Distant past
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[edit] Billions of years ago
[edit] 13.7 billion years ago
- The universe is formed in the instantaneous expansion that scientists call the "Big Bang." The "Big Bang" has been theorized to be caused by destabilizing Omega molecules. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
- This point in time represents a hideout for members of the Q Continuum. The USS Voyager was briefly transported here by Quinn in order to escape Q, but he too had once used this hideout and was thus able to find the ship. (VOY: "Death Wish")
[edit] 9 billion years ago
- Hundreds of protostars collapsed in close proximity to one another forming the astronomical phenomenon later known as a black cluster. (TNG: "Hero Worship")
[edit] 7 billion years ago
- The Theta 116 system begins the process of becoming a planetary system. (TNG: "The Royale")
[edit] 5 billion years ago
- The star Sol begins to form out of nebular dust and interstellar gases. (VOY: "Death Wish")
- Female Q is born. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")
[edit] 4.5 billion years ago
- Our Sun took form. The Guardian of Forever had already been asked its last question (until 2267, when it told Kirk and Spock it had awaited a question "since before your Sun burned hot in space." (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
- The ancient humanoids, one of the oldest known sentient species, seeded the oceans of many worlds with DNA codes, directing the evolution of life towards a physical pattern similar to their own. The varieties of lifeforms that carried this seed code to fruition include the Humans, Vulcans, Klingons and Cardassians, and likely many other humanoid species of the galaxy. (TNG: "The Chase")
[edit] 4 billion years ago
- Q and Q begin their romantic involvement around this time. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")
[edit] 3.5 billion years ago
- On Earth, in a region later known as France, amino acids combine to form the first proteins. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
- According to actual science, life already gained a foothold on Earth 4.1 billion years ago. However, this wasn't proven until after the shooting of "All Good Things...".
[edit] 2 billion years ago
[edit] 1 billion years ago
- The Slaver Empire is the master of all intelligent beings in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Slavers and all of their subjects were exterminated in a massive war which caused all intelligent life to re-evolve. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")
[edit] Millions of years ago
[edit] 300 million years ago
- In the Permian period, Eryops, the last common ancestor of cold-blooded and warm-blooded organisms, lives on Earth. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
- An alien ship of unknown beings is invaded by a magnetic organism. Trapped in orbit of Questar M-17, the crew disable their own ship to prevent the spread of the entity. (TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star")
[edit] 87 million years ago
[edit] 65 million years ago
- Earth's dominant reptile superorder, the dinosaurs, are wiped out when an asteroid impacts the planet. (VOY: "Distant Origin"; ENT: "Azati Prime")
- Some of Earth's dinosaurs survive the asteroid impact and continue to develop and name themselves the Voth. Sometime there after they leave Earth and travel to the Delta quadrant where they create one of the first interstellar empires in the quadrant.
[edit] 20 Million years ago
- The recorded history of the Voth civilization begins in the Delta Quadrant. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
[edit] 1 Million years ago
- On Earth, the ancestors of Humans begin to distinguish themselves from their primate ancestors by their intelligence and reasoning skills. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon")
- Construction of the vast city around the Guardian of Forever, stretching out to the horizon of its planet. Spock estimated the age of the ruins to be "on the order of ten thousand centuries" in 2267. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
[edit] Indeterminate
- The inhabitants of Organia evolve to beings of pure energy. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy")
[edit] Thousands of years ago
[edit] 600,000 years ago
- The Tkon Empire collapses. (TNG: "The Last Outpost")
- The humanoid ancestors of Sargon's race colonized the galaxy. Their colonists may have caused, or influenced, the rise of intelligent life on Vulcan. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
[edit] 500,000 years ago
- Civilization first begins to flourish on Bajor. (TNG: "Ensign Ro")
- Sargon's species is destroyed in a massive civil war when the atmosphere is ripped from their planet. Only a few survivors escape by preserving their consciousnesses in a cave deep below the surface. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
- The planet Exo III becomes nearly uninhabitable after its sun begins to fade. The inhabitants resettle beneath the surface and construct androids to serve them. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
[edit] 200,000 years ago
- The Iconians, a highly developed civilization, are destroyed in an orbital bombardment of their homeworld. (TNG: "Contagion"; DS9: "To the Death")
- By at least this point, the Borg have begun their evolution into cybernetic beings. (TNG: "Q Who")
[edit] 100,000 years ago
- The subspace network which will be later claimed by the Hirogen is constructed by an unknown race. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle", "Hunters")
- The ocean planet, later home of the Monean civilization, is created by extracting all water from a Class M planet and containing it inside an immense force field. (VOY: "Thirty Days")
[edit] 50,000 years ago
- The Horta of Janus VI begin their latest cycle of rebirth. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
- Bele begins to chase Lokai, who has led a revolution on the planet of Cheron. (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
[edit] 45,000 years ago
- Extraterrestrial visitors, known as the "Sky Spirits", visit a people on Earth who become the indigenous inhabitants of America. (VOY: "Tattoo")
[edit] 30,000 years ago
- The Verathan civilization, originally from the Verath system in the Gamma Quadrant, reaches its height, spanning two dozen star systems. (DS9: "Q-Less")
[edit] 28,000 years ago
- On Earth, the Neanderthals become extinct. (ENT: "Dear Doctor")
[edit] 22,000 years ago
- The first of at least 947 archaeological expeditions is conducted at the ancient ruins on Tagus III. (TNG: "Qpid")
- The Trill begin their life as a joined species. (TNG: "The Host")
[edit] 20,000 years ago
- The Bajorans begin celebrating the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. (DS9: "Fascination")
[edit] 12,000 years ago
- An artisan known only as the Master of Tarquin Hill on Kurl, during the Third Dynasty, creates small ceramic figurines, called naiskos, that embody that culture's belief that within each person is a community of individuals, each with its own desires, views, and voices. (TNG: "The Chase")
[edit] 10,000 years ago
- According to Quinn, this was the last time that "ordinary" Q in the Q Continuum had to speak with each other. (VOY: "Death Wish")
- When their sun is about to go nova, the Fabrini leave their system on a propelled asteroid known as the Yonada. (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")
- The machine-god Vaal on Gamma Trianguli VI is built. (TOS: "The Apple")
- The civilization on Sigma Draconis VI which is currently at its technological peak, advanced well beyond 23rd century Federation capabilities, experiences a catastrophic glacial age. As a result, the inhabitants of the planet begin to de-evolve to a primitive level, and the male and female inhabitants experience a great schism in their society. (TOS: "Spock's Brain")
- A species of intelligent spacefaring organisms which form symbiotic relationships with humanoid lifeforms that live within their bodies become nearly extinct. Gomtuu is the last known survivor. (TNG: "Tin Man")
- The first of the Orbs is discovered by the Bajorans in the sky above their planet. Over the next ten millennia, a total of nine of these extraordinary objects are discovered, inspiring revelations that shape Bajoran religion. (DS9: "Emissary")
- The Founders establish a new homeworld in the Omarion Nebula to escape prejudice and persecution founding the Dominion. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
- The Ferengi discover currency and the concept of profit. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
- The Bajoran archaeologists begin their unsuccessful, ten thousand year search for the lost city of B'hala, which is not uncovered until the year 2373. (DS9: "Rapture")
[edit] 9,000 years ago
- The Zakdorn earned a reputation as brilliant strategists. (TNG: "Peak Performance")
[edit] Indeterminate Past
- An unknown race, possibly of extragalactic origin, builds a massive doomsday machine. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")
- The population of Talos IV is largely wiped out in a war. Forced to live beneath the surface, the Talosians develop their mental powers, while neglecting their technological knowledge and skills. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")
- According to Klingon mythology, Kortar, the first Klingon, destroys the gods who created him. (DS9: "Homefront"; VOY: "Barge of the Dead")
- A neutron star in a binary star system in the Kavis Alpha sector begins exploding every 196 years. (TNG: "Evolution")
[edit] External links
- Billions of years ago at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Millions of years ago at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Thousands of years ago at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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