Editing The ESU Timeline

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This page represents the official timeline of events that have taken place within the [[Ethereal Superheroes Universe (franchise)|ESU]]' [[Universe-A|main universe]]. The timeline is split within 4 eras, ''Dawn of Time'', ''The Beginning of the Universe'', ''Formation of Life'', and ''Rise of Humanity''.

== Dawn of Time ==
''To be added.''

== The Beginning of the Universe==
''To be added.''

== Formation of Life==
''To be added.''

== Rise of Humanity==

=== ''[[Dracula: The First Vampire]]'' (1623) ===
* ''To be added.''

=== ''[[Madame Wilhelmina (book)|Madame Wilhelmina]]'' (1765) ===

* ''To be added.''

=== ''[[Doctor Hex (book)|Doctor Hex]]'' (1854) ===

* ''To be added.''

=== ''[[World War I]]'' (1914 - 1918) ===

==== 1914 ====

* June 28<sup>th</sup>
** Archduke [[:wikipedia:Francis Ferdinand|Francis Ferdinand]] of [[Austria]] was assassinated.
** [[Austria-Hungary]] declared war on [[Serbia]].
* July 29<sup>th</sup>
** Austria invaded Serbia.
* August 1<sup>st</sup>
** [[Germany]] declared war on [[Russia]].
* August 2<sup>nd</sup>
** Germany invaded [[Luxembourg]].
* August 3<sup>rd</sup>
** Germany declared war on [[France]].
* August 4<sup>th</sup>
** Germany invaded [[Belgium]].
** [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] declared war on Germany.
* August 6<sup>th</sup>
** Austria declaration of war on Russia.
* August 12<sup>th</sup>
** French and British declaration of war on Austria-Hungary.
* August 23<sup>rd</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of Mons|Battle of Mons]] (British Expeditionary Force)
* October 1<sup>st</sup>
** The first division of [[Canadian Army|Canadian troops]] sailed to complete its training in Great Britain.
* October 21<sup>st</sup> – November 17<sup>th</sup>
** Germany failed to reach the [[:wikipedia:English Channel|English Channel]] in the [[:wikipedia:First Battle of Ypres|First Battle of Ypres]].
* November 2<sup>nd</sup>
** Russia and Serbia declared war on [[Turkey]].
* November 5<sup>th</sup>
** Britain and France declared war on Turkey

==== 1915 ====

* February 11<sup>th</sup>
** The first Canadian soldiers land in France.

* April 22<sup>nd</sup> – May 25<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Second Battle of Ypres|The Second Battle of Ypres]].
* April 25<sup>th</sup>
** Landing of British and French troops at [[Gallipoli]].
* April 26<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Treaty of London (1915)|Secret Treaty of London]] between [[England]], France, Russia, and [[Italy]].
* May – June
** The Actions at [[Festubert]] and [[Givenchy]].
* May 23<sup>rd</sup>
** Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary.
* December 19<sup>th</sup>
** Beginning of the [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] withdrawal from Gallipoli.

==== 1916 ====

* February 21<sup>st</sup>
** Beginning of the [[:wikipedia:Battle of Verdun|Battle of Verdun]].
* May 31<sup>st</sup> – June 1<sup>st</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of Jutland|Battle of Jutland]].
* June 2<sup>nd</sup> – June 13<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of Mount Sorrel|The Battle of Mount Sorrel]]
* June 4<sup>th</sup>
** Russia began offensive in eastern [[Galicia]].
* July 1<sup>st</sup> – November 18<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of the Somme|Battle of the Somme]].
* August 27<sup>th</sup>
** Italy declared war on Germany.

==== 1917 ====

* February 1<sup>st</sup>
** Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare.
* April 6<sup>th</sup>
** The [[United States]] declared war on Germany.
* April 9<sup>th</sup> – May 4<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of Arras|Battle of Arras]].
* April – May
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of the Scarpe|Battle of the Scarpe]].
* June 26<sup>th</sup>
** [[American Army|American troops]] began landing in France.
* July 31<sup>st</sup> – August 9<sup>th</sup>
** Germany ended Russia's last offensive.
* July 31<sup>st</sup> – November 10<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Third Battle of Ypres|Third Battle of Ypres]].
* August 20<sup>th</sup> – December 15<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Second Battle of Verdun|Second Battle of Verdun]].
* November 27<sup>th</sup>
** Supreme Allied War Council established at [[Versailles]].
* December 5<sup>th</sup>
** Russia signed an armistice with Germany.
* December 7<sup>th</sup>
** American Declaration of War on Austria-Hungary.
* December 15<sup>th</sup>
** Armistice concluded between the [[Central Powers]] and Russia.

==== 1918 ====

* January 8<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:President Wilson|President Wilson]] announced his [[:wikipedia:Fourteen Points|Fourteen Points]] program for peace.
* March 3<sup>rd</sup>
** Russia signed the [[:wikipedia:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]].
* March 21<sup>st</sup>
** Germany launched an offensive along the [[Somme (river)|Somme]].
* April 9<sup>th</sup>
** Germany launched an offensive at [[Ypres]].
* May 27<sup>th</sup>
** Germany launched an offensive on the [[Aisne]].
* July 15<sup>th</sup> – August 7<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Second Battle of the Marne|Second Battle of the Marne]].
* August 8<sup>th</sup> – August 11<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Battle of Amiens (1918)|The Battle of Amiens]].
* August 21<sup>st</sup> – September 3<sup>rd</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Second Battle of the Somme|Second Battles of the Somme]] and of [[:wikipedia:Second Battle of Arras|Arras]].
* September 26<sup>th</sup>
** The Allies began their final offensive on the [[:wikipedia:Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].
* September 29<sup>th</sup>
** [[Bulgaria]] signed an armistice.
* November 3<sup>rd</sup>
** Austria signed an armistice.
* November 11<sup>th</sup>
** Germany signed an armistice.

=== '''''[[The Ghost (book)|The Ghost]]'' (1923)''' ===

* ''To be added.''

=== Pre-World War II (1933 - 1939) ===

==== 1933 ====

* January 30<sup>th</sup>
** [[:wikipedia:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]] becomes Chancellor of Germany.

==== 1937 ====

* Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

==== 1938 ====

* German Anschluss with Austria.

* September 30<sup>th</sup>
** Treaty of [[Munich]].

=== ''[[World War II]]'' (1939 - 1945) ===

==== 1939 ====

* March
** Hitler invades [[Czechoslovakia]].
* March – April
** Britain rearms and reassures Poland.
* Late August
** Russia and Germany sign pact.
* September 1<sup>st</sup>
** Hitler invades Poland.
* September 3<sup>rd</sup>
** Britain and France declare war on Germany.

==== September 1939 – May 1940 ====

* "Phoney War."

==== 1940 ====

* April – May
** Hitler invades Denmark and Norway.
* May 10<sup>th</sup>
** Blitzkrieg.
** Chamberlain resigns.
* May 26<sup>th</sup>
** Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo).
* June 11<sup>th</sup>
** Italy enters war on side of Axis powers.
* June 22<sup>nd</sup>
** France signs armistice with Germany.
* July 10<sup>th</sup> – October 31<sup>st</sup>
** Battle of Britain.
* September 22<sup>nd</sup>
** Tripartite Pact.
* December
** British rout Italians in N. Africa.

==== 1941 ====

* Early in the year
** Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia.
* June 22<sup>nd</sup>
** Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa.
* December 7<sup>th</sup>
** Pearl Harbor.
* December 8<sup>th</sup>
** Britain and US declare war on Japan.

==== 1942 ====

* April 18<sup>th</sup>
** Doolittle Raiders Bomb Japan.
* June
** Battle of Midway.
* August
** Allies invade N. Africa.
* October 23<sup>rd</sup>
** Battle of El Alamein.
* November
** Battle of Stalingrad.
** Allies push into N. Africa.

==== 1943 ====

* May 12<sup>th</sup>
** Axis surrenders in N. Africa.
* July
** Allies invade Sicily.
* August
** Allies take Sicily.
* September 3<sup>rd</sup>
** Italy surrenders.
* November
** Allies meet at Tehran.

==== 1944 ====

* January
** German siege of Leningrad ends.
* June 5<sup>th</sup>
** Rome liberated.
* June 6<sup>th</sup>
** D-Day in Normandy.
* August 25<sup>th</sup>
** Paris liberated.
* September 8<sup>th</sup>
** V2 Flying Bombs.
* December 16<sup>th</sup>
** Battle of the Bulge Begins.

==== 1945 ====

* March
** Allies cross the Rhine.
* April
** Russians reach Berlin.
* April 28<sup>th</sup>
** Mussolini captured and executed.
* April 30<sup>th</sup>
** Hitler commits suicide.
* May 7<sup>th</sup>
** Germany unconditionally surrenders.
* May 8<sup>th</sup>
** V.E. day.
* July 5<sup>th</sup>
** Churchill loses election.
* July 8<sup>th</sup>
** Russia declares war on Japan.
* August 6<sup>th</sup>
** Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
* August 9<sup>th</sup>
** Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
* August 14<sup>th</sup>
** Japanese surrender.
* September 2<sup>nd</sup>
** MacArthur accepts Japan’s unconditional surrender.

=== Before ''Purple Bolt'' ===
=== 1996 ===
* August 27
** [[Eira Adrienne]] was born.

=== ''[[Purple Bolt (book)|Purple Bolt]]'' (2002 – 2020) ===
==== 2002 ====
* September 19<sup>th</sup>
** [[Purple Bolt|Jonathan Kayne]] is born to [[Emily Kayne|Emily]] and [[Peter Kayne|Peter]] [[The Kayne Family|Kayne]].

==== 2007 ====

* November 15<sup>th</sup>
** Peter Kayne does an experiment in his house which causes Jonathan to be struck by lightning.
** Emily Kayne comes home and they take Jonathan to the hospital.
** Jonathan is treated using a set of experimental [[Dr. James Jones' experimental drugs|drugs]].
* November 16<sup>th</sup>
** Jonathan wakes up and was let go from the hospital.

==== 2009 ====

* December 20<sup>th</sup>
** Peter and Emily Kayne found [[Kayne Labs]].

==== 2020 ====

* June 26<sup>th</sup>
** Jonathan Kayne graduates [[Phebridge City High School]].
* October 1<sup>st</sup>
** Jonathan Kayne starts his first year at [[Phebridge City University]].
* October 18<sup>th</sup>
** Jonathan Kayne begins to experience weird moments he can't explain.
** Jonathan Kayne investigates the issue, by sneaking into his parents' lab, and discovered that his molecular structure had changed to allow him to move faster than any other human being.
* October 19<sup>th</sup>
** Jonathan Kayne begins training.
* November 19<sup>th</sup>
** Jonathan Kayne becomes a superhero known as "The Bolt" to the public.

=== ''[[Thor (book)|Thor]]'' (2021) ===

* ''To be added.''

=== ''[[The Ethereals (book)|The Ethereals]]'' (2022) ===

* ''To be added.''

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