2280

timeline

years:	2277 2278 2279 2280 2281 2282 2283 (stardates from 2280.0)
decades:	2250s 2260s 2270s 2280s 2290s 2300s 2310s
centuries:	22nd century - 23rd century - 24th century

2280 was, on Earth's calendar, the 81st year of the 23rd century, and the first year of the 2280s decade. Besides this time period's Human dates, in some systems of stardates this era begins with stardate 2280.0.^[1]

Events[]

Charulhans living on Andor take several influential hostages in an attempt to gain a voice in the Andorian government. The human diplomat St. John Talbot botches the hostage negotiations resulting in one of the hostages getting killed. It was Talbot's first failure in his 20 year career and eventually it led to his re-assignment to Nimbus III.^[2]
Alohk Ixan of Deneva is elected as the twenty-fifth President of the United Federation of Planets, succeeding Gregory Salamorn. He assumes office in 2281.^{[citation needed]}

The parents of future Federation president Nanietta Bacco are married on Cestus III.^[3]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
New Earth The Flaming Arrow	The Original Series	2280	novel
New Earth Thin Air	The Original Series	2280	novel
New Earth Challenger	The Original Series	2280	novel
Mirror Universe The Sorrows of Empire Chapter 29	The Original Series	2280	novel	Takes place entirely within the Mirror Universe.
Gateways Chainmail	Challenger	2280	novel
Gateways: What Lay Beyond Exodus	Challenger	2280	novella
The Lives of Dax Sins of the Mother Sections 1, 3 & 4	Deep Space Nine	2280	short story
Strange New Worlds IV A Little More Action	The Original Series	2280	short story
Foundations, Book Three Chapters 2-7	The Original Series	2280 Stardate 7981.3	eBook
Crucible Provenance of Shadows Chapters 33 and 35	The Original Series	2280	novel	Alternate continuity: USS Enterprise returns from seven-and-a-half-year-long survey mission to the Aquarius Formation. Hikaru Sulu becomes first officer of USS Exeter, and Pavel Chekov first officer of USS Reliant.