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M30
,Added and moved some events described in HH8.
|'''First [[Founding]]'''. The Emperor uses DNA samples from the Primarchs to create twenty [[Space Marine Legion]]s. [[Grabya's Theorem]] demonstrates how [[Primarch]] genetic data could be used to stabilize genetic development of [[Space Marine]]s. [[Sorian's Inductus Excelsus]] shows requirements for more warriors is vast. Accelerated gene-culturing techniques implemented, reducing processing time to create Space Marine to one year. However, accelerated gene-seed has unseen fundamental flaws.
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] pg. 47
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|ca. M30
|[[Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia (Novel)]] Chapter Seven
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|rowspan=2|798.M30<!-- Date given in Imperial Knights -->
|[[Warp]]-dilated horologs state that the [[Great Crusade]] begins around this time.
{{CanonConflict}}''[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] cites that the Great Crusade began in M29.''
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Chapter One; [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 168; [[Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition)]]; [[Magnus the Red: Master of Prospero (Novel)]] Chapter 1
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|[[First Pacification of Luna]]. VII, XIII, and XVI Legions annihilate the leadership of the Selenar gene-cults of [[Luna]] in six hours. The remaining cult leaders implore the Emperor to "call off [his] wolves" as they surrender. Evidence of occultism within the gene-cults is sequestered in the Imperial Dungeon.|[[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pgs. 80-81; [[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12 <!-- First action of the Great Crusade -->|-|rowspan=2|799.M30
|On [[Olympia]], [[Perturabo]] is brought before [[Dammekos]], the Tyrant of Lochos.
|[[Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia (Novel)]] Chapter One
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|The Crimson Walkers emerge in the Panpacific Enclaves of [[Terra]], using psychic powers to dominate minds and animate constructs made of dead flesh. The [[Night Lords|VIII Legion]] brutally crushes the Walkers in a campaign of terror.|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12|-|rowspan=23|803.M30
|Astartes of the [[Thousand Sons|XV Legion]] first begin to express psychic powers, followed shortly by the flesh-change.
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapter Twenty-Two <!-- "Our character manifested itself five years into the Crusade." -->
|The [[rogue trader]] [[Hel DeAniasie]] catalogues the trinary [[Paramar system]].
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]] pg. 19
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|Eight full Legions are deployed in a campaign to destroy the artificial world of Sedna in the Solar system and the [[xenos]] species controlling it. After the campaign, Sedna falls silent and the Imperium forgets about it.
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12
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|804.M30
|The [[Emperor of Mankind]] comes to [[Cthonia]] and recruits [[Horus]] to lead the [[Black Legion|XVI Legion]]. The facts of the events are lost to the fog of the ages.
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Black Legion]]; [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg. 67
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|<!-- 10 years after Lion's arrival -->
|[[Luther]] finds a feral child in the forests of [[Caliban]] and names him [[Lion El'Jonson]] (The Lion, Son of the Forest).
|[[Descent of Angels (Novel)|Descent of Angels]] Prologue
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|rowspan=2|806.M30
|The [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] comes to [[Chemos]] and recruits [[Fulgrim]] to lead the III Legion. After Fulgrim addresses the two hundred surviving Astartes, the Emperor accepts the name he had given them, the [[Emperor's Children]].
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Emperor's Children]]; [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg. 104
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|[[Lion El'Jonson]] leads the knights of [[Caliban]] in a ten-year campaign to exterminate the great beasts that haunt the forests. The Knights of Lupus refuse to join the hunt and are destroyed. Soon after, the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] comes to recruit [[Lion El'Jonson]] to lead the First Legion. [[Zahariel El'Zurias]] narrowly averts an assassination attempt on the Emperor. The Lion dubs the First Legion the [[Dark Angels]] after figures of Caliban myth.|[[Descent of Angels (Novel)|Descent of Angels]] Prologue, Book Two, Book Three
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|ca. 840.M30
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]] pg. 102
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|rowspan=2|843.M30
|[[Rogue trader]] Casilida DeAniasie makes contact with the Sovereign Forge Domain of [[Xana]], leading to diplomatic negotiations between Xana, the [[Imperium of Man]], and the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]] pg. 60
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|The Emperor comes to [[Baal]] to recruit [[Sanguinius]]. The [[Blood Angels|IX Legion]] are ordered to muster at the Teghar system to meet their [[Primarch]], a process that takes two years and four months.
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 119
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|ca. 845.M30
|The IX Legion brings the Teghar system to Compliance. [[Sanguinius]] renames his legion the [[Blood Angels]].
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pgs. 120-121
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| <!-- Vulkan's 4th year on Nocturne; 1 Nocturnian year = 15 Terran -->
|[[Vulkan]] leads [[Nocturne]]'s defenders against [[Eldar]] raiders.
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Salamanders]]
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|rowspan=2|848.M30
|The 4th Expeditionary Fleet discovers [[Sarosh]]. Harlad Furst is appointed [[Imperial governor]], but the planet's impenetrable bureaucracy prevents any action toward Compliance for over a year. The Saroshi try to destroy ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' with an atomic bomb, but are defeated.
|[[Descent of Angels (Novel)|Descent of Angels]] Book Four; [[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12
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|[[Luther]] and five hundred [[Dark Angels]] battle-brothers are sent back to [[Caliban]] to train new recruits.
|[[Fallen Angels (Novel)|Fallen Angels]] Prologue <!-- 147th year of Great Crusade -->
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|849.M30 <!-- late 840's; barely four years before Morningstar -->
|The [[Knight World]] [[Chrysis]] is rediscovered. [[House Krast]] of this planet joined to [[Imperium]]
|[[Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition)]], ''The Knightly Houses''/<br>[[ White Dwarf September 2016]], The Ultimate Guide to... Imperial Knights - M30-31
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|853.M30 <!-- Twelve primarchs found -->
|The [[Emperor of Mankind]] comes to [[Colchis]] and recruits [[Lorgar]] to lead the Imperial Heralds. Lorgar renames his legion the [[Word Bearers]].
|''Ibid.''; [[Index Astartes]]: [[Word Bearers]]; [[Aurelian (Novella)|Aurelian]] Prologue; [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]] pg. 16
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|858.M30
|[[Lorgar]] leads the [[Word Bearers]] to destroy the Cult of the Iconoclast on the planet [[Arachnia]]. The sect worships "The One True God," who is described in ways similar to the Emperor. Lorgar incorporates elements of the Cult's dogma into early versions of the [[Book of Lorgar]].
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12
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|ca. 860.M30 <!-- "Korchin ... had been the language of the Legion for the hundred and twenty years since the Master of Mankind had made himself known to us." Jaghatai named among Primarchs at Molech compliance, so this must pre-date that event. -->
|The [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] comes to [[Chogoris]] and recruits [[Jaghatai Khan]] to lead the [[White Scars]]. The Khan is the fifteenth [[Primarch]] rediscovered.|[[Index Astartes]]: [[White Scars]]; [[Brotherhood of the Storm (Novella)|Brotherhood of the Storm]] Part I; [[Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris (Novel)| Warhawk of Chogoris]] Chapter 1
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|860.M30
|[[Ork]]s invade [[Rennimar]] shortly after the [[Imperial Fists]] bring the world to Compliance.
|[[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)|Praetorian of Dorn]] ''Lord of Conquest''
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|866.M30
|The [[Raven Guard|XIX Legion]] is tasked with forcing Compliance on [[Riobhia]] and destroying the Grael Library, a repository of proscribed knowledge. While en route, the Legion receives communication from a [[Thousand Sons]] fleet that had already intervened and dealt with the situation.
|[[The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence]] pg. 12
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|869.M30
|The [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] brings 63-8 ([[Davin]]) to Compliance. [[Kor Phaeron]] of the [[Word Bearers]] remains behind to enlighten the Davinites. [[Eugen Temba]] is installed as [[Imperial governor]]. His ship ''[[Glory of Terra]]'' crashes on Davin's moon shortly after.
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Part Two Chapter Three; [[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] Part One Chapter One, Three, Seven
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