Timeline (from official site, 2004)

This a compilation of the official World of Warcraft timeline and story as published on World of Warcraft.com in 2004.

See Timeline (APG) for the Alliance Player's Guide timeline published in 2006.

History of Warcraft

The Titans and the Shaping of the Universe

Sargeras and the Betrayal

The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth

Charge of the Dragonflights

The Waking World and the Well of Eternity

-10,000

- The Well of Eternity

- The Demon Soul

- The Sundering

The War of the Ancients

The Sundering of the World

 [Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift]

-9,000

The World Tree and the Emerald Dream

-7,300

 [Exile of the High Elves]

The Sentinels and the Long Vigil

-6,800

The Founding of Quel'Thalas

-2,800

 [Arathor and the Troll Wars]

-2,700

The Guardians of Tirisfal

-2,500

Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves

-1,200

The Seven Kingdoms

-823

 [Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt]

-230

War of the Three Hammers

-45

The Last Guardian

Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact

Rise of the Horde

0Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

- The Last Guardian

The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind

6Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

The Alliance of Lordaeron

8Warcraft 2X: Beyond the Dark Portal

The Invasion of Draenor

The Birth of the Lich King

Icecrown and the Frozen Throne

10

- Day of the Dragon

The Battle of Grim Batol

Lethargy of the Orcs

18

- Lord of the Clans

The New Horde

War of the Spider

Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge

19

- Of Blood and Honor

The Alliance Splinters

20Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos

The Scourge of Lordaeron

 [Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas]

Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor

The Battle of Mount Hyjal

21Warcraft 3X: The Frozen Throne

The Betrayer Ascendant

Rise of the Blood Elves

Civil War in the Plaguelands

 [The Lich King Triumphant]

Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor

25World of Warcraft Begins....