The Twilight Time Line!

Timeline





TW# - Twilight and chapter number
NM# - New Moon and chapter number
EC# - Eclipse and chapter number
BD# - Breaking Dawn

PC# - Personal Correspondence #
SMW – Stephenie Meyer Website
PC-TL – Stephenie Meyer’s personal corrections

Twilight Timeline

300 BC

* Stefan and Valdimir form a coven in Romania (BD32)

400 BC

* (?) Aro, Caius, Marcus, and their wives form the Volturi (NM19)

500 AD

* Romanian coven and Volturi War (BD32)

1000

* (?) - Kate, Tanya,and Irina born and transformed by Sasha– Denali Coven (PC1)(BD2)
* Plague of the Immortal children (BD2)
* Sasha killed by Volturi (BD2)

1640

* (?) - Carlisle Cullen born in London, England. (TW15)

1663

* (?) - Carlisle changed into a vampire. (PC1)

1700

* Carmen and Eleazar born - Denali Coven (BD30)

1720

* (?) - Carlisle finds civilized vampires in Italy (TW16)

1800’s

* (?) - Benito, a new-born vampire, creates the first army of new-borns and starts a war in Mexico. The Volturi manage to cover his tracks, but this leads to the creation of more newborn armies in the southern United States. (EC13)

1843

* Jasper Whitlock born in Texas (EC13)

1850’s

* Nahuel born in South America (BD38)

1861

* The American Civil War breaks out – Jasper serves in the Confederate Army eventually making the rank of Major. (PC2) (EC13)

1863

* (?) - Jasper is changed into a vampire by a woman named Maria.(PC2) (EC13)

1880

* (?) - Jasper forms a bond with a new-born named Peter. Peter and a female vampire, Charlotte, who was attracted to, run off together. (EC13)

1885

* (?) - Peter returns and helps Jasper escape from Maria. (EC13)

1895

* Esme Anne Platt born in Columbus, Ohio.

1901

* June 20 – Edward Anthony Masen born in Chicago to Edward and Elizabeth Masen. (PC1)
* (?) - Mary Alice Brandon born in Biloxi, Mississippi. (PC1)

1905

* (?) - Carlisle moves to Columbus, Ohio and practices medicine. (PC1)

1911

* Carlisle tends to a sixteen year old Esme, who has a broken leg. One month later, Carlisle leaves for his new area – possibly Chicago, Ill. (PC1)

1915

* Rosalie Lillian Hale born in Rochester, New York (PC1) (SM-TL)
* Emmett McCarty born in Tennessee. (PC1) (SM-TL)

1917

* Esme marries Charles Evenson who leaves to fight in WWI shortly there after. (PC1)

1918

* Carlisle works as a physician in Chicago, Illinois. (TW14)
* September – Influenza Epidemic claims the life of Edward’s parents. Carlisle saves Edward and he begins his life as a vampire. They possibly move to Ashland, Wisconsin. (TW14) (NM2) (PC1)

1919

* Charles Evenson returns from war to his wife Esme. (PC1)

1920(?)

* Alice changed into a vampire by a worker at the mental asylum. (TW22)
* Esme becomes pregnant and leaves her husband to move to Ashland. (PC1)
* Carlisle works as a physician in Ashland. (PC1)

1921

* Esme’s baby dies and she tries to commit suicide. Carlisle finds her and saves her. They fall in love and are married. (PC1)

1927-31

* Edward leaves Carlisle and the family to experiment with another way of life. He eventually returns after a few years, unable to continue taking human life. (TW15) (SM-TL)

1931

* (?) - Carlisle moves his family to Rochester New York where Esme and Edward pretend to be brother and sister. (EC7)

1933

* Rosalie becomes engaged to Royce King. She is beaten and abused by him and his friends and left for dead. Carlisle Cullen finds her and changes her into a vampire. (PC1) (SM-TL) (EC7)

1935

* Emmett found by Rosalie after a bear attack. She brings him to Carlisle and he is changed into a vampire. (SMW) (SM-TL) (EC7)

1936

* (?) - Carlisle and family move to the area south of Forks called Hoquiam and make the treaty to stay off the Quileute land. (PC4)

1948

* Alice finds Jasper and they become companions. (TW14) (SM-TL) (EC13)

1950

* Alice and Jasper find Carlisle and join his family. (TW14) (SM-TL)

1987

* September 13 – Isabella Swan born to Renee and Charlie Swan in Forks, Washington. (NM1)

1989

* March – Renee leaves Charlie, takes Bella to Riverside, CA. (TW1) (SM-TL)

1993

* Renee and Bella move to Phoenix, AZ. (SM-TL)

1996-2002

* Bella visits Charlie in Forks for one month in the summer. (TW1) (SM-TL)

2003

* The Cullen family arrive in Forks, Washington. (TW1)

2005 -

* January
o 17th (Mon) – Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington. (SM-TL)
o 18th (Tue) - She meets Edward Cullen who is drawn to her blood. Edward leaves Forks for Alaska for one week to avoid killing Bella. (TW1)
o 24th (Mon) – Edward returns to Forks (TW2) (SM-TL).
o 25th (Tue) – Car accident (TW3) (SM-TL)
o 26th – March 1st (Tue) – Edward avoids Bella ( TW4)(SM-TL)

* March
o 2nd (Wed.) – Bella is asked to the dance by Mike, Eric, and Tyler. Edward spends the night in Bella’s room without her being aware of it.(TW4) (TW14)
o 3rd (Thurs.) – Bella sits with Edward at lunch - Blood testing – Bella nearly passes out and Edward drives her home. (TW5)
o 4th (Fri) – Edward hunts with Emmett (TW5)
o 5th (Sat) – Bella goes to First Beach and meets Jacob Black – Jacob tells Bella about the cold ones being the enemy of the wolf - Bella has a horrible dream about Edward. (TW6-7)
o 6th (Sun) – Bella searches the Internet for information about vampires – she walks in the wood to clear her head. (TW7)
o 7th (Mon) – Very sunny – Edward does not attend school (TW7)
o 8th (Tues) – Sunny again – Edward does not attend school – Bella shops in Port Angeles and is nearly attacked by thugs – Edward saves her and admits he is a vampire and that he can hear everyone’s thoughts but Bellas. (TW7-8-9)
o 9th (Wed) – Edward and Bella let it be known they are a “couple” – Bella asks all the questions. (TW10)
o 10th (Thurs) – Edward’s turn to ask questions. (TW11)
o 11th (Fri) – Edward leaves after lunch to hunt with Alice. (TW12)
o 12th (Sat) – Edward takes Bella to the Meadow. They spend the night together with Edward just holding Bella as she sleeps.(TW13-14)
o 13th (Sun) – Edward introduces Bella to his family – the baseball game – James targets Bella – Bella tells her father she is leaving Forks. (TW15-16-17-18-19)
o 14th (Mon) – Alice, Jasper, and Bella arrive in Phoenix (TW20)
o 16th (Wed) James tricks Bella into running away and meeting him – Bella nearly dies and Edward is forced to drink her blood to save her from becoming a vampire. (TW21-22-23)
o 18th (Fri) – Bella awakens in the hospital with multiple injuries. (TW24)



* May –Edward escorts Bella to the Prom (TW Ep) (SM-TL)



* September
o 13th (Tues) – Bella’s 18th birthday. Party at the Cullen’s – Bella cuts her arm and causes a near riot – Edward takes her home and stays with her though the night. (NM1-2)
*
o 14th (Wed) – Edward is distant and refuses to stay will Bella at night. (NM2)
o 15th (Thurs) – Edward tells Bella that he and his family are leaving Forks and Bella forever – Bella goes into some sort of shock – a tracking party finds Bella nearly comatose. (NM3)



* October – December – Bella exists in a zombie-like state only doing the bare minimum needed to really survive.

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