A timeline of all major events in the Halo universe from the time of the Forerunners through the rule of the Created.
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, informally known as an FTL drive or slipspace drive, was invented by a team of scientists led by Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa and unveiled to humanity in April 2291.
The first permutation of the Orion Project, the predecessor to the future Spartan programs in the 26th century, was initiated on April 13th, 2321, consisting of five test candidates.
The Domus Diaspora was a time period during humanity’s expansion into the galaxy that saw massive colonization efforts of hundreds of colony worlds in the span of around thirty years, starting in 2362.
The colony world of Reach, the first ever extrasolar colony established by humanity, was colonized sometime in 2362 by the colony ship Odyssey.
The colony world of Arcadia, one of the many outer worlds to be colonized in the 25th century, was settled sometime in 2429.
The colony world of Meridian, a moon orbiting Hestia V in the Hestia system, was an outer colony world colonized sometime in 2431.
The outer colony world of Harvest, one of the youngest human colonies, was settled sometime in 2468.
