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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)
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2063Operation Sea of Reeds occurs Tzipora arrives in Vekllei
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2061Tzipora 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
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2059Tzipora 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
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2058Terror 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
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2057The 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
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2056The Comen Aeroyards are founded as a subsidiary of Government Aircraft Factories Cifuentes government is overthrown with Soviet help in Colombia
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2055An 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
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2054The first Mantle-class ballistic missile submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service
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2053Baron is assigned to Bolivia as a Noshem Section Chief
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2052The first Capricorn-class attack submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service
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2050With the construction of the Artemis, the Commonwealth Lunar Community is formally established as a civilian settlement Gregori Hordiyenko dies in a car accident
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20482045 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
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2047
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2046The UK has almost completely decolonised National Robotics Plant is opened by National Machines in Barbados
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2045The 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)
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2044Baron enlists in general infantry, dropping out of school Adelectrics is founded in Santes Moshel Street School is built
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2043Commonwealth World Jetport opens in Pharos, Oslola
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2042The first Swordfish-class air escort destroyers are commissioned in the Maritime Service
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2041The first Municipal-class hydrofoils are commissioned in the Littoral Service
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2038Amelie Zedner, Baron’s sister, succumbs to illness
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2035The Nuclear Thermal Working Group conducts nuclear rocketry experiments in Kala
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2034The first Commonwealth Airways commercial airship is launched
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2032The first Wake-class patrol motor launches are commissioned in the Littoral Service The first Prosperity-class aircraft cruisers are commissioned in the Maritime Service
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2031The first Suffrage-class corvettes are commissioned in the Maritime Service
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2030Vekllei’s second fusion power plant goes online in Kairi Commonwealth Station Mars is established
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2029Ayn 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
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2027Baron 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
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2025Atlantis 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
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2024Gregori Hordiyenko, the first Gregori baby, is born
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2023Contradictions between firming laws create a constitutional crisis
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2021Ou Hydroelectric Dam opens Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt by the Commonwealth government
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2020The Commonwealth secretly tests its first indigenous nuclear weapon in the South Atlantic
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2004Wallabies are introduced to Oslola, and soon become an invasive pest
Post-War Period (Floral Period)
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c.2000Money is abolished in most Commonwealth republics Industrial crowns remain for trade and planning Personal currency abolished The Commons is established
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1998Helvasia status is finalised and begins federalisation
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1995National Machines is founded
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1990Commonwealth Starlines is founded
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1988Final Caribbean territories accede (various Leeward/Windward islands) Bonaire accedes to the Commonwealth
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1985The 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
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1985Government Aircraft Factories founded Transition away from personal currency accelerates
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1982Commonwealth Lines shipping consolidated Remaining Azores territories accede Aismious accedes to the Commonwealth
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1980National Construction House is established
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1978General Reactor is founded The Canary Islands join Atlantic Commonwealth The 1978 World’s Fair is held in Montre, Oslola
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1976Commonwealth Oil is founded in Kairi
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1975-1985Expiring currency system proves cumbersome Black markets develop Industrial/personal currency split deepens
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1975
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1973Portuguese colonial empire collapses
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1972The Java Conference establishes a pathway for African islands to enter the Commonwealth
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1971Commonwealth Airways is founded
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1969First constitutional referendum on economic policy
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1968The precursor of the bureau system, known as cooperative industries, are established for industrial coordination
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1967West Indies Federation formally dissolves, and republics accede individually Contemporary regional commonwealths are founded The Council of Roses is formed
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1966The 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
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1965Founding 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
Occupation & Parallel Development (1950-1965)
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1962Britain begins withdrawal discussions from Atlantic territories
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1960British Atlantic Federation proposed in the wake of Nassau Conference Caribbean territories prepare for independence
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1958
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1954Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital established on Scallop Island in Paria
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1951
Independence & Crisis Period
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1950First 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
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1949Naval skirmishes in North Atlantic Oslola acquires nuclear capability through covert means UK issues ultimatum
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1948Fishing rights crisis with UK escalates Oslola claims extended territorial waters Bloody Monday occurs after the massacre of British fishermen UK sends naval frigates
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1945
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1943The assassination of Adolf Hitler ends the Second World War and results in the partition of Germany The United Nations is founded
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1940Naval coup establishes military junta in Oslola NNP outlawed Relations with UK deteriorate The Second World War begins
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1939Odin Faction, now the Nordic Nationalist Party (NNP), does well in elections but refuses to enter a coalition with the nationalist party
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1935Odin Faction, capitalising on Nazi ascent, established in Oslola amidst a brutal crackdown on political unrest The Great Depression hits Oslola General political unrest
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1933Sugarhouse Mountain Fortress begins construction outside Montre Oslola leases frigates from the UK
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1935
Colonial Period
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1926The British Atlantic Territories are awarded Dominion status at the 1926 Imperial Conference, granting it autonomy from British administration
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1925Rail transport in Oslola is nationalised
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1919Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity tested at RoΓ§a Sundy in Principe
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1910First Caribbean Federation formed
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1908The future capital of Godthul is founded as a whaling station by Norway in Sude
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1902
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1901The British Atlantic Territories are granted an elected assembly
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1899
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1874Montre University is founded
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1849Royal University of the West Indies is founded in Antigua
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1847Methodist missionary Josiah Whitmore arrives in Paria and names the capital Bethlehem
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1842The Atlantic daily broadsheet is founded The First Great Recession hits the Oslolan metropole
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1841The Ginnery is founded in Barbary
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1838The new British Atlantic Territories are granted an executive governor, essentially affording self-governing status to the colonies
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1836The 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
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1830
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1815Ascension is settled by the UK
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1780Most pearl beds in Paria are worked by free divers
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1695
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1692Barbary is founded as a slave estate known as Codrington’s Island
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1689
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1670British reclaim Providence under the Treaty of Madrid
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1651Spanish forces dislodge Protestant colonists from Providence
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1643Helvasia is rediscovered by Europeans and subsequently settled by whalers
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1642Commonwealth Bank is founded in Oslola as the Royal Bank
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1630Providence Island Company establishes a Puritan settlement in Providence
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1600Beginning 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
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1529Spanish cartographer Diego Ribero charts the waters of Paria, naming them “Los Roques”
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1492Antigua is discovered by Europeans
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1455Costa Verde is discovered and settled by Portugal
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1440Kala enters a union with the 3rd Commonwealth
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1422The Royal Mail Service, predecessor to the Commonwealth Post, is founded in Oslola
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1400Beginning of Period of Rest Founding of the 3rd Commonwealth Collapse of Oslolan trading power begins
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1380The monarchy of Oslola falls to civil war and the Koverek dynasty is established
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1350Rise of trading towns on East Coast of Oslola
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1200
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1100
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900Golden age of sagas begins
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700Beginning of Oslolan Middle Period Founding of the 1st Commonwealth Oslola’s monarchist period
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200 ADBeginning of Oslolan Early Period
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500 BCBeginning of Oslolan Common Period
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400 BCOslola is using Oslolan logographs Upen, a variant Inuit animism, is being practiced
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600 BCOslola is politically and culturally isolated from Europe
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1100 BCScandinavians settle in Smoke Cove, Oslola
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1230 BCCelts or Pictish settlers establish fishing communities on south coast of Oslola
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6000 BCEarliest evidence of human settlement in Oslola