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<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>First, often revealing, lumograms of [[Bethany Mboya]] released.</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>-11/10/12 EC</td><td>Rikkard wins bet with Indigo Huac, owner of [[Folktown Records]], over [[Bindlet Ball]] final.</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>-11/10/12 EC</td><td>Rikkard wins bet with Indigo Huac, owner of [[Folktown Records]], over [[Bindlet Ball]] final.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The rebuilt Tempton School of [[Ellensworth]] reopens to [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
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<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] contracts emphyteusis during chitin-repair surgery.</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] contracts emphyteusis during chitin-repair surgery.</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The [[Bethelanious Mist]]: responsible for the totem over the unnamed field?</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The [[Bethelanious Mist]]: responsible for the totem over the unnamed field?</td></tr>

Revision as of 21:03, 26 July 2005

To nurture the creation of a Ghyll Encyclopedia that will be of use to all of Ghyll's citizens, the Encyclopedants--key editors, and instigators of the encyclopaedic effort--are taking certain measures to ensure that some regional variations are normalised to canonical systems. One of the regional variations that the Encyclopedants have felt it foremost necessary to address is that of dates and times.

What this means to scholars is that when you submit entries that contain dates and times in a regional system, you will be asked (if we can get a message back to you) to provide them instead in the Encylopedant Calendar. It is the aim of this notice to define that calendar, and provide you with tips on the conversion. Should it be impossible for you to be contacted, the Encyclopedants will take up the changes themselves, attempting to provide normalisations where possible, and omitting dates otherwise.

The Encyclopedant Calendar

EC Linking Shortcut: When using EC dates in your entries, always use the special [[EC]] syntax to link back to this page. For example, typing "-20 [[EC]]'" will produce the proper text, as well as an automatic link back to this explanation and timeline (below).

The Encyclopedant Calendar (EC) is based on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. There are sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty-four hours to a day, seven days to a week, four weeks to a month, and a dozen months to a year. Hence there are three hundred and thirty six days in a year, as corresponds with a full rotation of our seasons.

The epoch for the Encyclopedant Calendar, i.e. 0 EC, is based on the date that the call for entries was first set forth over the fair lands of Ghyll. Hence, the first year of the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopedia will take place throughout 0 EC. Since scholars will generally be mentioning dates only when they have occurred before the creation of the dictionary, it is expected that dates prior to 0 EC will be most heavily represented in entries: the syntax for doing so is to use a negative number for the amount of years. Note that -1 EC is the year before the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopaedia. It is expected that the first round of definitions for the twenty six letters of the alphabet will take one EC year to complete, and hence the next time we call for definitions of words beginning with "A" is predicted to occur at the start of 1 EC.

To identify a Ghyll month, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month. Likewise, for a day, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month followed by another slash followed by the day. Example: the fifth day of the seventh month of -20 EC would be written as -20/7/5 EC. For the names of individual months and days, consult the Bursine Calendar (on which the EC is based).

Ghyll Timeline

In order to aid scholars' abilities to convert their regional dates into EC, the Encyclopedants have taken it upon themselves to research the dates for the events described in the first set of entires received for the letter "A". It has been a painstaking and laborious process, but it should enable scholars to more easily research the EC date for events that they describe. The timeline is as follows:

DateGhyll Event
-??,???,??? ECMount Yurch is suspected of forming around this time period.
-??,???,??? ECThe Avazian civilization falls.
-10,000,000 EC(Circa) Common ancestors to Ghyll humanoids and Burnflies roam the planet.
-6000 EC(Circa) Before now, graphorn herding and selective breeding didn't exist.
-5000 EC(Circa) Ghyll humanoids are settled on the coasts of the Dagger Seas.
-3000 EC(Circa) Rise of city-states on the Dagger Peninsulas.
-2800 ECProcess of converting light to metal is discovered by Umbrig Hythmium.
-2797 ECPeople claim Hythmiosis is a hoax; Umbrig tours with evidence.
-2789 ECDeath of Umbrig Hythmium.
-2788 ECHythmium's body is discovered.
-2788 ECFive Churches of Hythmium are created by his best followers.
-2750 EC(Circa) The Nitenmangrey show up in the Dagger Seas.
-2500 EC(Circa) The Nitenmangrey rise to prominence in the Dagger Seas.
-2197 ECThe Churches of Hythmium fall from popularity.
-2100 ECAn unnamed scholar begins to perform tests on splak.
-2004 ECA house cataclysmically explodes, destroying itself and the buildings around it.
-2000 EC(Circa) References to the Budgerigar Master have been dated from this period.
-1904 ECThe Hythmium religion is dumbed down enough to consider its namesake a deity.
-1648 ECKebonston Lefkrane first uses the name Nitenmangrey.
-1525 ECThe phrase "burning the midnight splak" originates around this time.
-1500 ECThe Hythmium religion regains some strength and grows anew.
-1206 ECYellow powder, herbs, and splak are first mixed together.
-1125 ECThe Hythmium religion once again dips in popularity.
-1100 ECAgricultural and toolmaking peoples are settled near Arbuckle Hill
-1050 ECBursine the 14th becomes a Hive-Lord of the Nitenmangrey.
-998 ECBursine the 14th stops being a Hive-Lord for the Nitenmangrey.
-??? EC(Circa) The Chesix System Of Measures originates around this period.
-??? EC(Circa) Discovery of the perfect ratio for Kreem Pyes dates from this period.
-910 ECBlasphemers' Crusade called on Nitenmangrey heretics.
-900 EC(Circa) The Nitenmangrey culture became extinct.
-800 ECArbuckle Hill communities smaller than 200 souls.
-800 EC(Circa) The Rod of Quiends is discovered near Shepenor.
-800 EC(Circa) Earliest possible date for the birth of Aminfarances (with latest possible being -430 EC).
-700 EC(Circa) Map of Folktown showing Arbugghyll Manor at Arbuckle Hill.
-640 ECFolktown Free Charter from Proto-Harandraff ((-730 EC, -600 EC), 9ρ, 0).
-639 ECFolktown courts hear testimony in the "Baby Alek" case.
-638 to -565 ECFolktown court activities concerning the outcome of the "Baby Alek" case.
-630 ECFolktown's The Institute for Reactive Chemistry in Pursuit of Civil Justice is formed.
-628 ECFolktown's The Institute for the Fabrication of Delicious Treats... is formed.
-604 ECFolktown's The Institute for Mercantile Research in Pursuit of Civil Justice is formed.
-599 ECFolktown's The Committee for the Measurement and Maintenance of Measure of... is formed.
-598 ECFolktown's The Institute for Standards in Mercantile Exchange in Pursuit of Civil Justice is formed.
-570 ECFolktown's The Institute for Philosophical Research in PCJ is formed.
-560 ECFolktown's The Institute for Wiping that Smug Grin off of Your Face in PCJ is formed.
-551 ECFolktown's The Institute for Municipal Earth Moving Arts in PCJ is formed.
-520 ECFolktown's The Committee for Standards and Decency in Pantomime in PCJ is formed.
-503 ECThou Greatly Heeded forms the Color and Noise Foundation.
-503 ECDeath of Thou Greatly Headed.
-500 ECFolktown's Chump Town Bank was renamed "The Folk Town Bank".
-500 EC(Circa) Oldest known occupation of the core building of Undivaggen.
-473 ECThe Qestarius River starts changing for the worst; oily, receding, etc.
-464 ECBirth of Eixis Anos.
-450 EC"Chump Town" is renamed Folktown.
-446 ECThungerbarg no longer harvests the weird-tasting fish of the Qestarius River.
-440 ECBirth of Exis Ehnos (Exis of Whunn).
-433 ECFirst edition of Quarters of Horreld Fencing published.
-431 ECEixis Anos marries poet and brewer Dashpine.
-430 ECThe expedition of Croam Olpo establishes trade with the Xurient.
-430 EC(Circa) Latest possible date for the birth of Aminfarances (with earliest possible being -800 EC).
-420 ECFolktown Court issues "Grand Declaration".
-419 ECEixis Anos is promoted to colonel in the Threel Border Guards.
-410 ECFolktown's The Council for the Preservation of Legislative Tradition in PCJ is formed.
-400 EC(Circa) Wormwood is imported from the Xurient; possibly too Yesticale worms.
-400 EC(Circa) Records show the Wallingers occupying Undivaggen.
-400 EC(Circa) Harandraffian swords are known as horreld blades.
-400 ECBute University is founded; an experiment in tolerance.
-400 ECThe "Old City" district of Iganefta was formed around this time.
-400 ECPrimitive forms of Bindlet Ball have been discovered in art of this period.
-400 ECMembers of the Carsokian Clan are known as violent traditionalists.
-400 to -323 EC(Circa) The Battle of Barnum Stones takes place; exact dates unknown.
-400 to -323 EC(Circa) Salerny Redthighs is the shaman-chief of the Looliers.
-400 to -323 EC(Circa) The use of carthage becomes widespread.
-397 ECKing Harandraff the Great marches on Bute University and begins siege.
-397 ECThe modern Boxing Day is rooted with the Army of Whunn march on Bute.
-397 ECKing Harandraff the Great finds himself in a Civil War.
-397 ECDeath of Azer Wallabin.
-390 EC(Circa)The initial scholarly investigation into Geometric Hermeneutics.
-390 ECThe Civil War against King Harandraff the Great ends; entire family tree dead.
-388 ECDeath of Eixis Anos.
-384 ECExis of Whunn is living in Shepenor at this time.
-364 ECThe P-26 Letter, concerning Aminfarances, dates to this year.
-349 EC(Circa) Legends suggest the Opoudelian Starker was born around this time.
-330 ECBirth of Andelphracia.
-322 ECThe Carsokian Clan "relocates" to the Sarfelogian Mountains.
-320 EC(Circa) The Djiknax Creation Manuscripts are written by unknown Exingian scribe.
-306 ECA cataclysmic event kills 15 Folktown children.
-306 ECArthir Jhostings discovered a fundamental truth about cataclysmic events.
-305 ECArthir Jhostings coins the term cataclysmatology.
-300 EC(Circa) Birth of Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen.
-300 EC(Circa) Hopdurgians split into Oestrinites and Dokethinians.
-300 ECAndelphracia and Quezlar 6 were active in this period.
-300 ECGraves are filled with furniture with little room for the bodies.
-300 EC50 students recorded as being under the tutelage of Jhostings' cataclysmatology.
-295 ECTablankel becomes scarce; the ancestral burial tableau is created.
-294 ECBirth of Odgar IV ("I've" not "Fourth").
-284 ECArthir Jhostings writes his third cataclysmatology paper and was later martyred for it.
-281/2/18 ECWakanpantricist Guard subdues the town of Thungerbarg near Plain of Brahang.
-280 ECBirth of Paul Glosford (eventually "Lord").
-280 ECArariax the poet was born in the Evesque Valley.
-280 ECOdgar IV wins prize at Calends Gala pie-eating contest.
-275 ECStockwood Music Festival in Folktown.
-266 ECOdgar IV unexpectedly gets elected to post of rejah.
-266 ECA young Paul Glosford rises to power in the Dead Crabbits gang.
-265 ECTablankel becomes extinct; furniture is no longer placed in graves.
-264 ECA memorial concert for Folktown's Stockwood Music Festival occurs.
-263 ECA fire destroys a farmhouse on what would become Chez Smallwood.
-260 to -251 ECArariax holds the Calends Gala Author Laureate for 9 years.
-260 ECLord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier declares himself Lord-Mayor of Iganefta.
-260 ECConstruction of Iganefta-on-the-Sea is undertaken.
-257 to -250 ECOdgar IV's first round of Folktown reforms occurs.
-252 ECLord Glosfordshier is assassinated by the Committee of Public Safety.
-250 ECArbuckle Abby in Folktown is burned by mob of restauranteurs and barkeeps.
-250/2/14 ECMartyr of Arbuckle Hill is recognised by Odgar IV.
-250 ECOdgar IV encourages construction of the Folktown to Iganefta causeway.
-250 ECOdgar IV reforms Folktown courts, Parliament, and militia.
-250 ECFirst conclusive proof that Ickles exist was discovered around this time.
-249 ECThe Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution occurs.
-249 ECPalace of Lost Souls now opened to the public.
-248 ECThe Martyr Sign is first erected on Arbuckle Hill in Folktown.
-247 ECOdgar IV acknowledges the Folktown court "Grand Declaration".
-247 ECThe Cataract Road extension pushed through by Odgar IV is completed.
-246 ECPublication of Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen's Not That Way, You Splakhead, This Way!
-245 ECThe first restaurant on Arbuckle Hill is burn to the ground.
-??? ECThe Brothers of the Lantern school is established (exact date unknown).
-240 ECA quarrel with Iganefta ends in Stindersgrough being slowly ejaculated.
-240 EC(Circa) Chez Smallwood is built around this time.
-239 ECPublication of Songs of Odgar the Fourth.
-239 ECDeath of Odgar IV; end of his reign as rejah.
-238 ECBirth of Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar.
-237 ECBirth of Algothequinas.
-234 ECPublication of Herbert Blashford's paper Too Much Metal for Just One Hand ....
-232 ECBirth of Phylostarus.
-220 ECFolktown University Founded.
-218 EC(Circa) Stindersgrough decides to merge with Glossfordshire.
-209 ECBirth of X R Quezlar.
-207 ECA nameless event, and criminals, produces the Codex RealAxe.
-204 ECBirth of playwright M. Peershakes.
-202 ECQuezlar's Quaff, Inc., the wealth of the Quezlar family, is founded.
-201/7/15 ECFirst recorded instance of Articulary Motion, by Phylostarus.
-201/7/15 ECFirst recorded instance of Cornover Reflex Syndrome.
-200 EC(Circa) The horreld blade is no longer a mainstay of armies.
-200 EC(Circa) Avazian Box advertisements are forged, later written about in Iganefta Recorder.
-200 ECBute University celebrates its bicentennial by expanding their campus.
-199 EC"Industrial giant" Folktown Steamworks founded in Folktown.
-197 EC"Industrial giant" Alchemical Research Laboratories founded in Folktown.
-195 ECPhylostarus proves that Pinky is larger than Perky.
-192 ECBirth of Captain Riquiras.
-191 ECFolktown Commodity Exchange opens.
-188 ECThe Cadaver is erected on Arbuckle Hill in Folktown.
-188 ECX R Quezlar first mentions the golden stein of Fefferberry Folklore.
-185 ECThe greater Folktown area sees its first use of a vlorm.
-185 ECFirst known appearance of Xlardamnf at The 'Daver.
-185 ECOlaff Devork founds the Harrabloon Bank.
-185 ECThe Houvers revolutionary group is formed.
-185 ECMaxilla von Sims finds hat relating to Grephthosthenes.
-185 ECKifomyria Altos is rumored to have wintered with X R Quezlar.
-183 ECSignificant numbers of the Carsokian Clan move back to Cranee from the Sarfelogian Mountains.
-183 ECThe Cranee Historical Society is founded.
-183 ECA stein handle, purportedly Grephthosthenes', dates from around here.
-183 ECHallerman's Chaws & Straws is acquired and closed by Quezlar's Quaff, Inc..
-182 ECDeath of Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar.
-182 ECX R Quezlar gains ownership of Quezlar's Quaff, Inc..
-180 ECBerell is rumored to have left the Brothers of the Lantern.
-179 ECBirth of Rhajoon Quezlar.
-179 ECDeath of Adamantine Areola Duphine.
-179 ECFolktown courts overhauled; Third Folktown Court Charter results.
-178 ECFirst 'Daver fire.
-175 ECThe Carsokian Clan "discovers" that Captain Riquiras is a member.
-174 ECThe Carsokian Clan "discovers" that Captain Riquiras isn't a member.
-172 ECEarliest recorded drawings of Besq Boats date from this time period.
-172 ECThe first wormwood is "grown" in the greater Folktown area.
-171 ECRattallan predicts the world will end -100/10/12 EC.
-171 ECRattallan predicts Aelfants will take over the world in 10 EC.
-169 EC10 year old Rhajoon Quezlar wrestles Quezlar family company away from his dad.
-166 ECFirst production of Gimlet by the Amphitheatre aristocracy.
-162 ECDeath of Phylostarus.
-160 ECBirth of Ibaan Malmiz.
-159 ECCaptain Riquiras and his men discover the "Brass Hell", also known as "Captain Riquiras' Idol".
-158 ECThe Barnum Stones are moved to Stindersgrough by Corvin Axehand.
-157 ECDeath of Captain Riquiras.
-157 ECDeath of Olaff Devork.
-157 ECThe Carsokian Clan "discovers" that Corvin Axehand is a member.
-157/7 ECBirth of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian.
-156 ECDeath of Xlardamnf.
-153 ECFirst appearance of Grommie name in Iganeftan records.
-152 ECDeath of playwright M. Peershakes.
-151 ECThe earliest forms of the Qulirian Energy Converter appear.
-150 ECEarliest known use of the phrase "Andelphracian Lights".
-150 EC(Circa) Alarius published "Stepping Stones", considered one of his greatest poems.
-149 ECRhajoon Quezlar invents the Quezlarian Ooo to chea... er, pay, his employees.
-148 ECBirth of Rhajoon Quezlar III.
-147 ECGodfroi Hasawithe places his first deposit in the Harrabloon Bank.
-145 ECHarrabloon Bank successfuly lobbies for a bank holiday.
-130 EC(Circa) Gyll Hill is first used on on a female privvy manuscript.
-128 ECA cow was found whose skin was made of milk - the first recorded instance of Zygotic Dermatosis.
-126 ECBirth of Irictus Summorius Hampous (Irictus Ross).
-123 ECBirth of Thoedore Aspic.
-120s EC(Circa) Birth of Gadsringer Clubberspear.
-120 ECBirth of Izzimae Grommie.
-120 ECThe Rod of Quiends moves to the Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy.
-120 ECWhelmin Shirnkal and his mate die, and the Bethelanious Mist appears.
-119 ECIbaan Malmiz rediscovers the Clamorxian Decoding Method.
-116 ECBirth of Daffid Grommie.
-116 ECBirth of Mo Quezlar.
-114 ECDeath of X R Quezlar.
-111 ECBirth of Thoedore Aspic.
-106 ECBirth of Frandos Wakami.
-104 ECIrictus Ross begins noticing untruths without difficulty.
-104 ECDeath of Ghyllian (cf. Irictus Ross).
-103 ECIrictus Summorius Hampous starts calling himself Irictus Ross.
-103 ECFounding of Iganefta Recorder by Thoedore Aspic.
-101 ECSecond recorded instance of Articulary Motion.
-101 ECRattallan's prophecy is rediscovered by a Bute University student.
-101/10/9 ECRattallan's prophecy comes true as Ghyll goes silent.
-101/10/12 ECRattallan's prophecy comes undone; Ghyll hears again.
-100 ECThe Brothers of the Lantern begin to specialize in four classical subjects.
-100 EC(Circa) Wild budgerigar birds are believed to have become extinct.
-100 EC(Circa) Common chuckarando are introduced to the Evesque Valley.
-100 ECDeath of Rhajoon Quezlar.
-100 ECWilhelmina Corinne Bardway invents the ghoulwood viola and the supranatural luminescence meter.
-100/10/12 ECRattallan predicted the world will end today.
-100/7 ECOn an unknown Ulfsday, Mary Elizabeth Carsokian becomes head of the Carsokian Clan.
-100/5/10 ECPhyllis Creanie was found as a mud puddle - the second instance of Zygotic Dermatosis on record.
-99 ECDeath of Ibaan Malmiz.
-99 ECDeath of Rhajoon Quezlar III.
-99/12/21 ECThe townsfolk of Iganefta immolate their Mayor, Geoffrey Prepuce, and judge his effigy.
-98 ECSupetupheraraphes founds the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-98 ECSupetupheraraphes becomes President of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-98 ECIzzimae Grommie climbs Mount Yurch.
-98 ECIrictus Ross announces a new type of alchemy (neo-alchemy, eventually theoalchemy.
-97 ECDeath of Algothequinas.
-97 to -94 ECA battle wages between a branch of the Carsokians and Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.
-96 ECIrictus Ross coins the term "theoalchemy."
-95 ECBirth of Rhajoon Quezlar II.
-95/10/2 ECBirth of Rater Goldfish.
-93 ECGadsringer Clubberspear makes bet that eventually creates DasMineGold.
-93/9 ECDaffid Grommie acquires Iganefta Recorder from Thoedore Aspic.
-92 ECA small child dies near the Elminster Mire, and the Bethelanious Mist is there.
-92 ECGadsringer Clubberspear becomes president of DasMineGold.
-90 ECAn unknown traveler writes Modern Ghyllian in his journal about cactus forests.
-90 ECLast recorded stargazing session at Baleman amphitheatre.
-90 ECIrictus Ross disproves the existence of Nothing.
-88 ECArbuckle Hill Martyr Sign is declared a historic landmark.
-88 EC(Circa) Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank discovers the dead talk in Elminster Mire.
-87 ECBirth of Mork Waterson.
-86/1/2 EC(Circa) Birth of Doc Rockett.
early -80s ECFounding of Paramount Queen ceremony in Folktown.
-80 ECBirth of Rikkard Grommie.
-80 ECBirth of Edlunch.
-80 ECFrandos Wakami weds Syliva Beth Panderlock.
-80 ECIgnatius Maximillian Albertus Crank was touring around this time.
-80 ECThe Office of Knowledge About Things is founded.
-79 ECFijjit Mejora, a pachyderm in the courier business, retires.
-78 ECDermPachyges, pachyderm courier service, forms with Frandos Wakami as overseer.
-77 ECMeldersen becomes President of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-76 ECBirth of Rancticirchiretic.
-76 ECThe Council for Quezlarian Research publishes about the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.
-76 ECIrictus Ross helps found the Tempton School of Ellensworth.
-75 ECShepenor takes in an all-time high of 4200 lugyup of fish this year.
-75 ECThe Earthquake of Fluyr destroys the Baleman amphitheatre.
-75 ECBecause of the Earthquake of Fluyr, Keglacians migrate further south.
-75 ECThe Aerle race is discovered due to the Earthquake of Fluyr.
-75 ECChez Smallwood gets a renovation and restored scuttleway.
-75 ECFounding of the Odlucian Library by Thoedore Aspic.
-75 ECBirth of Iain Underholm Smallwood.
-75 ECBirth of Zed Varren.
-75 ECMolly Harding's occupation is listed as a "Hostess" in the Iganefta Census.
-74 ECConstruction and formation of the Cataract Road begins.
-73 ECBirth of Lane Smallwood.
-73 ECThe Office of Knowledge About Things studies liquid movement.
-73 ECRancticirchiretic finds the Djiknax Creation Manuscripts.
-72 ECWhat would eventually become Yarding originates at Chez Smallwood.
-72 ECBirth of Gregor Tobias Whostley.
-72/2/17 ECBirth of James Jordan (Baron James Horkmanifester).
-71 ECIzzimae Grommie becomes Supreme Omigod of the Order of Truth.
-71 ECThe first series of Boing lumics are written.
-70 ECTwo transcriptions of the Echecharion are known to exist.
-70 ECBirth of Got Quezlar.
-70 EC(Circa) Birth of Bysted Timperton.
-70 EC(Circa) Yesticale worms children's rhyme is translated from Olkuull.
-70 EC(Circa) A book is stolen from the Odlucian Library's Black Wing.
-69 ECThe Black Hall wing of the Odlucian Library is opened.
-69/4/12 ECBirth of Bavarian Creame.
-68 ECCompetition in Mechanaut design becomes known as a "race".
-68 ECLumico, once the biggest lumics producer, goes out of business.
-67 ECThe first true Yarding occurs, from Smallwood to Bigwood.
-66 ECBirth of Johan Ichabod Lightning, AKA "Johnny".
-66 ECHorreld blade fencing is no longer an event in the Dagger games.
-65 ECModern Standard Ghyllian is made extant.
-65 ECRater Goldfish makes his public debut for an audience of two.
-65 ECA Po Mountain landslide kills a number of Evesque Valley residents.
-65 ECDeath of Mo Quezlar.
-65 ECAn ad for the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement appears in the Folktown Records.
-65/2/18 ECBirth of Godfroi Hasawithe.
-64/7/26 ECDoc Rockett weds Nyorgard Frunt of Iganefta.
-63 ECJohnny Lightning's parents emigrate to Iganefta-on-the-Sea.
-63/3/6 ECThe Tarkherk Corps is first founded, with no fanfare.
-62/7/11 ECBirth of Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood.
-62 ECConstruction and formation of the Cataract Road ends.
-62 ECFingest Arnia appointed Worshipful Master of the Paramount Queen Ceremony.
-60 EC(Circa) The current form of Bindlet Ball, based on Awal shrinkage, is developed.
-60 ECBavarian Creame is, at the early age of 9, admitted to the Amphitheatre aristocracy.
-60 ECQuester and Phorrus, the "journal of the classics", begins publishing.
-50s EC(Circa) Parts of Ghyll enter the age of religious tolerance.
-59 ECBirth of Quiz Quezlar.
-58 ECBirth of Windsor Creame.
-58 ECDeath of Rhajoon Quezlar II.
-58/7/2 ECThe Battle of Umbo Moor sees a field trial of Ball Lightning Liqueur.
-58/7/2 ECThe Bethelanious Mist makes an appearance at the Battle of Umbo Moor.
-58/7/2 ECMox Elder of the Tarkherk Corps sees the White Lady at Umbo Moor.
-57 ECBirth of Blivingdel.
-56 ECRancticirchiretic becomes President of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-56 ECMeldersen becomes Master Librarian.
-56 ECMox Elder faces a court-martial for his abandonment of the Tarkherk Corps.
-55 ECBirth of Umgumphornitz Rockett.
-55 ECBobby Shwarmph starts publishing the weekly Aliens Everywhere!
-55 ECJames Jordan (Baron James Horkmanifester) graduates from Glosfordshier Preparatory.
-55 ECJames Jordan (Baron James Horkmanifester) starts expedition up Mount Yurch.
-54 ECGhyll Bindlet League, for Bindlet Ball, is founded.
-54 ECThe Ancient Academy of Aminfarances is disassembled.
-54/10/12 ECInaugural Day of Champions.
-53 ECFrandos Wakami, CEO of DermPachyges for 25 years, ends his reign as dictator.
-53 ECThe Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge's Steering Committee begins using three oxen in its motif.
-53 ECIrictus Ross makes his last public appearance; retires to Folktown.
-53/10/22 ECJames Jordan (Baron James Horkmanifester) returns to Iganefta.
-53/10/22 ECYlene Ylo of the Iganefta Advisory coins name Horkmanifester.
-52 ECThe Tarkherk Corps no longer confirm or deny conspiratorial rumors.
-52 ECBirth of Thureau Grommie.
-51 ECBirth of Slilmornay Rockett.
-51 ECQuester and Phorrus invites Doc Rockett to write a monthly essay column.
-51 ECNon-member Doc Rockett is granted access to the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge's Cake.
-51/10 ECThe first Quester and Phorrus essay by Doc Rockett is published.
-51/7 ECJohnny Lightning and others attempt to rob a branch of the Harrabloon Bank.
-50 ECThe last reported, though questionable, sighting of the Budgerigar Master.
-50 ECBall Lightning Liqueur and "Awal Sleeps" begin to see common usage.
-50 ECBaron James Horkmanifester founds TransAvian.
-50 EC107 members, an all time high, exist in the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.
-47 ECGodfroi Hasawithe returns to Folktown to start an investment partnership.
-47 ECGodfroi Hasawithe makes his first deposit in the Harrabloon Bank.
-47 ECWhostley renders the prevalent version of Affable Young Gentlemen.
-46 ECBrother (of the Lantern) Honuphrius denounces Arariax's early/middle poems.
-45 ECBavarian Creame weds Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood.
-45 ECThe NeoAlezanians secret societal order is founded.
-45 ECLarge deposit of oooite found in the Azura Mines.
-45 ECFingest Arnia sacked as Worshipful Master of the Paramount Queen Ceremony.
-45 ECBaron James Horkmanifester purchases large share of the Azura Mines.
-45/11 ECCarl Kapek discovers process of instilling simple intelligence, creating the first EctoMechanaut.
-45/4/8 ECHarrabloon Bank's successfully lobbied yearly Bank Holiday first occurred on this date.
-44 ECBaron James Horkmanifester purchases land between Iganefta/on-the-Sea and retires.
-44 ECBlivingdel enrolls into Bute University at the age of 13.
-44 ECBob Phanqué publishes a "fictional" account of Kebro-shepenor.
-44 ECGodfroi Hasawithe and Tistar Wakami wed.
-43 ECLane Smallwood commits guerrilla warfare against the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.
-42 ECA great wave crashes in Shepenor; thankfully, few are hurt.
-42 ECShepenor takes in an all-time low of 625 lugyup of fish this year.
-41/1/1 ECMack Himminfen becomes president of DasMineGold.
-41 ECDeath of Daffid Grommie.
-41 ECControl of the Iganefta Recorder and family company go to Rikkard Grommie.
-40 ECRancticirchiretic discovers theoarcheology.
-40s EC(Circa) Doc Rockett endorses Trung Tro Hampher for Mayor of Iganefta.
-38 ECIncumbent Folktown mayor loses re-election; purportedly prefers another Bindlet Ball team.
-38 ECGodfroi Hasawithe and Tistar Wakami separate, but remain married.
-37 ECDeath of Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer.
-37 ECBattle occurs over petrified Aelfant dung-ball at the Plain of Brahang (thrown by the NeoAlezanians).
-37 ECBlivingdel graduates from Bute University.
-37 ECBolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer’s Hive-Lord disappears.
-37 ECAlchemical Intelligence and the Spiritual become a focus of EUPHORIA.
-36 ECDeath of Izzimae Grommie.
-35 to -22 ECThe important Quindred Couplet laxicons were issued during this period.
-35 ECBavarian Creame becomes mayor of Folktown, at the early age of 34.
-35 ECRamingotes and Fondal prove that Gyll Hill is etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".
-34 ECDoc Rockett publishes Rockett's Guide to Wakanpantricism in two volumes.
-34 ECThe Zot develops to protest the Amphitheatre aristocracy.
-33 ECBavarian Creame divorces Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood.
-33 ECDoc Rockett divorces Nyorgard Frunt.
-33 ECDoc Rockett weds long-term companion Archovy Infatale.
-33 ECLufford Grommie retires from writing Boing; Naggard Grommie takes up the reins.
-32 ECAwal becomes President of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-31 to -25 ECMost Senior Banker of the Harrabloon Bank implicated in another Bavarian Creame divorce.
-31 ECBavarian Creame weds Sir Bartholemew Sinch.
-31 ECBirth of Siam Sinch, daughter of Bavarian Creame.
-31 ECDeath of Sir Bartholemew Sinch, husband of Bavarian Creame.
-30 ECJohanniz Fermple becomes Master Librarian.
-30 ECDeath of Thoedore Aspic.
-28 ECThe Usual Suspects bronze statue appears in Iganefta, thanks to the NeoAlezanians.
-27 to -9 ECBlivingdel writes various articles on the Wadjidir for Quester and Phorrus
-27 ECViktor MiBrons writes a book about Kebro-shepenor, published by Shepenor Press.
-25 ECBirth of Daniel Mboya.
-25 ECDeath of Carl Kapek.
-25/9 ECThe first EctoMechanaut Jacques disappears shortly after the death of his creator.
-25/4/1 ECH.A.N.D.B.A.G. petitions the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge and is ignored.
-24 ECBlivingdel translates the Fylesgate Annals: Ternary Fragments 23-147.
-23 ECThe 4th Edition of Gala Rules and Traditions is released.
-23 ECBlivingdel perfects his recipe for baked lemming pie.
-23 ECDeath of Irictus Ross.
-22 ECDoc Rockett writes "Thinking About Thinking" essay.
-22 ECArbuckle Hill Martyr Sign moved to Odlucian Library and replaced with replica.
-22 ECAn EctoMechanaut joins the Brothers of the Lantern.
-22 ECEctoMechanuat Brother disappears; event now known as the Darkened Lantern.
-22/7/3 ECThe Cadaver burns down (again).
-22/7/3 ECWhostley is hired as The Cadaver's keys-man.
-21 ECBirth of Vemish.
-21 ECThe last paper of Irictus Ross is published.
-21/10/12 ECThe Day of Champions Bindlet Ball game lasts for seven days.
-20s EC(Circa) DermPachyges undertakes a failed attempt to eradicate Aelfants.
-20s ECWere it not for Laxicons, would've been known as the era of a Great Toilet Paper Shortage.
-20 ECPelon Peak erupts cataclysmically, nearly destroying the town of Ellensworth.
-20 ECThe Tempton School of Ellensworth is destroyed by the Pelon Peak eruption.
-20 ECDeath of Edvard von Craghelm.
-20 EC13 members exist in the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.
-20/7/7 ECParts of the Forbidden Tom truth were revealed at the Folktown Amphitheatre.
-19 ECBindlet Ball, Its Rules And History published (Aliens Press, 964 pages).
-19 ECBlivingdel writes lyrics to "Across the Waves" in Naval Gazing Gazette.
-19 ECFour unrelated cases of Zygotic Dermatosis were discovered and subsequently covered up.
-19 ECMost recent cataclysmatology paper, The Last Great Event So Far, written.
-18 ECBirth of Gibbous Saunders.
-17 ECThe Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge's motto is translated, and quickly changed.
-17 ECA misjudged Fefferberry adjusts the measure of the gyup substantially downward for one year.
-16 ECFefferberry crop nearly lost due to extremely late ripening; wine of this vintage is highly sought.
-16 ECVemish gets hit in the head with a Bindlet Ball and is fixed up by a Twitch Doctor.
-15 EC(Circa) The three largest laxitive companies fall into disrepute and bankruptcy.
-15 ECCudgie Bunkhargler is revealed to be the Stindersgrough Underpants Snatcher.
-15/9/13 ECDeath of Frandos Wakami.
-14 ECAn act is passed that prohibits professional Bindlet Ball players from running for political office.
-14 EC"Ultimatum" is replaced with "Systematic Epistemological Action".
-14 ECBobby Shwarmph publishes paper in Brothers of the Lantern scholarly journal.
-13 ECFolktown Records weekly newspaper founded, Ulfsday, the 22nd of Conti.
-13 ECThe Body Bank surfaces as an alternative to traditional medicine and physical therapy.
-12 ECIain Underholm Smallwood abdicates his barony to Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood.
-12 ECBaron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood travels to the cactus forests.
-12 ECBlivingdel publishes revolutionary reassessment of the foundations of theoarcheology.
-12 ECDoc Rockett publishes his first book of poetry, Spiddic Poetry.
-12 ECDeath of Sylvia Beth Panderlock.
-12 ECSlilmornay Rockett becomes Master Librarian.
-11 ECValue of the Quezlarian Ooo is spiralling downward.
-11 ECProliferation of the trundle cart becomes inevitable.
-11 ECDoggerel plague sweeps parts of Ghyll.
-11 ECBaron James Horkmanifester sells TransAvian to Godfroi Hasawithe's holding company Gweddill Fluffett.
-11 ECBlivingdel becomes President of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge.
-11 ECMuch-publicised marriage of artist Siam Sinch and statesman Gabson Foye.
-11 ECFirst, often revealing, lumograms of Bethany Mboya released.
-11/10/12 ECRikkard wins bet with Indigo Huac, owner of Folktown Records, over Bindlet Ball final.
-10 ECThe rebuilt Tempton School of Ellensworth reopens in Folktown.
-10 ECDoc Rockett contracts emphyteusis during chitin-repair surgery.
-10 ECThe Bethelanious Mist: responsible for the totem over the unnamed field?
-10 ECThe Djiknax Creation Manuscripts are discovered and decoded.
-10/1 ECThe Night of Cloaks and Daggers occurs in relation to the Charterhouse Collection.
-9 ECFirst writings, in the form of small pamphlets, by Bethany Mboya released.
-9 ECDoggerel plague is happily forgotten; no feigned ignorance is needed.
-9 ECThe Egron Eagles Bindlet Ball team disappears from seasonal scoring records.
-9 ECTwo Brothers of the Lantern EctoMechanauts researchers check in to the Zyrgian Asylum.
-8 ECBirth of Morphous Ibb.
-8 ECDaniel Mboya and Niala Wallinger end their relationship.
-8 ECWindsor Creame weds Bavarian Creame.
-8 ECDeath of Rikkard Grommie.
-7 ECThe Brothers of the Lantern: Unauthorized, Unofficial, and Unapproved published.
-7 ECThe Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge release exceptions to quarantine protocol.
-7 ECDaniel Mboya suffers an "unfortunate accident", causing retardation.
-7 ECThe Speedish Chef storms out of the Author Laureate banquet because an honoree wore yellow.
-7 ECFirst Xuriental Paramount Queen crowned, but has to resign after scandal.
-7 ECSir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort finds Ziggurat Scrolls.
-7 ECFirst recorded resurgence of Aurophylaxis.
-7/1/25 ECThe longest Bindlet Ball game, Bindlet Banality, starts.
-7/2/25 ECBindlet Banality sees the first homes being built on field.
-7/5 ECBindlet Banality homes are being rebuilt, only to be taken down again.
-7/7 ECThe "guy from the third row" sighs at the Bindlet Banality game.
-7/7 ECTwo Bindlet Banality players are taken in for injuries.
-7/8 ECThe third Meditation allows houses on the Bindlet Banality field.
-7/10/12 ECIain Underholm Smallwood is assassinated at the Day of Champions.
-6 ECSir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort finishes first interpretation of Ziggurat Scrolls.
-6 ECBanter Scarves are discovered in the Eirbrivian Sectors of the Azura Mines.
-6 ECGMG files a lawsuit against EUPHORIA; EUPHORIA countersues.
-6 ECGadsringer Clubberspear disappears.
-6/1/1 ECJack Marksfields becomes president of DasMineGold.
-5 ECA documented study of the cactus forests takes place.
-5 ECMonument to Frandos Wakami erected in Folktown on Cataract Road.
-5 ECGodfroi Hasawithe retires almost completedly from business.
-5 ECWilhelmina Corinne Bardway discovers another secret of Alezan Script.
-5 ECFMC files a lawsuit against EUPHORIA; EUPHORIA countersues.
-5/7/8 ECGarth Haversham accidentally Answers a Hive-Lord Question and is immediately banished.
-5/1 ECThe Bindlet Banality arena is slowly turning into a makeshift village.
-4 ECAcineen: A History and Recipe Collection of the Green And Orange Fruit is published.
-4 ECBlivingdel finishes revised interpretation of Ziggurat Scrolls.
-4 ECDaniel Mboya returns to society, after years of rehabilitation.
-4 ECResentful Ghyll, by Doc Rockett and Juzh Iruk, is published.
-4 ECThe Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's Hoopkah leaders.
-4 ECDeath of Got Quezlar.
-4/4/6 ECDeath of Doc Rockett.
-4/7/22 ECLast known appearance of Bobby Shwarmph.
-4/8 ECThe "Sufferin' Succotashes" return to the Bindlet Banality field.
-3 ECVemish almost gets infected by doggerel plague victims while visiting Egron.
-3 ECBaron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood breaks his leg during the rescue of Vemish.
-3 ECGodfroi Hasawithe moves into the ground floor of the Charterhouse Estate.
-3 ECDue to bureaucratic errors, the Egron Eagles Bindlet Ball team plays again.
-3 ECThe Iganefta Fefferberrys are this year's Hoopkah leaders.
-3 ECGeneral Lude'crus undergoes golemic surgery at the hands of the Body Bank.
-3/7 ECBindlet Banality players are discovered having families.
-2 ECShepenor takes in 2000 lugyup of fish this year.
-2 ECEgron is discovered to be crawling with doggerel plague victims.
-2 ECBethany Mboya exposed by Gabson Foye.
-2 ECAll who studied the cactus forests in -5 EC die on Rishbard Nonce.
-2 EC27 climbers die on Mount Yurch, the latest disaster associated with the Mount.
-2 ECThe Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's Hoopkah.
-2 ECThe Events of Solitude discovered to be a media concoction.
-2 ECYetta Terbium is crowned Paramount Queen.
-2 ECNear mass protest at the Littered Carapace.
-1 ECMork Wasterson, 87 years old, wins the Author Laureate at the Calends Gala.
-1 ECThe Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's Hoopkah leaders.
-1 ECCasual-wear competition for Paramount Queenship is instituted.
-1 ECThe Regurgitation Revels festival is started by some focused farmers.
-1/10/8 ECThird recorded instance of Articulary Motion, by Ralph Neocronin.
0 ECBute University completes its new science buildings.
0 ECDeath of Daniel Mboya; Folktown brownie market crashes.
0 ECVemish begins second trip through the Azura Mines.
0 ECGhyll Encyclopedia founded.
0 ECThe Cranee Deathbugs are the Hoopkah leaders this year.
0 ECLayout and proofing copy of Folktown Records 396 is discovered.
0 EC(Fall) Iain Lowe recovers more of the history regarding Grephthosthenes.
0/9/15 ECGrommie publishing facility (of the Iganefta Recorder) moves to Folktown.
0/12/17 ECDeath of Baron James Horkmanifester.
1/1/25 ECThe longest Bindlet Ball game, Bindlet Banality, ends.
1/1/25 ECA stein handle and crypt are found just north of Iganefta-on-the-Sea.
1/2/6 ECIain Lowe receives a letter regarding Grephthosthenes' life.
2 ECM'Kev D'wal plans to officially retire this year.
3/5/20 ECEstimated date of EUPHORIA legal battles.
10 ECRattallan predicted Aelfants will take over the world this year.
15 ECThe lagging Barnum Stones will be moved to Stindersgrough again.
70 ECStindersgrough is expected to merge with Glossfordshire.
100 ECPziqq trees ecology in the Sarfelogian Mountains should recover by this year.

Folktown Records History

FR Editions Script: To convert the number of a Folktown Records edition into an EC date, you can use the online script. Just replace the number in the URI (the Web address) with the one that you want the EC date of.

From the first set of entries received for the Encyclopaedia, it is clear that many dates are stated indirectly using Folktown Records edition numbers. Since the Folktown Records has only been running since -13 EC, this only works for recent events, but those are the events most relevant to the inhabitants of Ghyll today, and the Folktown Records are common and popular enough that we can expect more excerpts from them in entries to come. As the editions of Folktown Records have been produced without fail every week from -13/3/22 EC onward, we can provide the following dates for landmark issues:

DateFolktown Records Event
-13/3/22 ECThe 1st edition of the Folktown Records (FR1).
-12/4/1 ECThe 50th edition of the Folktown Records (FR50).
-12 ECWindsor Creame joins the writing staff.
-11/4/15 ECThe 100th edition of the Folktown Records (FR100).
-11/10/15 ECFR124 (Owner Indigo Huac) begins month long ad of the Iganefta Recorder.
-11/11/15 ECFR128 (Owner Indigo Huac) ends month long ad of the Iganefta Recorder.
-9/5/15 ECThe 200th edition of the Folktown Records (FR200).
-8/6/1 ECThe 250th edition of the Folktown Records (FR250).
-7/6/15 ECThe 300th edition of the Folktown Records (FR300).
-7/9/15 ECGibbous Saunders writes to FR312 (Managing Editor Garth Haversham).
-7/10/15 ECIain Underholm Smallwood's assassination; four printings of FR316 required.
-7/9/15 ECGibbous Saunders writes to FR396 (Managing Editor Garth Haversham).
-5/7/8 ECGarth Haversham is banished for Answering a Question (FR399).
-5/7/15 ECThe 400th edition of the Folktown Records (FR400).
-3/8/15 ECThe 500th edition of the Folktown Records (FR500).
-2/1/8 ECFR519 conjectures about Bobby Shwarmph's possible death.
-1/4/1 ECMorphous Ibb writes to FR578. Tim Timperton responds.
-1/9/15 ECThe 600th edition of the Folktown Records (FR600).
0/1/1 ECGhyll Encyclopedia founding coincides with FR614.