**Chancellor Puddinghead tries to pass a law mandating Earth ponies drink carrot juice at every meal. (''[[Forgotten Friendship]]'')
**Chancellor Puddinghead tries to pass a law mandating Earth ponies drink carrot juice at every meal. (''[[Forgotten Friendship]]'')
**Clover the Clever undergoes seven trials, one of which involves pursuing and defeating an evil sorceress in possession of a memory-erasing artifact. (''Forgotten Friendship'')
**Clover the Clever undergoes seven trials, one of which involves pursuing and defeating an evil sorceress in possession of a memory-erasing artifact. (''Forgotten Friendship'')
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**In year 1322 of the "pre-Equestria era", [[List of ponies/Mentioned ponies#Abraxius the Bold|Abraxius the Bold]] did "a bunch of boring stuff" "for a really long time". ([[A Horse Shoe-In]])
*[[File:Fire of Friendship S2E11.png|thumb|The Fire of Friendship.]] A mysterious blizzard appears and "topples the tribes' precarious peace." The tribe leaders set out to find a new land. When they all discover the same land at the same time, their feud starts over, attracting the [[windigos]] and causing another blizzard. As the tribe leaders freeze, their cohorts become friends, and the [[Hearth's Warming Eve#The Fire of Friendship|Fire of Friendship]] is created. The tribe leaders thaw out of the ice, make peace, and agree to share the land as one unified race. [[Equestria]] is founded. (Hearth's Warming Eve)
*[[File:Fire of Friendship S2E11.png|thumb|The Fire of Friendship.]] A mysterious blizzard appears and "topples the tribes' precarious peace." The tribe leaders set out to find a new land. When they all discover the same land at the same time, their feud starts over, attracting the [[windigos]] and causing another blizzard. As the tribe leaders freeze, their cohorts become friends, and the [[Hearth's Warming Eve#The Fire of Friendship|Fire of Friendship]] is created. The tribe leaders thaw out of the ice, make peace, and agree to share the land as one unified race. [[Equestria]] is founded. (Hearth's Warming Eve)
==Ancient history==
==Ancient history==
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*[[File:Picture of the Crystal Empire flag S3E01.png|thumb|The Crystal Empire flag.]] The [[Crystal Empire]] is founded.
*[[File:Picture of the Crystal Empire flag S3E01.png|thumb|The Crystal Empire flag.]] The [[Crystal Empire]] is founded.
*According to ''[[The Journal of the Two Sisters]]''...
*According to ''[[The Journal of the Two Sisters]]''...
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**Celestia and Luna are abducted by evil forces from another dimension, and Stygian and the Pillars join forces to rescue them. ([[Legends of Magic Annual 2018]])
**Celestia and Luna are abducted by evil forces from another dimension, and Stygian and the Pillars join forces to rescue them. ([[Legends of Magic Annual 2018]])
**Stygian turns into the Pony of Shadows, and the Pillars of Old Equestria imprison him and themselves in limbo. Before trapping themselves, the Pillars plant a seed infused with their magic that will later grow into the Tree of Harmony. ([[Shadow Play - Part 1]])
**Stygian turns into the Pony of Shadows, and the Pillars of Old Equestria imprison him and themselves in limbo. Before trapping themselves, the Pillars plant a seed infused with their magic that will later grow into the Tree of Harmony. ([[Shadow Play - Part 1]])
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**[[Discord]] rises to power and rules Equestria "in an eternal state of unrest and unhappiness." He plants [[plunderseeds]] to drain the magic of the Tree of Harmony. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna collect the [[Elements of Harmony]] from the Tree of Harmony and use them to imprison Discord in stone. ([[The Return of Harmony Part 1]], [[Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2]])
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**[[Discord]] and [[List of non-pony characters#Cosmos|Cosmos]] rise to power and rule Equestria "in an eternal state of unrest and unhappiness."{{specify}} Discord plants [[plunderseeds]] to drain the magic of the Tree of Harmony. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna collect the [[Elements of Harmony]] from the Tree of Harmony and use them to imprison Discord in stone. ([[The Return of Harmony Part 1]], [[Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2]], [[Cosmos (story arc)|Cosmos]])
==Millennium leading to current era==
==Millennium leading to current era==
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==Current era==
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*[[File:Princess Cadance oh yeah S2E25.png|thumb|Princess Cadance.]] [[Princess Cadance|Cadance]] is born a Pegasus pony in [[Canterlot]] and found in the woods by Earth ponies. When she grows up, she reverses a love-stealing spell cast by a pony called Prismia. Princess Celestia recognizes Cadance's abilities, transforms her into an Alicorn, and adopts her as her niece. ([[w:c:mlpccg:Princess Cadance, Royal Envoy|Princess Cadance, Royal Envoy]], ''[[Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell]]'')
*[[File:Princess Cadance oh yeah S2E25.png|thumb|Princess Cadance.]] [[Princess Cadance|Cadance]] is born a Pegasus pony in [[Canterlot]] and found in the woods by Earth ponies. When she grows up, she reverses a love-stealing spell cast by a pony called Prismia. Princess Celestia recognizes Cadance's abilities, transforms her into an Alicorn, and adopts her as her niece. ([[w:c:mlpccg:Princess Cadance, Royal Envoy|Princess Cadance, Royal Envoy]], ''[[Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell]]'')
*In unspecified chronological order...
*In unspecified chronological order...
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*In unspecified chronological order...
**[[Appleloosa]] is founded. ([[Over a Barrel]])
**[[Appleloosa]] is founded. ([[Over a Barrel]])
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**Fizzlepop renames herself [[Tempest Shadow]] and becomes [[The Storm King|the Storm King]]'s second-in-command, leading the assault on [[Locations#Hippogriffia|Hippogriffia]] and driving the [[Creatures#Hippogriff|Hippogriffs]] into hiding. (''[[My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel]]'', ''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'')
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**Fizzlepop renames herself [[Tempest Shadow]] and becomes [[The Storm King|the Storm King]]'s new second-in-command, leading his assault on [[Locations#Hippogriffia|Hippogriffia]] and driving the [[Creatures#Hippogriff|Hippogriffs]] into hiding. (''[[My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel]]'', ''The Stormy Road to Canterlot'')
===[[Friendship is Magic, part 1|Friendship]] [[Friendship is Magic, part 2|is Magic]]===
===[[Friendship is Magic, part 1|Friendship]] [[Friendship is Magic, part 2|is Magic]]===
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*[[File:Canterlot castle wide view S1E26.png|thumb|The night of the Grand Galloping Gala.]] Princess Celestia sends Twilight and her friends tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. ([[The Ticket Master]])
*[[File:Canterlot castle wide view S1E26.png|thumb|The night of the Grand Galloping Gala.]] Princess Celestia sends Twilight and her friends tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. ([[The Ticket Master]])
**Traveling magician [[Trixie]] puts on a magic show in Ponyville. Twilight defeats an [[Creatures#Ursa|ursa minor]], humiliating Trixie. ([[Boast Busters]])
**Traveling magician [[Trixie]] puts on a magic show in Ponyville. Twilight defeats an [[Creatures#Ursa|ursa minor]], humiliating Trixie. ([[Boast Busters]])
**Twilight adopts an owl as a pet and nighttime assistant and names him [[Owlowiscious]]. ([[Owl's Well That Ends Well]])
===[[The Return of Harmony Part 1|The Return]] [[The Return of Harmony Part 2|of Harmony]]===
===[[The Return of Harmony Part 1|The Return]] [[The Return of Harmony Part 2|of Harmony]]===
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===[[Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1|Twilight's]] [[Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2|Kingdom]]===
===[[Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1|Twilight's]] [[Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2|Kingdom]]===
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*[[File:The Mane 6 in their Rainbow Power forms S4E26.png|thumb|Rainbow Power.]] [[Lord Tirek]] escapes from Tartarus and joinsforceswithDiscord,launchinga campaign to drain all of Equestria of its magic.
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*[[File:The Mane 6 in their Rainbow Power forms S4E26.png|thumb|Rainbow Power.]] [[Lord Tirek]] escapes from Tartarus and convinces Discord to join him in his campaign to drain all of Equestria of its magic.
**'''Possible deviation''': Lord Tirek rises to power and lays waste to all of Equestria. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)
**'''Possible deviation''': Lord Tirek rises to power and lays waste to all of Equestria. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)
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*The [[Golden Oak Library]] is destroyed.
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*The [[Golden Oak Library]] is destroyed by Lord Tirek.
*Twilight Sparkle obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony.
*Twilight Sparkle obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony.
*Twilight and her friends unlock the Chest of Harmony and obtain [[Magic#Rainbow Power|Rainbow Power]]. With this power, they defeat Lord Tirek and imprison him in Tartarus again.
*Twilight and her friends unlock the Chest of Harmony and obtain [[Magic#Rainbow Power|Rainbow Power]]. With this power, they defeat Lord Tirek and imprison him in Tartarus again.
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*[[File:Creepy smiling ponies with equals sign banner S5E1.png|thumb|Starlight Glimmer's "utopia".]] The Cutie Map appears in the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom castle, and Twilight and her friends follow it to [[Starlight Glimmer]]'s [[Our Town|village]].
*[[File:Creepy smiling ponies with equals sign banner S5E1.png|thumb|Starlight Glimmer's "utopia".]] The Cutie Map appears in the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom castle, and Twilight and her friends follow it to [[Starlight Glimmer]]'s [[Our Town|village]].
*Starlight Glimmer uses her magic to remove Twilight and her friends' cutie marks.
*Starlight Glimmer uses her magic to remove Twilight and her friends' cutie marks.
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*With the help of the villagers, Twilight and her friends defeat Starlight Glimmer, who escapes, and get their cutie marks back.
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*Starlight Glimmer escapes.
===Season five===
===Season five===
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**Babs Seed obtains her cutie mark. ([[Bloom & Gloom]])
**Babs Seed obtains her cutie mark. ([[Bloom & Gloom]])
**Tank goes into hibernation for what is stated to be the first winter since Rainbow Dash adopted him. ([[Tanks for the Memories]])
**Tank goes into hibernation for what is stated to be the first winter since Rainbow Dash adopted him. ([[Tanks for the Memories]])
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**The Grand Galloping Galla is held again, and the event is almost ruined by Discord and [[the Smooze]]. ([[Make New Friends but Keep Discord]])
**The Cutie Map summons Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to Griffonstone. ([[The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]])
**The Cutie Map summons Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash to Griffonstone. ([[The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone]])
**Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda are married. ([[Slice of Life]])
**Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda are married. ([[Slice of Life]])
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**Pinkie Pie's sister Maud starts dating [[Mudbriar]]. ([[The Maud Couple]])
**Pinkie Pie's sister Maud starts dating [[Mudbriar]]. ([[The Maud Couple]])
**The Gold Horseshoe Gals go on their annual trip to [[Las Pegasus]]. ([[Grannies Gone Wild]])
**The Gold Horseshoe Gals go on their annual trip to [[Las Pegasus]]. ([[Grannies Gone Wild]])
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**The Cutie Map summons Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo to [[Locations#Mount Aris|Mount Aris]]. ([[Surf and or Turf|Surf and/or Turf]])
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**The Cutie Map summons Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo to [[Locations#Mount Aris|Mount Aris]], where some Hippogriffs have returned to living on the surface while others have chosen to remain in Seaquestria as seaponies. ([[Surf and or Turf|Surf and/or Turf]])
**Princess Celestia celebrates her ones-versary of raising the sun. ([[Horse Play]])
**Princess Celestia celebrates her ones-versary of raising the sun. ([[Horse Play]])
**The Cutie Map summons Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst to [[Locations#Sire's Hollow|Sire's Hollow]]. ([[The Parent Map]])
**The Cutie Map summons Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst to [[Locations#Sire's Hollow|Sire's Hollow]]. ([[The Parent Map]])
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**The Young Six's friendships are tested by the Tree of Harmony. ([[What Lies Beneath]])
**The Young Six's friendships are tested by the Tree of Harmony. ([[What Lies Beneath]])
**The Cutie Map summons Fluttershy and Applejack to the [[Locations#Peaks of Peril|Peaks of Peril]]. ([[Sounds of Silence]])
**The Cutie Map summons Fluttershy and Applejack to the [[Locations#Peaks of Peril|Peaks of Peril]]. ([[Sounds of Silence]])
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**[[Sludge]] visits Ponyville and pretends to be Spike's father. ([[Father Knows Beast]])
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**A dragon called [[Sludge]] visits Ponyville and pretends to be Spike's father. ([[Father Knows Beast]])
===[[School Raze - Part 1|School]] [[School Raze - Part 2|Raze]]===
===[[School Raze - Part 1|School]] [[School Raze - Part 2|Raze]]===
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*[[File:Grogar assembles a league of villains S9E1.png|thumb|Grogar and his Legion of Doom.]] Celestia and Luna decide to retire and leave the task of ruling Equestria to Twilight and her friends.
*[[Grogar]] assembles a legion of villains—consisting of Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and King Sombra—to destroy the Mane Six.
*[[Grogar]] assembles a legion of villains—consisting of Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, Cozy Glow, and King Sombra—to destroy the Mane Six.
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*King Sombra defects from the alliance and attacks the Crystal Empire.
*After being seemingly defeated, Sombra destroys the Tree of Harmony and Elements of Harmony.
*After being seemingly defeated, Sombra destroys the Tree of Harmony and Elements of Harmony.
*Sombra takes control of everyone in Ponyville and takes over Canterlot.
*Sombra takes control of everyone in Ponyville and takes over Canterlot.
*Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow retrieve Grogar's Bewitching Bell from Mt. Everhoof, and decidetoconcealitfrom him to useit for their own ends. ([[Frenemies]])
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**Twilight and Shining Armor compete for the title of "Sibling Supreme". ([[Sparkle's Seven]])
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**The Amity Ball is held at the School of Friendship. ([[She's All Yak]])
**Lord Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow retrieve Grogar's Bewitching Bell from Mt. Everhoof and hide it in their plot to overthrow him. ([[Frenemies]])
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**The Confluence takes place at Sweet Apple Acres. ([[Going to Seed]])
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**Scootaloo's aunts [[Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty|Holiday and Lofty]] move to Ponyville. ([[The Last Crusade]])
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**The last Summer Sun Celebration is held, and Twilight creates the Festival of the Two Sisters to replace it. Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy infiltrate Canterlot Castle and steal a book about the Bewitching Bell from the archives. ([[The Summer Sun Setback]])
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**Starlight Glimmer is promoted to headmare of the School of Friendship, Sunburst is hired as the vice headmare, and Trixie is hired as the new guidance counselor. ([[A Horse Shoe-In]])
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**Daring Do and [[Dr. Caballeron]] co-write the next ''Daring Do'' book. Ahuizotl becomes an author. ([[Daring Doubt]])
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**The Cutie Mark Crusaders temporarily turn into grown-ups with a magic flower sent by Star Swirl the Bearded. ([[Growing Up is Hard to Do]])
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**Big McIntosh and Sugar Belle are married. ([[The Big Mac Question]])
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===[[The Ending of the End - Part 1|The Ending]] [[The Ending of the End - Part 2|of the End]]===
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*[[File:Mane Six, Young Six, and Pillars floating S9E25.png|thumb|The united power of the Mane Six, the Young Six, and the Pillars of Old Equestria defeat the Legion of Doom.]] Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow turn the pony races against each other and empower themselves with the Bewitching Bell.
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*Grogar is revealed to be Discord in disguise.
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*Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow are imprisoned in stone by Discord and the princesses.
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*Twilight is crowned ruler of Equestria, and Celestia and Luna retire to Silver Shoals. Twilight establishes the Council of Friendship with her friends.
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==Future==
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**[[The Last Problem]]
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***Derpy publishes a muffin-themed cookbook.
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***Rarity opens new boutiques for non-ponies.
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**{{specify}} ([[My Little Pony: The Manga - A Day in the Life of Equestria Vol. 1#Chapter 7|''My Little Pony: The Manga - A Day in the Life of Equestria Vol. 1'' chapter 7]])
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**"Twilight will not outlive her friends". ([[Meghan McCarthy]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MMeghanMcCarthy/status/323513777427468288|title=Meghan McCarthy on Twitter: "“@WanWeengedAnjil: As an alicorn, will Twilight be immortal and forced to outlive all of her friends?” Twilight will not outlive her friends"|author=Meghan McCarthy|publisher=Twitter|date=2013-04-14|accessdate=2016-11-08}}</ref>{{dubious}}<ref group="note">[https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1183270110359736320 "We don’t know how long everyone lives, Twilight included."] [https://twitter.com/TheBiggestJim/status/1183270751106846720 "Her friends have been exposed to a LOT of special magic over the years, so who knows how it’s affected them?"]</ref>
Chancellor Puddinghead tries to pass a law mandating Earth ponies drink carrot juice at every meal. (Forgotten Friendship)
Clover the Clever undergoes seven trials, one of which involves pursuing and defeating an evil sorceress in possession of a memory-erasing artifact. (Forgotten Friendship)
In year 1322 of the "pre-Equestria era", Abraxius the Bold did "a bunch of boring stuff" "for a really long time". (A Horse Shoe-In)
The Fire of Friendship.
A mysterious blizzard appears and "topples the tribes' precarious peace." The tribe leaders set out to find a new land. When they all discover the same land at the same time, their feud starts over, attracting the windigos and causing another blizzard. As the tribe leaders freeze, their cohorts become friends, and the Fire of Friendship is created. The tribe leaders thaw out of the ice, make peace, and agree to share the land as one unified race. Equestria is founded. (Hearth's Warming Eve)
Ancient history
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During the "pre-Classical era," Star Swirl the Bearded creates more than two hundred spells and has a wing in the Canterlot archives dedicated to him. (Luna Eclipsed, It's About Time)
During the "Paleopony Period," a population of ponies is afflicted by cutie pox. Random cutie marks appear all over ponies' bodies, causing them to uncontrollably perform the talents that come with them. The cause of the breakout is never discovered, and the cutie pox disappears as mysteriously as it arrives. (The Cutie Pox)
An unnamed Earth pony prince gives an Alicorn princess a love potion/poison and starts Hearts and Hooves Day. (Hearts and Hooves Day)
Storybook depiction of Scorpan meeting Celestia and Luna.
Lord Tirek and Scorpan travel to Equestria, seeking to steal its magic. Scorpan, having come to appreciate the ponies' ways, betrays Tirek to the princesses. Tirek is banished to Tartarus for his crimes. (Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1)
Celestia and Luna are abducted by evil forces from another dimension, and Stygian and the Pillars join forces to rescue them. (Legends of Magic Annual 2018)
Stygian turns into the Pony of Shadows, and the Pillars of Old Equestria imprison him and themselves in limbo. Before trapping themselves, the Pillars plant a seed infused with their magic that will later grow into the Tree of Harmony. (Shadow Play - Part 1)
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeat Sombra, turn him to shadow, and banish him beneath the ice of the Arctic North. (The Crystal Empire - Part 1, My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #1)
A curse enacted by Sombra causes the Crystal Empire and its population to vanish into thin air. (The Crystal Empire - Part 1, My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #1)
Princess Luna becomes resentful when ponies sleep through her beautiful night. Her bitterness transforms her into Nightmare Moon, and she attempts to overthrow her sister for absolute control. Princess Celestia uses the Elements of Harmony to banish her sister to the moon. (Friendship is Magic, part 1)
Pear Butter marries Bright Mac and becomes a member of the Apple family. Grand Pear and the rest of the Pear family relocate to Vanhoover. (The Perfect Pear)
Current era
Princess Cadance.
Cadance is born a Pegasus pony in Canterlot and found in the woods by Earth ponies. When she grows up, she reverses a love-stealing spell cast by a pony called Prismia. Princess Celestia recognizes Cadance's abilities, transforms her into an Alicorn, and adopts her as her niece. (Princess Cadance, Royal Envoy, Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell)
Young Rarity makes costumes for a school play. As she suffers a creative block, her horn lights up and drags her off in an unknown direction. (The Cutie Mark Chronicles)
During a race against Hoops and "Dumb-Bell", Rainbow Dash creates a sonic rainboom, causing her cutie mark to appear and setting in motion a chain of events related to her future friends' cutie marks. (The Cutie Mark Chronicles)
At the start of the race, young Fluttershy—a considerably weak flyer—falls toward the ground and is saved by a swarm of butterflies. She quickly becomes enamored with the world on the ground. Rainbow's sonic rainboom frightens Fluttershy's new animal friends. When she calms them, her cutie mark appears.
Unable to fit in among the social Manehattan elite, Applejack becomes homesick. She sees Rainbow's sonic rainboom pointing toward Ponyville. She races home to reunite with her family, and she gains her cutie mark.
During Twilight's entrance exam to the School for Gifted Unicorns, Rainbow's rainboom causes Twilight's magic to temporarily overload. Spike is hatched from his dragon egg, Twilight obtains her cutie mark, and Celestia takes Twilight on as a personal student and protege.
Rarity's horn drags her all the way to a giant rock. Rainbow's rainboom causes the rock to split, revealing a deposit of gems. Rarity uses the gems for her school play costumes, and her cutie mark appears.
Young Pinkie Pie is dissatisfied with her life as a rock farmer. Upon seeing Rainbow's rainboom, she is overwhelmed with happiness and throws her first party, gaining her cutie mark.
The adult versions of the Mane 6 are transported to the past and meet their younger selves. In order to preserve history, Celestia seals away the memories of the younger ponies. (My Little Pony: IDW 20/20)
In unspecified chronological order...
Rainbow Dash moves to Ponyville on her birthday. (Pinkie Pride)
Pinkie Pie holds a party in Ponyville and inspires Cheese Sandwich to become a party pony. (Pinkie Pride)
Princess Celestia sends Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville to oversee preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, despite Twilight's concerns regarding the 1000-year anniversary of Nightmare Moon's banishment.
Possible deviation: Chrysalis and the changelings succeed in taking over Equestria, driving many ponies away into hiding. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2)
Twilight is invited to her brother Shining Armor's wedding to Princess Cadance.
Twilight rescues the real Princess Cadance from captivity, and Queen Chrysalis and the changelings are ultimately defeated by the power of Cadance and Shining Armor's love.
After a thousand years, the Crystal Empire reappears. King Sombra, in a weakened shadow form, attempts to regain control.
Possible deviation: King Sombra retakes control of the Empire and spreads his influence over the rest of Equestria. The Great Crystal War occurs. (The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1)
Twilight is sent to the Crystal Empire to help save it as part of a test by Princess Celestia, and her friends accompany her.
Twilight finds the Crystal Heart and sends Spike to deliver it. With the Crystal Heart in place, the Crystal Ponies use the "love and light within" them to defeat Sombra. Cadance is recognized as the "Crystal Princess". Spike becomes known as "Great and Honorable Spike the Brave and Glorious" in the Crystal Empire for his role.
Season three
Twilight Sparkle becomes an Alicorn princess.
In unspecified chronological order...
Babs Seed visits Ponyville and becomes a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. (One Bad Apple)
Trixie returns to Ponyville with the Alicorn Amulet and beats Twilight in a magic duel. With the help of her friends, Twilight tricks Trixie into relinquishing the Alicorn Amulet and saves Ponyville. (Magic Duel)
Princess Celestia has Discord released from his stone prison on the terms of being reformed, a feat which Fluttershy accomplishes. (Keep Calm and Flutter On)
Plunderseed vines planted by Discord long ago emerge from the Everfree Forest and begin invading Equestria, capturing Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.
Twilight and her friends return the Elements of Harmony to the Tree of Harmony and destroy the plunderseeds.
Maud Pie leaves on her rocktorate dissertation. During this time, she finds Starlight Glimmer in the middle of constructing a village in which everyone is made to be "equal". (Maud Pie, Rock Solid Friendship)
Applejack obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony. (Leap of Faith)
Twilight Sparkle obtains her key to the Chest of Harmony.
Twilight and her friends unlock the Chest of Harmony and obtain Rainbow Power. With this power, they defeat Lord Tirek and imprison him in Tartarus again.
The Cutie Map summons Applejack and Rarity to Manehattan. Apple Bloom and Big McIntosh compete in the Sisterhooves Social. (Made in Manehattan/Brotherhooves Social)
Starlight Glimmer's old village holds its annual Sunset Festival.
The Mane Six, the princesses of Equestria, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart are captured and replaced by changelings. Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord come together to rescue them.
Starlight, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord infiltrate the Changeling Kingdom.
Through Starlight Glimmer's leadership, Thorax transforms into a new form of changeling, and the other changelings learn to share the love inside them.
The changelings are reformed, Queen Chrysalis' throne is destroyed, Chrysalis escapes, and Thorax becomes the new leader of the changelings.
Starlight Glimmer and her friends attend the Sunset Festival.
The students of Canterlot High School take a trip to Camp Everfree.
Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, and their friends develop new magical powers.
The Mane Seven defeat Gloriosa Daisy when her overzealous desire to save the camp from closing leads to her transforming into a monster.
The campers organize a Crystal Gala fundraiser to raise money to save the camp.
Equestria Girls specials
The Rainbooms and Shadowbolts collaborate on a dance music video to win the Canterlot Mall Chance to Prance music video contest. (Dance Magic)
The Mane Seven are invited onto the set of the Daring Do movie and solve a prop theft mystery committed by Juniper Montage. (Movie Magic)
Starlight Glimmer travels from Equestria to the human world and helps stop Juniper Montage when she is corrupted by a magical hand mirror. (Mirror Magic)
Season seven
Starlight and her friends' award ceremony.
Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord are awarded Pink Hearts of Courage, and Starlight graduates from being Twilight's student. (Celestial Advice)
In unspecified order...
The Mane Six go on a friendship retreat in Manehattan. (All Bottled Up)
Maud Pie graduates from the Equestrian Institute of Rockology and moves to Ponyville. (Rock Solid Friendship)
The Cutie Map summons Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo to Mount Aris, where some Hippogriffs have returned to living on the surface while others have chosen to remain in Seaquestria as seaponies. (Surf and/or Turf)
Princess Celestia celebrates her ones-versary of raising the sun. (Horse Play)
Spike goes through a molting phase and grows a pair of wings. (Molt Down)
Cozy Glow enrolls at the School of Friendship. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo receive honorary School of Friendship diplomas and are appointed as friendship tutors. (Marks for Effort)
Queen Chrysalis creates clones of the Mane Six in order to control the Elements of Harmony, but the Tree of Harmony destroys the clones. (The Mean 6)
Starlight is appointed as temporary headmare at the School of Friendship. (A Matter of Principals)
Gallus pulls a prank at the School of Friendship during Hearth's Warming Eve. (The Hearth's Warming Club)
Flim and Flam establish Friendship University with Chancellor Neighsay's approval. (Friendship University)
Starlight and Trixie take a road trip to Saddle Arabia. (Road to Friendship)
Scootaloo briefly joins the Washouts. (The Washouts)
The Young Six and Tree of Harmony foil Cozy Glow's scheme.
Cozy Glow enacts a plan to remove all magic from Equestria, making use of several artifacts entrusted to Twilight by Princess Celestia.
The Mane Six and Spike travel to Tartarus to investigate Tirek's involvement in the disappearance of magic and learn about his alliance with Cozy Glow.
Cozy Glow imprisons Starlight Glimmer, and later Chancellor Neighsay, to enable her takeover of the School of Friendship.
The Mane Six and Spike escape from Tartarus, and the Tree of Harmony helps the Young Six thwart Cozy Glow's plans and restore Equestria's magic.
Cozy Glow is apprehended by the Canterlot royal guards and imprisoned in Tartarus.
The last Summer Sun Celebration is held, and Twilight creates the Festival of the Two Sisters to replace it. Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy infiltrate Canterlot Castle and steal a book about the Bewitching Bell from the archives. (The Summer Sun Setback)
Starlight Glimmer is promoted to headmare of the School of Friendship, Sunburst is hired as the vice headmare, and Trixie is hired as the new guidance counselor. (A Horse Shoe-In)
Daring Do and Dr. Caballeron co-write the next Daring Do book. Ahuizotl becomes an author. (Daring Doubt)
The Cutie Mark Crusaders temporarily turn into grown-ups with a magic flower sent by Star Swirl the Bearded. (Growing Up is Hard to Do)
The united power of the Mane Six, the Young Six, and the Pillars of Old Equestria defeat the Legion of Doom.
Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek, and Cozy Glow turn the pony races against each other and empower themselves with the Bewitching Bell.
Grogar is revealed to be Discord in disguise.
Cozy Glow attacks Canterlot, Tirek defeats the Pillars of Old Equestria, and Chrysalis defeats Starlight Glimmer.
The three villains defeat and capture most of the Mane Six, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, the Pillars, and Discord.
Twilight's friends escape and regroup with her to challenge the villains.
The windigos return to Equestria.
The School of Friendship students reunite Equestria and assemble an army to fight the villains.
The Mane Six, Young Six, and Pillars banish the windigos and defeat the villains with the magic of friendship.
Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow are imprisoned in stone by Discord and the princesses.
Twilight is crowned ruler of Equestria, and Celestia and Luna retire to Silver Shoals. Twilight establishes the Council of Friendship with her friends.
