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{{nihongo|'''''Fire Emblem'''''|ファイアーエムブレム|Faiā Emuburemu}} is a popular [[strategy game|strategy]]/[[computer role-playing games|role-playing]] [[video game]] franchise developed by [[Intelligent Systems|Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.]] (specifically [[Shouzou Kaga]]), the makers of [[Nintendo Wars#Advance Wars|Advance Wars]], and published by [[Nintendo Co., Ltd.]]. The ''Fire Emblem'' games are known to be the first of their genre, the [[strategic role-playing game]], with a very strong emphasis on western forms of medieval folklore.

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The series currently spans ten games, and has graced the [[Famicom]], [[Super Famicom]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[GameCube]] and [[Wii]]. [[Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn|The most recent title in the series]] was first released in Japan on February 22, 2007. A North American release is expected to follow at an undisclosed date in 2007.

'''1958''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].

==International release==

==Events==

Since its inception in 1990, the ''Fire Emblem'' series was formerly confined to Japan. In 2001, Nintendo released ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', a fighting game starring characters from games produced throughout the company's history. The Japanese release of the game contained two characters from the ''Fire Emblem'' series; Marth, the original protagonist in the series, starred in ''Fire Emblem: Ankoku no Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi'', and ''Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo'', and Roy starred in the then-unreleased sixth game, ''Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi''. According to Nintendo's official Japanese website, Marth was put in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' upon the request of Japanese gamers. Marth's design and playability earned him extra attention while the game underwent debug testing in North America, and it was by the decision of Nintendo of America that he was included in the North American version. Roy had been included in Japan to promote the upcoming release of ''Fūin no Tsurugi'', and was likewise included in the North American version. It was due in part to Marth and Roy's popularity from their appearance in ''SSBM'' that Nintendo eventually decided to localize and market ''Fire Emblem'' games for North American and European release.

===January===

* [[January 1]] - [[Treaty of Rome]] founding the [[History of the European Union|EU]] is implemented.

* [[January 3]] - The [[West Indies Federation]] is formed.

* [[January 4]] - [[Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on [[October 4]] [[1957]]).

* [[January 8]] - 14 year old [[Bobby Fischer]] wins the [[United States Chess Championship]].

* [[January 13]] - 9235 scientists publish a plea to stop [[nuclear bomb]] tests.

* [[January 18]] - Armed [[Lumbee]] Indians confront a handful of [[Ku Klux Klan|Klansmen]] at the town of [[Maxton, North Carolina]].

* [[January 23]] - Following a two-day general strike, dictator [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez]] of [[Venezuela]] was overthrown by a military-popular [[uprising]].

* [[January 28]] - [[Charles Starkweather]] and [[Caril Ann Fugate]] begin their [[murder]] spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.

* [[January 29]] - Police capture [[Charles Starkweather]] in [[Wyoming]].

* [[January 31]] - The first successful American [[satellite]], [[Explorer I]], is launched into orbit.

* [[January 31]] - [[James Van Allen]] discovers the [[Van Allen radiation belt]].

''[[Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken]]'', the seventh title in the series, became the first to see an international release in 2003. Released outside of Japan simply as ''Fire Emblem'', the game was designed specifically with newcomers to the series in mind, and the first ten chapters were structured in a manner that eased newcomers into the gameplay. All ''Fire Emblem'' titles produced since have also seen international release.

===February===

* [[February 1]] - [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] unite to form the [[United Arab Republic]]

* [[February 5]] - [[Gamel Abdel Nasser]] is nominated to be the first president of the [[United Arab Republic]]

* [[February 6]] - [[Munich air disaster]] - 21 dead, including 7 players for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]

* [[February 11]] - Marshal [[Chen Yi (communist)|Chen Yi]] succeeds [[Zhou Enlai]] as [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] Minister of Foreign affairs.

* [[February 11]] - [[Ruth Carol Taylor]] is 1st [[African American]] woman hired as a [[flight attendant]]

* [[February 14]] - The [[Hashemite]] Kingdoms of [[Iraq]] and [[Jordan]] unites in the [[Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan]] with the Iraqi King [[Faisal II]] as head of state.

* [[February 17]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] declares [[Clare of Assisi|Saint Clare]] the patron saint of [[television]]

* [[February 20]] - Test rocket explodes in [[Cape Canaveral]]

* [[February 23]] - [[Cuba]]n rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]. They release him 28 hours later

* [[February 23]] - [[Arturo Frondizi]] wins presidential elections in [[Argentina]]

* [[February 24]] - In [[Cuba]], ''Radio Rebelde'', radio of rebels of [[Fidel Castro]], begins broadcasting from [[Sierra Maestra]]

* [[February 25]] - [[Bertrand Russell]] launches the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]]

* [[February 28]] - One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurred at Prestonsburg, Kentucky, killing 27.

===March=Gameplay==

===Basics===

* [[March 1]] - [[Samuel Cardinal Stritch|Samuel Alphonsus Stritch]], ninth bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, appointed Pro-Perfect of the Propagaion of Faith and thus becomes the first American member of the [[Roman Curia]]

[[Image:Thracia776Screencap.png|thumb|right|Game-play map screen from ''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776''.]]

* [[March 2]] - A British team led by Sir [[Vivian Fuchs]] completes the first crossing of the [[Antarctic]] in Snow-cat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams in 99 days

''Fire Emblem'' is a series of [[turn-based]] strategy games that involve moving units through a map grid in order to defeat the opposition and eventually complete a mission objective, such as seizing a base, surviving for a number of turns, or defeating a boss. The combat system bases itself on a [[rock-paper-scissors]] method of fighting, as each weapon type has both an advantage and a disadvantage against other types. From ''Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu'' to the most recent game ''[[Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami]]'', the weapon triangle has been [[lance]] beats [[sword]], sword beats [[axe]], and axe beats lance. Bows are unaffected by the triangle and can do higher amounts of damage against flying units, but this is offset by the bow-wielder's inability to counter-attack direct melee strikes.

* [[March 8]] - [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS Wisconsin]] is decommissioned, leaving the [[United States Navy]] without an active battleship for the first time since [[1896]].

* [[March 11]] - The [[United States|US]] [[B-47]] bomber drops a [[nuclear bomb]] in the [[Mars Bluff]], [[South Carolina]]

* [[March 17]] - The [[United States]] launches the [[Vanguard 1]] [[satellite]]

* [[March 25]] - Canada's [[Avro Arrow]] makes its debut flight.

* [[March 26]] - The [[United States Army]] launches [[Explorer III]]

* [[March 27]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes [[Premier of the Soviet Union]]

A similar [[Magic in the Fire Emblem series|triangle for magic]], that varies from game to game, has also existed. The basic triangles of magic are light beats dark, dark beats anima, and anima beats light. In other games, fire beats wind, wind beats thunder and thunder beats fire. Magic is also unique in that magical attacks can be used from either a distance or in melee range.

===April===

* [[April 1]] - The [[Air Reserve Technician Program]] begins

* [[April 3]] - [[Fidel Castro|Castro]]'s revolutionary army begins its attacks on [[Havana]]

* [[April 4]]-[[April 7]] - The first protest march for the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] from [[Hyde Park, London]] to [[Aldermarston]], [[Berkshire]]. Demonstrators demand ban of [[nuclear weapons]]

* [[April 4]] - The daughter of the actress [[Lana Turner]] stabs her mother's gangster lover to death (eventually ruled [[self-defense|self defence]])

* [[April 6]] - [[Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari]] divorces the Shah of Iran, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] after she is unable to produce any children.

* [[April 17]] - King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] officially opens the [[World Fair]] in [[Brussels]], also known as [[Expo '58]].

===MayUnits and relationships===

Unlike ''Advance Wars'' and other tactical RPGs such as ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', player-generated units are absent. Instead, ''Fire Emblem'' utilizes a distinct cast of characters, each belonging to one of many [[character classes]]. Unlike most strategy games, each unit has a personality and past of its own. Money is used to buy better weapons and various items, and using units in battle will allow them to gain [[experience points]]; a character's level will increase upon gaining one hundred experience points. Leveling party members up can be a challenge, as many newly recruited units arrive with inferior levels and statistics, but because the amount of experience earned from defeating an enemy is determined by the level discrepancy between the battling units, a characters at lower levels earn more experience than more experienced characters when defeating enemies of comparable level.

* [[May 1]] - [[Arturo Frondizi]] becomes [[President of Argentina]]

* [[May 12]] - A formal [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] agreement is signed between the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]

* [[May 13]] - During a visit to [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s car is attacked by [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] demonstrators

* [[May 15]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Sputnik program|Sputnik 3]]

* [[May 16]] - Short-lived outburst of friendship between Arabs and Europeans in [[Algiers]]

* [[May 18]] - An [[F-104 Starfighter]] sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph

* [[May 20]] - [[Batista]]'s government launches counteroffensive against Castro's rebels

* [[May 21]] - [[United Kingdom Postmaster General]] [[Ernest Marples]] announces that from December, [[subscriber trunk dialling|Subscriber Trunk Dialling]] will be introduced in the [[Bristol]] area. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/21/newsid_2510000/2510289.stm]

* [[May 23]] - [[Explorer I]] ceased transmission

* [[May 30]] - The bodies of unidentified soldiers killed in action during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]] are buried at the [[Tomb of the Unknowns]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].

Depending on the mechanics of the particular game, characters may change classes upon reaching a certain level, or through the use of a special item that will force a unit's promotion. Characters that change class receive a one-time statistics upgrade that is higher than the average leveling upgrade and additional abilities that are standards of the higher-tier classes. For instance, a cavalier in ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' will change classes automatically after earning enough experience to advance to level 21, becoming a level 1 paladin, will become capable of moving greaters distances in a single turn, and will become able to wield two kinds of weapons.

===June===

* [[June 1]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] is brought out of retirement to lead [[France]] by decree for six months

* [[June 1]] - [[Iceland]] extends its fishing limits to 12 miles

* [[June 4]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] visits [[Algeria]]

* [[June 16]] - [[Imre Nagy]] is hanged for treason in Hungary

* [[June 27]] - [[Peronism|Peronist]] party becomes legal again in [[Argentina]]

* [[June 29]] - [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] beats [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 5-2 to win the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]]

Typically, the size of the player's character roster is very small at the beginning of each game, but as progress is made, other units may join the player's party through story events or through actions taken. The latter games in the series typically contain playable rosters between thirty and fifty characters deep.

===July===

* [[July 5]] - First ascent of [[Gasherbrum I]], 11th highest mountain in the world

* [[July 7]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs the [[Alaska]] Statehood Act into [[United States law]]

* [[July 10]] - 7.5 [[Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] in [[Lituya Bay]], [[Alaska]], causes a [[landslide]] that produces a huge 520 meter high wave <!-- Exact date unverified? Sources differ -->

* [[July 10]] - First [[parking meter]]s installed in Britain

* [[July 14]] - [[Iraqi Revolution]]: The [[Iraq|Iraqi]] monarchy is overthrown by [[Arab nationalist]]s, King [[Faisal II]] is murdered and [[Abdul Karim Qassim]] assumes power.

* [[July 15]] - In [[Lebanon]], 5,000 [[United States Marines]] land in the capital [[Beirut]] in order to protect the pro-Western government there

* [[July 17]] - British paratroopers arrive in [[Jordan]]; king [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]] has asked help against pressure from Iraq

* [[July 20]] - Various rebel groups in Cuba join forces but communists do not join the deal

* [[July 24]] - The first [[life peerage]] is created in Britain

* [[July 26]]

**[[Explorer program]]: [[Explorer IV]] is launched

**Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] creates her son, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].

* [[July 29]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] formally creates the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA)

[[Romantic love|Romance]] and friendship are prevalent themes throughout the ''Fire Emblem'' series. Starting from the sixth game, ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'', this characteristic has been further emphasized in the gameplay itself through the use of support conversations. In the GBA ''Fire Emblem'' titles, these conversations could be triggered by having specific pairs of characters end their turns standing next to each other. After a specific number of turns have accumulated, the player is given the option to view a support conversation between the two characters. ''Path of Radiance'' simplified the approach by requiring characters to be in a certain number of battles together and not necessarily adjacent to one another. Each time a pair of characters engage in a support conversation, their affinity towards each other will increase, giving them statistical bonuses that activate any time the characters are next to each other on the battlefield. If two characters with a mutual romantic attraction, strong friendship, or other form of mutual connection engage in three Supports throughout the game, the result will often affect the game's ending. Depending on the characters involved, such results could include marriage, a deepening of friendship, or a continued pursuit of their continuing relationship.

===August===

* [[August 3]] - The nuclear powered submarine ''[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]]'' became the first vessel to cross the [[North Pole]] under water

* [[August 23]] - [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Second Taiwan Strait crisis]] begins with the [[People's Liberation Army]]'s bombardment of [[Quemoy]].

* [[August 30]]-[[September 1]] - Riots between blacks and whites in [[Notting Hill]], [[London]]

===SeptemberDeath===

''Fire Emblem'' characters that run out of hit points and die cannot be brought back to life in game. This also affects recruitable NPC and enemy units. If a player wishes to continue using a character or recruit a unit that has been killed, then the chapter must be restarted from the beginning. In addition, a "Game Over" occurs whenever one of the main characters (Lords) falls, or in other situations depending on a mission's requirements. Only under special circumstances, such as being significantly related to the story, will characters who have fallen in battle not actually die. In extremely rare situations, such as in ''Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu'', ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'', and ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'', characters that fall in battle can become playable at a later point in the game. Exceptions aside, there is normally no method for restoring a fallen character's life, such as a particular spell or scroll. When there is one, it rarely occurs and breaks with only one use.

* [[September 12]] - [[Jack St. Clair Kilby]] invents first [[integrated circuit]]

* [[September 14]] - Two [[Mohr rocket|rockets]] designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere

* [[September 27]] - Hurricane Vera in [[Honshu]], [[Japan]], kills 615

* [[September 28]] - In [[France]], a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]].

* [[September 30]] - [[U.S.S.R]]. performs [[nuclear test]] at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

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===October===

* [[October 1]] - [[Tunisia]] and [[Morocco]] join the [[Arab League]]

* [[October 1]] - [[NASA]] starts operations and replaces the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics|NACA]]

* [[October 2]] - [[Guinea]] declares itself independent from [[France]]

* [[October 4]] - [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] uses new [[De Havilland Comet|Comet]] jets to become the first [[airline]] to fly jet passenger services across the [[Atlantic]].

* [[October 9]] - [[Pope]] [[Pius XII]] dies.

* [[October 11]] - [[Pioneer 1]], the second and most successful of three project [[Able space probes]], became the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed [[NASA]].

* [[October 28]] - [[John XXIII]] is elected [[Pope]].

==Naming of the series==

===November===

The "Fire Emblem" to which the games' title refers is a plot device or item that has taken multiple forms throughout the series, changing with the setting. The original Fire Emblem was a [[shield]] which allowed the wielder, [[Marth (Fire Emblem)|Marth]], to use the [[Falchion]] sword. In the remake of the original game in ''Monshō no Nazo'', the Fire Emblem can be used by Marth to open chests and can be upgraded with five orbs to turn it into the [[Shield of Seals]] in Book two. In ''Rekka no Ken'' and ''Fūin no Tsurugi'', the Fire Emblem is a gemstone required for a ceremony to recognize the heir to the throne of Bern. It is also used to unlock the Sword of Seals. In ''The Sacred Stones'', the Fire Emblem is the Sacred Stone of Grado, which holds the Demon King's spirit, but it is split in two (the other half forms the Dark Stone), and the Fire Emblem is crushed. In ''Path of Radiance'', it was another name for Lehran's Medallion, an artifact containing the imprisoned spirit of an evil god. In ''Seisen no Keifu'', it does not appear, but it is mentioned as the family crest of the Velthomer house by the person succeeding it. But, it was also hinted to be one of the twelve holy weapons in the game.

* [[November 3]] - New [[UNESCO]] building inaugurated in [[Paris]]

* [[November 22]] - Menzies Government (Australia) re-elected for a 5th Term

* [[November 23]] - ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' debuts on [[radio]]

* [[November 25]] - [[French Sudan]] gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the [[French Community]]

* [[November 28]] - [[Chad]], the [[Republic of the Congo]], and [[Gabon]] become autonomous republics within the [[French colonial empire|French Community]]

* [[November 30]] - [[Gaullism|Gaullists]] win parliamentary elections in [[France]]

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===December=Games==

* [[December 1]] - [[Central African Republic]] becomes independent from [[France]].

* [[December 1]] - At least 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a fire at [[Our Lady of the Angels]] School in [[Chicago]].

* [[December 5]] - [[subscriber trunk dialling|Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD)]] is inaugurated in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by the [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen]] when she dials a call from [[Bristol]] to [[Edinburgh]] and speaks to the [[Lord Provost]]. [http://www.bt.com/archives/history/19461959.htm#1958]

* [[December 5]] - The [[Preston]] bypass, the [[United Kingdom]]'s first [[motorway]], opens to traffic for the first time. This stretch is now part of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and [[M55 motorway]]s.

* [[December 9]] - The [[John Birch Society]] is founded in the USA by [[Robert W. Welch Jr.|Robert Welch]], a retired candy manufacturer.

* [[December 14]] - The ''3rd [[Soviet Antarctic Expedition]]'' becomes the first ever to reach [[South Pole#The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility|The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility]]

* [[December 21]] - General [[Charles de Gaulle]] is elected president of [[France]] with 78.5% of the votes.

* [[December 28]] - The Baltimore Colts beat The New York Giants 23-17 in overtime to win The NFL Championship.

* [[December 29]] - Rebel troops under [[Che Guevara]] begin to invade [[Santa Clara, Cuba|Santa Clara]] in [[Cuba]]

The following is a list of games released in the series.

===unknown dates===

* The [[First]] [[Cod War]] between UK and Iceland

* [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] created

* During the [[International Geophysical Year]], [[Earth|Earth's]] [[magnetosphere]] is discovered

* The [[United States]] conducts [[Operation Argus]] during August and September

* Foundation of [[Amirkabir University of Technology]]

* Based on birth rates (per 1,000 population), the post-war [[baby boom]] ended in the [[United States]] as an eleven-year decline in the birth rate began - the longest on record in that country

* Last legal [[female circumcision]] in the United States.

* [[Denatonium]], the [[bitter (taste)|bitterest]] substance known is discovered. It is used as an ''aversive agent'' in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them.

* [[Van Cliburn]] wins the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in the USSR, breaking cold war tensions.

* [[The Jim Henson Company]] founded

* The [[Japan|Japanese]] [[10 yen coin]] ceased having serrated edges after a five year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since and before had smooth edges.

:''Games predating ''Rekka no Ken'' were released only in Japan. Due to this, there are no official English language titles for these games. An official English language title may be given if Nintendo of America elects to localize any of these games to North America.''

==Births==

===January-February===

* [[January 2]] - [[Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], Russian pianist

* [[January 9]] - [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]], Turkish militant

* [[January 20]] - [[Lorenzo Lamas]], American actor

* [[January 24]] - [[Jools Holland]], British musician

* [[January 26]] - [[Ellen DeGeneres]], American actress and comedienne

* [[January 27]] - [[Kadri Mälk]], Estonian artist, jewelry designer

* [[January 29]] - [[Judy Norton Taylor]], American actress

* [[February 4]] - [[Tomasz Pacynski|Tomasz Pacyński]], Polish writer (d. [[2005]])

* [[February 11]] - [[Michael Jackson (TV)|Michael Jackson]], British broadcast executive

* [[February 11]] - [[Regina Maršíková]], Czechoslovakian tennis player

* [[February 13]] - [[Pernilla August]], Swedish actress

* [[February 16]] - [[Ice-T]], American singer, songwriter, and actor

* [[February 17]] - [[Agim Coma]], Albanian-Macedonian American Actor

* [[February 21]] - [[Jake Burns]], Irish singer ([[Stiff Little Fingers]])

* [[February 21]] - [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]], American singer

* [[February 24]] - [[Sammy Kershaw]], American musician

* [[February 26]] - [[Susan Helms]],American astronaut

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*[[March 1]] - [[Nik Kershaw]], English singer

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*[[March 3]] - [[Miranda Richardson]], English actress

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*[[March 4]] - [[Patricia Heaton]], American actress

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*[[March 4]] - [[Lennie Lee]] British artist

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*[[March 5]] - [[Andy Gibb]], English-born singer (d. [[1988]])

|ファイアーエムブレム　暗黒竜と光の剣 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi]]'')

*[[March 8]] - [[Gary Numan]], British singer

|''The Dark Dragon and Sword of Light''

*[[March 10]] - [[Steve Howe (baseball player)|Steve Howe]], baseball player (d. [[2006]])

|[[Famicom]]

*[[March 10]] - [[Sharon Stone]], American actress

|[[1990]]

*[[March 14]] - [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]

|The first ''Fire Emblem'' title.

*[[March 18]] - [[Kayo Hatta]], American film director (d. [[2005]])

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*[[March 20]] - [[Holly Hunter]], American actress

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*[[March 21]] - [[Gary Oldman]], English actor

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*[[April 3]] - [[Alec Baldwin]], American actor

|ファイアーエムブレム外伝 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem Gaiden]]'')

*[[April 10]] - [[Yefim Bronfman]], Russian-born pianist

|''Sidestory''

*[[April 10]] - [[Babyface|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], American musician and record producer

|[[Famicom]]

*[[April 15]] - [[Benjamin Zephaniah]], British writer and musician

|[[1991]]

*[[April 21]] - [[Andie MacDowell]], American actress

|Side story of the first title.

*[[April 22]] - [[Ken Olandt]], American actor

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*[[April 25]] - [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], Scottish singer

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*[[April 28]] - [[Hal Sutton]], American golfer

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*[[April 29]] - [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], American actress

|ファイアーエムブレム　紋章の謎 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo]]'')

|''Mystery of the Emblem''

|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]

|[[1993]]

|Enhanced remake of the ''Dark Dragon and Sword of Light'' along with sequel. It was adapted into a 2-part [[OVA]] series. In the English translated credits it says the show was based on "Fire Emblem: Secret of Crest" instead of "Mystery of the Emblem".

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|ファイアーエムブレム　聖戦の系譜 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu]]'')

|''Genealogy of <br />the Holy War''

|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]

|[[1996]]

|The first ''Fire Emblem'' title set in a separate universe. Deviates from standard ''Fire Emblem'' gameplay mechanisms.

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|ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem: Thracia 776]]'')

|''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776''

|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]

|[[Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]]: [[1999]] <p> Commercial release: [[2000]]

|A sidestory of ''Seisen no Keifu''. The last commercial release of the Super Famicom.

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|ファイアーエムブレム　封印の剣 <p>(''[[Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi]]'')

|''Sword of Seals''

|[[Game Boy Advance]]

|[[2002]]

|The first ''Fire Emblem'' title to appear on a Nintendo [[handheld]].

|-

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|''[[Fire Emblem (Game Boy Advance)|Fire Emblem]]''

|ファイアーエムブレム 烈火の剣 <p>(''Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken'')

|''Sword of Fire''

|[[Game Boy Advance]]

|[[2003]]

|The first ''Fire Emblem'' title to be released in the West and the prequel to ''Sword of Seals''.

|-

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|''[[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]''

|ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石 <p>(''Fire Emblem: Seima no Kōseki'')

|''The Stones of Saintly and Demonic Light''

|[[Game Boy Advance]]

|Japan: [[2004]] US: [[2005]]

|First title to incorporate several play mechanics not seen since ''Fire Emblem Gaiden''.

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|''[[Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]''

|ファイアーエムブレム 蒼炎の軌跡<p> (''Fire Emblem: Sōen no Kiseki'')

|''Trail of the Blue Flame''

|[[Nintendo Gamecube]]

|[[2005]]

|The first title in the series to be rendered in [[3D computer graphics|three-dimensions]] and to incorporate [[full motion video]].

|-

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|''(Has yet to be officially titled worldwide)

|ファイアーエムブレム 暁の女神 <p> (''Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami'')

|''[[Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn|Goddess of Dawn]]'' <ref>{{cite web|title=Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn (Wii)|url=http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3153633|accessdate=2007-02-26|last=Kennedy|first=Sam|date=[[2006-09-14]]|publisher=[[1UP.com]]}}</ref>

|[[Wii]]

|[[2007]]

|The sequel to ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance''.

|}

===May-July=Music==

The musical scores for ''Fire Emblem'' have been composed by [[Yuka Tsujiyoko]] for most of the series' history. ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones'' was scored by Saki Haruyama, Yoshihiko Kitamura, and Yoshito Hirano, under Tsujiyoko's supervision. The first eight games in the series all featured soundtracks composed entirely of instrumental music. However, ''[[Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'' broke from this trend with the end credit theme "Life Returns", a lyrical piece sung in the language of the fictional heron laguz tribe.

* [[May 12]] - [[Eric Singer]], drummer

* [[May 15]] - [[Ron Simmons]], American retired professional wrestler (Faarooq)

* [[May 23]] - [[Mitch Albom]], American author

* [[May 23]] - [[Drew Carey]], American comedian and actor

* [[May 27]] - [[Neil Finn]], New Zealand singer and songwriter

* [[May 29]] - [[Annette Bening]], American actress

* [[June 7]] - [[Prince (artist)|Prince]], American musician

* [[June 8]] - [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]], American comedian, actor, and director

* [[June 12]] - [[Rebecca Holden]], American actress, singer, and entertainer

* [[June 17]] - [[Jello Biafra]], American musician and activist

* [[June 20]] - [[Chuck Wagner]], American actor

* [[June 27]] - [[Magnus Lindberg]], Finnish composer

* [[June 30]] - [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], Finnish conductor and composer

* [[July 2]] - [[Thomas Bickerton]], American Methodist bishop

* [[July 5]] - [[William Watterson]], American cartoonist, ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''

* [[July 6]] - [[Jennifer Saunders]], British comedienne

* [[July 7]] - [[Michala Petri]], Danish recorder player

* [[July 8]] - [[Kevin Bacon]], American actor

* [[July 15]] - [[Mac Thornberry]], American politician

* [[July 15]] - [[Austin Hayes]], Irish footballer (d. [[1986]])

* [[July 16]] - [[Michael Flatley]], Irish-American step-dancer

* [[July 28]] - [[Terry Fox]], Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d. [[1981]])

* [[July 30]] - [[Kate Bush]], British singer and songwriter

* [[July 31]] - [[Mark Cuban]], American entrepreneur and basketball team owner

* [[July 31]] - [[Bill Berry]], American drummer ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]])

There are also recurring tracks in the Fire Emblem series. The most frequently used is the "Fire Emblem Main Theme" which is played at some point during each game. Its use is particularly varied, as it is sometimes used as the title screen theme, while in ''Path of Radiance'', the song isn't heard until the very end of the game, when each character's performance is ranked. Another track that is frequently remixed is a character recruitment theme entitled "Together We Ride," although it is not used in every game. Since ''[[Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu]]'', battle themes of previous Fire Emblem games have been remixed as arena battle themes. Similar rearranging appears in other circumstances, as well; for example, the musical score for the trial maps in ''Path of Radiance'' was originally the music score for Chapter 10 of ''Seisen no Keifu''.

===August-September===

* [[August 1]] - [[Adrian Dunbar]], Northern Irish actor

* [[August 7]] - [[Bruce Dickinson]], English musician

* [[August 15]] - [[Victor Shenderovich]], Russian writer

* [[August 16]] - [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], British (American-born) singer, songwriter, and actress

* August 16 - [[Angela Bassett]], American actress

* [[August 17]] - [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer ([[The Go-Go's]])

* [[August 19]] - [[Anthony Muñoz]], American football player

* [[August 22]] - [[Colm Feore]], American-born actor

* [[August 29]] - [[Michael Jackson]], American singer

* [[September 6]] - [[Jeff Foxworthy]], American comedian, actor, author

* [[September 8]] - [[Mitsuru Miyamoto]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actor)

* [[September 10]] - [[Dan Castellaneta]], American voice actor

* [[September 14]] - [[Jeff Crowe]], New Zealand cricketer

* [[September 16]] - [[Orel Hershiser]], baseball player

* [[September 19]] - [[Azumah Nelson]], Ghanaian boxer

* [[September 22]] - [[Andrea Bocelli]], Italian tenor

* [[September 23]] - [[Marvin Lewis]], American football coach

* [[September 23]] - [[Scott Shaw]], American author, actor, and filmmaker

* [[September 25]] - [[Michael Madsen]], American actor

* [[September 30]] - [[Marty Stuart]], American country singer

==Other media==

===October-December===

* [[October 5]] - [[Bernie Mac]], American actor and comedian

* [[October 13]] - [[Derri Daugherty]], American musician ([[The Choir]] and The [[Lost Dogs]])

* [[October 14]] - [[Thomas Dolby]], English musician

* [[October 16]] - [[Tim Robbins]], American actor

* [[October 17]] - [[Alan Jackson]], American singer and songwriter

* [[October 20]] - [[Dave Finlay]], Northern Irish professional wrestler

* [[October 20]] - [[Viggo Mortensen]], American actor

* [[October 27]] - [[Simon Le Bon]], English musician ([[Duran Duran]])

* [[November 2]] - [[Willie McGee]], baseball player

* [[November 16]] - [[Marg Helgenberger]], American actress

* [[November 18]] - [[Laura Miller]], Mayor of Dallas, Texas

* [[November 22]] - [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], American actress

* [[November 25]] - [[Kim Ashfield]], British model

* [[November 28]] - [[Dave Righetti]], baseball player

* [[November 30]] - [[Juliette Bergmann]], Dutch bodybuilder

* [[December 1]] - [[Charlene Tilton]], American actress

* [[December 4]] - [[Jeff Wilson (cartoonist)|Jeff Wilson]], Canadian cartoonist

* [[December 6]] - [[Nick Park]], English filmmaker and animator

* [[December 11]] - [[Nikki Sixx]], American musician ([[Mötley Crüe]])

* [[December 17]] - [[Mike Mills]], American bassist ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]])

* [[December 25]] - [[Alannah Myles]], Canadian musician

* [[December 25]] - [[Hanford Dixon]], American football player

* [[December 25]] - [[Rickey Henderson]], baseball player

* [[December 31]] - [[Bebe Neuwirth]], American actress

*In [[1995]], an [[anime]] [[OVA]] (co-produced with [[KSS (company)|KSS]]) was produced and released; it was closely based on the first three acts of the very first game in the series or more specifically, the remake contained in ''Monshō no Nazo''. See also ''[[Fire Emblem (anime)]]''.

==Deaths==

===January-June===

* [[January 1]] - [[Edward Weston]], American photographer (b. [[1886]])

* [[January 8]] - [[Paul Pilgrim]], American athlete (b. [[1883]])

* [[January 11]] - [[Edna Purviance]], American actress (b. [[1895]])

* [[January 30]] - [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss artist (b. [[1878]])

* [[February 1]] - [[Clinton Davisson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])

* [[February 4]] - [[Henry Kuttner]], American author (b. [[1915]])

* [[February 13]] - [[Christabel Pankhurst]], English suffragette (b. [[1880]])

* [[March 21]] - [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]], American writer (b. [[1923]])

* [[March 22]] - [[Mike Todd]], American film producer (b. [[1909]])

* [[March 25]] - [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]], American musician (b. [[1888]])

* [[March 26]] - [[Phil Mead]], English cricketer (b. [[1887]])

* [[March 28]] - [[W.C. Handy]], American composer (b. [[1873]])

* [[April 16]] - [[Rosalind Franklin]], British crystallographer (b. [[1920]])

* [[April 19]] - [[Billy Meredith]], Welsh footballer (b. [[1874]])

* [[May 3]] - [[Frank Foster]], English cricketer (b. [[1889]])

* [[May 19]] - [[Ronald Colman]], English actor (b. [[1891]])

* [[May 29]] - [[Juan Ramón Jiménez]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])

* [[June 13]] - [[Edwin Keppel Bennett]], British writer (b. [[1887]])

* [[June 20]] - [[Kurt Alder]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])

* [[June 26]] - [[George Orton]], Canadian athlete (b. [[1876]])

* [[June 28]] - [[Alfred Noyes]], English poet (b. [[1880]])

*Fire Emblem The Best Volume One was a video game music sound-track released on April 25, 1997 by Nintendo corporation (serial# PSCN-5058~9).

===July-December===

* [[July 14]] - King [[Faisal II of Iraq]] (b. [[1935]])

* [[August 14]] - [[Frédéric Joliot]], French physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1900]])

* [[August 22]] - [[Roger Martin du Gard]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])

* [[August 24]] - [[Paul Henry (painter)|Paul Henry]], Northern Irish artist (b. [[1876]])

* [[August 27]] - [[Ernest Lawrence]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1901]])

* [[October 9]] - [[Pope Pius XII]] (b. [[1876]])

* [[October 17]] - [[Charlie Townsend]], English cricketer (b. [[1876]])

* [[October 24]] - [[G. E. Moore]], British philosopher, author of Principia Ethica (b. [[1873]])

*[[November 24]] - [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood]], English politician and diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1864]])

* [[November 27]] - [[Artur Rodziński]], Croatian conductor (b. [[1892]])

* [[December 8]] - [[Tris Speaker]], baseball player (b. [[1888]])

* [[December 15]] - [[Wolfgang Ernst Pauli]], Austrian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1900]])

==Nobel prizesTrivia==

*A title listed as "AKANEIA" in the debug mode of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' suggests that an arena based upon ''Fire Emblem'' was under development, but no real map data exists and players often end up fighting against Marth and Roy in Hyrule Temple. If Marth is unlocked and all human players hold either L or R while selecting Hyrule Temple, a remixed version of Fire Emblem's main theme and the recruiting theme will play instead of its original music. The song may also play randomly if Marth is unlocked.

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], [[Ilya Mikhailovich Frank]], [[Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Frederick Sanger]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[George Wells Beadle]], [[Edward Lawrie Tatum]], [[Joshua Lederberg]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Boris Pasternak|Boris Leonidovich Pasternak]]

* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Georges Pire]]

*In another Intelligent Systems game, ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', there is a minor character in Petalburg that raves about his favorite video games when spoken to. The first game he talks about is ''[[Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken|Fire Emblem]]''.

==Fields Medalists==

*[[Klaus Roth]], [[Rene Thom]]

*''[[Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo]]'' is the only Fire Emblem game to appear in [[Famitsu]]'s 2006 Top one hundred games list. Famitsu readers voted it the number sixty-eighth game of all time. It was also among the first titles released as a Virtual Console title at the launch of the Japanese region Wii Shop Channel.

*The Nintendo DS game ''[[Daigasso! Band-Brothers]]'' features the Fire Emblem theme as a song.

*Fire Emblem characters are usually [[right-handed]]. One exception is that Sothe from ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' and ''Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn'' is [[left-handed]], according to the official artwork.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

*A red-headed girl named Anna makes appearances in numerous games in the series. Although she isn't an actual member of any ''Fire Emblem'' cast, she generally appears in games when the player is about to suspend game data or serves as the tutorial narratress.

==See also==

*[[List of character classes#Fire Emblem|List of character classes]]

*[[Table of Fire Emblem characters]]

*[[Fan translation]]

*[[Nintendo Wars]]

*[[Tear Ring Saga]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/index.html Nintendo of Japan's official ''Fire Emblem'' website (Japanese)]

*[http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/fe/ Official Trading Card Game website (Japanese)]

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