Timeline

This is just a timeline of events. It's used mostly for author's reference, but it might clear up confusion.

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MINATO AGE 0

~ Born January 25

~ Father, Namikaze Masao – 27

~ Mother, Namikaze Kotone – 19

~ Sannin fight Hanzo at 14

AGE 1

~ Father nominated as clan head but gives it to his younger brother

~ Noticed to have sensor capabilities

AGE 2

AGE 3

~ Masters sensing

AGE 4

~ Family defects to Konoha

~ Sandaime – 36

~ Sakumo – 24

~ [THEGODWAR]The God War

~ Second Shinobi World War begins

AGE 5

~ Konoha joins Second Shinobi World War

~ Begins at Academy

AGE 6

~ Destruction of the Uzushiogakure

~ Kushina moves to Konoha

~ [BURNED]Meets Kushina/Survives assassination attempt meant for his father

~ Nawaki's death

~ Second Shinobi World War ends

AGE 7

AGE 8

~ [LOSS]Father's death/Second God War/Minato annihilates half of his clan/ejected from clan in all but name

AGE 9

~ Placed in Takigakure Bingo Book

~ Apprenticed to Jiraiya

AGE 10

~ [THEBELLTEST]Academy graduation

~ Rescues Kushina

~ Kyuubi sealed in Kushina

~ [LESSONS]Begins learning Fūinjutsu with Kushina

~ [TAJANARA]Loses Genin teammate

~ Kakashi is born

AGE 11

~ Signs summoning contract with the toads

~ Recreates the Flying Thunder God(FTG) technique

AGE 12

~ [CHUUNINEXAMS]Takes the Chuunin Exams with Kushina as a teammate

~ Earns Chuunin rank

~ Officially form Lightning

~ [TESTING]Completes FTG technique

AGE 13

~ Jōnin

~ Masters Sage Mode

AGE 14

~ [TAG-TEAM]Completes first S-ranked mission

~ Earns B-rank in Bingo Books (as Lightning)

AGE 15

~ Begins the Rasengan

~ Attempts to incorporate the FTG technique into actual battles

AGE 16

~ Earns A-rank in Bingo Books (as Lightning) and approach with caution orders

~ [APPRENTICE]Assigned Kakashi as an apprentice

~ Regular assassination attempts begin

~ Completes Rasengan

~ Assigned two Genin to complete a team

AGE 17

~ Kakashi makes Chuunin

AGE 18

~ Begins method for using FTG technique efficiently in battle

~ [SAKUMO'SSUICIDE]Sakumo commits suicide/Minato completes method for using FTG in battle but hides it

~ Third Shinobi World War begins/Rin Chuunin/Obito Chuunin

AGE 19

~ Itachi is born

~ Earns S-rank in Bingo Book (as himself)

~ Kushina earns S-rank in Bingo Book

AGE 20

~ [PLANS] Proctors Academy graduation test/fakes assassination

~ Single-handedly kills six Iwa teams in less than a minute

~ Flee-on-sight orders issued in Iwa

AGE 21

~ Severely injured in Iwa assassination attempt

~ Death of Dan Kato

~ Joins ANBU for six weeks then returns to his team

~ Increases his sensing range to encompass all of Konoha

AGE 22

~ Tsunade leaves Konoha

~ Begins plan to slaughter the Iwa armies until they surrender and threaten others to back off

AGE 23

~ Kakashi make Jōnin

~ Uchiha Obito presumed KIA

~ Third Shinobi World War ends – Count of confirmed kills is the highest in Konoha history

~ Nohara Rin presumed KIA

~ Appointed Hokage

~ Orochimaru's defection

AGE 24

~ Kyuubi attack/death of Uzumaki Naruto