Tomb Kings Timeline

The following contains the notable and important events of the Tomb Kings in chronological order, using the Imperial Calendar.

Age of Kings
* Under Construction*
 * c-2500 -- The Rise of Nehekhara. During this time there were many kings and their names are not remembered, save for Nehek, who founded the city of Khemri. Thereafter, other cities were raised, but this kings warred upon each other and there was much strife in the land.
 * -2500 -- Settra is crowned as the first of the Priest Kings and conquers the entirety of Nehekhara. With his coming, the great rulership of Khemri becomes law, and Nehekhara enters an unprecedented era of prosperity and expansion.
 * c-2460 -- Following his victory over the Orcs of the Bloody Fang tribe, Settra becomes vexed that he will one day grow old and die. Settra founds the Mortuary Cult and commands its priests to discover the secrets of immortality.
 * -2390 -- Settra names Nekaph as his personal champion. Over the following decades Nekaph secures the unconditional surrender of over a dozen foreign cities. Scores more refuse to submit to Settra's rule and are subsequently destroyed.
 * -2383 -- The King of Bhagar revolts against Settra's rule. order is quickly restored when the Herald Nekaph travels to the city and slays the rebellious king.
 * -2350 -- Settra perishes, and his body is interred within a magnificent pyramid in preparation for a time when he will arise to his Reign of Millions of Years.
 * -2350 to -1950 -- The Time of Kings. Dozens of kings come and pass following the death of Settra. Upon their deaths, they are mummified and entombed in ever more elaborate pyramids along with the still-living soldiery of their legions.
 * -2000 -- The Birth of Nagash.
 * -1968 -- A cabal of Dark Elves are driven off course by storms and are shipwrecked in Nehekhara. Nagash captures and imprisons the pale-skinned foreigners and learns the secrets of Dark Magic from them.
 * -1950 to -1600 -- The Reign of Terror. Nagash murders his brother and seizes the throne of Khemri. He creates the Elixer of Life to prolong his fading youth and rules his kingdom through dread and fear. During this time, Nagash develops his mastery of sorcery and instructs the building of the Black Pyramid. Following its construction, Nagash and his vizier, Arkhan, raise armies of Skeletons to war against the Priest Kings.
 * -1600 -- Nagash is overthrown by the Army of the Seven Kings. Khemri is besieged and then sacked. Arkhan is killed covering his master's retreat. Nagash flees north to plot his revenge.

Source
pg. 20
 * Warhammer Armies: Tomb Kings (8th Edition)