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Timeline of fictional future events
[[Science fiction]] and other related fields of [[fiction]] are often set in the future, or at least involve events in times that have not yet occurred. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various works of such fiction. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real [[history]], becoming a form of [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] or [[failed prediction]] in the process.

It is rarely true that science fiction writers are seriously attempting prediction — the needs of the story are usually the primary concern, and science fiction stories are often more about the present in which they are written than the future in which they are supposedly set.

Nevertheless, below are some notable fictional visions of the-future-that-never-was-and-probably-won't-be. See also: [[Timeline of Star Trek]], [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction]], [[Timeline of fictional historical events]], and [[Timeline of fictional contemporary events]].

==[[19th century]]==
*[[1868]]
**A fantastic submarine boat, the [[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]], commanded by [[Captain Nemo (who eventually gets lost and has to be found by his father)]], creates havoc amongst shipping in the South Seas - ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' by [[Jules Verne]], 1870.
*[[1877]]
**A passing comet rips people, land, and air off the [[Earth]]. The small group takes refuge in a volcano on Comet Gallia. Calculating passing Saturn and a return to Earth in two years, the group begins to build a makeshift balloon and gondola - ''Off On a Comet'' by Jules Verne.
*[[1880]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were]
* [http://moa.dracandros.com/ Fictional encyclopedia wiki with a section for fictional history]
* [http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg1.html Man Conquers Space]

[[Category:Fictional timelines|Fictional timelines]]