History Main / ThousandYearReign

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' begins with Twilight Sparkle reading an old legend that states that the stars would aid in the escape of the Nightmare Moon on the longest day of the 1000th year of her banishment, when she would bring about nighttime eternal.

* Referenced several times in the WWII drama ''Film/{{Conspiracy}}'', which takes place at a time when the Nazis were absolutely convinced that they were moments away from victory.

* OlderThanFeudalism: 1,000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Creator/{{Cicero}}, which is probably the TropeCodifier in the Western Hemisphere. (He wasn't entirely wrong. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453,[[note]]Which means, depending on what you choose as a "start date", Rome lasted as long as 2200 years(foundation as a kingdom), about 2000(the Republic), or at a minimum, a hair under 1500(The Empire),[[/note]] and the Ottoman Emperor claimed the title of "Kaysar-i-Rum" "Caesar of Rome" until 1922.)

* The UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire was, at the time of founding, considered a continuation of the UsefulNotes/RomanEmpire and the fourth and last "world monarchy" predicted by the Book of Daniel (after Babylon, Persia and Macedonia). It was believed that, since Rome was the last worldly empire, it would last literally until Judgement Day. (When it didn't, that's how the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Monarchists Fifth Monarchists]] became a thing during the UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar.)

* According to the 19th century pre-millennial interpretation of Literature/TheBible, after Armageddon, Jesus will reign over the Earth for this amount of time before dad Jehovah steps in.

* The UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire was, at the time of founding, considered a continuation of the UsefulNotes/RomanEmpire and the fourth and last "world monarchy" predicted by the Book of Daniel (after Babylon, Persia and Macedonia). It was believed that, since Rome was the last worldly empire, it would last literally until Judgement Day. (When it didn't, that's how the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Monarchists Fifth Monarchists]] became a thing during the EnglishCivilWar.)

* In ''The Literature/{{Foundation}}'' books, Hari Seldon determines that the fall of the Empire is inevitable, to be followed by 30,000 years of chaos before a new empire arises. He puts into place a plan that would rebuild the empire in ''only'' 1,000 years.\\
** In a curiously [[ThoseWackyNazis tasteless]] regional allusion, the German first edition was actually released under a title translating to "The thousand-year plan".

* The UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire was, at the time of founding, considered a continuation of the UsefulNotes/RomanEmpire and the fourth and last "world monarchy" predicted by the Book of Daniel (after Babylon, Persia and Macedonia). It was believed that, since Rome was the last wordly empire, it would last literally until Judgement Day.

* The above interpretation of The Bible takes place in ''Kingdom Come'' from the LeftBehind series, during which only "glorifieds" and "naturals" who have put their faith in Jesus Christ will be allowed to live to the end of the Millenium, while [[DeathsHourglass "naturals" who stay unbelievers by the time they reach 100 years of age will die and go to Hell.]] [[LaResistance The Other Light faction]] sees GodIsEvil because of this and has prepared for this contingency by passing down their teaching to the next generation of its converts so that the generation that gets to [[FinalBattle confront God and Jesus at the end of the Millennium]] will be "assured victory" when [[SealedEvilInACan Satan is released.]] [[CurbStompBattle Unfortunately for them,]] [[YouCantFightFate it didn't turn out as they hoped.]]

* In StarWars ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' Palpatine references the thousand years of the Republic. In ''Film/ANewHope'' Obi-Wan refers to a thousand generations. [[note]]aprox. 25,000 years [[/note]]

* The UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire was, at the time of founding, considered a continuation of the UsefulNotes/RomanEmpire and the fourth and last "world monarchy" predicted by the Book of Daniel (after Babylon, Persia and Macedonia). It was believed that, since Rome was the last wordly empire, it would last literally until TheEndOfTheWorld.

* The UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire was, at the time of founding, considered a continuation of the UsefulNotes/RomanEmpire and the fourth and last 'world monarchy" predicted by the Book of Daniel (after Babylon, Persia and Macedonia). It was believed that, since Rome was the last empire, it would last literally until TheEndOfTheWorld.

** Interestingly, the imperial family of Japan is one of the few royal houses to actually manage a thousand-plus year reign. Officially they have ruled Japan since 660BCE, although firm evidence only exists dating back around 1500 years. Admittedly, they had very little power for most of that time, but the fact they managed to endure so long is pretty impressive.

* Millennial Kingdom, as per ''ShinMegamiTensei''

* IrregularWebcomic: Nazi Science '' sneers'' at your pathetic notions of arithmetic!

* The trope is mentioned in ''TheElenium'', where a reference is made to a historical figure creating an empire of a thousand years that barely outlived its founder.

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* The Lannisters in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' have this goal in mind. In Season 1 Lord Tywin discusses the war plans with his son Jaime, explaining that the events of the coming months will either cement a Lannister/Baratheon dynasty on the Iron Throne that could last a thousand years, or they could collapse into nothing like the Targaryens (who made it to 300 years themselves).

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* In ''The {{Foundation}}'' books, Hari Seldon determines that the fall of the Empire is inevitable, to be followed by 30,000 years of chaos before a new empire arises. He puts into place a plan that would rebuild the empire in ''only'' 1,000 years.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' begins with Twilight Sparkle reading an old legend that states that the stars would aid in the escape of the Mare on the Moon on the longest day of the 1000th year of her banishment, when she would bring about nighttime eternal.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Harmonic Convergence happens once every 10,000 years, in which the spirits of harmony and chaos, Raava and Vaatu, must battle to determine which force will reign until the next Harmonic Convergence.

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In a curiously [[ThoseWackyNazis tasteless]] regional allusion, the German first edition was actually released under a title translating to "The thousand-year plan".

* OlderThanFeudalism: 1,000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Creator/{{Cicero}}, which is probably the TropeCodifier in the Western Hemisphere. (He wasn't entirely wrong. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453[[note]] Which means, depending on what you choose as a "start date", Rome lasted as long as 2200 years(foundation as a kingdom), about 2000(the Republic), or at a minimum, a hair under 1500(The Empire) [[/note]], and the Ottoman Emperor claimed the title of "Kaysar-i-Rum" "Caesar of Rome" until 1922.)

* ''[[Literature/TheBooksOfEmber The City Of Ember]]'' was designed to last exactly 200 years and no longer. Too bad the note meant to inform the populace of this got lost.

* OlderThanFeudalism: 1,000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Creator/{{Cicero}}, which is probably the TropeCodifier in the Western Hemisphere. (He wasn't entirely wrong. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453[[note]] Which means, depending on what you choose as a "start date", Rome lasted as long as 2200 years(foundation as a kingdom), just short of 2000(the Republic), or at a minimum, a hair under 1500(The Empire) [[/note]], and the Ottoman Emperor claimed the title of "Kaysar-i-Rum" "Caesar of Rome" until 1922.)

* OlderThanFeudalism: 1,000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Creator/{{Cicero}}, which is probably the TropeCodifier in the Western Hemisphere. (He wasn't entirely wrong. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453, and the Ottoman Emperor claimed the title of "Kaysar-i-Rum" "Caesar of Rome" until 1922.)

* In StarWars ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' Palpatine references the thousand years of the Republic. In ''Film/ANewHope'' Obi-Wan refers to a thousand generations. [[note]]25.000 years [[/note]]

* In StarWars ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' Palpatine references the thousand years of the Republic. In ''Film/ANewHope'' Obi-Wan refers to a thousand generations. [[note]]25,000 years [[/note]]

* The CityOfEmber was designed to last exactly 200 years and no longer. Too bad the note meant to inform the populace of this got lost.

* The Lannisters in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' have this goal in mind. In Season 1 Lord Tywin discusses the war plans with his son Jaime, explaining that the events of the coming months will either cement a Lannister/Baratheon dynasty on the Iron Throne that could last a thousand years, or they could collapse into nothing like the Targaryens (who made it to 300 years themselves). By the end of Season 4, however, [[spoiler:Tywin is dead (killed by his now-fugitive son, Tyrion), they've inherited a nation heavily in debt, their gold mines have been gone completely dry, their military has suffered heavy losses in the War of the Five Kings, and their house now rests in the hands of a total lunatic. Not to mention their fate rests in the hands of House Tyrell, who, unknown to them, poisoned King Joffrey, and with the brutal death of Prince Oberyn Martell at the hands of the Lannister champion Gregor Clegane, Dorne is not going to be very happy with them]].