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1290

• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman

1290s

• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman

12th century

• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

13th century

• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman
• The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition by Jalal al-Din Rumi

1480s

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) by Victor Hugo

1482

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) by Victor Hugo

15th century

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) by Victor Hugo

1620s

• The Three Musketeers (Bantam Classics) by Alexandre Dumas

16th century

• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

17th century

• The Three Musketeers (Bantam Classics) by Alexandre Dumas

18-yr-old Rowan traumatized by Siglen on 'lifting to Callisto Tower

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

18th century

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
• Candide (French Edition) by Voltaire

1940s

• Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition by Vladimir Nabokov

1950s

• Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition by Vladimir Nabokov

1980s

• 1984 by George Orwell

1984

• 1984 by George Orwell

19th century

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Lewis Carroll
• ArchEnemy: The Looking Glass Wars, Book Three by Frank Beddor
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
• Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) by Alexandre Dumas
• Little Women: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott
• Looking Glass Wars, The by Frank Beddor
• Les Misérables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo
• Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor

1st Beetle Attack on Deneb

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

4-yr-old Jeran Gwyn-Raven melds with in-utero Cera Gwyn-Raven to calm her after battle that she joined in

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

4-yr-old Rowan's Terror at entering spacecraft

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

74th Annual Hunger Games

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

75th Annual Hunger Games

• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins

Adoption of Varzil the Good's Compact of Honor

• A Flame in Hali (The Clingfire Trilogy, Book 3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Ages of Chaos

• The Ages of Chaos (Daw Book Collectors) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Aiel War

• New Spring: The Novel (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan

American Civil War

• The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
• Little Women: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott
• A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quartet) by Madeleine L'Engle
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (1865)

Anglo Saxon period

• The Mists of Avalon-Trade by Marion Zimmer Bradley ( 1066)

Armageddon

• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

Attack of The Tel

• The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1) by Margaret Weis

Autumn Feast

• The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis

B'Wa Kell Rebellion

• Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer

Bal de l'Opera

• The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel by Gaston Leroux

Battle of Alexandria

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ([1801])

Battle of Bosworth Field

• The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III by Sharon Kay Penman (1485-08-22)

Battle of Britain

• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (1940)

Battle of Camlann

• Book Of Merlyn by T. H. White

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of Hogwarts

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling

Battle of Mont Cenis

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (1794)

Battle of Rivoli

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Battle of San Juan de Ulua

• Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling (1995)

Battle of the Hornburg

• The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of the Nile

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( [1798])

Battle of the Pyramids

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ([1798])

The Battle of Troyes-Le-Mont

• Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Battle of Vienna

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Waterloo

• Les Misérables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1815)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke ([1815])

Beetles return for second attack on Altair

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

Big Bang

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

The Blitz

• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (1941)

Bloody Assizes

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (mentioned)
• God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Christmas

• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis
• Little Women: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott
• Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition by Vladimir Nabokov (1952)

Christmas Day

• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Cleansing of Saidin

• Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, Book 9) by Robert Jordan

Cold War

• Watchmen by Alan Moore (1991)

The Council of Elrond

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

Creation of Narnia

• The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis

Damia becomes Aurigae Prime

• Damia by Anne McCaffrey

Death and Resurrection of Aslan

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

Death of Henri II, King of France

• La Princesse de Cleves (French Edition) by Madame de Lafayette (1559-07-10)

Death of Mary I, Queen of England

• La Princesse de Cleves (French Edition) by Madame de Lafayette (1558-11-17)

Death of Morpheus

• The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
• The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman

Death of Philippe IV

• The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) by Maurice Druon (1314-11-29)

Death of Pope Clement V

• The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) by Maurice Druon (1314-04-20)

Death of the White Witch

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

Descente de la Courtille

• The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel by Gaston Leroux

The Disappearance of the Dolphins

• So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams

discovery of non-aggressive, pastoral hiver world

• Lyon's Pride (Rowan) by Anne McCaffrey

Discovery of the double helix

• The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson

Dunkirk Evacuation

• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1940-06-04)

Edict of Fontainebleau

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

El Gran Consejo de los Señores de los Dragones

• Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Book 3) by Margaret Weis

Election of Bill Clintion

• The Snowman (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Harry Hole Series) by Jo Nesbo

End of the Third Age

• The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

End of the Universe

• Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

End of the World

• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami

Evacuation of British Children in WW2

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

evolution

• Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

Execution of Jacques de Molay

• The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) by Maurice Druon (1314-03-18)

Fall of France

• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (1940-06-22)

Fall of Hali Tower

• A Flame in Hali (The Clingfire Trilogy, Book 3) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Festival of Fools

• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) by Victor Hugo

First contact with extraterrestrial lifeforms

• Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir

First Contact with Mridani

• Damia by Anne McCaffrey

First Contact with Sodan

• Damia by Anne McCaffrey

The Flood

• Many Waters (The Time Quartet) by Madeleine L'Engle (Genesis 6-9)

Focused Talented Minds destroy two beetle ships, fling third away

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

French capture of the bridge in Clausen

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (1797)

French Revolution

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( 1799)
• The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman (1799)

French Revolutionary Wars

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

German occupation of Italy

• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1943-1945)

Germanus, bishop of Auxerre's first visit to Britain

• The Eagles' Brood (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 3) by Jack Whyte

Glorious Revolution

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

The Great Fire of Ankh-Morpork

• The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Great Fire of London

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

• Candide (French Edition) by Voltaire

Gwyn-Raven children fostered on Deneb, allowing them to train their talented children

• Damia by Anne McCaffrey

Halloween

• Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Holocaust

• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1945)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)

Hundred Days

• Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) by Alexandre Dumas ( 1815-07-08)

Hundred Years' War

• Timeline by Michael Crichton (1453)

Islamic Golden Age

• The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition by Jalal al-Din Rumi

Japanese Invasion of Hong Kong

• The Samurai's Garden: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama

Japanese invasion of Manchuria, 1931

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami

Japanese Occupation

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami

July Revolution

• Les Misérables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1830)

June Rebellion

• Les Misérables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1832)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West With Lewis and Clark (A Peachtree Junior Publication) by Gail Langer Karwoski (1806)

Manhattan Project

• Watchmen by Alan Moore

Marriage of Khardan & Zohra

• The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1) by Margaret Weis

Marriage of Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry

• La Princesse de Cleves (French Edition) by Madame de Lafayette (1559)

Massacre of Glencoe

• Lady Of The Glen: A Novel of 17th-Century Scotland and the Massacre of Glencoe by Jennifer Roberson (1692)

Massed minds toss Beetle ships into sun

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

May Day

• Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Melding Plague

• Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds

Mexican Revolution

• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1910-1920)

Middle Ages

• Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) by Seamus Heaney
• Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) by Karen Cushman
• The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition by Jalal al-Din Rumi
• The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Tor Classics) by Victor Hugo
• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
• The Mists of Avalon-Trade by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Once and Future King by T. H. White
• Redwall (Redwall, Book 1) by Brian Jacques

Monmouth Rebellion

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson

Mrdini exchange program

• Damia's Children by Anne McCaffrey (Laria Lyon goes to Clarf Tower)

Mud slide, Rowan Mining Camp, buries 3-yr-old Angharad Gwyn alive in a chopper

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

Napoleonic Wars

• Les Misérables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss ( 1815)
• Count of Monte Cristo (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) by Alexandre Dumas ( 1815)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (1815)

One pod with queen and eggs recovered from carnage

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

Peasants' Revolt

• Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi

Peninsular War

• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke (1814)

plagues

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson (London, 1665)

Quarter Quell

• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ragnarok

• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Raid of the City of Kich

• The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1) by Margaret Weis

Re-election of George Walker Bush

• The Snowman (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Harry Hole Series) by Jo Nesbo

The Reappearance of Earth

• So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams

The Reconciliation

• Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

Reign of Henry VIII

• Mary, Bloody Mary: A Young Royals Book by Carolyn Meyer
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Reod

• Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Rescue of The Rowan Child, true name unknown

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

Return of Father Christmas

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

The Rowan meets Jeff Raven of Deneb

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

The Rowan overcomes her fear of porting when Jeff Raven seriously injured

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

The Scattering

• Chapterhouse Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 6) by Frank Herbert

The Scattering

• Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5) by Frank Herbert

Screaming Fist

• Neuromancer by William Gibson

Second Boer War, 1899-1902

• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Second Titan War

• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

Siege of Fowl Manor

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Siege of La Rochelle

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

Siege of Mantua

• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

Slaughter on the beach of the Hurn Sea

• The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1) by Margaret Weis

Stilicho's expedition to Britain in 400.

• The Singing Sword (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 2) by Jack Whyte

Summer solstice

• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

Super Bowl

• Survivor: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Taiping Rebellion

• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (1864)

Tang Dynasty

• Empress: A Novel by Shan Sa (907)

Tarmon Gai'don

• A Memory of Light (The Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan

The Temporary Aliance of the Hrana & Akar tribes

• The Will of the Wanderer (Rose of the Prophet, Vol. 1) by Margaret Weis

Thanksgiving

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quartet) by Madeleine L'Engle

Third Crusade

• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

Thirty Years' War

• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) by Neal Stephenson
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) by Neal Stephenson

Tour de Nesle Affair

• The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, Book 1) by Maurice Druon (1314)

Track hivers to find last ship, discovering many colonized, failed and ignired M5s along the way

• The Tower and the Hive (Rowan) by Anne McCaffrey

The Tri-Wizard Tournament

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J. K. Rowling

Tudor Era

• Mary, Bloody Mary: A Young Royals Book by Carolyn Meyer
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

Unknown T! of Deneb calls The Rowan for help against invanders

• The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

Victorian Era

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Lewis Carroll
• ArchEnemy: The Looking Glass Wars, Book Three by Frank Beddor
• Looking Glass Wars, The by Frank Beddor
• Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor

Vietnam War

• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
• Watchmen by Alan Moore (1975)

the Voodoo Wars

• Sunshine by Robin McKinley

War of Souls

• Dragons of a Fallen Sun (Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Volume I) by Margaret Weis
• Dragons of a Lost Star (The War of Souls, Volume II) by Margaret Weis
• Dragons of a Vanished Moon (Dragonlance: War of Souls, Book 3) by Margaret Weis

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) by George R.R. Martin
• A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five by George R.R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R.R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) by George R.R. Martin

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin

Wars of the Roses

• The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III by Sharon Kay Penman (1485)

World War I

• City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1) by Tad Williams
• Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters, Book 3) by Mercedes Lackey

World War I, British Home Front

• Phoenix and Ashes (Elemental Masters, Book 3) by Mercedes Lackey

World War II

• Lolita, 50th Anniversary Edition by Vladimir Nabokov
• Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden
• 1984 by George Orwell ( 1945)
• Atonement: A Novel by Ian McEwan (1945)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1945)
• The House at Tyneford: A Novel by Natasha Solomons (1945)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (1945)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis (1945)
• The Samurai's Garden: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama (1945)
• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1939-1945)

World War II, British Home Front

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C. S. Lewis

World War II, Pacific Theater

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
• The Samurai's Garden: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama (1945-09-02)

World War III

• 1984 by George Orwell

World War Terminus

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Wreck of the Méduse

• A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes

Xenocide of the Formics

• Ender's Shadow (Ender, Book 5) by Orson Scott Card
• Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2) by Orson Scott Card
• Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)

Zombie Apocalypse

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