The following is a list of events as they take place in the world of One Piece, starting from the past heading towards the present storyline.
Note, however, that aside from the date of "1122 AOS", all the other dates on this page are either estimates or non precise time units and therefore are subject to change as the storyline progresses on.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
TimelineEditOne Piece World Year When did it happen? (Years Ago)
??? 5002 Yrs Ago
The Tree of Knowledge was planted by the ancient Oharans.
??? 4002 Yrs Ago
The Palace of Alubarna was built.
239 Age of Heaven 1285 Yrs Ago
Kahira falls to Alabasta (Alabasta's history. Information supplied by Nico Robin)[1]
260 AOH 1264 Yrs Ago
The Bitein Dynasty of Taymar begins its rule (Alabasta's history. Information supplied by Nico Robin)[1]
306 AOH 1218 Yrs Ago
Great Taph Temple completed in Erumalu (Alabasta's history. Information supplied by Nico Robin)[1]
325 AOH 1199 Yrs Ago
The Hero of Oltea, Mamudin... (Alabasta's history. Information supplied by Nico Robin, however she is not allowed to finish the sentence.)[1]
522 Age of Sea 1002 Yrs Ago
The city of gold, Shandora prospers
600 AOS 924 Yrs Ago
The Void Century begins.
622-722 AOS 902-802 Yrs Ago
A great civilization dominates the planet from one corner to the next, great weapons of mass destruction are built. In the same century, they also disappear under mysterious circumstances. The only traces left behind of their civilization are the Poneglyphs.
During this time, Shandora is toppled in a great war.
At the end of this century, an organization of twenty kings come together to create an alliance known as the World Government.[2] As they come to power, they control and censor everything that has happened in the last 100 years, while at the same time outlawed the ability to read the Poneglyphs.[3] Around this time, the Void Century has ended. The Alliances became known as the World Government, they passed a worldwide law that banned the research on Poneglyphs.
822 AOS 702 Yrs Ago
A bridge begins construction somewhere in East Blue on the island of Tequila Wolf, with the purpose to link islands together.
1022 AOS 502 Yrs Ago
Oars a ruler over a nation of brigands from around the world, dies of frostbite traveling through the Northern Lands and is frozen.[4]
1052 AOS 472 Yrs Ago
A horrible disease plagues the land of Lvneel, almost wiping out the majority of the inhabitants. However a cure is found.
1122 AOS 402 Yrs Ago
Noland (dated in his log book as June 21) departs from a town called 'Vira'. Following the Log Pose they happen upon a merchant selling an unusual artifact from Skypiea called a 'waver'.
Montblanc Noland arrives on Jaya island and brings about the end of a horrible disease that made the Shandians sick.
1126 AOS 398 Yrs Ago
A large portion of Jaya is shot into the air by the Knock Up Stream. The war between the Skypieans and the Shandians begins.[5]
1127 AOS 397 Yrs Ago
Noland brings the King of Lvneel to Jaya to show him the treasures of the people there. He sets sail with 3 ships, however due to a storm two are sacrificed to protect the King. When they arrive on Jaya, there is no one living there and the city of Gold is gone.[6]
1128 AOS 396 Yrs Ago
Noland is executed for his "lies" about the city of Gold. He dies claiming the city fell into the ocean.[7]
1322 AOS 202 Yrs Ago
The St. Bliss leaves from the Bliss Kingdom carrying a crew towards the Grand Line. The crew makes it to Skypiea but then vanishes without a trace.
Also during this period, in a certain region of the South Blue, including Bliss Kingdom, it was a custom to cover teeth with tar to help preserve them.
The World Government makes an alliance with Fishman Island after centuries of discrimination.
1364 AOS 160 Yrs Ago
Dorry is born.
Brogy is born.
1383 AOS 141 Yrs Ago
Dr. Kureha is born.
1422 AOS 102 Yrs Ago
Dorry and Brogy begin their Duel on Little Garden.
The disease-carrying Kestia is believed to be extinct.
1434 AOS 90 Yrs Ago
Brook is born.
1450 AOS 74 Yrs Ago
Edward Newgate is born.
1451 AOS 73 Yrs Ago
Crocus is born.
1472 AOS 52 Yrs Ago
Laboon arrives at Reverse Mountain with the Rumbar Pirates. He is left behind with Crocus at the Twin Capes to wait for them.
Oimo and Kashi are tricked into working for the World Government.
1474 AOS 50 Yrs Ago
Gekko Moriah is born.
1475 AOS 49 Yrs Ago
The Rumbar Pirates are forced to split in two after half the crew, including Captain Yorki, contract an incurable disease. Brook takes control over the healthy half of the crew.
The Rumbar Pirates are annihilated by an unknown assailant in the Florian Triangle, leaving no survivors.
1476 AOS 48 Yrs Ago
Brook's soul (thanks to the Yomi Yomi no Mi) finds his body, only to realize that it has rotted away, leaving only his skeleton and his afro intact.
1477 AOS 47 Yrs Ago
Bartholomew Kuma is born.
1478 AOS 46 Yrs Ago
Crocodile is born.
Jinbe is born.
1481 AOS 43 Yrs Ago
Dracule Mihawk is born.
1482 AOS 42 Yrs Ago
Boodle and his followers flee to Organ Island from pirate attacks and set up Orange Town.
Shakuyaku gives up pirating to open a bar on the Sabaody Archipelago.
1483 AOS 41 Yrs Ago
Spandam is born.
Donquixote Doflamingo is born.
Arlong is born.
1484 AOS 40 Yrs Ago
Iceburg is born.
Bellemere is born.[8]
Marshall D. Teach is born.
1485 AOS 39 Yrs Ago
Shanks is born.[9]
1486 AOS 38 Yrs Ago
Doctor Hiluluk returns to Drum Island and begins his research into finding a cure for the sickness that plagues his homeland.[10]
1487 AOS 37 Yrs Ago
Jabra is born.
1488 AOS 36 Yrs Ago
Cutty Flam is born.
Smoker is born.[11]
Kumadori is born.
1490 AOS 34 Yrs Ago
Hina is born.[11]
1492 AOS 32 Yrs Ago
Blueno is born.
1493 AOS 31 Yrs Ago
Boa Hancock is born.[12]
1494 AOS 30 Yrs Ago
Nico Robin is born.
Rob Lucci is born.[13]
Hordy Jones is born.
1496 AOS 28 Yrs Ago
Gol D. Roger discovers he has a fatal disease. Preparing for what would be his greatest journey, he recruits Crocus as ship doctor.[14]
Nico Olvia leaves Ohara and her daughter Robin to join on a Poneglyph expedition.[15]
1497 AOS 27 Yrs Ago
In the midst of a journey that has already taken them to Skypiea, Water 7, and all the way to the New World, the Roger Pirates faced off against pirate Shiki. Roger escapes, while Shiki suffers massive losses and gets a steering wheel implanted into his head.[16]
Kalifa is born.
1499 AOS 25 Yrs Ago
After completing a journey that takes them all the way to Raftel at the end of the Grand Line, Gol D. Roger breaks up his pirate crew, allowing them to return to peaceful lives of their choosing.[17]
Kaku is born.
1500 The Great Age of Pirates 24 Yrs Ago
Upon hearing of the capture of Roger, Shiki goes on a rampage throughout Marineford before being brought down by Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp. He is sent to Level 6 of Impel Down for his actions.[18]
The great pirate Gol D. Roger is sentenced to death. Roger's speech before his death leads pirates to the Grand Line to seek out his hidden treasure dubbed 'One Piece'. This event marks the beginning of an era called "The Great Age of Pirates".
Shanks begins his journey as a pirate captain by asking Buggy to join his crew. This is the last time the pair see each other before parting ways.
Duval is born.
The Legendary Shipwright Tom is put on trial for building Gold Roger's ship. He was given ten years to complete his idea of a Sea Train to be exonerated of this crime.
1501 AOP 23 Yrs Ago
Tashigi is born.
Kuina is born.
Koala is born.
1502 AOP 22 Yrs Ago
Portgas D. Ace is born as "Gol D. Ace". His mother, Portgas D. Rouge, dies at childbirth.
Nico Olvia is captured by the Marines, her assistants are killed. Jaguar D. Saul frees her and deserts the Marines. Nico Olvia returns to Ohara. Her daughter Nico Robin meets Saul.
Ohara Incident: Ohara is burned to the ground by a Buster Call summoned by the CP9. Professor Clover, Olvia and all Oharan citizens are killed. Nico Robin, the sole survivor, begins her life on the run from the World Government with a 79,000,000 bounty. Jagaur D. Saul presumably dies when he is frozen by Aokiji.
Gaimon arrives at the Island of Rare Animals and through a mishap, is trapped inside a treasure chest. He is left behind by his crew.
Hatchan saves Silvers Rayleigh out at sea and subsequently befriends him.[19]
The flying pirate Shiki the Gold Lion escapes from Impel Down.[20]
Shanks first meets Yasopp while sailing near Gecko Island.[21]
Nojiko is born.
Sabo is born.
1503 AOP 21 Yrs Ago
Roronoa Zoro is born.[9]
Sanji is born.[22]
1504 AOP 20 Yrs Ago
Nami is born.[9]
Bellemere, a Marine, is caught in a battle between Marines and pirates. She survives, and takes two orphans she finds, Nami and Nojiko, back to Cocoyasi Village; she later adopts both girls as her daughters.
Stelly is born.
1505 AOP 19 Yrs Ago
Boa Hancock and her sisters are kidnapped and become slaves of the Tenryubito.
Monkey D. Luffy is born.[9]
Usopp is born.[9]
1506 AOP 18 Yrs Ago
Nefertari Vivi is born.
1507 AOP 17 Yrs Ago
Tony Tony Chopper is born on Drum island. He becomes an outcast of his herd because of his blue nose.
An incident on an island leaves five hundred soldiers being held as hostages by pirates. The pirates demand their captain be made king of the island for release of the five hundred captives. The World Government sends in one lone thirteen year old boy to end the hostage situation; he kills the five hundred soldiers, and then the pirates when they open fire on him. The boy later goes onto become the top killing machine of the secret CP9: Rob Lucci.[13]
An unnamed King of an unnamed kingdom visited Kamabakka Kingdom on Momoiro Island. After he returned, he was an Okama. This incident tore the kingdom and the family apart, they were later exiled. A former prince became a pirate and would later blame Emporio Ivankov for this incident.
Portgas D. Ace and Sabo start saving up money in order to buy a pirate ship to leave Dawn Island and become pirates.
1508 AOP 16 Yrs Ago
Fisher Tiger, who was enslaved by the Tenryuubito for several years, breaks free and heads back to Fishman Island. He talks with King Neptune about deciding to go back to Mariejois and free all of the slaves that he regretfully left behind.
1509 AOP 15 Yrs Ago
A year after escaping, Fisher Tiger, the adventurer, goes back and scales the Red Line and attacks Mariejois, to start a rebellion that ultimately frees all of the slaves of the Tenryubito, including Boa Hancock and her sisters.[23]
Fisher Tiger rebrands the mark of the Tenryubito on the freed fishmen slaves into the mark of the sun, and forms the Sun Pirates.[23]
The Boa sisters are found by Gloriosa, Silvers Rayleigh and Shakuyaku, who take them back to Amazon Lily.[23]
1511 AOP 13 Yrs Ago
Vivi becomes the Sub-leader of the Suna Suna Clan.
Toto and his son Kohza set off from Alubarna to set up a village in the Oasis of Yuba.
Boa Hancock becomes the new empress of the Kuja and the captain of the Kuja Pirates. She is also given a position in the Shichibukai.[24]
1512 AOP 12 Yrs Ago
Red-Haired Shanks, then twenty seven years old, arrives at Luffy's hometown and decides to stay there.[25] Luffy accidentally eats the Gomu Gomu no Mi, giving him rubber powers and an inability to swim. Higuma is eaten by a Sea King in an incident involving Luffy and Shanks.[25] Shanks leaves Luffy's hometown after staying there for almost a year.[25]
Shortly after Shanks' departure, Luffy is taken by his grandfather Monkey D. Garp to train with Curly Dadan and meets his adopted brother Portgas D. Ace. Luffy soon forms a brotherhood with Ace and Sabo in desire to becoming pirates.
The Tenryubito come to visit the Goa Kingdom on Dawn Island. The Bluejam Pirates set fire to Trash Mountain in preparation for their arrival, but most who reside there are saved from being burnt to death by Monkey D. Dragon and the Revolutionaries. When the Tenryubito arrive, they appeared to have murdered Sabo as he leaves his home island in hopes of being free from being a noble by becoming a pirate.
The pirate captain, Montblanc Cricket, arrives at Jaya. He stays to search for proof on whether his ancestor was or wasn't a liar, so he can be free of his family curse. His crew abandoned him shortly afterwards.
Chouchou's owner, Hocker sets up his pet shop in Orange Town.[26]
The famous actress Victoria Cindry dies in a tragic accident. Dr. Hogback meets the Shichibukai Gekko Moriah, along with Absalom and Perona.
Last time Hatchan visits Shakuyaku and Silvers Rayleigh after joining the Sun Pirates.
The Revolutionaries start to look for Nico Robin.
The Sun Pirates meet Koala, a young girl who was a slave of the Tenryubito. Fisher Tiger rebrands her slave mark into the mark of the sun, making her the very first human to bear the Sun Pirates' emblem.
Upon returning Koala to her home island, Fisher Tiger is ambushed by Marines led by Rear Admiral Strawberry. After barely escaping the island with a Marine ship stolen by his crew, Tiger chooses to die rather than receive a transfusion from the human blood on the ship.
1513 AOP 11 Yrs Ago
Zeff returns from the Grand Line. A storm sinks the Orbit and Zeff's pirate ship. Zeff and Sanji end up stranded on an island with very little food for 85 days and are eventually saved. Baratie is opened.
Ninjin is born.
Piiman is born.
Tamanegi is born.
1514 AOP 10 Yrs Ago
Jinbe agrees to the World Government and becomes one of the Shichibukai. He leaves the Sun Pirates.
Arlong invades Cocoyashi Village and begins to build his empire. Bellemere is shot dead, and Nami is conscripted into Arlong's crew.
Tom completes the Sea Train, the Puffing Tom. It took an extra four years for him and the others to add the tracks to other islands.
CP5, led by Spandam, frames Tom, and he is carted away to Enies Lobby. Cutty Flam is presumed dead after attempting to stop the train that carries Tom.
Queen Otohime dies and her death causes an uproar on Fishman Island.
Shirahoshi is locked inside Hard-Shell Tower of Ryugu Palace for her own safety from Vander Decken IX's flying threatening gifts.
1515 AOP 9 Yrs Ago
A violent war occurs on Kuraigana Island, coating the island in blood and dead bodies and ingraining a violent personality into the Humandrills of the island.
1516 AOP 8 Yrs Ago
Dr. Hiluluk finds Tony Tony Chopper and saves his life. He later takes Chopper in as his assistant and surrogate son.[10]
Gan Fall is replaced as the God of Skypiea by Enel in a coup d'état.
A meeting is held at Mariejois with the World Counsel to discuss Dragon and his Revolutionary movement.
Some point between 7 or 8 years ago two fans of the book on Montblanc Noland, Masira and his brother Shōjō, show up at Jaya to aid with Montblanc Cricket's efforts to settle things with his ancestor.
Hiluluk dies, upon his death Tony Tony Chopper goes to live with Doctor Kureha, she begins to teach him how to be a real doctor.[10]
1517 AOP 7 Yrs Ago
The Usopp Pirates are formed.
Rob Lucci, Kaku and Kalifa from CP9 go undercover and join the Galley-La Company to learn more about the blueprints to Pluton. Blueno goes to Water 7 with them, but gets work as a bartender instead.
Brook is captured on Thriller Bark, where his shadow is taken by Gekko Moriah and used to give life to Samurai Ryuma. Brook however managed to escape, creating a horrible mess on Thriller Bark, thus making all beings on Thriller Bark remember his title as "The Humming Swordsman".
1518 AOP 6 Yrs Ago
Cutty Flam shows up alive at Water 7. He is given the blueprints to Pluton by Iceburg. Cutty Flam assumes the name 'Franky'.
Nico Robin is hired by Crocodile into Baroque Works as his partner.
1519 AOP 5 Yrs Ago
Captain Kuro fakes his own death and takes on the name Kurahadol. He becomes the butler for Kaya's family.
Axe-Hand Morgan is honored for bringing in 'Captain Kuro' and begins his raise to rank in the Marines.[27]
The Franky Family begins to collect 200,000,000.
Portgas D. Ace leaves Luffy's hometown.
1520 AOP 4 Yrs Ago
Vivi and Igaram join Baroque Works to find out information on who runs it.
The Spade Pirates are founded by Portgas D. Ace.
Kaya's parents die. Soon afterwards Kaya falls ill.[28]
Coby accidentally ends up as the chore boy for the pirate Alvida.[29]
1521-22 AOP 3 Years Ago
Blackbeard and his crew raid Drum Island. Wapol flees in fear.
6 months before the storyline beings, Silvers Rayleigh "disappears", in actuality turning himself in to slave traders to pay off his latest gambling debt.
3 months before the storyline begins, Chouchou's owner goes to the hospital, he never returns.[26]
Don Krieg leaves the East Blue to conquer the Grand Line. He is defeated by Dracule Mihawk but manages to escape with his main ship.
Zoro saves Rika from Soro, Helmeppo's dog. For his defiance and killing Soro, Helmeppo has Zoro imprisoned for 30 days without food or water.
1522 AOP 2 Years Ago
The Straw Hat Pirates first appear. They defeat Arlong in Cocoyashi Village which leads to their Captain receiving a bounty for also defeating Buggy and Don Krieg. The Captain's bounty is increased and the swordsman Zoro is given a bounty after the fall of Crocodile, but no public information is released as to why they receive their bounties. The Straw Hats raid Enies Lobby and all 8 members receive bounties. Later at the Sabaody Archipelago they attack three of the World Nobles's. After admiral Kizaru entered the island the Straw Hats were reported as being completely wiped out.
A coup leads to Vira being taken over.
Wapol attempts a return to Drum Island but is suddenly banished again. Dalton is appointed as ruler of the renamed Sakura Kingdom.
After his involvement with Baroque Works, Crocodile is arrested by Tashigi and Smoker in Alabasta, both are promoted for their efforts. A civil war in Alabasta is resolved and peace returns to the country. The princess Vivi also returns after disappearing a few years prior.
Gan Fall returns as God of Skypiea. The war between the Skypieans and Shandians ends.
A Buster Call is activated accidentally on Enies Lobby by CP9 leader Spandam, annihilating the island of justice. The destruction is blamed on the Straw Hats.
Shanks makes contact with Whitebeard. Despite Marine efforts, the two meet with each other. Two days prior to their meeting, "Fire fist" Ace was defeated by Blackbeard. He is handed into the Marines who set a date for his execution. The World Government summons the Shichibukai to rally together with the Marines for a war against Whitebeard. Blackbeard is now appointed to the position of Shichibukai for his role in bringing in Ace.
Revolutionaries conquer Centaurea.
Over a thousand shadows abducted by Shichibukai member Gekko Moriah are returned to their original owners. Most suspect Moriah was defeated however Moriah retained Shichibukai status and no reports are released on any such defeat.
Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, breaks into Impel Down while Buggy, captain of the Buggy Pirates, is captured and also sent to the prison in a separate, earlier incident. It is then discovered that the pair had masterminded an operation to free many prisoners. Later, 241 prisoners successfully escape Impel Down, the masterminds Luffy and Buggy included, marking the first mass breakout in its history, including most of the rumored Level 6.
Battle of Marineford: the war between Whitebeard and the Marines starts on the day of the execution of Portgas D. Ace. Both Luffy's and Ace's parentages are revealed to the public during the latter's execution. Portgas D. Ace dies when Admiral Akainu's magma fist goes through his chest. Blackbeard reveals that he invaded Impel Down to recruit several convicts from the fabled Level 6: Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon, Sanjuan Wolf, Avalo Pizarro, and the former chief jailer of Impel Down, Shiliew. The strongest man in the world, Edward Newgate dies at Marineford "standing on his feet". Marshall D. Teach somehow manages to steal Whitebeard's Devil Fruit power, making him the only human in existence with the power of two Devil Fruits. The battle is brought to an end with the arrival of Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, bringing the battle to a halt after the deaths of Whitebeard and Ace.
Jinbe, Trafalgar Law, and the Heart Pirates are the first males who were ever permitted to set foot on Amazon Lily, which is a rule on the female-only island (Luffy wasn't officialy permitted to stay on the island).
Monkey D. Luffy, Jinbe, and Silvers Rayleigh return to Marineford where they sailed around the island once before Luffy rang the Ox Bell sixteen times, then gave a silent prayer before leaving once again on the Kuja Pirates' ship.
The original childhood lab of Dr. Vegapunk on Karakuri Island explodes due to Franky pressing a self-destruct button in the lab. This event becomes known to the world as the "Nightmare of Barujimoa". The people of Karakuri remain afraid and not much later, as Franky causes another incident, which would become known as The Legend of the Sacred Burning Beast of Barujimoa, in which Franky was clothed in a tigerskin rug which was accidently set on fire.
Monkey D. Luffy decides to disband the Straw Hat Pirates for two years in order for the crew to train and become stronger.
1524 AOP Current Storyline
The Straw Hat Pirates reunite at Sabaody Archipelago, and they are confirmed to the world to be alive. Upon pursuit by marines, they escape with a coated ship into the sea.
The Impostor Straw Hat Pirates recruit famous pirates, but were unmasked by Sentomaru, who has been promoted into the Marines.
Madame Shirley predicts the destruction of Fishman Island at the hands of Strawhat Luffy.
Hordy Jones, captain of the New Fishman Pirates and Vander Decken IX form an alliance and initiate a coup d'etat on the Ryugu Kingdom.
TriviaEdit
From using Noland's Log book as a guide, it is possible to work out that the current storyline of One Piece takes place in the year 1524.
