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== 000 - 099.M42 ==
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|rowspan=3|~001.M42
|[[The Blackness]] sweeps across the Galaxy due to the formation of the [[Great Rift]]. Much of the Imperium is cut off from [[Terra]] as communication and [[Warp Travel]] is rendered nigh-impossible. Daemonic legions assault much of the Galaxy. Eventually, the effects will wear off and the [[Indomitus Crusade]] will reclaim much of the Imperium.{{Fn|12a}}
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|The [[Battle of Lion's Gate]]. [[Terra]] is assaulted by the forces of [[Khorne]] in its first major invasion in 10,000 years.{{Fn|12a}}
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|The [[Indomitus Crusade]] is waged by [[Roboute Guilliman]].{{Fn|16}}
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|rowspan=2|001-025.M42
|The [[War of Beasts]] on [[Vigilus]] for control of the [[Nachmund Gauntlet]].{{Fn|37}} It eventually escalates into the [[War of Nightmare]]s when [[Chaos]] arrives.{{Fn|38}}
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|The [[Nachmund Rift War]] begins as the war on [[Vigilus]] stabilizes.{{Fn|39}}
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|005.M42
|''[[To Serve the Emperor: A Commissar's Life]]'', written by [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] is published. The writing of his memoirs spurred him to gather and write a full archive of his glorious career. However, this more candid memoir never sees the light of day, being immediately put under Inquisitorial seal by order of [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]]. The archive simply contains far too much sensitive and restricted information. She organises the archive, naming it the [[Cain Archive]], and publishes it "for Inquisitors" only. A high number of Inquisitors read it. She is even persuaded to expand it considerably, making it somewhat of a bestseller among the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|21a}}
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|007.M42
|[[Last Stand at Glazer's Creek II]] - A force of [[Ventrillian Nobles]] hold off an overwhelming ork attack on [[Montar VII]].{{Fn|53}}
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|ca. 010.M42
|[[Battle for the Orestes System]] ([[Indomitus Crusade]]){{Fn|22}}
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|rowspan=14|ca. 012.M42
|The [[Mantis Warriors]] and an [[Imperial Navy]] taskforce come to the aid of the planet [[Herodian IV]], which is under attack from a [[Tyranid]] splinter fleet. Despite taking heavy losses they begin to turn the tide of the battle against the Tyranids, when [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Brutius Parthon]] orders the Mantis Warriors to perform an [[Exterminatus]] on the planet; after a [[Deathwatch]] [[Kill-Team]] was extracted from a hidden [[Ordo Xenos]] weapons laboratory on Herodian IV's surface.{{Fn|23}}
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|200 members of the [[Space Wolves 13th Great Company]] displaced from the [[Horus Heresy]] are recovered from Warp Portals on [[Prospero]].{{Fn|24}}
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|''[[Like a Phoenix on the Wing: The Early Campaigns and Glorious Victories of the Valhallan 597th]]'', written by Lady General [[Jenit Sulla]] (retired) is published. [[Amberley Vail]] uses extracts from it multiple times within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|25}}
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|The [[Battle of Raukos]] ([[Indomitus Crusade]]){{Fn|16a}}{{Fn|26}}
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|The '''Invasion of Ultramar''' ([[Plague Wars]]) - The armies of Nurgle invade [[Ultramar]] from the [[Scourge Stars]].{{Fn|16}}
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|The '''Fall of the Tartella System''' ([[Plague Wars]]) - The [[Great Unclean One]] [[Ku'gath]] with an army of deamons conquers the [[Tartella System]].{{Fn|12d}}
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|The '''Battle of Iax''' ([[Plague Wars]]) - Unknowing, a group of refugee carried Nurgle's taint and transforms them into Plaguebearers allowing the daemons of Nurgle to manifest on the planet.{{Fn|16}}
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|The [[Invasion of Konor]] ([[Plague Wars]]){{Fn|17}}
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|The '''Recapture of the Spandor System''' ([[Plague Wars]]){{Fn|12d}}{{Fn|16b}}
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|The '''Battle of Parmenio''' ([[Plague Wars]]){{Fn|16}}
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|The '''Relief of Iax''' ([[Plague Wars]]){{Fn|16}}
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|The [[War in the Rift]]{{Fn|28}}
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|The [[Recapture of the Tartella System]] ([[Vengeance Campaigns]]){{Fn|14b}}
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|The [[Devastation of Baal]] - [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] invades Baal, homeworld of the [[Blood Angels]] Chapter. [[Guilliman]] and the [[Indomitus Crusade]] arrive at the end of the battle to aid the Blood Angels and their successors. Afterwards, Guilliman appoints [[Dante]] as [[Regent]] of [[Imperium Nihilus]].{{Fn|12b}}
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|rowspan=3|ca. 015.M42
|The [[Battle of Ulvheim]]. The [[Attilan Gap]] into [[Imperium Nihilus]] is stabilized.{{Fn|43}}
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|The [[Arks of Omen Campaign]] is launched by [[Abaddon]] and [[Vashtorr]]. [[Angron]] and [[Lion El'Jonson]] return to the mortal realm{{Fn|10}}
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|The [[Fourth Tyrannic War]] begins with a massive tendril of [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] arriving in [[Segmentum Pacificus]].{{Fn|31}}
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|037.M42
|''[[The Return of the Liberator: Ciaphas Cain and the Second Siege of Perlia]]'' by [[Orten Bassit]] is published. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|29b}}
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|058.M42
|''[[The Crusade and After: A Military History of the Damocles Gulf]]'' by [[Vargo Royz]] is published. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|40}}
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|085.M42
|''[[Purge the Guilty! An impartial account of the liberation of Gravalax]]'' by [[Stententious Logar]] is published. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|21b}}
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|087.M42
|''[[Just Visitin': The Life of a Naval Hero]]'' by [[Nelson Lawford]] is published, a biography of retired [[Imperial Navy]] [[Commodore]] [[Hubert Visiter]]. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|29c}}
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|095.M42
|''[[The Abominable Chitin: a Concise History of the Tyrannic Wars]]'' by [[Arten Burrar]] is published. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|30}}
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|097.M42
|''[[Like a Phoenix From the Flames: The Founding of the 597th]]'', written by [[Lady General]] [[Jenit Sulla]] (retired) is published. [[Amberley Vail]] uses extracts from it multiple times within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|21c}}
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== Undated 100 - 199.M42 =={|align=center border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"|style=background:#4F4F4F align=center|'''Year'''|style=background:#4F4F4F align=center|'''Event'''|-|rowspan=21|127.M42|''[[In Blackest Night: The Millennial Wars Appraised]]'' by [[Ayjaepi Clothier]] is published. It is later used by [[Amberley Vail]] as an extract within the ''[[Cain Archive]]''.{{Fn|29a}}|-|By logical necessity, this would also be the earliest date that [[Amberley Vail]] could have written the Memoirs of [[Ciaphas Cain]], at least those pertaining to [[Cain's Last Stand]]. This would be, by her reckoning, at least 125 years after the events of the [[Second Siege of Perlia]] and the [[13th Black Crusade]].{{Fn|29d}}|} ==Era Indomitus==Due to the large amount of undated events in M42, and confusion on the dating system in universe (see below), unknown dates that occour in M42 or the Era Indomitus are listed below.
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|The [[Ork Empire of Octarius]] is devastated in the [[Octarius War]]{{Fn|34}}
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|The [[Ganymede (Moon)|Cleansing of Ganymede]] ([[Indomitus Crusade]]){{Fn|9}}
|Several years after the opening of the Great Rift, a [[Dominion Genesis]] vessel is discovered by [[Explorator]] [[Talin Sherax]], [[Idranvel]] of [[Biel-Tan]], and [[Necron]] forces. The ancient Aeldari vessel is fought over and ultimately sent crashing into the surface of the unnamed world it was terraforming by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] explorator.{{Fn|50}}
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