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Timeline according to the manga chronology
| Before known history | The country of Xing is founded | |
|---|---|---|
| The country of Amestris is founded | ||
|
Xerxes is destroyed (Chapter 75) | ||
| The Philosopher from the West visits Xing | ||
| The Philosopher from the East visits Amestris | ||
| Pride is brought to life by Father | ||
| July 1558 | Amestris attacks the city-state of Riviere | |
| October 1661 | The Civil War of Cameron begins | |
| Around 1700 | Lust is brought to life by Father | |
| Greed is brought to life by Father | ||
| Envy is brought to life by Father | ||
| Sloth is brought to life by Father | ||
| Gluttony is brought to life by Father | ||
| 1799 | The Soapman case happens in Fisk | |
| Around 1800 | Greed leaves Father | |
| March 1811 | An open conflict between Amestris and Wellesley occurs | |
| October 1835 | Northwest of the present-day South City, Amestris attacks Aerugo, starting Aerugo's War | |
| Around 1854 | The man who will be changed into Wrath is born | |
| 1866 | Van Hohenheim and Pinako meet | |
| 1872 | Pinako marries | |
| 1873 | Yuriy Rockbell is born | |
| 1874 | Wrath is brought to life by Father | |
| 1878 | Trisha Elric is born | |
| 1885 | Roy Mustang and Maes Hughes are born | |
| Around early 1890s | Hohenheim and Trisha are introduced and start living together | |
|
1897 |
Izumi Harnet and Sig Curtis marry | |
| 1898 | Izumi attempts to perform Human Transmutation and fails | |
| Yuriy and Sarah Rockbell marry | ||
| 1899 | Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell are born | |
| 1899–1900 | Ling Yao is born | |
| 1900 | Alphonse Elric is born | |
| Year | Events of the Elric and Rockbell Families | General Events |
| 1901 | Start of the Ishval Civil War | |
| 1904 | Hohenheim leaves his house | |
| Trisha dies due to a plague (Chapter 21) | ||
| 1905 | Roy Mustang graduates at Military Academy (Chapter 58) | |
| Berthold Hawkeye dies (Chapter 58) | ||
| 1908 | The Rockbells are killed in Ishval by Scar (Chapter 61) | Führer King Bradley issues Order #3066 and State Alchemists are called to arms (Chapter 58) |
| Roy Mustang, Maes Hughes, Alex Armstrong, Riza Hawkeye, and Solf J. Kimblee go to the Ishval Civil War front (Chapter 59) | ||
| In the summer, Ed and Al are accepted as Izumi Curtis' apprentices (Chapter 21) | Dr. Tim Marcoh goes missing | |
| In the winter, Ed and Al finish their training and return to Resembool (Chapter 23) | Barry murders Lenny and Cynthia | |
| 1909 |
Barry murders Reynolds End of the Ishval Civil War | |
| 1910 | Ed and Al attempt to perform the Human Transmutation and fail (Chapter 23) | Barry murders Hendrick |
| Ed has two limbs replaced by automail (Chapter 24) | Mustang meets and recruits Ed (Chapter 24) | |
| 1911 | In October, Ed becomes a State Alchemist (Chapter 24) | Barry murders Gadrielle |
| On October 3, the Elrics burn down their house in Resembool (Chapter 24) | Elicia Hughes is born | |
| In May, a second skirmish happens near Fotset | ||
| Many soldiers die during the still ongoing war against Creta | ||
| Around 1912-13 | ||
| 1912 | The Slicer Brothers are sentenced to death | |
| Shou Tucker becomes a State Alchemist after creating a talking Chimera | ||
| 1913 | The battle between the
Fullmetal Alchemist and Flame Alchemist takes place at Central City (Bonus Chapter: The Military Festival) |
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| Spring of 1914 | Ed and Al uncover Father Cornello's scheme at Reole (Chapter 1) | |
| Scar begins his attacks against State Alchemists (Chapter 5) | ||
| Summer of 1914 | Ed and Al get attacked by Scar (Chapter 6) | Scar kills Shou and Nina Tucker (Chapter 5) |
| Ed returns to Resembool to fix his automail arm and meets Dr. Marcoh on the way (Chapter 8) | A bloody and violent battle occurs in Reole | |
| Ed and Al discover the truth about the Philosopher Stone (Chapter 10) | The Fifth Laboratory implodes (Chapter 13) | |
| Edward gets hospitalized after 5th Lab Incident (Chapter 13) | Maes Hughes is murdered by the Homunculus Envy (Chapter 15) | |
| Autumn of 1914 | Ed and Al travel to Dublith to see Izumi (Chapter 14) | Wrath finds and fights Greed (Chapter 29) |
| Al is captured by Greed (Chapter 26) |
Greed is reabsorbed by Father (Chapter 31) | |
| Spring of 1915 | The battle between the homunculi (Chapter 85) /Ed and Al regain their bodies (Chapter 107) | The Battle Between the Amestrian Military and Co. against the Homunculi (Chapter 85) |
| 1917 |
Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell Marry (Offical GuideBook) | |