Timeline

This is the unofficial timeline of The Hunger Games trilogy, detailing major events as they occur or are described throughout the series.

As the events of The Hunger Games trilogy take place during an unspecified time in the near future, this timeline uses an unofficially recognized, non-canonical calendar system in order to provide a relative reference to events in the trilogy. The origin year will be based on the Dark Days, as they mark the year immediately preceding the establishment of the Hunger Games by the Capitol. The designations used to label years will be B.D.D. (Before Dark Days) and A.D.D. (After Dark Days).

As The Hunger Games trilogy has yet to be completed and many events of the past, present and future have yet to be revealed, the timeline is still under construction. Many events will have approximate dates or will be listed as unknown.

The Era Before (? BDD - ? BDD)
? BDD
 * A global disaster of unknown magnitude happens, including "the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, [and] the brutal war for what little sustenance remained" (18, HG). Modern civilization allegedly collapses entirely, though enough lifeforms survive to continue the existence of several species, including humans.

The Panem Era (? BDD - 0 ADD)
? BDD
 * The Nation of Panem is founded and segmented into fourteen nation-states: the Capitol and thirteen outlying Districts.

5 BDD
 * Mags is born. (Theory)

0 ADD: The Dark Days

 * The thirteen districts of Panem revolt against the Capitol. The rebellion is crushed, District 13 (allegedly) is obliterated, and the remaining districts are subjugated once again to the Capitol's rule.
 * District 13, which is thought to have been distroyed, strikes a deal with the Capitol that allows them to, in a sense, succed from the rest of Panem and live in solitude underground of their war torn district.

The Games Begin (1 ADD - 73 ADD)
1 ADD
 * The Hunger Games are established by the Capitol in order to solidify their rule over the districts. During the same year, the 1st Annual Hunger Games take place.

8-14 ADD
 * Sometime during this time period, Mags of District 4 becomes a Hunger Games victor.

25 ADD
 * The 25th Hunger Games take place, operating under the unique rules of the first Quarter Quell: during the Reaping, instead of being selected by lottery, the tributes are voted for voluntarily by their respective districts.

34 ADD
 * Haymitch Abernathy is born.

45 ADD
 * The 45th Hunger Games take place. Chaff of District 11 is victorious. He loses his hand during the event.

50 ADD
 * The 50th Hunger Games take place, operating under the unique rules of the second Quarter Quell: twice the regular number of tributes are selected during the Reaping, resulting in a total of 48 tributes. Sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy of District 12 is victorious. Maysilee Donner of District 12 is slain during the event.

51 ADD


 * Finnick Odair is born.

56 ADD


 * Gale Hawthorne is born.

58 ADD


 * May 8th, Katniss Everdeen is born.


 * Peeta Mellark is born.

62 ADD


 * Primrose Everdeen is born

65 ADD
 * The 65th Hunger Games take place. Mags mentors fourteen-year-old Finnick Odair of District 4, who emerges victorious.

69 ADD
 * A mining explosion in District 12 kills the fathers of Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne.
 * Three months later, Peeta Mellark secretly gives a starving Katniss two loaves of bread.

70 ADD
 * The 70th Hunger Games take place. Annie Cresta of District 4 is victorious, though witnessing the decapitation of the male tribute from District 4 renders her mentally unstable.

71-72 ADD


 * The 71st or 72nd Hunger Games take place. Johanna Mason of District 7 emerges victorious.

74 ADD

 * The events of The Hunger Games occur.
 * The 74th Hunger Games take place. During the Reaping, 12-year-old Primrose Everdeen is chosen to be the female tribute from District 12, though her older sister, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, volunteers in her place. 16-year-old Peeta Mellark is chosen to be the male tribute.
 * Many tributes are slain, including Katniss' only other ally, 12-year-old Rue from District 11, to whom Katniss sings a lullaby in her dying hours. After Rue dies Katniss covers her in flowers to show that Rue was more than just a piece in the games.
 * Claudius Templesmith announces that if both of the tributes from the same district can make it to the final two then they can both win.
 * By the end of the game, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of District 12 are both pronounced victorious by Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane in the first ever dual victory in the 74-year history of the Hunger Games. They achieve victory by threatening to commit double suicide when it is announced that the rule change is illegal. Only one person may be the victor. They threaten to eat Nightlock, a poisonous berry that had killed Foxface earlier in the games. Both Katniss and Peeta are announced victors, so as to not be without a victor at all. Their defiance incites the beginnings of the Second Rebellion. Seneca Crane is executed for causing this outcome.

75 ADD

 * The events of Catching Fire occur.
 * The Second Rebellion, led by Plutarch Heavensbee, covertly begins to gain momentum as unrest spreads throughout the districts of Panem.
 * Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, and Haymitch Abernathy embark on the 74th Victory Tour.
 * An uprising occurs in District 8 as citizens revolt against the Peacekeepers on the night of Peeta and Katniss' interview. The Capitol eventually subdues the rebellion through the use of bombs and secures the district.
 * The 75th Hunger Games take place, conducted by Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee and affected by special rules in honor of the third Quarter Quell: the 24 tributes selected will be chosen from the current pool of Hunger Games victors. Katniss and Haymitch are chosen for District 12, though Peeta volunteers in Haymitch's place.
 * The 75th Hunger Games are abruptly ended when Katniss breaks the outer force field surrounding the arena. Six competitors remain by this time; three of them (Peeta Mellark, Johanna Mason, and Enobaria ) are captured by the Capitol, while the other three (Katniss Everdeen, Finnick Odair, and Beetee) are rescued by Plutarch Heavensbee to be transported to the remains of District 13, the headquarters of the Second Rebellion.
 * The districts all begin to rebel. At some point communications go out in districts 7,10, and 12. District 11 gains control of transportation bringing hope of food to the other rebelling districts.
 * District 12 is destroyed with fire bombs by the Capitol. Gale Hawthorne helps survivors, including Primrose Everdeen, Ms. Everdeen, and his family to safety.
 * The events of Mockingjay occur.
 * It is revealed that District 13 was not obliterated at the end of the Dark Days. District 13, instead, secured its existence with the Capitol in exchange for not causing a nuclear war. It becomes the center of the Rebellion.
 * Katniss Everdeen agrees to become the Mockingjay, the symbol of the Rebellion.
 * The Rebellion begins to secure some of the districts from the Capitol, including District 8.
 * The Capitol begins to bomb District 13 in the hope to destroy it and resolve the war but are unsuccessful due to a warning from Peeta Mellark. Prim and Gale were almost killed while trying to save Buttercup but made it to the deep underground bunkers on time.
 * District 13 attempts a rescue mission to the Capitol to secure the four remaining victors (Peeta Mellark, Johanna Mason, Annie Cresta, and Enobaria). The mission is a success, but Peeta is found to have undergone psychological torture and is extremely hostile towards Katniss.
 * The rebels begin a campaign to take the last remaining district, District 2, in which Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne are a part of. District 2 is successfully secured.
 * Peeta begins to show signs of recovery.
 * Annie Cresta and Finnick Odair are married, and their ceremony is aired as a propo.
 * Katniss trains to take part in the assault of the Capitol with her fellow victor, Johanna Mason. Both make it to the soldier qualifying exam, however Johanna has a nervous breakdown in her's.
 * Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Boggs, Finnick Odair, and others are chosen to be part of Squad 451, otherwise known as the Star Squad. They are chosen to be filmed and televised while they help in the effort to take the Capitol.
 * Leeg 2 falls in combat and Peeta Mellark is handpicked as her replacement. He still has not shown full recovery.
 * Boggs is mortally wounded by a landmine and Katniss Everdeen is deemed leader of the Star Squad. Katniss leads the Squad in a mission to assassinate President Snow.
 * The Star Squad makes into the inner city of the Capitol, while losing many members, including Finnick Odair.
 * Katniss and the remaining members of the Star Squad attempt to reach the President's mansion. The City Circle is revealed to be full of Capitol children, and shortly after a hovercraft bearing the Capitol seal drops explosive packages onto the children. Primrose Everdeen, one of the rebel medics sent in to help the children after the first wave of explosions, is killed in the subsequent explosion. The bomb that killed Primrose Everdeen, was supposedly made by Gale. Katniss also suffers sever burn wounds from the bombing.
 * The rebels take control of the Capitol, thus ending the War.
 * Katniss is chosen to carry out President Snow's public execution. However, a previous conversation with Snow reveals that it was Alma Coin, leader of District 13, who ordered the bombing of the children that caused Prim's death. Katniss proceeds to assassinate President Coin instead of Snow. However, Snow dies in the moments after. His cause of death is never affirmed.
 * In an emergency election, rebel Commander Paylor is voted in as president.
 * Katniss is deemed mentally unstable, and is sent to live her remaining days in District 12. However, Haymitch Abernathy is sent to live there as well, as is Peeta. Katniss makes a slow recovery from her emotional trauma, and ends up marrying Peeta Mellark. Katniss does not marry Gale because he may be the reason little Prim died at such a young age.

Epilogue (>96 ADD)

 * President Paylor abolishes the Hunger Games and their arenas, builds memorials to the all the fallen tributes, and presumably establishes a republic.
 * It is revealed that Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are married and have two children. The Hunger Games have been abolished and it is assumed that Panem exists in a relative state of peace. It is also revealed that Annie Cresta gave birth to her and Finnick's son.