2012

January 13, 2012

 * Klaus and Rebekah visit Mystic Falls.
 * Tyler returns.
 * Katherine possesses Elena's body.

April 17, 2012

 * Julius Carter is born to Melissa and Joseph Carter in the Appalachian Mountains

May 2, 2012

 * Hope is born as the first hybrid or pure blood hybrid.
 * Hayley transitions into a hybrid.
 * Mikael is revived.
 * Esther and Finn are revived and posses Cassie and Vincent Griffith.

September 2, 2012

 * Rebekah tells baby Hope a bedtime story about her family.
 * Kol Mikaelson is revealed to have been revived by possessing Kaleb Westphall.