thedispatch | Timeline

Timeline courtesy of akumadeenglish. Reaper-relevant dates highlighted.

Timeline Black Butler 1819-1889

1819 May 24, Queen Victoria is born
1820(ish) Undertaker attempts to escape from the Shinigami Dispatch and half destroys the headquarters
1830 April 5, Claudia Phantomhive is born
1837, Victoria becomes Queen of UK at age 18
1851 June 13, Vincent Phantomhive is born
1853(ish), Frances Phantomhive is born (she’s the younger sister of Vincent)
1858 August 25, Agni is born
1859, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
1861 December 14, Prince Albert dies at age 42
1866 July 13, Claudia Phantomhive dies
1871, Prince Soma is born (he’s 17 in Dec 1888)
1872/73, Edward Midford is born
1874, Vincent marries Rachel
1874/75, Elizabeth Midford is born
1875 December 14, the Phantomhive twins (our Ciel and real Ciel) are born
1878(ish), Sieglinde Sullivan is born (she’s 11 in Aug 1889)
1878 December 14, Princess Alice (Victoria’s 2nd daughter) dies at age 35
1883, side story “That butler, nursing”
1883 March 27, death date of the actual historical figure John Brown)
1884, Vincent and the twins meet Baron Kelvin at Earl Barton’s party
1885, Angelina’s husband Baron Barnett dies in an accident
1885 December 14, 10th birthday of the twins / attack on the Phantomhive manor / Vincent & Rachel & Sebastian (the dog) die
1885 December, Madam Red starts killing the prostitutes and meets Grell Sutcliff
1886 around January 20, real Ciel dies; our Ciel makes a contract with Sebastian and returns to the Phantomhive manor as “Ciel Phantomhive”; Undertaker retrieves real Ciel’s body and starts experimenting on it
1886 March, our Ciel officially becomes “Earl Phantomhive”
1887, Finny, Bard, Mey-Rin become Phantomhive servants
1888, beginning of “Kuroshitsuji” (Vol.1)
1888 August 31, Jack the Ripper Arc (Vol.2-3)
1888 September 8, Ciel meets Viscount of Druitt at his party
1888 November 9, Madam Red dies (Vol.3)
1888 December 14, Ciel’s 13th birthday (Vol.3)
1888 December, Curry arc (Vol.4-5)
1889 February 6-8, undercover mission in Noah’s Circus (Vol.6)
1889 February 9, Joker, Kelvin, Doctor, Beast, Dagger, Jumbo, Peter, Wendy and Doll die (Vol. 8)
1889 March 12-14, Murder Arc / Snake becomes servant (Vol.9-12)
1889 April 17, Campania sails for New York (Vol.12)
1889 April 19-20, Zombie attack / Campania sinks in the middle of the Atlantic / Stoker & many other passengers die (Vol.12-14)
1889 April, Easter Eggs hunt (Vol.14)
1889 April-June, Undercover mission at Weston School (Vol.14-18)
1889 June 4, Cricket games (Vol.16-17)
1889 July?, Valley of Lilly (Vol.18)
1889 August, Green Witch Arc (Vol.18-22)
1889 August 17, Hilde, Grethe, Anne and other villagers die (Vol.21-22)
1889 September 28, Blue Sect Arc (Vol.23 - ongoing)
1889 November 15, Agni dies, real Ciel returns to the Phantomhive manor (Vol.26-ongoing)