Timeline (from official site, 2004)

This an expanded compilation of the official World of Warcraft timeline and story as published on WorldofWarcraft.com as of December 30, 2004.

• The Titans and the Shaping of the Universe
• Sargeras and the Betrayal
• The Old Gods and the Ordering of Azeroth
• Charge of the Dragonflights
• The Waking World and the Well of Eternity

• -10,000
• - The Well of Eternity (novel from the War of the Ancients Trilogy)
• - The Demon Soul (novel from the War of the Ancients Trilogy)
• - The Sundering (novel from the War of the Ancients Trilogy)
• The War of the Ancients
• The Sundering of the World
• Mount Hyjal and Illidan's Gift

• -9,000
• The World Tree and the Emerald Dream

• -7,300
• Exile of the High Elves
• The Sentinels and the Long Vigil

• -6,800
• The Founding of Quel'Thalas

• -2,800
• Arathor and the Troll Wars

• -2,700
• The Guardians of Tirisfal

• -2,500
• Ironforge - the Awakening of the Dwarves

• -1,200
• The Seven Kingdoms

• -823
• Aegwynn and the Dragon Hunt

• -230
• War of the Three Hammers

• -45
• The Last Guardian
• Kil'jaeden and the Shadow Pact
• Rise of the Horde

• 0 Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
• - The Last Guardian
• The Dark Portal and the Fall of Stormwind

• 6 Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
• The Alliance of Lordaeron

• 8 Warcraft 2X: Beyond the Dark Portal
• The Invasion of Draenor
• The Birth of the Lich King
• Icecrown and the Frozen Throne

• 10
• - Day of the Dragon
• The Battle of Grim Batol
• Lethargy of the Orcs

• 18
• - Lord of the Clans
• The New Horde
• War of the Spider
• Kel'Thuzad and the Forming of the Scourge

• 19
• - Of Blood and Honor
• The Alliance Splinters

• 20 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos
• The Scourge of Lordaeron (History of Warcraft)
• Sunwell - The Fall of Quel'Thalas
• Archimonde's Return and the Flight to Kalimdor
• The Battle of Mount Hyjal

• 21 Warcraft 3X: The Frozen Throne
• The Betrayer Ascendant
• Rise of the Blood Elves
• Civil War in the Plaguelands
• The Lich King Triumphant
• Old Hatreds - The Colonization of Kalimdor

• 25 World of Warcraft Begins....