TIMELINE
Jopari once posted a timeline of the stories he had written, ending with Lyra Belacqua’s death in his tale The Last Temptation. I killed Lyra off much younger than Jopari did so my version of the timeline, although it shares many dates and characters with his, differs where our storylines diverge.
Be aware that there are many SPOILERS here, both to my stories and also to HIS DARK MATERIALS
All dates are based on the calendar of our world.
1923 | Birth of Henry Latrom and Tiki. |
1942 | Estimated date of birth of Asriel Belacqua and Stelmaria. |
1962 | Estimated date of birth of Mary Malone and **her daemon. |
1965 | Estimated date of birth of Marisa Coulter and *Ozymandias. |
1970 | Birth of Elspeth Morley. |
1972 | Estimated date of birth of Adèle Starminster and Lysander. |
1980 | Birth of Elizabeth Boreal and Parander. |
1981 | Birth of Margaret Doyle and Jimmy. |
1982 | Birth of Arthur Shire and Sarastus. |
1984 | Birth of Harold Owen and Mike. |
1985 | Birth of Will Parry and **Kirjava. Birth of Lyra Belacqua and Pantalaimon. Disappearance of John Parry while on an arctic expedition. |
1988 | Birth of Judy Beckley and **Skaven. |
1992 | First signs of mental disturbance in Elaine Parry. Birth of Giancarlo Bellini. |
1997 | Events described in His Dark Materials, The Reliquary and Arthur and Maggie. Death of Margaret Doyle and Jimmy. |
2000 | Events described in Intentions. Death of Henry Latrom and Tiki. |
2001 | The Church attempts to steal Lyra’s alethiometer but is foiled, as described in The Adventure of the Lost Alethiometer. |
2002 | Birth of Guilietta Bellini. |
2007 | Lyra graduates from St Sophia's College. She takes a post-graduate arts degree course at Jordan. Her alethiometry skills continue to grow. |
2008 | Alfred II and Eleanor is crowned King of England. |
2010 | Will qualifies as a doctor and starts work at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Events described in Threads. The Culham Incident and the final destruction of the Subtle Knife. |
2012 | Will Parry and Judy Beckley are married. |
2014 | Birth of John Parry and Rosalind. |
2015 | Birth of Peter Joyce and Viola. |
2016 | Arthur Shire and Adèle Starminster meet in Banbury, as described in An Ever-Rolling Stream. |
2020 | Events described in The King’s Councillor. |
2030 | Events described in The Clockmaker’s Boy. Death of Elspeth Morley. |
2031 | The Boreal Foundation develops the technology to enable Elizabeth Boreal to perform dream-corruption, as described in The Queen of the Night. |
2032 | Events described in A Gift of Love. Death of Lyra Belacqua and Pantalaimon. Death of Elizabeth Boreal and Parander. |
2037 | Peter Joyce returns to Oxford (Time and Peter Joyce). |
2039 | Birth of Sonya Moon and Alpharintus. |
2050 | Will Parry retires from medicine. Birth of Christopher Johns and Jemima. |
2053 | The Holy War breaks out in Europe. |
2055-2056 | Events described in The Clockmaker's Girl. The Catastrophe. Death of Peter Joyce and Viola. |
2057 | Sonya Moon is made a prefect at Highdean School (The Interview). |
2062 | Death of Judy Parry and Skaven. |
2065 | Arthur Shire gives Lockkeeper’s Cottage to Christopher Johns as described in His Day’s Work. |
2068 | Death of Will Parry and Kirjava (Jopari's Choice). |
2071 | Death of Arthur Shire and Sarastus. |
c. 2100 | The Collected Works of William Shakespeare is bought by Bodley's Library (Dearer than Eyesight). |
2106 | The fiftieth anniversary of the Catastrophe. Death of Sonya Moon (Lady Pangborne) and Alpharintus (On the Ramparts). |
*The name given to Marisa Coulter’s daemon in the BBC radio plays. It’s not a bad choice, even though PP has said he doesn’t like it.
**Daemon not manifested at birth.