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The following events took place in 40 BBY.
Events[edit | edit source]

Finis Valorum begins his first term as Supreme Chancellor.
- The Chancery election; Finis Valorum replaces Kalpana as Supreme Chancellor.[source?]
- Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi visit Vorzyd IV.[7]
- Sheeka Tull and Jango Fett split after their ship is attacked by pirates.
- By this year the Trade Federation effectively controlled all Republic trade routes and hundreds of dependent star systems[8]
Battles[edit | edit source]
Births[edit | edit source]
- Fisonna on Cularin[source?]
- Barriss Offee on Mirial[9]
- Sheltay Retrac on Alderaan
- Sien Sovv on Sullust[source?]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Mentioned only)
- Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
- Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within
- Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell 2 (Mentioned only)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- The New Essential Chronology
- Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Beware the Sith
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
- The Essential Reader's Companion
- Star Wars: Sith Wars
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare, p. 91
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 363 ("Great Peace of the Republic") establishes that the Great Peace of the Republic lasted between the Ruusan campaign and the beginning of the Clone Wars, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 1000 BBY and 22 BBY, respectively.
- ↑ Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Book Two—Prisoner of Bogan establishes the year 36,453 BBY as the date of the Tho Yor Arrival, which is the zero point of the Tho Yor Arrival dating system, meaning the difference between the calendar based on the Battle of Yavin and the TYA year-notation system is 36,453 years. This date is derived from simple math based upon other confirmed dates.
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology states that the Great Hyperspace War began in 5000 BBY, which is 1,347 BTC in Star Wars: The Old Republic's Galactic Timeline, so the difference between the calendar based on the Battle of Yavin and the calendar based on the Treaty of Coruscant is 3,653 years. This date is derived using simple math based upon other confirmed dates.
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology states that the Ruusan Reformation occurred in 1000 BBY, which is the zero point of the calendar based on the Ruusan Reformation, so the difference between the calendar based on the Battle of Yavin and the Ruusan Reformation's year-notation system is 1,000 years. This date is derived using simple math based upon other confirmed dates.
- ↑ The Essential Atlas places the Battle of Yavin, the zero point in the Galactic Standard Calendar, in 35:3 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system. The Essential Atlas also places the Battle of Selaggis on 43:2:28 and the Battle of Dathomir on 43:3:21. The Essential Guide to Warfare and The Essential Atlas both place the Battle of Dathomir in 8 ABY. The Essential Guide to Warfare also places the Battle of Selaggis in 7 ABY, confirming the placement of the division between each Galactic Standard Calendar year as the third month in the Great ReSynchronization year. Thus, there is a two-month gap between the two dating systems, and the first two months of a GrS year are the last two of the preceding Galactic Standard Calendar year. The Great ReSynchronization was instituted in 35 BBY, so there is a total difference of 35 years and 2 months between the two systems. This article's date is therefore derived from simple math based on this reference explanation.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- ↑ Star Wars: Mysteries of the Jedi
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