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The events of the Narnian timeline, listed side-by-side against relevant Earth events. (Click for larger version.)

C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, provided a Narnian timeline to map out the events that occur or are mentioned in his books. He gave an "Outline of Narnian History" in manuscript form to Walter Hooper, who included it in his essay Past Watchful Dragons: The Fairy Tales of C. S. Lewis (Hooper 1979)(Schakel 1979, p. 143). In the series proper, Lewis never explicitly stated the year or years in which events in the novels took place, so the timeline is the only source for this information. Kathryn Lindskoog, along with other Lewis scholars, has challenged the authenticity of some posthumous works attributed to Lewis and edited by Hooper, (Lindskoog 1988) but the validity of the outline in particular has not been questioned. The outline is accepted by Lewis experts and has been included in works by Paul Ford, Martha Sammons and others.

1 Timeline in Narnia
2 Timeline in England
3 References
4 Further reading

Timeline in Narnia

See also: Narnia (world)#History

First millennium

1: Narnia is created. The animals are given the power of speach. Digory Kirke plants the Tree of Protection. The White Witch Jadis enters Narnia then flees to the far North. Frank I, made Narnia's first King.
180: Prince Col, the younger son of Frank V, leads followers into the uninhabited Archenland, and becomes the first King there.
204: Outlaws from Archenland travel across the Great Desert to the south of narnia and establish the kingdom Calormen.
300: The empire of Calormen spreads greatly. Calormenes colonize the land of Telmar to the West of Narnia.
302: The Calormenes in Telmar behave very wickedly and Aslan turns them into dumb beasts. The country lies in waste. King Gale of Narnia is made Emperor of the Lone Islands in gratitude for saving them from a dragon.
407: The Giant Pire is killed by Olvin of Archenland
460: Pirates from Earth take possession of Telmar.
570: Moonwood the Hare lived at about this time.
898: The White Witch Jadis returns to Narnia from the Far North.
900: The Hundred-Year Winter begins.

Second millennium

1000: The Pevensies arrive in Narnia. The treachery of Edmund. The sacrifice of Aslan. The White Witch defeated and the Long Winter ended. Peter becomes High King of Narnia.
1014: King Peter carries out a successful raid on the Northern Giants. Queen Susan and King Edmund visit the Calormen Court. King Lune of Archenland discovers his lost son Prince Cor and defeats an attack by Prince Rabadash of Calormen.
1014: While hunting the White Stag, the Pevensies vanish out of Narnia.
1050: King Ram of Archenland succeeds Cor.
1502: Queen Swanwhite of Narnia lived around the time.
1998: The Telmarines invade and conquer Narnia.

Third millennium

2290: Prince Caspian, son of Caspian IX, born. Caspian IX is murdered by his brother Miraz who usurps the throne.
2303: Prince Caspian escapes from his uncle Miraz. Civil War results in Narnia. By the aid of Aslan and of the Pevensies, whom Caspian summons with Queen Susan's magic Horn, Miraz is defeated and killed. Caspian crowned Caspian X of Narnia.
2304: The Northern Giants are defeated by Caspian X.
2306-2307: Caspian X's voyage to the end of the World.
2310: Caspian X marries Ramandu's daughter.
2325: Caspian's son, Prince Rilian, is born.
2345: The Queen killed by a serpent and Rilian disappears.
2356: Eustace and Jill Pole appear in Narnia and rescue Prince Rilian. Caspian X dies.
2534: After an outbreak of outlaws in the Lantern Waste, towers built to guard the region.
2555: Rebellion of Shift the Ape. King Tirian rescued by Eustace and Jill. Narnia in the hands of the Calormenes. The last battle. End of Narnia. End of the World.

Timeline in England

1888: Digory Kirke is born.
1889: Polly Plummer is born.
1900: Using magic rings, Digory and Polly enter Narnia
1927: Peter Pevensie is born.
1928: Susan Pevensie is born.
1930: Edmund Pevensie is born.
1932: Lucy Pevensie is born.
1934: Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole are born.
1940: The Pevensies, staying with Digory (now Professor) Kirke, reach Narnia through the Magic Wardrobe.
1941: The Pevensies again caught into Narnia by the blast of the Magic Horn.
1942: Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace reach Narnia again and take part in Caspian's voyage.
1942: Eustace and Jill, from Experiment House, are carried away into Narnia.
1949: Serious accident on British Railways.

References

Hooper, Walter (1979), written at New York, Past Watchful Dragons: The Narnian Chronicles of C. S. Lewis, Macmillan Pub Co, ISBN 0-02-051970-2
Lindskoog, Kathryn (1988), written at Portland, Oregon, The C. S. Lewis Hoax, Multnomah, ISBN 0-88070-258-3
Schakel, Peter (1979), written at Grand Rapids, Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia, Eerdmans, ISBN 0-8028-1814-5