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Timeline of Atlantic History

This timeline is a useful curated reference of Atlantic history, but is not comprehensive. It is continuously evolving with this site.

Contemporary Period (2000-2063)

  • 2063
    Operation Sea of Reeds occurs Tzipora arrives in Vekllei
  • 2061
    Tzipora meets Baron at Hotel Cairo Dallas government issues stand-down order after central command over secessionist militias wanes European Economic Community pledges material support to US government
  • 2059
    Tzipora loses contact with her mother, drops out of school and heads west Lend-lease of nuclear silos guaranteed under the Treaty of California June ceasefire between US and Dallas
  • 2058
    Terror attack in Cairo prompts OAPEC to restrict crude supply The Ghawar refinery is set alight in Saudi Arabia by Iranian spies The Ford Motor Company declares bankruptcy The Dallas Secession begins Open conflict with the United States begins Baron moves to Utah as an AB/NI operative
  • 2057
    The US invades Colombia to depose communist government Tzipora moves to Texas to study at St Mary’s, where she does not do very well Sabotage of the Panama Canal halts shipping traffic for six weeks A general economic slump begins in the Western Hemisphere
  • 2056
    The Comen Aeroyards are founded as a subsidiary of Government Aircraft Factories Cifuentes government is overthrown with Soviet help in Colombia
  • 2055
    An international tribunal settles the long-running dispute over the lunar south pole in favour of the Commonwealth Lunar Community The first Hera-class minelayers are commissioned in the Maritime Service The first Hound-class surface-effect hovercrafts are commissioned in the Littoral Service
  • 2054
    The first Mantle-class ballistic missile submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2053
    Baron is assigned to Bolivia as a Noshem Section Chief
  • 2052
    The first Capricorn-class attack submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2050
    With the construction of the Artemis, the Commonwealth Lunar Community is formally established as a civilian settlement Gregori Hordiyenko dies in a car accident
  • 2048
    2045 Sino Crisis ends without incident Ascension Science Basin and Rocket Factory established in Ascension US announces cuts to space programme France establishes lunar colony in West Equator Commonwealth Starlines established as subsidiary of Commonwealth Airways in Ascension
  • 2047
    Tzipora Azela is born in Colombia Cobian Quesminek is born in Alveg, Oslola The Haitian Affair ends
  • 2046
    The UK has almost completely decolonised National Robotics Plant is opened by National Machines in Barbados
  • 2045
    The People’s Republic of China threatens war on Manchuria 2045 Sino Crisis begins The Commonwealth intervenes in the collapse of Haiti The Nuclear Marine Propulsion Reactor (NMPR) introduced Nike-class vessels built (2045-54) Volcanic-class vessels built (2045-55)
  • 2044
    Baron enlists in general infantry, dropping out of school Adelectrics is founded in Santes Moshel Street School is built
  • 2043
    Commonwealth World Jetport opens in Pharos, Oslola
  • 2042
    The first Swordfish-class air escort destroyers are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2041
    The first Municipal-class hydrofoils are commissioned in the Littoral Service
  • 2038
    Amelie Zedner, Baron’s sister, succumbs to illness
  • 2035
    The Nuclear Thermal Working Group conducts nuclear rocketry experiments in Kala
  • 2034
    The first Commonwealth Airways commercial airship is launched
  • 2032
    The first Wake-class patrol motor launches are commissioned in the Littoral Service The first Prosperity-class aircraft cruisers are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2031
    The first Suffrage-class corvettes are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2030
    Vekllei’s second fusion power plant goes online in Kairi Commonwealth Station Mars is established
  • 2029
    Ayn Lai-Lebedev is born in Yana Boya Chemical opens in Ada, Oslola The first Baker-class air escort destroyers are commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2027
    Baron Zedner is born The Soviet lunar colony is quietly abandoned temporarily, with administration transferred to the Balkan settlement The first and only Federal-class battleship is commissioned in the Maritime Service
  • 2025
    Atlantis is founded in Cama Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation is founded in Oslola The Commonwealth Lunar Community is established The first Nike-class missile cruisers are commissioned in the Maritime Service The first Palm-class submarine chasers are commissioned in the Maritime Service Firming laws are amended
  • 2024
    Gregori Hordiyenko, the first Gregori baby, is born
  • 2023
    Contradictions between firming laws create a constitutional crisis
  • 2021
    Ou Hydroelectric Dam opens Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt by the Commonwealth government
  • 2020
    The Commonwealth secretly tests its first indigenous nuclear weapon in the South Atlantic
  • 2004
    Wallabies are introduced to Oslola, and soon become an invasive pest

Post-War Period (Floral Period)

  • c.2000
    Money is abolished in most Commonwealth republics Industrial crowns remain for trade and planning Personal currency abolished The Commons is established
  • 1998
    Helvasia status is finalised and begins federalisation
  • 1995
    National Machines is founded
  • 1990
  • 1988
    Final Caribbean territories accede (various Leeward/Windward islands) Bonaire accedes to the Commonwealth
  • 1985
    The Commonwealth enters economic transition More services become free at point of use Personal currency use declines, and its tender period is shortened from a year to a month Bureau system expands Automation increases
  • 1985
    Government Aircraft Factories founded Transition away from personal currency accelerates
  • 1982
    Commonwealth Lines shipping consolidated Remaining Azores territories accede Aismious accedes to the Commonwealth
  • 1980
  • 1978
    General Reactor is founded The Canary Islands join Atlantic Commonwealth The 1978 World’s Fair is held in Montre, Oslola
  • 1976
  • 1975-1985
    Expiring currency system proves cumbersome Black markets develop Industrial/personal currency split deepens
  • 1975
    Cabo Verde accedes as Commonwealth Verde Java & Principe also accede Commonwealth Antarctic territories are formalised ( Falklands, Sude, etc.)
  • 1973
    Portuguese colonial empire collapses
  • 1972
    The Java Conference establishes a pathway for African islands to enter the Commonwealth
  • 1971
  • 1969
    First constitutional referendum on economic policy
  • 1968
    The precursor of the bureau system, known as cooperative industries, are established for industrial coordination
  • 1967
    West Indies Federation formally dissolves, and republics accede individually Contemporary regional commonwealths are founded The Council of Roses is formed
  • 1966
    The construction of a new capital begins, called Comet A series of nationalisations occur, replacing colonial corporations Commonwealth Bank, Commonwealth Rail and Commonwealth Post are founded
  • 1965
    Founding of the Commonwealth of Oceans Beginning of Fourth Commonwealth (Floral Period) UK grants independence to occupied territories Atlantic Conference (Montre, July-September 1965):
    • Representatives from occupied territories, West Indies Federation, British Atlantic Territories agree to a decentralised “federation of federations.”
    • Atlantic Commonwealth founded
    • Founding interim members include Commonwealth Arctic, Commonwealth West Indies, Commonwealth Lucaya, and individual British Atlantic territories
    Establishment of Commonwealth bicameral direct democracy

Occupation & Parallel Development (1950-1965)

  • 1962
    Britain begins withdrawal discussions from Atlantic territories
  • 1960
    British Atlantic Federation proposed in the wake of Nassau Conference Caribbean territories prepare for independence
  • 1958
    West Indies Federation formed (Jamaica, Kairi & Aloubaera, Barbados, Leeward/Windward Islands)
  • 1954
    Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital established on Scallop Island in Paria
  • 1951
    In Occupied Territories ( Oslola, Kala, Demon, Helvasia): The US withdraws from Oslolan occupation with concessions from the UK for US basing in Kala Complete restructuring of Oslolan society Introduction of Atlantic Development Programme Oslola sees substantial emigration

Independence & Crisis Period

  • 1950
    First Atomic War Oslola uses tactical nuclear weapon against British naval group UK retaliates with strikes on military installations and the capital The Oslolan Junta is extinguished UK-US occupation begins
  • 1949
    Naval skirmishes in North Atlantic Oslola acquires nuclear capability through covert means UK issues ultimatum
  • 1948
    Fishing rights crisis with UK escalates Oslola claims extended territorial waters Bloody Monday occurs after the massacre of British fishermen UK sends naval frigates
  • 1945
    Cape Verde, Java, and Principe accede to the British Atlantic Territories The Oslolan Junta splinters between army and navy factions Economic collapse continues Civil unrest grows
  • 1943
    The assassination of Adolf Hitler ends the Second World War and results in the partition of Germany The United Nations is founded
  • 1940
    Naval coup establishes military junta in Oslola NNP outlawed Relations with UK deteriorate The Second World War begins
  • 1939
    Odin Faction, now the Nordic Nationalist Party (NNP), does well in elections but refuses to enter a coalition with the nationalist party
  • 1935
    Odin Faction, capitalising on Nazi ascent, established in Oslola amidst a brutal crackdown on political unrest The Great Depression hits Oslola General political unrest
  • 1933
    Sugarhouse Mountain Fortress begins construction outside Montre Oslola leases frigates from the UK
  • 1935
    Beginning of the Late Commonwealth The Atlantic Independence Movement culminates in Oslola achieving dominion status within the UK, retaining Edward VII as head of state Oslola maintains control over Kala, Demon, and Helvasia Caribbean and Atlantic islands remain as British Atlantic Territories

Colonial Period

  • 1926
    The British Atlantic Territories are awarded Dominion status at the 1926 Imperial Conference, granting it autonomy from British administration
  • 1925
    Rail transport in Oslola is nationalised
  • 1919
    Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity tested at RoΓ§a Sundy in Principe
  • 1910
    First Caribbean Federation formed
  • 1908
    The future capital of Godthul is founded as a whaling station by Norway in Sude
  • 1902
    Cateral is founded in Kairi as Cateral Artillery Co.
  • 1901
    The British Atlantic Territories are granted an elected assembly
  • 1899
    Gina is founded in Oslola
  • 1874
    Montre University is founded
  • 1849
    Royal University of the West Indies is founded in Antigua
  • 1847
    Methodist missionary Josiah Whitmore arrives in Paria and names the capital Bethlehem
  • 1842
    The Atlantic daily broadsheet is founded The First Great Recession hits the Oslolan metropole
  • 1841
    The Ginnery is founded in Barbary
  • 1838
    The new British Atlantic Territories are granted an executive governor, essentially affording self-governing status to the colonies
  • 1836
    The British Overseas Territories comprising Oslola, Kala and Demon are reincorporated as the British Atlantic Territories, including Anguilla, Lucaya, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands ( Caimanas), the Falklands, Montserrat ( Allia), the Saint Helena ( Helena), Ascension ( Ascension), and Tristan da Cunha Islands ( Santes), South Georgia and Sandwich Islands ( Sude), and the Turks and Caicos ( Caicos) Islands
  • 1830
    Atlantic is founded in Oslola
  • 1815
    Ascension is settled by the UK
  • 1780
    Most pearl beds in Paria are worked by free divers
  • 1695
    Antigua and Barbados are settled by the UK Combermere School opens in Barbados
  • 1692
    Barbary is founded as a slave estate known as Codrington’s Island
  • 1689
    Allia and Aloi are settled by the UK
  • 1670
    British reclaim Providence under the Treaty of Madrid
  • 1651
    Spanish forces dislodge Protestant colonists from Providence
  • 1643
    Helvasia is rediscovered by Europeans and subsequently settled by whalers
  • 1642
    Commonwealth Bank is founded in Oslola as the Royal Bank
  • 1630
    Providence Island Company establishes a Puritan settlement in Providence
  • 1600
    Beginning of Vekllei Late Period Oslola loses the Six Years War to the British Empire and is capitulated as a colony of the British Empire

Ancient & Medieval Period

  • 1529
    Spanish cartographer Diego Ribero charts the waters of Paria, naming them “Los Roques”
  • 1492
    Antigua is discovered by Europeans
  • 1455
    Costa Verde is discovered and settled by Portugal
  • 1440
    Kala enters a union with the 3rd Commonwealth
  • 1422
    The Royal Mail Service, predecessor to the Commonwealth Post, is founded in Oslola
  • 1400
    Beginning of Period of Rest Founding of the 3rd Commonwealth Collapse of Oslolan trading power begins
  • 1380
    The monarchy of Oslola falls to civil war and the Koverek dynasty is established
  • 1350
    Rise of trading towns on East Coast of Oslola
  • 1200
    Founding of the 2nd Commonwealth Aismo Desimou becomes king Capital moved to Altanehs Arawaks are displaced by Caribs in Antigua Irish settlers establish Aran on Demon
  • 1100
    Helvasia is discovered by Scandinavians, who observe Arctic Sami living there Anguilla and Antigua are settled by Arawaks
  • 900
    Golden age of sagas begins
  • 700
    Beginning of Oslolan Middle Period Founding of the 1st Commonwealth Oslola’s monarchist period
  • 200 AD
    Beginning of Oslolan Early Period
  • 500 BC
    Beginning of Oslolan Common Period
  • 400 BC
    Oslola is using Oslolan logographs Upen, a variant Inuit animism, is being practiced
  • 600 BC
    Oslola is politically and culturally isolated from Europe
  • 1100 BC
    Scandinavians settle in Smoke Cove, Oslola
  • 1230 BC
    Celts or Pictish settlers establish fishing communities on south coast of Oslola
  • 6000 BC
    Earliest evidence of human settlement in Oslola