Timeline of world history

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This is a timeline of notable world history events.

Before the 2nd millennium BCE

  • 100,000 BCE: Cava in South West Aurora develop agriculture, though later return to hunter-gathering due to glaciation.
  • 19650 BCE: Chargestone Supervolcano eruption: The most violent eruption in the past 30,000 years with a VEI of 8. The eruption was so devastating that it dimmed the sun around the world for almost a decade and possibly had a 1,000-year-long cooling episode. This has led to the Chargestone catastrophic theory that asserts the eruption caused a population bottleneck for most sapients on Urth.
  • 12000 BCE: The last Ice Age ends.
  • 3400 BCE: Evidence of proto-writing by the Elves in Alva in the form of the Urgabom Script.
  • c. 3100 BCE: Proto-Raonite speaking orcs migrating westward from the interior of Gondwana arrive in modern Ni-Rao, marking the beginning of the earliest currently known agricultural, semi-urbanized orcish society.
  • 2230 BCE: The city of Laqytia is founded within the Teba mountains of the Axdelian Peninsula.
  • 2200 BCE: Quadratic equations, in the form of problems relating the areas and sides of rectangles, are solved by Valerians.
  • 2036 BCE: The Ichtmar is written by Prophet Besmali

2nd millennium BCE

  • c. 2000 BCE: The first iteration of the Memorial of the Jovian Gate is built
  • ~2000-1500 BCE: Evidence dated to this period points to the beginnings of an early form of Verk'ohism in the modern regions of Marislia and Biramura.
  • 2000 BCE: Fractions were first studied by the Valerians in their study of Valerian fractions.
  • c. 1800 BCE: The Great Vanishing occurs, bringing an end to many Auroran nation-states, most notably the Kingdoms of Terliva, Eruk, and Sihvli, the Empire of Nelokhvi, and the Fiefdoms of Fendelkh.
  • 1800 BCE: The first written records of the State of Ni, one of the predecessors of Ni-Rao, date to this century.
  • 1900 BCE: First recorded Discovery of Driesic Law, later Driesic Theorum by the Proto-Vistari in modern-day South Hills.
  • 1600 BCE: The Kingdom of Rao, the second of Ni-Rao's two predecessor states, was established in the highlands east of Ni.
  • 1500 BCE: Laqytian civilisation collapses, resulting in a three century dark age.

1st millennium BCE

  • ~900 BCE: In the Merger of the Crowns, Ni and Rao unite into a single country known as the August Empire of Ni-Rao. Historical records from both states claim that they were the state to conquer the other. The first era of Raonite pyramid building also begins at this time, under Emperor Ramar, the first Emperor of united Ni-Rao.
  • 8th century BCE: The earliest documented mention of a spherical Urth comes from the Valerians.
  • 748 BCE: Mt Koriba erupts, causing major disruption to civilisations in West Aurora.
  • 8th century BCE: The four oracles travel South-West Aurora, their teachings becoming the founding texts of Kozam.
  • 6th century BCE: First recorded worship of Ayalagch, beginning the formation of the Ayalist religion.
  • 6th century BCE: Rise of the Ulvrikian Empire, first and only time Northern Concord was fully united into one empire.
  • 648-646 BCE: The Sacking of Nilovia by the City State of Shalisi. The event is often marked as a cultural shift in Southeast Aurora, and with it bringing about the early beginnings of the Kveshi Empire.
  • 621 BCE: The Nobility of Er reaches its territorial height under King Meloke. In the same year, the Nobility of Er would merge with The Fiefdom of Fughala to form the Kingdom of Suvol under King Relik I.
  • 400 BCE: Suleiman of Yehudah commissions Jerome of Damaclion to compose the Vagumar which was approved shortly after by the Council of Adrien
  • 523 BCE: Ennulus Jakatei Kalamitas reforms the Kormistazic confederacy into an empire.
  • 235 BCE: Impelanta III is crowned Queen of Arsal after the Lespanzan conspiracy and murder of her brother, Antares I. By Tunseist and historical convention, this event marks the beginning of Impelanza.
  • c. 200 BCE: Current scholarly consensus holds that the pre-Tavari people arrived on the island of Avnatra around this time; other estimates range from 500 BCE to 300 CE.
  • 204 BCE: The Great Migration sees a majority of the Proto-Vistari people sail from Concord to the Isle of Krommentrum, settling first in the modern-day region of Koersland.
  • ~150 BCE: The Norvians come in contact with Novaris, landing and settling in Dallacqua.
  • 70 BCE: The Neo-Soltic Lordship capitulates to Kormistazic, heralding a golden age as the empire reaches the zenith of its wealth and power. Sekan becomes one of the largest cities in the world.

1st millennium CE

1st century

  • January 1st, 1 CE: A meteor impacts the Greater Tear of the Moon in modern-day Tavaris. The meteor is seen and recorded by several cultures across the world, including Impelanza. Because of this wide documentation of the event across cultures, this impact is later used as the epoch of the Common Era calendar, the international standard calendar for commerce and diplomacy.
  • January 1st, 1 CE: A part of the above meteor strikes central Ashura and destroys the Memorial of the Jovian Gate.

2nd century

  • 2nd century CE: In the Usprian Wars, Usprian lands shrink considerably further south in Aurora, where at some point the human Maltervenian Empire annexes the Mouth of Elaspin, a major north-south Auroran trade route that passes through the Zycannes for the first time.
  • 120 CE: The Temple of the Restoration is built in Adrien
  • c. 129-135 CE: The Azure Wars take place, marking the establishment of the Grand Monarchy of Salovia.

3rd century

  • 277: Lunarism's Elder Council is founded, establishing Lunarism as an organized religion.
  • 278: Salovian King Orev IV dies of the Hasoni Plague, the first known instance of the disease. With his death, the Salovian Age of the Elves begins with the ascension of Melit'hasa elf Ærik I.

4th century

  • 345: Kormistazm enters into a series of civil wars after a northwards shift in population and power, and the subsequent trend of increasing political instability. The empire ceases to be unified and is effectively defunct.

5th century

  • 494: The Salovian Age of the Elves ends with the crowing of human King Rorik IV. This also marks the beginning of the First Salovian Golden Age.

6th century

  • ~500: Ni-Rao enters into a significant period of decline, known as the Raonite Dark Age. Military threats to the east, as well as economic decline, cause the first era of Raonite pyramid and monument building to end. The Dark Age would last for about 3 centuries.
  • 512: Toré eruption: The most violent eruption in the past 5,000 years. Ejecting over 400 million tonnes of sulfur into the atmosphere, the eruption led to a mini Ice Age. Ash deposits reached every continent and the event is considered to have triggered the Dark Ages.
  • 513: Arsal falls to the 513 Grand Noble Revolution. The House of the Impeles, who ruled the last remains of Impelanza, is expulsed from the city and the Arsalian Alliance is established, in what is historiographically considered the Fall of Impelanza.

7th century

  • 600s: Ulvriktru is organized into an official religion through the help of the poet Nori Snorrison.
  • 642: The last Norvian kingdom in the Axdelian Peninsula is destroyed by the Rulique Confederacy
  • 673: Erik I becomes the second Salovian king to die from the Hasoni Plague.
  • 670s: Iktan the Devout establishes Packilvania under the Iktanite dynasty and builds the Bingol Royal Palace

8th century

  • 700: The Age of the Plague begins in Salovia. The three-wave epidemic spanning 125 years resulted in the deaths of between 350,000 and 500,000 individuals.
  • 724: The Second Kormistazic empire is founded by the warlike and rapidly expanding Rulique confederation.
  • 774: The Danvreas is united through a military campaign led by the general Ngawang of Ri-Teng, who becomes the first Emperor of the Danvreas.

9th century

  • 831: The Melit'hasa Coup takes place, creating the short-lived Second Kingdom of Melit'hasa.
  • 890: Arin II coups a fracturing Ethalria, and installs a matriarchy that would last over a thousand years. She is later given the epithet the Great.
  • 842: The Second Kingdom of Melit'hasa is defeated by Salovia in the Battle of Mat’lis Mta.

10th century

  • 911: Salovian King Eric abdicates without naming an heir, ushering in the second Succession Crisis. Six months later, Yuria of Velianebi House becomes the first Queen of Salovia. Her ruling tactics and policies defined the following century, aptly known as The Yurian Rule.
  • 968: Clarityism is officially founded.
  • 972: Staynes is formed after the collapse of the Maltervenian Empire.
  • 980: Melkezedek the Great commissions the Bas Magdamar and establishes the Magisterium of Paxism
  • 991: Massive internal debt due to costly campaigns into central Aurora causes the second Kormistazic Empire to fracture after regional powers revolt.
  • 992: Lerin XVII dies, marking the Salovian Interregnum.

2nd millennium CE

11th century

  • 1017: Fortunan Empire is founded.
  • 1020: The Third Kormistazic empire is founded, by the largely diplomatic unification efforts of the city state of Andel.
  • 1102: Lacasse is founded, beginning the Kormistazic colonial age.
  • 1032: The Nobility of Biramura is overthrown by the Remis the Great, who reinstates the Salovian Monarchy. This also marks the beginning of the Grand Reconquest.

12th century

  • 1128: Temuj becomes Khan of Alva following a brief civil war, gaining the name Gunghris Khan and founding the Alvan Empire.
  • 1139: The completion of the Grand Reconquest, with the reconquest of Tivot from Caltharus and Wachovia in the Twin Wars of Tivot.
  • 1140: The Second Salovian Golden Age begins.
  • 1140s: Semi-Mythological Figure Aaditya Vidyarthi is credited with crafting the first fire lance, a gunpowder weapon, and ancestor of firearms, in Modern Day Suvania: a claim corroborated by archaeological evidence found in the region dating to this period.

13th century

14th century

  • 1310s: First record of an occarina is in Staynes.
  • ~1300: Ni-Rao reaches its territorial maximum around this time. At its peak, Ni-Rao reached over the Danvreas Range into modern-day Mikubana in Bana, south all the way to Reijia, and controlled part of King's Island in Tavaris.
  • 1301 - 1304: The Vistari States rally under the Kingdom of Vierbaak to push out the Alvan Tribes from Northern Kromentrum, forming the First Vistari Empire under Hendrik I.
  • 1304: The 1,152 independent Tavari chiefdoms agree to unite under Utor, Chief of Nuvo, as King of All Tavaris, concluding more than 150 years of off-and-on civil war, to unite against invaders from Ni-Rao.
  • 1304: Salovia acquires its first colonies in the form of trading ports along the eastern coast of modern-day Vivancantadia, marking the first bout of Salovian colonialism.
  • 1386: Salovian mercenaries sail northwards from the ports of Vivancantadia and establish a slave trade operation in what would become Puntalia. By 1400, Salovia had redirected its colonial resources solely towards Puntalia, relinquishing its hold on the ports in Vivancantadia.

15th century

  • ~1400: Kormistazm fully consolidates control over its Arcturian territories.
  • 1400s: A series of several major plagues break out in Ni-Rao, devastating the country's population, economy, and military. Across the 15th century, 1 out of every 6 Raonites dies. Ni-Rao's domination of the region effectively ends.
  • 1408: Æris the Elven Usurper becomes the fourth and final elven King of Salovia, dying in 1493.
  • 1433: The islands that would later form Tortuga are invaded by Salovian mercenaries to establish a stopping point between Puerto Florosa and Tarov.
  • ~1470-1490: The religion of Akronism first forms in northwestern Tavaris. According to worshippers, the goddess Akrona appeared physically on Urth at this time.
  • 18 January 1493: Mount Heaven erupts in the Seligeze Islands. 23 million tons of sulfur is released, leading to a five-year drop of 1.3 °C.

16th century

  • 12 March 1506 - 7 December 1509: Vistari Explorer Anton-Koen Taalen is the first to circumnavigate the globe.
  • 12 January - 19 December 1515: Caltharus Throne War - Lambertus the Great unites the thrones of Staynes and Caltharus to form Morstaybishlia.
  • 3 June 1560: Rosalica is formed with the Westmound Heights Agreement.
  • 1562 - 1568: First Vistari-Commonwealth War, seeing the Vistari Empire face a Coalition of the Commonwealth, Riksheim and Novreheim, with the Commonwealth claiming the territory of Valerijk.
  • 1575: The Third Kormistazic Empire collapses and is annexed by the Morstaybishlian Empire. The Arcturian colonies become the Lousquarii empire under Ñazj al-Qeeora.
  • 1586: The Lousquarii empire is disestablished and becomes the Republic of Quariin.
  • 17 May 1594: Kingdoms of Riksheim and Novreheim unites to the United Kingdoms of Norgsveldet.

17th century

  • 1610: Suleiman Abd'ildarra founds the religion of Dawra along with the First Divine Republic of Aldaar in the Anabat desert of Gondwana.
  • 1621: Florence I consolidates control over former Kormistazm, forming the region of Axdelia after almost half a century of violent rebellion to Morstaybishlian rule.
  • 1625: Milofite Armada leaves Durdneel towards modern-day Meagharia after a brief conflict with Durdneelians.
  • 1634 - 1638: The Second Vistari-Commonwealth War, resulting in the reclamation of Valerijk and the assertion of Vistaraland as a Great Power as well as just a Naval Power.
  • 1643: Thaerist missionaries burn down a Kozam school in Koliqon, leading to the revolt of the monks. This effectively ends colonial religious persecution in Axdelia, as well as paving the way for later reforms.
  • 1644: Fortunan Empire breaks apart into multiple states.
  • 1650: Tretrid suffers a severe succession dispute, resulting in the War of the Tretridian Succession. Several splinter states form. South Tretridian coast seized by Lapinumbia. Collapse of Tretridian West Novaris. Tretridian Anarchy begins.
  • 1653: The Duchy of Arafors is formed under Duke Humbertois II. The Duchy was located on the northwest coast of the Optio Sea.
  • 1663 -1672: An epidemic of the Hasoni Plague spreads through Salovia, killing between 15,000 and 25,000 individuals. Among those dead was Salovian King Yurev IV, the final king to die from Hasoni Plague.
  • 1675: Saidun the Conqueror of Fidakar takes over Packilvania and brings it under the Demirite dynasty
  • 1676: Hilda Wijnen, after becoming the first to cross the Northern Colonies of Valerijk, brings the Icxiotal Drinking Chocolate to the Vistari Empire, leading to the first creation of modern chocolate.
  • 1680: Siege of Clostam ends with Tretrid regaining the remainder of most of its lost territory. Tretridian Anarchy ends.
  • 1698: Caven Wars begin.
  • 1700: Hanna Piano invents an acoustic, stringed musical instrument, which is soon named after her.

18th century

  • 1702: Salovian King Ivan VI mysteriously disappears without an heir, beginning the third Succession Crisis.
  • 1704: Caven Wars end, resulting in the hegemony of Morstaybishlian power in South East Yasteria and capitulation of the Caven Empire.
  • 4 May 1709: Bursil Agreement signed, beginning over 300 years of alliance between Morstaybishlia and Vistaraland as well as minor territorial exchange between the two.
  • 1731: The Voyage of Captain Ghurezhuli begins, and with it a trove of scientific advancements, primarily in taxonomy and astronomy. The territory of K'undzeti is acquired.
  • 1732: The dukes of arafors begin to expand, the unification of Arafors begins.
  • 1769: 1772: First Draken War between Vistaraland and Norgsveldet over Northeast Gondwana, seeing the public execution of Katherine I of Vistaraland and a period of downturn for the Vistari Empire.
  • 1770s: The Ulvriktru War of Religion start after the Norgsveltian King Gustaf II proclaims himself as Fylkir over the Ulvriktru religion.
  • July 13 1774: The Society of Oppositionary Ademarists is formed, declared a heresy by Emperor Bairnt I of Vistaraland.
  • November 12 1776: Viktor, Gothir of Staathorpe, declares an intention to split from both the Gustafistic and mainline Gothiric Churches, forming the Viktorist Church of Ulvriktru that quickly spread across the followers of the religion within the Vistari Empire.
  • 1780: The first military submersible vessel "Skilpadden", is designed and made by the Norgsveltian inventor Bjørn Haakonson. It was the first verified submarine capable of independent underwater operation and movement,
  • 1780s: Morstaybishlia is the first nation to begin the Industrial Revolution with the invention of the spinning jenny.
  • 1792: Salovian King Rorin "the Terror" IV is beheaded, ending the Salovian monarchy and beginning the Era of Unrest.
  • 1793: Norgsveltian Ragnal Volda and his wife Ragnild Volda and fellow scientist, believed observed electrical phenomena were caused by two different metals joined together by a moist intermediary. He verified this hypothesis through experiments and published the results.
  • 1795: Vakhudan Posol establishes the Biramuran Empire.
  • 1795: First Posolic War begins. It marks the deadliest Continental war for Aurora in 220 years.
  • 1797: Riamin Klevins invents the slide trumpet.
  • 1800: Norgsveltians Ragnal Volda and Ragnild Volda created the first true battery.

19th century

  • 1802: Ascession of Eadgyð II as Queen of Tretrid. End of religious persecution in Tretrid, as well as the Ulvriktruar Wars of Religion.
  • 1804: Eadgyð II of Tretrid promulgates the Charter of Priviledges, enshrining democracy in Tretrid.
  • 12 October 1805: Invention of the first iron-casted rocket by Karl Brouwer, 1st Count of Schildwijc, reintroducing the use of Rocketry in Warfare.
  • 1810: First Posolic War ends.
  • 1810: Axdel is founded as a principality of the Morstaybishlian Empire
  • 1811: The Grand Republic of Salovia is formed by the Unification Ceremony in Akhalibisi.
  • 1814: Second Posolic War begins, igniting Continental war for a second time.
  • 20 September 1820: The first electric-powered engine is invented and patented by Folenyan cartwright Thomas Wagner.
  • 1 November 1820: The First Unovian War begins.
  • 1822: King Theoledus proclaims the Kingdom of Arafors. The Araforsian unification campaign ends.
  • 15 January 1826: The First Unovian War ends, claiming 750,000 lives. Parthus gained independence from Folenya.
  • 1826: Second Posolic War ends, observing the deadliest Auroran conflict up until that point. It marks a significant geopolitical shift whereby Great Morstaybishlia is considered a superpower.
  • 1844: The First Divine Republic of Aldaar collapses into 7 successors due to disputes over succession.
  • March 12 1849: "Corruptie, Leugens et Een Paerd" is written by Vistari Satirist Theodore A. Witten, forming the Holier Than Thou Church in Exoneration and Tax Exemption of Ademar and his successor Wilfred the Horse.
  • 1860: The Four States Agreement is agreed to by the Aspirian states, ending centuries of instability in the region, recognizing each other as sovereign entities, resolving territorial disputes, and promoting economic cooperation.
  • 1867-9: Tretridio-Lapinumbian War. Decline of Lapinumbian power in South Novaris.
  • 1869: The Kingdom of Arafors starts colonization of Bermia.
  • 6 February 1873: The first indoor ice hockey game is held at the Crystal Peak Skating Rink in Volkgoroda, Volkia.
  • 21 July 1874: Salovian Chancellor Ivan Karanovi is assassinated by Biramuran nationalists.
  • 24 June 1885: The Volkian Civil War begins following Volkian king Yuri IV's refusal to abdicate, leading to a parliament-supported revolt.
  • 3 October 1887: Gränser Inventor Ottosilo Giovanni Freidafader, known as the Patron Saint of Volarologists, invented the first powered Airship, the rigid Freidskiff, named for his daughter Freida who is said to have helped with the invention.
  • 19 February 1888: The Volkian Civil War ends and results in the creation of the Volkian Federative Republic and Tolpas.
  • 1888: Table tennis is invented in South Staynes, then named whiff-whaff; it was a parlour game which involved books for nets and golf balls instead of the modern poly material balls today.
  • 6 April 1890: The first diesel-powered engine is invented and patented by Oileanian/Nagatoian engineers Catlin and Franklin Diesel.
  • 1897: The size of the Morstaybishlian Empire peaks following its political union with Packilvania; it is the largest colonial empire in world history.

20th century

1900s

  • 1 April 1904: The Great War begins.
  • 22 November 1909: Salovian Chancellor Xerol Nelovili is expelled from holding public office after it was discovered that he had secretly given up several sensitive intelligence and information to the Morstaybishlians.

1910s

  • 17 October 1910: Rorik Posol becomes Chancellor of Salovia, which, under his near-32-year term, brings about a marked shift in Salovian foreign and domestic policy.
  • 1917: The Packilvanian Communist Party under Gideon Muktan overthrows Zerah Demir IV
  • 19 July 1917: The Great War ends, claiming the lives of over 65 million people. It is regarded as the bloodiest war in history.
  • 17 August 1917: Thadeus II signs the Great Charter of the Liberties. Morstaybishlia becomes a democratic nation.
  • 11 November 1917: Orson Klarass is elected as the first prime minister of Morstaybishlia.
  • 12 December 1917: Axdel becomes a Morstaybishlian dominion, gaining it's own devolved parliament

1920s

1930s

  • 14 February 1938: Gränser inventor Guillemsilo Kurt creates the first purpose-built radio telescope.

1940s

1950s

  • 5 June 1953: The first nuclear weapon is detonated by the Grand Matriarchy of Ethalria in the Azure Sea, codenamed Operation Scharlachrote Morgenröte.
  • 20 July 1955: Ayaupia is officially established as a new country, a federal and socialist democracy, by the three Founding Fathers.
  • 28 March 1959: The Second Unovian War begins.

1960s

  • 1960: The Tretridian impactor probe Mōna 1 misses Olune due to a malfunction and becomes the first artificial object in heliocentric orbit.
  • 28 April 1961: Ethalrian female astronaut Almut Fichtner conducts the first manned spaceflight.
  • 1 April 1966: Completion of Operation Oppermacht/Overlegenhet, with a joint Vistarian-Norgsveltian team successfully testing the first Hydrogen Bomb.
  • 13 November 1966: The Second Unovian War ends, claiming 2.6 million lives. Folenya annexed Parthus, Augustia and Nagato occupy Folenyan territory at 400 kilometers south of 30 degrees South.
  • 9 June 1966: Durakan scientist/engineer Dr. Laura Ansof, in her evaluation of the debris from the first Hydrogen Bomb, discovers and records the existence of the synthetic element now known as Ansofium.
  • 11 November 1967: Asendavia is the first nation to land men on Olune, thwarting the Auroran Space Race.
  • 16 May 1968: Morstaybishlia wins the Auroran Space Race, landing three men and the first woman on Olune.
  • 4 September 1969: Auterner Astronaut Pieter-Johan Maarten, serving under the Vistari Space Program, becomes the first elf on Olune, landing alongside the first lunar plaque.
  • 14 December 1969: Under orders from the Noroist Peoples Liberation Party, the Axdelian defence force launches a coup of the Dominion government, declaring unilateral independence from Morstaybishlia the same day.

1970s

  • 17 January 1970: The Auroran Imperial War begins.
  • 2 January 1975: Noroist Axdel strikes the Ethalrian cities of Ribenstadt, Karinthus, Anzrelstätt, and Rorikton with an nuclear armed satellite weapon; named Kevatuul after the Kozam deity of chaos, it kills hundreds of thousands.
  • 24 April 1975: Lyrevale and Quartz Fern Coast Secede from Noroist Axdel, with friction between leaders and the national humiliation of the Kevatuul incident as causes.
  • 10 May 1975: Roneria IV of Ethalria is executed, ending a dynastic matriarchy of over a millennium. Ethalria becomes a fascist dictatorship under revolutionary Delores Sofura.
  • 23 July 1975: The Auroran Imperial War ends, claiming the lives of over 29.2 million people, becoming the deadliest war in Auroran history and the second deadliest conflict in the 20th century.
  • 10 August 1975: Ethalria fragments into two nations; the Republic of Ethalria and the Matriarchy of Ethalria.
  • 14 November 1975: International Forum signs the Cynebury Accord, which establishes international space law.
  • 1 January 1976: The former Salovian nations of Tivot and Blueacia gain independence with the backing of Ethalria and Great Morstaybishlia following a referendum held in October of 1975. Salovia did not recognize their independence for the remainder of the nation's existence.
  • 15 January 1976: The Weyrcliff Pact is officially signed and ratified by many Auroran nations, notably Great Morstaybishlia, Axdel, and both the Matriarchy of and the Republic of Ethalria. The Pact would form the basis of the Auroran Continental Assembly. Salovia did not sign the Weyrcliff Pact.
  • 20 January 1976: As negotiated alongside the Weyrcliff Pact, Lyrevale splits into two states as a nominally temporary measure to alleviate long-standing land disputes between Human settlers and Cava in the area.

1980s

1990s

3rd millennium CE

21st century

2000s

  • 22 April 2000: The Rotantic Congress is formed.
  • 3 December 2001: Quartz Fern Coast's government collapses after a major controversy during its transition to democracy. Axdel is authorised by the ACA to deploy a peacekeeping force into the nation in order to prevent a civil war.
  • 2002: Oscrelia annexes the region of Borova in the midst of the Salovian Civil war, kicking off the 2002 Oscrelian Consitutional Crisis.
  • 9 September 2003: Arkian Confederation collapses. Arkian Civil War begins. Tretrid occupies Schlesia.
  • 11 October 2003: A ceasefire in the Salovian Civil War is called, and enforced by the EPTO and the MBE. The ceasefire is considered the de facto end to the war in terms of bloodshed.
  • 7 March 2004: Quartz fern coast joins the Federation of Axdel after a referendum, however a single Northern province is excepted and remains independent.
  • 8 February 2005: Arkian Civil War ends, with Imperialist Faction victorious. Arkian Empire established.
  • 17 October 2005: The Treaty of Astravili is signed, marking a symbolic end to the Salovian Civil War. The nations of Biramura, Kostromastan, and Tuvaltastan are formed.
  • 18 November 2006: Four suicide bombers target the Autumn Harvest Festival in Volkgoroda, killing 128 civilians in Volkia's deadliest terrorist attack.
  • 1 January 2008: The Republic of Nilovia is founded after a successful independence referendum in 2007.
  • 8 July 2008: The Monarchy of Nilovia replaces the Republic after a bloodless coup d'etat.
  • 4 November 2008: The Nilovian Civil War begins after the UNCOP takes over the eastern half of the country.
  • 8 January-18 November 2009: The War for Mortanap'iro takes place between Kostromastan and Tuvaltastan over the northeastern quarter of Tuvalt coast. Tuvaltastan handily defeats Kostromastan, leaving landlocked Kostromastan beholden to its neighbors.

2010s

2020s

  • 13 April 2020: The royal family is forced to flee from Albanares amid fear of being killed by the Züra-Mehdi government.
  • 24 April 2020: Tuvaltastan and Ayaupia conduct the 2020 Handover Ceremony of Komertsiya Port, marking a symbolic end to the Salovian empire.
  • 21 June - 10 July 2020: Rodenia, with the assistance of the Puntalian armed forces, invades Puntalia and triggers the Puntalian Crisis.
  • 20 July 2020: Assassination of Frederick Gerritzoon, Grand Duke of Zijrivierland and Head of the Vistari Government by a Vorpestian Nationalist.
  • 24 July 2020: July 2020 Caltharus attacks.
  • July 24, 2020: Julius Karling launches a coup against the Neu Arkian government, kicking off the Karolingian Crisis. Tensions between Arkalarius and Tretrid seriously inflamed.
  • 25 - 29 July 2020: 2020 Nocturne riots.
  • July 29, 2020: A Karolingian ship is sunk by an unidentified submarine.
  • 21 August 2020: August 2020 Caltharus police attack.
  • 27 August 2020: Hafsokt Charter signed by 23 nations, founding the Global Crisis Council under now de facto IFSC Chairperson Klara Sarinov.
  • September 25, 2020: Karolingian Crisis ends after the League of Novaris authorized military intervention.
  • October 6 2020: Local warlords assume control of three Albanarian states (Salim, Lau and Usvonid) and declare independence.
  • October 16, 2020: Eldras VI assassinated. The Balistrian Coalition War starts.
  • October 17, 2020: The Ni-Rao Civil War begins with Communist forces bombing the capital Amao as well as other large cities across the country.
  • December 19, 2020: Balistrian Coalition War ends, with Balistria partitioned.
  • 16 January 2021: Telve Kvirkdelen is assassinated after 55 years leading Helslandr, causing Helslandr Civil War to start 10 days later.
  • 25 January 2021: The Temple of Shoni, Ni-Rao's largest ancient temple complex and most popular international tourist destination, is destroyed by forces of the People's Democratic Republic of Ni-Rao.
  • 8 March 2021: 2021 Joralesian attacks are the worst terror attacks in Joralesian history.
  • 21 June 2021: 2021 City of Asilica Terrorist Attack: A pan-Ethalrian nationalist terrorist, Benedikt Schöner, bombs the Grand Council of Asilica, killing more than 850 people, including the country's Chancellor and all but twelve members of the country's lower house of parliament. With a lack of quorum in the Grand Council a constitutional crisis occurs, with significant legal authority placed in the hands of President Jörg Renatsch.
  • 11 July 2021: A magnitude 9.2 quake and tsunami hits the southern coast of Aduraszna, killing an estimated half a million people, mostly in Nystatiszna.
  • 20 August 2021: The Lantern Tower bombing, targeting senior members of the Joralesian administration and Morstaybishlian Cabinet.
  • 8 October 2021: The Korobi Scandal[4] exposé is released, revealing an extensive international trafficking network involving various politicians, businesspeople, criminals, and celebrities. The network is purported to have been initiated and perpetuated by Biramuran dictator Lady Posol, who subsequently fled into exile.
  • 2 December 2021: Due to the collapsed political structure in Biramura, the UNAC held a vote to militarily occupy the failed state, successfully implementing an interim government by 1 January 2022. The city of Chita had originally been intended to become the capital of the UNAC-occupied nation, however militant groups in the city have forced the UNAC forces to utilize the small city of Karanovi as the capital.
  • 19 January 2022: The Second Albanarian Civil War starts.
  • 27 February 2022: The Acronian independence referendum is held, with Crystal Province, Anara Province, and Indar Province voting to secede from Tavaris along with the unprovinced territories of Elatana and the Tavari East Pacific Isles. The vote is marked by bombings in the city of Nandrat and significant polling delays in Ranat Province, leading to a dispute over the results in those provinces.
  • March 18, 2022: The Volovan Civil War concludes, with the surrender of Natia Kiroviuli to SPA leader Irina Ivanashvili. Soon after, the Worker's Republic of Volova is established, ending a series of events in the region that began with the 2018 Summit on the Status of Kostromastan.
  • March 22, 2022: Novaran Council orders the drawdown of military presence in occupied Cavellan, beginning primarily with the withdrawal of Tavari armed forces.
  • September 27th, 2022: Yufraan Abd'ildarra once again founds the nation of Aldaar after a struggle lasting nearly a century.

References

  1. STV, 8th September 2017. Typhoon Mable. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/stv-news-t3158.html#p186219
  2. BLCTV, 8th September 2017. Typhoon Mable kills 3,500 people. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/bai-lung-central-television-news-blctv-news-t3218-s2430.html#p186290
  3. Gems Shine Better Free, 8th September 2017. The storm had done quite the number on Gemica as a whole.. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/gems-shine-better-free-t3520.html#p186213
  4. EANN, 8th October 2021. Posol Industries: The Korobi Scandal. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/east-auroran-news-network/3116/33?u=tuva