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Year Event
15 billion bc
 [1] The USS Voyager witnesses the creation of the universe whilst being used as a hiding place by Quinn, a member of the Q continuum. [1]
  People :  Quinn, Female Q
5 billion bc
Picture from -5000000000  [2] A female member of the Q continuum is born. She will later become romantically involved with Q. [3]
  People :  Q
4 billion bc
 [4] Q begins a romantic involvement with a female Q. [3]
  People :  Q
2 billion bc
Picture from -2000000000  [5] The first life forms were created on Earth. In a timeline created by Q, a temporal anomaly caused by Captain Picard disrupted this process and so erased Humanity from existence. [5]
  People :  Q, Jean-Luc Picard
  Species :  Humans
7,629 bc
 [6] The Q cease conversing with one another, having reached a point in their development where everything that can be said has been said already. [7]
5,961 bc
 [8] Trelane, son of Q, is born. [9]
  People :  Trelane, Q
2072
 [10] Quinn is imprisoned in a cometary nucleus by the Q continuum. He will be released in 2372 by the crew of the USS Voyager. [10]
  People :  Quinn
2165
 [11] Guinan had her last encounter with Q prior to 2365. [11]
  People :  Guinan, Q
2261
 [9] Trelane, a young Q encounters the crew of the USS Enterprise for the first time. He alters reality to create a wedding between Spock and Chapel. His father Q turns up and puts things right. Trelane gives his age as 8,020 years at this time. [9]
  People :  Trelane, Spock, Christine Chapel, Q
2267
Picture from 2267  [12] Whilst crossing a 'star desert' some nine hundred light years from Earth the Enterprise encounters Trelane, a being of immense power. Trelane is discovered to be an infant member of an advanced and powerful civilization, [12] the Q continuum. [13]
  People :  Trelane
2364
 [14] First Contact is made with the Q continuum when a Q stops the Enterprise and puts the crew on trial for the alleged crimes of humanity. Q agrees that the ship's current Farpoint mission will make a good test of whether humanity is currently worthy of being allowed space exploration. [14]
  People :  Jean-Luc Picard, Q
 [15] The Enterpise-D encounters Q for the second time. Q attempts to corrupt Commander Riker by offering him the powers of a Q. Although tempted, Riker ultimately refuses and Q leaves in defeat. [15]
  People :  William T. Riker, Q
2365
Picture from 2365 Q hurls the Enterprise-D some seven thousand light years through space to star system J-25. Whilst there the ship encounters the Borg collective, marking the official contact between the Federation and this species. Although Q terminates the encounter, the Borg send a ship towards Federation space. [16]
  People :  Jean-Luc Picard
  Species :  Humans, Borg, Humans
2366
 [17] The USS Enterprise-D is responding to a distress call from Bre'el IV, where a moon is falling out of orbit towards the surface of the planet. The mission is complicated when Q appears on the Enterprise bridge, stripped of his powers by the continuum for his various trouble-causing actions across the universe. After a brief but eventful stay he manages to convince the continuum to return his powers, correcting the moon's orbit as he leaves. [17]
  People :  Q, Doctor Garin
  Species :  Bre'el
2367
 [18] Q recreates the legend of Robin Hood with the Enterprise-D senior officers in the outlaw roles, in order to force Captain Picard to admit that he is in love with Vash. [18]
  People :  Q, Jean-Luc Picard, William T. Riker, Deanna Troi, Beverly Crusher, Data, Geordi La Forge, Vash
2369
Picture from 2369  [19] Amanda Rogers visits the Enterprise-D. Whilst there Q appears on the ship and informs her that she is actually a member of the Q continuum. Despite initial misgivings, Amanda returns to the continuum with Q. [19]
  People :  Q, Amanda Rogers
 [20] Captain Picard is badly wounded in a Lenarian attack whilst conducting negotiations. He will later report a near death experience, possibly created by Q. [20]
  People :  Q, Jean-Luc Picard
  Species :  Lenarian
2372
 [7] Voyager encounters Quinn, a member of the Q continuum who is seeking to end his life. Captain Janeway holds an inquiry and decides that Quinn has the right to do so if he wishes. Quinn commits suicide shortly afterwards. [7]
  People :  Quinn, Q
2373
Picture from 2373  [3] The progressive faction wins the Q civil war with Voyager's help. Q mates with a female Q, helping to end the rifts which caused the war by producing a baby Q. [3]
  People :  Q, Kathryn Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, B'Elanna Torres, Thomas Eugene Paris, Harry Kim, Neelix, The Doctor / Emergency Medical Hologram


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References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 VOY 2 Death Wish The exact age of the universe is uncertain (for now), but this is the right ballpark
2 VOY 3 The Q and the Grey Q described Q's amarous intentions towards Janeway as being Tossed aside for someone five billion years younger.
3 VOY 3 The Q and the Grey
4 VOY 3 The Q and the Grey Q said they had been dating for 4 billion years. This date presumes that their relationship took place in a linear fashion, which is not necessarily the case.
5 TNG 7 All Good Things Q told Picard this was 2 billion years ago, give or take an eon
6 VOY 2 Death Wish Quinn said this happened 10 millennia ago
7 VOY 2 Death Wish
8 SNW 3 Wedding Bell Blues Trelane specifies his exact age in 2260.
9 SNW 3 Wedding Bell Blues
10 VOY 2 Death Wish Quinn said he had been in prison for 300 years
11 TNG 2 Q Who Q said their dealings were two centuries ago
12 TOS 1 The Squire of Gothos
13 SNW 3 Wedding Bell Blues The wedding planet is named as Trelane and stated as being a member of the Q continuum. His father is reviled as Q (John de Lancie) in an interview with Akiva Goldsman.
14 TNG 1 Encounter at Farpoint
15 TNG 1 Hide and Q
16 TNG 2 Q Who
17 TNG 3 Deja Q
18 TNG 4 Qpid
19 TNG 6 True-Q
20 TNG 6 Tapestry
Series : VOY Season 2
Episode : Death Wish
Comment : The exact age of the universe is uncertain (for now), but this is the right ballpark
Series : VOY Season 3
Episode : The Q and the Grey
Comment : Q described Q's amarous intentions towards Janeway as being Tossed aside for someone five billion years younger.
Series : VOY Season 3
Episode : The Q and the Grey
Series : VOY Season 3
Episode : The Q and the Grey
Comment : Q said they had been dating for 4 billion years. This date presumes that their relationship took place in a linear fashion, which is not necessarily the case.
Series : TNG Season 7
Episode : All Good Things
Comment : Q told Picard this was 2 billion years ago, give or take an eon
Series : VOY Season 2
Episode : Death Wish
Comment : Quinn said this happened 10 millennia ago
Series : VOY Season 2
Episode : Death Wish
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : Wedding Bell Blues
Comment : Trelane specifies his exact age in 2260.
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : Wedding Bell Blues
Series : VOY Season 2
Episode : Death Wish
Comment : Quinn said he had been in prison for 300 years
Series : TNG Season 2
Episode : Q Who
Comment : Q said their dealings were two centuries ago
Series : TOS Season 1
Episode : The Squire of Gothos
Series : SNW Season 3
Episode : Wedding Bell Blues
Comment : The wedding planet is named as Trelane and stated as being a member of the Q continuum. His father is reviled as Q (John de Lancie) in an interview with Akiva Goldsman.
Series : TNG Season 1
Episode : Encounter at Farpoint
Series : TNG Season 1
Episode : Hide and Q
Series : TNG Season 2
Episode : Q Who
Series : TNG Season 3
Episode : Deja Q
Series : TNG Season 4
Episode : Qpid
Series : TNG Season 6
Episode : True-Q
Series : TNG Season 6
Episode : Tapestry


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