TIMELINE OF THE UNIVERSE OF
THE LEAGUE OF HEROES

1819
Birth of Victoria

1830
Regency Bill make Queen Victoria inherit William IV's throne of Albion.

1850
month? - Birth of Phileas Fogg.

1851
Construction of Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph Paxton.

1857
Sepoy Rebellion in India.
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Governor General of India, reinforces control of the Albion East India Company over India and creates the Black Lodge from renegades from the Aggartha to crush future revolts.

1872
Month? - Young Phileas Fogg travels around the world working for Albion Intelligence. Trip will inspire Jules Verne.

1876
Month? - Birth of the man who will become "Lord Kraven."

1880
Nikola Tesla arrives in America and goes to work for Thomas Edison.

1882
Tesla leaves Edison after the latter swindles him out of a new dynamo designs; he is recruited by the Shangri-La Electric Company (directed by Doctor Natas) which builds him a brand new laboratory on the Island of Krakatoa.

1883
27 Aug. - Explosion of the Krakatoa caused by Tesla's experiments with the vril.

1888
? - Birth of Rupert Hammerstein a.k.a. Robert Hammerstone, a.k.a. English Bob, the son of Prussian immigrants to Albion.
Jack the Ripper Murders
First League: John Bull, Lady Guernsey, Charles O'Malley the Irish Dragoon

1890
Bundelkund rebellion in India. "Origins" of Prince Sinbad. The Black Lodge kills Lailah, his wife, and his children.

1891
Death of the real Sherlock Holmes art Reinchenbach.

1896
June - Earthquake followed by tsunami in Sanriku, Japan. Prof. Cavor's discovers Cavorite. Breach between Neverland and Earth. Arrival of the Fairy Folk in Kensington Gardens, witnessed by George Frampton
July - Lord Plumdrich begins studying the Neverland Folk.
Mysterious enmity between Prof Challenger and Fogg.

1897
May - In Cambridge, recruitment of the man who will become "Lord Kraven" (then age 21) by Fogg, Plumdritch
June to November - Training of Lord Kraven, made Baron of Glen Bogle. Dr Moreau performs wonders on him.
Dec. - LOH #1. Lord Kraven, Savior of the Empire. At Fogg's request, Lord Kraven begins to gather the future members of the League of Heroes. Tiger Lily's shaman becomes "Sherlock Holmes". Lord Greystoke joins thanks to Fogg's agent Jane Porter.

1898
Febr. - LOH #2. Albion Mourning. While he is working on his metaconditioning program, Lord Plumdritch becomes Peter Pan's latest victim. Can the League survive? First appearance of the Danger Room. At story's end, Lord Plumdritch becomes Doctor Fatal.
June - LOH #3. Grand Prix. Lord Kraven takes part in the Paris-Amsterdam car race to save Lady Darling from the clutches of Professor Diabolas.
Aug. - LOH #4. Mañanitas. Sherlock Holmes, Kid Colt and the Navajo Rangers cross the Mexican border to rescue George Patton from La Chupacabra. First appearance of Kid Colt.
Nov. - LOH #5. The Venice Affair. The Mona Lisa has been stolen! Lord Kraven goes to Venice and faces Prince Spada, Monarch of the Calabrian thieves. First appearance of Prince Spada, Kraven's arch-enemy. Robert Hammerstone has not yet become English Bob.

1899
March - LOH #6. The Tragedy of the Yiddish Theater of Kentish Town. The Impossible Club meets every week in an abandoned theater to watch a mysterious puppet show. Deaths of John Bull and Lady Guernsey of the Original League of Heroes.
July - LOH #7. The Mouth of Demonia. The Archbishop of Canterbury collapses during a charity event. Sherlock Holmes' investigation takes him to the dark recesses of the mysterious Uncertain Ballet. Professor Cavor replaces Lord Plumdritch in the League.
Sept. - LOH #8. The Return of Lord Kraven. The Diamond Consortium of Antwerp begs for Lord Kraven to come out of retirement and investigate the beautiful yet deadly Enchantress known as Madame Vulpinia.
Dec. - LOH #9. The Strange Case of the Living Dead of Caldwell. Colonel Plumdrake, an Indian Army veteran, decides to suddenly change his will, but his heirs argue that he is already dead... Holmes uses one of Cavor's inventions for the first time-and lives to regrets it.
Also that year: Krakatoa is rebuilt by the Shangri-La Electric Company. Completion of the Siddhârtha and beginning of Prince Sinbad's campaign against Albion.
Sandy Arbuthnot Lord Clanroyden works for the Reform Club.

1900
Febr. - LOH #10. The Jewels of Abdulhamit. Prince Spada steals the Pink Elephant diamond from the Palace of Topkapi. Lord Kraven investigates...
April - LOH #11. The Giant Gorilla of Sumatra. Lord Greystoke lands on Skull Island, off the western coast of Sumatra. But its native cannibals are the least of the threats that await him...
August - LOH #12. The Prisoner of Ingolstadt. Aboard the HMS Albion Ascendant, Lord Kraven and English Bob go to rescue the Prince of Wales from the clutches of Prince Spada.
Kraven and Spada fight their last duel.
August - [Interlude at the League of Heroes]
Sept. - [Ceremonies at the Crystal Palace]

1901
22 Jan - Death of Queen Victoria.
Febr. - [The Queen's Funeral]
May - LOH #13. Prisoners of Baron Samedi. The entire League is sent to Haiti to stop an enemy who has the power to summon the dead. English Bob gets initiated into the Capoiera.
June - LOH #14. The Blue Terror. The Jade Mask arrives in London, and with him, The Living Terror That Walks.
Oct - LOH #15. The Case of the Extroverted Autophage. The Reform Club holds its Annual Banquet, but will Sir Phileas be on the menu?

1902
Jan. - LOH #16. Robotor. Anton Banacek's strange toy store is the theater of a series of grisly murders. The Leagues discovers the existence of the Shangri-La Electric Company.
Apr. - LOH #17. Shadow of the Horla. In France, Sherlock Holmes must defeat a legendary renegade Fairy Lord or face the Curse of Eternal Madness.
Month ? - Publication of A Young Child's Guide to History by J.M. Barrie.
26 June - Coronation of King Edward-Albert VII.
Dec. - LOH #18. The Eyes of the Moon. Lord Greystoke returns to the Congo on the trail of international gun merchant Turckle Darksmith.

1903
Jan. - LOH #19. The Ghost of the Hudson. Lord Kraven joins Lord Greystoke in America to capture Turckle Darksmith before the death-dealer can unleash the power of the Moonstone.
Kid Colt guest-stars.
July - LOH #20. The Mystery of the Ubiquitous Killer. Lord Kraven and English Bob investigate the case of schizophrenic Siamese twins.
Nov - LOH #21. The Invisible Viking. Lord Kraven travels to Thule to investigate a series of mysterious deaths that have plagued that Arctic research outpost.

1904
Month ? - LOH # 22. Murder in Crimson. The entire League join forces when Sir Phileas Fogg is kidnapped by a deadly enemy... Doctor Fatal returns.
Month ? - LOH #23. The House on the Edge of Tomorrow. Peter Pan takes Madame Vulpinia to a mysterious house which exists in a different dimension of time. First mention of the House and death of Madame Vulpinia.

1905
Month ? - LOH #24. Murder in Berlin. In Berlin, Lord Kraven investigates the mysterious hunts of Baron von Tod. Kraven meets Baron von Tod for the first time.
Month ? - LOH #25. The Wharves of San Francisco. English Bob is prisoner in Chinatown. Lord Kraven must challenge the Trilogy Triad to free his young assistant from the clutches of the Jade Mask. The Jade Mask returns; Kid Colt guest-stars.

1906
Month ? - LOH #26. The Case of the One-Armed Marquis. The Marquis of Charançolles is found dead at his desk, his right arm cut off, but a left arm lies on the rug! Kraven learns French with the Quick-Read method. First appearance of Auguste de Grandin.
Sept. - LOH #27. The Deadly Doctor Fatal. During their annual congress, the members of the Royal Academy of Science take off their clothes and waltz. Lord Kraven suspects an old enemy is back… First "death" of Lord Kraven.

1907
Month ? - LOH #28. Dancing a Deadly Tango. Who poisoned Lord Shamwell? Was it the curry? Who left a small blue marigold bottle in the library? And what really happened in the gazebo? So many mysteries for Sherlock Holmes to solve…
Month ? - LOH #29. The Black Idol. Lord Greystoke finds himself trapped in the Roman Catacombs, at the mercy of the Mother of Tears.

1908
Month ? - LOH #30. The Claws of the Horla. The renegade Fairy Lord returns to challenge Sherlock Holmes to a new duel.
Month ? - LOH #31. The Sow. Lord Kraven is forced to return to the House and join forces with Peter Pan to prevent a dark goddess of chaos from crossing the bridge between the Netherworld and Neverland.
Month ? - Destruction of Bombay and Calcutta by Prince Sinbad using vril-powered bombs. The Black Lodge is ledf by Numa Pergyll

1909
Febr. - LOH #32. The Eggs of the Roc. The ships of Albion are attacked by a sea monster-or are they? Lord Greystoke teams up with Lord Hook to challenge Captain Sinbad and his electric submarine, the Siddhârta.
Month ? - LOH #33. The City of Ultimate Fear. Lord Greystoke and Sherlock Holmes travel to Tibet to thwart the Jade Mask's plans to take over Central Asia. Auguste de Grandin guest-stars.
House of Lords reject Fairy Folk Pension Act.
Conflict between Lloyd George and King Edward-Albert VII. King becomes sick.

1910
Month ? - LOH #34. Death at 3,000 Fathoms. Lord Kraven challenges Kapitan Mors over the sunken ruins of ancient Atlantis. First appearance of Kapitan Mors.
6 May - Death of King Edward-Albert VII. George V becomes new King of Albion.
Month ? - LOH #34b. The Adventure of the Harrowing Harem. The Sultan of Jarawak asks Lord Kraven to investigate mysterious happenings in his harem.
Dec. - #35. The Werewolf of Gibraltar. Someone is hijacking Abion's ships off the coast of Morocco. Lord Kraven investigates...

1911
March - #36. The Sons of the Pharaoh. Albion's interests in Egypt are threatened by a strange new sect worshipping Im-Ho-Tep. After undergoing brain surgery, Lord Kraven is admitted to the Cairo Lunatic Asylum. Auguste de Grandin of the 2ème Bureau guest-stars.
Month ? - LOH #37. The Metamorphosis of Sir Phileas Fogg. In Prague, Sir Phileas suddenly changes into a giant cockroach. Sherlock Holmes must find a cure...

1912
Month ? - LOH #38. The Frightful Five. French crime lord Fantômas issues a challenge to the League of Heroes.
Month ? - LOH #39. Return of the Sow. The House is under assault from the Undying Ones; Lord Kraven must cross the Everlasting Bridge or see Albion destroyed. Second "death" of Lord Kraven.
Publication of Wendy Darling's Memoirs.

1913
Month ? - LOH #40. The Night of the Black Freighter. Lord Hook enlists Lord Greystoke's help to travel back to Neverland to face a threat from the pirate's past.
Month ? - LOH #41. The Red Tiger. Sherlock Holmes is accused of murder in Washington. Kid Colt guest-stars.

1914
Month ? - LOH #42. Influenza. Albion is threatened by an invisible enemy. For the first time in its history, the League is powerless, unless...
4 August - Great War Declared on the Holy Prussian Empire following invasion of Belgica.
August - A Council of Heroes - Kid Colt tells the League America refuses to join their effort.
August - The Bertram's Incident - Kid Colt involved in sex scandal. Major Kames West II of the Secret Service appears.
Month ? - LOH #43. The Son of Walpurgis. A coven of German Mystics attempts to resurrect the legendary Wode. The League faces the Siegfried Legion...

1915
May - #44. The Lusitania Affair. Naval plans are missing. Lord Kraven and English Bob board the Lusitania to recover them. Sinking of the Lusitania.
Month ? - LOH #45. The Strange Case of the Symbiotic Cartel. A young nurse suspects her employer of stealing his patients' eyes. Sherlock Holmes investigates... Fantômas guest-stars.
Greystoke defeats Loki of the Siegfried Legion in Syria.

1916
Jan - #46. Albion Is Burning! Lord Kraven tries to stop Kapitan Mors from launching his deadly Flying Dragon armada. Last appearance of Lord Greystoke in the League. Death of Captain Hook.
May - Bloody Friday - Kraven helps put down workers' riot in Scotland. English Bob leaves the League and enlists.
Sept. - Prussia Wins Battle of Verdun.

1917
Jan - Prussia Invades Albion.
July - #47. The Hammer of Portsmouth. Lord Kraven uses MechaMan to stop the Prussian army before it can advance towards London.
Disappearances at the front: Judex in the Marne. Miss Mousqueterr and the Hammer of Thor of the Siegfried Legion.
Captain Triplex fights an undersea battle with Kapitan Mors.

1918
Febr. - Russia Joins the War when Lenin refuses to sign Brest-Litovsk Agreement.
March - Prussian Retreat.
Dr. Pavlov joins Fogg's Office of Behavior Management.
21 April - #48. The Eagle Has Crashed. Lord Kraven fights Baron von Tod in a duel to the death in the skies over the Somme. Death of Red Baron von Tod.
28 Nov. - Abdication of the Emperor Wilhelm II.
Dec. - Coming Home - Winston Churchill in charge of demobilization. English Bob comes home.

1919
10 Jan. - Dinner at the Reform Club; Kraven and Fogg have a fall out over World Peace.
12 Jan. - Lord Kraven's Speech at the Paris Peace Conference. New League Members: Nyctalope from France, Baron Stromboli from Italy, Zenith the Albino from Serbia, Steel Comrade from Russia and Kio Hako from Japan. Kid Colt has a fall out with Kraven and Steel Comrade.
Clemenceau French Premier.
14 March - Lenin's Assassination; Bronstein takes over; Purges in Russia; Steel Comrade sent to Siberia
Month ? - LOH #49. Brave New World. The Great War may be over, but some of Lord Kraven's enemies have not disarmed... Enter: The Karnophage. Last appearance of the Shangri-La Electric Company.
July - Les Trois Yeux - Frenchman allegedly receives message from Venus about alien craft lost in the Antarctic.

1920
10 Jan. - #50. The Ice Tomb. Lord Kraven joins an International Expedition searching for mysterious alien craft that might have secretly landed in Antarctica.
First Meeting League of Nations.
July - Creation of the Communist Party of Albion.
Nov. - Beginning of Peter Pan's Great Jest campaign
Ireland "Bloody Sunday". Having lost confidence in the League, Sir Phileas creates 00 Agents

1921
April - Bronstein pulls Bolshevik Republic out of the LDN.
June - US President Harding annexes Alaska from Russia.
? - repeated clashes between Holmes and Baron Stromboli.
July - Aborted first Anglo-Irish Treaty.

1922
March - disbanding of the Intl. League of Heroes.
? - Einstein emigrates to the US.
Aug - Failed assassination of Michael Collins by 00 agent; Irish Civil War begins.

1923
2 Aug - Death of President Harding; VP Blaine "Kid" Colt becomes President.
8 Nov - Beer Hall Putsch fails thanks to 00 agent - Rosenberg becomes Head of NSDAP Party

1924
Mar. - Mathematician Henri Poincaré Government starts in France; France turns to ED research (Douzieme Bureau)
24 April - Execution of Hitler
May - Lindbergh crosses Atlantic in Spirit of St Louis; receives Peter Pan's help..
Nov. - Kid Colt elected President.

1925
3 Jan. - Cesare Stromboli Il Barone announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
July 18 - Publication of Rosenberg's Myth of 20th Century
July - The Dullahan unites Irish factions.
Dec. 6 - Signing of Second Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Publication of Neverland by JRR Tolkien

1926
Early - Third Transportation Act; Deportation of Fairies to Ireland.
April - Fogg becomes PM replacing Baldwin.
May - General Strike.
June - Martial Law.
3 Dec. Agatha Christie meets Sherlock Holmes; will write plays for him to star in.]
Publication of The Amazing Story of Nikola Tesla by Hugo Gernsback.
Consumption strikes. Dr. Moreau in charge of Office of Bacteriological Research.

1927
9 May - Nungesser & Coli disappear during French ED experiment.
24 Oct - London Stock Market Crashes; Great Depression begins.
29 Oct - Suicide of King George V.
10 Dec - Abdication of Edward VIII.
13 Dec - Second Republic of Albion; Fogg becomes Lord Protector.

1928
Jan 17 - Bronstein murdered; Joseph Vissarionovich Jughashvili aka Starshego Brata takes power. Steel Comrade returns from Siberia to act as SB's enforcer.
March - Bristol Show Trials. MechaMen break strikes. Albion-American Rapprochement. Cavor placed on House Arrest.
March - Baby Lindbergh kidnapping by Peter Pan; Holmes goes to America to investigate.
Nov. - Kid Colt reelected.
Dec - Execution of Gandhi. Opening of Theatre of Crime at Ericv Arthur Blair's suggestion (Memo No. 2)

1929
Spring - Play #1: The Mysterious Affair at Canterbury
March - President Kid Colt inauguration.
July 24 - Poincare resigns for bad health; replaced by Paul Langevin (aka Miraculas). Success of Mermoz's ED flight.
July - Start of joint Albion/US Outer Space Exploration Programme led by Turing and Cavor in Albion and Einstein and Robert Goddard in the US; Captain Julian James becomes the Moon Man.
Summer/Fall - Play #2: The Murder in the Cemetery
Sept. - Just before Prussian Elections, Steel Comrade kills Rosenberg.
Oct. - Holmes and Steel Comrade meet at the Isle of Dogs; Steel Comrade murdered by 00 agent.
Winter - Play v#3: The Big Five
Publication of The Moon Man (James' bio) by ER Burroughs.

1930
Spring - Play #4: The Mystery of the Black Train
Summer/fall - Play #5: The Murder of Roger Shamwell
Death of Julian James in Los Alamos Launch.
Sept - Holmes is asked to investigate Turing's murder. Teams up with Chief Commissioner Zyd. Holmes meets Cavor again, then Peter Pan,
Eisenstein's War of the Worlds.
Death of Tiger Lily
Holmes confronts Fogg and commits suicide.

1931
Death of Dr. Moreau

1933
HG Wells publishes The Shape of Things to Come, a biography of Cavor.

1936
David O Selznick shoots Arthur Pyke's bio of Lord Kraven, casting Cary Grant as Kraven and WC Fields as Fogg.

1948
Eric Arthur Blair publishes Freedom Is Slavery.