1001 DR (Year of the Awakening)
¸ Many ruins discovered and old magic and undead released.[TSR1085a]

1018 DR (Year of the Dracorage)
¸ Rage of Dragons in Faerûn and the Heartlands.[TSR1085a]
¸ Peleveran, south of Chessenta, destroyed in Rage of Dragons.[TSR1085a]
¸ King Tchazzar of Chessenta dies in battle against sahuagin. His body is never found, so his people assume that he has ascended to godhood.[177380000] [176650000] [TSR9274]
¸ Sapphiraktar the Blue joins in the massive flights of dragons ravaging the Realms. He emerges from his normal Calim desert habitat and destroys much of Calimport and Keltar in Kythom and Flamerule.[177380000 p.115] [WTC11836] [TSR9589]

1019 DR (Year of the Sure Quarrel)
¸ Assassin wars in the South; many satraps killed by crossbow-weilding thieves.[TSR1085a]

1020 DR (Year of Smoldering Spells)
¸ Thay develops much of its unique fire magic.[TSR1085a]

1021 DR (Year of the Howling Axe)
¸ Thay strikes against the Harpers. Harpers go underground.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1022 DR (Year of the Wandering Wyvern)
¸ Refounding of the Harpers.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1030 DR (Year of Warlords)
¸ Zulkirs established as rulers of Thay.[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a] [TSR9235]
¸ Aencar becomes warlord of Battledale.[TSR1085a]

1032 DR (Year of the Nightmaidens)
¸ (0 NR ) Raurlor proclaims the Empire of the North, but Ahghairon defied him, transforming the Warlord's blade into a viper that poisoned its wielder; Raurlor dies at the mage's feet, and Ahghairon becomes the first "Lord" of Waterdeep. Ahghairon determines that henceforth wisdom and not armed might will rule in the city, and the The Lords of Waterdeep are formed.[881620000 p.10] [WTC11836]

1038 DR (Year of Spreading Spring)
¸ Aencar begins to unify the Dalelands, takes the title "Mantled King".[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ The Great Glacier retreats from the lands of Damara, Vaasa, and upper Narfell; many folk from Impiltur and Thesk migrate north to the newly uncovered lands.[DRAGON346 p.70] [176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1044 DR (Year of Singing Shards)
¸ Aencar the Mantled King dies. Dalelands split up into independent, though allied, communities.[TSR1085a]

1065 DR (Year of the Watching Wood)
¸ The half-elf Brindor is elected as the first king of Aglarond.[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1074 DR (Year of the Tightening Fist)
¸ The zulkirs crush the last opposition to their rule over Thay.[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1121 p.4] [TSR1085a] [TSR9235]

1090 DR (Year of Slaughter)
¸ (58 NR ) Battle of the Bones: A horde of 200,000 goblins and orcs arises from the High Moors due to extreme drought and attempt an invasion of the North. The Battle of the Bones marks the spot of the great battle that destroys the horde.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ Followers of Malar mount the Great Hunt.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1095 DR (Year of the Dawndance)
¸ The war-captain Imphras unites the major cities of the Easting Reach into the new nation of Impiltur.[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1097 DR (Year of the Gleaming Crown)
¸ Imphras the Great is crowned king of refounded Impiltur and establishes the Heltharn dynasty.[DRAGON346 p.70] [882927200 p.88] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a] [TSR9235]

1099 DR (Year of the Restless)
¸ New trade routes forged. First modern contact with Kara-Tur and Zakhara.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1104 DR (Year of the Dark Dawn)
¸ Szass Tam, future Zulkir of Thay, is born.[TSR1085a] [TSR9235]

1110 DR (Year of the Bloody Fields)
¸ As prophesied, many battles were fought this year.[TSR1085a]

1116 DR (Year of the Empty Scabbard)
¸ The Heralds break from the Harpers.[TSR1085a]

1117 DR (Year of the Twelverule)
¸ Chessenta begins to break up into rival city-states.[177380000] [176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a] [TSR9274] [TSR9235]

1150 DR (Year of the Scourge)
¸ (118 NR ) A great plague sweeps the Sword Coast, coupled with increased attacks by troll and orc tribes. Worship of Talona and Loviatar soars.[881620000 p.10] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ (118 NR ) Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun the Elder, arrives in Waterdeep and builds Arunsun (later Blackstaff) Tower.[881620000 p.10] [WTC11836]

1161 DR (Year of the Quiet Earth)
¸ Merith Strongbow, eldest of the Knights of Myth Drannor, is born.[TSR1085a]

1164 DR (Year of Long Shadows)
¸ The pirate Immurk the Invincible raids a merchant-ship of Procampur, capturing the coronation crown of Cormyr's new king, Palaghard I. This marks the rise of piracy in the Inner Sea. The nations of the Inner Sea begin building their own warships, seeking to defend their merchant fleets and hunt the pirates in their own lairs.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ The farming community of Voonlar is settled.[TSR1120] [TSR1085a]
Errata: [TSR9474 p.21] incorrectly dates this event at c.700 DR

1179 DR (Year of the Stalking Satyr)
¸ (147 NR ) Malaugrym attack Arunsun Tower but are turned back by Khelben, Elminster, and an assortment of Waterdeep mages.[WTC11836]

1180 DR (Year of Sinking Sails)
¸ Sembia loses fleet in Pirate Isles.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1182 DR (Year of the Tomb)
¸ The malaugrym are discovered in Faerûn.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ Start of the Harpstar Wars.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ Cities of Calimshan recognize the rule of the pasha of Calimport.[TSR1085a]

1194 DR (Year of the Bloody Wave)
¸ Battle of the Singing Sands: Aglarond repels the first invasion of the Red Wizards of Thay.[176650000] [WTC11836] [TSR9235] [TSR1121]

1197 DR (Year of the Sundered Shield)
¸ Battle of Brokenheads: The Thayans attack Aglarond again and are driven back.[176650000]

1201 DR (Year of Embers)
¸ Death of Immursk the Pirate.[TSR1085a]

1209 DR (Year of the Blazing Banners)
¸ The Battle of the Fallen: The plundering of the Urdogen's pirates is curtailed after a massive confrontation outside the Dragonisle by the combined forces of Sembia, Impiltur, and Cormyr. Prince Lashilmbrar led the Impilturan forces in the attack.[882927200 p.89] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1222 DR (Year of the Horn)
¸ The Harpstar Wars end with the destruction of the Harper King.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1230 DR (Year of the Long Watch)
¸ Elf-maidens setting out for a pleasure outing are never seen again. This becomes the basis for the epic poem "The Long Watch".[TSR1085a]

1232 DR (Year of the Weeping Wives)
¸ Destruction of Sessrendale by Archendale.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1235 DR (Year of the Black Horde)
¸ (203 NR ) The largest orc horde in history masses in the North and besieges countless settlements on its march south through Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan.[177380000 p.116] [881620000 p.10] [177380000] [WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1237 DR (Year of the Grotto)
¸ Aglarond and Thesk ally.[176650000] [TSR1085a] [TSR9235]

1241 DR (Year of the Lost Lady)
¸ A well-respected Tethyrian noblewoman is captured and slain by orcs. In her memory, orcs are wiped out throughout the South in a genocidal slaughter. Orcs call this the Year of Pushing Too Far.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1242 DR (Year of the Yellow Rose)
¸ Monastery of the Yellow Rose founded.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]
¸ Anaglathos, a venerable blue dragon, arrives in Turmish and assumes control.[WTC11836] [TSR9520 p.12, 13] [TSR1085a]

1245 DR (Year of Pain)
¸ (213 NR ) Loviatar worship gains great popularity. Most of the modern temples in the North are founded.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a]

1246 DR (Year of Burning Steel)
¸ First recorded use of bombards by Lantan.[TSR1085a]

1247 DR (Year of the Purple Basilisk)
¸ The paladin Corwin Freas, leading a band of adventurers, defeats Anaglathos. Corwin Freas is declared the new Lord of Turmish.[WTC11836] [TSR1085a] [TSR9520 p.13]

1248 DR (Year of the Cockatrice)
¸ (216 NR ) Guilds are formed in Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep recognize the merchant gentry, marking the formal beginnings of the Waterdhavian nobility.[881620000 p.59] [TSR1085a]
¸ Verovan, last king of Westgate, dies.[TSR1085a]