1848[]
- January 24: James Marshall discovers gold in Sutter.[1]
- April 10 : The Chartists demonstration on Kennington Common.
1854 - 1855[]
- The siege of Sebastopol.
1861[]
- December : Death of Prince Albert.
1948[]
- April 28: Birth of Terry Pratchett.
1957[]
- November 13: Birth of Stephen Baxter.
1966[]
- Freeman Dyson publishes a scientific paper about the concept of a planetary spin motor.
1986[]
- Terry Pratchett writes The High Meggas.[2]
2011[]
- December: Pratchett announces the completion of the first draft for The Long Earth.
2012[]
- June 21: Publication of The Long Earth.
- November 5: Publication of A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction.
2013[]
- June 20: Publication of The Long War.
2014[]
- June 19: Publication of The Long Mars.
- July: Creation of The long Earth Wiki.
2015[]
- March 12: Death of Terry Pratchett.
- June 18: Publication of The Long Utopia.
2016[]
- June 14: Publication of The Long Cosmos.