2006

2006
Approximate dates in other dating systems
Before the Battle of Emtold 300
After the Battle of Emtold -300
New Year 2
Valian Year 6367
First Age of the Sun 13099
Second Age of the Sun 12509
Third Age of the Sun 9069
Fourth Age of the Sun 6048
Before the Battle of Yavin -63
After the Battle of Yavin 63
Lothal Year 3340
Facts and statistics
Conflicts Tenebrae War Exar War Theft of the Master Bolt
Heads George W. Bush (President of the United States of America) Elizabeth II (Queen of the United Kingdom Kingsley Shacklebolt (British Minister for Magic)
Births Indenar Noldo (Exarili form)
Deaths Gabriel Ugliano
Events Influential Camp Half-Blood member Perseus Jackson joins the camp and leads the Quest for the Master Bolt; Luke Castellan betrays the camp to join Kronos's Titan Army.

2006 (MMVI) was a common year (dominical letter A), the 2006th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade. In other dating systems, the year is known as 63 ABY (Galactic Calendar), 3340 LY (Lothal Calendar), or FO 6048 (Fourth Age of the Sun).

Events

• May: Perseus Jackson destroys Alecto and is expelled from Yancy Academy.
• May 30: Jackson and his mother Sally stay at Montauk.
• May 31: Sally is held captive by Hades, and Perseus kills the Minotaur, Asterion II.
• June: Perseus Jackson joins Camp Half-Blood.
• June 5: Poseidon claims Jackson as his son.
• June 11: Jackson, Grover Underwood, and Annabeth Chase begin their quest to find the Master Bolt, destroying all three Erinyes and beheading Medusa.
• June 13: Jackson encounters Echidna and the Chimera.
• June 14: Ares sends Jackson, Underwood, and Chase to Las Vegas.
• June 15: Jackson, Underwood, and Chase are imprisoned in the Lotus Hotel and Casino for five days.
• June 20: After killing Procrustes, Jackson, Underwood, and Chase enter the Greek Underworld and meet Hades.
• June 21: Jackson defeats Ares in a duel for the Master Bolt and Helm of Darkness. The bolt is returned to Zeus, and the helm to Hades.
• circa July—August: Burkina Faso defeats France in the Quidditch World Cup and Seeker Joshua Sankara is named Burkina Faso's Minister for Magic. Sankara resigns two days later in favor of playing Quidditch.
• August—September: Luke Castellan attempts to kill Jackson with a pit scorpion and leaves Camp Half-Blood to join Kronos.
• September 24: Essentio Tenebrae delivers the Gateway Disaster, engulfing Bachland in Malice and removing all of his major enemies. The Post-Disaster Bachland Succession Conflict begins. The Transcontinental Force wins the Exar War.

Births

• October 29: Indenar Noldo (Exarili form)

Deaths

• Alecto (reformed)
• the Minotaur (second death; reformed)
• All three Erinyes (reformed)
• Medusa (second death)
• Procrustes (second death)
• Summer: Gabriel Ugliano (turned to stone)