280 years ago -- the great Spark Van Rijn born
267 years ago -- the great Spark Amagog born, as Friederich von Zinzer
247 years ago -- Van Rijn comes into the service of the Storm King
241 years ago -- Amagog enters the Storm King's service
239 years ago -- Amagog leaves the Storm King, frustrated at being relegated to second-banana status. He builds his Castle over the next several years.
237 years ago -- Amagog takes a young wife from the local peasants; she comes to live with him in the Castle.
235 years ago -- Amagog's sole child, Gregor von Zinzer, is born.
228 years ago -- the Mirror of Amagog is built, and he begins to explore
224 years ago -- Amagog travels to a parallel that is essentially a potential future. He builds the Prophecy into his lineage by tampering with his son, to come out exactly one year before the time that he saw.
220 years ago -- Amagog's wife dies
218 years ago -- Gregor leaves the Castle; he and Amagog never see each other again
216 years ago -- Amagog creates Sarah, who he considers to be his crowning achievement
205 years ago -- the local peasantry, convinced by a local preacher that he was creating monsters up in the Castle, revolt. Amagog sees that there is nothing for it, and slams down the shield, so that no one can find the Castle any more -- essentially, he has shifted it slightly out of this reality.
203 years ago -- Amagog finally leaves, moving permanently to Cynosure, where he is to this day
103 years ago -- DuPree born
94 years ago -- the Payne merchant empire is destroyed by the Bad Heterodynes
90 years ago -- the British ship Fortitude captures DuPree
89 years ago -- DuPree becomes a pirate
88 years ago -- DuPree becomes Pirate Queen, at age 15
80 years ago -- the Jumps begin
58 years ago -- Beetle born
57 years ago -- Payne born
38 years ago -- Beetle becomes ruler of Beetleburg
35 years ago -- Von Pinn created.
32 years ago -- Marie born
31 years ago -- Manfred Luzhakna killed fighting a Clank
30 years ago -- The Heterodynes and the Iron Sheik have "The Race to the West Pole". The Sheik stops the Jumps in most of the affected lands.
27 years ago -- Beetle first battles the Heterodyne boys.
23 years ago -- Beetle and the Heterodynes make peace. Payne runs off to join the Circus. Klaus joins up with the Heterodynes.
20 years ago -- Bill Heterodyne hooks up with Lucrezia. Klaus is set away. Von Pinn is turned out, and eventually winds up as a teacher.
18 years ago -- The Heterodynes vanish. Agatha is born. Z is born.
17 years ago -- Klaus returns, and begins to conquer Europa. Barry goes into hiding with Agatha, Adam and Lilith. Zulenna is born.
16 years ago -- Theo is taken onto Castle Wulfenbach, as the first child there. Klaus hires Von Pinn to run his "school".
15 years ago -- Barry shows up on Beetle's doorstep, and gives him responsibility for Agatha, Adam and Lilith. Marie breaks through, and then runs away from home.
14 years ago -- Klaus conquers Beetleburg without firing a shot.
11 years ago -- Jacob Luzhakna is killed in a duel. Payne proposes to Marie. Sleipnir and Z are brought on board Castle Wulfenbach.
10 years ago -- the last Jump window opens, and DuPree begins her quest to stop them. She finds the Iron Sheik and pisses him off. She wanders West, and eventually joins up with Klaus. Marie convinces Payne to turn the Circus into a Heterodyne Show.
9 years ago -- Zulenna is brought to Castle Wulfenbach.
5 years ago -- Silas takes a sabbatical to the site of the Hidden Castle.
4 years ago -- Gil is sent to Paris for finishing school.
3.25 years ago -- Zeetha leaves Skifander. She gets quite ill, and then the expedition is attacked by pirates and destroyed.
3 years ago -- Zeetha kills all the pirates, and is left in the middle of Europe on her own.
2 years ago -- Gil returns from Paris, with Wooster. (NOTE: this is a known bug -- from [this page], it's pretty clear that Gil came back much more recently than that. But I didn't twig to that until it was too late to change it for this run.) Zeetha hooks up with the Circus.
15 months ago -- Wooster begins smuggling parts to the Geisterdamen, in exchange for an alliance with Britain when necessary.
7 months ago -- Klaus comes to TPU, and tells them to construct the Dihoxulator. Beetle assigns Silas and Hugo to the task.
4.5 months ago -- The new Hive Engine is found in the Wilderness outside Beetleburg. Beetle examines it, and finds that it has Wulfenbach parts in it.
4 months ago -- GIRL GENIUS VOLUME 1: The Beetleburg Clank. Beetle is apparently killed; Silas assumes control of TPU.
3 months ago -- Hugo, frustrated by Silas' running of TPU, takes an indefinite sabbatical. Agatha escapes Castle Wulfenbach, and joins up with the Circus. Theo also escapes. Zulenna is killed by DuPree.
2.75 months ago -- Gil follows Agatha's trail to the Circus, and is put off the trail by them. Theo hooks up with Othar.
2.5 months ago -- Moloch is sent off to Castle Heterodyne. Othar and Theo attack the transport, and he joins them.
2 months ago -- Klaus deciphers Beetle's notes, and figures out that the Hive Engine was being constructed using Wulfenbach materials.
1.5 months ago -- Othar et al go flying halfway across the continent on adventure.
1 month ago -- Beetle, experimenting in the Castle, accidentally breaks the shield. The Hidden Castle becomes visible to the world. Word comes to Castle Wulfenbach that Zulenna has been summoned home.
3 weeks ago -- Artie is transported into Helen's world. The Circus is arrested in the town of Middleburg.
2.5 weeks ago -- Zulenna et al arrive at Holfung-Borzoi, and are sent to find Marie.
9 days ago -- Beetle brings Silas to the Castle.
8 days ago -- The Circus arrives at the Hidden Castle.
7 days ago -- Embi, Othar and Theo break into the Castle, get to the Lab, and take the Clockwork Crystal. Theo is injured. Word gets to Castle Wulfenbach about the Hidden Castle.
2 days ago -- Agatha gets into the Lab, activates the Mirror of Amagog accidentally, and brings Helen and Mirror-Agatha over. She is transformed into Maria. Sarah drives all three of them, plus Beetle and Silas, out of the Castle. Helen encounters Othar in the woods. Theo goes to Marie for help. Helen encounters Oggie in the woods, and then joins the Circus.
1 day ago -- The Conquerors begin to plot.
Tonight -- The herald from Middleburg will arrive, expecting the ransom for the Circus
2 days from now -- the next Jump window opens
33 days from now -- the Jump window closes