Naruto Lore #1

Current Timeline (as of now.) (2025-12-03)

B.T. = Before Timeline

M.T. = Main Timeline

• 0 B.T.: Princess Kaguya Ōtsutsuki consumes the Shinju fruit; chakra enters the world.

• ~10 B.T.: Birth of Hagoromo and Hamura Ōtsutsuki.

• ~100 B.T.: Hagoromo and Hamura seal Kaguya; Ten-Tails sealed into Hagoromo.

• ~150 B.T.: Hagoromo fathers Indra and Ashura.

• ~200 B.T.: Hagoromo separates the Ten-Tails’ chakra into the Nine Bijuu.

• ~250 B.T.: Indra–Ashura conflict begins (origin of Uchiha–Senju feud).

• Shinobi clans emerge (Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, Hyuga, Sarutobi, Aburame, etc.).

• Inter-clan warfare defines the Warring States Era.

• ~890 B.T.: Births of Butsuma Senju and Tajima Uchiha, Birth of Ashina Uzumaki.

• ~906 B.T.: Births of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

• ~907 B.T.: Birth: Mito Uzumaki

• ~907–908 B.T.: Births of Tobirama Senju and Izuna Uchiha.

• ~909 B.T.: Birth of Kakuzu (Takigakure).

• ~920 B.T.: Death: Izuna Uchiha (killed by Tobirama)

• ~933 B.T.: Death: Ashina Uzumaki

• ~945 B.T.: Births: Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru

• ~948 B.T.: Birth: Dan Katō

• ~950 B.T.: Senju–Uchiha truce leads to founding of Konohagakure.

• ~950 B.T.: First Great Shinobi War begins.

• ~951 B.T.: Hashirama becomes First Hokage.

• ~952 B.T.: Death: Hashirama Senju (on battlefield)

• Hidden village system spreads; Gokage system established.

• Hashirama distributes the tailed beasts among the Five Great Nations.

• ~959 B.T.: Births: Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Inoichi Yamanaka,Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, Shibi Aburame, Tsume Inuzuka, Choza Akimichi, Kizashi Haruno, Mebuki Haruno, Teuchi (Ichiraku),

• ~964 B.T.: Deaths: Dan Katō, Nawaki Senju

• Tobirama dies facing the Kinkaku Force.

• Hiruzen becomes Third Hokage.

• ~969 B.T.: Births: Kakashi Hatake, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yūhi, Obito Uchiha, Iruka Umino

• ~970 B.T.: Birth: Torune Aburame

• ~972 B.T.: Birth: Iwashi Tatami

• ~973 B.T.: Birth: Yamato, Anko Mitarashi, Gekkō Hayate

• ~974 B.T.: Birth: Yūgao Uzuki

• ~965 B.T.: Second Great Ninja War begins.

• ~970 B.T.: War ends; generational transition begins.

• ~975 B.T.: Death: Might Dai

• ~977 B.T.: Death: Sakumo Hatake

• ~979 B.T.: Third Great Shinobi War begins.

• Birth of Itachi Uchiha, Izumi Uchiha

• Obito “dies”; Kakashi becomes Jōnin.

• Minato becomes Fourth Hokage.

• Orochimaru defects from Konoha.

• ~980 B.T.: Birth: Hana Inuzuka

• ~982 B.T.: Birth: Rock Lee, Neji Hyūga, Tenten

• ~982 B.T.: Death: Madara Uchiha (real body dies of old age)

• ~982 B.T.: Rin dies; Obito turns against Konoha.

• ~983 M.T.: Kushina gives birth to Naruto; Kyuubi attack;

• (Year 983 marks the start of the Main Timeline.)

• Births: Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyūga, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Sai (approx. same year), Kiba Inuzuka,

• Deaths (Kurama Attack): Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, Biwako Sarutobi,

• A couple months later:

• Hiruzen reinstated as Hokage.

• Yagura becomes Fourth Mizukage.

• Itachi graduates early and joins ANBU.

• ~990 M.T.: Death: Shisui Uchiha

• ~991 M.T.: Uchiha Clan Massacre: Deaths: Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, Izumi Uchiha, Uchiha Clan majority

• ~995 M.T.: Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and peers graduate.

• Deaths of Zabuza and Haku.

• Death: Gekkō Hayate

• Orochimaru kills Hiruzen.

• Tsunade becomes Fifth Hokage.

• Sasuke defects to Orochimaru.

• ~996 M.T.: Naruto leaves with Jiraiya for training.

• ~1000 M.T.: Naruto Returns

• Naruto returns to the Leaf Village.

• Akatsuki captures multiple Bijuu.

• Deaths: Itachi, Kisame, Kakuzu, Deidara, Jiraiya Nagato, Hidan, Konan, Asuma Sarutobi,

• ~1001 M.T.: Fourth Great Shinobi War

• Fourth Great Shinobi War begins.

• Obito, Madara, and Kaguya defeated.

• Naruto and Sasuke reconcile.

• Shinobi World becomes unified.