The universe is large and vast, the solar system that we live in alone holds many secrets. Many people trusted in Edgar Rice Burroughs to record these events in the many books he has written. Please note that many of the dates are calculated based on information from the books and the ERBU.
23 million years ago[]
The Tree of Life, origin of Barsoomian life, flourishes in the Center of Valley Dor.
500,000 years Ago[]
The White Martians rule over Barsoom.
966[]
- 900 years before John Carter's advent on Mars, the first great battleship on Mars was built in Helium, but it had too great a quantity of the 8th ray.
1781[]
1805[]
Births[]
- March 29 - Ah-gilak is born.[2]
1845[]
Events[]
- The whaling ship, Dolly Dorcas, goes down.[2]
1865[]
Events[]
- June 22 - The American Civil War ends. John Carter, then a soldier for the Confederate Army, is left broke.
1866[]
The majority of A Princess of Mars occurs in 1866.
Events[]
- March 4 - John Carter and his friend John Powell head out to Arizona to look at a gold mine. The expedition is a disaster; they are set upon by Native Americans. Powell is killed, and Carter, after taking refuge in a cave, is transported to Mars through mysterious means.[3]
- March 15 - Carter kills Dotar and Sojat while defending Dejah Thoris and gains all of their possessions and retinue.
- May 1 - The great games commence in Warhoon.
- June 22 - The Battle of Zodanga begins.
1870[]
Events[]
1876[]
The last act of A Princess of Mars occurs in 1876.
Events[]
- March 2 - Word reaches Helium that the keeper of the Air Factory has been assassinated and the factory has stopped producing air. This news is kept from the general populace to avoid causing a panic.
- March 5 - In a last, desperate bid to save Barsoom, John Carter flies to the Air Factory and dies just after re-activating it. Almost simultaneously, he re-awakens in the cave in Arizona.
1883[]
Births[]
- Humans - David Innes[4]
1884[]
Events[]
- Carthoris, on a whim, decides to visit the Valley Dor, but is captured by the Black Martians and brought before Issus.
1886[]
- February 1 - Tars Tarkas ventures out to the Valley Dor.
- February 6 - Tardos Mors and Mors Kajak leave Helium to seek out Carthoris.
- March 4 - Exactly 20 years to the day of his advent on Mars, John Carter dies of natural causes on Earth, and finds himself back on Barsoom. His nephew Edgar receives instructions to lay his uncle to rest unembalmed in a specially-designed tomb. Burroughs also receives a manuscript of Carter's memoirs, which he is told not to read until 11 years after Carter's death. Furthermore, he is instructed not to reveal the contents to anyone else until 21 years after Carter's death.[5]
1888[]
Events[]
- March 18 - The Battle of Kaol begins.
- April 17 - The Battle of Kadabra begins.
- May - John Lord Greystoke and his wife arrive in Africa.[6]
1890[]
- Jane Porter is born.[7]
1896[]
Births[]
- Humans - Julian 1st[8]
1897[]
Events[]
- Burroughs opens the manuscript left to him by John Carter.
1900[]
Events[]
- Colonel Custer Pennington moves to California.[9]
1903[]
Events[]
- Pellucidar is discovered by David Innes and Abner Perry.[10]
- Jason Gridley is born.[11]
1907[]
Events[]
- Burroughs begins preparing John Carter's manuscript for publishing.
1908[]
- Gretchen von Harben is born.[12]
1911[]
- The events of The Monster Men take place.[1]
1912[]
Events[]
- February - Burroughs releases the first part of his uncle's manuscript to a pulp magazine, which gives it the title Under the Moons of Mars.
1913[]
Events[]
- Innes returns to the surface with a Mahar. He gives his story to Edgar Rice Burroughs, who subsequently writes At the Earth's Core.
1914[]
Events[]
- July 28 - The Austrio-Hungarian Empire invades Serbia in retaliation for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand one month earlier. World War I begins.
1916[]
Julian 1st is married.[8]
1917[]
- Julian 2nd is born.[8]
- Ulysses Paxton reads A Princess of Mars while at an officers' training camp.[13]
1918[]
- The events of The Master Mind of Mars take place in 1918.
- Mid October to Late November - The events of Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time take place.[14]
Events[]
- Jason Gridley's parents die during the [Spanish flu epidemic].[15]
- August 20 - Capt. Ulysses Paxton of the United States Military is nearly killed when a shell lands near him, blowing off his legs and paralyzing him. Delirious with pain, he prays to Mars for salvation, and is thus transported to Barsoom.
- November 11 - Julian 1st is killed in France.[8]
1919[]
Deaths[]
- August 24 - Jeddara Xaxa of Phundahl (Red Martian)
1925[]
Events[]
- June 8 - Ulysses Paxton sends Burroughs a manuscript of his adventures.[13]
1926[]
- Jason Gridley discovers the Gridley Wave.[16]
1928[]
- The events of Carson of Venus.[17]
1929[]
Events[]
- The O-220 enters Pellucidar through the northern polar opening.
1932[]
Births[]
- February 17: Victory Harben is born in Pellucidar.[10][18]
1937[]
- Julian 3rd is born, and is a reincarnation of Julian[8]
1938[]
- Julian 2nd is killed in a battle taking place in Turkey.[8]
1939[]
Events[]
- Jason Gridley contacts Innes in Pellucidar.
- September - Tangor is shot down by Germans, and wakes up on the planet Poloda.[19]
1952[]
- February - The events of Jane Porter and the City of Fire take place in the middle of this month.[20]
1967[]
Events[]
1969[]
Events[]
- March - Edgar Rice Burroughs is rescued in the Arctic by Julian 3rd.[21]
1970[]
- Julian 4th is born.[8]
- The events of Mahars of Pellucidar take place.[22]
1992[]
- Julian 3rd dies in the line of duty.[8]
2000[]
- Julian 5th is born.[8]
2016[]
- Julian 5th graduates from Air School, and heads into the International Peace Fleet.[8]
2024[]
- Commander Orthis discovers and isolates the Eighth Solar Ray, along with the other rays two months later.[8]
2025[]
- December 24: The crew of the Barsoom are given a celebratory farewell ball at the White House.[8]
- December 25: The Barsoom launches into space.[8]
2026[]
2036[]
- Julian 5th returns to Earth, and Nah-ee-lah gives birth to Julian 6th.[24]
2050[]
- Orthis returns from the Moon to invade Earth, doing battle with Julian 5th and both being killed in the process.[21]
2100[]
- Julian 9th is born.[8]
2122[]
- Julian 9th is executed.[25]
2408[]
2434[]
- Julian 20th becomes the Chief of Chiefs.[26]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.facebook.com/erburroughs/posts/pfbid0211YvETHBhSMN9o39VuafTfWrvGvFrcMoLq3oPYu8nHnqPjdFWZ5etzLoKZqD5MkAl
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savage Pellucidar, Part 2: "Men of the Bronze Age", Chapter 2
- ↑ A Princess of Mars, Chapter 1: On The Arizona Hills
- ↑ https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/characters/davidinnes/
- ↑ A Princess of Mars, Foreword
- ↑ Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1: Out to Sea
- ↑ https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/characters/janeporter/
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 The Moon Maid, Chapter 1: An Adventure in Space
- ↑ The Girl from Hollywood, Chapter 3
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Victory Harben: Fires of Halos, Chapter 1: The Missing Link
- ↑ https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/characters/jasongridley/
- ↑ https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/characters/gretchenvonharben/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Master Mind of Mars, A Letter
- ↑ Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, Editor's Introduction
- ↑ Jason Gridley of Earth: Across the Moons of Mars, Chapter 1
- ↑ Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun, Prologue
- ↑ https://edgarriceburroughs.com/store/product/jane-porter-and-the-city-of-fire/
- ↑ https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/characters/victoryharben/
- ↑ Beyond the Farthest Star, Chapter 1
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erburroughs/jane-porter-and-the-city-of-fire-graphic-novel
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 The Moon Men, Chapter 1: A Strange Meeting
- ↑ Mahars of Pellucidar, Chapter 1: Beneath the Earth's Crust
- ↑ The Moon Maid, Chapter 2: The Secret of the Moon
- ↑ The Moon Maid, Chapter 14: The Barsoom!
- ↑ The Moon Men, Chapter 10: The Butcher
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 The Red Hawk, Chapter 1: The Desert Clans