Kislev Timeline

Imperial Calendar

c-3500	Elven colonisation of the Old World finally reaches the site of modern day Erengrad. This outpost marks the eastern and northern most penetration of the Elves.
c-1990 to -1700	Dwarf armies from Karak Vlag and Karak Ungor combine to drive the Elves out of the Lynsk estuary and the southern coast of the Sea of Claws.
c-1500	The greenskin attack on Karaz Ankor forces the Dwarfs to abandon their settlements along the Rivers Lynsk and Urskoy.
c-1000	Goblin tribes settle in the forests between the Lynsk and Upper Talabec.
c -300 to -100	Thurini tribe migrates from the east of the Worlds Edge Mountains along the River Lynsk to the south-eastern shore of the Sea of Claws.
-1	Sigmar leads alliance of Humans and Dwarfs into the Battle of Black Fire Pass where the allied forces crush the Orc and Goblin army. The remaining greenskins are driven back into the Dark Lands.
1	High Priest of Ulric crowns Sigmar Emperor. Sigmar calls forth a Council of Chieftains to determine the boundaries for each tribe. The tribal chiefs are granted sovereignty over their lands. Krugar, chief of the Talabec tribe, is granted sovereignty over lands along the River Talabec.
c500	Talabec nobles fail to exploit the resources of the forested lands between the Lynsk and Upper Talabec. Trading posts of Eisigbucht and Pelzdorf are established on the sites of modern day Erengrad and Kislev, respectively. The Norse begin to settle along the north-eastern frontier of the Empire.
510	Emperor Sigismund II the Conqueror is unable to subjugate the Norse in the north-eastern portion of the Empire and signs truce due to revolt in eastern Stirland.
1102	Emperor Boris Goldbringer conspires with the High Priests of the Imperial cults to arrest wizards and charge them with heresy. Many are burned at the stake.
1111	Devastating outbreak of Black Plague begins in the Empire and spreads throughout Old World over the next five years. Skaven erupt in the rural provinces to take advantage of the plague. Many are enslaved and small settlements abandoned. As war and disease ravage the Empire, Talabheim is used as a base for adventurers, trappers and missionaries to explore the upper reaches of the Talabec. Missions of Taal and Rhya along the major rivers between the Lynsk and Upper Talabec represent Imperial culture and authority. The trading post of Zobelfluss is established near the site of present-day Praag.
1115	Death of Emperor Boris Goldgatherer the Incompetent. No successor elected during ensuing anarchy.
1124	Count Mandred Skavenslayer finally drives out the Skaven from the eastern Empire and is elected Emperor.
1152	Assassination of Emperor Mandred by unknown assassins. The Electoral Council, unable to reach an agreement on a successor, dissolves into anarchy. The 200 year Age of Wars begins.
1360	In opposition to the Grand Count of Stirland’s election as Emperor, Grand Duchess Ottilia of Talabheim declares herself Empress with support of High Priest of Ulric, thus initiating the Age of two Emperors.
1503	First wave of Gospodar peoples migrate through Northern Pass from Farside by pressure from the Ungols, a people moving into steppes from region in northern Cathay. Monastic missions of Taal and Rhya provide the nomadic Gospodars with agricultural technology and a core of cultural unity. Gospodars occupy the Imperial towns of Zobelfluss and Eisigbucht and renames them Praag and Erengrad, respectively. The legend of Boris Ursa comes from this time.
1510	Norse tribe of Ropsmann peoples raid Gospodar settlements along Lynsk River as the tribe begins to immigrate from southern Norsca.
1523	Ropsmann Norse establish themselves as ruling minority in Erengrad despite Khan-Queen Mishka's efforts. Mishka takes town of Pelzburg and slaughters its inhabitants.
1681	Night of the Restless Dead. For one night throughout the Known World the dead stir and walk the land, sowing terror and confusion. Entire villages and towns are overrun and destroyed before the night of terror ends.
1750	Ungol hordes invade Kislev from Steppes to the east, occupy eastern area of Talabecland and become rulers along the Rivers Talabec and Urskoy. They establish their capital in Pelzburg. Gospodars sweep into Ostland in advance of Ungol horde. The Norse Ropsmann repel the Ungol horde along the River Lynsk and its marshy banks. Prince Vermund of Erengrad establishes Cult of Ulric in northern Kislev while the priests of Taal and Rhya are allowed to continue their faith under the rule of the Ungol aristocracy.
1900	Ungol warband threatens Talabheim burning surrounding farmsteads to the ground. Talabheim Emperor Gregory I Dissell acknowledges sovereignty of Ungol chief Utilla over all the land east of Talabheim, including a sizeable chunk of eastern Ostland.
1903	Development of loose confederation of states centred on the city-state of Erengrad. Ingjald the Red, one of more famous of the Norse Ropsmann princes, rules the port. A trading post is founded at the site of modern Bolgasgrad where the north and south forks of the River Lynsk converge.
1910	Ungol capital of Dorogo (re-named from Pelzburg) becomes cosmopolitan city with trading links with the Dwarfs, the Empire, and Cathay.
1979	The "Wizard's War" begins in Middenheim and spreads throughout the Empire and the Old World. Witch Hunters range the land, though their activities are severely curtailed by the Ungols and Norse.
1991	"Wizard's War" ends in the banishment and execution of a number of Demonologists and Necromancers. Within two years, Cult hierarchies begin violent suppression of sorcery. A number of suspected hedge wizards and other sorcerers -- who escaped being burned at the stake – flee into the lands of the Ungols and Norse.
2003	Ungol aristocracy is assimilated into Gospodar culture as Khan Chankar weds Gospodar Princess Akila.
2011	Ropsmann princedoms finally establish overland trade with Dorogo.
2085	Khan-Queen Taira Pavlovna creates the Brotherhood of the Bear, a Templar Order dedicated to Taal.
2100	Prince Igor the Terrible of Erengrad, invites Prince Tambor of Dorogo to join the Confederacy of Kislevite States. When Tambor refuses, Igor sends army to reduce Dorogo. Tambor is later beheaded.
2101	Igor begins the building of the city of Kislev on the ruins of Dorogo. He then embarks on a series of campaigns over a forty-year period to consolidate various minor states and principalities of southern and central Kislev. Internal pressure and increased threat from Stirland, Middenheim, and Ostland forces the Talabheim Emperor Talgris XII, known as “the Fool,” to consider aligning Talabecland with Igor the Terrible's Confederacy of Kislevite States. Confusion reigns as the Treaty is signed, Talgris is killed, the Treaty lost and Igor's son ejected from the city.
2122	Prince Ivan 'the Lunatic' (Igor's brother) marches on Talabheim. Talagraad is razed to the ground. For the only time ever, an enemy enters the Wizard's Way. They are stopped at Taal Tor, and name it the Bear's Mouth. The Prince's army disintegrates with the coming of winter and Marshall Braxix chases the rabble east. Ivan is captured and Braxix surprises everyone by talking to him. The Agreement of Braxix restores some of Talabecland's original borders to the Upper Talabec and across the foothills of the Worlds Edge Mountains.
2134	Igor's campaign stalls at foothills of Worlds Edge Mountains and Farside Steppes region. Igor declares both territories part of Confederated States of Imperial Kislev and names himself Tsar of all Kislev. With the completion of the Kremlin, Igor moves his capital to the city of Kislev.
2143	Tsar Igor I dies while campaigning across the Lynsk. Prince Ivan assassinated when travelling to Kislev to ascend the throne. Rebellions rise across the land until suppressed by the new Tsar Alexandr Njevski. Kislev reaches its golden age for the next thirty years under Tsar Alexandr I.
2247	After several increasingly weak and ineffectual Tsars, a coalition of government bureaucrats and priests conspires to govern Kislev through puppet Tsars. Establishment of first agricultural colonies in Farside.
2252	The Farside colony of Chernozavtra is founded on an island on the Zapadryeka River.
2300	An entrenched bureaucracy and a priesthood increasingly concerned with temporal power contribute to the deterioration of the central government. Remote princedoms and Erengrad continue to enjoy relative prosperity. Raids by Dolgans and Hobgoblins cause failure of all but the strongest colonies in Farside. Establishment of Romanoff dynasty.
2301	Chaos Incursion into the Translynsk region. Those fleeing report it to be the largest army ever assembled. Many settlements are abandoned. Portion of the Kingdom of Praag north of the Lynsk falls.
2302	Magnus the Pious appears in Nuln and unites Empire. Tsar Alexis Romanoff appeals to Magnus for aid. Bolgasgrad and other settlements along the Lynsk are abandoned. Chaos fleets range across the Sea of Claws and attack merchant shipping. Chaos hordes also pour into the Wheatlands. The siege of Praag begins in Spring. Chernozavtra and the rest of the Farside colonies fall to the forces of Chaos. Magnus the Pious arrives in Middenheim and splits his forces. The mounted troops depart on the Erengrad Road and makes use of the port of Norden to supply its troops. Magnus leads the rest of his army through Talabheim on way to Kislev. Magnus the Pious receives more troops at the Ostlander town of Wurzen with one arm heading towards Praag and the other towards Kislev. Praag falls in winter and siege of Kislev begins. Battle of Kislev breaks the Chaos forces.
2303	Battle of Grovod Forest results in defeat for Chaos horde. Imperial and Kislevite forces with Norse allies drive Chaos forces back. Eternal alliance between The Empire and Kislev. Kislevite chapter of the Order of the White Wolf founded.
2310 – 2394	Central and southern Kislev prospers, but the Translynsk recovery plagued by periodic external and internal conflicts with Chaos-inspired forces. Praag is rebuilt during this time.
2405	Erengrad and other towns along the Lynsk begin their recovery as the Translynsk colonies are re-established and fortified. Prince Alexis Chokin I leads the re-settlement and re-fortification of Bolgasgrad. The Farside settlement of Chernozavtra is re-colonised.
2451 - 2455	Newly enthroned, the young Tsar Ivan IV Romanoff withdraws the garrisons from the Translynsk colonies and some of the Lynsk towns, informing each to look to their own defences. Rumours spread that political intrigue at the capital by the entrenched bureaucracy led to this fateful decision. The Kings of Erengrad and Praag take advantage of the opportunity to spread their influence. Other towns, like Bolgasgrad, go their own way.
2475	Last Romanoff Tsar, psychotic Ivan IV, murdered by a fanatic priest. The young Radii Bokha rises to power with the support of the military and aristocracy. The new Tsar marries Natalya Shuisky, a Gospodar princess who is ten years his senior.
2478	Winter plague wipes out the population of Chernozavtra.
2482	Nikolaus Silinvol becomes King of Erengrad. Katarina is born to Tsar Radii Bokha and Tsarina Natalya.
2484	A second child, the Duchess Annya, was born to the Tsar and Tsarina.
2488	Prince Zoltan Telepnev ascends to the throne of Praag becoming its king.
2497	Duchess Katarin joins Shallyan Convent at Daikop. Duchess Annya is killed on the return trip as a result of an unfortunate road accident.
2500	The heir to the throne of Kislev, Tsarevich Nikolaus, is born. Tsarina Natalya dies in childbirth. Chaos activity north of the Lynsk increases steadily.
2502	Large Beastman warbands emerge from the forests near the Imperial borders and terrorise central and southern Kislev. Tsar Radii reacts by redeploying the garrisons along the Lynsk and Translynsks regions to meet this threat. The political fallout from this military blunder results in the secession of Bolgasgrad and other northern settlements.
2505	Goblin raids along the foothills of the Worlds Edge Mountains from Belev southward are becoming more commonplace. More military resources are allocated to meet this threat.
2506	Dolgans unite under War Chief Darok Hookhorn and declare war on the Hobgoblins of the Steppes and their Goblin kin.
2508	Goblin raids on the outlying villages near Rakhov forces the Tsar to send more troops to the south to battle the raiders.
2509	Raiding in the Translynsk recommences, but to a lesser scale than in the central and southern regions. Praag and Erengrad begin to strengthen the defences of their respective cities.
2512	Marriage of Tzarevich Nikolaus to Lady Sofia Silinvol, Princess of Erengrad