. (''Roots'')
* A delegation from the Thirteen Colonies led by George Washington meets with King George III and his ministers to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the brewing hostilities between the colonies and Great Britain, a process while will ultimately result in the North American colonies being unified as the North American Union and remaining under the British Crown. The successful meeting is later immortalized by a painting by Gainsborough, "The Two Georges" (''[[
* The Collins family mansion is completed. After Barnabas rejects the affections of serving girl Angelique, the patriarch and his family are killed. Barnabas becomes a vampire and is buried for 196 years. (''[[Dark Shadows (
== 1777 ==
* June 6 - Birth of Richard Sharpe to a prostitute and an unknown father. (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'')
* July 7 - Count de LaFey finds out that the child his wife is carrying is not his, and pushes her down the stairs. ([[
== 1778 ==
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== 1787 ==
* Ichabod Crane encounters the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. (''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'')
* Crane meets a scarier version of the Horseman. [[Nightmare Fuel|Terror]] follows. (''[[
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== 1791 ==
* First appearance of the Scarlet Pimpernel. (''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (
== 1792 ==
* Dracula revives, kidnapping the loved ones of Richter Belmont to lure him to his castle. (''[[
* The Clone Wars begin. Anakin starts his descent into the Dark Side, and marries Padmé Amidala in secret. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* Claudine is killed by a vampire who may or may not be [[Sweeney Todd]]. Marguerite Allard becomes the new Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
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== 1796 ==
* Alucard, son of Dracula, awakens from his slumber, and seeks out the cause of what disturbed his sleep. (''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'')
* Cameron, mortal lover of immortal Alex Raven, is killed by rival immortal Gerard le Roi. Alex kills him brutally in revenge. Duncan MacLeod witnesses the end of the fight and criticises her for killing an unarmed opponent, but Alex is in no mood to listen. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Robert and Gina De de Valicourt celebrate the 100th anniversary of their wedding with a renewal of their vows in Paris, attended by several of their Immortal friends including Duncan MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn, Robert Burns and Carolyn Mortimer. Robert is arrested and sentenced to execution by guillotine, but is rescued by the rest. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Convicted thief Jean Valjean is sentenced to hard labor at the notorious Bagne de Toulon (''[[Les Misérables (
== 1797 ==
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