CHRONOLOGY OF THE ANDERSON UNIVERSE.

YEAR.

DAY/MONTH.

EVENT.

SOURCE.

1456 BC

Mysterons land on and colonise Mars.

1(h)

1834

Zelda created on Guk.

1(s)

1835

14th. December.

Titan born in Hydroma.

2(f)

1848

6th. November.

Tex Tucker born.

mh(c)

1874

Cystar created on Guk.

3(s)

1880

Events in Four Feather Falls begin.

mh(c)

1884

Yung Star created on Guk.

3(s)

1900

Lazoons left on Earth.

ka(w)

1901

Mysterons flee Mars leaving active computer

complex behind.

1(h)

1902

30th. October.

Professor  Rudolph  Popkiss born.

mh(d)

1912

23rd. July.

Doctor Horatio Beaker born.

mh(d)

1915

29th. January.

Masterspy (Alexandr Slanovicz) born.

mh(d)

1918

19th. December.

Emil Zarin born.

mh(d)

1920

General James L. Henderson born.

ls(m)

1929

Popkiss moves to USA and builds his

laboratory at Black Rock, Nevada.

(d)

1930

22nd. November.

Mike Mercury  born.

mh(d)

1932

Professor Gerhard Stein born.

1(s)

1932

22nd. November.

Harry Rule born.

fab(n)

1933

Chino born.

ka(n)

1935

Doctor Doug Jackson born.

5(m)

1935

10th. June.

Commander Ed Straker born.

5(m)

(other sources give 10/7/40).

1938

19th. February.

Bill Gibson born.

mh(d)

1938

15th. July.

Colonel Alec E. Freeman born.

5(m)

(other sources give 31/8/38)

1940

Contessa Caroline di Contini born.

mh(n)

1940

27th. June.

Professor Victor Bergman born.

4(q)

1942

19th. January.

Paul Buchet born.

mh(n)

1942

Dr.John Kane born.

mh(l)

1943

Lieutenant Keith Ford born.

ls(m)

1947

Captain Peter Carlin born.

hm(m)

1948

Captain Lew Waterman born.

ka(m)

1949

Colonel Glenn Ross born.

mh(l)

1950

Grandma (Cecilia Tracy) born.

ka(g)

1950

Suki born.

ka(n)

1950

3rd. August.

Jimmy Gibson born.

mh(d)

1951

30th. September

Colonel Paul J. Foster born.

5(m)

(other sources give 25/11/51).

1952

Lieutenant Joan Harrington born.

mh(m)

1952

4th. November.

Lieutenant Mark Bradley born.

(m)

1953

Beaker meets Popkiss.

mh(d)

1953

Lieutenant Nina Barry born.

ls(m)

1953

5th May.

Colonel Virginia Lake born.

5(m)

(other sources give year as 1946).

1954

Lieutenant Gay Ellis born.

mh(m)

1955

Beaker joins Popkiss in Nevada and begin

constructing Supercar.

(d)

1956

'The Adventures of Twizzle' produced for

children's television.

(a)

1956

Mitch the monkey is born.

ka(d)

1956

Jimmy Gibson's parents killed.

mh(d)

1957

'Torchy the Battery Boy' produced for

children's television.

(b)

1958

1st. April.

Surface Agent X-20 (Artura) born in

Khazu-ma.

2(f)

1958

8th. November.

Mrs. Ada Harris born.

ka(j)

1958

7th. June.

Father Stanley Unwin born.

mh(k)

1959

17th. March.

Commander John Robert Koenig born.

4(q)

1960

Supercar completed.

(d)

1960

Events in Supercar begin.

(d)

1960

Jimmy Gibson joins Supercar team.

(d)

1960

18th. February.

Mrs. Emily Appleby born.

mh(k)

1960

5th. August.

Doctor Helena Susan Russell born.

4(q)

1962

Revolutionary spaceship Super-R built by

Supercar team for NASA.

1(d)

1962

Commander John Westley born.

ka(s)

1963

5th. August.

Doctor Robert Mathias born.

4(q)

1963

14th. September

The Bishop (David Fairweather) born.

mh(k)

1964

24th. July.

Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine born.

2(j)

1965

Aphony born in Pacifica.

1(f)

1965

29th. January.

David Kano born.

4(q)

1966

9th. November.

Anthony Dean Verdeschi born.

4(q)

1968

10th. January.

Shane Weston born.

2(j)

(Other sources give year as 1967).

1968

15th. December.

Samuel William Loover born.

2(j)

1969

19th. December.

Captain Alan Carter born (not 1966).

4(q)

1970

International Astrophysical Commission

agrees to set up SHADO.

(m)

1970

2nd. January.

Jeff Tracy born.

1(g)

1970

3rd. May.

Sandra Benes (Sahn) born.

4(q)

1970

29th. October.

Paul Michael Morrow born.

4(q)

1971

Glenn Field Controller Colonel McMaster

born.

ka(g)

1972

Events in The Protectors begin.

(n)

1973

Events in The Investigator.

(p)

1973

20th. December.

Commander Dr. Tiger Ninestein clones

born' (i.e. nine clones of Professor Gerhard Stein).

1(s)

1974

Maya born on Psychon (Alphan reckoning).

4(q)

1974

30th. May.

Aloysius 'Nosey' Parker born.

1(g)

1974

31st. December.

Paul Blake born.

mh(k)

1975

Kyrano born? (Birth certificate lost).

ka(g)

1975

Lucille Tracy born.

ls(g)

1979

17th. July.

The Hood (Belah Gaat) born.

1(g)

1980

June

SHADO becomes fully operational.

(m)

1980

24th. August.

Events in UFO begin.

(m)

1980

UFO's increase their raids on the Earth.

ka(m)

1983

3rd. February.

Construction of Moonbase Alpha begins.

4(q)

1984

Captain Rexton Podly born on Altor ( not Danae).

ka(u)

1986

11th. February.

Colonel Harry Denton born.

ka(e)

1986

Counter-Earth detected by Eurosec Sunprobe

ka(l)

1986

Glenn Ross makes two orbital flights to Mars for

NASA in preparation for a manned landing.

ka(l)

1986

Uranus probe lost in space.

(q)

1987

Dick Spanner P.I.' produced for children's television

(t)

1987

Events in Doppleganger.

ka(l)

1987

Space warp to Counter-Earth closes forever.

ka(w)

1987

Relationships between West and Arab states

begin to deteriorate rapidly.

ka(w)

1987

Titan leaves underwater city of Hydroma

(Marine Year 1072).

2(f)

1987

Hydroma destroyed by shockwaves from

US atom bomb tests - Titan swears revenge

on all terraineans.

2(f)

1987

Switzerland destroyed in disastrous thermonuclear

explosion - Jean Koenig killed in the blast.

4(q)

1987

Arab terrorists blamed for destruction of

Switzerland.

ka(w)

1987

World War III begins as a result of tensions

between West and Arab states.

(q)/ka(w)

1987

20th. May.

Matthew Harding born.

mh(k)

1988

Pharos drawn into Solar System and takes

up orbit between Earth and Mars.

ka(w)

1988

France and other European countries

occupied by Arab forces.

7(k)

1989

World War III ends with the overthrowing

of 'The Butcher of Baghdad'.

ka(w)

1989

Western and Arab leaders sign peace treaty.

ka(w)

1989

The New United Nations formed and given

authority to form the World Army, World Navy

and World Airforce to act as the ultimate

peacekeepers (not 2012).

ka(w)

1989

Unmanned probe lands on Pharos.

ka(w)

1990

Doctor Tony Grant born.

ka(g)

1990

Unmanned probe lands on Mars.

1(h)

1990

Super conductive ciluvium discovered on Pharos

ka(e)

1991

Joint venture to land man on Pharos and

mine ciluvium begins. Manned Mars-landing

postponed.

ka(w)

1991

23rd. July.

Captain Mary Falconer born.

1(s)

1992

Jeff Tracy marries Lucille.

1(g)

1993

SHADO makes peace with aliens in exchange

for medical knowledge to help save their

dying/sterile race.

hm(w)

1993

Peter Carlin commits suicide

hm(w)

(other sources say he died in action in 1981).

1993

Captain Paul Travers born.

6(g)

1994

Sergeant Thorald Fredo born on Simter.

ka(u)

1994

Doctor Ray Pierce born.

ka(g)

1995

Underwater city of Titanica completed -

Titan's sub-sea conquests begin (MY1080).

2(f)

1995

1st. April.

Captain Kate Kestrel (Katherine Westley) is

1(s)

born.

1995

10th. April.

W.I.N. formed from merger between MI5/

KGB/CIA (not 1975) - fully operational by 1997.

2(j)

1995

Stewart Dapples born.

ka(s)

1995

Moonbase Alpha completed.

ka(q)

1995

Original date planned for 'Man on Mars'.

2(h)

1995

Captain Greg Martin born.

6(g)

1995

1st. December

Air Marshal Maxwell 'Steve' Zodiac (Steve

Kalinski) born.

6(v)

1996

Koenig first assigned CiC Alpha - but then

grounded due to failure of the Ultra Probe.

(q)

1996

14th. April.

Scott Tracy born

1(g)

(other sources say 4th. April).

1998

Ciluvium mine opened on Pharos.

(e)

1998

Meta enters the solar system.

ka(q)

1998

18th. February.

Lieutenant Hedley Howard 'Hawkeye'

Henderson born.

1(s)

1999

U.N. forms World Space Agency.

1(g)

1999

Events in Into Infinity begin.

mr(r)

1999

15th. August.

Virgil Tracy born.

1(g)

1999

Koenig persuaded to return to Alpha as CiC

responsible for the Meta Probe.

(q)

1999

9th. September.

Events in Space:1999 begin.

(q)

1999

13th. September.

The Moon blasted out of Earth's orbit.

1999

Meta apparently drawn into Earth orbit.

ka(w)

1999

24th. December.

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward born.

1(g)

2000

1st. January.

Lieutenant Hiro born.

1(s)

2000

Meta (?)  renamed Luna II.

ka(w)

2000

7th. January.

Jeff Tracy is one of first men to land on the

new moon in 21st Century

1(g)

2000

Original date planned for Mars colonisation

programme.

2(h)

2000

17th. July.

Paul Morrow and David Kano killed on

runaway Moon (Alphan calendar).

4(q)

2000

7th. August.

Victor Bergman killed on runaway Moon

(Alphan calendar).

4(q)

2000

26th. August.

Psychon destroyed - Maya joins Moonbase

Alpha survivors on runaway Moon (Alphan

4(q)

calendar).

2001

7th. March.

Lieutenant Patrick Brogan born.

(u)

2001

Martian Exploration Centre established

at Glenn Field Space Port, Nevada, USA.

ka(w)

2001

Earth attacked by giant automated spaceships

from Jupiter.

8(e)

2001

NASA moonbase constructed and John

Westley appointed CiC.

1(s)

2001

Lieutenant Brad Newman born.

6(g)

2001

28th. October.

John Tracy born.

1(g)

(other sources say 8th. October 1991).

2001

14th. November.

Brains (Hiram K. Hackenbacker) born

1(g)

(other sources give his true name as Homer Newton III)

2002-15

Tracy Construction and Aerospace companies developed

1(g)

2003

Hyperdrive theory conceived.

ka(w)

2003

Sally Brogan born.

ka(u)

2003

Officer Lionel Carson born.

ka(u)

2003

7th. July.

Joe McClaine is born (not 1st. April).

(j)

2004

Original date for completion of Martian colony.

2(h)

2004

20th. June.

Tin Tin Kyrano born.

1(g)

2004

14th. February.

Gordon Tracy born.

1(g)

2004

July.

Joe McClaine's natural parents killed in car

crash - he is orphaned at only twelve months old.

2(j)

2005

The creatures to be known as lazoons

discovered in Himalayas.

ka(w)

2005

12th. March.

Alan Tracy born (other sources suggest 2007).

1(g)

2005

Lucille Tracy killed in accident

1(g)

(other sources say 2022).

2005

General George Rossiter born.

ka(e)

2006

Shane Weston becomes Deputy Head of W.I.N.,

Washington.

2(j)

2007

First World President Nikita Bandranaik born.

ka(v)

2007

General Victor McCormack born.

ka(f)

2008

Jeff Tracy's company wins contract to

construct moon colony.

6(g)

2008

Kranol of Jupiter openly declares war on

Earth and her colonies and bases in the Solar System.

6(g)

2008

Ian and Mary McClaine adopt Joe.

2(j)

2009

Officer Silas Romek born on Altor.

ka(u)

2009

Officer Beezle born on Altor.

ka(u)

2009

U.N. Space Patrol formed to safeguard

ciluvium shipments to Earth.

ka(w)

2009

Kranol attacks the moon colony and is

captured by Jeff Tracy. Jovian invasion force surrenders.

6(g)

2009

Mary McClaine killed in motor accident. Grief-

ridden, Mac begins work on BIG RAT.

2(j)

2009

John Westley appointed first officer of top-secret

NASA Mars landing mission - his team included

Brent Cleever's future parents. nb. Before

experiments with hyperdrive or the 'conventional'

Zero-X programme were underway NASA

decided to establish a base (code named Kahra)

on Mars for sending probes manned by clones out

to the nearer stars. To avoid a public outcry about

NASA's use of clones the flight was kept secret.

With improved fuels (and later the hyperdrive) the

use of clones for long term exploration became redundant

1(s)/ka(w)

2010

10th. January.

Admiral Jack Denver born.

mh(f)

2010

Civil wars break out in central Europe.

ka(w)

2010

Russia send newly-formed Berezniki Division of

their army into central Europe to end hostilities

and establish military control - in direct

opposition to U.N. policy.

ka(w)

2010

Neutroni radio invented.

ka(e)

2011

United Nations Interplanetary Communications

(UNIPC) founded and John Westley appointed CiC.

1(s)

2011

Zelda's forces detected approaching Solar System.

UNIPC attempts contact without success.

ka(w)

2011

Weston promoted Head of W.I.N., London.

2(j)

2012

U.N. form World Council at specially constructed

Unity City, Bermuda to bring the free-world

countries into a closer relationship and unite them

against the aggressive Eastern Alliance. John S.

Franklin is appointed Head of the World Council

and honoury World President. n.b. This the first

move towards establishing a world government.

ka(w)

2012

The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) is

formed as a special division of the World Navy

Submarine Service.

ka(w)

2012

Last case of milomytosis amongst Earth lazoons.

(e)

2012

Admiral Washington Beatty born.

6(f)

2012

Mac completes BIG RAT.

(j)

2012

Events in Joe 90 begin.

(j)

2012

9 year old Joe McClaine becomes W.I.N.'s 'Most

Special Agent' - Joe 90.

(j)

2012

5th. December.

Professor Matthew Matic born.

ka(e)

2013

Alien training school founded by UNIPC.

6(g)

2013

Alien hospital established in Earth orbit by UNIPC.

6(g)

2013

7th. July.

Joe McClaine's 10th. birthday (on a Sunday).

(j)

2014

The formation of a top secret Earth defence

squadron code-named Terrahawks is proposed by

UNIPC to combat the suspected impending alien attack.

1(s)

2014

The hyperdrive theory is proved by prototype

space patrol ship TA1 - but found to be unstable.

ka(w)

2014

3rd. May.

Officer Jackson Haldane born.

(u)

2015

7th. February.

Officer Jane Castle born.

(u)

2015

Professor Wilhelm Humbert gives Father Unwin

the minimiser for safekeeping minutes before he dies.

7(k)

2015

Unwin agrees to use the minimiser for his

country and work for British Intelligence Service

Headquarters - Operation Priest (B.I.S.H.O.P.).

7(K)

2015

Events in The Secret Service begin

mh(k)

(other sources suggest  1969).

2015

Supreme Commander Earth Forces General Ian

Loover (son of  Sam Loover) born.

ka(h)

2015

TA2 lost in space with Colonel Harry Denton -

hyperdrive testing halted by MEC in lieu of more

conventional Zero X programme.

(e)

2015

27th. September.

Commander Samuel Arthur Shore born.

9(f)

2016

Officer Hubble Orrin born on Altor.

ka(u)

2016

General Jim Martin born.

ka(f)

2016

7th. July.

Boris 'Spacespy' born.

ka(e)

2017

Earth attacked by Zelda's forces for the first time.

1(s)

2017

First artificial gravity generator built.

ka(w)

2017

25th. June.

Commander Jonathan Wilbur Zero born.

ka(e)

2017

14th. July.

Colonel White (Charles Gray) born.

1(h)

2018

Third World President John Roberts born.

ka(h)

2018

Officer Aurelia Took born on Altor.

ka(u)

2018

6th. September.

John 'Jock' Campbell born.

ka(e)

2018

October.

First batch of zeroids produced (inc. Sergeant

Major Zero).

1(s)

2018

November.

Second batch of zeroids produced (inc. Space

Sergeant 101).

1(s)

2018

Terrahawks become operational.

1(s)

2018

2nd. December.

General Brent Cleever (William Frazer Jr.) born

on Mars.

6(v)

2020

5th. January.

Tina Palamac - USS Agent 23 born.

6(v)

2020

NASA's secret base on Mars is completed.

(s)

2020

December.

2 year old Brent Cleever and parents return to

Earth.

ka(w)