Thousands of years ago

==Events==
; 54,223 BC : Time-travelling agents of the Federation [[Department of Temporal Investigations]] encounter the [[29th century]] {{class|Epoch}} {{USS|Kalpa}} on the [[planet]] [[Iconia]]. <ref name="AOYTTS">{{rpg|Last Unicorn RPG|All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook}}</ref>
; c. 42,500 BC : The [[Inheritors]] visit Earth.<ref name="Startrek.com">{{web|ST|Startrek.com}}</ref>
; c. 30,000 BC : On [[Bajor]] [[Ohalu]] is contacted by the [[Prophet]]s and gains an understanding of their relationship with [[Bajor]] not gained by others for millennia. As proof of his beliefs he writes a [[Ohalu Prophecies|set of prophecies]], which are considered the heretical writing of a madman by the religious authorities, but gain a small following nonetheless. A small cult forms to protect the prophecies. <ref name="Avatar1">{{n|DS9|Avatar, Book One}}</ref>
; c. 16,000 BC (reference stardate -180/00) : [[Orion slavery]] is well-established by this point. Early slaver species include the [[Sugg]], who begin the process of arming the Orions against competing slave raiders. <ref name="Orions" />
; 12,217 BC (reference stardate -142/17) : The Long Winter ends. <ref name="Orions" />
; 12,189 BC (reference stardate -141/89) : 22nd Rigel Conference: the [[First Stage]] begins. <ref name="Orions" />
; c. 9100 BC : A period of ten thousand years of internecine warfare between the [[Klingon]]s begins, ending when they achieve space flight and planetary unity. During this time, the [[Great Hall|Senate hall]] is built. <ref name="SMD">{{n|TOS|Spock Must Die!}}</ref>
; c. 8000 BC (reference stardate -100/00) : Orions begin clandestinely acquiring advanced technology. <ref name="Orions" />
; c. 7700 BC : 10,000 years prior to the [[2260s]], the [[Danon]]s rule a sizable portion of [[the galaxy]]. Their visits to [[Earth]] and their saturnine appearances help to contribute to the [[mythology]] of the [[Human]]s' [[Devil]]. During this period, the Danons encounter the [[Torga]]s, beginning millennia of [[war]], after which the Danons retreat to their [[homeworld]] on the [[planet]] [[Heartland]], where they build a [[Great Machine]] and worship it. <ref name="Devil World">{{n|TOS|Devil World}}</ref>
; c. 7700 BC : The [[Heitian]] civilization on [[Heitius VII]] is in a state of decline. To save them, the leaders attempt to convert the populace into [[cyborg]]s like themselves, but are [[mummy|mummified]] instead.. <ref name="The Mummies of Heitius VII">{{c|TOS|The Mummies of Heitius VII}}</ref>
; 7730 BC (reference stardate -97/30) : The First Stage concludes. <ref name="Orions" />
; 7630 BC : Klingons begin living the way of honor. <ref name="Dragon's Honor">{{n|TNG|Dragon's Honor}}</ref>
; 7500 BC : [[Gint]] codifies  the [[Ferengi Rules of Acquisition|Rules of Acquisition]]. <ref name="AOYTTS" />
; 4527 BC : The [[Borg]] originate from the planet [[Arehaz]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]]; they were created when the surviving crew of the NX-02 ''Columbia'' that traveled back in time with the [[Caeliar]], originating from [[2168]], were absorbed by the last surviving Caeliar, the now-degenerate [[Sedin]]. After they come into existence, they target their first victims, the [[Kindir]]. <ref name="Lost Souls">{{n|ST|sub={{st|Destiny}}|Lost Souls}}</ref>
; c. 3600 BC : On an unnamed planet, a pre-[[Hebitian]] civilization collapses after [[Nartal]], the last [[Night King]], fails to allow [[Uramtali]] to possess his body.<ref name="Well of Souls">{{n|TLE|Well of Souls}}</ref>
; 3587 BC (reference stardate -55/87) : An alien insurance claim makes the first public mention of Orion crews.<ref name="Orions" />
; 3rd millennium BC : The Furies (aka the Havoc or the Unclean) are removed from a number of [[alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]] worlds by an undetermined [[alien]] [[civilization]] who they were in conflict with. They are stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]]. ({{n|TOS|sub=Invasion!|First Strike}})
; 1508 BC (November) (reference stardate -35/0811) : The [[Orion Dawn]] marks the beginning of Orion [[piracy]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; 1317 BC (reference stardate -33/17) : Merchant ships built and crewed by Orions launch from [[Bema]], [[Sharu]], and [[Nilor]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; c. 1150 BC : [[Parneb]], a man born in the [[23rd century]] and living backwards in time, reaches the end of his life. <ref name="Strangers">{{n|TOS|Strangers from the Sky}}</ref>
; 855 BC : A Vulcan space program implemented by warlords is stopped after Devlarm is destroyed. <ref name="AOYTTS" />
; c. 731 BC: A group of [[Tomol]] undergo the [[Change]] before being encased in [[Shroud of the Endless|a kind of living rock]] by {{dis|Preserver|race}} [[Preserver drone|technology]]. <ref name="Seekers">{{n|{{st|Seekers}}|Second Nature|Point of Divergence}}</ref>
; 4th century BC : [[Sun Tzu]] writes a handbook about war.<ref name="Startrek.com" />

===Births and Deaths===
; 3834 BC : [[Akharin]] is born in the area later named [[Mesopotamia]]. <ref name="Requiem for Methuselah">{{e|TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}}</ref><ref name="Startrek.com" />
; 469 BC : [[Socrates]] is born.<ref name="Startrek.com" />
; 399 BC : [[Socrates]] dies.<ref name="Startrek.com" />
; 42 BC : [[Tiberius]] is born under the name "Tiberius Claudius Nero".<ref name="Startrek.com" />
; 32 BC : [[Philana]] is born in approximately this year. <ref name="Startrek.com" />

===Politics===
; c. 100,000 BC : The [[Rigellian Trade Authority]] is believed to have already been functioning much as it does in the present by this date. <ref name="Orions">{{rpg|FASA RPG|The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge}}</ref>
; c. 18,000 BC ([[reference stardate]] -200/00) : The [[Yugai]] have the first known encounter with the [[Orion]]s, the tribal natives of [[Rigel VIII]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; 15,956 BC (reference stardate -179/56) : The [[Orion Era]] begins when the [[Treaty of Kammzdast]] is signed.<ref name="Orions" />
; 15,839 BC (reference stardate -178/39) : First [[Rigel Conference]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; 13,781 BC (reference stardate -157/81) : 13th Rigel Conference. <ref name="Orions" />
; 12,327 BC (reference stardate -143/27) : 21st Rigel Conference. <ref name="Orions" />
; 9143 BC (reference stardate -111/43) : 59th Rigel Conference: [[Namazz Accord]] signed. <ref name="Orions" />
; 4712 BC (July) (reference stardate -67/1207) : 113th Rigel Conference. <ref name="Orions" />
; 891 BC (April) (reference stardate -28/9104) : 144th Rigel Conference. <ref name="Orions" />
; c. 700 BC : The [[Nine Worlds Confederation]] is formed. <ref name="Orions" />
; 111 BC (May) (reference stardate -21/1105) : The [[Taunpymi Incident]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; 95 BC (July 14th) (reference stardate -20/9507.14) : 187th (and final) Rigel Conference. <ref name="Orions" />
; 95 BC (August) (reference stardate -20/9508) : [[Botchok Planetary Congress]] organized. <ref name="Orions" />
; 56 BC (February 13th) (reference stardate -20/5602.13) : [[Declaration of Nallin]] ends the power of the Treaty of Kammzdast. The [[New Days]] begin. <ref name="Orions" />

====Conflicts====
; 12,237 BC (reference stardate -142/37) : The [[Atom War]] occurs on [[Rigel VIII]]. The [[Long Winter]] begins. <ref name="Orions" />
; c. 2700 BC : The war between the [[Furies]] and the [[Unclean]] ends. The defeated Furies are banished to the far side of the galaxy. A few survivors are stranded on [[Earth]], {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}, [[Qo'noS]], and other inhabited worlds, where they inspire legends of [[demon]]s. <ref name="First Strike">{{n|TOS|sub=Invasion!|First Strike}}</ref>
; 2351 BC (reference stardate -43/51) : [[Battle of Lomatin IV]]. <ref name="Orions" />
; 94 BC (January 3rd) (reference stardate -20/9401.03) : [[Orion War]] begins at the [[Battle of Botchok]].<ref name="Orions" />
; 57 BC (December) (reference stardate -20/5712) : Orion War ends at the [[Battle of Rhinate]]. <ref name="Orions" />

===Astronomical events===
; c. 500,000 BC : The third [[star]] of the [[trinary star|trinary]] [[Devolin system]] collapses into a [[black hole|class four black hole]], and creates a significant amount of [[ion|ionizing]] [[radiation]] throughout the system. <ref name="Age of the Empress">{{n|ENT|Age of the Empress}}</ref>

===Mirror universe===
; c. 500,000 BC : In the [[mirror universe]], the third [[star]] of the [[trinary star|trinary]] [[Devolin system]] collapses into a [[black hole|class four black hole]], and creates a significant amount of [[ion]]izing [[radiation]] throughout the system. <ref name="Age of the Empress" />