Lowbeer and Clovis, being one-hundred-and-twenty-something in 2136 (※Agency, p.269), are born in this decade
2016: In June, England votes to leave the European Union, in a process that becomes known as Brexit. In November, Donald Trump is elected President of the United States.
2019 A fire destroys the central spire and most of the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
2015 Summer Vespasian makes contact and initiates Verity's stub in mid-2015 (※Agency, p. 7), which is several years earlier than what was believed to be the 2023 limit
2016 In June, the UK votes against leaving the European Union. In November, Hilary Clinton is elected the 45th President of the United States
Oct 2017 The main events of the novel (Agency)
Apr 2019 There is no fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15 (※Agency, p. 401)
"Nothing before the 2020s has ever seemed entirely real to me," says Rainey in 2136, (※Agency, p. 53) suggesting that the world of the 22nd Century began to become familiar in this decade.
2023 Believed to be the earliest they can go back when Netherton explains the stubs to Daedra. (※The Peripheral, p. 38)
2028 In 2134, Clovis says that Continue enthusiasts will buy anything from the 2030s & 2040s, and 2028 was the latest (※The Peripheral, p. 323).
Continua enthusiasts collect things from this decade. (※The Peripheral, p. 323)
Continua enthusiasts collect things from this decade. (※The Peripheral, p. 323)
President Felicia Gonzales is assassinated in her second term by Vice President Wally Ambrose.
The Jackpot → "Over forty years" of cascading failures that kills 80% of the world's population (※Agency, p. 285).
"Some seventy-some years" from 2134 (※The Peripheral, p. 75, 192.).
Flynne's decade; Felicia Gonzales in her first term (election of 2060 ※The Peripheral, p. 192: "just over seventy years faster than ours", implying not before 2064).
Flynne's cousin Leon becomes the President of the United States after Felicia Gonzalez
"Records during the deeper Jackpot are incomplete to nonexistent and more so in the United States. There was a military government there briefly that erased huge swathes of data, seemingly at random and no one seems to know why". (※The Peripheral, p. 429)
Actor Fitz David-Wu
2109: Rainy is born (※Agency, p. 269: "How old are you?" "Twenty seven")
As a child, Wilf Netherton visits the London Cheapside Victorian Cosplay Zone with his mother (※The Peripheral, p. 197).
By the 2130s, 'michikoid' androids are common place, as is peripheral (humanoid drone) technology.
2134 Summer The events of 22nd Century in London; Daedra West appears to assassinate the Boss Patcher, who at that point is a peripheral duplicate of Hamed Al-Habib who had reversed his modifications and gone to London, where he kills Daedra's sister Aelita West. This murder is witnessed by Flynne, operating a camera drone from her position in the 2060s. Hamad, in league with the Remembrancer Sir Henry Fishbourne, infiltrates Flynne's stub to try to have Flynne killed, to eliminate the loose end of a witness. Chief Detective Lowbeer gets involved and initiates the plan to have Flynne attend Aelita's Celebration of Life held by Daedra in order for her to identify the man she saw kill Aelita; Lowbeer also begins to act in Flynne's stub in order keep her alive and modify events in that stub for the better.
Lowbeer also helps Rainey get out of Canada and gets her to London, where she begins a relationship with Netherton.
2135 Mar Rainey becomes pregnant (Feb), and they move to the third storey of the coach house at Alfred Mews after the first month of the pregnancy. (※Agency p. 192)
2135 Nov Thomas is born +8 months after Netherthon & Rainey move to Alfred Mews.
2136 Oct Eleven months (※Agency p. 171) after Thomas is born, the events in Agency (※Agency: "a few dead leaves clinging to its roof" p. 8; "2136" p. 199; "the night was colder than he expected" p. 265). Lowbeer, Netherton and the others are still in contact with Flynne's stub. However, Lowbeer becomes aware of a stub initiated by Vespasian before he was killed by Lowbeer during the events a couple of years before. Vespaisan had managed to go back further that what was previously thought possible, and that stub had 'been running in the background' since then, where it was now an alternative October 2017.
May 2137 Approximately 7 months later, Thomas aged about 18 months has begun walking.