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Below is a chronological ordering for events depicted in all canon stories in the Babylon 5 universe, as per the Historical Database published in Across Time and Space.

For a more straight-forward chronological viewing order please see Viewing Order page.

"Recaps" (i.e. flashbacks to footage from previous episodes) are not included for the sake of brevity.

Timecodes are as per Remastered episodes on iTunes, other versions may vary.

Key
Episode main narrative
Episode segment
Written word
Historical Database story dates Story type Original # Story name Segment Notes

Pre 22nd century[]

1500000 BCE TVM Thirdspace 01:08:41 to 01:09:44 Vorlons construct Thirdspace gate
7800 BCE TVM The River of Souls 42:32 to 43:38 Soul Hunters come to Ralga
1259 TV episode C1x05 Crusade: Patterns of the Soul 18:54 to 19:22 Qal’Thaa destroyed
1260 TV episode C1x09 Crusade: Racing the Night 33:30 to 33:57 Kulan's Homeworld infected
1260 TV episode 3x17 War Without End, Part Two 41:50 to 43:02 Arrival of Valen
1260 to 1261 Comic In Valen's Name Book 1 pp 18-23; Book 2 pp 7-10, 14-21; Book 3 pp 6-8, 13-14, 18-19 Stories from time of Valen

2115 to 2257[]

2115 to 2156 Book Dark Genesis Prologue, Parts I-II
2160-10  [apocrypha] Comic The Psi Corps and You! pp 4-11 Apocryphal telling of William Karges' death
2180 to 2189 Book Dark Genesis Parts III-IV, Epilogue
2195 Book Deadly Relations Part I
2199  [apocrypha] Comic The Psi Corps and You! pp 19-22 Setting for apocryphal story of Bester's childhood
2204 to 2206 Book Deadly Relations Part II
2208 TV episode 3x06 Dust to Dust 34:38 to 35:04 Death of G'Kar's father
2222 Book Deadly Relations Part III
c. 2233 TV episode 4x09 Atonement 19:35 to 20:53 Delenn and Dukhat in The Dreaming
2245 TV episode 4x09 Atonement 21:35 to 27:10 Grey Council debate contact with Humans
2245-07 TV episode 4x09 Atonement 27:16 to 31:20, 32:03 to 33:32 First contact
2245-07 TVM In the Beginning 06:04 to 14:59, 16:38 to 43:36 First contact
2245-07 TV episode 3x13 A Late Delivery from Avalon 31:00 to 31:20 McIntyre opens fire
2247-09 TVM In the Beginning 43:36 to 35:50, 36:04 to 1:11:23 Attempt at peace
2248 TVM In the Beginning 1:13:44 to 1:28:20 Battle of the Line
2248 [apocrypha] Comic The Psi Corps and You! pp 15-17 Apocryphal story of Andrew Denmark
2248 TV episode 2x01 Points of Departure 25:22 to 26:32 Delenn at the Battle of the Line
2248 TV episode 1x08 And the Sky Full of Stars 30:52 to 33:51 Sinclair at the Battle of the Line
2249 TVM In the Beginning 1:29:06 to 1:29:49 First Babylon Station destroyed
2253-04-16 TV episode 3x08 Messages from Earth 10:43 to 11:06, 12:59 to 14:26 Shadow vessel found on Mars
2253-04-16 Comic Shadows Past and Present Part 1 pp 18-19; Part 2 pp 5-19; Part 3 pp 3-13, 24; Part 4 pp 1-16, 22, 24 Garibaldi and Sinclair on Mars
2253-07-12 Book Deadly Relations Part IV Chs 1-5
2254 TV episode 3x16 War Without End, Part One 32:30 to 33:29, 33:49 to 34:42, 35:44 to 38:27, 39:09 to 40:27, 41:44 to 43:00 Babylon 4 saved
2254 TV episode 3x17 War Without End, Part Two 02:38 to 05:36, 05:49 to 06:45, 07:46 to 08:19, 17:25 to 21:02 Babylon 4 stolen
2256 TV episode 3x06 Dust to Dust 31:35 to 32:35 Londo's assignment to Babylon 5
2256-11-18 to 2256-11-19 Book Deadly Relations Part IV Chs 6-8
2256-11-19 TV episode 5x11 Phoenix Rising 14:45 to 16:30 Byron's turning point
2256-11-18 to 2256-12-14 Book The Shadow Within Chs 1-9
2256-12 TV episode 1x20 Babylon Squared 35:10 to 36:07 Garibaldi and Lise separate
2257-01-01 to 2257-01-03 Book The Shadow Within Chs 10-18
2257-01-03 TV episode 2x16 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum 33:56 to 34:46 Icarus lands on Z'ha'dum
2257-01-03 DTV The Road Home 21:37 to 24:44
2257-01-03 to 2257-01-08 Pilot The Gathering

2258[]

2258-01-17 DTV The Road Home 17:44 to 21:37
2258-02-28 TV episode 1x01 Midnight on the Firing Line
2258-03-02 to 2258-03-03 TV episode 1x02 Soul Hunter
2258-03-08 to 2258-03-09 TV episode 1x04 Infection includes recording from 1258
2258-03-22 to 2258-03-25 TV episode 1x03 Born to the Purple
2258-03-30 to 2258-04-03 TV episode 1x05 The Parliament of Dreams
2258-04-03 to 2258-04-07 TV episode 1x07 The War Prayer
2258-04-11 to 2258-04-13 TV episode 1x08 And the Sky Full of Stars
2258-04-13 Book Deadly Relations Epilogue
2258-04-24 to 2258-04-26 TV episode 1x06 Mind War
2258-05 TV episode 1x12 By Any Means Necessary
2258-05 TV episode 1x09 DeathWalker
2258-06 TV episode 1x10 Believers
2258-06 TV episode 1x11 Survivors
2258-06 TV episode 1x18 A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I
2258-06 TV episode 1x19 A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II
2258-07-12 to 2258-07-13 TV episode 1x20 Babylon Squared
2258-07-12 to 2258-07-13 TV episode 3x17 War Without End, Part Two 21:02 to 39:51, 40:53 to 41:50 includes flashforward to 2262-12
2258-07 TV episode 1x17 Legacies includes flashback to 2248
2258-07 TV episode 1x15 Grail
2258-08-03 to 2258-08-05 TV episode 1x13 Signs and Portents includes vision of alternate timeline 2260, or of 2282
2258-08 TV episode 1x14 TKO
2258-09 TV episode 1x16 Eyes
2258-09 TV episode 1x21 The Quality of Mercy
2258-11-27 to 2258-12-28 Book Casting Shadows Chs 1-15
2258-12-25 TV episode C1x04 Crusade: The Path of Sorrows 33:57 to 37:45 Death of Isabelle
2258-12-30 to 2259-01-01 TV episode 1x22 Chrysalis
2258-12-31 TV episode 3x05 Voices of Authority 22:05 to 22:28 Morden speaks to Clark
2258-12-31 to 2259-01-01 Book Casting Shadows Chs 16-17

2259[]

2259-01-06 Comic In Darkness Find Me
2259-01-08 TV episode 2x01 Points of Departure
2259-01-12 to 2259-01-19 TV episode 2x02 Revelations
2259-01-19 to 2259-01-24 Comic Treason, In Harm's Way, The Price of Peace
2259-01-23 Book Summoning Light Chs 1-6
2259-01-25 to 2259-01-26 TV episode 2x03 The Geometry of Shadows 00:00 to 08:16 (i.e. first four scenes), 08:16 to 37:42 (Drazi storyline only)
2259-01-25 Book Summoning Light Ch 7
2259-01-30 to 2259-02-02 TV episode 2x04 A Distant Star
2259-02-03 to 2259-02-05 TV episode 2x03 The Geometry of Shadows 09:44 to 43:02 (Techno-mage storyline only)
2259-02-01 to 2259-02-09 Book Summoning Light Chs 8-17
2259-02-09 TV episode C1x04 Crusade: The Path of Sorrows 12:29 to 21:21
2259-02-09 Book Summoning Light Ch 18
2259-02-09 to 2259-02-28 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Chs 1-13
2259-02 Comic Shadows Past and Present
2259-03 TV episode 2x06 Spider in the Web includes flashback to 2258-06
2259-03-14 to 2259-03-17 TV episode 2x08 A Race Through Dark Places
2259-05 TV episode 2x07 Soul Mates
2259-06 TV episode 2x05 The Long Dark
2259-06 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Chs 14-17
2259-06-13 to 2259-06-17 TV episode 2x09 The Coming of Shadows includes visions of 2258, 2261, 2262 and 2278
2259-06-20 to 2259-06-23 TV episode 2x10 GROPOS
2259-07 TV episode 2x11 All Alone in the Night
2259-07 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Chs 18-20
2259-07 TV episode 2x12 Acts of Sacrifice
2259-07 TV episode 2x13 Hunter, Prey
2259-08 TV episode 2x17 Knives
2259-08 to 2259-09 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Chs 21-26
2259-08 TV episode 2x14 There All the Honor Lies
2259-09-16 TV episode 2x15 And Now For a Word
2259 [apocrypha] Comic The Psi Corps and You! Setting for apocryphal Psi Corps pamphlet
2259-09-24 TV episode 2x16 In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum
2259-10 TV episode 2x19 Divided Loyalties 00:00 to 02:03 (i.e. first scene of Teaser)
2259-11 TV episode 2x18 Confessions and Lamentations
2259-11 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Chs 27-30
2259-11-24 TV episode 2x19 Divided Loyalties 02:03 to 03:12 (i.e. second scene of Teaser)
2259-12-01 to 2259-12-02 TV episode 2x19 Divided Loyalties 04:41 to 43:01 (i.e. Acts One to Five)
2259-12-03 TV episode 2x20 The Long, Twilight Struggle 00:00 to 01:46, 10:29 to 13:41, 14:47 to 15:20 (i.e. Londo and Refa scenes)
2259-12-04 TVM Thirdspace 38:06 to 38:41 Lyta arranges travel to Vorlon space
2259-12-06 to 2259-12-10 TV episode 2x20 The Long, Twilight Struggle 01:46 to 10:29, 13:41 to 14:47, 15:20 to 43:03 (i.e. all except Londo and Refa scenes)
2259-12-06 TV episode A Tragedy of Telepaths 12:29 to 12:48 Bombing of Narn homeworld
2259-12-15 to 2259-12-20 TVM Thirdspace 38:41 to 39:11 Lyta arrives at Vorlon space
2259-12 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Ch 31
2259-12-18 TV episode 2x22 The Fall of Night 00:00 to 06:00 (i.e. first five scenes)
2259-12-19 to 2259-12-20 TV episode 2x21 Comes the Inquisitor
2259-12-20 TV episode 5x07 Secrets of the Soul 39:18 to 39:21, 39:44 to 39:55, 40:06 to 40:56 Lyta on the Vorlon homeworld
2259-12-23 to 2259-12-27 TV episode 2x22 The Fall of Night 06:00 to 43:02 (i.e. all except first five scenes)
c. 2259-12 [alternate timeline] DTV The Road Home 1:00:48 to 1:18:48
2259-12-27 TV episode 3x01 Matters of Honor 00:00 to 02:17 (i.e. first scene)

2260[]

2260-01-06 to 2260-01-09 TV episode 3x01 Matters of Honor 02:17 to 43:01 (i.e. all except first scene)
2260-01-13 to 2260-01-14 TV episode 3x02 Convictions
2260-01-15 to 2260-01-16 TV episode 3x03 A Day in the Strife
2260-01-18 to 2260-01-19 TV episode 3x04 Passing Through Gethsemane 00:00 to 39:35 (i.e. all except Act Five) includes flashbacks and recordings from 2251
2260-02-04 TV episode 3x04 Passing Through Gethsemane 39:35 to 43:01 (i.e. Act Five)
2260-02-05 to 2260-02-07 TV episode 3x05 Voices of Authority
2260-02-28 to 2260-03-01 TV episode 3x06 Dust to Dust
2260-03-10 to 2260-03-13 TV episode 3x07 Exogenesis
2260-03-18 to 2260-03-23 TV episode 3x08 Messages from Earth 00:00 to 41:28 (i.e. all except last scene)
2260-04-08 TV episode 3x08 Messages from Earth 41:28 to 43:00 (i.e. last scene)
2260-04-08 to 2260-04-10 TV episode 3x09 Point of No Return
2260-04-14 to 2260-04-15 TV episode 3x10 Severed Dreams
2260-04-16 to 2260-04-18 TV episode 3x11 Ceremonies of Light and Dark
2260-06-30 to 2260-07-05 TV episode 3x12 Sic Transit Vir
2260-07-11 to 2260-07-12 TV episode 3x13 A Late Delivery from Avalon
2260-07-24 TV episode 3x14 Ship of Tears
2260-08-03 to 2260-08-05 TV episode 3x15 Interludes and Examinations
2260-08-05 Book Invoking Darkness Ch 1
2260-08-09 TV episode 3x16 War Without End, Part One 00:00 to 32:30, 33:29 to 33:49, 34:42 to 35:44 includes recordings from 1260, 2254 and 2258
2260-08-12 TV episode 3x17 War Without End, Part Two 39:51 to 40:53
2260-08-16 TV episode 3x18 Walkabout
2260-08-20 [alternate timeline] TV episode 1x20 Babylon Squared 20:50 to 21:36 The fall of Babylon 5 [alternate timeline]
2260-08-20 [alternate timeline] TV episode 3x16 War Without End, Part One 15:26 to 16:24 The fall of Babylon 5 [alternate timeline]
2260-08-20 [alternate timeline] DTV The Road Home 24:44 to 40:34 The fall of Babylon 5 [alternate timeline]
2260-11-23 to 2261-11-25 Book Invoking Darkness Chs 2-8
2260-11-26 to 2260-11-30 TV episode 3x19 Grey 17 is Missing
2260-12-06 Book To Dream in the City of Sorrows Prologue, Epilogue
2260-12-07 to 2260-12-11 TV episode 3x20 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
2260-12-07 to 2261-12-08 Book Invoking Darkness Chs 9-13
2260-12-14 to 2260-12-19 TV episode 3x21 Shadow Dancing
2260-12-19 to 2260-12-25 TV episode 3x22 Z'ha'dum
2260-12-18 to 2261-12-25 Book Invoking Darkness Chs 14-20
2260-12-28 to 2261-01-06 TV episode 4x01 The Hour of the Wolf

2261[]

2261-01-04 TV episode 4x16 The Face of the Enemy 35:06 to 36:19 Garibaldi worked on by Psi Corps
2261-01-08 to 2261-01-14 TV episode 4x02 Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?
2261-01-11 TV episode 4x03 The Summoning 00:00 to 01:50 (i.e. first scene)
2261-01-16 to 2261-01-18 TV episode 4x03 The Summoning 01:50 to 43:01 (i.e. all except first scene)
2261-01-19 to 2261-01-20 TV episode 4x04 Falling Toward Apotheosis
2261-01-22 to 2261-01-24 TV episode 4x05 The Long Night
2261-01-23 to 2261-01-30 TV episode 4x06 Into the Fire
c. 2261-01 [alternate timeline] DTV The Road Home 48:08 to 54:56
2261-01 Book Invoking Darkness Ch 21
2261-02-01 TV episode 4x07 Epiphanies 00:00 to 02:13 (i.e. first scene)
2261-02-02 to 2261-02-04 Comic In Valen's Name
2261-02-05 to 2261-02-11 TV episode 4x07 Epiphanies 02:13 to 42:18 (i.e. all except first and last scenes)
2261-02-15 TV episode 4x07 Epiphanies 42:18 to 42:59 (i.e. last scene)
2261-04-03 TV episode 4x08 The Illusion of Truth 00:00 to 21:34 Dan Randall's visit
2261-04-12 TV episode 4x08 The Illusion of Truth 21:34 to 43:00 ISN broadcast
2261-04-26 to 2261-05-05 TV episode 4x09 Atonement
2261-05-11 to 2261-05-13 TV episode 4x10 Racing Mars
2261-05-13 to 2261-05-16 TV episode 4x11 Lines of Communication
2261-05-17 to 2261-05-19 TV episode 4x12 Conflicts of Interest
2261-05-19 to 2261-05-21 TV episode 4x13 Rumors, Bargains and Lies
2261-05-20 to 2261-05-22 TV episode 4x14 Moments of Transition Minbar storyline only
2261-06 TVM Thirdspace
2261-07-29 to 2261-08-03 TV episode 4x14 Moments of Transition Babylon 5 storyline only (except last scene)
2261-09-01 TV episode 4x14 Moments of Transition 41:21 to 43:30 (i.e. last scene)
2261-09-02 to 2261-09-04 TV episode 4x15 No Surrender, No Retreat
2261-09-06 to 2261-09-08 TV episode 4x16 Exercise of Vital Powers
2261-10-17 to 2261-10-22 TV episode 4x17 The Face of the Enemy
2261-10-23 to 2261-10-27 TV episode 4x18 Intersections in Real Time
2261-10-27 to 2261-10-31 TV episode 4x19 Between the Darkness and the Light
2261-11-01 to 2261-11-04 TV episode 4x20 Endgame
2261-11-03 to 2261-11-04 TV episode 4x21 Rising Star 00:00 to 09:07 (i.e. first four scenes)
2261-12-28 to 2261-12-31 TV episode 4x21 Rising Star 09:07 to 43:31 (i.e. all except first four scenes)

2262[]

2262-01-02 TV episode 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars 00:00 to 11:41 (i.e. Teaser & Act One), 42:20 to 43:35 (i.e. last scene)
2262-01-13 to 2262-01-17 TV episode 5x01 No Compromises
2262-01-20 to 2262-01-21 TV episode 5x02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
2262-01-21 to 2262-01-22 Short story Hidden Agendas
2262-01-30 to 2262-01-31 TV episode 5x03 The Paragon of Animals
2262-02-12 to 2262-02-13 TV episode 5x04 A View from the Gallery
2262-02 TV episode 5x08 Day of the Dead
2262-05-17 to 2262-05-22 TV episode 5x05 Learning Curve
2262-05-23 to 2262-05-24 TV episode 5x06 Strange Relations
2262-05-25 to 2262-05-28 TV episode 5x07 Secrets of the Soul includes recording from c.1420
2262-05-27 to 2262-05-31 TV episode 5x09 In the Kingdom of the Blind
2262-06-16 to 2262-06-18 TV episode 5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths
2262-06-19 TV episode 5x11 Phoenix Rising
2262-06-20 to 2262-06-23 TV episode 5x12 The Ragged Edge
2262-06-24 to 2262-06-29 TV episode 5x13 The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father
2262-07-13 to 2262-07-15 TV episode 5x14 Meditations on the Abyss
2262-07-23 to 2262-07-30 TV episode 5x15 Darkness Ascending
2262-07-31 to 2262-08-06 TV episode 5x16 And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
2262-08-09 to 2262-08-14 TV episode 5x17 Movements of Fire and Shadow
2262-08-14 to 2262-08-18 TV episode 5x18 The Fall of Centauri Prime
2262-08-14 to 2262-08-31 Book The Long Night of Centauri Prime Prologue, Chs 1-7
2262-08-19 to 2262-08-21 TV episode 5x19 The Wheel of Fire
2262-08-20 to 2262-08-29 Short story Shadow of his Thoughts
2262-09-01 to 2262-09-05 TV episode 5x20 Objects in Motion
2262-09 Book The Long Night of Centauri Prime pp 98-99, Chs 8-13
2262-09-06 to 2262-09-11 TV episode 5x21 Objects at Rest
2262-09-11 DTV The Road Home 00:00 to 07:24
2262-10 DTV The Road Home 07:24 to 13:22, 40:34 to 48:08
2262-10-15 to 2262-10-18 Short story Genius Loci

2263 to 2267[]

2263-06-08 to 2263-06-13 TVM The River of Souls
2264 to 2266-12 Book The Long Night of Centauri Prime Chs 14-22
2265 Short story The Nautilus Coil
2265 TV episode C1x04 Crusade: The Path of Sorrows 23:06 to 31:33 Matheson helps resistance leader
2265-03 TVM To Live and Die in Starlight
2266-12-17 to 2266-12-30 TVM A Call to Arms
2266-12-22 Book Armies of Light and Dark pp 1-4, Chs 1-4
2267-01-01 to 2267-01-05 TV episode C1x01 Crusade: War Zone includes flashback to 2259-02-09
2267-02-27 to 2267-03-02 TV episode C1x02 Crusade: The Long Road
2267-03 TV episode C1x08 Crusade: Appearances and Other Deceits
2267-03-30 to 2267-04-01 TV episode C1x10 Crusade: The Memory of War
2267-04 TV episode C1x11 Crusade: The Needs of Earth
2267-05 TV episode C1x09 Crusade: Racing the Night
2267-05-13 to 2267-05-14 TV episode C1x12 Crusade: Visitors from Down the Street includes flashbacks to recent events
2267-05 TV episode C1x13 Crusade: Each Night I Dream of Home
2267-06 TV episode C1x04 Crusade: The Path of Sorrows
2267-06-15 to 2267-06-16 TV episode C1x06 Crusade: Ruling from the Tomb
2267-06 TV episode C1x05 Crusade: Patterns of the Soul
2267-07 TV episode C1x03 Crusade: The Well of Forever
2267-07 TV episode C1x07 Crusade: The Rules of the Game
2267-07 to 2267-08-02 Book Armies of Light and Dark pp 66-71, Chs 5-10
2267-09-01 to 2267-09-03 Unproduced script Crusade: To the Ends of the Earth
2267-09 Unproduced script Crusade: Value Judgments
2267-12 Unproduced script Crusade: End of the Line

2269 to 2284[]

2269 Book Armies of Light and Dark pp 178-182, Chs 11-16
2269-11 Short story True Seeker
2271 Comic The Lost Tales mini-comic
c. 2271 DTV The Road Home 54:56 to 1:00:30 as per reported jms comments at SDCC
2271-07 to 2272 Book Armies of Light and Dark pp 243-244, Ch 17, pp 253-256
2271-02-15 to 2272 Book Final Reckoning Prologue, Part I, Part II Ch. 1-15
2271-12-24 to 2271-12-30 DTV The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
2273 to 2275 Book Out of the Darkness pp 1-10, Chs 1-9
2276 Book Out of the Darkness pp 114-119
2278-12-15 to 2278-12-24 Book Out of the Darkness Chs 10-22
2278-12-24 TV episode 3x16 War Without End, Part One 38:27 to 39:09, 40:27 to 41:44 Londo rebukes Sheridan
2278-12-24 TVM In the Beginning 01:12 to 06:04, 14:59 to 16:38, 35:50 to 36:04, 1:11:23 to 1:13:44, 1:28:20 to 1:29:06, 1:29:49 to 1:33:35 Londo tells story to children
2278-12-24 TV episode 3x17 War Without End, Part Two 01:32 to 02:38, 05:36 to 05:49, 06:45 to 07:46, 08:19 to 17:25 Londo spares Sheridan and Delenn
2278-12-24 to 2279-01-08 Book Out of the Darkness pp 204-207, Chs 23-30
2280-12-28 to 2281-01-20 TV episode 5x22 Sleeping in Light
2281-01 Book Final Reckoning Part II Ch 16, Epilogue
2284 DTV The Road Home 13:22 to 17:44

Post 23rd century[]

2362-01-02 TV episode 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars 11:41 to 21:03 (i.e. Act Two) includes recording from 2262-06-19
2560 Short story Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic All except last three sections
2593 Short story Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic Last three sections
2762-01-02 TV episode 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars 21:03 to 32:15 (i.e. Act Three)
3262-01-02 TV episode 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars 32:15 to 40:51 (i.e. Act Four)
1002262-01-02 TV episode 4x22 The Deconstruction of Falling Stars 40:51 to 42:20
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