Guide by Warren Woodhouse
1697
- 17th May 1697 at 11 pm: Andrew Endicott was abducted by the Zetans (alien race) from his home in Salem Village, Danvers, MA. (mentioned only in Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta DLC)
1786
- DATE: The Constitution of the United States was drafted and adopted a year later by the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia.
1823
- DATE: President James Monroe presented a document that warns the European powers to not interfere in the affairs of the Western hemisphere, citing the examples of colonisation and puppet governments as possible intolerances.
1863
- 19th November 1863: President Abraham Lincoln gives his famous speech at Gettysburg.
1941
- 11th December 1941: Invasion of Japanese forces who attacked and destroyed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
- 12th December 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a war on the Empire of Japan after the destruction of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese invaders.
2041
- 16th August 2041 at 10 pm: Dr. Morrison Rand, professor of anthropological archaeology, was abducted by the Zetans (alien race) from the parking lot at Banfield College, Humboldt, OR. (mentioned only in Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta DLC)
2052
- DATE: The beginning of The Resource Wars. Vault-Tec Corporation. begins construction of underground nuclear shelters for use on civilian and military scales. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2062
- 3rd May 2062 at 7 pm: The United States Air Force detected an unidentified alien aircraft entering the airspace just north of Hagerstown, Maryland, where it crash landed into a heavily wooded, non-residential area. Attempts to retrieve the craft have proven unsuccessful, it simply could not be located. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2066
- DATE: Invasion of Alaska by the Red Chinese Army. The Declaration of War on China was drafted and adopted not long after. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: Red Chinese Army surrenders at Anchorage, Alaska. (Fallout 3: Operation: Anchorage DLC)
2072
- 3rd June 2072: United States of America announces its annexation of Canada in the north. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2076
- DATE: Project Brainstorm was set up by the United States Military Cultural Center. It involved their flagship project, the Induced Patriotism Initiative, which was met with resounding success. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2077
- 10th October 2077: Roger Maxson, Captain of the United States Army at Mariposa Military Base, discovers that the Colonel has locked himself in his office and is having some sort of breakdown. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 12th October 2077: Roger Maxson explains in his diary about a mutiny that will happen at the Mariposa Military Base. He stopped one of his men from killing a scientist and ordered his men to stand down while Roger interrogates the scientists to find out what their orders were. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 13th October 2077: Roger Maxson killed a scientist that he was interrogating. Chief Scientist Anderson was ordered to do inhuman experiments, the orders came from the government. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 15th October 2077: The Colonel completely lost it and decided to shoot himself in the head. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 18th October 2077: Roger Maxson is established as leader among the men, he ordered the interrogation and then the execution of Scientist Shellman in regards to their orders. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 20th October 2077: Roger Maxson announced to the outside world over the radio. He declares that his squad is now seceded from the union. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 22nd October 2077: Roger Maxson has a bad feeling about what is happening in the world. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 23rd October 2077 at 7:00 am: The day the bombs dropped. On the same day is when 62 students from Early Dawn Elementary went on a field trip to Lamplight Caverns, they spent many hours there and when they were packing up to leave, the ground started shaking and a mushroom cloud was forming in the distance from their location, they found Vault 87 deeper in the caverns. (mentioned only in Fallout 3). On the same day, Roger Maxson leds a team of base personnel at the Mariposa Military Base into the main facility, sparing their lives from the mushroom clouds outside. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 25th October 2077: Sergeant Platner is ordered by Roger Maxson to check on the radiation readings on the outside and finds that the radiation levels are safe. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 26th October 2077: Roger Maxson orders his men to bury the scientists. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- 27th October 2077: Roger Maxson leds survivors in their Exodus to the Lost Hills bunker. Maxson’s wife was killed on the journey. At Lost Hills bunker, Maxson forms The Brotherhood of Steel (now known as: The Brotherhood of Steel West Coast Chapter) and branded as the organisation’s first High Elder. He formed the orders of Paladins, Knights and Scribes. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2097
- DATE: John Maxson (son of Roger Maxson II and grandson of Roger Maxson I) was born. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2135
- DATE: John Maxson was promoted to Paladin at age 38. Soon after, he was promoted once more to Head Paladin. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: Roger Maxson died of cancer. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2155
- DATE: While hunting down a group of Raiders known as the Vipers, Roger Maxson II (who was unhelmeted at the time) was struck in the head with a poisonous arrow and died a few hours later. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: John Maxson was promoted to High Elder when his father Roger Maxson II was killed by Vipers, a vicious Raider gang. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2162
- DATE: John Maxson, aged 65, had some dealings with a mysterious figure identifying themselves as the Vault Dweller. (Fallout 2)
2241
- 10th February 2241: Vault 101 sends out a scouting party to assess the situation of the outside world. Radiation levels are above safe levels and the water is irradiated. They found a human settlement called Megaton and the ruins of Springvale nearby. Two of the expedition team members remained in Megaton: Lewis Taylor and Agnes Taylor (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: In California, The Brotherhood of Steel West Coast Chapter encounter enemy forces calling themselves The Enclave. President Richardson presides control over The Enclave. (Fallout 2)
2256
- DATE: The only known copy of the Constitution of the United States was retrieved from the ruins of The National Archives. The Constitution is now on display at The Capital Preservation Society on board the aircraft carrier known as Rivet City. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2267
- DATE: Arthur Maxson is born. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: John Maxson dies. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
- DATE: Jessica Maxson dies. (mentioned only in Fallout 3)
2277
- DATE: The First Battle of Hoover Dam. Boulder City was blown up by the NCR New California Republic as they were fighting to protect the area, they decided to lure the enemy faction, Caesar’s Legion, into the town, which subsequently became the kill zone. (mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas)
2281
- 1st November 2281: The Courier is shot dead for the Platinum Chip, buried and turns out to be alive, sets out to find and collect the Platinum Chip from Benny in New Vegas. (Fallout: New Vegas)
- 22nd November 2281: The Second Battle of Hoover Dam occurs. (Fallout: New Vegas)
