Monster Island Timeline
This timeline is based on the 'official' information given in the first four 'Monster Island' books. Entries in italics are my own additions.
Antiquity - The Kraken is trapped by an undersea volcanic eruption.
1908 - Kratorr's cocoon crashes in the Tunguska region of Siberia.
1931 - Dr. Halley Wright is the first non-African to see Nyani Mkubwa.
1945 - The V4 robots are developed by the Nazis, and hidden in various locations in the Bavarian Alps.
1952 - The disappearence of several ships in the Pacific Ocean is the prelude to the first appearance of Kajiro. The monster attacks Tokyo but the Japanese SDF drive it off and it is encased in ice by an experimental device.
1954 - A V4 robot activates and heads on a course for London. It is shot down over the North Sea by the combined efforts of the French, British and Dutch air forces.
1955 - The UN Science Alert Corps (UNSAC) is formed. The Atomic Soldier is created and attacks Las Vegas, but is defeated by the US military and goes into a coma. The lava creature Kazan ravages Japan before being defeated by UNSAC and the Japanese SDF.
1956 - Kajiro escapes from its ice prison.
1958 - Monster Island is established by UNSAC.
1959 - The Kraken is inadvertantly freed in the Meditteranean, and ravages shipping and ports until captured by UNSAC. Mantidora terrorises northern Spain until destroyed by the military.
1960 - Honu lands in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and defeats the lava creature Kazan.
1962 - The alien slime Suan terrorizes parts of China before being frozen by an experimental device.
1963 - Kharsa's egg is unearthed in Saudi Arabia. After hatching the creature attacks Riyadh and other locations before being killed by UNSAC in Cairo.
1965 - A second V4 robot is activated in Bavaria, but crashes on take-off providing the first opportunity to study the device.
1968 - The First Delok Invasion. Honu battles the Delok saucers, but Earth's orbital defences are attacked by Drax, until an orbital mission causes it to crash to Earth. Tigan devastates Jakarta in Indonesia. Kajiro and Nijira defeat Tigan in Tokyo, but Nijira is killed. The Monster Island force bubble is developed using captured Delok technology.
1969 - The robot Voltrus battles the alien Xenomorph in New Dehli. It defeats the alien, but is infected with a virus and goes beserk. UNSAC and the Indian military subdue it.
1975 - Pyroceratops is freed from the glacier in which it is trapped and rampages through Denver before being captured by UNSAC.
1978 - Chinese scientists discover the lost undersea city of Mu and accidentally release the serpentine Shinyu. The creature attacks Shanghai in order to recover a stolen artifact, then disappears back into the Pacific Ocean.
1980 - Poachers kill Dr. Halley Wright and capture Nyani Mkubwa, bringing it to New York City. The giant gorilla kills them before being defeated and taken to Monster Island.
1982 - The Lemurians attack Los Angeles with Warbot, but the attack wakes up the comatose Atomic Soldier who defeats the robot.
1989 - Komukade terrorises Niigata Prefecture in Japan before being subdued by an experimental insecticide concoction.
1990 - A second Kharsa egg hatches in Japan, and the creature attacks Tokyo but is driven off by by the larval form of Nijira. A second attack a few days later is defeated by the adult Nijira.
1991 - Whilst details still remain classified, it is known that at the end of the First Gulf War, Coalition forces and Republican Guard forces allied with each other against an unknown kaiju in Iraq. In Brazil, Serpente eats a scientific expedition on the Amazon before attacking Rio De Janeiro. It is finally captured by UNSAC.
1994 - The Second Delok Invasion. Honu and Kajiro fight and defeat Tigan in New York City. Drax is revived in the Arctic and attacks Norway and Iceland before being defeated by Nijira. The living fossil Acorazado is awoken in Mexico and joins forces with Nyani Mkubwa to defeat the Xenomorph, before being placed on Monster Island.
1996 - The giant plant Hana destroys much of Yokohama before being stopped by UNSAC and Kajiro.
1999 - The giant bat Grosnox is awoken in Australia but is stopped from destroying Brisbane by the space-turtle Honu.
2000 - Gorgath is summoned at Stonehenge and rampages across southern England before being defeated in London by an ancient druidic ritual. The Kajiro X-1 experiment runs amok in north eastern USA before being stopped by the mecha Kajutaijuq. Kajutaijuq itself goes rogue and is subdued by the US military.
2001 - Gorgan attacks Osaka under the direction of an advance force of Deloks, but is defeated by the mecha Ronin-X. Metacrinus germinates at Kew Gardens in London and attacks the city, only being stopped by RAF bombing.
2002 - Gigantis is created in Milwaukee, USA. It attacks the city but is subdued by UNSAC and the National Guard.
2003 - The Third Delok Invasion. Azathar is released by the Deloks and attacks Rio De Janeiro. Gigadan is used to attack Anchorage in Alaska. Kratorr is awoken in Siberia. The newly-constructed Mecha-Kajiro drives off Tigan in Tokyo, but is itself is badly damaged by Kajiro.