Ok, here is the Shinra time line that my stories are based on. This is my *own* theory on when things happened, so don't swear by it! These are all the major events that happened Pre-FF7
The Timeline
45 years before game-----------------------------------------------------Shinra is founded
40
years before game-------------------------------------Hojo comes to work
for Shinra
Vincent comes to work for Shinra
38 years before game------------------------------------------------------Sephiroth is born
35 years before game-----------------------------Heidegger comes to work for Shinra
24 years before game-----------Professor Gast runs away with Infalna to Icicle Inn
23
years before game--------------------------------------------------Rufus
Shinra is born
Scarlet comes to work for Shinra
22
years before game---------------------------------------------Hojo transforms
Vincent
The first Mako reactor is built
Sephiroth joins SOLDIER
18
years before game-----------------------------------Reeve comes to work
for Shinra
Midgar is built
15 years before game-----------------------------------Tseng comes to work for Shinra
10
years before game------------------------Reno and Rude come to work for
Shinra
Zack joins SOLDIER
5 years
before game-------------------------------------------------Gongaga is
destroyed
Nibelheim is burnt down by Sephiroth
Hojo begins the Nibelheim Project
4 years before game----------------------------------------------North Corel is destroyed
The Names
I made up full names for the people in Shinra, since they didn't already have any. Again, don't go swearing by these. I made them up!
Alexander
Hojo
Reeve
Leander
Muller
Heidegger
Scarlet
Calhoun
Reno
Tsunekage
Rude
Dhillon
Tseng
Tyutyuik
Elena
Burch
Zack
Mainstay
Quinze
Palmer