Universe Timeline 4.8

Compresses the history of the universe into a single year.
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Date Day of week Time Event
2027-01-01 Friday The Big Bang. Beginning of the space and time.
2027-01-04 Monday Methuselah star. Oldest known star in the universe.
2027-01-06 - 2027-01-24 Wednesday - Sunday Reionization era. Early stars start ionizing interstellar gas.
2027-01-08 Friday First black holes form
2027-01-14 Thursday Mass star formation. Universe starts to heat once again.
2027-01-16 Saturday First galaxies form
2027-01-17 Sunday GRB 090423. Oldest gamma ray burst ever observed.
2027-01-22 Friday Hubble ultra deep field
2027-01-26 Tuesday Quasar CFHQS J2329-0301. Oldest known quasar.
2027-01-30 Saturday PST B1620-26. Oldest known exoplanet.
2027-02-01 Monday Milky Way forms
2027-02-14 Sunday GRB 140419A supernova. Second oldest gamma ray burst.
2027-02-25 Thursday BX442 galaxy. Oldest known spiral galaxy.
2027-03-02 Tuesday Kapteyn b. Oldest known exoplanet lying within the habitable zone.
2027-03-05 Friday Milky Way's cosmic halo forms
2027-03-16 Tuesday Star formation rate peaks. Universe starts to cool Temperature averages around 13000 K.
2027-03-29 Monday Oldest population I stars. First stars abundant in metals.
2027-03-31 Wednesday Universe becomes habitable. First life-friendly star systems emerge.
2027-04-14 Wednesday JKCS 041. Oldest galactic cluster.
2027-04-19 Monday Universe reaches 1/3 of its present diameter
2027-04-22 Thursday Milky Way star formation rate stabilizes
2027-04-28 Wednesday Barnard's star forms. Oldest close solar neighbor.
2027-05-07 Friday Oldest known evidence for dark energy
2027-05-13 Thursday Milky Way's thin disk starts to form
2027-05-21 Friday Lalande 21185
2027-05-23 Sunday Lacaille 9352
2027-06-03 Thursday Milky Way star formation rate begins to decline
2027-06-08 Tuesday Mizar forms
2027-06-16 Wednesday GRB 080319B. Most powerful gamma ray burst ever observed by humans.
2027-06-16 Wednesday Arcturus forms. 4th brightest star in the night sky.
2027-06-27 Sunday Universe cools below 5 K
2027-06-29 Tuesday Growth of large galaxies slows
2027-07-02 Friday 1/2 the age of the Universe
2027-07-05 Monday Alpha Centauri forms. Closest star system to the Sun.
2027-07-07 Wednesday Alnitak forms. Left star of the Orion's Belt.
2027-07-13 Tuesday Milky Way starts spiralizing
2027-07-15 Thursday Age of an average earth-like planet
2027-07-21 Wednesday 61 Cygni forms
2027-07-26 Monday Dark energy overtakes gravity. Universe's expansion rate starts to accelerate.
2027-07-31 Saturday Tau Ceti forms
2027-08-08 Sunday Solar nebula starts collapsing
2027-08-08 Sunday Milky way becomes a spiral galaxy
2027-08-16 Monday Gliese 570 forms
2027-08-25 Wednesday Proxima Centauri forms. Closest star to the Sun.
2027-08-29 Sunday SN 2005ap supernova. Brightest supernova ever observed.
2027-09-02 Thursday The Sun forms
2027-09-02 Thursday Proto-earth forms. Planets, asteroids and comets form from the Sun's protoplanetary disk.
2027-09-03 Friday Formation of the Moon. Theia impacts Earth, the Moon forms from the coalesced debris.
2027-09-06 Monday Oceans form on Earth. Asteroids bring water to Earth.
2027-09-06 Monday First known minerals. Zircons form at Jack Hills, Australia.
2027-09-10 Friday Mintaka forms. Right star of the Orion's Belt.
2027-09-11 - 2027-09-19 Saturday - Sunday Life emerges on Earth
2027-09-14 - 2027-09-22 Tuesday - Wednesday Late Heavy Bombardment
2027-09-14 Tuesday Earliest known rock. (Aggregate of minerals).
2027-09-17 Friday Greenstone rock belt
2027-09-22 Wednesday Oldest banded iron formation
2027-09-27 Monday Vaalbara supercontinent emerges
2027-09-30 Thursday Last universal ancestor. Split between bacteria and archaea.
2027-09-30 Thursday Cyanobacteria fossils. Warrawoona, oldest fossil evidence of life on Earth.
2027-10-05 Tuesday Compressional tectonics
2027-10-06 Wednesday Barberton event. One of the largest impacts ever, left a 300 mi / 480 km crater.
2027-10-08 Friday Ur supercontinent forms
2027-10-08 Friday Anoxygenic photosynthesis developed by bacteria
2027-10-11 Monday First land bacteria
2027-10-13 Wednesday Cyanobacteria develop true photosynthesis. Life begins to produce oxygen.
2027-10-16 Saturday Zeta Reticuli forms
2027-10-16 Saturday Kenorland supercontinent emerges
2027-10-16 Saturday Tides decline below 1000 ft / 300 m
2027-10-18 Monday Vaalbara supercontinent breaks up
2027-10-21 Thursday Major komatiite eruption
2027-10-21 Thursday First eukaryotes emerge. Early estimate.
2027-10-24 Sunday Oldest known giant carbonate platform
2027-10-25 Monday Zeta Puppis forms
2027-10-26 Tuesday Great Oxygenation event. Bacterially produced oxygen starts to accumulate in the atmosphere.
2027-10-26 Tuesday Movement of the tectonic plates commences
2027-10-29 Friday Suavjarvi impact event left oldest still recognizable crater
2027-10-29 - 2027-11-05 Friday - Friday Huronian glaciation. First snowball earth period.
2027-11-01 Monday Continental red beds form
2027-11-03 Wednesday Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses one percent
2027-11-03 Wednesday Ozone layer forms
2027-11-06 Saturday Earliest known eukaryote fossils (acritarchs)
2027-11-06 Saturday Earliest multicellular life. Francevillian Group Fossil.
2027-11-08 Monday Vredefort impact event. One of the largest impacts ever left a 190 mi/ 300 km crater.
2027-11-11 Thursday Atmospheric oxygen level surpasses 15 percent
2027-11-11 Thursday Natural nuclear reactor forms in Oklo, Gabon
2027-11-13 Saturday Sudbury impact, event left a 160 mi / 260 km crater
2027-11-14 Sunday Supercontinent Columbia forms
2027-11-15 Monday Vishnu Basement Rocks. Oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon.
2027-11-17 Wednesday Oldest sand dune ergs
2027-11-19 Friday Mitochondria assimilate into eukaryotic cells
2027-11-22 Monday Supercontinent Columbia breaks up
2027-11-23 Tuesday Geologic platform covers expand
2027-11-24 Wednesday Population of stromatolites rapidly rises
2027-11-25 Thursday Procyon forms. Brightest star in Canis Minor.
2027-11-27 Saturday Greenville orogeny starts
2027-11-30 Tuesday Supercontinent Rodinia forms
2027-11-30 Tuesday Bangiomorpha pubescens. First sexually reproducing organism.
2027-12-01 Wednesday Population explosion of eukaryotes
2027-12-02 Thursday Earliest flagellate protists
2027-12-09 Thursday Population of stromatolites starts to decline
2027-12-10 Friday Protista population explodes
2027-12-11 Saturday Kaigas glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2027-12-12 Sunday Supercontinent Rodinia breaks apart
2027-12-12 - 2027-12-14 Sunday - Tuesday Sturtian glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2027-12-14 Tuesday Marinoan glaciation. Snowball earth period.
2027-12-16 Thursday Fossilized worm impressions in China
2027-12-16 Thursday Avalon explosion. Ediacaran fauna emerges.
2027-12-17 Friday Cambrian explosion. Exponential diversification of life, most major animal phyla appear.
2027-12-18 Saturday First trilobites
2027-12-20 Monday 2:20 a.m. Plants and arthropods colonize the land
2027-12-20 Monday 5:31 a.m. Ordovician extinction event. 60% of all species go extinct.
2027-12-20 Monday 9:23 p.m. First air-breathing animals
2027-12-21 Tuesday 1:15 p.m. First tetrapods
2027-12-21 Tuesday 10:46 p.m. First tree-like plants
2027-12-22 Wednesday 5:07 a.m. Late Devonian extinction. 70% of all species go extinct.
2027-12-23 Thursday 6:31 a.m. First amniotes
2027-12-23 Thursday 12:52 p.m. First reptiles
2027-12-23 Thursday 10:23 p.m. Atmospheric oxygen level peaks at 35%. Arthropods grow into unprecedented sizes.
2027-12-24 Friday 1:33 a.m. Pangaea forms. Last supercontinent.
2027-12-25 Saturday 8:40 a.m. Permian extinction event. Largest extinction event in history, 90-96% of all species go extinct.
2027-12-25 Saturday 9:18 a.m. Sirius forms . Brightest star in the night sky.
2027-12-25 Saturday 9:21 p.m. First dinosaurs
2027-12-26 Sunday 1:10 a.m. First mammals
2027-12-26 Sunday 4:24 p.m. Triassic extinction event. 75% of all species go extinct.
2027-12-26 Sunday 11:23 p.m. First giant sauropods
2027-12-27 Monday 5:44 a.m. Pangaea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana
2027-12-27 Monday 8:16 a.m. First stegosaurs
2027-12-27 Monday 9:36 p.m. First birds
2027-12-28 Tuesday 3:57 a.m. Madagascar splits from Africa
2027-12-28 Tuesday 1:28 p.m. First flowering plants
2027-12-28 Tuesday 1:28 p.m. Laurasia and Gondwana begin to drift apart
2027-12-29 Wednesday 4:42 a.m. Spinosaurus evolves. Largest of all carnivorous dinosaurs.
2027-12-29 Wednesday 8:31 a.m. First bees
2027-12-29 Wednesday 2:52 p.m. Indian subcontinent splits from Gondwana
2027-12-29 Wednesday 9:13 p.m. Australia splits from Antarctica
2027-12-30 Thursday 4:50 a.m. Tyrannosaurus rex evolves
2027-12-30 Thursday 6:06 a.m. Cretaceous extinction event. 75% of all species vanish.
2027-12-30 Thursday 9:54 a.m. First primates evolve
2027-12-30 Thursday 1:05 p.m. First modern birds
2027-12-30 Thursday 4:15 p.m. Indian subcontinent collides with Asia. Tiber and Himalayas start to rise.
2027-12-30 Thursday 6:09 p.m. Whales return to the water
2027-12-30 Thursday 10:36 p.m. Antarctic ice cap begins to grow
2027-12-31 Friday 1:46 a.m. Grasslands become widespread
2027-12-31 Friday 4:57 a.m. South America separates from Antarctica
2027-12-31 Friday 7:29 a.m. First elephants. Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi.
2027-12-31 Friday 12:34 p.m. Divergence of great apes and lesser apes
2027-12-31 Friday 2:28 p.m. First bovids
2027-12-31 Friday 5:01 p.m. First large horses
2027-12-31 Friday 6:55 p.m. Rigel forms. Brightest star in Orion.
2027-12-31 Friday 7:14 p.m. Betelgeuse forms. Second brightest star in Orion.
2027-12-31 Friday 8:11 p.m. Last common ancestor humans and chimpanzees
2027-12-31 Friday 8:13 p.m. - 8:36 p.m. Messinian salinity crisis. Strait of Gibraltar closes tight, Mediterranean Sea dries out.
2027-12-31 Friday 9:27 p.m. Australopithecus evolves
2027-12-31 Friday 10:05 p.m. Great American Interchange. Isthmus of Panama rises, North and South America join, extensive fauna exchange follows.
2027-12-31 Friday 10:24 p.m. Current ice age begins
2027-12-31 Friday 10:36 p.m. First members of the genus Homo appear
2027-12-31 Friday 11:02 p.m. First controlled use of fire by Homo erectus
2027-12-31 Friday 11:30 p.m. Last reversal of the Earth's magnetic field
2027-12-31 Friday 11:35 p.m. Yellowstone Caldera erupts
2027-12-31 Friday 11:40 p.m. Earliest human engravings. Zig-zag patterns on shells in Java.
2027-12-31 Friday 11:48 p.m. Earliest instances of burial
2027-12-31 Friday 11:50 p.m. Neanderthals evolve
2027-12-31 Friday 11:52 p.m. Anatomically modern humans appear in Africa
2027-12-31 Friday 11:56 p.m. Humans begin migrating out of Africa
2027-12-31 Friday 11:57 p.m. Toba supervolcanic eruption. Human population falls to 10,000.
2027-12-31 Friday 11:58 p.m. 23:58:40 Neanderthals go extinct
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:25 First domesticated dogs
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:39 Beginning of agriculture
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:46 Wheel invented
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:48 Writing invented
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:49 Great Pyramid
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:52 Iron Age begins
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:55 Julius Caesar
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:58 Galileo Galilei
2027-12-31 Friday 11:59 p.m. 23:59:59 Charles Darwin