New editions of the books, editions for younger readers, encyclopedias of Narnian lore, critical appraisals, and serious appreciations of the stories constantly appear at Amazon and in the stores. There have always been people who appreciate the books, which have never been out of print since their first publications. Enthusiasts, young and old, have also placed a great deal of information online.
At The Chronicles of Narnia Website I found the table below which aligns many Narnian and English events in chronological order. It clarifies the order of things both in Narnia and in relationship to earthly events. I have copied the table with corrections to a very few obvious typing errors. The original, by Jonathan Gregory, can be found here. [Update: I have discovered, very tardily, that this chronology was first done by C.S. Lewis himself. Wikipedia has an entry about it here.]
| - | Narnian Years | - | Earth years |
| - | - | 1888 | Digory Kirke born. |
| - | - | 1889 | Polly Plummer born. |
| 1 | Creation of Narnia. The Beasts made able to talk. Digory plants the Tree of Protection. The White Witch Jadis enters Narnia but flies into the far North. Frank I becomes King of Narnia. | 1900 | Polly and Digory carried into Narnia by magic Rings. |
| 180 | Prince Col, younger son of K. Frank V of Narnia leads certain followers into Archenland (not then inhabited) and becomes first King of that country. | - | - |
| 204 | Certain outlaws from Archenland flee across the Southern desert and set up the new kingdom of Calormen. | 1927 | Peter Pevensie born. |
| - | - | 1928 | Susan Pevensie born. |
| - | - | 1930 | Edmund Pevensie born. |
| 300 | The empire of Calormen spreads mightily. Calormenes colonize the land of Telmar to the West of Narnia. | 1932 | Lucy Pevensie born. |
| - | - | 1933 | Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole born. |
| 302 | The Calormenes in Telmar behave very wickedly and Aslan turns them into dumb beasts. The country lies waste. King Gale of Narnia delivers the Lone Islands from a dragon and is made Emperor by their grateful inhabitants. | - | - |
| 407 | Olvin of Archenland kills the Giant Pire. | - | - |
| 460 | Pirates from our world take possession of Telmar. | - | - |
| 570 | About this time lived Moonwood the Hare. | - | - |
| 898 | The White Witch Jadis returns into Narnia out of the far North. | - | - |
| 900 | The long winter begins. | - | - |
| 1000 | The Pevensies arrive in Narnia. The treachery of Edmund. The sacrifice of Aslan. The White Witch defeated and the Long Winter ended. Peter becomes High King of Narnia. | 1940 | The Pevensies, staying with Digory (now Professor) Kirke, reach Narnia through the Magic Wardrobe. |
| 1014 | King Peter carries out a successful raid on the Northern Giants. Queen Susan and King Edmund visit the Court of Calormen. King Lune of Archenland discovers his long-lost son Prince Cor and defeats a treacherous attack by Prince Rabadash of Calormen. | - | - |
| 1015 | The Pevensies hunt the White Stag and vanish out of Narnia. | - | - |
| 1050 | Ram the Great succeeds Cor as King of Archenland. | - | - |
| 1502 | About this time lived Queen Swanwhite of Narnia. | - | - |
| 1998 | The Telmarines invade and conquer Narnia. Caspian I becomes King of Narnia. | - | - |
| 2290 | Prince Caspian, son of Caspian IX, born. Caspian IX murdered by his brother Miraz who usurps the throne. | - | - |
| 2303 | Prince Caspian escapes from his uncle Miraz. Civil War in Narnia. By the aid of Aslan and of the Pevensies, whom Caspian summons with Queen Susan's Magic Horn, Miraz is defeated and killed. Caspian becomes King Caspian X of Narnia. | 1941 | The Pevensies again caught into Narnia by the blast of the Magic Horn. |
| 2304 | Caspian X defeats the Northern Giants. | - | - |
| 2306-7 | Caspian X's great voyage to the end of the World. | 1942 | Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace reach Narnia again and take part in Caspian's voyage. |
| 2310 | Caspian X marries Ramandu's daughter. | - | - |
| 2325 | Prince Rilian born. | - | - |
| 2345 | The Queen killed by a Serpent. Rilian disappears. | - | - |
| 2356 | Eustace and Jill appear in Narnia and rescue Prince Rilian. Death of Caspian X | 1942 | Eustace and Jill, from Experiment House, are carried away into Narnia. |
| 2534 | Outbreak of outlaws in Lantern Waste. Towers built to guard that region. | - | - |
| 2555 | Rebellion of Shift the Ape. King Tirian rescued by Eustace and Jill. Narnia in the hands of the Calormenes. The last battle. End of the World. | 1949 | Serious accident on British Railways. |
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