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YEAR 1: Kaguya's Reign starts: March: Kaguya picks the fruit of the Shinju tree and eats it, ending the wars of those without chakra.
YEAR 110:: August 6th: Kaguya has her children, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and his younger twin Hamura. Kaguya starts her fall into madness.
YEAR 185: Era of Ninshuu starts: March: Hagoromo and Kamura defeat Kaguya and seal the bijuu into Hagoromo. Hagoromo begins teaching.
YEAR 327:: June: Hagoromo divides up the bijuu into nine beings and dies.
YEAR 367: Warring States Era starts
YEAR 942:: January 6th: Shimura Danzo born.; February 8th: Sarutobi Hiruzen born.
YEAR 947: Founding Year: Age of Shinobi Villages starts: March: Konohagakure is founded.; September: Sunagakure is founded.
YEAR 948:: February: Kirigakure is founded.; May:Iwagakure is founded.; August:Kumogakure is founded.
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YEAR 950:
YEAR 951:: March: Madara leaves Konoha.
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YEAR 954:: April: Valley of the End: Uchiha Madara battles Senju Hashirama and Kurama is sealed within Uzumaki Mito.
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YEAR 958:: November: First Shinobi War begins.
YEAR 959:
YEAR 960:: August 2nd: Senju Tsunade is born.; October 27th: Orochimaru is born.; November 11th: Jiraiya is born.
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YEAR 964:
YEAR 965:: May: First Shinobi War Ends.
YEAR 966:: August 16: Uchiha Fugaku is born.
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YEAR 968:
YEAR 969:: January 8th: Hyuuga Hiashi is born to the Main Household of the Hyuuga Clan.; January 8th: Hyuuga Hizashi, Hiashi's twin, is born just seconds later and made a member of the Branch House.
YEAR 970:
YEAR 971:: June 1st: Uchiha Mikoto is born.
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YEAR 974:: January 25th: Namikaze Minato is born.; July 10th: Uzumaki Kushina is born.
YEAR 975:: June 7th: Ringo Ameyuri is born.; July: First Kiri Civil War begins.
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YEAR 977:
YEAR 978:: February: Second Shinobi War begins.
YEAR 979:: February 20th: Konan is born.; February 20th: Yahiko is born.; September 19th: Nagato is born.
YEAR 980:
YEAR 981:: May: First Kiri Civil War ends.; July 4th: Baki is born.; July 17th: Shiranui Genma is born.
YEAR 982:: March 8th: Ebisu is born.; March 18th: Hoshigaki Kisame is born.
YEAR 983:
YEAR 984:: January 1st: Maito Gai is born.; February 10th: Uchiha Obito is born.; August: Jiraiya takes on Minato as a student.; September 15th: Hatake Kakashi is born.; November 15th: Nohara Rin is born.; December: Nagato's parents are killed by a Konoha shinobi. He kills the shinobi.
YEAR 985:: January: Uzushio is destroyed.; June: Nagato meets Konan and Yahiko.; August 15th: Momochi Zabuza is born.; November 25th: Kamizuki Izumo is born.
YEAR 986:: November: Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya are declared Sannin by Hanzo during the Second Shinobi War.
YEAR 987:: January: Second Shinobi War Ends.; February: Orochimaru offers to kill Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan as a mercy kill.; February: Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan become Jiraiya's students.; August 10th: Yamato/Tenzou/Kinoe is born.
YEAR 988:: May 26th: Umino Iruka is born.; September: Kakashi enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; September: Obito enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; September: Gai enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; September 14th: Sephiroth is born. His mother dies during childbirth.
YEAR 989:: March: Second Kiri Civil War begins.; June: Obito's parents die during a mission that was supposed to be a simple infiltration. He begins living alone.; October: Kakashi graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; November: Jiraiya leaves his Ame students (Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan).
YEAR 990:
YEAR 991:: March: Second Kiri Civil War ends.; January: Kakashi is promoted to Chunin but remains in the Academy to train.; September: Gai graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; September: Genma graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.
YEAR 992:: January: Kisame enrolls in the Kiri Academy, already with the skills to graduate.; March: Ebisu graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: A team with Gai, Genma, and Ebisu is formed.; July: Kisame undergoes Kiri's graduation battle test, fighting (and killing) a close friend.; July: Kisame graduates from Kiri Academy as a Genin and is immediately claimed as Suikazan Fuguki's apprentice.
YEAR 993:: January: Kisame is promoted to Chuunin and inducted into the Cypher Division.; February: Akatsuki is founded with Yahiko as a leader.; February 29th: Yakushi Kabuto is born.; March: Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, kills himself.; April: Kakashi and Gai's Eternal Rivalry begins.; April 13: Inuzuka Hana is born.; June 9th: Uchiha Itachi is born.; August: Third Shinobi War begins.; November: Obito graduates from Konoha Academy as a Genin.; November: Team Minato is formed (Kakashi, Obito, and Rin, led by Minato).
YEAR 994:: January: Sandaime Kazekage goes missing.; January: Treaty negotiation goes horribly wrong, and Yahiko commits suicide on his blade. Nagato starts his grudge killing spree.; February: Kisame is promoted to Jounin.; February: Nagato completely decimates any family and supporters of Hanzo, then takes control of the country as a God.; March: Rasa, the Yondaime Kazekage, steps in as a temporary-turned-permanent measure.; October: Sephiroth graduates from the Kiri Academy as a Genin. It is the last exam before the Zabuza massacre.; October: Zabuza kills off a class of Academy students, ending the practice of killing in order to graduate Kiri Academy.; October: Sephiroth moves into the Milani Clan Compound.
YEAR 995:: January: Gai is promoted to Chunin.; January: Genma is promoted to Chunin.; August 23rd: Temari is born.; October 1st: Juugo is born.; November: Sephiroth is promoted to Chunin in a field-promotion.
YEAR 996:: January: A coup in the Land of Ice: largely retainers and the Daimyo's family killed.; August: Orochimaru takes notice of Anko.
YEAR 997: Canonical year Obito 'died': During a mission, Kisame kills both his own and the enemy's squad. Only he and Ibiki walk away from it alive.; March 9th: Tenten is born.; July 3rd: Hyuuga Neji is born.; November: Kakashi is promoted to Jounin. His first mission as jounin fails and teammate Obito is squished.; November 20th: Kisaragi Yuffie is born.; November 27th: Rock Lee is born.; December: Kabuto is found by Konoha Orphanage.
YEAR 998: Canonical year of Kyuubi Attack: January 3rd : Third Shinobi War Ends; January 3rd : Minato is declared Yondaime Hokage.; January 19th: Gaara is born. His mother, Karura, dies during childbirth.; January 23rd: Aburame Shino is born.; March: Orochimaru defects from Konoha.; March 28th: Haruno Sakura is born.; May 1st: Akimichi Chouji is born.; June 20th: Uzumaki Karin is born.; July: Sephiroth is promoted to Jounin and given his first command over 'undesirables.'; July 7th: Inuzuka Kiba is born.; July 23rd: Uchiha Sasuke is born.; September 22nd: Nara Shikamaru is born.; September 23rd: Yamanaka Ino is born.; October 10th: Uzumaki Naruto is born.; October 10th: Obito spends the first week after Naruto's birth being insistently helpful.; December 27th: Hyuuga Hinata is born.
YEAR 999:: March:Iruka becomes a Genin apprentice temporarily under Ibiki.; April 16th: Adela Milani is born.; June: Ebisu is promoted to Chunin.; August: Gai is promoted to Jounin.; August: Obito gets a donated eye from a cousin that died in the field.; December: Obito is promoted to Jounin.
YEAR 1000:: April: Juugo's mother goes into a rage-state and kills half the village he lives in before the villagers kill her. Triggers Juugo's first rage-state and he kills the rest; June: Itachi graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; June:A team with Iruka, Itachi, and another Genin is formed.
YEAR 1001:: January: Danzo disassembles ROOT.; January: Iruka and Itachi lose their other teammate on a mission.; April: Kisame confronts Fuguki about selling Kiri's secrets and codes, kills him, and inherits Samehada. He is publicly declared a traitor by the Mizukage.; August: Kisame returns to Kiri and is cleared of all charges and promoted to ANBU. For the next several years, Kisame is tasked with putting down internal and external "threats" as the Mizukage's Blade. He also institues new policies, including standing orders to commit suicide if there is even a medium risk of capture.; November: Akatsuki starts hiring missing-nin for mercenary work.; December 27th: Neji is branded with the curse seal as a Branch House member of the Hyuuga Clan.; December 27th: Hinata is named Hyuuga Clan Heiress.
YEAR 1002:: March: Kumo has trade treaty re-negotiations with Konoha. A kidnapping plan is thwarted before it can begin.; March: Neji enrolls in the Konoha Academy. Sometime during the next year, he activates his Byakugan.; December: Obito is officially put in charge of foreign negotiations.; December: Yuffie's mother dies.
YEAR 1003:: January: Itachi is promoted to Chunin.; January: Iruka is promoted to Chunin. He begins assistant-teaching at the Konoha Academy.; January: Yuffie enrolls in the Academy.; March: Naruto's class starts being enrolled in the Academy.; June: Kushina demands entrance to Ame for trade negotiations.
YEAR 1004:: March: Tenten enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; March: Rock Lee enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; April: Iruka begins teaching at the Konoha Academy.; November: Orochimaru tracks down Juugo and offers him a cure in return for allowing himself to become an experimental test subject.
YEAR 1005:: January: Kiri Chunin Exams.; June: Konoha Chunin Exams.; September: Kushina is finally allowed into Ame for trade negotiations.
YEAR 1006:: January: Kumo Chunin Exams.; June: Suna Chunin Exams.; August: Orochimaru creates Otogakure.; September: Sasuke enrolls in the Konoha Academy.; September: Hinata enrolls in the Konoha Academy with the remainder of Naruto's class.
YEAR 1007:: January: Konoha Chunin Exams.; March: Karin's parents die and her village burns to the ground. She is the sole survivor and becomes a ward of Kusagakure.; June: Temari graduates from the Suna Academy as a Genin.; June: Temari begins diplomacy training under her father.; June: Iwa Chunin Exams.; July: Ame opens their borders for trade for the first time since the Second Shinobi War.; October: Orochimaru moves Juugo from one base to another. Juugo goes berserk and escapes confinement and doesn't go back.
YEAR 1008:: January: Suna Chunin Exams.; June: Kiri Chunin Exams.; July: Treaty formed between Big Five Nations.; July: Obito turns his attention to Hokage training.
YEAR 1009:: January: Iwa Chunin Exams.; March: Neji graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: Tenten graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: Rock Lee graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: Team Gai is formed (Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten, led by Gai).; May: Uzushio rebuilding begins.; June: Konoha Chunin Exams.; November: Travel Seals are established.
YEAR 1010: Naruto Manga starts.: January: Gaara graduates from the Suna Academy as a Genin.; January: Team Sand Siblings is formed (Gaara, Kankuro and Temari, led by Baki).; January: Kiri Chunin Exams.; March: Sasuke graduates from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: Hinata, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Shino, Kiba, Chouji, Ino, and Shikamaru graduate from the Konoha Academy as a Genin.; March: Team Asuma is formed. (Ino, Chouji, and Shikamaru led by Asuma.); March: Team Obito is formed (Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata, led by Obito).; June: Suna Chunin Exams: Team Sand Siblings, Team Gai, Team Obito compete.; June: Sasuke is promoted to Chunin.; June: Temari is promoted to Chunin.; July: Yuffie becomes a genin.; November: Obito is declared Godaime Hokage.
YEAR 1011:: January: Communication network is established.; January: Kumo Chunin Exams.; April: Neji masters Kaiten.; June: Iwa Chunin Exams; September: Nagato meets Juugo for the first time and takes him in.; November: Yuffie ends up under Sephiroth's command.
YEAR 1012:: January: Konoha Chunin Exams; April: Obito ammends a treaty in order to lower hostilities in regards to appointed guards at Travel Seals.; October:: Yuffie leaves Sephiroth's command for the first time.
YEAR 1013:: January: Suna Chunin Exams; March: Yuffie returned to Sephiroth's command.; June: Kumo Chunin Exams; June: Yuffie promoted to chunin.
YEAR 1014:: January: Iwa Chunin Exams; June: Konoha Chunin Exams
YEAR 1015:: January: Kiri Chunin Exams; February: Rumors get around that there is an unknown faction interfering in politics.; June: Suna Chunin Exams; July: The previous unknown faction starts to openly recruit countries under the guise of a trade alliance.; August: First signs of aggression seen from the smaller countries, free travel becomes hindered. Most contact to Uzushio lost for nearly a week.; August: A handful of elders from old Uzushio finish an insane seal matrix that links to an ancient one in Michi on the far continent.; September: The Mizukage, Water's Daimyo, the Kazekage, and Lightning's Daimyo executed. Replacements have to be urgently found.; September: Yuffie is made the Daimyo of Water as the only living heir remaining.; September: Fourth Shinobi War begins.