In-Universe Chronology · All Eras
The Avatar Timeline
Every known Avatar — from Wan to Korra · Tap any event for details
Air
Water
Earth
Fire
Spirit
Major
Before the Avatar
Era of Raava
c. 19,829 BG and earlier
Spirit World
2 folders · 5 events
The Spirit World
~19,829 BG
First Harmonic Convergence — Raava vs. Vaatu
Ancient
Vaatu breaks the barrier between worlds
Ancient
The Mother of Faces gives birth to Koh the Face Stealer
The Ancient World
Ancient
Humanity shelters on lion turtle cities
Ancient
Tui and La manifest as koi fish at the North Pole
1st Avatar · Fire Nation (Wan's lion turtle)
Avatar Wan
c. 9,850 – 9,829 BG · The First Avatar
Fire
3 folders · 9 events
Origins & The Great Mistake
9,850 BG
Wan born on a fire lion turtle city
9,832 BG
Wan steals fire — banished into the Spirit Wilds
9,830 BG
Wan frees Vaatu — chaos unleashed across the world
9,830–9,829 BG
Wan and Raava journey to collect all four elements
Becoming the First Avatar
9,829 BG
Second Harmonic Convergence — Wan becomes the first Avatar
After 9,829 BG
The four nations begin to form
9,829 BG onward
Wan spends his life trying — and largely failing — to keep peace
Legacy & What Came After
After Wan
The Bhanti tribe emerges — keepers of spirit lore
After Wan
The four bending arts discovered from the natural world
Multiple Avatars · Thousands of Years
The Early Avatars
c. 9,829 BG — before 345 BG
All Nations
3 folders · 10 events
The World Takes Shape
c. 7,000+ BG
Ba Sing Se founded as a subterranean mining settlement
Ancient
Oma and Shu — Omashu founded in memory of lost love
Ancient
Fire Islands unified — the first Fire Lord takes power
Ancient
Agna Qel'a built — the Northern Water Tribe's great city
Legendary Figures
c. 3,829 BG
Guru Laghima achieves weightlessness — Air Nomad master
Era of Szeto
Lady Tienhai becomes mortal — dies, enraging Old Iron
Ancient
Wan Shi Tong's Library moved into the physical world
Notable Avatars of the Ancient Era
Ancient
Avatar Salai — remembered as one of the greatest Avatars
Ancient
Avatar Gun temporarily retires after the death of Mesose
Era of Szeto
Avatar Szeto unifies the Fire Nation through governance
Air Nomad Avatar · Western Air Temple
Avatar Yangchen
Before 345 BG
Air
3 folders · 9 events
Early Life & Training
Year 0
Yangchen born at the Western Air Temple
Year 11
Jetsun sacrifices her life guiding Yangchen through the Spirit World
Major Crises
Year 9
The Platinum Affair — the four nations enter diplomatic isolation
Year 17
Yangchen halts General Old Iron — Tienhaishi abandoned
Year 17
The Unanimity Project — combustionbending discovered
Year 17
Yangchen renegotiates with the phoenix-eel spirits on Ma'inka Island
Legacy & What She Left Behind
Throughout era
Yangchen's spirit pacts leave a poisoned inheritance
Before 345 BG
Yangchen signs the Fifth Nation treaty — then dies
Yangchen's era
Wan Shi Tong's Library established beneath the Si Wong Desert
Water Tribe Avatar · Northern Water Tribe
Avatar Kuruk
345 – 312 BG · Died Age 33
Water
2 folders · 7 events
Rise & The Private Spirit War
345 BG
Kuruk born in the Northern Water Tribe
Early era
Kuruk accidentally destroys an island in the Avatar State
Early–mid era
Kuruk wages a private war against dark spirits
Before 316 BG
Jianzhu and Kelsang trained by Kuruk to find the next Avatar
The Tragedy of Ummi & Death
c. 316 BG
Koh the Face Stealer takes Ummi
312 BG
Kuruk dies at 33 — one of the youngest Avatars in history
After 312 BG
The Fifth Nation rises — Tagaka becomes pirate queen
Earth Kingdom Avatar · Yokoya / Kyoshi Island
Avatar Kyoshi
312 – 82 BG · Lived 230 Years
Earth
4 folders · 13 events
Origins & Identity
312 BG
Kyoshi born — abandoned and nearly starves in Yokoya
305 BG
Yun falsely identified as the Avatar
296 BG
Kyoshi revealed as Avatar — Yun sacrificed, Kelsang murdered
296 BG
Fall of the Fifth Nation — Tagaka defeated
Building Her Legacy
295 BG
Kyoshi Warriors founded
~295 BG
The Dai Li established — a legacy that turns against itself
~270 BG
Chin defeated — Kyoshi Island created
Late era
Kyoshi's daughter Koko succeeds her as governor
The Return of Yun & Fire Nation Affairs
295 BG
Kyoshi visits the Fire Nation — Festival of Szeto
295 BG
Yun returns — kills Jianzhu, triggers the Camellia-Peony War
295 BG
Kyoshi kills Yun — the Avatar mansion destroyed
Death & What She Left
82 BG
Kyoshi dies at 230 — Roku and Sozin born the same day
After 82 BG
Kyoshi's influence endures for centuries after death
Fire Nation Avatar · Fire Nation Capital
Avatar Roku
82 – 12 BG · Died Age 70
Fire
3 folders · 10 events
Friendship with Sozin
82 BG
Roku and Sozin born on the same day — lifelong friends
66 BG
Roku confirmed as Avatar — leaves for twelve years
~58 BG
Sozin takes the throne — Dragon Hunts begin
Avatar Years — Return and Confrontation
55 BG
Roku destroys the Crescent Island temple in the Avatar State
54 BG
Roku returns — marries Ta Min
~50–40 BG
Sozin secretly colonizes the Earth Kingdom
37 BG
Roku confronts Sozin — and spares his life
The Betrayal & What Followed
~30–12 BG
Sozin prepares for war — waiting for his comet
12 BG
Sozin lets Roku die — Aang born that same day
~2 BG
Aang becomes youngest airbending master — invents air scooter
Avatar Aang · Air Nomad — Childhood, the War & Victory
The Hundred Year War
0 – 100 AG · Fire Lord Sozin's Conquest
Fire
4 folders · 14 events
The Genocide & Aang Frozen
0 AG
The Air Nomad Genocide — Sozin's Comet
0 AG
Aang frozen in the iceberg at the South Pole
0–100 AG
A century of war — the world without its Avatar
Book 1 — Water
99 AG
Aang awakens — Team Avatar forms
99 AG
Zuko's hunt for the Avatar begins
Late 99 AG
Siege of the North — Zhao kills the Moon Spirit, Yue sacrifices herself
Late 99 AG
Aang masters waterbending under Katara and Pakku
Book 2 — Earth
100 AG
Toph Beifong joins Team Avatar — invents metalbending
100 AG
Team Avatar discovers Wan Shi Tong's Library
100 AG
Ba Sing Se falls — Aang killed and revived by Katara
100 AG
Zuko's Crossroads of Destiny — he sides with Azula
Book 3 — Fire & The Final Battle
100 AG
Zuko joins Team Avatar — Aang masters firebending and energybending
100 AG
The solar eclipse invasion fails — but Zuko finally chooses right
100 AG
Comet returns — Ozai defeated, Zuko becomes Fire Lord
Avatar Aang · Air Nomad — Post-War
Aang's Era — Reconstruction
100 – 153 AG
Air
3 folders · 11 events
Immediate Aftermath
100 AG
The Harmony Restoration Movement
101 AG
The Air Acolytes founded to preserve Air Nomad culture
101–102 AG
Zuko finds his mother Ursa living in Hira'a
101–102 AG
The Southern Reconstruction Project — and growing tensions
Building the New World
101 AG
Toph founds the Beifong Metalbending Academy
102–115 AG
United Republic of Nations founded — Republic City rises
119 AG
Tenzin born — the last natural-born airbender
128 AG
Aang strips Yakone of his bending
The End of an Era
167 AG
Zuko passes the throne to Izumi
158 AG
Zaheer's team attempts to kidnap young Korra — all captured
153 AG
Aang dies — Korra born that same day in the Southern Water Tribe
Water Tribe Avatar · Southern Water Tribe
Avatar Korra — The Era of Change
153 AG and beyond
Water
4 folders · 17 events
Book 1 — Air
153–170 AG
Korra trained in isolation — masters three elements as a child
170 AG
Korra arrives in Republic City — begins airbending training
170 AG
Equalists destroy the Pro-Bending Arena — open warfare
170 AG
Amon unmasked — Noatak and Tarrlok die together
170 AG
Aang's spirit restores Korra's bending — energybending passed on
Book 2 — Spirits
171 AG
Unalaq manipulates Korra into reopening the spirit portals
171 AG
Third Harmonic Convergence — Unalaq becomes the Dark Avatar
171 AG
Airbenders reborn worldwide — the Air Nation restored
171 AG
Southern Water Tribe becomes independent — Tonraq made chief
Book 3 — Change
171 AG
Zaheer gains airbending — escapes prison, Red Lotus reborn
171 AG
Korra becomes the first metalbending Avatar
171 AG
Zaheer assassinates the Earth Queen — the Kingdom falls into chaos
171 AG
Korra poisoned — Avatar Cycle nearly ends
171 AG
Jinora receives her tattoos — first new airbending master since Aang
Book 4 — Balance
171–174 AG
Korra's three-year recovery — Kuvira rises to power
174 AG
The Earth Empire — Kuvira's rise and fall, a spirit portal in Republic City
174 AG
The world rebuilds — the Earth Kingdom becomes democratic states