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Due to the latest development in the Terminator franchise, this page offers a timeline having conflicts with the previous film Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles:
- In the opening narration of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, John Connor says that he was attacked by the T-1000 when he was 13 years old. This is an inconsistency. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, John Connor was only 10 years old, as shown on the police computer when the T-1000 accesses it. So either the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day happened later than 1995 (which isn't possible as John states that these events happened 10 years ago as of T3) or the events of The Terminator occured in 1981 to make John 13 as of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Sarah Connor's coffin states she was born in 1959. In previous movies, her birth year had been given as 1965.
- The writers of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles confirm it is considered as a alternate timeline to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.[1]
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The timeline established by Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The story continued from Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline in 1995.
Note:
- The section mainly contains events mentioned in the films The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, except for those with reference notes.
- The following events are mentioned in the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, except for those with reference notes.
- Several dates conflicts with those given in the DVD of the third film.
Timeline G
Note:
- This is a timeline prior to the event in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
- This is an altered timeline due to the event in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.[2]
- Timeline "F2" and "G" are intermediate timelines to resolve the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Timeline J).

Added by Ascaaear
Added by AscaaearSomewhere between 1964 - 1966 (regarding Sarah's birth)[3][4][5]
- Sarah J. Connor is born.
- 1980
- Birth of Katherine Brewster
- May 12, 1984
- 01:52:00
- A Series 800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.
- 02:01:00
- Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.
- Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the Terminator, but dies himself.
- Some parts from the Terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne Systems factory.[6][7]
- February 28, 1985
- John Connor is born.[7]
- Unknown
- 1994
- Sarah was placed at a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come the Judgment Day.
- John is taken care of by the foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.
- June 7, 1995
- John Connor and Katherine Brewster kissed in a friend's basement, after which, from Katherine's perspective, he disappeared.[9]She later becomes his wife and second-in-command of the Resistance.
- June 8, 1995
- 03:14:00
- A Series 800 Terminator arrives to protect John Connor.[10]
- 04:58:00
- A Series 1000 Terminator arrives to kill John Connor.[10]
- Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne Systems scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.
- The T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroys the T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.
- Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts of the first Terminator and the second T-800.
- Sarah and John hide from the government.[citation needed]
- Somewhere between August 29 - December 31, 1997
- Sarah was able to live past the date of the presumed Judgment Day. She dies of leukemia.
- John continues to live a lonely life, off the grid. Undetected by Skynet.
- 2002
- Kyle Reese is born.
- 2003
- The government and Cyber Research Systems take over what’s left of Cyberdyne Systems.
- Skynet are being developed by the United States Air Force and Cyber Research Systems, where Lieutenant General Robert Brewster is in charge.
- Unknown
- John Connor reunites with Katherine Brewster.
July 24, 2004 [11]
- July 25, 2004
- 17:18:00
- Skynet is activated by Lieutenant General Robert Brewster. Skynet becomes self-aware.
- 18:18:00
- First massive nuclear launch initiated.
- Unknown
- John Connor begins to put together the Resistance.
- 2029
- Skynet decides to send a T-800 back in time to kill Sarah Connor.
- John Connor decides to send back Kyle Reese to protect Sarah Connor.
- Skynet decides to send a T-1000 back in time to kill John Connor.
- John Connor manages to reprogram a T-800 and decide to send it back to protect his younger self in 1995.
- 2032
- John Connor is killed by a Series 850 Terminator.
- Skynet sends back a Series X Terminator to 2004 to try killing several members of the Resistance.
- October 28, 2033
- Kathrine Brewster reprograms the T-850 who killed John Connor and sends it back to 2004, before the Judgment day to protect the younger couple of herself and John Connor.[12]
Timeline H
Note:
- The event of this timeline is shown in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
- Events marked with Wheat color are actual events in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
- Events marked with Grey color are time travels made in a previous timeline.



Added by AscaaearSomewhere between 1964 - 1966 (regarding Sarah's birth)[3][4][5]
- Sarah J. Connor is born.
- 1980
- Birth of Katherine Brewster
- May 12, 1984
- 01:52:00
- A Series 800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Connor.
- 02:01:00
- Kyle Reese arrives from the future, to protect Sarah.
- Kyle Reese succeeds in destroying the Terminator, but dies himself.
- Some parts from the Terminator are left behind at the Cyberdyne Systems factory.[6][7]
- February 28, 1985
- John Connor is born.[7]
- Unknown
- 1994
- Sarah was placed at a mental institution after trying to blow up a computer factory and telling about the soon to come the Judgment Day.
- John is taken care of by the foster family Todd and Janelle Voight.
- June 7, 1995
- John Connor and Katherine Brewster kissed in a friend's basement, after which, from Katherine's perspective, he disappeared.[13]She later becomes his wife and second-in-command of the Resistance.
- June 8, 1995
- 03:14:00
- A Series 800 Terminator arrives to protect John Connor.[10]
- 04:58:00
- A Series 1000 Terminator arrives to kill John Connor.[10]
- Death of Miles Dyson, the Cyberdyne Systems scientist destined to become the creator of Skynet.
- The T-800 succeeds in protecting John Connor, destroys the T-1000 and releases Sarah Connor from the mental institution.
- Sarah and John destroy the remaining parts of the first Terminator and the second T-800.
- Sarah and John hide from the government.[citation needed]
- Unknown
- Sarah starts to collect weapons.
- Somewhere between August 29 - December 31, 1997
- Sarah was able to live past the date of the presumed Judgment Day. She dies of leukemia.
- John continues to live a lonely life, off the grid. Undetected by Skynet.
- 2002
- Kyle Reese is born.
- 2003
- The government and Cyber Research Systems take over what’s left of Cyberdyne Systems.
- Skynet are being developed by the United States Air Force and Cyber Research Systems, where Lieutenant General Robert Brewster is in charge.
July 24, 2004 [11]
- After being hurt in a motorbike accident, John and Katherine Brewster meet each other for the first time since their kiss in 1995.
- A Series X Terminator arrives to find and kill the future members of the Resistance. It succeeds in killing several members.
- A computer virus is unleashed and starts to break down all kinds of civilian and military communication networks.
- A reprogrammed T-850 arrives to protect Katherine Brewster and John Connor.
- July 25, 2004
- 17:18:00
- Skynet is activated by Lieutenant General Robert Brewster. Skynet becomes self-aware.
- 18:18:00
- First massive nuclear launch initiated.
- Katherine Brewster, John Connor, and the T-850 go to Crystal Peak in hope of stopping Skynet and preventing the nuclear attack, only to find out that Skynet is not there. Instead, the T-850 brought them there to be safe from the nuclear attack.
- The T-850 succeeds in destroying the T-X along with itself.
- Unknown
- John Connor begins to put together the Resistance.
- John Connor leading the human race to victory against the machines.
Continuity
At least two timelines begin after the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machine:
- Terminator 3: The Redemption timeline
- Infinity / Revolution timeline
- Terminator Salvation timeline
Timeline up to Terminator Salvation
- 2002
- Kyle Reese is born.
- 2003
- Marcus Wright is on death row and approached by Doctor Serena Kogan from Cyberdyne System Genetics Division to donote his body for Project Angel.
- The government takes over Cyberdyne System's research and United States Air Force continues researching robot technology.[14]
- Skynet is being developed.
2004[15]
- Skynet is activated and becomes self-aware before launching nuclear attack.
- Unknown
- General Hugh Ashdown called a global secret summit of surviving military leaders across the world at the Gallapogos, dispatching and summoning any and all remaining professional officers, including those who were on leave, retire, on in-active service, stationed in low-priority areas, with Ashdown believing and insisting these Resistance leaders were mankind's last hope.
- The remain military from worldwide organized into the Resistance.
- Marcus Wright is converted into a Hybrid as an Infiltration Prototype with a mission to get John Connor and Kyle Reese to Skynet. He is then placed in the Skynet VLA.
The story continues in the next timeline in 2018 on Terminator Salvation-timeline.
References
- ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Writer Josh Friedman fights the future for 'Terminator's' TV 'chronicles'"
- ↑ As stated by the T-850, who successfully killed John Connor because he was saved by a Terminator with the same living tissue model as the T-850 during his childhood.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Skynet Database: Human Central Archive" featured in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines DVD, which specifies the year as 1965.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sarah Connor was born in 1965 according to Toyfare issue 142, page 54, 55, June, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sarah Connor's coffin states she was born in 1959 in the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 As shown in a deleted scene from The Terminator.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day (film)|]]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 T2 3-D: Battle Across Time[citation needed]
- ↑ John Connor insinuate that, because of the event in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, he was avoided of meeting Robert Brewster which were involved in the creation of Skynet.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Date and time stated by Terminator Timeline, featured in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines DVD
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 However, in the "Terminator Timeline", featured in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines DVD, it is stated that the T-X arrived in year 2003.
- ↑ The date is displayed in the HUD of the T-850 when readjusting the internal clock as shown in the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
- ↑ John Connor insinuate that, because of the event in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, he was avoided of meeting Robert Brewster which were involved in the creation of Skynet.
- ↑ As shown in the news database in the film Terminator Salvation
- ↑ Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Souvenir Magazine