Buffy Timeline 2000 B.C. - The Prophecies Of Obearsian start to be recorded. (To Shanshu In L.A. 1.22) 1001 B.C. - Kathy Newman is born. (Living Conditions 4.02) 149 B.C. - Roman general Scipio is sent to by the Roman senate to Carthage to battle the demon army of Vraka. (Blood of Carthage) 146 B.C. - Scipio calls on the demon Ky-laag to help him destroy Carthage, Vraka contains Ky-laag in the African sands and takes Scipio as his slave through magic and fear turning him into Mad Jack. (Blood of Carthage) 880 - A woman named Aud is cheated on by her boyfriend Olaf. She curses him with boils on the penis and then turns him into a troll. The demon D'Hoffryn is so impressed with this he offers to turn her into the vengeance demon Anyanka. (Something Blue, Selfless 7.05) 1000 - A European vampire slayer who would become known as Adja learns a demon is being sent to the future to kill a vampire slayer who is a prophesied savior of the world. Adja follows the demon though a portal planning on sacrificing herself to stop the demon and save Buffy. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer #27) 1100 - The prophecy of the coming of the Anointed One is written. (Never Kill A Boy On The First Date 1.05) 1199 - Anyanka witnesses an ascension. (Graduation Day Part 1 3.21) 1418 - Moloch the Corrupter is captured in a book in Italy. (I Robot, You Jane) 1481 - The Inca Princess is born. (Inca Mummy Girl 2.04) 1497 - The Inca Princess is sacrificed. (Inca Mummy Girl 2.04) 1498 - The sorcerer Koines dies and is buried on the island of Crete. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru #1) 1579 - Anyanka curses a man and meets Dracula. (Buffy Vs. Dracula 4.01) 1609 - Darla becomes ill, and on her deathbed invites in the Master, who sires her as a vampire. (Darla 2.07) 1630 - Tammy receives the visions, they eventually kill her. (Birthday 3.11) 1649 - A cleric from a village near the Black Forest finds the bodies of Greta and Hans Strauss. (Gingerbread) 1692 - Witchcraft trials break out in Salem, Anyanka is there. (Intervention 5.18) 1702 - After a mitosis, the demons Syd and Monica Frzylcka are married. (Double Or Nothing 3.18) 1723 - May 27, an ascension in Sharpsville. (Enemies) 1727 - Liam is born. (The Prodigal 1.15) 1753 - Liam encounters Darla in Galway, and she makes him a vampire, he goes on a killing spree that includes his father, mother and sister. (Becoming Part 1 2.21, The Prodigal 1.15) 1760 - Darla introduces Angelus (formerly Liam) to the Master in London. Angelus offends the Master, but leaves with Darla. The Master gives it a century at best. (Darla 2.07) 1764 - Angelus and Darla kill the wife and children of Daniel Holtz. (The Quickening 3.08) Holtz's daughter rises as a vampire and he has to slay her. (Lullaby 3.09) 1765 - Angelus and Darla visit France, get hunted by a mob and Holtz and are separated. (The Trial 2.09) 1767 - Angelus, Darla, James and Elisabeth visit Marseilles, kill the Count De Leon and burn his villa. They are attacked by Holtz but escape. (Heartthrob 3.01) 1771 - In Rome, Holtz catches Angelus and tortures him to try to find Darla, but Darla rescues him (The Offspring 3.07). 1773 - Holtz is approached by the demon Sahjhan and makes a deal to be frozen in time so he can catch Angelus and Darla. (The Quickening 3.08) 1800 - Angelus sires Penn and takes him under his wing. (Somnambulist 1.11) 1803 - The Shroud of Rahmon is removed from its box driving a whole city insane. (The Shroud of Rahmon 2.08) 1812 - The Sunnydale Mission is swallowed by an earthquake. (Pangs 4.08) 1840 - Adja arrives from a portal in Sunnydale, California on the trail of her demon and follows it into another portal. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer #26) 1843 - In Madrid a man catches Luke the vampire sleeping, they fight and the man survives. (The Harvest 1.02) 1856 - Angelus is captured by police in London for the murder of a little girl. He kills the guard and escapes. (Angel #2) 1860 - While in London Darla finds a new victim for Angelus to torment, a woman with visions named Drusilla. Angelus torments Drusilla, kills her family and all the sisters at a convent she enters, then makes her a vampire. (Becoming Part 1 2.21 and Dear Boy 2.05) 1863 - Manet's La Music Aux Tuileries was painted in France, Angelus was there. (She 1.13) 1873 - William is born or becomes a vampire. (The Initiative 4.07) 1880 - William is rejected by Cecily in London as Angelus, Darla and Drusilla visit the country. Drusilla says she's all alone, so she picks the failing poet and sires him. As Spike he goes on a rampage in London and forces Angelus's gang to flee to Yorkshire. Spike learns of the Slayer. (Fool For Love 5.07 & Darla 2.07) 1886 - Lyle and Tector Gorch kill everyone in a town and gain a reputation. (Bad Eggs 2.12) 1889 - Maude Pearson is born. (Rm w/a Vu 1.05) 1890 - Angelus sees the ballet Giselle and is brought to tears. (Waiting In The Wings 3.13) 1892 - Angelus, Spike and Drusilla visit Vienna. Angelus sires Catherine and they fight and wound the Hollower. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Angel #1-3) 1898 - Darla and Angelus visit Borsan Romania. Darla kidnaps and Angelus kills a gypsy girl. The gypsies is given his soul back by a gypsy curse. (Becoming Part 1 2.21, Five by Five 1.18) Darla, Drusilla and Spike massacre the gypsies that cursed Angelus. (Darla 2.07) 1899 - In Utah two children are found dead and a rural community is torn apart by suspicion. (Gingerbread) Balthazar and the Eliminati are driven out of Sunnydale. (Bad Girls) Sunnydale is founded. (Graduation Day Part 2) Drusilla catches Spike kissing a woman named Portia and becomes jealous. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru #1) 1900 - Darla, Drusilla and Spike feast on people during the Boxer Rebellion in Beijing China. Angelus tries to return to them, but is unable to kill innocents because of his curse. (Darla 2.07) Spike kills his first Slayer, Xin Rong. (Fool For Love 5.07) 1903 - Richard Wilkins marries Edna May. (Choices) 1905 - Anyanka grants a wish in St. Petersburg, Russia, sparking a revolution. (Selfless 7.05) 1907 - The real Ms. French is born. (Teacher's Pet 1.04) 1908 - Penn visits Boston and goes on a killing spree. (The Somnambulist 1.11) 1914 - In Chicago Anyanka exacts vengeance on Stewart Burns, turning him into a demon and sending him to be tortured in hell. (Hell's Bells 6.16) 1917 - Angelus arrives in America, shuns other vampires and doesn't hunt humans. (Angel 1.07) 1920 - Angelus fights the demon Boone over a woman in Juarez. (Blood Money 2.12) 1926 - Wolfram & Hart conduct their 75 year review and sack over half of middle management, with actual sacks. (Reprise 2.15) 1928 - Three roofers die in the construction of the Hyperion Hotel. (Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02) 1929 - Penn visits L.A. and goes on a killing spree. (The Somnambulist 1.11) 1932 - An earthquake in Sunnydale swallows up a temple of Proserpexa on Kingman's Bluff before its followers can use it to destroy the world. (mentioned in Grave 6.22) 1933 - Spike and Drusilla attend the World's Fair in Chicago, are attacked by the relatives of Xin Rong and fight a demon summoned through a power generator. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru #3) 1937 - The Master and his order go on a killing spree in Sunnydale, attempt to open the Hellmouth and half the city is swallowed in an earthquake. (The Harvest 1.02) In New York Rachel O'Connor, the Vampire Slayer, takes out a vampire, then is contacted by the government about intercepting a German agent who is smuggling a genie in a bottle. She fights the agent, the genie is freed, then she traps it in a locker at Penn Station (Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer #1) 1938 - Trevor Lockley is born. (The Prodigal 1.15) 1946 - Maude Pearson buries her son Dennis alive and dies of a heart attack in what would one day become Cordelia Chase's apartment. (Rm w/a Vu 1.05) 1949 - The Lowell House For Children in Sunnydale is opened. (Where The Wild Things Are 4.18) In Utah two children are found dead with a mysterious mark on them. (Gingerbread) 1951 - Holland Manners is born. (Blood Money 2.12) 1952 - Angelus stays at the Hyperion Hotel, a man kills himself thanks to a demon's influence. Angelus is blamed. (Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02) 1954 - Frank Gilnets is executed by the state of California for the murder of a salesman at the Hyperion Hotel. (Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02) Rupert Giles is born in England. (Buffy web site.) 1955 - At Sunnydale High student James Stanley secretly starts to date teacher Grace Newman. She breaks up with him before the Sadie Hawkins dance. He accidentally shoots her then kills himself because of his guilt. (I Only Have Eyes For You) 1957 - Ted Buchanan gets married. (Ted) 1958 - Joyce Summers is born. (Weight of the World 5.21) 1959 - Margo Dressner commits "suicide" in what would one day become Cordelia Chase's apartment. (Rm w/a Vu 1.05) 1960 - The Lowell House For Children in Sunnydale is closed. (Where The Wild Things Are 4.18) 1963 - Penn visits L.A. again and goes on a killing spree. (The Somnambulist 1.11) 1965 - Jenny Kim commits "suicide" in what would one day become Cordelia Chase's apartment. (Rm w/a Vu 1.05) Future police officer Peter Harkes is born. (Thin Dead Line 2.14) 1967 - July 18, Vanessa Brewer is born. (Blind Date 1.21) Future police officer Kevin Hellerbrook is born. (Thin Dead Line 2.14) A drunk Angelus attends the wedding reception of Elvis and Priscilla Presley in Las Vegas. (Mentioned in The House Always Wins 4.03). 1968 - Wolfram & Hart get rid of a number of employees for Christmas (Reprise 2.15). 1969 - Spike attends Woodstock and eats a flower child. He stares at his hand for several hours. (School Hard 2.03) Angelus sees the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at the Ziegfeld theatre in New York (mentioned in Buffy The Vampire Slayer #50). 1973 - Robin M. Wood is born to Nikki. (First Date) 1975 - Denver picks up the Blessed Glove at a yard sale. (Reprise 2.15) Rupert drops out of Oxford, moves to London and joins a bad crowd. (The Dark Age) 1976 - Allen Francis Doyle is born. (Bachlor Party 1.7) Glorificus is defeated and placed in the body of a boy child named Ben. (Weight of the World 5.21) Adja arrives from a portal in Sunnydale, California on the trail of her demon and follows it into another portal. (Buffy The Vampire Slayer #26) 1977 - In New York City Spike confronts his second Slayer, Nikki, kills her and takes her jacket. (Fool For Love 5.07) 1978 - Daryl Epps is born. (Some Assembly Required 2.02) 1979 - December 16, Roland Meeks kills a number of guests at a the Hyperion Hotel with a shotgun. The hotel closes. (Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02) 1980 - Rupert Giles starts fighting demons regularly. (A New Man 4.11) October 16th, Tara Maclay is born (Help 7.04). 1981 - In January, Buffy Anne Summers is born to Joyce and Hank Summers in Los Angeles. In January Cordelia Chase is born. (Birthday 3.11) Alexander Lavelle Harris is born. (Buffy web site.) 1982 - Willow Rosenberg is born in Sunnydale, California. (Buffy web site.) 1983 - Potential Vampire Slayer Kennedy is born (Bring On The Night 7.10 script) 1985 - Gwen Raiden placed in school by her parents. (Ground State 4.03) Potential Vampire Slayer Eve is born (Showtime 7.11 script) Potential Vampire Slayer Vi is born (Showtime 7.11 script) 1986 - Potential Vampire Slayer Annabelle is born (Bring On The Night 7.10 script) Potential Vampire Slayer Rona is born (Showtime 7.11 script) 1987 - Dawn Summers is supposedly born. (Real Me 5.02) As Xander has his 6th birthday with his friend Willow he is chased and frightened by a clown. (Nightmares 1.10) Willow cries when she breaks the yellow crayon on her first day of Kindergarten, but Xander is there for her. (Grave 6.22) Potential Vampire Slayer Molly is born (Bring On The Night 7.10 script) 1988 - At Xander's 7th birthday party the house next door burns down and he gets to watch the fire trucks. (The Replacement 5.03) Potential Vampire Slayer Chloe is born (Showtime 7.11 script) 1989 - Buffy's cousin Celia dies in a hospital with Buffy there. (Killed by Death) In Sunnydale, Willow plays dead to save herself and Xander from Mad Jack while camping out in Xander's back yard. (Blood of Carthage) 1992 - The vampire who Darla would later approach in trying sire her is sired himself. (The Trial 2.09) Buffy tells Dawn that marshmallows are monkey brains. (Blood Ties 5.13) 1993 - July 12, Vanessa Brewer arrested for driving without a license. (Blind Date 1.21) 1993 - October 31st, 12 year old Buffy Anne Summers dresses up as Little Red Riding Hood and her father Hank takes her trick-or-treating. (Fear, Itself 4.4) 1994 - Natalie Davis commits "suicide" in what would one day become Cordelia Chase's apartment. (Rm w/a Vu 1.05) Willow has her bat mitzvah, Xander and his parents attend, and they drink to excess (Hell's Bells 6.16) 1995 - Charles Gunn sells his soul to the demon Jenoff for a truck. (Double or Nothing 3.18) April 23, Vanessa Brewer arrested for aggravated assault. (Blind Date 1.21) 1996 - Angelus is found by Whistler in an alley in Manhattan. Buffy Summers is approached by Merrick the Watcher. (Becoming Part 1 2.21) May 7th, Winifred Burkle disappears from a library in Los Angeles when sucked into a dimensional portal. (Belonging 2.19) The C.R.D. plant in Sunnydale shuts down, Xander's uncle loses his job. (I Robot, You Jane 1.08) Note: Many years are approximate, for instance if someone said something happened about 500 years ago, and said it in 1997, then the event is listed in 1497. There is another good timeline at http://buffy.mynock.com/alpha/timeline.html Last Updated - March, 2003 Page compiled by Mathew R. Ignash (mathewignash@comcast.net)