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.

History of Warcraft

 * 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....