Timeline

All dates come from Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the Deus Ex Bible, containing numerous background information about the Deus Ex universe.

Take into consideration that this is not a history book. Please don't add events from real world history, even if they have significance to the plot. Events that Deus Ex interprets differently (e.g. JFK being killed by Illuminati) may constitute an exception.

2nd millennium: 1215 | 1218 | 1902 | 1918 | 1940 |1947| 1954 | 1961 | 1963 |

1965 | 1973 | 1978 | 1987 | 1993 | 1996 | 1998

2000s: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

2010s: 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

2020s: 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029

2030s: 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039

2040s: 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049

2050s: 2050 | 2051 | 2052 | 2053 | 2054 | 2055 | 2056 | 2057 | 2058 | 2059

2060s: 2060 | 2061 | 2062 | 2063 | 2064 | 2065 | 2066 | 2067 | 2068 | 2069

2070s: 2070 | 2071 | 2072 | 2073 | 2074 | 2075 | 2076 | 2077 | 2078 | 2079

2270s: 2272

1215

 * Earliest records that the Oracle found relating to the Illuminati and Majestic 12 are from this year.

1218

 * Construction was begun on Cathedrale de Payens, financed by the Knights Templar.

1902

 * Estimated birth year of Lucius DeBeers.

1918

 * Cathedrale de Payens purchased and renovated by a group of European investors as a corporate retreat.

1940

 * Illuminati gathers genetic data via the smallpox vaccinations. This continues for two decades.

1947

 * An extraterrestrial spacecraft crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, killing all Gray alien passengers onboard. A massive coverup ensues and all evidence including debris, technology, and bodies are shipped to nearby Area 51. Due to its sensitive nature U.S. President Harry Truman orders that all everything about the incident be handled by the federal government's highest ranking officials through "Operation Majestic Twelve."

1954

 * The Bilderberg Group is founded. The group meets for 4 days every year and is made up of 115 of the most powerful people on earth. The meetings are secret. Some say it is the executive committee of the Illuminati, in reality it is a new branch. The Illuminati knew that politics and religion was no longer enough to control the world.

1961

 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology introuduces the world to MH-1; the first computer-operated mechanical hand. Nearing human likeness, the MH-1 has a hand-arm combination of 35 degrees of freedom, and is sensitive to pattern recognizion and simulation of higher cognitive processes.

1963

 * In November 10, President Kennedy says, "The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight." Ten days after the speech, on November 22, he is assassinated by the Illuminati.

1965

 * The Illuminati finish tracking those who receive a smallpox vaccine. From this they are able to build a database of the genetic codes of nearly all citizens of the United States and much of the rest of the world.

1973

 * Hugh Darrow is born. In Blackheat, South London, media mogul and fouder of the advertising conglomerate The Picus Group, Sir Martin Darrow, welcomes his only son into the world. Hugh Darrow proves to be a visionary entrepreneur whose innovations and groundbreaking ideas change not only the face of augmentation, but also the very fabric of society itself.

1978

 * An Australian professor develops the first safe effective sensorineural biotechnology that directly cennects electronic technology to physiological contact within the central nervous system. With the help of this new technology, his patient becomes the first human in the world to recieve a multi-channel cochlear implant after losing his hearing from injuries sustained to the head. The implantation proves to successfully give him the ability to regain partial hearing and pitch perception.

1987

 * The first implantation of a deep-brain electrical simulation system, and the first Lasik eye surgery being performed for the very first time on a human patient.

1993

 * Adam Jensen is born.

1996

 * Hugh Darrow purchases and revamps a struggling prosthetics manufacturing company in England, creating Darrow Industries. With his family's considerable assets at his disposal, Darrow ensures that this, as well as his claims to the importance of this event, makes front-page news. "I saw no other option. It can only be seen as my duty to save a company that can, and will, save the human race." - Darrow

1998

 * The first brain implant capable of stimulating movement is installed in a human patient by researchers at Emory University. The device, or neurotrophic electrode, is implanted into the brain, allowing cortical cells to grow and form neural contacts. After several weeks, the cortical tissue grows into the electrode. This allows a person to interact with the world as if they were using a computer.

2000

 * The Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) is implanted for the first time in the eyes of three nearly blind patients. Containing approximately 3,500 microscopic solar cells that convert light into electrical impulses, the new tecnology works to replace damaged photoreceptors that normally convert light into electrical signals within the retina.

2001

 * All eyes and ears are on a high-power lineman who, after losing both of his arms through severe electrocution, recieves a life-changing computerized, biohybrid arm. Dubbed as one of the first non-fictional cyborgs, his fully robotic limb is operated through a nerve muscle graft uses micro computers instead of cables to perform a wide range of complex motions. It is also the first prototype enabli8ng its carrier to sense pressure.

2002

 * After six years of intese research, Darrow Industry scientists successfully interwine PEDOT-electrodes with live neural cells, creating a biocompatible matrix that better enables acceptance of prosthetic materials by organic tissue. "Six years in the making, for an infinite number of newly viable developments and technologies. We did it. The possibilities are now endless." - Hugh Darrow

2003

 * The United Kingdom adopts the Euro as currency.

2004

 * Development begins for Project Phoenix, a new initiative implemented by the U.S. MIlitary inviting amputee soldiers serving in the two Persian Gulf Conflicts to volunteer for advanced prosthetic research.

2005

 * Building on their earlier creation of PEDOT-clusters, Darrow Industry scientists create a revolutionary biosensor that vastly improves the connection between the human nervous system and artificial limbs. The new technology brings researchers one step closer to thinning the line between prosthetic and organic.

2007

 * Looking to increase the efficiency of advanced prosthetics production, David Sarif purchases and overhauls an auto factory in Detroit. Shortly after, Sarif creates a system that automates the manufacturing of advanced prostethics, converting the newly purchased plant into the first auto-mechanical augmentation factory. "We have made leaps and bounds in manufacturing, so amputees and others are able to take are able to take them in life." - David Sarif

2008

 * The controversial Omega Ranch begins to take shape with support from the United Nations and several major biotech companies, including Versalife Group. Leading the development, the World Health Organization (WHO) begins construction on the new centre that will pave the way for research into viral genetics and biological sciences. "This is an extraordinary step for WHO. We can only imagine how this will further our Disease Control Initiative and the reaches of our research." - Sven Etler, Boar Member of WHO

2009

 * Streched thin ny two Mideast conflicts, the U.S. Congress passes the Recycle Military Bill, financing frre prosthetics for any wounded veteran who re-enlists. With many competitors but little competition, Sarif Industries wins the lucrative prosthetic manufacturing contract and becomes the number one prostheticmanufacturer in America.

2011

 * Darrow Industries publishes "Fittest XY", the first test capable of identifying if a subject suffers from a rare genetic disorder that makes acceptance of an implant not only impossible, but also deadly. Prior to this, Darrow industries had created the drug Neuropozyne, which prevents patients' immune system from rejecting their implants and forcibly expelling them in painful, life-threatening ways. When even this proved insufficient, Darrow Industriescommited itself to diagnosing the cause of these deaths, ultimately saving millions of lives by identifying the disorder before augmentation surgeries were scheduled. "Fittest XY takes the guessing game out of a definite option for improving lives, and separates the line between the Aug-able and not." - Hugh Darrow
 * As augmentations become increasingly commonplace, entrepreneur Haydon Suyong envisions the creation of healthcare clinics that cater exclusively to the specific needs of prosthetic-equipped patients. After borrowing 50 million Euros from Hugh Darrow, the dream becomes reality and the first clinic for augs opens.

2012

 * As part of their ultimate exit strategy out of Iraq, the U.S. military sends squads of prosthetic-equipped soldiers into the heaviest conflict zones. The news makes worldwide headlines, and the teams' success inspires the augementation-able to see the benefits of acquiring prosthetic parts.

2013

 * Ophelia Carter writes a conspiracy-related book "The Wheels Come Off". Supposedly demonstrated that there could have been no "Soviet-American pact" because America had already sold out to the Grays. According to this theory the polio and influenza outbreaks of the later 20th century were test runs in a larger governmental biowarfare program.
 * A milestone in the development of augmentation is reached when the 50th healthcare clinic for mechanically augmented patients opens in New Delhi, with nearly 50,000 patients visiting the facility within it's first week. At the opening ceremony Haydon Suyong calls his network of clinics "L.I.M.B. International" for the first time.
 * A year after emerging as an undergroung prosthetic ultimate fighting movement, the Augmented Combat Challenge (ACC) is accepted as a legal sport in 12 countries. Bets taken online and in Vegas turns into a multi-million dollar circuit as the sport's popularity rapidly grows.

2014

 * Brian NIttle becomes the first patient with Down syndrome to successfully recieve a deep-brain implant capable of stimulating portions of the brain in order to significantly increase natural cognitive functions. The implantation works better than imagined and Nittle is able to lead a near normal life.
 * The volcanic Vilama Caldera complex in Argentina unexpectedly detonates in a powerful 'supervolcanic' explosion, blanketing huge swathes of land in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia with hot ash. Over 100,000 citizens are killed, but the world finds hope in augmented humans as they play a major role in the region's rescue and recovery operations. Their enhanced abilities save many lives and prove to make a crucial difference in relief of this awesome disaster.
 * After having banned augmented athletes years earlier, plans to rewrite the guidlines and rules governing international athletic competitions are announced. "We can no longer igore the [augmented] population. They are obviously a part of our world, and this is a worldwide competition," says voting board member Harris Stevenson.

2015

 * Rumors begin to circulate that countries are experimenting with new intelligence-enhancing technology by secretly implanting the device in military and counter-intelligence officers. As leaked intelligence from Asia and Europe begins ton corroborate the story, a fear of falling behind these imposing advancements accelerates global biotechnical research to new levels.
 * After terrorist attacks against Saudi Arabian oil fields decimate the contry's infrastructure and plunge the world into a major enrgy crisis, an emergency session of the US Congress passes the Green River Energy Bill, opening protected oil shale deposits in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming to development. Seeing the challenges and dangers of drilling in the areas, oil companies begin quietly recruiting augmented war vets to work at the highest salaries.

2016

 * A foreign pilot equipped with an intelligence-enhancing implant defects to an international U.S. base and the military immediately begins attempting to reverse-engineer the chip. "We will not comment on our progress in the fight against these new [intelligence-enhancing] implants, but we will say this, one reversed chip maens universally reversed chips, and we will not stop until that occurs." - Lt. Davidson
 * The Singularity Faith of the Machine God (SFMG), a quasi-religious pro-augmentation group, is formerly recognized as a church. Augs originally formed the SFMG in 2011 in response to being shunned for going against religious scripts that decalre it unholy to biologically 'desecrate' their bodies.

2017

 * In an attempt to catch up to the rapid advancements of rival nations, the U.S. military awards Sarif Industries a top secret, no-bid contract to manufacture intelligence-enhancing chips. "We are moving forward," says Lt. Davidson

2018

 * Paul Denton is born.

2019

 * The NuChrist Initiative emrges as a U.S. based coalition of forward-looking Christian group that embraces and encourages cloning, augmentation, and the furtherment of biotechnology. Traditionalist Christians hold protest, but cannot stop the membership of the NuChrist Initiative from growing 300% in one year.
 * Belltower Associates, an umbrella group of private military contractors, institutes their new augmentation program, Plan Infinity. The Program offers soldiers immidiate augmentations while deferring payment for as long as they remain active employees of Belltower. Despite critics' claims that this ammounts to little more than indentured servitude, the program is a great success and is adopted as standard procedure.

2020s

 * Mechanical-augmentations are just becoming widespread.
 * In the early years of this decade work on nano-technology begins.
 * In the mid 2020's, Australia found a large underground reserve of fossil fuel off the coast of Antarctica, in this time fossil fuels are almost entirely depleted, so there were conflicting interests between North Australia, and South Australia. Begins the Australian civil war.

2022

 * Arab invasion of Israel, Majestic 12 control of the region becomes total.

2023

 * Five year old Paul Denton is chosen as a test subject and cloned.

2027

 * Golden age of mechanical-augmentation.
 * Deus Ex: Human Revolution begins.

2028

 * Paul Denton's mother, unable to have any more children, is proposed by MJ12 operatives to be artificially impregnated. She agrees and is implanted with a cloned embryo of Paul.

2029

 * JC Denton is born on 3/17.

2030s

 * After the AIDS virus cure is released new antibiotic resistant viruses appear. Resistant tuberculosis hits the developing nations, particularly India, very hard. A sample of the 1918 flu virus from bodies buried under the North Pole is accidentally released when it is procured for research.
 * Versalife is instrumental in fighting these epidemics. Versalife soon branches to embrace all forms of science and commerce.
 * At an unknown time between 2031 and 2035 Majestic 12 executes a coup against the Illuminati.

2030

 * Pandemics of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis and spanish flu take place, decimating world's population and setting it back more than a hundred years.
 * Cure for AIDS is discovered.
 * A major earthquake hits the West Coast, destroying most of San Francisco and dumping all of Los Angeles and most of Southern California south of Lompoc into the ocean. The earthquake forces the government to declare the west coast (or what was left of it) a disaster area. It begins to ignore the rest of the country.

2031

 * Utah declares independence and annexes Arizona and Nevada. They are followed by fringe groups in Texas.
 * Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming form the Northwest Secessionist Forces and secede from the US. Start of the Northwest War.
 * All of these attempts to secede fail, however marital law continues exists in some portions of these states.

2033

 * Alex Denton's assigned birth date is on 11/20 of this year. This does not match other data showing Alex to have been born some time in the year 2047.
 * Nick Pausback's assigned birth date is on 5/13 of this year.

2034

 * Wade Walker's assigned birth date is on 2/25 of this year.
 * Experiments begin on second generation of clones (~age 5)
 * Toxicological study found no carcinogenic effects at chlorine concentrations a thousand times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency revised Kyoto standards.

2035

 * Majestic-12 takes over the Illuminati.
 * JC and Paul's parents are killed by Majestic-12.
 * JC is sent to Swiss school.

2036

 * Paul Denton goes to university.

2040s

 * Tracer Tong begins working on the AI project named Ava Johnson.

2040

 * Paul Denton, age 22, joins UNATCO.

2042

 * Sporting Weapons Act.
 * NSF (National Secessionist Forces) formed from gun toting people who refuse to let go of their rifles, grenades, land mines, and other "collectibles." Lead by Leon Woods they intend the "liberation" of Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Northern California.

2045

 * Leon Woods dies during his infamous "last stand".

2046

 * In response to the Upper West Side bombing that killed 45 people and wounded over a 100, the grid zoning laws allow the police to wall off regions of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs. Foot traffic between these "zones" is prohibited, and traveling between zones restricted to authorized subways or highways subject to police surveillance.
 * The crash of '46.
 * Work on 'Ambrosia' project is suspected to begin this year.

2047

 * Most likely year of Alex Denton's birth given that he/she is five years old when the game takes place at some point in 2052.
 * "Somnolente Ile" scandal in France.
 * Beth DuClare's involvement would cause members of the Republican Social Union for French Democracy (RSUFD) party disputed her right to be awarded the position of Chevalier in the Ordre Royale de la Legion D'Honneur posthumously. Bilderbergs may have been involved.
 * Rumored to be the approximate beginning of the work on Aquinas by Page Industries.
 * JC Denton graduates from Swiss school

2049

 * Doctor Moreau starts to work in MJ12 lab under UNATCO.

2050

 * Paul is offered nano-augmentation and accepted, so he become the first successfully nano-augmented human.
 * Silhouette manages to insert 20th-century style commercials into the Internet broadcast of the World Cup.

2051

 * UNATCO and Interpol storm the Knights Templar headquarters in Paris and deactivate the organization.
 * 15,234 young people serve sentences in the state's FBI-run "good behavior" camps, a legacy of the Northwest War.
 * The Statue of Liberty is destroyed, UNATCO blames Silhouette.
 * The Gray Death epidemic begins.
 * Beth DuClare dies in September.
 * Gunther Hermann warns UNATCO not to trust Paul Denton.
 * Gary Savage's scientists escape from Area 51. They destroy the Universal Constructor and steal the technology.
 * JC joins UNATCO, trains and receives nanoaugmentation.

2052

 * JC Denton begins active duty.
 * The "mech-augs" are now despised, extremely rare and second-class citizens, looked down upon by everyone.
 * Corporations pay 5 percent of federal taxes.
 * 2 percent of Americans are self-employed
 * Deus Ex begins.
 * Beth DuClare is awarded the position of Chevalier in the Ordre Royale de la Legion posthumously.
 * In an attempt to stop Bob Page from achieving world domination, JC Denton shuts down the Aquinas Router, paralyzing communications systems worldwide. This results in The Collapse, the worst economic disaster in history.
 * JC Denton merges with Helios.
 * Unable to control the power of Helios, JC Denton is isolated in Antarctica and falls into a prolonged coma.
 * According to an Area 51 data cube, Nick Pausback's incept date is 5/13 of this year.

2053

 * Illuminati Chad Dumier and Nicolette DuClare initiate their plans to re-establish order. Dumier takes over the WTO, while DuClare, in the guise of "Her Holiness", founds the Order Church.
 * The WTO incorporates the city of Trier, Germany. Eldrin Braeden, a influential local businessman, is driven from power as a result of the incorporation.

2054

 * According to Area 51 data cube Wade Walker's incept date is 2/25 of this year.
 * According to Area 51 data cube JC Denton's incept date is 3/17 of this year.

2055

 * According to Area 51 data cube Alex Denton's incept date is 11/20 of this year.

2069

 * Donna Morgan becomes WTO Security Chief.
 * Paul Denton tests new biomod architecture on himself - the experiment fails, Paul goes into coma and gets frozen.

2071

 * The WTO charter with Seattle is ratified. Rioting breaks out and plagues the city for several days.
 * The first human expedition to Mars is completed, with the words "Mankind is now the inhabitant of two worlds" broadcast in both English and Spanish. Conspiracy theorists contend that the landing was staged.

2072

 * With no practical uses, mechanical-augmentation has been made completely obsolete due to its inferiority to nano-augmentation, which is now common.
 * Chicago is destroyed in a terrorist attack by the Knights Templar. The Chicago Tarsus Academy evacuates Alex Denton, Billie Adams, and several high-ranking staff members to the Seattle Tarsus Academy.
 * Deus Ex: Invisible War begins.
 * The Mag-Rail is finalized.
 * JC Denton is awakened from his coma by Alex Denton.

2272

 * After the death of the planet leader by Alex Denton in 2072, without a central authority, humanity descended into the worst chaos imaginable. Two centuries of war have scorched the earth and all life has been destroyed. The only remaining survivor are the Omar.
 * Note: This is one of the possible endings of Deus Ex: Invisible War and it is not known yet if it is canon

Historia