It is not easy to keep track of the exact happening of events while reading the novel or watching the drama series. This page will serve as a guide to most of the major events that took place. Most of the material presented here were translated from Rtk VI and the chinese comics.

YEAR	EVENTS
155	The birth of Cao Cao.
156	The birth of Sun Jian.
161	The birth of Liu Bei.
168	[Jan] Emperor Huan passed away and 21 year old Emperor Ling took over.
169
175	The birth of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.
181	The birth of Zhuge Liang.
182	The birth of Sun Quan.
184	[Feb] Zhang Jiao together with his brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang started the Yellow Scarves Rebellion.
	[Mar] Cao Cao was appointed "Commandant of the Valiant Cavaliers" and ordered to suppress the Yellow Scarves Rebellion. Meanwhile Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the oath of brotherhood and raised their own volunteer army to help in suppressing the Yellow Scarves Rebellion too.
	[Aug] Zhang Jiao died.
185	As reward and recognition in helping to put down the rebellion, Liu Bei was appointed as the magistrate of Anxi County.
188	In order to avoid the authorities due to Zhang Fei bashing up the Imperial Inspector, Liu Bei and his two sworn brothers sought shelter under Gongsun Zan.
189	[Apr] Emperor Ling passed away and Emperor Shao was installed on the throne by He Jin.
	[Aug] He Jin’s plan to eliminate the Ten Eunuches failed and died at their hands instead. Seeing that He Jin was murdered, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao led their troops into the imperial palace and slain around 2000 eunuches. Seizing the opportunity amid the chaos, Dong Zhuo of Xiliang led his army into Luoyang. Cao Cao became a fugitive after his failed attempt to assassinate Dong Zhuo.
	[Sep] Dong Zhuo forced Emperor Shao to abdicate and installed Emperor Xian on the throne. From then onwards Dong Zhuo held absolute power of the court. Unable to put up with Dong Zhuo’s tryannical ways, Yuan Shao departs Luoyang.
	[Dec] Back at Chenliu, Cao Cao mobolises his army.
190	[Jan] The anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition Alliance was formed with Yuan Shao as leader when many warlords across the country unite with Cao Cao to march their armies to Luoyang to overthrow Dong Zhuo. Liu Bei joined the alliance under Gongsun Zan’s army.
193	[Sep] Cao Cao’s father Cao Song was killed by Tao Qian’s subordinate Zhang Kai.
	[Oct] Seeking revenge for the death of his father, Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou.
194	[Jan] Liu Bei and Kong Rong led troops to rescue the besieged Xuzhou.
	[Feb] Lu Bu captured the relatively undefended Yanzhou while Cao Cao is away in Xuzhou. In order to rush back to save Yanzhou, Cao Cao accepted Liu Bei’s proposal for a truce with Tao Qian.
	[Dec] Tao Qian and Liu Yan passed away. Before dying Tao Qian handed over the governorship of Xuzhou to Liu Bei who is guarding Xuzhou in nearby Xiaopei.
195	[Apr] Cao Cao secured a decisive victory over Lu Bu at Dingtao thereby regaining control of Yanzhou.
	[Jul] Lu Bu sought shelter under Liu Bei after being defeated by Cao Cao.
196	[Jan] Internal power struggle ensued after Li Jue and Guo Fan turned against each other due to rumors. Emperor Xian escaped from Changan amid the confusion and returned back to Luoyang.
	[Sep] Responding to Emperor Xian’s plea for protection, Cao Cao led troops to Luoyang to protect Emperor Xian and at the same time shift the capital from Luoyang to Xuchang.
	[Oct] Lu Bu betrayed Liu Bei and siezed control of Xuzhou while Liu Bei is away fighting a battle with Yuan Shu. Having no other alternative, Liu Bei went to seek shelter under Cao Cao.
	[Dec] Unable to borrow troops from Yuan Shu, Sun Ce used the Imperial Jade Seal to exchange for some troops from Yuan Shu instead and set off in his quest to conquer Jiangdong.
197	[Mar] Having possess the Imperial Jade Seal, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself Emperor.
	[May] Cao Cao suffered a disastrous defeat by the surrendered Zhang Xiu at Wan.
	[Sep] The self proclaimation of Emperor by Yuan Shu of Huainan drew fierce opposition as Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Liu Bei and Lu Bu mobolised their armies against him. The defeated Yuan Shu fled to Huaishui.
198	[Apr] Cao Cao was defeated by the combined armies of Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao.
	[Dec] Cao Cao with Liu Bei under him attacked and captured Xiapi, thereby securing the whole of Xuzhou. Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Gao Shun were captured in the battle and subseqently executed while Zhang Liao was spared from the executioner’s blade through the intervention of Guan Yu. Upon return to the capital, Liu Bei was appointed a senior general after having a private audience with Emperor Xian.
199	[Jan] After the hunting trip where Cao Cao clearly made his ambitions known to all. Emperor Xian issued a secret order to Dong Cheng instructing him to get rid of Cao Cao. Meanwhile triumphant over Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao had the entire Hebei comprising of Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou under his control.
	[Mar] Cao Cao and Liu Bei comment about distinguished heroes.
	[May] Liu Bei managed to leave Cao Cao and set off toward Xuzhou under the pretext of preventing Yuan Shu to meet and join up with his half brother Yuan Shao in the north.
	[Jun] Yuan Shu vomitted blood and died after being defeated by Liu Bei. Meanwhile Liu bei regained control of Xuzhou after Guan Yu slain the Governor of Xuzhou, Che Zhou. Guan Yu was then instructed to guard Xiapi while Liu Bei and Zhang Fei guarded Xiaopei.
	[Dec] Yuan Shao and Cao Cao stationed their forces at Guandu for an impending battle. Meanwhile Zhang Xiu adopted Jia Xu’s advise and submitted to Cao Cao.
200	[Jan] Dong Cheng lost his life after his intention to get rid to Cao Cao by poisoning him was discovered. The imperial physician Ji Ping lost his life too. Shortly after Liu Bei fled to the north to seek protection from Yuan Shao after being defeated by Cao Cao who was prepared against his surprise raid. With the loss of Xuzhou and to secure the safety of Liu Bei’s wives, Guan Yu had no alternative but to become a general under Cao Cao.
	[Feb] At the battle of White Horse Slope, Guan Yu slain Yuan Shao’s top generals Wen Chou and Yan Liang.
	[Mar] Guan Yu left Cao Cao and began the long and ardous journey up north escorting Liu Bei’s spouses to reunite with Liu Bei.
	[Apr] Sun Ce died of his wounds and the empire he carved out from scratch was handed over to his 18 year old brother Sun Quan. At the meantime, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were reunited.
	[Sep] The Battle of Guandu ensues.
	[Oct] Cao Cao burnt Yuan Shao’s critical stockpile of food supplies at Wuchao. With supplies destroyed, Yuan Shao's army was demoralized and subsequently defeated by Cao Cao.
201	[Sep] Defeated by Cao Cao at Runan, Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou to seek Liu Biao’s protection.
202	[May] Yuan Shao passed away.
203	[Feb] Cao Cao’s forces triumphed over Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang’s forces at Liyang.
	[Aug] Cao Cao mobolises his army to advance toward Jingzhou.
	[Nov] In an attempt to avenge his father’s death, Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu. In the ensuing battle, Sun Quan’s general Ling Cao was slain by Gan Ning.
204	[Jul] Cao Cao secured the province of Jizhou.
205	[Jan] With the capture of Nanpi, Cao Cao secured Qingzhou. Yuan Tan was executed and Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi escaped to Wuhuan. Meanwhile Liu Bei stationed his troops in Jingzhou’s Xinye.
206	[Mar] Cao Cao defeated Gao Gan and conquered Bingzhou.
207	[Jan] The birth of Liu Shan.
	[Aug] Cao Cao engages his remaining foes at Wuhuan.
	[Sep] The governor of Liaodong, Gongsun Kang executed Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi and presented their beheaded heads to Cao Cao. Thus the Yuan family came to an end and the northern part of China fell into Cao Cao's control.
208	[Jan] Touched by Liu Bei’s three visits to his thatched cottage, Zhuge Liang left Longzhong and became Liu Bei’s advisor.
	[Mar] Huang Zu was executed by Sun Quan.
	[Apr] Liu Qi adopted Zhuge Liang’s proposal to request his father Liu Biao to send him him to guard Jiangxia so as to avoid any harm from his stepmother.
	[Jun] Cao Cao became the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
	[Jul] Cao Cao mobolises his army for a southern expedition.
	[Aug] Liu Biao passed away and his successor was a weakling who surrendered Jingzhou to Cao Cao without a fight.
	[Sep] The battle at Changban Slope ensues. However Liu Bei and his men managed to retreat to Jiangxia after which Zhuge Liang went personally to East Wu to seek out an alliance with Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao.
	[Nov] The battle of Chibi ensues. Cao Cao was defeated and barely escaped back to Xuchang.
	[Dec] Liu Bei captured the whole of Jingzhou.
209	[Jan] Sun Quan was defeated at Hefei and Taishi Ci was killed in the ensuing battle.
	[Oct] Liu Bei with Zhao Yun as escort set off for East Wu for a marriage with Sun Quan’s younger sister.
210	[Jan] With the marriage ceremony over, Liu Bei and his newly wedded wife returned back to Jingzhou.
	[Dec] Zhou Yu passed away.
211	[Feb] Ma Teng and his accompanying sons Ma Tie and Ma Xiu were murdered by Cao Cao.
	[Mar] Ma Chao and Han Sui mobolises their army for revenge against Cao Cao and managed to capture Changan and Tong Pass.
	[May] Pang Tong became Liu Bei’s deputy advisor.
	[Dec] Ma Chao’s hope for revenge was dashed when he was defeated and had to escaped to Longxi. Meanwhile Liu Bei led troops into Yizhou to guard against Zhang Lu’s invasion.
212	[Jan] Liu Bei’s wife, Lady Sun was tricked into returning back to East Wu.
	[Apr] Sun Quan ordered the capital to be shifted to Jianye.
	[Oct] Opposing Cao Cao’s intention to assume the title of "The Lord of Wei", Xun Yu committed suicide.
	[Dec] Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other.
213	[May] Cao Cao declared himself the Lord of Wei.
	[Jul] Pang Tong perishes at the Hillside of the Fallen Phoenix.
214	[May] Liu Bei became the governor of Yizhou after capturing Chengdu.
	[Jul] Lu Su request Guan Yu to return Jingzhou to East Wu at the banquet by the riverside.
	[Nov] Cao Cao caused the death of Empress Fu.
215	[Jan] Cao Cao’s daughter became the Empress after marrying Emperor Xian whose wife died two months back.
	[Jul] Triumphed over Zhang Lu, Cao Cao gained control of Hanzhong.
	[Aug] Feeling threatened, Liu Bei returned Chang Sha, Guiyang and Jiangxia to persuade Sun Quan to divert Cao Cao’s forces by attacking Hefei.
216	[May] Cao Cao proclaimed himself the King of Wei.
	[Oct] Zuo Ci creates havoc at the palace of Wei.
217	[Oct] Cao Cao declared his son Cao Pi his heir apparent.
	[Dec] Lu Su passes away.
218	[Jan] Geng Ji and his gang’s plot to assassinate Cao Cao failed.
	[Apr] Cao Zhang suppresses the rebellion in Wuhuan.
	[Jul] Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong’s forces opposed each other at Dingjun Mountain.
219	[Jan] Xiahou Yuan was slain by Huang Zhong at Dingjun Mountain.
	[May] Cao Cao pulled his battered forces out of Hanzhong which has fallen to the victorious Shu troops.
	[Jul] Liu Bei proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong. Meanwhile Guan Yu captured Xiangyang and had Fancheng surrounded for a besiege.
	[Nov] Lu Meng joined forces with the Cao troops and captured Jiangling.
	[Dec] The defeated Guan Yu retreated to Maicheng but together with his adopted son Guan Ping was captured and executed when trying to retreat back to Chengdu.
220	[Jan] Lu Meng passed away. Meanwhile over at Wei, Cao Cao passed away and Cao Pi assumed the title of the King of Wei.
	[Jul] Meng Da surrenders to Wei.
	[Oct] The Han Dynasty came to an end when Cao Pi accepted Emperor Xian’s offer of abdication of the throne.
221	[Apr] Liu Bei proclaimed himself the Emperor of Shu-Han.
	[Jul] Liu Bei launched a punitive expedition against East Wu to avenge Guan Yu’s death. Zhang Fei was assassinated by Zhang Da and Fan Jiang before he could take part in the invasion.
	[Aug] Sun Quan assumes the title of the King of Wu.
222	[Feb] Liu Bei’s army pushed hard into East Wu and surrounded Yiling.
	[Jun] Lu Xun triumphed over the Shu army at Yiling.
	[Sep] Cao Pi took advantage of the battle between Shu and Wu and attacked via three directions into East Wu. However the invasion was repelled by Lu Xun.
	[Oct] Sun Quan opposed Wei by coming up with his own method of assigning names to each given year.
223	[Apr] Liu Bei passed away and Liu Shan succeeded him.
	[Aug] Deng Zhi succeeded in persuading Sun Quan to agree to an alliance with Shu thereby resolving all past grievances and hatred between the two kingdoms.
224	[Aug] Cao Pi launched another invasion into East Wu but was repelled again.
225	[Mar] Meng Huo, the southern barbarian king rebelled against Shu by declaring independence.
	[Dec] With the southern expedition to resolve Meng Huo's rebellion over, Zhuge Liang and his troops returned to Chengdu.
226	[May] Cao Pi passed away and Cao Rui succeeded him.
227	[Mar] Zhuge Liang started the first of his northern expedition against Wei after presenting his memorandum to Liu Shan.
228	[Jan] Advancing hastily and without permission from Cao Rui, Sima Yi executed the rebel Meng Da before he can do any harm to Wei Kingdom.
	[Mar] Ma Su was defeated in the battle at Jieting.
	[May] Zhuge Liang executed Ma Su and stripped himself of the post of Prime Minister as punishment. Meanwhile over at Wu, Zhou Fang feign a surrender to Wei.
	[Aug] Lu Xun secured a major victory over Cao Xiu of Wei at Shiting.
	[Sep] Zhao Yun passed away.
	[Dec] Zhuge Liang launched his second northern expedition and attacked Chencang. However the assault was unsuccessful.
229	[Apr] Zhuge Liang launched his third northern offensive and managed to capture Wudu and Yinping. Meanwhile Sun Quan became the founding Emperor of Wu.
230	[Jul] Cao Zhen and Sima Yi launched an offensive on Hanzhong.
	[Aug] Zhuge Liang led troops to reinforce Hanzhong against Cao Zhen and Sima Yi’s onslaught.
	[Sep] Due to bad weather conditions, Cao Zhen and Sima Yi aborted their offensive and pull out of Hanzhong.
231	[Feb] Zhuge Liang launched his fourth northern invasion out of Qishan.
	[Jun] Shortage of food supplies forced Zhuge Liang to abort his invasion and retreat back to Shu. Zhang He was killed in action while pursuing the retreating Shu army.
233	[Mar] Gongsun Yuan rejected the title of the "King of Yan" which Sun Quan conferred on him.
	[Dec] Cao Rui conferred Gongsun Yuan the title of the "Lord of Lelang".
234	[Feb] Zhuge Liang launched his fifth northern offensive and encamped at Wuzhangyuan.
	[Aug] Zhuge Liang passed away at Wuzhangyuan. Sima Yi led his troops back to Wei upon knowing that the Shu army had retreated.
	[Sep] With the death of Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan rebelled against Shu but was assassinated by Ma Dai.
	[Oct] Zhuge Liang’s funeral was held at Dingjun Mountain.
237	[Mar] Gongsun Yuan proclaimed himself the "King of Yan".
238	[Aug] Sima Yi executed Gongsun Yuan and his son.
239	[Jan] Cao Rui passed away and was succeeded by Cao Fang.
240	[Dec] Cao Shuang possessed absolute power in the court of Wei.
241	[Apr] Zhuge Jin passed away.
244	[Mar] Cao Shuang was repelled in his attack on Hanzhong.
	[Dec] Lu Xun passed away.
245	[Nov] Jiang Wan passed away.
249	[Jan] Having eliminated Cao Shuang, Sima Yi held absolute power in the court of Wei. Xiahou Ba turned against Sima Yi to avenge Cao Shuang but was defeated and had to flee to seek protection in Shu.
	[Aug] Jiang Wei launched his first northern offensive against Wei.
251	[Aug] Sima Yi passed away.
252	[Apr] Sun Quan passed away and was succeeded by Sun Liang.
253
	[Sep] Sima Zhao almost perish at Tielong Mountain which was totally surrounded by Jiang Wei’s troops during Jiang Wei’s second northern offensive.
	[Oct] Feeling uneasy about Zhuge Ke wielding more power than them, Sun Liang and Sun Jun conspired to have him killed.
254	[Sep] Cao Fang was dethroned by Sima Shi.
	[Oct] Sima Shi installed Cao Mao onto the throne.
255
	[Feb] Sima Shi passed away.
	[Aug] Jiang Wei launched his third northern offensive and surrounded Didao.
256	[Jul] The fourth northern offensive by Jiang Wei ended with a major defeat at Duan Gorge.
257	[May] Angered by Sima Zhao’s tyrannical ways, Zhuge Dan started an armed uprising.
258	[Feb] Zhuge Dan was killed in battle.
	[Jun] The attack on Changcheng marked Jiang Wei’s fifth northern campaign.
	[Sep] Sun Chen dethroned Sun Liang and installed Sun Xiu on the throne.
	[Dec] Jiang Wei launched his six northern expedition to Qishan. Meanwhile Sun Xiu eliminated his tyrannical Prime Minister Sun Chen.
263	Liu Shan surrrenders when Deng Ai’s crack troops reaches Chengdu via the treacherousYinping path. This marks the end of the Shu Kingdom.
280	Wu Kingdom was overrun by Jin thus ending over 60 years of the three kingdoms period.