Timeline (Historical)

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This article showcases known the historical events in the universe of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. For more detail on the original anime, see Madoka Magica Timeline. For more detail on the Magia Record game, see Magia Record Timeline. For coverage of the time loops, different timelines and universes, see Timelines.

Due to the production notes of the original series, whose canonicity is questionable, there are unconfirmable differences to what has been shown in Magia Record. Thus, the historical events revealed in Magia Record are considered a separate continuity from the original until proven otherwise.

Original Universe

75,000 Years Ago

• Incubators find Earth and the Homo sapiens race.
• Incubators arrive on Earth.
• The first magical girl is born, using her wish to save humanity from the mass extinction event that wiped out the Homo erectus.

38th Millennium BCE - 13th Century CE

• Pernelle is born in a cave associated with the god Hermes, likely in Mount Kyllini to the Cult of Hermes, possibly as far back as 1 BCE. At some point she makes a contract with Kyubey and becomes a Magical Girl.
• Cleopatra VII becomes a Magical Girl in the 1st century BCE. She dies by snakebite. It is unknown whether she became a witch.
• Himiko becomes a Magical Girl in the 3rd century CE. She succumbs to despair as her palace burns down around her, but it is unknown whether she falls to the flames or becomes a witch.
• Pernelle creates the sword, Épée de Clovis, for Clovis I (c. 466-511), as well as weapons for his siblings, including Audofleda who was also a Magical Girl.

14th Century CE - 15th Century CE

• A Magical Girl in Kaffa, who wished to fend off the invasion from the Mongol Empire to protect her hometown, received the power of disease to do so. After the disease wiped her hometown as well, she became a Witch and caused an outbreak of the Black Death in mid-1300s Europe.
  • During this outbreak, Pernelle met Nicholas Flamel, who'd found the process for how to create a Philosopher's Stone.
• In 1385, at the age of fourteen, Isabeau de Bavière was sent to France to wed the king. There, she was approached by Cube to make a contract with him. After asking many questions about the Magical Girl System and the Incubators' very nature, she wished for everything Cube possessed and, among other things, gained the power to make contracts herself.
• For the following decades, Isabeau makes contracts with many girls, causing them to lose their souls and become mindless servants to her. Isabeau's first victim was a servant, who was tricked by Isabeau to wish for her fidelity to Isabeau for as long as she lived. Among the ones she contracts is her own daughter Corbeau, who wishes to become a Magical Girl specialized in fighting Magical Girls, so her sisters wouldn't need to fight.
• At some point, after 1422, Isabeau uses too much of her magic and becomes a Witch. Lapin overturns this process by making a wish to the Witch itself so that Isabeau would go back to how she was. This causes Isabeau's Witch mind to inhabit her human body and continue her plans.
  • Afterwards, an unknown amount of time after Lapin's wish, Minou makes a wish to Isabeau for Isabeau to not be defeated by any type of magical girl in existence, which made her invulnerable to any kind of attack from magical girls.
• Riz Hawkwood becomes a Magical Girl with the wish to be the one from whom a new, true hero would spring. Afterwards, she travelled Europe with Cube in search of this hero to fulfill her wish.
  • The first candidate she met was referred to as "Machete", with the same age as Riz. She would die in battle against a Witch after her Soul Gem broke.
  • The second was referred to as "Frusta", who was older than Riz. She would also die in battle against a Witch.
  • The third and fourth were twins, where one is referred as "Falce" and the other one "Lancia", who were younger than Riz. Lancia would become a Witch and afterwards, Falce believed Riz and Cube had planned this, so she turned against them, forcing Riz to kill her as well.
• Elisa Celjska, being the illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Empress and a member of the Order of the Dragon, was exiled by the court until she meets Pernelle and Cube and becomes a magical girl. She makes the wish for everyone to acknowledge her existence and her and her mother were forgiven and brought back to the court. Elisa then began to use her powers for the Emperor and being sent all over Europe in missions by the Order of the Dragon.

Tart Magica

• In 1428, after her sister, Catherine, is killed by an English soldier, Tart wishes for the power to bring light to France.
• On May 30, 1431, Tart is burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic and a "witch". Cube doesn't try to persuade Tart to become a Witch out of gratitude.
• In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invents the movable type printing press. Kosane attempts to kill Gutenberg, but Eruna stops her.

Year 1997

• Kosane Kiriha and Eruna Kiriha make a contract with Kyubey while in the womb.
• Eruna Kiriha dies in the womb, and Kosane is implanted with Incubator cells by her future self to prevent her death.
• Kosane and Eruna are born.
• Eruna begins haunting Kosane, and in the future she interprets Eruna as her imaginary friend.

Year 2011

• Kosane is sent to a therapist, causing Eruna to stop haunting her.
• Kosane attempts to make a contract with Kyubey, but fails.

March 2021

• Kosane nears graduation from her senior year of college.
• Eruna begins haunting Kosane again.
• Kosane remembers her meeting with Kyubey.
• Kyubey confronts Kosane.
• Kosane and Kyubey enter the Time Railroad.

December 2021

• Kosane commits suicide.
• Kosane enters a time loop lasting one year, using the time to investigate her suicide.
• Kosane and Eruna fight with each other endlessly for Kosane's freedom.

Present Day

• Yurako Mikuni dies in a car accident and Oriko attends her funeral, where people gossip about her not crying. Oriko resolves to remain strong for her father, but this causes him to feel inadequate and focus instead on his political career.
• Erika Mamiya, Kirika's childhood friend, shoplifts from a mall, flees and leaves Kirika, who was innocent, to be blamed by the cops instead.
• Mami Tomoe is involved in a car accident and makes a wish with Kyubey to survive.
• Kyoko Sakura makes a contract with Kyubey in exchange for people frequenting her dad's church and listening to him.
• Mami and Kyoko meet and form a partnership to fight Witches. Some time later, Kyoko's father would see her fighting a Witch and would later kill his entire family as well as himself, leaving only Kyoko behind. This trauma blocks Kyoko's unique magic and afterwards, Kyoko breaks her partnership with Mami.
• Hisaomi Mikuni commits suicide after he is set up by Kenzaburo Yaegashi, with everyone believing he was embezzling funds from the government of Mitakihara City.
• Mami and Kyubey spot Mabayu Aki as a potential Magical Girl. After Mabayu's mother, who had the inexplicable power to see the future, foresaw her own death, she became deathly terrified. With her low potential, Mabayu wished to erase her mother's memory of her prediction and became a Magical Girl.
• Mabayu and Mami form a partnership, and even convince other candidates to become Magical Girls. To make this happen, Mabayu uses her powers of predicting the future and wiping the memories from the girls. These girls would shortly after disappear, likely due to dying in battle or becoming Witches themselves.
• The events of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and some of its related media take place. See Timelines for more details.
  • This information may be considered incongruent with many Madoka Magica media, but the original Puella Magi Oriko Magica claims that these, and thus most other events of the Madoka Media, take place during 2011, with Kirika Kure being born in 1997 and dying in 2011.

800,000 years in the future

This is the distant future of a universe not rewritten by Ultimate Madoka. Nothing is known about what sequence of events in the present day would have led to that outcome.

• Humanity extends their population across the cosmos, reaching at least as far as the Orion Arm.
• Homo magica evolve from the Homo sapiens race, leading to the extinction of humanity after a war.
• The Magi Wars begin between the Homo magica and the other races of the universe.
  • Incubators go extinct due to the Homo magica.
  • The Homo magica destroy multiple planets, causing the extinction of many races.
  • The Homo magica create the Time Railroad, intending to use it to conquer time itself.
• Kosane Kiriha travels from the past and becomes an "emotions manager" for the resistance force.
• The Homo magica destroy the planet Terminus, causing them to win the Magi Wars.
• The Time Railroad is destroyed, fusing Kosane with the railroad and with Kyubey.

Magia Record Universe

Other than what's noted here, it can be assumed that the Magia Record Universe is the same as the original universe.

Before 1st Century BCE

• The girl who would become 10^-43 makes a contract with Kyubey for a fertile paradise for her family's prosperity. Through the years, she would be seen as a patroness but eventually succumb to despair and turn into a Witch.

1st Century BCE

• In 51 BCE, Cleopatra VII Philopator becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and uses girls from the Met Clan to make contracts for her benefit.
  • One of these candidates makes a wish for Cleopatra's beauty, but this magic did need to be reapplied, otherwise its effects would wear off.
  • In June of 31 BCE, Ebony makes a contract with Kyubey for Cleopatra to have enough glory to carve her name in history. She becomes Cleopatra's lady-in-waiting, and later discovers her magic is bewitching others with the smoke from her censer. Cleopatra makes use of this power to keep opinions of herself high among citizens.
  • Contrary to the original universe, it appears that Cleopatra was not a magical girl in this universe.
• Cleopatra is taken as a prisoner of Rome at the hands of Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) and dies. Records note that she committed suicide by snakebite, and that Ebony became a witch from it.
  • While real-life Cleopatra is recorded to have died around August 10, The Mirage of Alexandria shows her dying on August 29, though this may have been altered from the original events due to the actions of the Tokime Tribe in Puella Historia.

1st Century CE

• Around 71 CE, when she was six years old, Cornelia the Younger is taken in by her father's friend and takes the surname Junia.
• History A:
  • In summer of 78 CE, Marius announces his marriage to Junia has been approved. Likely around this time, Junia meets a Vestal Maiden of Light and Kyubey, or Master Cubius, who prompts her to become a magical girl. Due to her love for Marius, she refuses.
  • On October 24, 79 CE, Vesuvius erupts, killing most of the population, including Emperor Vespasian and Plinius in Stabiae without organizing a rescue effort. Pompeii is destroyed, and Cornelia and Marius' families die. Junia makes a contract with Kyubey to be reborn as a different person in the past, and thus creates History B.
• History B:
  • In 76 CE, Junia, having made a contract with Kyubey, travels back three years in time from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. She adopts the persona of Amaryllis, a handmaiden to Junia, using her magic to make others accept her identity without question. She befriends Cornelia and convinces her to help by predicting a destructive rainstorm during a play starring the popular actor Master Paris.
  • In summer of 77 CE, Amaryllis and Cornelia spread a prophecy about the impending eruption of Mount Vesuvius through the Cult of Isis.They predict Hilarus the Left-Handed’s victory in an upcoming chariot race to prove the accuracy of their prophecy. The race coincides with Cornelia’s birthday, and Amaryllis arranges for Cornelia and Marius to watch it together to strengthen their bond. The Cult of Isis is convinced by Amaryllis’ detailed predictions, including the death of Emperor Vespasian, so they agree to prepare their followers for the disaster.
  • In summer of 78 CE, Amaryllis and Cornelia meet Plinius and late Consul Titus to convince them of the prophecy. Titus promises to help evacuate once the eruption begins and to facilitate aid for survivors in Neapolis. After the meeting, Cornelia, Marius, and Junia head to a picnic where Marius announces that his approved engagement to Cornelia.
  • On October of 79 CE, frequent earthquakes and the drying up of the Aqua Augusta confirm the prophecy. Many residents begin to evacuate, and the Cult of Isis provides ships to aid in the evacuation.
  • On October 24, 79 CE, thanks to Amaryllis’ preparations, many residents are already evacuating. Cornelia, Marius, and their families coordinate the evacuation to the shore, where ships await. The Roman navy, led by Admiral Plinius, arrives to assist in the evacuation. Plinius ensures his fleet rescues as many as possible before dying in Stabiae. Cornelia and Marius look forward to rebuilding their lives in Neapolis, while Junia stays on Pompeii and reflects on her vow to live the rest of her life in atonement.

3rd Century CE

• Toyo is born to Himiko, the Queen of Yamatai, and to the king of a rival nation, Kuna. She is sent to grow up with her grandparents without knowledge of her parents. Due to suffering from a disease, likely a form of epilepsy, she experiences seizures and becomes feared by her village as the "child of a Cursed God." Despite admiring Himiko and practicing in Spirit Arts, the villagers believe her power is cursed and that she will bring calamity.
• A candidate successor of Himiko's becomes an magical girl and reveals her wish to Himiko. After she becomes a witch, she brings great disaster and causes many deaths.
• After Himiko's younger brother enlists Toyo to be sent as a candidate for succeeding her, Toyo proves herself worthy and finds out the truth about who her parents are. As wars between Yamatai and Kuna increase, Toyo's illness progresses. When approached by Kyubey, she makes a contract to become a great leader like her mother. Shortly after, Himiko dies from a disease which had been progressively weakening and disfiguring her, and Toyo becomes the new Queen of Yamatai.
  • Contrary to the original universe, it appears that Himiko was not a magical girl in this universe.

11th Century CE

• Olga and her younger sister, Gunhild are born as daughters of Arne, a renowned warrior chief. One day, their settlement iss attacked, and their father and family are killed. Olga and Gunhild are captured and enslaved, brought to Isvik as thralls. To escape their harsh conditions, they share stories, particularly Norse myths and legends.
• Gunhild makes a contract with Kyubey and forms a mercenary group together with her sister, Olga, and a friend of their father, Ebbe.
• Olga and Gunhild's mercenary group join a Danish raid on England. Gunhild shows off her supernatural powers, spreading fear through the ranks on both sides. When the king of Denmark himself denounces her as a monster, she turns into a Witch. Olga then makes a contract with Kyubey.

13th Century CE

• As children, Heruka and Dolma are caught in a landslide. Heruka manages to save Dolma and the people in her village view her as a savior Rakshasi because of it.
• Heruka and Dolma flee their hometown after a Mongolian attack and are taken in by a Lama at a nunnery, who trains them to become a Rakshasi, guardian deities. Dolma grows impatient with the Lama’s delay in holding the ritual with Lord Jataka, leading to a rebellion within the nunnery. When the northern nunnery is destroyed, survivors seek refuge, and the Lama decides to evacuate, canceling the ritual and further angering Dolma. As Mongolian soldiers approach, Heruka plans to surrender to minimize casualties, but Dolma charges into battle. Heruka intervenes, forcing the Mongols to retreat. Despite the victory, Heruka knows the Mongols will return, and the Lama and other adults leave the nunnery.
• Heruka fends off the Mongol invasion by playing the part of the villainous rakshasi and gets executed.

15th Century CE

• The events of Puella Magi Tart Magica take place.
  • On the eve of the Battle of Orléans, Minou attempts to remove Tart from the picture by cursing her into an eternal sleep. However, thanks to Pernelle and Iroha, the plan fails.
  • Isabeau attempts to interfere with the future that Iroha came from. Ui is dragged into the past to correct the distortions.
  • Tart is burned at the stake as a witch.

16th Century CE

• The Tai Party initially tries to make peace with the nobility, but ends up betraying them.