Timeline
YEAR |
EVENT IN STAR TREK HISTORY |
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2245 |
The Federation starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is launched |
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2250 |
Spock enters Starfleet Academy, instead of enrolling at the Vulcan Science Academy, against Sarek’s wishes. |
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2251 |
Christopher Pike assumes command of USS Enterprise NCC-1701, and takes the ship on its second five-year mission. |
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2252 |
James T. Kirk is in his freshman year at Starfleet Academy and befriends Lt Cmdr Benjamin Finney, an instructor. |
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2253 |
Leonard McCoy graduates medical school. |
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2254 |
Spock is assigned to the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 as science officer. The Enterprise is under the command of Christopher Pike. |
| Ensign James T. Kirk is assigned with Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney to the USS Republic (training vessel). | |
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2255 |
The Treaty of Armens is established between the Sheliak Corporate and the United Federation of Planets. |
| Ensign James T. Kirk is promoted to lieutenant. Lt James T. Kirk (on the USS Farragut) commands his first planetary survey mission to Neural, where he meets Tyree. | |
| A son is born to Anton Wolfe & Soreya on Earth. He is given the Hisari name Lin-tsë | |
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2256 |
Christopher Pike finished his first five-year mission commanding the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. |
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2257 |
200 crewmembers of the USS Farragut are killed at Tycho IV by a dikironium cloud creature. The Farragut first officer commends Lieutenant James T. Kirk for his actions at Tycho IV. |
| Christopher Pike begins his second five-year mission aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. | |
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2258 |
Most of the events depicted in Star Trek (JJ movie) happen on stardate 2258.42 |
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2259 |
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2260 |
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2261 |
David Marcus is born to James T. Kirk and Carol Marcus. |
| The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 completes its third five-year mission with Captain Pike. | |
| Nyota Uhura graduates from Starfleet Academy. | |
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2262 |
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2263 |
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2264 |
Tuvok is born on Vulcanis Lunar Colony. |
| Spock visits his parents on Vulcan for the last time in the next four years. | |
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2265 |
Captain James T. Kirk assumes command of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 for an historic five-year mission of exploration. He is seen off on his first mission by his father George Kirk, his brother Sam and his family. |
| The Borg invade and destroy the El-Aurian homeworld. The survivors flee towards Earth. | |
| Captain Christopher Pike is promoted to the rank of fleet captain. | |
| A new uniform is introduced for Starfleet personnel (pajama style), though the previous style will continue to be used for years. | |
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2266 |
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 undergoes a refit both on the outside and the inside design. |
| This was the second year of Captain James T. Kirk’s first five-year mission. | |
| Dr. Leonard McCoy replaces Dr. Mark Piper as ship’s surgeon aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. | |
| Lieutenant Sulu transfers from staff physicist to helm officer aboard USS Enterprise NCC-1701. (Sulu switched from his blue sciences division Starfleet uniform to a gold command division uniform, and appeared at the helm for the rest of the original series.) | |
| Lieutenant Uhura becomes chief communications officer and Janice Rand becomes the captain’s yeoman on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. | |
| An accident aboard a J-class starship releases delta radiation, killing several Starfleet cadets, and severely injuring Fleet Captain Christopher Pike, confining him to a wheelchair. | |
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2267 |
The Treaty of Organia is signed by the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, thereby preventing a destructive conflict between the two powers and paving the way for further approaches. |
| Nimbus III is jointly established as the Planet of Galactic Peace by the Romulan Star Empire, the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. | |
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2268 |
A brief alliance between the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire occurs. This results in an exchange of technology and spacecraft design, most notably the cloaking device to the Klingons. |
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2269 |
This was the fifth and final year of Captain James T. Kirk’s first five-year mission. |
| Tuvok begins taking lessons in kal-toh from a Vulcan master. | |
| A team of 127 Federation scientists, led by Professor Ketteract discovers the Omega molecule during the top secret research called “Project Omega” in the Lantaru sector. | |
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2270 |
In the beginning of this year, James T. Kirk’s five-year mission ends. He is promoted to Admiral and becomes Chief of Starfleet Operations. |
| Spock retires from Starfleet and returns to Vulcan to undergo kolinahr. | |
| Leonard McCoy also retires from Starfleet and starts a private medical practice on Earth. | |
| Willard Decker is promoted to captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. | |
| Orion neutrality comes to an end after an act of piracy. After the freighter USS Huron is attacked and looted, the starship USS Enterprise captures the Orion vessel responsible. | |
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2271 |
Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu is born. |
| Kor leads the Klingons in the Battle of Klach D’Kel Brakt against the Romulans, marking the end of the Romulan-Klingon Alliance. | |
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2272 |
ST1: The Motion Picture – An attack on Earth by a massive machine lifeform called V’Ger is closely averted. (Pocket Books officially places the film in 2273.) |
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2273 |
Sarek of Vulcan meets the Legarans for the first time. |
| Betazed (Beta Zeta V) was admitted into the United Federation of Planets (per Star Trek: Star Charts). | |
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2274 |
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2275 |
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2276 |
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2277 |
Around this time a new uniform is introduced for Starfleet personnel (monster maroons). The process of replacing all uniforms on every vessel and starbase took time, with some individuals wearing the older uniform type for years afterwards. |
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2278 |
Three weeks out of her home starbase, the USS Bozeman disappears near the Typhon Expanse. |
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2279 |
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2280 |
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2281 |
James T. Kirk sees Demora Sulu for the last time until 2293. |
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2282 |
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2283 |
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2284 |
Carol Marcus sends a proposal for Project Genesis to the Federation authorities. |
| Audrid Dax dies. The Dax symbiont passes to Torias. | |
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2285 |
ST2: The Wrath of Khan – Reliant destroyed. James T. Kirk turns 52 years old. |
| ST3: The Search for Spock – USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is destroyed. | |
| The Dax symbiont is joined with Curzon, after a brief stretch of time with Joran following the death of Torias. | |
| USS Hathaway, a Constellation-class starship, is launched from Copernicus Ship Yards, Luna. | |
| Trill (Trillius Prime) was admitted to the United Federation of Planets (per Star Trek: Star Charts). | |
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2286 |
ST4: The Voyage Home – Earth is again saved from being obliterated by a probe of unknown origin. Admiral James T. Kirk is demoted. |
| The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A is launched under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. | |
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2287 |
ST5: The Final Frontier – Nimbus3 – USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A encounters Sybok, Spock’s half-brother. Sybok hijacks the Enterprise and forces it to travel through the Great Barrier in search of the planet Sha Ka Ree. |
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2288 |
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2289 |
Tuvok goes to Starfleet Academy to become a Starfleet officer. |
| Negotiations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire take place on the Korvat colony. At the time, Curzon Dax was representing the Federation, while Kang represented the Klingons. | |
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2290 |
Hikaru Sulu is promoted to captain, and given command of USS Excelsior, for a three-year mission charting gaseous anomalies in the Beta Quadrant. |
| Three Klingon battle cruisers, commanded by Kor, Koloth, and Kang, are dispatched to apprehend the Albino. The raid is successful in breaking up most of the Albino’s power base, but they fail to capture the Albino himself. | |
| The Klingon battle cruiser IKS T’Ong is sent by the Klingon High Command on a high priority mission. For this mission, the crew is placed into cryogenic stasis. | |
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2291 |
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2292 |
By this year the Romulan-Klingon Alliance has come to an end, with the two powers regarding each other as ‘blood enemies’ again. |
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2293 |
ST6: The Undiscovered Country – Klingon moon Praxis explodes. Despite the prior assassination of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, the Khitomer Accords between the Federation and the Klingon Empire are signed on the Khitomer Conference to establish a lasting peace between the two powers. |
| The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A is decommissioned. | |
| Tuvok graduates from Starfleet Academy and is assigned to the starship USS Excelsior, under the command of Captain Sulu. | |
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2294 |
The USS Jenolan, while en route to the retirement colony on Norpin V, encounters a Dyson sphere. The Jenolan becomes trapped in the sphere’s gravity well and crashes. The only two survivors, Ensign Matt Franklin and passenger Captain Montgomery Scott, unable to wait for a rescue, place themselves in suspended animation by storing their patterns in the pattern buffer of the ship’s transporter. |
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2295 |
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2296 |
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2297 |
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2298 |
Tuvok resigns from Starfleet and begins the process of the kolinahr ritual. |
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2299 |