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Summary: 180 Events.

1896

• The Alienist by Caleb Carr

1947

• Exodus by Leon Uris

1985 Mexico City Earthquake

• Burning Water (Diana Tregarde Investigation) by Mercedes Lackey

1998 Assassination of PLO commando leader Abu Jihad

• The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon Novels) by Daniel Silva

570 CE Birth of Muhammad.

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

610 CE Muhammad receives first vision in a cave near Mecca.

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

622 CE Hijira - Muhammad and followers flee to Medina. Islamic calendar

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous (AH, Anno Hegirae)

632 CE Death of Muhammad. Abu Bakr chosen as caliph.

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

632-33 Wars of ridda (apostasy) restore allegiance to Islam

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

633 CE Muslim conquests

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous (Futuhat)

650 CE Caliph Uthman has the Qur'an compiled.

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

656 CE Uthman is murdered; Ali becomes fourth caliph.

• The Meaning of the Glorious Koran: An Explanatory Translation (Mentor) by Anonymous

The 74th Hunger Games

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The 75th Hunger Games

• Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins (3rd Quarter Quell)

the 9-11-like bombing of the Old Endicott Building

• The American Zone by L. Neil Smith

9/11

• Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace (2001-09-11)

Adoption of the United States Constitution

• The Federalist Papers (Mentor Book, Mt328) by Rossiter

Airplane testing at Edwards AFB, California, 1950s [1950]

• Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager

American Civil War

• Boneshaker (Sci Fi Essential Books) by Cherie Priest
• The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
• The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
• Rebel by Bernard Cornwell
• Sahara by Clive Cussler (1865)
• Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) by Charlaine Harris ([1861] ∙ [1865])

Another man, also dead. is on the beach.

• Split Image (Jesse Stone, No. 9) by Robert B. Parker

Armageddon

• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• Sahara by Clive Cussler (1865-04)

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• Mongoose, R.I.P. by William F. Buckley Jr.
• The Number of the Beast (Columbine Trade PB, 90019) by Robert A. Heinlein
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1963])

Asteroid Impact

• Footfall by Larry Niven

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1941)

Attempted assassination of Hitler

• Ha'penny by Jo Walton

attempted assassinations of Fidel Castro

• Mongoose, R.I.P. by William F. Buckley Jr.

Battle of Artemisium

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (August (or September) 480 B.C.E.)

Battle of Midway

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1942)

Battle of Monica

• The Shadow of Saganami (The Saganami Island) by David Weber

The Battle of Mycale

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (June 479 B.C.E.)

The Battle of Plataea

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (June 479 B.C.E.)

The Battle of Salamis

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (September 480 B.C.E.)

The Battle of Thermopylae

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (August (or September) 480 B.C.E.)

Battle of Waterloo

• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1815)

Bhkhar Lagidze, his wife and son are murdered.

• Walking Dead: A Novel of Suspense by Greg Rucka

The Big Bang

• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene

Blessing of the Fleet in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

• Captains Courageous (Signet classics) by Rudyard Kipling

Breaking the Sound Barrier

• Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager

Breakthrough of Dragon Queen

• The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

British Raj

• Kim (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Rudyard Kipling (1858-1947)

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune (Dune Chronicles (Berkley Paperback)) by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Carnival

• Carioca Fletch by Gregory McDonald

a cat burglar steals jewelry from Casey Dowling

• The 9th Judgement by James; Paetro Patterson, Maxine

Christmas

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
• Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor

Civil War US

• Battle Flag (The Starbuck Chronicles, Book 3) by Bernard Cornwell

Cold War

• The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
• Footfall by Larry Niven
• Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre
• A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre
• Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
• Sisters, The by Robert Littell
• Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le Carre
• Who's on First by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Smiley's People by John Le Carre (1946-1991)

Columbian Exposition

• HOMELAND (The Crown Family Saga 1890-1900) by John Jakes

The Council of Elrond

• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Council of Trent

• Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Daniel Kresge is murdered while on a hunting party.

• Secret Prey by John Sandford

Daniel Larison steals ninety-two CIA torture tapes

• Inside Out: A Novel by Barry Eisler

the Day of Pain

• The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card

A dead man is found in a Cadillas SUV. Suitcase suspects foul play.

• Split Image (Jesse Stone, No. 9) by Robert B. Parker

Death of Judas

• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Desegregation of American schools

• The Last Juror by John Grisham

Destruction of Earth

• Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (fictitious)

Dilbia

• Spacepaw by Gordon R. Dickson

Disappearance of "Gran" Gale

• The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

Dr David Edward Gale's Fate

• The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

Dresden accepting his past as it stands

• Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Dresden Learning How to handle Ghosthood

• Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Ebola Reston discovery

• The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston (1989)

Edward Lane's current wife, Kate, and her daughter, are kidnapped

• The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, No. 10 by Lee Child (fictitious)

Edward Lane's first wife, Anne, is kidnapped and killed

• The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, No. 10 by Lee Child (fictitious)

The End of the Universe

• Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

End of the World

• America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It by Mark Steyn

Eruption of Vesuvius

• Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris (79 AD)

The Falklands War

• Exocet (Signet) by Jack Higgins (1982)

Fall of Rome

• Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Camp

Final Crisis

• Final Crisis: Revelations by Greg Rucka

First contact with the Pitar

• Dirge (Founding of the Commonwealth, Bk 2) (Book 2) by Alan Dean Foster

First contact with the Thranx

• Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster

First contact with the Unop-Patha

• Dirge (Founding of the Commonwealth, Bk 2) (Book 2) by Alan Dean Foster

Flinx discovers Midworld

• Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster

Four people with ties to the '60s radical movement are assassinated.

• I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel (Bob Lee Swagger Novels) by Stephen Hunter (fictitious)

French and Indian War

• The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Classics) by James Fenimore Cooper

German occupation of the English Channel Islands

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Glorious 25th of May

• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

The Great Collapse

• The Unincorporated Man (Sci Fi Essential Books) by Dani Kollin

Great Depression

• Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers (1930's)

Great Panic

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

The Great Revelation

• Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) by Charlaine Harris

Greco-Persian Wars

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (499-449 B.C.E.)

Guadalcanal Campaign

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1942-1943)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Tucker's Last Stand by Jr. William F. Buckley

Gulf War, 1990-1991

• Give War a Chance by P.J. O'Rourke

Hogswatch

• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Home invaders break into Frank Meyer's home and kill his family.

• The First Rule (Joe Pike Novels) by Robert Crais

Hope defends Spirit from a wealthy man.

• Refugee (Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol 1) by Piers Anthony

The Hundred Days

• The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classic) by Alexandre Dumas

Hurricane Katrina

• Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, Book 8) by Carrie Vaughn

the Illearth War

• The Illearth War (The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever) by Stephen Donaldson
• Power That Preserves, The by Stephen R. Donaldson

The Inquisition

• The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman

Interbellum

• The Black Dudley Murder by Margery Allingham (1939)
• Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell Novels) by Laurie R. King (1939)
• Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King (1939)
• The Moor (Mary Russell Novels) by Laurie R. King (1939)
• Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
• Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers (1939)

Invasion of the Kolnari

• The City Who Fought (Brainship) by Anne McCaffrey

Ionian Revolt

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (499–493 B.C.E.)

Iran-Contra Affair

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1985] ∙ [1990])

Iranian Revolution

• Whirlwind by James Clavell (1979)

Iraq War

• Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12) by Lee Child

Israeli war of independence

• Exodus by Leon Uris

Jack Reacher saw the man in the car used to pick up the ransom

• The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, No. 10 by Lee Child (fictitious)

Joining Internal Affairs.

• The Renegades: A Charlie Hood Novel by T. Jefferson Parker

July Revolution

• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1830)

June Rebellion

• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1832)

A kidnapping on the street in Paradise.

• Split Image (Jesse Stone, No. 9) by Robert B. Parker

The killing of two couriers with over $347,000 dollars.

• The Renegades: A Charlie Hood Novel by T. Jefferson Parker

Klondike Gold Rush

• Call of The Wild, White Fang (Bantam Classics) by Jack London (1899)

Korean War

• Retreat, Hell! (Corps) by W. E. B. Griffin

Krista Morales and her friend, Jack Berman are kidnapped by 'bajadores' bandits who kidnapp people in the desert

• Taken (Joe Pike) by Robert Crais

Lamar Pye, his cousin Odell and Richard Peed escape from McAlester State Penn

• Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter (fictitious)

Lanthanide Reunion

• Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb

Lemar Pye and his cousin Odell ambush Bud Pewtie and Tedd Pepper.

• Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter (fictitious)

The Lipstick Killer kills a woman and a child

• The 9th Judgement by James; Paetro Patterson, Maxine

Manifestation of the Great God Om

• Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

The Matching Banquet

• Matched by Ally Condie

The meeting of Herredia in Mexico.

• The Renegades: A Charlie Hood Novel by T. Jefferson Parker

Meeting of Thanx, Humans and Aan

• Phylogenesis: Book One of The Founding of the Commonwealth (Founding of the Commonwealth, Bk 1) by Alan Dean Foster

Mexican Revolution

• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1912)

Midworld discovers Flinx and Pip

• Mid-Flinx by Alan Dean Foster

Mr. Ognowski visits yhe Chief. Molly standsby with gun drawn.

• Split Image (Jesse Stone, No. 9) by Robert B. Parker

Murder

• Homicide Trinity (Crime Line) by Rex Stout
• Separation of Power (Mitch Rapp Novels) by Vince Flynn

Napoleonic Wars

• The Count of Monte Cristo (Bantam Classic) by Alexandre Dumas
• Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
• Ramage & the Drumbeat (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope
• Ramage & the Freebooters (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope
• Ramage (The Lord Ramage Novels) by Dudley Pope
• Ramage and the Rebels by Dudley Pope
• RAMAGE'S DIAMOND by Dudley POPE
• Ramage's Mutiny by Dudley Pope
• Alternate Warriors by Mike Resnick (1815)

New DNA evidence allows convicted child killer, Jason Jessup to have a new trial

• The Reversal by Michael Connelly

New Year's Eve

• The Enemy (Jack Reacher, No. 8) by Lee Child

Nuclear war

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Olympic Games

• The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker (1976)

Opening Negotiations to form Humanx Commonwealth

• Phylogenesis: Book One of The Founding of the Commonwealth (Founding of the Commonwealth, Bk 1) by Alan Dean Foster

Operation Weiss

• Partisans by Alistair Maclean

Paintings stolen form Arturo Taccone

• Heist Society by Ally Carter

Papal Election

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Peloponnesian War

• The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides (431-404 B.C)

Pitar War

• Dirge (Founding of the Commonwealth, Bk 2) (Book 2) by Alan Dean Foster

A private detective arrives from Boston.

• Split Image (Jesse Stone, No. 9) by Robert B. Parker

Pullman Strike

• HOMELAND (The Crown Family Saga 1890-1900) by John Jakes (1894)

Rebellion against the Capitol

• Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

The Reign of Terror

• On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington 1) by David Weber

Release of a Bio-toxin in New York

• Vector by Robin Cook

Removal of nuclear bomb parts from Irak.

• Separation of Power (Mitch Rapp Novels) by Vince Flynn

Revolt of the Angels

• To Reign In Hell by Steven Brust

Revolt of the Batavi

• The Iron Hand of Mars: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery by Lindsey Davis (AD 69-70)

Richard Hilzoy invents The Obsidian Toolbar

• Fault Line: A Novel by Barry Eisler

Roboticide of R. Jander Panell

• The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

• The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey (1906-04-18)

Schiesserei auf der Fähre, Entführung von hochintelligenten Kindern und ihren Nannis

• The 6th Target by James Patterson

Screaming Fist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson

Second Battle of Manassas

• Battle Flag (The Starbuck Chronicles, Book 3) by Bernard Cornwell

Second Persian Invasion of Greece

• Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield (480-479 B.C.E.)

Seeking the source of the Nexus system and how it works.

• The Final Nexus (Star Trek, No 43) by Gene DeWeese

Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

• Sharpe's Company: The Seige of Badajoz (Sharpe) by Bernard Cornwell

Siege of La Rochelle

• The Three Musketeers (Bantam Classic) by Alexandre Dumas (1628)

Sinking of the Empress of Ireland

• Night Probe! by Clive Cussler

Sinking of the Maine

• Cyclops by Clive Cussler

Slow Food Movement

• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Spanish Inquisition

• In the Garden of Iden (Company) by Kage Baker

Spanish-American War

• The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr (1898)

Superflu epidemic

• The Stand by Stephen King

Taos NM Bank Robbery

• The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs by Tony Hillerman

Thirty Years' War

• 1632 (The Assiti Shards) by Eric Flint
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet classics) by Edmond Rostand
• 1635: The Eastern Front (The Ring of Fire) by Eric Flint (1648)

Total eclipse of the sun

• Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (July 20, 1963)

Two supreme court justices are murdered on the same day

• The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

USAAF daylight bombing of Germany

• Goodbye Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton

Vespasian and Titus' Triumph

• Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome by Lindsey Davis (71)

Vietnam War

• "O" Is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
• Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ([1959] ∙ [1975])

Vietnam War

• Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager

War in Afghanistan

• Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, Book 8) by Carrie Vaughn

War with the Han

• Armageddon 2419 A.D.: The Seminal "Buck Rogers" Novel by Philip Francis Nowlan

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

• Mila 18 by Leon Uris (1943)

Watergate Scandal

• A Family Affair (The Rex Stout Library) by Rex Stout

World War I

• The Good Soldier Svejk: and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Classics) by Jaroslav Hasek
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore
• To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert A. Heinlein
• Alternate Warriors by Mike Resnick (1918)
• Fiddler Fair by Mercedes Lackey (1918)
• The Mysterious Affair at Stlyes (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie (1918)

World War II

• The '44 Vintage by Anthony Price
• Eye of the Needle (Signet) by Ken Follett
• Goodbye Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton
• Ha'penny by Jo Walton
• King Rat by James Clavell
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore
• The Master Sniper by Stephen Hunter
• Mila 18 by Leon Uris
• Not Quite Dead Enough (The Rex Stout Library: a Nero Wolfe Mystery) by Rex Stout
• Where Eagles Dare by Alistair Maclean
• Alternate Warriors by Mike Resnick (1945)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1939-1945)
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (German Occupation)

World War II

• Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager

World War III

• The Postman (Bantam Classics) by David Brin

The Xenocide of the Formics

• Ender's Shadow (Ender, Book 5) by Orson Scott Card
• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)

year 2038

• Earth by David Brin

A young man appears at his doorstep claiming to be his son.

• Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

Zombie Apocalypse

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Zoraster Incident

• War of Honor (Honor Harrington Series, Book 10) by David Weber

Éruption du Vésuve

• Pompeii: A Novel by Robert Harris (79)