A timeline of all major events in the Halo universe from the time of the Forerunners through the rule of the Created.
2142 CE
In 2142 CE, the Unggoy were discovered on their homeworld of Balaho by the Covenant and forcibly added to their list of member species.
The Jovian Moons Campaign was a brief conflict in 2160 between the corporate-backed Friedens and the neo-communist Koslovics on several of the Jovian moons, spurred by a Frieden attack on a team of colonial advisers sent by the United Nations to help police the often violent region.
The Rainforest Wars was a large-scale conflict from 2162 to 2163 between the fascist Friedens, the neo-communist Koslovics, and the forces of the United Nations on the continent of South America.
The Mars Campaign was a retaliatory strike in December 2163 by the United Nations to eliminate the Koslovics, a rebel organizations labeled as terrorists by the UN.
The Interplanetary War was a six-year conflict between the United Nations, neo-communists known as the Koslovics, and the corporate-backed Friedens, an movement with strong fascist roots.
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, informally known as an FTL drive or slipspace drive, was invented by a team of scientists led by Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa and unveiled to humanity in April 2291.
The first permutation of the Orion Project, the predecessor to the future Spartan programs in the 26th century, was initiated on April 13th, 2321, consisting of five test candidates.
The Domus Diaspora was a time period during humanity’s expansion into the galaxy that saw massive colonization efforts of hundreds of colony worlds in the span of around thirty years, starting in 2362.
The colony world of Reach, the first ever extrasolar colony established by humanity, was colonized sometime in 2362 by the colony ship Odyssey.
The colony world of Arcadia, one of the many outer worlds to be colonized in the 25th century, was settled sometime in 2429.
The colony world of Meridian, a moon orbiting Hestia V in the Hestia system, was an outer colony world colonized sometime in 2431.
2462 CE
Following years of abuse of Unggoy at the hands of the Kig-Yar culminating in the sterilization of thousands via poisoning, the Unggoy Rebellion began in 2462 to protest their treatment by the Kig-Yar and the Covenant as a whole.
The outer colony world of Harvest, one of the youngest human colonies, was settled sometime in 2468.
~2470 - 2480 CE
Sometime prior to the Jiralhanae’s inclusion into the Covenant in 2492, a decade-long civil war known as the First Immolation devastated the Brute homeworld of Doisac and reduced the Jiralhanae society to pre-industrial technologies.
In 2491, Doctor Elias Carver published a series of findings regarding the possibility of insurrection in the outer colonies.
In 2491, the Office of Naval Intelligence re-instituted the Orion Project, an attempt to create engineered super-soldiers to boost combat effectiveness.
The Far Isle Rebellion was a major uprising on the outer colony world of Far Isle in 2492 that is largely cited in spurring the Insurrection.
2492 CE
In 2492, soon after the end of a devastating civil war between Jiralhanae that caused a total collapse in Jiralhanae society, the Covenant visited the Brute homeworld of Doisac and invited them to join.
The Callisto Incident was a series of events involving the UNSC Callisto that is considered the first true insurrectionist attack from January to March 2494.
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Operation: TREBUCHET was a twelve-year UNSC operation to quell growing unrest and insurrectionist activities in the outer colonies from 2513 until the start of the Human-Covenant War in 2525.
The Spartan II program, led by Dr. Catherine Halsey, was a plan by the Office of Naval Intelligence to use children with superior genetic traits to create a group of super-soldiers in order to put an end to the ongoing Insurrection in the outer colonies.
The First Battle of Harvest was humanity's first contact with the Covenant on the planet Harvest in the Epsilon Indi system and the subsequent destruction of the entire colony.
On their first mission as fully augmented Spartan-IIs, Blue Team, consisting of John-117, Samuel-034, Linda-058, Kelly-087, and Fred-104, infiltrate Eridanus Secundus, a hidden United Rebel Front base located in an asteroid field, and capture Colonel Watts.
The Battle of Chi Ceti was a battle between the UNSC Commonwealth and the Covenant vessel Unrelenting in the Chi Ceti system on November 27th, 2525.
The Battle of Alpha Corvi II was a battle between the UNSC and the Covenant forces in the Alpha Corvi system on December 3rd, 2525.
The Battle of Bliss was a Covenant attack on the outer colony world of Bliss on February 13th, 2526.
The Second Battle of Harvest, also known as just simply the Battle of Harvest, was humanities first attempt to recover the planet Harvest from the Covenant, who wiped out the existing colony and killed tens of thousands of civilians a year earlier.
The Harvest Campaign was a five-year campaign to retake the planet Harvest after the Covenant took over the planet and wiped out the colony on Harvest.
Operation: SILENT STORM was a UNSC operation to use EVA tactics to infiltrate Covenant vessels and either capture or destroy them from within early in the Human-Covenant War in March and April 2526.
WINTER CONTINGENCY was a UNSC emergency plan directive that was declared whenever it was determined the Covenant had learned the location of a colony world.
The Battle of Circinius IV was a Covenant attack on the planet Circinius IV and Corbulo Military Academy located on the planet.
The Battle of Mesra was a Covenant attack on the human outer colony world of Mesra in late May to early June 2526.
The Battle of Netherop was a conflict between UNSC forces led by Spartan-II Blue Team and Covenant forces on the uninhabited hothouse world in June 2526.
The Battle of Alpha Aurigae was a large naval battle between UNSC and Covenant forces in the Origami Asteroid Field of the Alpha Aurigae system, culminating in a UNSC victory.
The Battle of XI Boötis A was a naval battle during the early portions of the Human-Covenant War.
The Fall of Madrigal was an early battle in the Human-Covenant War, occurring on and around the planet Madrigal in the 23 Librae system.
The Battle of Hat Yai was a battle early in the Human-Covenant War that took place between late 2528 and early 2529.
Sometime in 2530 the colony world of Eridanus II, home world of John-117, was glassed by an unknown Covenant force.
The Battle of the Great Bear was a naval battle between a UNSC fleet of seventeen warships and three Covenant warships in the Groombridge-1830 system.
The Battle for Arcadia was a battle for the colony Arcadia in the Procyon system, which occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Harvest Campaign.
The Battle of the Etran Harborage was a battle between the UNSC Spirit of Fire and Covenant forces lead by Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee on Shield World 0459, also known as the Etran Harborage.
Operation: SMOKING ACES was a raid by Spartan-II Blue Team on an Insurrection stronghold in the 111 Tauri system.
Spartan-III Alpha company was the first of three Spartan-III companies to be recruited, trained, and put into service.
In an effort to limit the ability for the Covenant to discover human colonies, including the inner colonies and Earth, the Cole Protocol was established to wipe all ship navigation data when the UNSC came into contact with any Covenant forces.
The Battle of Jericho VII was a three-day naval and ground battle pitting the UNSC versus the Covenant forces in the Lambda Serpentis system.
The Battle of Charybdis IX was a Covenant assault on the planet Charybdis IX in the Charybdis system sometime in 2535, prior to the Battle of the Rubble.
The Battle of the Rubble was a battle that took place in the 23 Librae system on a grouping of Lagrangian asteroids trailing Hesiod, a gas giant in the system, some time around 2535.
The Battle of Metisette occurred in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Rubble in 2535, taking place on Metisette, the nearby moon of the gas giant Hesiod.
The Battle of Leonis Minoris was a battle between Covenant and UNSC forces in the Leonis Minoris system sometime in 2537.
The Battle of New Harmony was an assault on the colony New Harmony by Covenant forces in early 2537.
The Battle of New Constantinople was a large conflict between UNSC and Covenant forces that took place some time in early 2537 on the colony of New Constantinople.
Operation: PROMETHEUS was an assault on a Covenant shipyard located on and around asteroid K7-49 by Spartan-III Alpha Company.
The Battle of Kholo was a Covenant assault on the human colony world of Kholo sometime in 2539.
Spartan-III Beta company was the second of three Spartan-III companies to be recruited, trained, and put into service.
Operation: GREY VEIL was an Office of Naval Intelligence mission to assassinate a Covenant Prophet on the planet Heian sometime in 2541.
The Battle for Alluvion was a major conflict in the Human-Covenant War that took place in the Bhaakto system some time in 2542.
The Battle of Psi Serpentis was a major conflict between a UNSC fleet of 162 warships led by the UNSC Everest and Admiral Preston Cole and two fleets of Covenant warships totaling over 300 ships in the Psi Serpentis system in April 2543.
The Battle of Miridem was an engagement between human and Covenant forces on and around the colony of Miridem.
The flagship of the UNSC Navy and the first Infinity-class supercarrier ever constructed, the UNSC Infinity is the largest single human warship ever constructed, with a crew of over 17,000.
Operation: WARM BLANKET was an operation to recover Doctor Halsey from the Covenant after her capture during the Battle of Miridem in 2544.
Operation: IRON FIST was a military operation on the colony of Miridem after the Battle of Miridem in 2544 and prior to the colony's glassing.
Spartan-III Gamma Company was the last of three Spartan-III companies to be recruited, trained, and put into service.
Operation: TORPEDO was a mission by Spartan-III Beta Company to infiltrate and destroy a Covenant refinery on Pegasi Delta, the moon of 51 Pegasi B in the 51 Pegasi system.
The Battle of New Llanelli was an engagement between UNSC and Covenant forces on the colony world of New Llanelli in the Brunel system, sometime in 2546.
The Battle of Sargasso was a conflict between invading Covenant and defending UNSC forces on the colony of Sargasso on September 21st, 2546.
The Battle of Skopje was a conflict between the Covenant and UNSC forces on the colony world of Skopje, sometime in 2547.
In an effort to boost morale, the Office of Naval Intelligence made public the existence of the Spartan-II program and the accomplishments of the Spartan-IIs in May, 2547.
The Battle of Meridian was a three-year conflict between the Covenant and UNSC forces on and around the colony world of Meridian, a moon around Hestia V in the Hestia system, between 2548 and 2551.
The Siege of Paris IV was a major battle between the UNSC and Covenant forces on and around the colony of Paris IV in the Paris system in 2549.
The Algolis Invasion was a Covenant attack on the human colony world of Algolis in the Algol system sometime between 2548 and 2552.
The Fall of Arcadia, also known as the Second Fall of Arcadia, was a Covenant invasion and subsequent loss of the colony world of Arcadia in the Procyon system on September 9th 2549.
The Battle of Gamma Pavonis VII was a small skirmish over the planet of Gamma Pavonis VII in the Gamma Pavonis system in early 2550.
The Glassing of Minab was a Covenant attack on the outer colony world of Minab in 2550.
The Defense of Concord was an attack by an unknown Covenant force on the colony of Concord, sometime in 2551.
The Battle of Ballast was a conflict between Covenant and UNSC forces on and around the colony of Ballast in 2551 or 2552.
Operation: FIRESIDE was an ODST mission to investigate a distress call sent by civilians on the colony world of Ariel, which had come under attack by Covenant forces days earlier in late December 2551 or early January 2552.
The Battle of Fumirole was a conflict between Covenant and UNSC forces on the colony Fumirole, April 22nd, 2552.
The Battle of Beta Eridani was a Covenant assault on UNSC forces in the Beta Eridani system, shortly before the summer in 2552.
The Massacre of Troy was a Covenant invasion of the colony of Troy in the Hellespont system approximately five months prior to the Battle for Earth.
The Battle of New Jerusalem was a Covenant attack on the colony of New Jerusalem in the Cygnus system sometime in July or August 2552.
Operation: RED FLAG was a planned operation by both the Office of Naval Intelligence and the UNSC to use Spartans to capture a Covenant ship, use it to penetrate into Covenant space, and capture a Hierarch, with the intent of using the Prophet to broker a cease-fire.
The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV was a large-scale space and ground battle between UNSC and Covenant forces in the Sigma Octanus system in July 2552.
The Fall of Reach was possibly the largest battle during the Human-Covenant War, taking place in the Epsilon Eridani system, in orbit and on the ground of Reach, humanity's largest military stronghold.
The Raid on Verge was a covert mission undertaken by Spartan-II Black Team to infiltrate and destroy a Covenant mining and refinery operation on the recently invaded former colony of Verge towards the end of July 2552.
The Battle of Line Installation 1-4 was a conflict on Line Installation 1-4, a Forerunner defensive facility that was part of the Jat-Krula, the Forerunner's version of the Maginot Line during the Forerunner-Flood war in August 2552.
The Battle of Tribute was a large-scale invasion of the colony world Tribute in the Epsilon Eridani system by Covenant forces during and after the Fall of Reach in 2552.
The Massacre at Eridanus Secundus was a Covenant attack on a rebel facility within a series of asteroids in the Eridanus system in late 2552.
Operation: FIRST STRIKE was a mission undertaken by John-117 and several other Spartan-IIs to infiltrate and destroy the Covenant space station Unyielding Hierophant and associated armada of over 500 warships in the Tau Ceti system prior to the Covenant's invasion of Earth.
The Battle of Installation 04 was an engagement between the UNSC Pillar of Autumn and the Covenant Fleet of Particular Justice on and around the Forerunner megastructure known as Installation 04, or Alpha Halo, in the Soell system.
The Battle for Earth was a large-scale space, air, and ground battle between the invading Covenant forces and the UNSC Home Fleet on and around Earth at the end of 2552.
The Skirmish on Mona Lisa was a minor conflict that occurred in the debris field of Installation 04 in the Soell system aboard the prison ship Mona Lisa between UNSC forces and an outbreak of the Flood on October 25th, 2552.
The Onyx Conflict was a major engagement between UNSC, Covenant, and Forerunner forces on and around the planet of Onyx in the Zeta Doradus system in October and November 2552.
The Battle of Installation 05 was an engagement between the Covenant forces, including those that fled the Battle for Earth, High Charity, and the Second Fleet of Homogeneous Clarity, and the UNSC-allied forces, including the UNSC In Amber Clad led by Miranda Keyes, and the Fleet of Retribution led by the Arbiter Thel 'Vadam.
The Great Schism was a conflict between the forces loyal to the Covenant, led mostly by the Jiralhanae, and the Sangheili, beginning on November 3rd, 2552 and continuing off and on until the Rule of the Created in 2558.
The Battle of Installation 00 was a major conflict between the forces stationed aboard the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn and Arbiter Thel 'Vadam's Fleet of Retribution, and the Covenant fleet loyal to the Prophet of Truth.
Operation: SUNSPEAR was a mission to infiltrate Covenant space and destroy a major population center as an act of revenge for the Fall of Reach at the end of 2552.
At the start of the Covenant in 851 BCE, a group of Sangheili who did not agree with the peace being formed with the San'Shyuum, formed around their leader Ussa 'Xellus and escaped to a previously unknown Forerunner construct known as Shield World 0673.
The Spartan-IV program was the third successful Spartan training program and the first since the end of the Human-Covenant War.
The Raid on UNSC Infinity was an attempted infiltration and commandeering of the UNSC Infinity by insurrectionist forces calling themselves the New Colonial Alliance in January 2553.
The Blooding Years is the Sangheili term for the civil war that raged for five years on Sanghelios and throughout Sangheili-occupied territories following the end of the Human-Covenant War and disappearance of the San’Shyuum.
The Voi Memorial was erected in March 2553, marking the end of the Human-Covenant War and to remember all who were lost during the conflict.
The Siege at Kolaar was an attack on Arbiter Thel 'Vadam and his forces by Avu Med 'Telcam and the Servants of the Abiding Truth in the first major conflict of the Sangheili civil war.
The Skirmish on Pious Inquisitor was a small battle that took place between ONI intel unit Kilo-Five and Kig-Yar pirates on the CCS-class battlecruiser Pious Inquisitor in the Shaps system in April 2553.
Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE was an operation executed by the UNSC 717th Xeno-Materials Exploitation Battalion to recover a Forerunner ancilla on the human colony world of Gao in the Cordoba system in the early summer 2553.
The Attack on Rahnelo was an unprovoked attack by the San'Shyuum Prelate Tem'Bhetek, directed by the former Covenant Minister of Preparation Boru'a'Neem, on the Sangheili colony world of Rahnelo towards the end of 2553.
The Ambush at Duraan was the second part of the prelate Tem'Bhetek's plan to lure in the Shadow of Intent, capture the ship, and kill Rtas 'Vadum.
The Battle of the Prototype Halo Installation was a conflict between Tem'Bhetek, the former Covenant Minister of Preparation Boru'a'Neem, and the Shadow of Intent crew including Rtas 'Vadum and Tul 'Juran.
Operation: RETRIBUTION was an Office of Naval Intelligence mission headed by operative Veta Lopis and her Ferret team to investigate the murder of Vice Admiral Graselyn Tuwa and the kidnapping of her family members on December 6th, 2553.
The Draco III Rebellion was an insurrectionist rebellion led by United Rebel Front leader Captain Ingridson in the city of New Albany on the colony world of Draco III in January 2554.
The Spartan-IV program was the third successful Spartan training program and the first since the end of the Human-Covenant War.
The Battle of Draetheus V was an attack by former Covenant forces under the command of Sangheili Zealot Merg Vol on the colony world of Draetheus V and its moon X50 sometime in 2554.
The Spartan Training Station Bombing was a terrorist attack on an orbital Spartan training facility by the United Rebel Front on March 29th, 2554.
The Return to Installation 00 was an Office of Naval Intelligence mission undertaken by the UNSC Rubicon to return to the Ark following the Battle of Installation 00 and investigate the status of the facility in August 2554.
Operation: FAR STORM was a joint UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios mission to reactivate the Portal at Voi and travel back to Installation 00 after discovering the Halo array was counting down to activation in March 2555.
The Invasion of Earth was an attempt by the monitor of Installation 00 to harvest the Earth for resources to repair the Ark when the Portal at Voi was reopened in March of 2555.
Operation: COALPEPPER was an ONI and Spartan operation to rescue Sadie Endesha and the Huragok Quick to Adjust to whom she was assigned from the United Rebel Front on the moon of Talitsa in the Sverdlovsk system in August 2555.
The Sedra City Mall Bombing was a terrorist attack on the human colony world of Sedra in the Orrichon system by an unknown Sangheili terrorist organization in February 2556.
The Mission to Alpha Shard was a joint ONI and Sedran Colonial Guard mission to secure and eliminate the source of the bio-weapon used in the Sedra City Mall Bombing in February 2556.
The Mission to Cleyell was a UNSC mission to the colony world of Cleyell, which had recently been glassed by a fringe group of Covenant remnants sometime in 2556.
Sometime in January 2557, Rion Forge, a post-war salvager, and her ship the Ace of Spades, discover the location of what was left of the Etran Harborage after the destruction of the shield world during the events of the Battle of the Etran Harborage in 2531.
Following discovery of the last known location of the UNSC Spirit of Fire from the Battle of the Etran Harborage, the Office of Naval Intelligence sent the UNSC Taurokado to investigate the system for any information regarding the whereabouts of the lost UNSC warship.
The Battle of Requiem was a conflict between former Covenant forces under the command of Jul 'Mdama, UNSC forces from the UNSC Infinity and Forward unto Dawn, and Promethean forces under command of the Ur-Didact on Forerunner Shield World 0001, also known as Requiem, in July 2557.
The Battle of Installation 03 was a battle between the UNSC and Covenant remnant forces under command of Jul 'Mdama on Gamma Halo during and immediately following the New Phoenix Incident in July 2557.
The Raid on Ivanoff Station was an attack by the Ur-Didact and his ship Mantle's Approach on the Office of Naval Intelligence research facility Ivanoff Station nearby Halo Installation 03 in July 2557.
The New Phoenix Incident was an attack by the Ur-Didact on the Earth city of New Phoenix on July 25th, 2557 using the Composer that he had acquired from Ivanoff Station the day prior.
The Mission to Installation 03 was a UNSC operation to investigate the loss of contact with a science outpost and Spartan-II Black Team on Gamma Halo immediately following the New Phoenix Incident in July 2557.
The Battle of New Phoenix was a military engagement between the UNSC and Covenant remnant forces under command of Jul 'Mdama in the city of New Phoenix on Earth, immediately after the New Phoenix Incident and the Battle of Installation 03 in July 2557.
The Mission to Mount Kilimanjaro was a trek undertaken by 343 Guilty Spark, Rion Forge, and the crew of the Ace of Spades to find the Librarian and, in the case of Spark, gain access to the Domain in September 2557.
The Assassination of Avu Med 'Telcam was an assassination sanctioned by the Office of Naval Intelligence Section Three and carried out by SPARTAN-G059 on the leader of the Servants of the Abiding Truth on former colony world New Llanelli in the Brunel system in January 2558.
The Requiem Campaign was a UNSC mission to return to Requiem, and take control of the shield world away from Jul 'Mdama and his Covenant remnants in February 2558, six months after the Battle of Requiem.
The Battle of Ealen IV was an attack on peace negotiations between the Sangheili and Jiralhanae on Ealen IV in the Ealen system in March 2558.
The Ambush at Oth Lodon was an attempt by the New Colonial Alliance to destroy the UNSC Infinity and kill Admiral Hood after the failed assassination attempt at Ealen IV days earlier.
The Raid on the Biko Peace Talks was an attempted terrorist attack on peace talks between the Unified Earth Government and Sangheili on the colony world of Biko in March 2558.
Operation: WHISTLE STOP was a UNSC and ONI mission to recover a potential bio-weapon from a group of Sangheili and Kig-Yar pirates on the planet Ven-III in May 2558.
The Battle of Oban was a conflict between the UNSC and Covenant forces under command of Jul 'Mdama on the colony world of Oban in July 2558.
The Battle of Aktis IV was a conflict between the UNSC forces aboard the Infinity and the Covenant forces under command of Jul 'Mdama on the planet of Aktis IV in July 2558.
The Carrow Conflict was a conflict between human, Sangheili, and Jiralhanae forces in the Joint Occupation Zone on the planet of Carrow in September 2558.
Operation: ATHENA was a covert UNSC mission to infiltrate the Song of Retribution, and retrieve the Janus Key from Jul 'Mdama and his Covenant remnant forces in September 2558.
The Battle of Kamchatka was a battle between Covenant remnant forces under the leadership of Jul 'Mdama, local Promethean forces under control of Cortana, and the UNSC in the form of Spartan-IV Fireteam Osiris on the planet of Kamchatka in October 2558.
Operation: BIRD IN HAND was a UNSC mission carried out by Spartan-II Blue Team to infiltrate and recover the Office of Naval Intelligence research vessel Argent Moon on October 23rd, 2558.
The Raising of the Guardians was a series of events involving the awakening and unearthing of Forerunner ships known as Guardians by Cortana in late October 2558.
The Battle of Genesis was an engagement between the UNSC, Promethean forces under command of Cortana, and the remains of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces on the artificial Forerunner installation known as Genesis in October 2558.
The Second Battle of Meridian was a conflict between the colonists of Meridian funded by the Liang-Dortmund Corporation, the UNSC, and Prometheans under control of Cortana on October 25th, 2558.
The Battle of Nuusra was a battle between the remnants of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces, the Swords of Sanghelios, and Spartan-IV Fireteam Osiris in the sate of Nuusra on the continent Qivro on the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios on October 27th, 2558.
The Battle of Sunaion was a battle between the Swords of Sanghelios led by Thel 'Vadam, their allies Fireteam Osiris led by Jameson Locke, the last of Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces, and the Created forces led by the Warden Eternal in the state of Sunaion on the Sangheili homeworld of Sanghelios.
The discovery of Bastion was the culmination of a series of events involving 343 Guilty Spark and Rion Forge that led to the discovery of the Librarian’s shield world.
The Battle of Cassidy III was a conflict between Spartan-IV fireteam Alpha-Nine, allied with United Rebel Front forces on Cassidy III, and the Promethean forces under command of the Created late in 2558.
The Second Ark Conflict was a battle between the UNSC forces aboard the Spirit of Fire and the Banished forces under command of Atriox on Installation 00 in 2559.
The Outbreak on Installation 00 was a brief encounter between Banished forces and the Flood on the surface of the Ark in and around the wreckage of the Covenant holy city High Charity.
ONI agent Lieutenant Parisa, is sent on a mission to deliver an encryption key to John-117 behind enemy lines prior to the Battle of Installation 07.
Operation: WOLFE was a UNSC mission on the planet Reach in October 2559 to recover several cryobins from CASTLE Base under Menachite Mountain for Doctor Catherine Halsey.
The Battle of Epsilon Clarion was a conflict on the Ark between the Keepers of the One Freedom, the Covenant, and the Banished to activate the Halo Array in late 2559.
The Installation 07 Conflict was a battle between UNSC forces led by John-117 and the Banished on Zeta Halo between December 12th, 2559 and May 31st, 2560.
~125,000 BCE
Around 125,000 BCE, the Forerunners built the crown jewel of their civilization, an artificial world that served as the center of all Forerunner governance, Maethrillian.
1342 CE
In 1342, Covenant ships arrived in the Y’Deio system, the home system of the Kig-Yar, finding a species with a penchant for piracy.
1112 CE
The Yanme’e were discovered by the Covenant during their search for Forerunner artifacts in 1112, sparking a short but violent conflict that eventually ended in the incorporation of the Yanme’e into the Covenant.
~500 Mya
Sometime long before the time of the Forerunners, the Precursors created the Domain, a repository of all knowledge in the universe. The exact date is unknown, and while some sources say it was created 500 million years ago, others say it has existed for billions of years.
~15 Mya
Around fifteen million years ago, the Forerunner race was created by the Precursors in an effort to make a new species that could assume the Mantle of Responsibility.
~10 Mya
Ten million years ago, the Precursors, the species that populated the galaxy with intelligent life including Forerunners, determined the Forerunners were a failed experiment and decided to remove them from the Milky Way galaxy.
~107,445 BCE
The birth of the Flood is actually a series of events that can be traced to a time period around 10,000 years prior to the firing of the Halo Array in 97,445 BCE.
~107,445 BCE - 106,445 BCE
After the emergence of the Flood on ancient human worlds around 107,445 BCE, human civilization was desperate to expand their territory away from Flood-controlled regions of space. As part of this expansion, humans clashed with Forerunner-populated worlds, sparking a war between the two species.
~106,538 BCE
Sometime prior to the end of the Human-Forerunner Wars, ancient humans discovered a Precursor stasis chamber containing a creature they called the Primordial. The creature, along with the stasis chamber, was taken to Charum Hakkor where is was interrogated, teaching the humans on the origins of the Flood.
~106,498 BCE - 106,445 BCE
The Battle of Charum Hakkor was one of the final battles of the Human-Forerunner Wars and also one of the largest, spanning over fifty years and likely consuming millions of lives.
~98,445 BCE
After losing political power to the Master Builder and the entire Builder rate following the end of the Human-Forerunner Wars, the Didact placed himself in exile within a cryptum on Nomdagro, which was later moved to Erde-Tyrene.
~98,395 BCE
The end of the Human-Forerunner War, along with the political fight afterwards that led to the Exile of the Didact, spurred much debate within Forerunner leadership about the right course of action to defend civilization and the galaxy against the Flood, should they return.
~97,745 BCE
Around 97,745 BCE, nearly nine-thousand years since the Flood disappeared from the galaxy during the Human-Forerunner Wars and three-hundred years before the Great Purification, the Flood were first observed at the edges of the galaxy on the planet Seaward, a Forerunner colony world.
~97,745 BCE - 97,445 BCE
The Forerunner-Flood War was a military engagement between the Forerunner species and the Flood that took place over approximately three-hundred years from 97,745 BCE until 97,445 BCE.
~97,495 BCE
The release of the Primordial was an unintended consequence of the test-firing of a Senescent Halo, Installation 07, by the Master Builder and Mendicant Bias in the Charum Hakkor system during the Forerunner-Flood War, approximately fifty years prior to the end of the war and the Great Purification.
~97,455 BCE
Following the Didact’s self-imposed exile one thousand years prior after losing the political battle over the Forerunner defense plan against the Flood, the Didact is resurrected from his cryptum on Erde-Tyrene by Forerunner Manipular Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, and humans Chakas and Riser.
~97,455 BCE
The Battle of Janjur Qom was a brief conflict between the San’shyuum and Forerunners on the quarantined San’shyuum homeworld of Janjur Qom several years prior to the firing of the Halo Array during the Great Purification in 97,445 BCE.
~97,455 BCE
After the Revival of the Didact and his exploration of the Charum Hakkor system with fellow Forerunner Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting and humans Riser and Chakas, the Didact and crew traveled to the quarantined San’shyuum homeworld of Janjur Qom to try and unlock more memories in their quest for understanding.
~97,454 BCE
The Fate of Maethrillian was a large-scale but brief battle between the Forerunners and the Halo Array under command of Mendicant Bias several years prior to the firing of the halos during the Great Purification in 97,445 BCE.
~97,454 BCE
In the aftermath of the Fate of Maethrillian and destruction of the Forerunner ecumene, Zeta Halo implemented it’s security measure designed to prevent the ring from falling into enemy hands and performed a slipspace jump into another system and put itself on a collision course with a nearby planet.
~97,450 BCE
After the Master Builder captured the Didact over Janjur Qom, he decided to dispose of the Didact on a derelict Forerunner ship with a handful of other political prisoners in an area of Flood-controlled space known as a Burn.
~97,445 BCE
The Battle of the Greater Ark was one of the final battles of the Forerunner-Flood War and saw the decimation of almost all remaining Forerunner forces just prior to the firing of the Halo Array during the Great Purification in 97,445 BCE.
~97,445 BCE
The behavior of the Ur-Didact following his encounter with a Gravemind and return to the Forerunner civilization became more erratic and harder for the IsoDidact and Librarian to cope with as the Forerunner-Flood War continued.
~97,445 BCE
The Great Purification was the final event of the Forerunner-Flood War, purging the entire Milky Way galaxy of all sentient life, including Forerunners, the Flood, and any other species that may have survived the Flood infestation.
~97,300 BCE
Over one-hundred years after the Great Purification, the few Forerunners remaining on the Lesser Ark became aware that the firing of the Halo Array may have had a detrimental effect on the Domain, and proceeded to the former Forerunner capital of Maethrillian to attempt to restore it.
2200 BCE - 2100 BCE
The War of Wills was a fierce and prolonged conflict between two factions of the San’Shyuum: The Stoics who wanted to worship Forerunner technology but never use it, and the Reformists who wanted to take advantage of the incredible Forerunner artifacts around the galaxy.
938 BCE - 852 BCE
The War of Beginnings was an eighty-six year conflict between the San’Shyuum Reformists who escaped Janjur Qom after the War of Wills and the Sangheili species between 938 and 852 BCE.
860 BCE
The Skirmish of the Planet of Blue and Red was a conflict between the San’Shyuum and Sangheili during the War of Beginnings in 860 BCE.
852 BCE
The Writ of Union was a declaration of peace between the San’Shyuum and the Sangheili, as well as the formation of the Covenant, signed by both species in 852 BCE.
852 BCE - 791 BCE
The Writ of Union not only formed an alliance between the Sangheili and the San’Shyuum, but also commissioned the construction of a great holy city of the Covenant, known as High Charity.
