Overview:Timeline

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The following is a timeline of events throughout the Fallout Series.

Background

Events below must be specifically referenced by date and appropriate references added for each. The timeline uses present tense.

Game year

See also: Chronological Order of Fallout

An overview of the Fallout timeline by year.

Chronological Order of Fallout
Fallout 76	Fallout	Fallout Tactics	Fallout: BOS	Fallout 2	Fallout 3	Fallout: New Vegas	Fallout 4	Fallout Television Series
Appalachia	California	Midwest	Carbon	California	Capital Wasteland	Mojave Wasteland	The Commonwealth	California Mojave Wasteland
2102 - 2105	2161	2197	2208 (Approx)+	2241	2277	2281	2287	2296

Pre-War

To 1700

Year	Event	Appears	Source
1000 B.C.	The Adena Native American culture begins.	Fallout 76
200 B.C.	The Adena Native American culture ends.	Fallout 76
1066	The Battle of Hastings takes place.	Fallout 3
1492	The Preacher states this is the year that his mother and your mother hung clothes around the mulberry bush.	Fallout 3
1568	The Azuchi-Momoyama period begins in Japan.	Fallout 3
1603	The Azuchi-Momoyama period ends in Japan.	Fallout 3
1612	John Smith discovers Point Lookout.	Fallout 3
1620	General John Whately's family first arrives in America aboard the Mayflower.	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Winter of Atom
1634	Two English settler ships, the "Ark" and the "Dove," land near Point Lookout.	Fallout 3
1634	Boston Common is established.	Fallout 4
1635	Concord is officially incorporated.	Fallout 4
1660	The Granary Burying Grounds are established.	Fallout 4
1677	The Manwell Arms Company is established.	Fallout 4
1680	The Paul Revere House is built.	Fallout 4
1690	Boston's first newspaper, Publick Occurrences, is published.	Fallout 4
1692	The Salem Witch Trials take place.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
1697 May 17	Andrew Endicott is abducted by aliens from his home in Salem.	Fallout 3

1700s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
1711	Cabot House is established in Boston, Massachusetts.	Fallout 4
1711	The Great Fire of 1711 occurs in Boston, destroying an apothecary that is rebuilt as the Old Corner Bookstore.	Fallout 4
1713	The Old State House is built in Boston.	Fallout 4
1714	The Soil Stradivarius violin is created by the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari.	Fallout 3
1723	The Old North Church is built.	Fallout 4
1733	Boston's Trinity Church is founded.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
1740	Sam Weekes dies and their remains are entombed in the Old North Church crypt.	Fallout 4
1742	French merchant Peter Faneuil donates a building to the city of Boston, subsequently named Faneuil Hall.	Fallout 4
1743	Thomas Jefferson, future U.S. President and Founding Father, is born.	Fallout 3
1744 Feb	William Shippard's remains are entombed in the Old North Church crypt.	Fallout 4
1748	Eliz. Wheelwright dies and their remains are entombed in the Old North Church crypt.	Fallout 4
1767 Dec 8	Ann Mann dies.	Fallout 2
1769 Jul 8	Thomas Webb dies and is buried in the Old Granary Burying Ground.	Fallout 4
1770	The Boston Massacre takes place outside of the Old State House.	Fallout 4
1770	Paul Revere purchases the home that would later be situated on the Freedom Trail.	Fallout 4
1774	Prickett's Fort is founded in West Virginia.	Fallout 76 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
1775 April 17	Lieutenant Colonel Smith marches with 700 British soldiers to Concord, beginning the events of the Revolutionary War.	Fallout 4
1775 June 17	The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought at Breed's Hill, resulting in a British victory.	Fallout 4
1776 Jul 4	The Declaration of Independence is issued, splitting the newly formed United States from King George III and Great Britain.	Fallout 3
1776	Berkeley Springs is founded.	Fallout 76
1786	The Constitution of the United States is drafted.	Fallout 3
1787 Sep 17	The Constitution of the United States is adopted.	Fallout 3
1787	The Shamrock Taphouse is established on the edge of the Theater District of Boston.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
1791	The Bill of Rights is ratified.	Fallout 3
1794	Point Pleasant is founded.	Fallout 76
1797	Fort Independence is named at a ceremony presided over by President John Adams.	Fallout 4
1797	Athens, Ohio is settled.	Fallout 76
1798	The new Massachusetts State House is completed.	Fallout 4
1798	Uisce Beatha company begins distilling whiskey.	Fallout 76

1800s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
1800	Paul Revere moves out of his home in Boston.	Fallout 4
1803 Jan 3	John Barnes dies and is buried in Golgotha.	Fallout 2
1804	South Boston is annexed into Boston.	Fallout 4
1804	Athens, Ohio and Hocking University are established.	Fallout 76
1808	The remains of John Odin, Nath'l Smith, Wm. Walter, Lynde Walter, John Jutau, Peter St. Medard, Robert Fennelly, Shubael Bell, and George Clark are entombed in the Old North Church crypt.	Fallout 4
1813	The Stranger's Tomb is interred in the crypt of the Old North Church in Boston.	Fallout 4
1816	Hopewell Cave is discovered.	Fallout 76
1822	Nicephore Niepce makes major breakthrough in photoengraving, a predecessor of photography.	Fallout 76
1823	President James Monroe presents the Monroe Doctrine.	Fallout 3
1824	The West Virginia town of Sutton is founded.	Fallout 76
1825	Construction begins on the Bunker Hill Monument, utilizing granite from Quincy.	Fallout 4
1826	Thomas Jefferson, former U.S. President and Founding Father, dies.	Fallout 3
1835 Mar 28	Lorenzo Cabot is born.	Fallout 4
1836	Breeds Id is annexed into Boston.	Fallout 4
1845	Henry David Thoreau begins his stay at Walden Pond cabin as part of a transcendentalist experiment.	Fallout 4
1848	The California Gold Rush kicks off, bringing many would-be miners to the west coast of the United States.	Fallout 76
1849	Bunker Hill Monument construction is completed.	Fallout 4
1851	The historic Wildwood Cemetery is founded.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
1856	Grafton is founded.	Fallout 76
1858	The Whitespring Resort is built.	Fallout 76
1861 May	Colonel Kelley receives a promotion to lead the 1st West Virginia.	Fallout 76
1861 June 3	The first land battle of the American Civil War occurs near Philippi, Virginia.	Fallout 76
1862	President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the United States.	Fallout 3
1863 June 20	West Virginia is founded.	Fallout 76
1863 Nov 19	President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.	Fallout 3
1865 Apr 20	The War Department in Washington issues John Wilkes Booth Wanted Posters for the capture of John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of President Lincoln.	Fallout 3
1866	Eastern Regional Penitentiary is established in Appalachia.	Fallout 76
1867	Roxbury is annexed into Boston.	Fallout 4
1869	Dorchester is annexed into Boston.	Fallout 4
1869	Helvetia is settled by German and Swiss immigrants.	Fallout 76
1873	Charlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury are annexed into Boston.	Fallout 4
1874	Herbert Hoover is born in Iowa.	Fallout 76
1877	Trinity Church's construction finishes in Boston.	Fallout 4
1879	James Ritty invents the cash register.	Fallout 3
1887	The Presidential mahogany bed is crafted for the Whitespring Presidential Cottage.	Fallout 76
1890 Jul 14	The Legal Tender Act is passed.	Fallout 76
1891	Herbert Hoover enrolls at Stanford University.	Fallout 76
1894	Welch, West Virginia is founded.	Fallout 76
1894	Lorenzo Cabot embarks on an expedition to the Rub' al Khali desert in Arabia.	Fallout 4
1895	The Schoelt propane company is established.	Fallout 4
1897	Boston's subway system is built, the first of its kind in the United States.	Fallout 4
1898	Lorenzo Cabot is imprisoned in Parsons State Insane Asylum by his son, Jack.	Fallout 4
1899 Feb 10	Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry get married.	Fallout 76

1900s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
1903	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
1903	Mary Anderson invents the windshield wiper.	Fallout 3
1903 Dec 17	The Wright Flyer I aircraft successfully makes the first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.	Fallout 3
1904	Boston is the American League Champion.	Fallout 4
1907	A mining disaster occurs in Monongah, resulting in 367 fatalities.	Fallout 76
1908 May 10	Mother's Day is first celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia.	Fallout 76
1912	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
1915	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
1916	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
1918	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
1918	The Sunset Sarsaparilla Company is founded.	Fallout: New Vegas
1918	The Browning Auto Rifle is adopted by the United States Army as a squad automatic weapon.	Fallout Tactics
1918	The Browning M2 is developed.	Fallout Tactics
1919	Sara Teasdale writes There Will Come Soft Rains.	Fallout 3
1921 Mar 5	President Harding appoints Herbert Hoover as the Secretary of Commerce.	Fallout 76
1925	Richard G. Drew invents adhesive tape.	Fallout 3
1928	The Silver Bridge is constructed, connecting the communities of Gallipolis, Ohio and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.	Fallout 76
1928	Herbert Hoover is nominated for President of the United States.	Fallout 76
1929 Mar 4	Herbert Hoover is sworn in as the 31st President of the United States.	Fallout 76
1929	Ramsy Mcdonald is the Prime Minister of Great Britain.	Fallout 76
1929	Rapidan Camp is constructed.	Fallout 76
1930 Nov 5	The Milfield Mining Disaster takes place in Ohio.	Fallout 76
1930	Skyline Drive is constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps.	Fallout 76
1930	Hawthorne Army Depot is constructed.	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Royal Flush
1931	Vim! Pop Incorporated is founded.	Fallout 4
1934	"Flying Scotsman" sets a world speed record for steam trains, traveling at 100 mph.	Fallout 76
1935	Carl C. Magee invents the parking meter.	Fallout 3
1936	The M1 Garand is the first automatic rifle to be used as the standard infantry weapon of a major army when it is adopted by the United States Army.	Fallout Tactics
1938	The Giant Teapot is built as a landmark representing the largest pottery industry in the world.	Fallout 76
1938	The Bren Gun, a Czech design, is adopted as the standard light machine gun of the British.	Fallout Tactics
1938	The MP38 is adopted as the standard sub machine gun of the German Army.	Fallout Tactics
1941	The United States declares war on Germany.	Fallout 3
1942	The first mission statement of the Sierra Army Depot is published.	Fallout 2
1945	The United States ends World War II by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.	Fallout 4
1946	Boston is the American League Champion.	Fallout 4
1948 Jul 21	A B-29 airplane crashes into Lake Mead.	Fallout: New Vegas
1950 May 15	The West Virginian Liberty Bell is taken on the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive tour, ending on Independence Day.	Fallout 76
1952	The Miners Monument is built to commemorate the miners of Appalachia. A replica was installed in the town of Beckley.	Fallout 76
1960	Charleston Cave is discovered.	Fallout: New Vegas
1960	Police Boxes were manufactured in the UK.	Fallout
1961 May 5	Captain Carl Bell becomes the first human in space aboard Defiance 7.	Fallout 3
1963 April 3-7	A long-handled spade is most popular between April 3-7, 1963.	Fallout 4
1967	Boston is the American League Champion.	Fallout 4
1967 Dec 15	The Silver Bridge collapses into the Ohio River, resulting in 46 deaths.	Fallout 76
1968	United States Congress adopts the National Bridge Inspection Standards in response to the Silver Bridge tragedy.	Fallout 76
1969 Jul 16	The Virgo II Lunar Lander Valiant 11 becomes the first manned space vehicle to touch down on the Moon.	Fallout 3
1969 Nov 14	Valiant 12 mirrors that of its predecessor and reaches the Moon.	Fallout 3
1969	The Thirteen Commonwealths is established.	Fallout 4
1971	Josh Walters is born.	Fallout 2
1974	Athens, Ohio celebrates it's first annual Halloween celebration, known as Horror Night.	Fallout 76
1975	Boston is the American League Champion.	Fallout 4
1978	The Pumpkin House is founded.	Fallout 76
1986	Boston is the American League Champion.	Fallout 4
1991	The Sierra Army Depot rewrites its mission statement.	Fallout 2
1992	The Sierra Army Depot publishes its second mission statement.	Fallout 2

To 2070

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2002	West Tek is founded as a private contractor for the United States Government.	Fallout
2003	Cazadores are created by Doctor Borous at Big MT.	Fallout: New Vegas
2004	Boston wins the World Series.	Fallout 4
2009	Smitty's is established.	Fallout: New Vegas
2011	Josh Walters died from complications during his fifth liver transplant.	Fallout 2
2016	WonderGlue is established.	Fallout 4
2020 Jun 25	Mr. House is born.	Fallout: New Vegas
2020	The Delta IX Rocket is commissioned by the United States Space Administration.	Fallout 3
2021	Hubris Comics begins publishing comic books, including Grognak the Barbarian.	Fallout 3
2022 Dec 3	Blackwater Mine pumps go offline in Appalachia.	Fallout 76
2024	Shannon Rivers is born.	Fallout 76
2025	Gorge Junkyard is established in Appalachia.	Fallout 76
2025	Viva Las Vegas 2025 celebration takes place at the Lucky 38.	Fallout: New Vegas
2026	The original Vim! Pop Factory burns down, and a recreation is built.	Fallout 4
2027	The United States population reaches almost 400 million.	Fallout: BOS Manual
2031	Morgantown's local college rebrands as Vault-Tec University.	Fallout 76
2031	Boston city council unanimously votes to have Emilia Butler's remains interred within the Granary Burying Grounds.	Fallout 4
2031	The Mistress of Mystery makes her debut in Hubris Heroes #8.	Fallout 76
2032 Feb 5	Cherise Fanno, future patient of Parsons State Insane Asylum, is born.	Fallout 4
2036	Landview Lighthouse is established.	Fallout 76
2037	Mister Handy, one of the first autonomous robots, is released.	Fallout RPG
2040	Booze created before this year is considered optimal.	Fallout Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2041 Aug 16	Professor Morrison Rand was abducted by aliens while leaving Banfield College in Humboldt, Oregon.	Fallout 3
2042 Jun 25	Mr. House founds RobCo Industries.	Fallout: New Vegas
2042 Jul 23	Antonio DeSoto, future patient of Parsons State Insane Asylum, is born.	Fallout 4
2042	Wilson Atomatoys is founded in Boston.	Fallout 4
2042	Egret Tours Marina is founded along the Charles River.	Fallout 4
2042	An earthquake hits Mexico City and Mister Handy robots play a prominent role in rescue operations.	Fallout RPG
2042	The White House is renovated.	Fallout 76
2043 Spring	Mass Fusion is founded by Karl Oslow.	Fallout 4
2044	Project dedicated to the development of X277 "Viper" Magnetic Rail Cannon is abandoned due to cost.	Fallout 3
2044	Amateur chemist John-Caleb Bradberton discovers the formula for Nuka-Cola.	Fallout 4
2044	The Great Passion Fruit Famine takes place, forcing Nuka-Cola Corporation to alter their soda recipe.	Fallout 3
2045 Feb 15	Stephanie Harper is born in Canada.	Fallout Television Series
2046	Kenneth Collins has a grad-school fling with a girl from Versailles, later including her personality to create Curie.	Fallout 4
2047	Raul Tejada is born.	Fallout: New Vegas
2048 Mar 4	Penelope Hornwright is born.	Fallout 76
2048 Apr 3	Bonnie Tournquist is born.	Fallout 4
2048	American High School wins the State Championships.	Fallout: New Vegas
2048	Horrorfest is held.	Halloween Workshop
2049 July	Construction of Nuka-World Amusement Park begins.	Fallout 4
2050 May 1	The Nuka-World amusement park opens, featuring its first two attractions, Nuka-Town U.S.A. and Kiddie Kingdom.	Fallout 4
2050	Skynet is created.	Fallout 2
2050	The Sierra Army Depot publishes its third mission statement.	Fallout 2
2051	American High School wins the State Championships.	Fallout: New Vegas
2051	Carol, future resident of Underworld, is born.	Fallout 3
2051	The Weston Water Treatment Plant was built as part of a decade-long plan to modernize Boston's aging sanitation systems.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2051	The Southie Stout is named Boston's Best Beer.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2052 Mar 5	The United States officially closes its borders.	Fallout Tactics
2052 Apr 15	Aniela Stawski, future patient of Parsons State Insane Asylum is born.	Fallout 4
2052 Jul 26	The United Nations disbands after failing to broker a cease-fire between European and Middle Eastern forces.	Fallout 3
2052 Jul 27	The Capitol Post reports murders commited by the Pint-Sized Slasher.	Fallout 3
2052	REPCONN develops fuel to be used in orbital propulsion in response to an energy crisis.	Fallout: New Vegas
2052	The last manned flight to the Moon arrives on its surface.	Fallout 3
2053 Feb 5	Randall Clark is born.	Fallout: New Vegas
2053	US Robotics Disposal is founded.	Fallout 4
2054	American High School wins the State Championships.	Fallout: New Vegas
2054	REPCONN is founded shortly after the completion and launch of the Delta XI rocket.	Fallout: New Vegas
2054	The Project Safehouse initiative begins, propelling Vault-Tec to prominence.	Fallout: RPG
2054	The Presidential mahogany bed is damaged during the Whitespring Presidential Cottage remodeling.	Fallout 76
2056	American High School wins the State Championships.	Fallout: New Vegas
2058	The Whitespring Resort installs a commemorative tablet 200 years after opening.	Fallout 76
2058	The Dry Rock Gulch attraction opens at Nuka-World.	Fallout 4
2058	Isla Negra Real Estate Company begins commercializing Point Lookout despite local resistance.	Fallout 3 Official Game Guide
2060	The U.S. military develops the Cargobot for reconnaissance and delivery of supplies in hostile environments.	Fallout 76
2060	The town of Bradberton is founded, intended for staff members who wanted to shorten their commute to Nuka-World.	Fallout 4
2060	A. Vince, inhabitant of Vault 76, held a bronze medal from the decathlon event of the 2060 Olympics.	Fallout 76
2061 Mar 17	Allegheny Asylum closes after Herald Editorial exposé.	Fallout 76
2061 Mar	Construction of Vault 108 begins.	Fallout 3
2061	Lewisburg is given the year's "Coolest Small Town USA" distinction.	Fallout 76
2062 May 3	A U.F.O. codenamed "Paladine" crashes just north of Hagerstown, Maryland, but could not be recovered.	Fallout 3
2062 May	Construction of Vault 92 begins.	Fallout 3
2062	Wan Yang is incarcerated in Canada as a suspect in the Niagara Sabotage.	Fallout 3
2062	Hubris Comics founds holotape game studio.	Fallout 76
2062	The Southie Stout is named Boston's Best Beer.	Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2063	Construction begins on Vault 13.	Fallout Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2063	Grognak & the Ruby Ruins is published by Hubris Comics.	Fallout 4
2063	Holofilm Frontier Justice is released.	Fallout 76
2064 Mar	Construction of Vault 106 begins.	Fallout 3
2064 Nov 23	Robert Smith, future patient at Parsons State Insane Asylum, is born.	Fallout 4
2065 Feb	Construction of Vault 76 begins.	Fallout 76
2065 Apr 14	M.A.R.Go.T. enters service.	Fallout 3
2065 Apr 14	Janey Howard is born.	Fallout Television Series
2065 Apr 14	Robert House first predicts the Great War will occur.	Fallout Television Series
2066 Winter	Chinese forces invade Alaska.	Fallout 3
2066 May	Construction begins on Vault 87.	Fallout 3
2066	The U.S.S. Ebon Atoll is sunk off the coast of Alaska following a friendly fire incident.	Fallout 3
2066	United States scientists introduce the fusion cell as a potential solution to the energy crisis.	Fallout 3
2067	The Safari Adventure attraction opens at Nuka-World.	Fallout 4
2067	Power Armor is first deployed in Alaska.	Fallout 3
2068	Construction begins on Vault 112.	Fallout 3
02/11/69	The Patriot's Cookbook is banned and marked for burning.	Fallout: New Vegas
2069 Mar	Vault 13 construction is complete.	Fallout 1 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2069 Oct	Vault 76 construction is complete.	Fallout 3
2069	West Tek becomes the single largest contractor of the United States Government.	Fallout

2070-Great War

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2070 Nov 3	Marlene Glass is born.	Fallout 4
2070	The United States Space Administration launches the Deep Sleep project to test hibernation pods in outer space.	Fallout 76
2070	Mass Fusion becomes the primary power provider for all of Massachusetts.	Fallout 4
2071	The Silver Shroud vs. Captain Cosmos episode airs on the Silver Stroud radio program for Thanksgiving.	Fallout 4
2071	West Tek research facility is placed under United States military command.	Fallout
2072 Jul 14	Five Army deserters from Vault 79 are executed by authorities at the Ultra-Luxe Casino in Las Vegas.	Fallout 76
2072 Jul 17	Alleged Chinese spy "Shanghai Sally" and survivor of the Ultra-Luxe shootout is killed off the coast of Galveston following a police chase through multiple cities.	Fallout 76
2072	The last of Nuka-World's additions, Galactic Zone, opens to the public.	Fallout 4
2072	Teddy Fear bears are recalled due to being too terrifying for children.	Fallout 76
2073 Sep 15	U.S. Government establishes Pan-Immunity Virion Project to combat the use of biological weapons.	Fallout
2074 Spring	Cambridge Polymer Labs is founded, funded by the Defense Experimental Research Project Initiative.	Fallout 4
2074	Raymond begins his three-year streak as the number one rated Mall Santa in the Commonwealth.	Holiday Workshop Pack
2075 Feb 14	The Anaheim Jets win Super Bowl CXII, 95-90.	Fallout
2075 Feb 15	Under pressure from the United States Army, the CEO of Dyer Chemical hands over control of the company's production line for Project Clean & Clear.	Fallout 76
2075 May 27	The Whitespring publishes a press release announcing the Whitespring 2080 Initiative, a major five-year renovation project.	Fallout 76
2075 Jun	General Brock assumes command of Fort Strong.	Fallout 4
2075 Aug	The USSA awards ArcJet Systems the contract to develop the XMB Booster Engine and Deep Range Transmitter for the Mars Shot Project.	Fallout 4
2075 Dec 21	The Winter Solstice takes place.	Fallout 76
2075	Flash flooding at Shenandoah National Park kills Ranger Gloria Morelli.	Fallout 76
2076 Jan 24	James Oberlin arrives at ATLAS Observatory to replace the previous military liaison in weather control experiments.	Fallout 76
2076 Feb 16	West Tek starts human FEV mutation experiments at Huntersville.	Fallout 76
2076 Feb	The M42 "Fat Man" Launcher development begins at Fort Strong.	Fallout 4
2076 Jun	Development of T-51 Power Armor is completed and the units are shipped overseas.	Fallout 4
2076 Jul 4	Vault 76 is completed for the United States Tricentennial.	Fallout 76
2076 Aug 25	Evelyn Hornwright's funeral takes place in Charleston.	Fallout 76
2076 Oct 20	Nuka-Cola Quantum is created.	Fallout 4
2076 Nov 26	A hearing to the United States Senate by the Committee on Nuclear Energy is held to discuss the prospect of mining the largest uranium deposit in United States history.	Fallout 76
2076 Nov 30	The Pheasants on the Run event takes place at Pleasant Valley Ski Resort.	Fallout 76
2076 Dec 10	Shelby O'Rourke meets with Ray Gary and Scott Conroy at a Truth Seekers meeting, as part of her cryptid research.	Fallout 76
2076	The Pan-Immunity Virion Project is renamed Forced Evolutionary Virus Project.	Fallout
2076	The Concord Red Rocket Truck Stop wins the Trashbusters Award.	Fallout 4
2076	The Sierra Army Depot rewrites its mission statement.	Fallout 2
2076	2076 American Glasses are created.	Fallout 76
2076	The 15th edition of Coping With Mr. Virus is published by Vault-Tec.	Fallout Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
2076	2076 World Series Baseball Bats are created.	Fallout 76
2077	The Mariposa Military Base is built in central California to conduct Forced Evolutionary Virus research.	Fallout
2077 Jan 11	Anchorage, Alaska is liberated from the Chinese.	Fallout 76
2077 Jan 28	Following the end of the Anchorage conflict, DEFCON is lowered to 3.	Fallout 4
2077 Feb 16	The testing of the ARCHIMEDES weapons system at HELIOS One is successful.	Fallout: New Vegas
2077 Apr 2	John-Caleb Bradberton undergoes a surgical procedure to have his head transplanted into the LEAP-X system, sustaining his life indefinitely.	Fallout 4
2077 May 2	Quinton Geesey publishes an opinion editorial praising the full automation of Grafton Dam and urges Grafton citizens to cease protesting the widespread automation of their jobs.	Fallout 76
2077 May 23	A week after an assassination attempt, mob boss Louie Trevisani starts planning to put in secret passages throughout his home, Shroud Manor.	Shroud Manor
2077 Jun 4	A bomb is defused successfully near a Berkeley Springs highway, thwarting the "Appalachian Assassin."	Fallout 76
2077 Jun 12	R. Jameson & Sons Carpentry, a small family carpentry company, finishes work on the secret passageways for Louie Trevisani, keeping no records of their work as asked. On Trevisani's orders, a mobster named M kills the three carpenters and dumps their van with the bodies in the river.	Shroud Manor
2077 Jun 28	The after-party for the eighth season of the Mistress of Mystery is held in Los Angeles, attended by the staff and actors.	Fallout 76
2077 Jul 4	Lake Quannapowitt contaminated lake water causes a medical crisis at a fishing tournament and is closed to the public.	Fallout 4
2077 Aug 7	A new AI terminal system is installed at the New England Technocrat Society.	Halloween Workshop Pack
2077 Aug 13	Programmer Kurt Barlow enables learning mode on the New England Technocrat Society AI.	Halloween Workshop Pack
2077 Sep 28	An attempted robbery of New Appalachia Bank at the New Appalachian Central Trainyard ends in an explosion that collapses the bank building.	Fallout 76
2077 Sep	Free States leaders Raleigh Clay and Sam Blackwell retreat to their bunkers in The Mire after seceding from the United States.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 3	Automation Riots begin in Appalachia and Governor Evans calls in the National Guard.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 5	Kurt Barlow is kicked out of the New England Technocrat Society and reassigned, the AI's learning mode is set to maximum input and fed over a hundred years of crime novels, world news, and horror films, overloading it.	Halloween Workshop Pack
2077 Oct 17	The Treasures of Jamaica Plain one week exhibit begins.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 18	The United States Army sends a letter to SLCT. James Oberlin to inform him of the closure of the ATLAS Program.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 18	Hornwright Industrial wins in the "Man vs. Machine" competition against the Garrahan Mining Company.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 21	Vault-Tec staff at Vault 94 receive the decryption keys to unseal their new orders for the vault.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 22	Invading United States forces push Chinese military back to Beijing.	Fallout 2
2077 Oct 22	Scott Turner sabotages Watoga's automated emergency service protocols as part of Operation Free Watoga, turning the robots hostile and triggering a mass evacuation.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 22	The Platinum Chip is printed in Sunnyvale, California. It was to have been hand-delivered the next day.	Fallout: New Vegas
2077 Oct 22	The New England Technocrat Society Halloween party is held this night, but a prank by J. Pratt escalates to a massacre when the AI releases a full canister of experimental HalluciGen Gas, driving the entire society and several RobCo investors insane and killing them.	Halloween Workshop Pack
2077 Oct 23	A Halloween costume contest was scheduled to take place at Freddy Fear's House of Scares.	Fallout 3
2077 Oct 23, 12:03 AM	COMPACFLT reports three USOs off of the California coast and asks the Joint Chiefs to advise.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23, 3:37 AM	The United States Air Force detects a squadron of airplanes at high altitudes above the Bering Strait.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23	Students from the Early Dawn Elementary school attend a field trip at Lamplight Caverns.	Fallout 3

Great War

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2077 Oct 23, 9:13 AM	IONDS reports four probable nuclear launches and DEFCON is raised to 2.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23, 9:17 AM	NORAD confirms the launch of nuclear weapons and DEFCON is raised to 1.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23, 9:26 AM	DIA at the Switchboard reports the authenticated order for Response Scenario MX-CN91.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23, 9:42 AM	The Switchboard confirms nuclear strikes in Pennsylvania and New York.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23	Confirmed nuclear detonations in Pennsylvania and New York are broadcasted nationwide.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23	Cooper Howard performs at Roy Spencer's birthday party with his daughter Janey before fleeing the detonation of several nuclear bombs in Los Angeles on his horse Sugarfoot.	Fallout Television Show
2077 Oct 23	The West Coast is devastated by nuclear weapons. The news reaches Washington, D.C. and civilians begin entering fallout shelters.	Fallout 3
2077 Oct 23	Sanctuary Hills and Concord residents flee to Vault 111 and Boston is hit with nuclear weapons.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23	Pilots of Skylanes Flight 1981 and Skylanes Flight 1665 witness the nuclear detonations and make crash landings.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23	Salt Lake City is struck by thirteen nuclear bombs.	Fallout: New Vegas
2077 Oct 23	Robert House's defenses stop 68 of the 77 nuclear bombs launched at Las Vegas, preventing direct strikes in the city.	Fallout: New Vegas
2077 Oct 23, 9:47 AM	The National Isolated Radio Array experiences power fluctuations from nuclear detonations and records the event as an error.	Fallout 76
2077 Oct 23, 9:47 AM	The rest of the United States is bombarded with nuclear weapons, and the Switchboard monitoring stations go offline.	Fallout 4
2077 Oct 23, 1:30 PM	Vault 94 is sealed.	Fallout 76

Post-War

Great War to 2100

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2077 Oct 27	Captain Roger Maxson leaves Mariposa, leading his group to the government bunker at Lost Hills.	Fallout 2
2077 Nov 4	Taggerdy's Thunder sets out to Camp Venture.	Fallout 76
2077 Winter	Charleston survivors experience a difficult winter.	Fallout 76
2078 Jan 1	The General Atomics Galleria automatic re-opening is scheduled to occur.	Fallout 4
2078 Jan 15	Glowing green snow falls in Zion Canyon.	Fallout: New Vegas
2078 Jan 26	Jason is elected as first mayor of Little Lamplight.	Fallout 3
2078 Apr 23	Vault 111's 180-day mandatory shelter period ends, but the overseer refuses to open the vault without an all-clear signal.	Fallout 4
2078 Jul	This was the planned estimated launch date that the XMB Booster Engine made by ArcJet Systems was to be used by the USSA in the Mars Shot Project before the War.	Fallout 4
2078 Aug 30	The Whitespring Resort locks down to maintain its supplies.	Fallout 76
2078 Oct 23	One year after the war, Vault 94 re-opens as the mandatory minimum shelter period ends.	Fallout 76
2078 Nov 20	Harpers Ferry survivors investigate Vault 94, attack the GECK and murder the inhabitants, creating The Mire.	Fallout 76
2078 Dec 1	The Whitespring Resort's Modern Heritage Initiative automatically activates, forcing survivors to leave.	Fallout 76
2078	The inhabitants of Vault 87 are turned into Super Mutants, becoming a threat to the Capital Wasteland.	Fallout 3 Official Game Guide
2081	Skynet becomes self aware.	Fallout 2
2082 Oct 23	Five years after the war, Vault-Tec initiates the Vault 95 experiment.	Fallout 4
2082 Dec 24	The Christmas Flood takes place, destroying the majority of Charleston.	Fallout 4
2084 Feb 15	Judith Blackwell dies.	Fallout 76
2085 Nov 13	Carol Sweeney witnesses a Scorchbeast from her camp at Big Bend Tunnel East.	Fallout 76
2085	The United States military anticipates the VB-02 Vertibird to enter service.	Fallout 3
2086	The Brotherhood of Steel and Responders win the Battle of Huntersville.	Fallout 76
2087	Measure 6 aims to completely automate human jobs by 2087.	Fallout 76
2088 May 3	The Brotherhood of Steel establishes a camp at Big Bend Tunnel East.	Fallout 76
2093 Apr 3	MacFadden begins to refurbish the Vault-Tec Agricultural Research Center.	Fallout 76
2093 Jul 20	Camp Venture is abandoned by the Brotherhood of Steel to focus on Fort Defiance and the Thunder Mountain Power Plant.	Fallout 76
2093 Fall	The Brotherhood of Steel begin trading with survivors at Big Bend Tunnel.	Fallout 76
2095 Jan 28	The Brotherhood of Steel launch Operation Touchdown to wipe out the Scorchbeast threat.	Fallout 76
2095 Aug 19	The Thunder Mountain Power Plant and Fort Defiance falls to the Scorched.	Fallout 76
2095 Summer	Traders find the Brotherhood of Steel camp at Big Bend abandoned.	Fallout 76
2095 Sep 20	First group of survivors arrive in Zion Canyon	Fallout: New Vegas
2096 Jul 6	Dr. Claire Hudson arrives at AVR Medical Center, and begins work on a vaccine for the Scorched Plague.	Fallout 76
2096	The Free States are attacked by the Scorched and driven to their bunkers.	Fallout 76
2096	The inhabitants of Vault 22 abandon their vault due to an outbreak of Beauveria Mordicana.	Fallout: New Vegas
2096	118 former inhabitants of Vault 22 arrive in Zion Canyon.	Fallout: New Vegas
2097 Spring	The Scorched force survivors to retreat from their camps into Big Bend Tunnel.	Fallout 76
2097	John Maxson is born.	Fallout 3
2097	William Keller and his fellow Ghouls flee Appalachia to join a larger ghoul community in Washington, D.C.	Fallout 76

2100s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2100	Randall Clark travels to Toquerville to gather medical supplies, in preparation for the upcoming birth of his son with Sylvie.	Fallout: New Vegas
2100	The year in which Hornwright Industrial endeavors to be fully automated.	Fallout 76
2101 Mar 5	Randall Clark's wife and son both die during childbirth.	Fallout: New Vegas
2102	Fallout 76 begins.	Fallout 76
2103	Fallout 76 timeline advances with Wastelanders update.	Fallout 76
2104	Fallout 76 timeline advances with Steel Dawn update.	Fallout 76
2105	Fallout 76 timeline advances with Atlantic City Boardwalk Paradise update.	Fallout 76
2108 Aug	Randall Clark encounters Feral Ghouls for the first time in Zion Canyon.	Fallout: New Vegas
2109	Ava West becomes Overseer of Vault 33.	Fallout Television Show
2110	The Institute is officially founded.	Fallout 4
2120	Skynet is given a new set of instructions and abandoned by the Makers.	Fallout 2
2121	Vault 8 opens and its occupants use the vault's GECK to begin construction of Vault City.	Fallout 2
2121	George Yaffe's tenure as overseer of Vault 33 begins.	Fallout Television Series
2123 Apr 25	A group of children arrive in Zion Canyon after escaping from The Principal and The School.	Fallout: New Vegas
2124	Randall Clark dies at The Red Gate in Zion Canyon.	Fallout: New Vegas
2125	George Yaffe's tenure as overseer of Vault 33 ends.	Fallout Television Series
2135	Maxson II becomes High Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel.	Fallout 3
2138	Mr. House awakens from his coma.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2142	Shady Sands is founded.	Fallout Television Series
2155	The New Vegas branch of the Gun Runners is established.	Fallout: New Vegas
2161	Fallout begins.	Fallout
2170	Followers of the Apocalypse scouts confirm the existence of an intact Hoover Dam.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2178	The Institute Directorate pre-approves research on samples of Forced Evolutionary Virus.	Fallout 4
2180	The Commonwealth Minutemen defend Diamond City from a super mutant attack, rising to prominence as a result.	Fallout 4
2186	A trial council government of the New California Republic is formed.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2189	The New California Republic is voted into existence as five states: Shady Sands, Los Angeles, Maxson, the Hub, and Dayglow.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Fallout Television Series
2196	Aradesh's daughter, Tandi, is unanimously elected President by the New California Republic Council.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2196	The New California Republic Book is published.	Fallout Television Series
2197	Fallout Tactics begins.	Fallout Tactics
2198	Shady Sands becomes the capital of the NCR.	Fallout Television Series

2200s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2205	New California Republic introduces laws protecting ghouls and other mutants within its territories.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2224	Institute FEV research reaches an impasse due to subjects' radiation exposure.	Fallout 4
2226	Edward Sallow, later known as Caesar, is born.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2227	An Institute team lead by Conrad Kellogg infiltrates Vault 111 and kidnaps Shaun, killing the spouse of the Sole Survivor in the process.	Fallout 4
2229 May	The Broken Mask Incident occurs in Diamond City.	Fallout 4
2239 Apr 25	Rivet City is named at the inaugural meeting of the city council, consisting of members Horace Pinkerton, Annette Holmes and Brad Danvers.	Fallout 3
2240	The town of Goodneighbor is founded by criminals banished from Diamond City.	Fallout 4
2240	The Commonwealth Minutemen's headquarters, the Castle, is destroyed by a giant mirelurk.	Fallout 4
2241 Feb 10	A survey party from Vault 101 led by Anne Palmer scouts the area of Springvale and Megaton.	Fallout 3
2241	Herbert "Daring" Dashwood meets Argyle and the two become best friends.	Fallout 3
2241	Fallout 2 begins.	Fallout 2
2241	The NCR becomes the largest economic and political power in California.	Fallout Television Series
2241	The Mordino Family's fortune collapses.	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Royal Flush
2241	Casper Mordino first arrives in Silver Springs.	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Royal Flush
2246	A group of nine members of the Followers of the Apocalypse, including Edward Sallow and Bill Calhoun are sent east to study the wasteland. During the journey Sallow discovers literature about the life of Gaius Julius Caesar.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2247	Edward Sallow founds Caesar's Legion.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2248	President Tandi dies at the age of 103. Her vice-president Joanna Tibbett is sworn in as new president of the NCR.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2248	Caesar begins his conquest of the tribes of southeastern Utah, southwestern Colorado, the western edge of New Mexico, and the northern half of Arizona.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2249 Summer	Blue Destiny Brothel experiences a cholera outbreak.	Fallout 3
2250	Caesar declares himself the "Son of Mars."	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2250	Harmon Jurley leads the Paradise Falls slavers.	Fallout 3
2251	Herbert "Daring" Dashwood is voted "honorary ghoul" in Underworld.	Fallout 3
2253	Mojave Raiders massacre 38 NCR citizens, and President Joanna Tibbett is voted out of office after a timid response. She is replaced by Wendell Peterson.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2255	A Brotherhood of Steel expedition led by Elder Lyons arrives in the Capital Wasteland.	Fallout 3
2255	Flagstaff is established as the Legion's capital.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2256	The Capitol Preservation Society retrieved the Constitution of the United States from the National Archives.	Fallout 3
2258	The Lone Wanderer is born at the Jefferson Memorial.	Fallout 3
2266 Nov	Wyatt becomes the leader of the Railroad after the Institute massacres their HQ.	Fallout 4
2267 Jan	The Railroad successfully moves first Synth out of the Commonwealth.	Fallout 4
2267	Arthur Maxson is born.	Fallout 3
2268 Aug 9	Hank MacLean is unfrozen from cryo in preparation to become overseer of Vault 33.	Fallout Television Show
2268	Amata decorates the Vault 101 cafeteria in anticipation of the Lone Wanderer's tenth birthday party.	Fallout 3
2270	NCR General Aaron Kimball leads the successful "Pacification of the Mojave" by removing the tribal threat around Bullhead City.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2271	The NCR Rangers and the Desert Rangers sign the Ranger Unification Treaty, merging their efforts in the Mojave.	Fallout: New Vegas
2271	Hank MacLean becomes Overseer of Vault 33	Fallout Television Series
2272	The NCR's Mojave Outpost is established.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2273 Mar	John D. develops the Railroad's Dead Drop system.	Fallout 4
2273 Dec	Pinky takes over leadership of Railroad after Wyatt's death.	Fallout 4
2273	Aaron Kimball retires from the NCR military and is elected as one of The Hub's political representatives.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2273	Wendell Peterson is voted out of office and General Kimball is sworn in as the new NCR president.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2273	The NCR sends Rangers to scout the Hoover Dam.	Fallout: New Vegas
2274 Aug 3	The Lone Wanderer takes the G.O.A.T. exam.	Fallout 3
2274	President Aaron Kimball sends the NCR Army into the Mojave in force, with the objective of occupying and repairing the Hoover Dam.	Fallout: New Vegas
2274	Mr. House begins renovations of New Vegas.	Fallout: New Vegas
2274	The Treaty of New Vegas is signed between Mr. House and the NCR. The Hover Dam becomes operational, and the New Vegas Strip opens for business.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2274	Hoover Dam restarts and the Strip lights up. The first NCR citizens visit the Strip.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2274	Caesar completes his conquest of the tribes of southeastern Utah, southwestern Colorado, the western edge of New Mexico, and the northern half of Arizona.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2275	Camp McCarran is established as NCR headquarters, and conflict begins with the Mojave Brotherhood of Steel.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2275	The NCR restarts the Hoover Dam.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2275	The NCR government withdraws official support from the Followers of the Apocalypse and founds the Office of Science and Industry.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2275	Legion scouts report the NCR has occupied and restarted Hoover Dam, restoring electrical power to the Strip. Caesar begins planning war against the NCR.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2275	The Legion begins assembling forces on the east side of the Colorado River.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2276 Jan	The Railroad decides to move all escaped synths out of the Commonwealth after the death of Lamda 8.	Fallout 4
2276	The NCR defeats the Brotherhood of Steel at Operation: Sunburst and takes control of HELIOS One.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2276	Pinkerton enters Vault 112 and salvages a Mem Chip for a Circuit Neuralizer.	Fallout 3
2277 Dec	The Railroad loses Trinity Safehouse and Desdemona takes over leadership.	Fallout 4
2277	Fallout 3 begins.	Fallout 3
2277	Caesar's Legion moves into the Mojave, setting up their base of operations at Fortification Hill.	Fallout: New Vegas
2277	NCR forces defeat Caesar's Legion during the Battle of Hoover Dam.	Fallout: New Vegas
2277	The "Fall of Shady Sands" happens.	Fallout Television Series
2277	Vault 33 suffers from a major famine.	Fallout Television Series
2277	Overseer Baht opens Vault 81 to the Commonwealth	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game
2278	The NCR attacks a Great Khans settlement, precipitating the Bitter Springs Massacre.	Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide
2278	Brotherhood patrols from Hidden Valley are first noticed by Mr. House due to the loss of Securitrons.	Fallout: New Vegas
2279	Thomas Weatherby joins the Railroad HQ and the Railsign system is devised.	Fallout 4
2280	Escaped Synth Glory refuses mind wipe and joins the Railroad.	Fallout 4
2280	The events of Royal Flush take place.	Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Royal Flush
2281	Fallout: New Vegas begins.	Fallout: New Vegas
2281	The Railroad Agent Tommy Whispers discovers the Switchboard and PAM.	Fallout 4
2281	Deacon identifies Synth infiltrator at the Railroad's Mercer Safehouse.	Fallout 4
2282	General Joe Becker dies, resulting in the Commonwealth Minutemen infighting over his replacement.	Fallout 4
2282	McDonough is elected mayor of Diamond City and banishes ghoul residents through the Anti-Ghoul Decree of 2282.	Fallout 4
2282	The Railroad's Tommy Whispers is promoted to Heavy.	Fallout 4
2283	Liam Binet, Institute Scientist, establishes communication with the Railroad under the codename "PATRIOT."	Fallout 4
2/29/2284	A group consisting of Kendell Alston and his daughter Tiana breach Galactic Zone's north gate and begin salvage operations.	Fallout 4
2284	The Railroad's Tinker Tom breaks the Patriot's coded messages and reveals it to be "Mass Fusion."	Fallout 4
2285	Kellogg contacts University Point residents in order to acquire valuable pre-War technology found by Jacqueline Spencer.	Fallout 4
2285	The Railroad's Bolthole safehouse is destroyed and HQ is moved to the Switchboard.	Fallout 4
4/11/2286	Colter takes control of Nuka-Town USA, causing survivors to flee to Starport Nuka.	Fallout 4
4/12/2286	In response to the raider takeover of Nuka-Town USA, Kendell Alston activates the Starport Nuka Defensive Mode despite the protests of his daughter Tiana. The lack of Star Cores in the Star Control causes the system to malfunction, resulting in the park's robots turning hostile and wiping out the inhabitants.	Fallout 4
2286	Brian Virgil assumes leadership of the Institute's FEV Lab after Dr. C. Syverson's passing.	Fallout 4
2286	The Railroad begins fortifying The Switchboard.	Fallout 4
2287	Fallout 4 begins.	Fallout 4
2287	The Railroad operates 12 safehouses and Deacon begins Project Wanderer.	Fallout 4
2291 Jul 26	Wendy Y. Clark celebrates her wedding in Vault 33.	Fallout Television Show
2294 Mar 17	Bert and Stephanie Harper are married.	Fallout Television Show
2296	Events of the Fallout Television Series begin.	Fallout Television Series
2296	The Battle For Griffith Observatory takes place.	Fallout Television Series
2297	Moira Brown ships the Wasteland Survival Guide.	Fallout 3 Official Game Guide

2300s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2301	Estimated year Mr. House will reignite the high technology development sectors.	Fallout: New Vegas
2331	Estimated year Mr. House will have people orbiting the Earth.	Fallout: New Vegas
2381	Estimated year Mr. House's colony ships will be heading to the stars to search for planets unpolluted by nuclear war.	Fallout: New Vegas

2900s

Year	Event	Appears	Source
2910	Blind Diode Jefferson saves Big MT from sonic invasion.	Fallout: New Vegas

Periods

Periods of time mentioned in the series.

Azuchi-Momoyama Period

Early Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

Late Jurassic Period

Mesozoic

Months

Main article: Months

References

Publications