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PRE-PILOTS:
[14th January, 1980.] Zane is created
[14th January, 1997.] Cole and Kai are born
[14th January, 1998.] Jay is adopted by Ed and Edna
[14th January, 1999.] Nya is born
[2002] Ray and Maya get kidnapped
[2nd December, 2003] Lloyd is born
[2003/4] Garmadon's banishment
[December, 2010] Wu recruits Cole, Jay and Zane
PILOTS:
[Early January, 2011] Skulkin attack 4 Weapons and Wu recruit Kai
. 1 week for Kai's training
[14th January, 2011.] The Ninja are formed
4 days to a week to find the weapons
RISE OF THE SNAKES:
[Late December 2011] - [January 2012]
eps 1-6 eps 7-13
LEGACY OF THE GREEN NINJA:
[January 2012] - [February 2012]
Filler arc Final Battle arc
• Picks up right after season 1.
• There seems to be a timeskip of a few days between some episodes, especially in the filler arc, hence the 1 month span.
REBOOTED:
[June 2013]
TOURNAMENT OF ELEMENTS:
[October/November 2013]
• Zane's death doesn't seem that long ago to me (as for the aging statue... don't think about it).
POSSESSION:
[ December 2013] - [1st, January, 2014]
•There are new year celebrations going on in the finale.
SKYBOUND:
》If it remained in the timeline: [April - May 2014]
》 Canon: [April 2014]
DAY OF THE DEPARTED:
[29th October, 2014]
HANDS OF TIME:
[November 2014]
• The Ninja are presumably cleaning the mess at the museum made during Day of the Departed.
[2015]: The Ninja split up a month after Day of the Departed (after Lloyd's birthday) to find Wu while continuing their ninja duties.
SONS OF GARMADON:
[January 2016]
• I headcanon that the finale takes place on the 14th which is why only the Ninja and Wu are wearing party hats.
HUNTED:
[January 2016]
• Dareth says that it's been 1 week since the invasion from last season (as much as I don't like it).
MARCH OF THE ONI:
[August 2016]
• Accounting for reconstruction of Ninjago City (which has recently wrapped up or still going on in the first episode), the Ninja moving back and settling in the Monastery and the TatMoS shorts.
SOTFS - MASTER OF THE MOUNTAIN:
[February - March 2017]
• SotFS takes place over 2 weeks.
• There is a gap of a few days between each season.
• Master of the Mountain continues until March.
THE ISLAND + SEABOUND:
[May 2017]
CRYSTALLIZED:
[May 2018]
THE MERGE: [2020]
DRAGONS RISING S1-4:
[2025-2026]
• To me, "years" means 5 years.
• Season 1 takes place in 2025 and the rest of the series till now takes place in 2026 (a writer confirmed a 1 year timeskip between Seasons 1 and 2).