From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Two thousand five hundred and fifty-five years on one page: the seven ages of Narnia told, then the year-by-year timeline, with earthly time beside them.
The Age of Winter
- Seven ages, from the creation sung by Aslan to the last battle.
- A timeline of 34 events, each linked to its book and to its degree of certainty.
- Narnian time and Earth time do not pass at the same pace: the page sets them side by side.
- spoiler level — contains spoilers (all the books)
The seven books tell only a few years of a history that runs to more than two thousand five hundred. This page brings two things together: the story of the great ages, so that the thread can be followed, and the year-by-year timeline, taken from the chronology Lewis left among his papers (published after his death by Walter Hooper). It is best read after the books: it gives everything away, right up to the end of the world.
Two clocks
Narnian time does not follow our own. The Pevensies spend fifteen years there and return to England the same day; a year later for them, nearly thirteen centuries have passed there. There is no fixed rule: on average, one English year is worth about fifty Narnian years, but the gap varies from one journey to the next. The timeline therefore sets the two calendars side by side.
The seven ages of Narnia
1. The first ages (year 1 – 900)
Aslan sings the world into being before Digory, Polly and a few unexpected witnesses. Frank and Helen, a London cabby and his wife, become the first sovereigns. Their descendants reign for nine centuries. Archenland is founded in the south, Calormen beyond the desert. King Gale delivers the Lone Islands from a dragon. Pirates from our world settle in Telmar.
2. The Age of Winter (900 – 1000)
The White Witch, returned from the North, imposes a hundred-year winter, “always winter and never Christmas”. Her opponents end up as statues in the courtyard of her castle.
3. The Golden Age (1000 – 1015)
After Aslan’s sacrifice and the battle of Beruna, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy reign at Cair Paravel. These fifteen years of peace, justice and festivity will be remembered as the Golden Age of Narnia.
4. The Dark Age (1015 – 1998)
Nearly a thousand years of which almost nothing is known: Ram the Great in Archenland, Queen Swanwhite… The rest is only readers’ guesswork.
5. The Telmarine Age (1998 – 2303)
The Telmarines conquer Narnia, silence the trees and deny that Talking Beasts exist. The age ends with the revolution of the Old Narnians and the coronation of Caspian X.
6. The age of exploration (2303 – 2356)
Caspian X sails to the World’s End, marries the daughter of a star, and loses and then finds his son Rilian.
7. The last days (2356 – 2555)
After two peaceful centuries, the ape Shift deceives Narnia with a false Aslan and hands it over to Calormen. King Tirian fights the last battle, then Aslan brings the world to an end and opens the door of the real Narnia.
The timeline, year by year
34 dated events, from Digory’s birth (1888 on Earth) to the end of the world (Narnian year 2555, 1949 on Earth). Each event names the book that tells it and its degree of certainty: Lewis’s chronology, the text of the books, or a mere deduction.
To go further
- Who reigned, and when? Crowns and lineages.
- The wars and the sieges: The clash of arms.
- The heroes’ age at each return: Nine years or a thousand?.
- How one passes from one world to another: The portals between the worlds.
- ages —
- creation — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty) — 1 – 900 — From the creation sung by Aslan to the coming of winter: the kings descended from Frank and Helen reign for nine centuries, Archenland and Calormen arise in the south, and Telmar is peopled by pirates from our world. The books tell almost nothing of it, except through allusions and legends.
- hiver — The Age of Winter — 900 – 1000 — A century of snow under the White Witch’s rule: “always winter and never Christmas”. The creatures loyal to Aslan live in fear of the statues and of Maugrim’s police.
- or — The Golden Age — 1000 – 1015 — The reign of the four Pevensies at Cair Paravel: peace, justice, alliances with Archenland and the islands, victorious wars against the giants. It ends with the hunt for the White Stag.
- sombre — The Dark Age — 1015 – 1998 — Nearly a thousand years of which the books say almost nothing. All that is known is that Ram the Great reigns in Archenland and that Queen Swanwhite leaves a legendary memory. The rest belongs to readers’ guesswork.
- telmar — The Telmarine Age — 1998 – 2303 — The Telmarines conquer Narnia, silence the trees and drive out the Talking Beasts. Cair Paravel falls into ruin. The period ends with the revolution of the Old Narnians and the accession of Caspian X.
- explo — The age of exploration — 2303 – 2356 — Under Caspian X, Narnia returns to the sea: expeditions to the islands of the East, marriage to the daughter of a star, then Rilian’s long disappearance.
- fin — The last days — 2356 – 2555 — Two centuries of peaceful reigns before the last king, Tirian. The plot of the ape Shift, the Calormene invasion and the last battle come before the end of the world and the entry into the real Narnia.
- events —
- Birth of Digory Kirke in London.
- Birth of Polly Plummer, his future neighbour and friend.
- Digory and Polly, flung out of our world by Uncle Andrew’s rings, witness the birth of Narnia: Aslan sings, the stars come alight, the earth is covered with grass and the beasts are given speech. Jadis, woken at Charn, has come in with them and flees to the North. Digory plants the Tree of Protection; the cabby Frank and his wife Helen become the first sovereigns.
- Col, younger son of King Frank V, sets off south with a few followers and settles in hills still empty of inhabitants: he becomes the first king of Archenland.
- Outlaws from Archenland cross the great southern desert and, beyond it, found the kingdom of Calormen.
- Birth of Peter Pevensie.
- Birth of Susan Pevensie.
- Calormen becomes a vast empire and sends settlers into the land of Telmar, to the west of Narnia. (On Earth, the same year: the birth of Edmund Pevensie.)
- Birth of Lucy Pevensie.
- The Calormene settlers of Telmar behave so badly that Aslan turns them into dumb beasts; the country remains deserted. At the same period, King Gale of Narnia frees the Lone Islands from a dragon, and the grateful islanders proclaim him emperor. (On Earth: the birth of Eustace Scrubb and of Jill Pole.)
- Olvin, king of Archenland, defeats the two-headed giant Pire and turns him to stone: that is the origin of Mount Pire and of its double summit.
- Pirates from our world, who have come through a cave in the South Seas, land in deserted Telmar and take root there: they are the ancestors of the Telmarines.
- Around this time lives Moonwood the Hare, whose hearing was so keen that he could hear, it is said, what was whispered at the other end of the country.
- Jadis returns from the Far North, where she has lived since the creation, and proclaims herself queen of Narnia.
- The Long Winter begins: the White Witch plunges Narnia into a winter without Christmas that will last a century. The royal line of King Frank dies out or goes into exile. (On Earth: the start of the Second World War; the Pevensie children are evacuated from London.)
- A Narnian revolt against the Witch is crushed; according to the Narnia wiki, Mr Tumnus’s father is said to have perished on that occasion.
- Through Professor Kirke’s wardrobe, Lucy, then her brothers and her sister, enter Narnia. Edmund betrays his family, Aslan returns, and spring drives out the winter. Aslan gives himself up in Edmund’s place on the Stone Table, rises again at dawn, and the Witch is defeated at Beruna. The four children are crowned at Cair Paravel: Peter becomes High King.
- The same year, in Archenland, the twins Cor and Corin are born. Lord Bar, a traitor in the pay of Calormen, abducts Cor; the child is washed up on a Calormene beach, where the fisherman Arsheesh takes him in and calls him Shasta. At Tashbaan, a new Tisroc ascends the throne.
- The sovereigns of Cair Paravel finish subduing the last followers of the Witch; Jadis’s castle is destroyed.
- Peter drives back the giants of the North. Susan and Edmund visit Tashbaan, where Rabadash means to marry the queen by force; they escape on the Splendour Hyaline. Meanwhile, Shasta and Aravis flee Calormen with the Talking Horses Bree and Hwin. Rabadash attacks Anvard, is defeated, and Aslan turns him into a donkey. King Lune finds his lost son, Prince Cor.
- Now grown up, the four sovereigns hunt the White Stag in Lantern Waste, find the lamp-post again, pass between the coats… and find themselves children once more in the Professor’s house, at the very moment they had left it.
- Ram the Great succeeds his father Cor on the throne of Archenland.
- Around this time Queen Swanwhite reigns, so beautiful that her reflection remained for a year and a day in the water over which she had leaned.
- The Telmarines, led by Caspian I, called the Conqueror, invade and subdue Narnia. The Old Narnians hide in the forests; in the end it is denied that they ever existed.
- Birth of Prince Caspian, son of Caspian IX. Soon afterwards the king is murdered by his brother Miraz, who governs first as regent and then seizes the crown.
- Caspian, threatened by the birth of an heir to Miraz, flees and rallies the Old Narnians. He blows Susan’s Horn, which snatches the Pevensies from a platform at an English railway station. With Aslan, they overthrow Miraz: Caspian becomes Caspian X, and the Old Narnians recover their country.
- Caspian X leads a victorious campaign against the giants of the North.
- The great voyage of the Dawn Treader towards the East, in search of the seven lords exiled by Miraz. Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace are drawn in through a painting. Reepicheep reaches the World’s End.
- Caspian X marries Ramandu’s daughter.
- Birth of Prince Rilian.
- The queen is bitten by a green serpent in the forest and dies. Rilian, who has gone to avenge her, disappears in his turn: he has fallen under the spell of the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
- Eustace and Jill, fleeing the bullies of their school through a door in the wall, arrive in Aslan’s Country and then in Narnia. With Puddleglum, they cross the wild lands of the North, escape the giants of Harfang and free Rilian in Underland. The old King Caspian dies on his son’s return.
- Bands of outlaws infest Lantern Waste; watch-towers are raised there. (On Earth: the end of the Second World War.)
- The ape Shift disguises the donkey Puzzle as a false Aslan and hands Narnia over to the Calormenes. King Tirian calls the friends of Narnia to his aid: Eustace and Jill arrive. After the last battle before the stable, Aslan brings the world of Narnia to an end and opens the real Narnia. (On Earth: a serious railway accident costs the friends of Narnia their lives, except Susan.)
- how the times correspond —
- explanation — The relation between the two times changes from one journey to the next: on average, one earthly year corresponds to about fifty Narnian years. However long they have spent in Narnia, the visitors return to our world at the very moment of their departure, at the age they were. Skills they have acquired fade (Lucy hardly knows how to swim any more), but they come back little by little with each new stay.
- table —
- 1900 — 1 — The Magician's Nephew — The creation of Narnia.
- 1940 — 1000 — 40 years on Earth = 999 years in Narnia — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — 15 years of reign in Narnia do not last a second in England.
- 1941 — 2303 — 1 year on Earth = 1,303 years in Narnia — Prince Caspian — Cair Paravel is no more than a ruin overrun by trees.
- 1942 — 2306-2307 — a few months = 3 years — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- 1942 — 2356 — a few months = about 50 years — The Silver Chair — Eustace finds a Caspian who has become an old man.
- 1949 — 2555 — 7 years on Earth = 199 years in Narnia — The Last Battle — Conversely, an earthly week sometimes lasts only a few minutes in Narnia (Tirian sees the friends of Narnia gathered).
- disagreements and debates —
- The chronology was found after Lewis’s death and published by Walter Hooper (Past Watchful Dragons, 1979). Scholars (Paul F. Ford, Martha Sammons) accept it, but it does not always fit the text of the novels.
- Digory is born in 1888: he would be only 52 in 1940, whereas the Professor of the wardrobe is described as a very old man with shaggy white hair.
- Edmund (1930) and Lucy (1932) are more than a year apart according to the chronology, whereas the novel says that only a year separates them.
- Swanwhite is placed around 1502, but Jewel sets her before the White Witch’s reign. Some readers imagine two queens of the same name. The old site, for its part, gave 1052.
- Some wonder whether “1949” might be a misreading of “1943” in the manuscript. But in The Last Battle Eustace says that only Jill and he are still at school, which argues for 1949.
- In Prince Caspian, the horn was blown “between nine and ten o'clock”, at the very moment the children were waiting for their train: the two times seem synchronised here.
- The Magician's Nephew opens “in the days when Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure”: Lewis’s way of dating the story to around 1900.
- festive events from the old site —
- Summer Festival — object — books — Summer Festival — An event of great importance and rejoicing in Narnia. Bonfires, and dances of Fauns and Dryads, are held all night deep in the woods. **Appearance in the books** “The Horse and His Boy”
- Great Autumn Feast — object — books — Great Autumn Feast — It is celebrated by the Calormenes in the temple of Tash. **Appearance in the books** “The Horse and His Boy”
- Great Autumn Feast — object — books — Great Autumn Feast — It is celebrated by the Calormenes in the temple of Tash **Appearance in the books** “The Horse and His Boy”
- Golden Age — object — books — Golden Age — It is the happy time when Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy reigned on the thrones of Cair Paravel. **Appearance in the books** “The Last Battle”
- Second Golden Age — object — books — Second Golden Age — It is the happy time when King Caspian X reigned. It is not clearly set out. **Appearance in the books** “The Last Battle”
- Great War of Deliverance — object — books — Great War of Deliverance — Caspian’s battle against Miraz was called by this name in the last days of Narnia. **Appearance in the books** “The Last Battle”
- note on the events — The events are entries of the content type “chronology” (cpt/chronologie/<id>.json), in this order.
See also
- The right to reign: crowned by Aslan, usurpers, and kings in spite of themselves
- Neither a pacifist nor a warmonger: Lewis, a former soldier, and the nine battles of Narnia
- Two ages for each hero: the one on the calendar and the one lived in Narnia
- The portals between the worlds
- Cair Paravel
- Telmarines
- Tirian
- World of Narnia
- Narnia
- Aslan
- Father Time
Birth of Digory Kirke in London.
Birth of Digory Kirke in London.
- Earth year — 1888
- book — The Magician's Nephew
- book title — The Magician's Nephew
- source text — Lewis's chronology
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Birth of Polly Plummer, his future neighbour and friend.
Birth of Polly Plummer, his future neighbour and friend.
- Earth year — 1889
- book — The Magician's Nephew
- book title — The Magician's Nephew
- source text — Lewis's chronology
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Digory and Polly, flung out of our world by Uncle Andrew’s rings, witness the birth of Narnia: Aslan sings, the stars come alight, the earth is covered with grass and the beasts are given speech. Jadis, woken at Charn, has come in with them and flees to the North. Digory plants the Tree of Protection; the cabby Frank and his wife Helen become the first sovereigns.
Digory and Polly, flung out of our world by Uncle Andrew’s rings, witness the birth of Narnia: Aslan sings, the stars come alight, the earth is covered with grass and the beasts are given speech. Jadis, woken at Charn, has come in with them and flees to the North. Digory plants the Tree of Protection; the cabby Frank and his wife Helen become the first sovereigns.
- Narnian year — 1
- Earth year — 1900
- book — The Magician's Nephew
- book title — The Magician's Nephew
- source text — The Magician's Nephew, ch. 8 to 15
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Aslan
- Digory Kirke
- Polly Plummer
- Uncle Andrew (Andrew Ketterley)
- Jadis, the White Witch
- Frank the Cabby (King Frank I)
- Helen, Queen Helen (Nellie)
- Strawberry, later Fledge
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Col, younger son of King Frank V, sets off south with a few followers and settles in hills still empty of inhabitants: he becomes the first king of Archenland.
Col, younger son of King Frank V, sets off south with a few followers and settles in hills still empty of inhabitants: he becomes the first king of Archenland.
- Narnian year — 180
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Outlaws from Archenland cross the great southern desert and, beyond it, found the kingdom of Calormen.
Outlaws from Archenland cross the great southern desert and, beyond it, found the kingdom of Calormen.
- Narnian year — 204
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Birth of Peter Pevensie.
Birth of Peter Pevensie.
- Earth year — 1927
- source text — Lewis's chronology
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Birth of Susan Pevensie.
Birth of Susan Pevensie.
- Earth year — 1928
- source text — Lewis's chronology
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Calormen becomes a vast empire and sends settlers into the land of Telmar, to the west of Narnia. (On Earth, the same year: the birth of Edmund Pevensie.)
Calormen becomes a vast empire and sends settlers into the land of Telmar, to the west of Narnia. (On Earth, the same year: the birth of Edmund Pevensie.)
- Narnian year — 300
- Earth year — 1930
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Birth of Lucy Pevensie.
Birth of Lucy Pevensie.
- Earth year — 1932
- source text — Lewis's chronology; see the disagreement about the age gap with Edmund
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The Calormene settlers of Telmar behave so badly that Aslan turns them into dumb beasts; the country remains deserted. At the same period, King Gale of Narnia frees the Lone Islands from a dragon, and the grateful islanders proclaim him emperor. (On Earth: the birth of Eustace Scrubb and of Jill Pole.)
The Calormene settlers of Telmar behave so badly that Aslan turns them into dumb beasts; the country remains deserted. At the same period, King Gale of Narnia frees the Lone Islands from a dragon, and the grateful islanders proclaim him emperor. (On Earth: the birth of Eustace Scrubb and of Jill Pole.)
- Narnian year — 302
- Earth year — 1933
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Olvin, king of Archenland, defeats the two-headed giant Pire and turns him to stone: that is the origin of Mount Pire and of its double summit.
Olvin, king of Archenland, defeats the two-headed giant Pire and turns him to stone: that is the origin of Mount Pire and of its double summit.
- Narnian year — 407
- book — The Horse and His Boy
- book title — The Horse and His Boy
- source text — The Horse and His Boy, ch. 9 (Bree's account)
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Pirates from our world, who have come through a cave in the South Seas, land in deserted Telmar and take root there: they are the ancestors of the Telmarines.
Pirates from our world, who have come through a cave in the South Seas, land in deserted Telmar and take root there: they are the ancestors of the Telmarines.
- Narnian year — 460
- book — Prince Caspian
- book title — Prince Caspian
- source text — Prince Caspian, ch. 15 (Aslan's revelation)
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Around this time lives Moonwood the Hare, whose hearing was so keen that he could hear, it is said, what was whispered at the other end of the country.
Around this time lives Moonwood the Hare, whose hearing was so keen that he could hear, it is said, what was whispered at the other end of the country.
- Narnian year — 570
- book — The Last Battle
- book title — The Last Battle
- source text — The Last Battle, ch. 8 (as Jewel recalls it)
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The first ages (Creation and the Old Dynasty)
- Narnian years — 1 – 900
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Jadis returns from the Far North, where she has lived since the creation, and proclaims herself queen of Narnia.
Jadis returns from the Far North, where she has lived since the creation, and proclaims herself queen of Narnia.
- Narnian year — 898
- book — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- book title — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Age of Winter
- Narnian years — 900 – 1000
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The Long Winter begins: the White Witch plunges Narnia into a winter without Christmas that will last a century. The royal line of King Frank dies out or goes into exile. (On Earth: the start of the Second World War; the Pevensie children are evacuated from London.)
The Long Winter begins: the White Witch plunges Narnia into a winter without Christmas that will last a century. The royal line of King Frank dies out or goes into exile. (On Earth: the start of the Second World War; the Pevensie children are evacuated from London.)
- Narnian year — 900
- Earth year — 1939
- book — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- book title — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Age of Winter
- Narnian years — 900 – 1000
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
A Narnian revolt against the Witch is crushed; according to the Narnia wiki, Mr Tumnus’s father is said to have perished on that occasion.
A Narnian revolt against the Witch is crushed; according to the Narnia wiki, Mr Tumnus’s father is said to have perished on that occasion.
- Narnian year — 965
- Certainty — hypothesis (fans' wiki, not attested in the books)
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Age of Winter
- Narnian years — 900 – 1000
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Through Professor Kirke's wardrobe, Lucy, then her brothers and sister, enter Narnia. Edmund betrays his family, Aslan returns, and spring drives out the winter. Aslan gives himself up in Edmund's place on the Stone Table, rises again at dawn, and the White Witch is defeated at Beruna. The four children are crowned at Cair Paravel: Peter becomes High King.
Through Professor Kirke's wardrobe, Lucy, then her brothers and sister, enter Narnia. Edmund betrays his family, Aslan returns, and spring drives out the winter. Aslan gives himself up in Edmund's place on the Stone Table, rises again at dawn, and the White Witch is defeated at Beruna. The four children are crowned at Cair Paravel: Peter becomes High King.
- Narnian year — 1000
- Earth year — 1940
- book — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- book title — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- source text — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Lucy Pevensie
- Edmund Pevensie
- Susan Pevensie
- Peter Pevensie
- Aslan
- Jadis, the White Witch
- Mr Tumnus
- Mr and Mrs Beaver
- Maugrim (Fenris Ulf), chief of the Secret Police
- Father Christmas
- Digory Kirke
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Golden Age
- Narnian years — 1000 – 1015
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
That same year, in Archenland, the twins Cor and Corin are born. Lord Bar, a traitor in the pay of Calormen, abducts Cor; the child is washed up on a Calormene beach, where the fisherman Arsheesh takes him in and names him Shasta. In Tashbaan, a new Tisroc ascends the throne.
That same year, in Archenland, the twins Cor and Corin are born. Lord Bar, a traitor in the pay of Calormen, abducts Cor; the child is washed up on a Calormene beach, where the fisherman Arsheesh takes him in and names him Shasta. In Tashbaan, a new Tisroc ascends the throne.
- Narnian year — 1000
- book — The Horse and His Boy
- book title — The Horse and His Boy
- source text — The Horse and His Boy, ch. 1, 8 and 14
- Certainty — deduced (the text of the book; the Narnia wiki places the birth in 1001)
In which books
Characters
- Shasta / Cor
- Prince Corin (Corin Thunder-Fist)
- King Lune of Archenland
- Lord Bar, the traitor chancellor
- Arsheesh, the fisherman
- The Tisroc (may he live for ever)
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Golden Age
- Narnian years — 1000 – 1015
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The sovereigns of Cair Paravel finish subduing the White Witch's last followers; Jadis's castle is destroyed.
The sovereigns of Cair Paravel finish subduing the White Witch's last followers; Jadis's castle is destroyed.
- Narnian year — 1005
- Certainty — hypothesis (fan wiki)
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Golden Age
- Narnian years — 1000 – 1015
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Peter drives back the giants of the North. Susan and Edmund visit Tashbaan, where Rabadash means to marry the queen by force; they escape on the Splendour Hyaline. Meanwhile, Shasta and Aravis flee Calormen with the Talking Horses Bree and Hwin. Rabadash attacks Anvard, is defeated, and Aslan turns him into a donkey. King Lune finds his lost son, Prince Cor.
Peter drives back the giants of the North. Susan and Edmund visit Tashbaan, where Rabadash means to marry the queen by force; they escape on the Splendour Hyaline. Meanwhile, Shasta and Aravis flee Calormen with the Talking Horses Bree and Hwin. Rabadash attacks Anvard, is defeated, and Aslan turns him into a donkey. King Lune finds his lost son, Prince Cor.
- Narnian year — 1014
- book — The Horse and His Boy
- book title — The Horse and His Boy
- source text — The Horse and His Boy
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Peter Pevensie
- Susan Pevensie
- Edmund Pevensie
- Lucy Pevensie
- Shasta / Cor
- Aravis Tarkheena
- Bree (Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah)
- Hwin, Aravis's mare
- Prince Rabadash (Rabadash the Ridiculous)
- King Lune of Archenland
- Prince Corin (Corin Thunder-Fist)
- The Hermit of the Southern March
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Golden Age
- Narnian years — 1000 – 1015
Page where the event is told
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Grown to adulthood, the four sovereigns hunt the White Stag in Lantern Waste, find the lamp-post again, pass between the coats… and find themselves children once more in the Professor's house, at the very moment they had left it.
Grown to adulthood, the four sovereigns hunt the White Stag in Lantern Waste, find the lamp-post again, pass between the coats… and find themselves children once more in the Professor's house, at the very moment they had left it.
- Narnian year — 1015
- book — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- book title — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- source text — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ch. 17
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Golden Age
- Narnian years — 1000 – 1015
Page where the event is told
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Ram the Great succeeds his father Cor on the throne of Archenland.
Ram the Great succeeds his father Cor on the throne of Archenland.
- Narnian year — 1050
- book — The Horse and His Boy
- book title — The Horse and His Boy
- source text — The Horse and His Boy, ch. 15
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Dark Age
- Narnian years — 1015 – 1998
Page where the event is told
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Around this time Queen Swanwhite reigns, so beautiful that her reflection remained for a year and a day in the water over which she had leaned.
Around this time Queen Swanwhite reigns, so beautiful that her reflection remained for a year and a day in the water over which she had leaned.
- Narnian year — 1502
- book — The Last Battle
- book title — The Last Battle
- source text — The Last Battle, ch. 8
- Certainty — canon (chronology) but at odds with the book: see discrepancies
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Dark Age
- Narnian years — 1015 – 1998
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The Telmarines, led by Caspian I, called the Conqueror, invade and subdue Narnia. The Old Narnians hide in the forests; in the end people deny that they ever existed.
The Telmarines, led by Caspian I, called the Conqueror, invade and subdue Narnia. The Old Narnians hide in the forests; in the end people deny that they ever existed.
- Narnian year — 1998
- book — Prince Caspian
- book title — Prince Caspian
- source text — Prince Caspian, ch. 4
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Telmarine Age
- Narnian years — 1998 – 2303
Page where the event is told
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Birth of Prince Caspian, son of Caspian IX. Soon afterwards, the king is murdered by his brother Miraz, who governs first as regent and then seizes the crown.
Birth of Prince Caspian, son of Caspian IX. Soon afterwards, the king is murdered by his brother Miraz, who governs first as regent and then seizes the crown.
- Narnian year — 2290
- book — Prince Caspian
- book title — Prince Caspian
- source text — Prince Caspian, ch. 4-5
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Telmarine Age
- Narnian years — 1998 – 2303
Page where the event is told
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Caspian, threatened by the birth of an heir to Miraz, flees and rallies the Old Narnians. He sounds Susan's Horn, which snatches the Pevensies from a platform at an English railway station. With Aslan, they overthrow Miraz: Caspian becomes Caspian X, and the Old Narnians recover their country.
Caspian, threatened by the birth of an heir to Miraz, flees and rallies the Old Narnians. He sounds Susan's Horn, which snatches the Pevensies from a platform at an English railway station. With Aslan, they overthrow Miraz: Caspian becomes Caspian X, and the Old Narnians recover their country.
- Narnian year — 2303
- Earth year — 1941
- book — Prince Caspian
- book title — Prince Caspian
- source text — Prince Caspian
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Caspian X
- Peter Pevensie
- Susan Pevensie
- Edmund Pevensie
- Lucy Pevensie
- Trumpkin
- Trufflehunter
- Reepicheep
- Doctor Cornelius
- King Miraz
- Nikabrik, the black dwarf
- Aslan
- Bacchus (Bromios, Bassareus, the Ram)
- Silenus
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Telmarine Age
- Narnian years — 1998 – 2303
Page where the event is told
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Caspian X leads a victorious campaign against the giants of the North.
Caspian X leads a victorious campaign against the giants of the North.
- Narnian year — 2304
- book — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- book title — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- source text — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ch. 1
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Time of Exploration
- Narnian years — 2303 – 2356
Page where the event is told
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The great voyage of the Dawn Treader to the East, in search of the seven lords exiled by Miraz. Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace are drawn into it by a picture. Reepicheep reaches the World's End.
The great voyage of the Dawn Treader to the East, in search of the seven lords exiled by Miraz. Edmund, Lucy and their cousin Eustace are drawn into it by a picture. Reepicheep reaches the World's End.
- Narnian year — 2306-2307
- Earth year — 1942
- book — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- book title — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- source text — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Caspian X
- Edmund Pevensie
- Lucy Pevensie
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb
- Reepicheep
- Lord Drinian, captain of the Dawn Treader
- Coriakin, the magician of the Island of the Voices
- Ramandu, the star at rest
- Ramandu's Daughter, Queen of Narnia
- The Seven Great Lords of Narnia
Places
- Lone Islands
- Dragon Island / Burnt Island
- Deathwater Island
- Island of the Voices
- Dark Island
- Ramandu's Island
- Silver Sea / Utter East
- Aslan's Country
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Time of Exploration
- Narnian years — 2303 – 2356
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Caspian X marries Ramandu's Daughter.
Caspian X marries Ramandu's Daughter.
- Narnian year — 2310
- book — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- book title — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- source text — The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ch. 16; The Silver Chair, ch. 4
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Time of Exploration
- Narnian years — 2303 – 2356
Page where the event is told
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Birth of Prince Rilian.
Birth of Prince Rilian.
- Narnian year — 2325
- book — The Silver Chair
- book title — The Silver Chair
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Time of Exploration
- Narnian years — 2303 – 2356
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The queen is bitten by a green serpent in the forest and dies. Rilian, who set out to avenge her, disappears in his turn: he has fallen under the spell of the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
The queen is bitten by a green serpent in the forest and dies. Rilian, who set out to avenge her, disappears in his turn: he has fallen under the spell of the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
- Narnian year — 2345
- book — The Silver Chair
- book title — The Silver Chair
- source text — The Silver Chair, ch. 4
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Time of Exploration
- Narnian years — 2303 – 2356
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Eustace and Jill, fleeing the bullies of their school through a door in the wall, arrive in Aslan's Country and then in Narnia. With Puddleglum, they cross the wild lands of the North, escape the giants of Harfang and free Rilian in Underland. The old King Caspian dies on his son's return.
Eustace and Jill, fleeing the bullies of their school through a door in the wall, arrive in Aslan's Country and then in Narnia. With Puddleglum, they cross the wild lands of the North, escape the giants of Harfang and free Rilian in Underland. The old King Caspian dies on his son's return.
- Narnian year — 2356
- Earth year — 1942
- book — The Silver Chair
- book title — The Silver Chair
- source text — The Silver Chair
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb
- Jill Pole
- Puddleglum
- Prince Rilian
- The Lady of the Green Kirtle (Queen of Underland)
- Caspian X
- Glimfeather, the white owl
- Trumpkin
Places
- Experiment House
- Aslan's Country
- Ettinsmoor
- Harfang
- Ruined City of the Giants
- Underland
- Bism, the Really Deep Land
- Marshes
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Last Days
- Narnian years — 2356 – 2555
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
Bands of outlaws infest Lantern Waste; watchtowers are raised there. (On Earth: the end of the Second World War.)
Bands of outlaws infest Lantern Waste; watchtowers are raised there. (On Earth: the end of the Second World War.)
- Narnian year — 2534
- Earth year — 1945
- book — The Last Battle
- book title — The Last Battle
- source text — The Last Battle, ch. 4
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Last Days
- Narnian years — 2356 – 2555
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia
The ape Shift disguises the donkey Puzzle as a false Aslan and hands Narnia over to the Calormenes. King Tirian calls the friends of Narnia to his aid: Eustace and Jill arrive. After the Last Battle in front of the stable, Aslan brings the world of Narnia to an end and opens the real Narnia. (On Earth: a serious railway accident costs the lives of the friends of Narnia, except Susan.)
The ape Shift disguises the donkey Puzzle as a false Aslan and hands Narnia over to the Calormenes. King Tirian calls the friends of Narnia to his aid: Eustace and Jill arrive. After the Last Battle in front of the stable, Aslan brings the world of Narnia to an end and opens the real Narnia. (On Earth: a serious railway accident costs the lives of the friends of Narnia, except Susan.)
- Narnian year — 2555
- Earth year — 1949
- book — The Last Battle
- book title — The Last Battle
- source text — The Last Battle
- Certainty — canon (Lewis's chronology)
In which books
Characters
- Tirian
- Shift
- Puzzle
- Jewel the Unicorn
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb
- Jill Pole
- Rishda Tarkaan
- Emeth, the loyal Calormene
- Tash, the god of the Calormenes
- Father Time
- Peter Pevensie
- Edmund Pevensie
- Lucy Pevensie
- Digory Kirke
- Polly Plummer
- Aslan
Places
When in the history of Narnia
- name — The Last Days
- Narnian years — 2356 – 2555
Page where the event is told
From the first dawn to the last night: the history of Narnia