Timeline of the Galactic Civil War

This is a timeline of the Galactic Civil War. The date system used in this timeline is Galactic Standard Calendar.

Battles in italics took place during the Galactic Civil War, and may have involved prominent figures on either side, but were not battles between the Galactic Empire/Imperial Remnant and the Alliance to Restore the Republic/Alliance of Free Planets/New Republic.

(Note: Not all battles have the exact date specified and may have occurred in different order or in the same timeframe.)

Timeline

 * 19 BBY - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, in the wake of the Clone Wars and in response to an alleged rebellion by the Jedi, declares the formation of the Galactic Empire with himself as Galactic Emperor for life.
 * Somewhere between 19 BBY and 1 BBY - The Alliance to Restore the Republic, also known as the Rebel Alliance, takes shape.



1 BBY

 * 1 BBY - Battle of Ton-Falk
 * 1 BBY - Battle of Vnas
 * 1 BBY - Siege of Ank Ki'Shor
 * 1 BBY - First Battle of Gerrard V
 * 1 BBY - Subjugation of Sulon
 * 1 BBY - Battle of Sagma
 * 1 BBY - Battle of Bompreil
 * 1 BBY - Battle of Ylesia
 * 1 BBY - Mission to Mandalore
 * 1 BBY - Battle of Felucia

0 BBY

 * 0 BBY - Battle of Datar
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Nar Shadda
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Kashyyyk
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Ryloth
 * Fresian Campaign
 * 0.6 BBY - First Battle of Kuat
 * 0.6 BBY - Battle of Wayland
 * 0.6 BBY - Battle of Fresia
 * 0.5 BBY - First Battle of Kessel
 * 0.5 BBY - Battle of Turkana
 * Nembus Sector campaign
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Praadost II
 * Kwymar Suppressions
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Kestos Minor
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Spuma
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Picutorion
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Doniphon
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Telos IV
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Turak IV
 * Operation Strike Fear
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Brigia
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Rudrig
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Orion IV
 * 0 BBY - First Battle of Thyferra
 * 0 BBY - Fondor Uprising
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Ilum
 * 0 BBY - First Battle of Geonosis
 * 0 BBY - First Battle of Jabiim
 * 0 BBY - Siege of Dalron 5
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Kalaan
 * 0 BBY - First Battle of Ord Biniir
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Ylesia

Destruction of the Death Star I



 * Yavin Campaigns


 * 0 BBY - Battle of Ruul
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Rhen Var
 * 0 BBY - Subjugation of Ralltiir
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Kattada
 * 0 BBY - Mission to Bothawui
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Yavin IV
 * 0 BBY - Second Battle of Ord Biniir
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Aargonar 3
 * 0 BBY - Battle of AX-456
 * Operation Skyhook (Running concurrently with some of the battles above)
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Orron III
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Danuta
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Toprawa
 * 0 BBY - Death Star Uprising
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Polis Massa
 * 0 BBY - First Battle of Tatooine
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Kalla VII
 * 0 BBY - Destruction of Despayre
 * 0 BBY - Destruction of Alderaan
 * 0 BBY - Battle of Yavin



0 ABY

 * 0 ABY - Skirmishes of Yavin IV (Running concurrently with the battles noted below)
 * 0 ABY - Reytha campaign
 * 0 ABY - Battle against the Liquidator
 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Keeper's World
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Akuria II
 * 0 ABY - The Battle of Aduba III
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Drexel II
 * 0 ABY - 1st Mission to Tatooine
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Vactooine
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Wayfar
 * 0 ABY - The First Evacuation of Yavin
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Solem
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Skorrupon
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Sarapin
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Maridun
 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Wheel
 * 0 ABY - Raid on Yavin IV
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Yavin Prime
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Junction
 * 0 ABY - Escape from Orleon
 * 0 ABY - First Mission to Centares
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Metalorn
 * 0 ABY - 2nd Mission to Tatooine
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Junction
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Dantooine
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Ralltiir
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Kwenn Space Station
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Bonadan
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Malgarr
 * 0 ABY - 2nd Mission to Ord Mantell
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Fondor
 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Serpent Masters
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Kabal
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Aquaris
 * 0 ABY - Return of the Night Beast
 * 0 ABY - Second Mission to Centares
 * 0 ABY - Rebellion of Dubrava
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Jazbina
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Monastery
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Vorzyd V
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Phelarion
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Kessel
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Harix
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Arda-2
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Ota
 * 0 ABY - 3rd Mission to Ord Mantell
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Challon
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Foundry
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Alashan
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Aridus
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Aguarl III
 * 0 ABY - Battle of M’Haeli
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Taanab
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Iridium
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Daluuj
 * 0 ABY - Mission to destroy the Executor
 * 0 ABY - 3rd Mission to Tatooine
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Massassi Temple - The Second Evacuation of Yavin
 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Vallusk Cluster

Alliance on the Run - After the Evacuation of Yavin IV

 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Ison Corridor
 * 0 ABY - 2nd Mission to Hoth
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Ryloth's moons
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Stoga
 * 0 ABY - Mission to Void Station
 * 0 ABY - Tatooine Uprising
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Barkhesh
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Chorax
 * 0 ABY - Operation Grain Snatch
 * 0 ABY - Operation Ram's Head
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Jabiim
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Kalist VI
 * 0 ABY - Ambush at Thila
 * 0 ABY - Battle of overgrown city
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Talay
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Corellia
 * 0 ABY - First Battle of Gerrard V
 * 0 ABY - Second Battle of Gerrard V
 * 0 ABY - Battle of the Jade Moon
 * 0 ABY - First Battle of Balmorra
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Kile II
 * 0 ABY - Battle of Kessel
 * 0 ABY - Skirmish on Kiva

1 ABY

 * The Kohl Seerdon crisis
 * 1 ABY - Battle of Taloraan
 * 1 ABY - Battle of Fest
 * 1 ABY - Battle of Chandrila
 * 1 ABY - First Battle of Sullust
 * 1 ABY - First Battle of Thyferra
 * 1 ABY - Blockade of Kashyyyk
 * 1 ABY - Battle of Thila
 * 1 ABY - Massacre at Mos Eisley
 * 1 ABY - Battle of Restuss

2 ABY

 * 2 ABY - Circarporous Crisis

3 ABY

 * 3 ABY - Fourth Mission to Ord Mantell
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Derra IV
 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Bajic
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Tatooine
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Zaloriis

Battle of Hoth

 * 3 ABY - Battle of Hoth
 * 3 ABY - Hunt for the Millennium Falcon
 * 3 ABY - Mission to Endor
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Saleucami
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Hypori
 * 3 ABY - Subjugation of Bespin

Regrouping - Post-Battle of Hoth

 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Abridon
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Abridon
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Ubertica
 * 3 ABY - Sepan campaign
 * Spreading the Rebellion
 * Withdrawal from Elrood
 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Gelgelar
 * 3 ABY - The wounded of Gelgelar
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Halbara
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Gelgelar
 * The gravity well technology
 * 3 ABY - Mission to Almaran
 * 3 ABY - Skirmish at Almaran
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Goff
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Swellen
 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Mobetta
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Mobetta
 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Derilyn
 * The end of Task Force Vengeance
 * 3 ABY - Third Battle of Mobetta
 * 3 ABY - Mission to Kuras Drift
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Aiquin IV
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Dega
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Nocto
 * 3 ABY - Battle of the Maw
 * 3 ABY - Ugnaught Rebellion
 * Operation Earplug
 * 3 ABY - Skirmish on Spindrift
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Giel's armada
 * 3 ABY - Second Mission to Ord Mantell
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Gall/Mission to Gall
 * 3 ABY - First Battle of Bakura
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Geonosis
 * 3 ABY - Mission at Destrillion
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Dubrillion
 * 3 ABY - Battle of Fondor
 * 3 ABY - Second Battle of Bajic

4 ABY

 * 4 ABY - First Battle of Bothawui
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Kothlis
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Falleen's Fist
 * 4 ABY - Virgillian Civil War ends
 * 4 ABY - Third Battle of Abridon
 * 4 ABY - Mission on Prefsbelt IV

Fragmentation of the Empire

 * 4 ABY - Skirmish at Carkoon
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Bespin
 * 4 ABY - Second Battle of Sullust
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Endor
 * 4 ABY - Third Battle of Tatooine
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Naboo
 * 4 ABY - Coruscant Uprising

Purge of the Imperials - Post-Battle of Endor

 * 4 ABY - Second Battle of Bakura
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Lwhekk
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Solay
 * 4 ABY - Second Battle of Kuat
 * Nagai-Tof War
 * 4 ABY - Skirmish on Kashyyyk
 * 4 ABY - Skirmish on Kabray
 * 4 ABY - Duel on Kinooine
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Mandalore
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Endor
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Iskalon
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Trenwyth
 * 4 ABY - Twelfth Battle of Zeltros
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Saijo
 * 4 ABY - Second Battle of Kashyyyk
 * 4 ABY - Battle of Brentaal IV

5 ABY

 * 5 ABY - Battle of Dorlo
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Fort Nowhere
 * 5 ABY - First Battle of Ciutric IV
 * 5 ABY - First Battle of Milagro
 * 5 ABY - Second Battle of Milagro
 * Stenax Massacres
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Alzar
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Arda-2
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Kadril
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Sooma
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Tandankin
 * 5 ABY - Battle of Tharkos
 * 5.5 ABY - Battle of Mindor

6 ABY

 * 6 ABY - Battle of Cadinth
 * 6.5 ABY - Second Battle of Chorax
 * 6.5 ABY - Battle of Hensara
 * 6.5 ABY - Battle of Vladet
 * 6.5 ABY - First Battle of Borleias
 * 6.5 ABY - Second Battle of Borleias
 * 6.5 ABY - Third Battle of Borleias
 * 6.5 ABY - Battle of Mrisst
 * 6.5 ABY - First Battle of Coruscant
 * 6.5 ABY - Battle of Yag'Dhul
 * 6.5 ABY - First Battle of the Graveyard
 * 6.5 ABY - Second Battle of Coruscant

7 ABY

 * Bacta War
 * 7 ABY - Battle of Thyferra
 * 7 ABY - Battle of Tantive V
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Talasea
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Ession
 * 7.5 ABY - Second Battle of Kuat
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Levian Two
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Jussafet Four
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Vahaba
 * 7.5 ABY - Battle of Selaggis

8 ABY

 * 8 ABY - Battle of Dathomir

9 ABY

 * Thrawn Campaign
 * 9 ABY - Battle of Obroa-skai
 * 9 ABY - First Battle of Nomad City
 * 9 ABY - Battle of Sluis Van
 * 9 ABY - Battle for the Katana fleet
 * 9 ABY - Battle of Ord Mantell
 * 9 ABY - Third Battle of Coruscant
 * 9 ABY - Second Battle of Nomad City
 * 9 ABY - First Battle of Xa Fel
 * 9 ABY - Battle of Bilbringi
 * 9 ABY - Battle of H'ken asteroid belt
 * 9 ABY - Second Battle of Ciutric IV
 * 9 ABY - Battle of Garos IV

10 ABY

 * 10 ABY - Battle of Caprioril
 * 10 ABY - Battle of Kaikielius
 * 10 ABY - First Battle of Metellos
 * 10 ABY - Fourth Battle of Coruscant
 * 10 ABY - Attack on the Borderland Regions
 * Operation Shadow Hand
 * 10 ABY - First Battle of Mon Calamari
 * 10 ABY - Second Battle of Metellos
 * 10 ABY - Battle of Pinnacle Base
 * 10 ABY - Second Battle of Balmorra
 * 10 ABY - Skirmish on Ossus
 * 10 ABY - Battle of the Emperor's Citadel
 * 10 ABY - Destruction of Da Soocha V
 * 10 ABY - Second Battle of New Alderaan

11 ABY

 * Operation Shadow Hand
 * 11 ABY - Battle of Duro
 * 11 ABY - Destruction of Pelagia
 * 11 ABY - Destruction of Nespis VIII spaceport
 * 11 ABY - Battle of Onderon
 * 11 ABY - Destruction of Byss

Post-Reborn Empire

 * 11 ABY - Battle of Yinchorr
 * 11 ABY - Fifth Battle of Coruscant
 * 11 ABY - First Battle of Phaeda
 * 11 ABY - Second Battle of Phaeda
 * 11 ABY - Battle of Ord Cantrell
 * 11 ABY - Third Battle of Kessel
 * 11 ABY - Attack on Dantooine
 * 11 ABY - Second Battle of Mon Calamari
 * 11 ABY - Second Battle of the Maw Installation

12 ABY

 * 12 ABY - Battle of Harrsk's fortress
 * 12 ABY - Battle of the Chardaan Shipyards
 * 12 ABY - Battle of the Jedi Praxeum
 * Empire Reborn campaign
 * 12 ABY - Mission to Kejim
 * 12 ABY - Battle of Artus Prime

13 ABY

 * Empire Reborn campaign
 * 13 ABY - Mission to Nar Shaddaa
 * 13 ABY - Battle of Bespin
 * 13 ABY - Mission to Cairn Installation
 * 13 ABY - Battle of the Jedi Praxeum
 * 13 ABY - Mission on Alzoc III
 * 13 ABY - Battle of Nam Chorios
 * 13 ABY - Battle of Orinda
 * 13 ABY - Battle of Gravlex Med

14 ABY

 * Empire Reborn campaign
 * 14 ABY - Kidnapping on Munto Codru
 * 14 ABY - Confrontation on Crseih Station
 * Crisis of the Disciples of Ragnos
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Mos Eisley
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Tatooine
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Bakura
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Blenjeel
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Corellia
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Hoth
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Nar Kreeta
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Zonju V
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Kril'dor
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Coruscant
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Dosuun
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Vjun
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Chandrila
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Taanab
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Yalara
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Byss
 * 14 ABY - Mission to Ord Mantell
 * 14 ABY - Battle of Korriban

16 ABY

 * Black Fleet Crisis
 * 16 ABY - Yevethan Purge
 * 16 ABY - Blockade of Doornik-319
 * 16 ABY - Battle of ILC-905

17 ABY

 * Black Fleet Crisis
 * Operation Strong Hand
 * 17 ABY - Battle of N'zoth
 * 17 ABY - Battle of Almania

18 ABY

 * 18 ABY - Battle of Centerpoint Station
 * 18 ABY - Battle of Champala
 * 18 ABY - Battle of Anx Minor

19 ABY

 * The Caamas Document/Hand of Thrawn crisis
 * 19 ABY - Second Battle of Bothawui
 * 19 ABY - Battle of Yaga Minor
 * 19 ABY - A treaty of peace ends the war. At this point the Galactic Empire&mdash;called the Imperial Remnant&mdash;is under the command of then-Fleet Admiral Gilad Pellaeon and consists of 8 backwater sectors bordering the Unknown Regions.

Battles of Unknown Placement

 * ? ABY - Battle of Tiems
 * ? ABY - Battle of Ring world
 * ? ABY - Battle of Absit
 * ? ABY - Battle of U'Dray
 * ? ABY - Siege of Dalron IV
 * ? ABY - Battle of Yuvern
 * c.3 ABY - Mission to Goratak III
 * ? ABY - Battle of Wann Tsir
 * 18 ABY or 19 ABY - Attacks on Imperial holdouts