1898
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The year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by 86 years.
- For further information, see: Transformers timeline
Events
Fiction
Movie continuity family
Undated
- After returning from the Arctic Expedition, Archibald Witwicky was confined to Boston Secure Hospital from 1898 until 1924. Movie Prequel #2
- Between November 18th, 1890, and February 15th, 1898, the Seeker Jetfire took on the alt mode of a pre-dreadnought battleship and masqueraded as the USS Maine. Original
- President McKinley sends Joseph Wells and Walter Simmons to investigate Archibald Witwicky's claims of a giant metalman found frozen in the Arctic. Movie Prequel #1
- The First Seven formed.
- The group that would become Sector Seven has a fragment of the Golden Disk (and possibly the Covenant of Primus) in its archives, some 79 years before the disk's creation in 1977. Other artifacts collected include blueprints for a flying saucer, a strange arm, and a map of Skull Island.
- Wells and Simmons "officially" discredited Witwicky's claims of a frozen giant found during the 1897 National Arctic Circle Expedition. Witwicky's family receives his personal effects.
January
- January 1 — While exploring a cave system beneath the Sierra Nevada, Joseph Wells and Walter Simmons encounter a race of inhuman creatures. After dispatching the beasts, Agent Billy North of the United States Secret Service approaches the men. Original
February
- February 15 — The First Seven reach the "Ice Devil." Upon sensing Megatron's faint energy signature, Jetfire transforms from his disguise and leaves to investigate. The Navy concluded that Spain was responsible for the battleship's disappearance. Original
