"Disney Timeline by Whatsits Galore"

TIMELINE OF
DISNEY ANIMATED FEATURES
by Whatsits Galore

Animated features in chronological order.

? The Lion King

This film is impossible to date, as there are no references to humans at all. It can be placed anywhere in the timeline

Remember who you are.

Prehistoric times Brother Bear

Extinct wooly mammoths are seen

I always wanted a brother.

1000 BC Hercules

Date on Herc's Greek Express card
Unfortunately, this can not possibly work with the episode of the TV series in which young Herc meets Aladdin.

What is the measure of a true hero?

1000 BC-?BC The Black Cauldron

It's been over 2000 years since anyone's asked about the cauldron. It was hidden for uncounted centuries. First iron objects were made approx. 3000 BC.

Won't I ever be anything but an assistant pig-keeper?

5th century Mulan

Middle Ages/late 5th century Sword in the Stone

The estimated time of King Arthur

Knowledge and wisdom is the real power.

610-? Aladdin

Mahommed began his career as a prophet
The man shown working on the Sphinx must have been performing routine maintenance, because that monument was built a thousand years before Mohammod was born

I've got to stop pretending to be something I'm not.

1192 Robin Hood

This film takes place on an alternate world. Assuming that world matches ours chronologically, the date is that of King Richard's return form the Third Crusade

That crown belongs to King Richard. Long live King Richard!

14th century Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip mentions the century

...she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel...and die!

between 1438-1532 The Emperor's New Groove

Cusco is rebuilt by Incan emperor & Pizarro marches into Peru (tv series calls them incas)

Beware the Groove!

after 1470The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The date Phoebus guesses for the wine

What makes a monster and what makes a man?

1607 Pocahontas

The date is given in a song

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

18th century Treasure Planet

This film takes place in an alternate universe. Assuming that universe matches ours chronologically, the date is correct

The loot of a thousand worlds...

before 1832 why did I write that? around 1864 Alice in Wonderland

Alice Liddell was born in 1852

Curiosity often leads to trouble.

The Little Mermaid

Grimsby wears a pig tail and knee breeches

Beauty and the Beast

The stove has been invented/the men wear knee breeches

For who could ever learn to love a beast?

Cinderella

The stove has been invented/the men wear long pants, stirrup pants

They can't order me to stop dreaming.

1896 The Great Mouse Detective

The date is shown on the screen and the newspaper

There's always a chance, Doctor, as long as one can think.

May 4th, 1899 Home on the Range

The date is seen on the deed to Patch O' Heaven

There's always room for one more.

1860-1901 Tarzan

The late Victorian era, since Jane talks about meeting Queen Victoria. Jane's dress does not have the full hoop skirt of the early Victorian period.
The tv series, dated firmly in the ? creates a continuity error.

I'll be the best ape ever!