Bleach: Duality/Timeline

This article includes the timeline of events from Bleach: Dark and Light and related stories. The dates are provided relative to the founding of the Gotei 13.

Before the Founding of the Gotei 13

 * ~5000 years - Hikari Maebure is born to Mitsuo Maebure and his wife.
 * ~4900 years - Hikari Maebure receives his as a child.
 * ~2800 years - Hikari Maebure confronts the notorious Iwao Honda of the Plains and is defeated in a brief but intense duel.
 * ~2000 years - Mitsuo Maebure is killed by Iwao Honda during a battle. Hikari Maebure takes over as the Head of House Maebure. He soon marries Aiko, a Shinigami noblewoman, and they have a son together, Akihiko Maebure.
 * 900+ years - Hikari Maebure leads a failed Sōzōshin uprising to overthrow the Soul King.
 * ~900 years - Shigekuni Yamamoto establishes the Shin'ō Academy.

After the Founding of the Gotei 13

 * ~100 years - Captain Zetsubō Usuguraiboshi begins a civil war known as the Black Autumn. He and his Lieutenant, Tōru Yōshanai, are defeated by Captain-Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto.
 * ~700 years - Tarō Kinzoku and Takeo Danko enter the Shin'ō Academy.
 * ~900 years - Lieutenant Tarō Kinzoku participates in a bloody war with the Quincy. He is subsequently promoted to Captain in recognition of his valour.
 * ~920 years - Ikiryō Kuragari, Kurokawa Tadayoshi and Haruka Mewokuramasu enter the Shin'ō Academy.
 * ~1000 years - Lieutenant Ikiryō Kuragari is promoted to the rank of Captain following his superior Duo Wen Tian's own promotion to the Royal Guard.
 * ~1088 years - Tinieblas and her army of wage a short-lived war with the Shinigami and are defeated.
 * ~1090 years - Hikari Maebure infiltrates the Seireitei in preparation for regicide. He is eventually defeated by the collective efforts of the Gotei 13 Captains.
 * ~1100 years - Zetsubō Usuguraiboshi returns and leads a invasion on the Soul Society. The Gotei 13 emerge victorious with the help from the Royal Guard.
 * ~1130 years - Hikari Maebure confronts Kōken'nin and his Yōkai Elite.
 * ~1200 years - Hikari Maebure returns to the Soul Society to make his ultimate attempt to overthrow the Soul King.

Trivia

 * The founding of the Shin'ō Academy took place about 2100 years before the events of Bleach: Deicide, the most modern story set in this alternate universe. This date corresponds to the establishment of the Academy relative to the events of the canon , which means that Deicide takes place at about the same time as the current war between the and the.