Neon Genesis Evangelion timeline

The following is a timeline for the events in the Japanese animation series Neon Genesis Evangelion. All information given is entirely fictional and only serves a purpose for the show itself.

April

 * 9 - Kozo Fuyutsuki born.

April

 * 29 - Gendo Rokubungi born.

March

 * 30 - Yui Ikari born.

June

 * 17 - Ryoji Kaji born.

November

 * 21 - Ritsuko Akagi born.

December

 * 8 - Misato Katsuragi born.

February

 * 13 - Makoto Hyuga born.

May

 * 8 - Shigeru Aoba born.

July

 * 11 - Maya Ibuki born.

1999

 * Gendo Rokubungi and Kozo Fuyutsuki first meet.
 * Gendo Rokubungi and Yui Ikari marry.
 * Gendo Rokubungi becomes Gendo Ikari.

September

 * 13 - Second Impact occurs.
 * 13 - Dr. Katsuragi dies.
 * 13 - Kaworu Nagisa born.
 * 15 - War begins between India and Pakistan.
 * 20 - Tokyo-1 is destroyed by an N² mine.

December

 * 4 - Asuka Langley Sohryu born.

February

 * 14 - The Valentine Treaty is signed, ending the wars that followed Second Impact.
 * 18 - Hikari Horaki born.

March

 * 30 - Rei Ayanami (I) is born or created during this period, but the exact date is under debate.

June

 * 6 - Shinji Ikari born.

September

 * 12 - Kensuke Aida born.

December

 * 26 - Toji Suzuhara born.

2003

 * Construction of the Evangelions begin.
 * Construction of the MAGI Super Computer System is planned.

2004

 * Asuka's mother, Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu, commits suicide.
 * Asuka's father remarries.
 * Yui Ikari dies.

2005

 * Construction of Tokyo-3 begins.

2008

 * Planning of the construction of the MAGI Super Computer System is complete.
 * Construction of the MAGI supercomputer begins.
 * Ritsuko Akagi joins GEHIRN.

2009

 * Ryoji Kaji joins GEHIRN.
 * Misato Katsuragi joins GEHIRN.

2010

 * Construction of the MAGI Super Computer System is complete.
 * Rei Ayanami (I) strangled by Naoko Akagi.
 * Naoko Akagi commits suicide.
 * GEHIRN becomes NERV.

2015

 * Rei Ayanami (II) injured during test of Unit 00.
 * Shinji Ikari joins NERV.
 * (May¹) The third Angel, Sachiel, attacks Tokyo-3, beginning the pattern of Angel attacks up to the seventeenth Angel.
 * Asuka Langley Sohryu joins NERV.
 * Ryoji Kaji delivers Adam, in an embrionic state, to Commander Gendo Ikari.
 * Gendo Ikari has Adam grafted onto the palm of his right hand.
 * Unit 04 is lost after a problem during a test of its S² Engine destroys it and the entire NERV installation surrounding it.
 * Unit 03 is destroyed by Unit 01 (under the control of the Dummy Plug system) after being possessed by the thirteenth Angel, Bardiel. (alternative date : January 2016¹)
 * In the manga, Toji Suzuhara dies during the battle between Unit's 01 and 03. In the series, he merely loses his leg during the battle.
 * The fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, is eaten by a berserk Unit 01. Its S² Engine is absorbed by the Eva, giving it infinite power reserves. (alternative date : January 2016¹)
 * Ryoji Kaji is killed by an unknown assailant. In the manga, Gendo Ikari is implied to be the one responsible.
 * Rei Ayanami (II) self-destructs her Eva, killing herself and the sixteenth Angel, Armisael. (alternative date : March 2016¹)
 * Shinji Ikari kills the seventeenth Angel, Tabris, in the form of a human boy named Kaworu Nagisa. (alternative date : March 2016¹)
 * With the last Angel destroyed, Shinji Ikari obtains the God-given power to shape the reality around him, forming a world where the people close to him change for the better.
 * Tokyo-3 becomes Japan's new capital.
 * Gendo and Yui Ikari are happily married and live with their son Shinji.
 * Rei Ayanami gains social skills, and learns to enjoy life more.
 * Toji Suzuhara regains his leg.
 * Misato Katsuragi begins teaching junior high school in Tokyo-3.

(¹ according to the "Ayanami Raising Project" video game)

2016

 * Rei Ayanami (III) ascends into heaven and becomes the judge of mankind when she merges with Lilith and Adam, whom she absorbed along with Gendo Ikari's right arm.
 * Third Impact occurs.