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| ? B.C. |
Somewhere in Mesopotamia |
Creation of the first mice, Edam and Ivy. They go forth and multiply. |
| c. 4,000 BC |
Mount Ararat |
A worldwide flood destroys all mice except for Knoah and his wife, who escape onboard the ark. After the ark reaches dry land, they go forth and multiply. |
| c. 1490 B.C. |
Egypt |
Thutmouse III becomes Pharoah. |
| 1450-1000 B.C. |
Egypt |
A dark age for mice wherein cats are protected as sacred animals. Millions of mice are embalmed and placed in the tombs of cats to serve as food in the afterlife. After 450 years of this bondage, the mice are led forth from Egypt by Mouses in a mass exodus. |
| 1193 B.C. |
Asia Minor |
The Athenian army defeats the city of Troy when Uselyssees proposes the building of the Trojan Hound. |
| 495 B.C. |
China |
The philosopher Confusion publishes his famous proverbs. |
| 405 B.C. |
Greece |
Euripides Mouse forms the Rescue Aid Society for the purpose of helping those species not friendly to rodents. |
| 44 B.C. |
Rome |
Emperor Julius Cheeser is murdered by his friend Brutish. |
| 218 |
Italy |
Handiball crosses the Alps using St. Bernard dogs as beasts of burden. |
| c. 500 |
England |
Arthur Bendragon becomes king of England and institutes the Knights of the Round Table and the rules of Chivalry. |
| 1000 |
Nova Scotia |
Leaf Irksome sails to the New World. |
| 1349 |
Europe |
The Black Death (bubonic plague) claims the lives of one third of the rodent population of England and devastates Europe. |
| 1492 |
San Salvadore |
Columbust discovers the New World; the native chipmunks prove to be friendly. |
| 1503 |
Florence |
Vincie Leonardo sculpts the statue known as The Mona Mouse. |
| 1512 |
Italy |
Cofurnicus first postulates a relationship between the affairs of rodents and humans in his treatise Of Mice & Men. He is promptly branded a lunatic and imprisoned for life. |
| 1610 |
Germany |
Mathematician Gustav Goudamecht publishes his famous Principle of Opposing Forces in Motion. |
| 1626 |
Paris |
The famed Mouseketeers save King Bleuie XIII from the evil machinations of his minister Richernieu. |
| 1661 |
London |
Thanks to the loyal Muskrats, Charles II is crowned king and the monarchy is restored. |
| 1683 |
England |
Sir Figg Newton is struck on the head by a falling apple. Although he is killed instantly, his companions formulate the law of gravity. In tribute, a fruit-filled cookie is named after him. |
| 1752 |
Philadelphia |
Amos Mouse invents bifocals and the stove. |
| 1773 |
Boston |
American colonists, angered over the tax on imported cheese, throw a shipload of European cheese into the harbor, in what is now known as The Boston Cheese Party. |
| 1776 |
Philadelphia |
After an impassioned speech by Amos Mouse, the American Colonies declare their independence from England and begin the American Revolution. |
| 1804 |
France |
Napoleon Bonappetit declares himself Emperor of France. |
| 1815 |
Louisiana |
Pirat Jean Deffitte receives a pardon in recognition of aid given to General "Old Hickory Dickory" Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. |
| 1854 |
Japan |
Commodore Perri signs a treaty with the Japanese. |
| 1885 |
France |
Louis Munsteur develops the first successful vaccine against hydrophobia (rabies). |
| 1897 |
England |
Queen Mousetoria celebrates her diamond jubilee commemorating her 60-year rule. |
| 1901 |
Italy |
Guido Macaroni unveils his invention: the radio. It is hailed as a communications breakthrough until it is discovered that humans have the means to detect radio waves, putting radio operators in constant danger of discovery. Macaroni is disgraced and turns to inventing different shapes for pasta. |
| 1903 |
North Carolina |
The Wratt brothers make the world's first heavier-than-air flight. |
| 1904 |
England |
The first publication of a Basil of Baker Street case, by Dr. David Q. Dawson. |
| 1907 |
Moscow |
Ratsputin, the Mad Chipmunk, is welcomed into the Russian Imperial Palace by the ruling Romano family. |
| 1912 |
The North Atlantic |
The Luxury liner Titanic sinks after striking an iceberg. Fortunately, tragedy is averted and all mice on board are saved due to the rodent tradition of deserting a sinking ship at the earliest opportunity. |
| 1927 |
Paris |
"Lucky" Limburger is the first mouse to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. |
| 1930 |
Syria |
The last surviving golden hamsters, a widow and her twelve children, are saved from extinction when scientist Max Tailer develops a yellow fever vaccine. |
| 1932 |
Ireland |
Camilla Dearheart is the first female mouse to fly solo across the Atlantic. |
| 1932 |
Germany |
Vermin Von Braun develops the V-2 rocket. |
| 1939 |
Germany |
The Ratzis, led by Der Furrier, attack their European neighbors, triggering the start of World War II. |
| 1940 |
England |
Winston Churchmouse elected Prime Minister. |
| 1946 |
New York City |
The U.N. Building becomes the permanent home of the Rescue Aid Society. |
| 1951 |
Santiago |
Juan Perrier is reelected president of Argentina. |
| 1957 |
Russia |
Yuri Goudanov becomes the first rodent in space aboard the satellite Sputnik II. |
| 1969 |
The moon |
Neil Strongarm becomes the first rodent to walk on the moon with the phrase, "This is one small step for a mouse, and one giant leap for rodentkind." |
