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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 (2063-2000)

  • 2076
    Voya Voya is named Borough of the Year by the Festival Commission The Hydroburo completes its decade-long aqueduct mural project in Voya Voya
  • 2067
    Former Prime Minister Come Des Desvouisan, born in Mumen, dies
  • 2066
    The Troll Water Treatment Plant is established to relieve ageing plants in Voya Voya and Guisimaya
  • 2065
    The Commonwealth Levy conducts a humanitarian intervention in the Congo The Hydroburo begins the Aqueduct Beautification Scheme in Voya Voya
  • 2063
    Operation Sea of Reeds occurs Tzipora arrives in Vekllei Olympic gymnast and 2025 Person of the Year Yelsi Visma, born in Ou, dies
  • 2062
    Passenger rail service to Miami resumes in Conch
  • 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
  • 2061
    Astronomers gather at Clarence Observatory for the occultation of 2061, in the Yuma dark-sky tradition
  • 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 Joe Monroe, baseball star and governor of Texas, dies, deepening the southern grievances that precede the Dallas Secession
  • 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
  • 2052
    Haiti expels its Chinese and Indian nationals, collapsing relations with both countries
  • 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 The fourth Venezuelan government since 2050 governs from Caracas, the longest-lived of the period
  • 2049
    Terminal 3, for civilian space travel, opens at the Vekllei World Jetport in Pharos
  • 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 The India-Pakistan crisis nearly causes Indian College’s withdrawal from Common University The Ada Geothermal Power Station is built to support military expansion in Ou
  • 2046
    The UK has almost completely decolonised National Robotics Plant is opened by National Machines in Barbados The Ou Dam undergoes major renovation
  • 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) The Treaty of Maria’s 25-year term nears renewal, with review scheduled
  • 2044
    Baron enlists in general infantry, dropping out of school Adelectrics is founded in Santes Moshel Street School is built Yana is named Vekllei’s “10th most beautiful city” by Alive magazine Santes is linked to the VNR Coastal Bullet Train Network
  • 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 Hydrofoil cutters are commissioned in the Littoral Service
  • 2040s
    Highland Quechua-speaking communities are transferred from Ecuador to Andea, reducing Ecuador’s sierra territory
  • 2038
    Amelie Zedner, Baron’s sister, succumbs to illness
  • 2036
    A major eruption of Houismeyvik volcano disrupts air travel in Vekllei and Western Europe for eighteen days The Keflavic Whalers, of Pharos, win the Cricket World Cup
  • 2035
    The Nuclear Thermal Working Group conducts nuclear rocketry experiments in Kala
  • c.2035
    Construction of the Antilles Nuclear Generation Establishment on Curacao transforms the island’s exports
  • 2034
    The first Commonwealth Airways commercial airship is launched
  • 2034
    Aรฑaza Cathedral is completed in Tenerife, incorporating recovered Guanche stonework
  • 2033
    Geothermal district heating system is completed in Lucia
  • 2032
    The first Patrol Motor Launch is 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
    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 The Miyatvousi Magma-Electric Power & Flash Plant begins operation
  • 2028
    Pakse, capital of the Lao PDR, is redeveloped in constructivist style with Soviet financing
  • 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
  • 2026
    Fusion power plant completed in Kala, the second of its kind in Vekllei
  • 2026
    St Aloysius Catholic Church, a modern stone building in the Caribbean Moderne style, is completed in Annobon The Vekllei International Casino opens in Gigayeh, Mirah
  • 2025
    Atlantis is founded in Cama Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation is founded in Oslola The Commonwealth Lunar Community is established Nassau and Yuma accede to the Commonwealth as part of the Lucayan Federation 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 Ou’s Yelsi Visma is named Vekllei Person of the Year Common University opens to students on Maria Construction begins on the Miyatvousi Magma-Electric Power & Flash Plant Voya Voya’s northern rainforest Crown Land is officially struck from Floral Government sovereignty
  • 2024
    Vekllei’s second fusion power plant opens in Kairi Gregori Hordiyenko, the first Gregori baby, is born
  • 2023
    Inagua accedes to the Commonwealth as part of the Bahamas Federation 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 The Orleans Steelworks is founded in Soualiga, attracting Commonwealth investment in the republic’s technical education and rail network Common University is established by the Treaty of Maria
  • 2020s
    Southwest Canals are built, rapidly industrialising southern Lola Ocean Bureau investment transforms Eyri into a major aquaculture centre Northern Sudanese provinces merge into the Nile Federal Republic in stages, drawn by infrastructure investment and shared water rights
  • 2018
    Construction begins on the Ou Hydroburo Office The Commonwealth Police College is established in Comet
  • 2016
    Agriculture is reintroduced to Alveg and Hosfyourd in Lola to combat famine
  • 2015
    Naval Station Sude is formally established in the Sude islands
  • 2014
    Pico do Fogo erupts again on Fogo, burying the rebuilt village of Portela under basalt lava for a second time in living memory
  • 2012
    Vekllei Aerospatiale S.A. is founded in Pharos
  • 2010s
    Civil war flares again in Burmaland amid the long-running insurgency against white minority rule
  • 2006
    Floodwaters from the Sesmiousvianneh River kill nearly 150 people at Beri, Yana
  • 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
  • 1996
    The Borough of Mumen is incorporated from the municipalities of Sizm and Musma
  • 1995
    National Machines is founded Pico do Fogo erupts on Fogo, destroying the village of Portela inside the crater; residents refuse relocation orders and rebuild The New Hebrides Condominium dissolves and Vanuatu gains independence from joint Anglo-French rule
  • c.1995
    Soufriรจre Hills erupts in Allia, destroying several settlements in the south
  • 1994
    Hutu extremist militias carry out a genocide in Rwanda, killing between five hundred thousand and eight hundred thousand people, mostly Tutsi, in roughly a hundred days
  • 1990
  • 1989
    Northern Ireland transfers from the UK to the Republic of Ireland under a negotiated constitutional settlement
  • 1988
    Dutch Caribbean territories accede via Curaรงao Treaty Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao, Saba, and Paria join the Commonwealth The Commonwealth World Astroport opens in Ascension
  • 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 Vekllei establishes a trade mission in Valletta, Malta, handling a significant share of Maltese Atlantic cargo
  • 1985
    Government Aircraft Factories founded Transition away from personal currency accelerates
  • 1982
    Commonwealth Lines shipping consolidated Remaining Azores territories accede, including Costa Verde, Fayal, Flores, Graciosa, Maria, Mira, Pico, Porto Santo, Terceira, and Velas Aismious accedes to the Commonwealth Former Prime Minister Come Des Desvouisan is born in Mumen
  • 1980
  • 1980s
    Abuja is built as the planned capital of a reduced Nigeria following the secession of Yorubaland and Sokoto The National Resistance Movement ends Uganda’s cycle of coups and holds power continuously from this decade
  • 1980
    A military coup in Liberia ends over a century of Americo-Liberian rule under the True Whig Party A constitutional revision in Malta creates the Council of Social Teaching and nationalises energy, water, transport and banking
  • 1979
    Mt Vincent erupts violently in Youlouca, resulting in a successful mass evacuation
  • 1978
    Final Antilles (westward) non-Dutch republics accede Kitts, Oualie, Colombier, Soualiga, Karu, Madiana, Grenadines, and other Leeward/Windward islands accede to the Commonwealth General Reactor is founded The Canarii Islands join the Atlantic Commonwealth, including Canary, Tenerife, Benahoare, Lanzarote, Berbera, Ventura, and Meridia The 1978 World’s Fair is held in Montre, Oslola
  • 1977
    A second referendum on separating Oualie from Kitts fails
  • 1976
  • 1976
    Olympic gymnast Yelsi Visma is born in Ou
  • 1975-1985
    Expiring currency system proves cumbersome Black markets develop Industrial/personal currency split deepens
  • 1975
    Cabo Verde accedes as Commonwealth Verde, including Praia, Fogo, Brava, Boa Vista, Viana, Sal, Maio, Cavoada, and Morocos Java, Principe, and Annobon also accede Commonwealth Antarctic territories are formalised ( Falklands, Sude, etc.) The Royal Navy closes its Valletta base in Malta by negotiated agreement; Malta leaves NATO and declares neutrality
  • 1973
    Portuguese colonial empire collapses
  • 1972
    The Java Conference establishes a pathway for African islands to enter the Commonwealth
  • 1971
    Commonwealth Airways is founded The Labour Party begins its continuous hold on government in Malta
  • 1970s
    The West African Federation forms as small Gold Coast and Cรดte d’Ivoire states choose federation over separate independence Kashmir becomes a republic; the Kashmir National Party comes to dominate its politics The Pleasant Republic forms from Pacific atolls in an administrative gap near the Gilbert Islands Micronesia’s constituent island groups choose a common federal structure as UN trusteeship concludes Communal violence in Cyprus leads Turkish Cypriots to establish a separate administration in the north Uganda suffers a particularly destructive decade of political violence whose legacy is still felt regionally
  • 1969
    First constitutional referendum on economic policy
  • 1968
    The precursor of the bureau system, known as cooperative industries, are established for industrial coordination Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital closes and falls into ruin
  • 1967
    West Indies Federation formally dissolves, and republics accede individually Contemporary regional commonwealths are founded The Council of Roses is formed Commonwealth College is founded at the University of Antigua Mayaguana accedes to the Commonwealth independently following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation
  • 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
  • 1966
    A referendum in East India returns a majority for independence under a Nicobarese Socialist Party coalition
  • 1965
    Founding of the Commonwealth of Oceans Beginning of Fourth Commonwealth (Floral Period) Whaling industry in the South Atlantic collapses 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 Cusi Lake, near Voya Voya, doubles in size after the Cusi Hydroelectric Dam is built Gambia becomes independent, a narrow strip along its river enclosed on all sides by Latin Africa The city of Ou begins doubling in size over the next three decades

Occupation & Parallel Development (1965-1950)

  • 1964
    Malta gains independence from Britain
  • 1962
    Britain begins withdrawal discussions from Atlantic territories
  • 1962
    Samoa gains independence, governed by a Westminster parliament alongside the matai chiefly structure
  • 1961
    A referendum on separating Oualie from Kitts fails Hurricane Hattie destroys much of Belize City, prompting the planned inland capital at Belmopan
  • 1960
    British Atlantic Federation proposed in the wake of Nassau Conference Caribbean territories prepare for independence Cyprus gains independence from the UK; British Sovereign Base Areas at Akrotiri and Dhekelia remain under British jurisdiction
  • 1960s
    North Sea petroleum is discovered off Norway, later managed through a sovereign wealth fund A communist insurgency in Oman’s Dhofar region is put down by the mid-1970s with British military assistance
  • 1959
    The Cuban Communist Party takes power in Cuba after revolution deposes the previous autocratic government
  • 1958
    West Indies Federation formed (Jamaica, Kairi & Aloubaera, Barbados, Leeward/Windward Islands) Reconstruction of the Port of Vekllei concludes
  • 1957
    A submarine volcano breaks the surface off the coast of Fayal, adding land to the island’s western tip at Ponta dos Capelinhos before subsiding two years later
  • 1956
    A “green belt” programme is announced, preserving forest around Voya Voya
  • 1955
    July tsunamis strike East India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, provoking unrest and hardening nationalist sentiment Spain annexes Portugal following the assassination of president Javier Marx; the brief war ends the Estado Novo in Europe and federates Iberia
  • 1954
    Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital established on Scallop Island in Paria
  • 1952
    Mandela College is founded at the University of Antigua The New Oak Bridge is built across the Joskuslsa River in Krafla
  • 1952
    Spain expels Portuguese students amid deteriorating relations, a precursor to the 1955 war and annexation
  • 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
  • 1950s
    Morocos’s population peaks before a wave of emigration to America, Portugal and the Netherlands, from which it has not fully recovered
  • 1949
    Naval skirmishes in North Atlantic Oslola acquires nuclear capability through covert means UK issues ultimatum Bonn is chosen as provisional capital of the Federal Republic of Germany The Chinese Communist Party founds the People’s Republic of China; Nationalist forces retreat and establish the Republic of China in exile on Taiwan Several hundred thousand Indonesians and Moluccans settle in the Netherlands after the transfer of sovereignty over Philindo The University of Karu is established in Pitera The Beri Railroad Bridge in Yana washes away, killing the crew of Locomotive No. 6004
  • 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 The Conch Cays vote to join the West Indies Federation The State of Israel is established at the end of the British Mandate for Palestine The Afrikaner nationalist movement takes power in South Africa, beginning the apartheid system
  • 1946
    The Italian Republic is proclaimed, a founding member of the European Economic Community
  • 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 Annobon also accedes to the British Atlantic Territories Dutch military operations begin against an Indonesian nationalist movement resisting the reassertion of colonial rule
  • 1944
    Sugar processing operations established in Mayaguana by Snow White Sugar Industries A Japanese fleet is sunk in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia, during the Second World War; the wrecks later become a dive site
  • 1943
    The assassination of Adolf Hitler ends the Second World War and results in the partition of Germany The United Nations is founded The People’s Republic of Manchuria is established after Soviet occupation at the close of the Second World War
  • 1942
    A new volcanic islet, later Little Island, emerges near Holsyim
  • 1940
    Naval coup establishes military junta in Oslola NNP outlawed Relations with UK deteriorate British forces fortify whaling stations in Sude The Second World War begins
  • 1940s
    Lucia’s capital, Castries, is rebuilt after a fire, the second such rebuilding in two decades Finland fights the Soviet Union twice, losing territory in both wars The Dutch East Indies become Philindo through a Dutch-described “transfer of sovereignty”
  • 1939
    Odin Faction, now the Nordic Nationalist Party (NNP), does well in elections but refuses to enter a coalition with the nationalist party
  • 1938
    Oil production begins in Kuwait
  • 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 Paraguay wins the Chaco War (1932-35) against Bolivia and renames itself the Republic of Chaco after the disputed territory
  • 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 Bahama, Caicos, Curateo, Rum, and Yabaque accede to the British Atlantic Territories under the Alford Agreement
  • 1932
    The Rosea Beverage Company lime cordial works opens in Kabuli
  • 1930s
    Mapuraque receives formal recognition as an independent Mapuche republic

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 The Vekllei World Jetport is forcibly purchased by the Atlantic Commonwealth Government
  • 1924
    The Caribbean Quarterly journal is founded in Antigua to catalogue regional studies Revolution establishes the socialist Mongolian People’s Republic under Soviet influence Mirah Port opens, serving fishing traffic from Greenland and the deep Atlantic
  • 1922
    A direct rail line connects Montre and the city of Santes
  • 1920
    Oil refinery constructed on Aruba, transforming the island economy around petroleum processing
  • 1920
    The Vekllei World Jetport opens as the First Vekllei Aerodrome, in Pharos
  • 1920s
    Aรฑaza is built as a planned city in Tenerife, replacing the congested port of Santa Cruz Lucia’s capital, Castries, is destroyed by fire and rebuilt Insurgency, negotiation and political accommodation begin cyclically between Turkey’s government and its Kurdish southeast
  • 1919
    Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity tested at Roรงa Sundy in Principe The Seispri Vis Inn reopens in Krafla after Krafla Dam Disaster damage
  • 1918
    The Commonwealth-American railway opens between Conch and Florida
  • 1916
    The Ou Dam, the borough’s first hydroelectric dam, is constructed
  • 1915
    Port redevelopment prompts renaming of Asmelola to Pharos
  • 1912
    Economic decline prompts the Atlantic Junta to explore hydroelectric dams in Ou
  • 1911
    The Krafla Hydroelectric Dam collapses in the Krafla Dam Disaster, killing 48 and nearly half the town
  • 1910
    First Caribbean Federation formed
  • 1909
    The Pharos Railway Company is bought by Atlantic Railways
  • 1908
    The future capital of Godthul is founded as a whaling station by Norway in Sude
  • 1907
    The Comodoro oil fields give Patagonia’s autonomous governing structure an economic logic of its own
  • 1904
    Grytviken is established as the first whaling station in Sude
  • 1903
    The Kalina Territory is established in Kabuli The Chancellor’s Cup, CUWI’s annual pancollegiate cricket tournament, is first held
  • 1902
    St Pierre is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelรฉe on Madiana, killing 30,000 people Cateral is founded in Kairi as Cateral Artillery Co. Britain arbitrates a boundary dispute between Chile and Argentina, recognising a Mapuche territorial zone that becomes Mapuraque
  • 1901
    The British Atlantic Territories are granted an elected assembly
  • 1899
    Gina is founded in Oslola
  • 1899
    Britain establishes protection over Kuwait under the ruling Al Sabah family
  • 1896
    Ethiopia defeats the Italian army at the Battle of Adwa, then occupies Eritrea
  • 1891
    The Chilean Civil War halts the Occupation of Araucania before it reaches the lake district, sparing the future Mapuraque
  • 1890
    Roseau Botanical Gardens established in Kabuli A financial crisis destroys the Buenos Aires government’s capacity to fund further military consolidation of Patagonia
  • 1887
    The first inter-collegiate cricket match is played at the University of Antigua
  • 1886
    Montre is electrified, extended north via the Atlantic Junta’s programme through Ou
  • 1880s
    Verdean musicians fleeing drought settle in Praia and develop the morna music genre under colonial patronage
  • 1879
    General Roca’s Argentine campaign reaches the Rรญo Negro and stalls, leaving Patagonia beyond effective control
  • 1877
    Saint Barthรฉlemy is sold back to France by Sweden following a local referendum, ending fifty years of Swedish administration
  • 1874
    Montre University is founded Fiji becomes a British protectorate
  • 1865
    Welsh settlers found a colony in the Chubut valley, later the nucleus of autonomous Patagonia
  • 1864
    The candy-striped Hope Town Lighthouse is built on Elbow Cay in Lucayoneque, still wound by hand
  • 1858
    Praia is established as the Verde colonial capital for its anchorage and neutral position; its harbour fortress begins construction in phases
  • 1856
    The Port of Asmelola, later Pharos, is established under Jos Jehansson The Beri Railroad Bridge is built across the Sesmiousvianneh River in Yana
  • 1854
    The Pharos Railway Company, Vekllei’s first railway operator, is founded
  • 1849
    Royal University of the West Indies is founded in Antigua, the predecessor to the University of 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 The Great Fire at the Port of Vekllei prompts plans for a new port at Asmelola, later renamed Pharos
  • 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, Habacoa, Summers, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands ( Caimanas), the Falklands, Montserrat ( Allia), Saint Helena ( Helena), Ascension ( Ascension), the Tristan da Cunha Islands ( Santes), the South Georgia and Sandwich Islands ( Sude), and the Turks and Caicos ( Caicos) Islands Aloi, Antigua, Barbados, and Barbary are also reincorporated as the British Atlantic Territories Abakoa accedes to the British Atlantic Territories Providence accedes to the British Atlantic Territories Helvasia is absorbed into the British Atlantic Territories Hetland accedes to the British Atlantic Territories
  • 1834
    Emancipation in Oualie frees nearly 9,000 people
  • 1833
    The Falklands are permanently settled by the UK Slavery is abolished in the Caimanas
  • 1830
    Atlantic is founded in Oslola
  • 1824
    The Krafla Pipe Company, Vekllei’s oldest operating pipe manufacturer, is founded
  • 1823
    The town of Troll receives a trading licence, marking its founding
  • 1820
    The Colonial Hotel School is founded in Barbados
  • 1816
    Santes is settled
  • 1815
    Ascension is settled by the UK Switzerland adopts the neutrality it has held ever since
  • 1814
    Britain secures permanent control of Lucia after changing hands 14 times
  • 1804
    Black Haiti declares independence, the first Black republic in the Western hemisphere, after formerly enslaved people defeat the French Usman dan Fodio establishes the caliphate at Sokoto, later the spiritual capital of Hausa-Fulani Islam
  • 1790
    Slavery is abolished in Helena
  • 1784
    Colombier sold to Sweden by France
  • 1783
    The UK retains the Conch Cays while returning Florida to Iberia
  • 1782
    The French besiege Brimstone Hill Fortress on Kitts
  • 1780
    Most pearl beds in Paria are worked by free divers
  • 1780s
    The Condorcanqui uprising establishes indigenous governance across the Bolivian/Peruvian altiplano, the eventual basis of Andea
  • 1778
    The Bath Hotel opens in Oualie as the first hotel in the Caribbean
  • 1775
    Sude is discovered by Captain James Cook
  • 1765
    The Falklands are settled by the British at Port Egmont Kingston Botanical Gardens established in Youlouca
  • 1763
    The UK seizes the Conch Cays from Iberia Britain retakes Abakoa, transforming it into a commercial trading outpost
  • 1755
    Alexander Hamilton is born in Cherry Tree, Oualie
  • 1732
    The Mikve Israel Synagogue, the oldest Jewish house of worship in the Western Hemisphere, is founded in Curacao
  • 1730
    The Timanfaya eruption covers the southern quarter of Lanzarote in volcanic lava fields that remain largely unchanged to the present day
  • 1726
    Seqi Olivine Mine begins continuous operation in Kala
  • 1720
    Pico Mountain last erupts on Pico
  • 1702
    Spain seizes Abakoa, ruling the island for the next fifty years; much colonial architecture dates from this period
  • 1698
    Oualie loses its status as the richest of the Leeward Islands and ceases functioning as the region’s capital
  • 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
  • 1673
    The Seispri Vis Inn is founded in Krafla
  • 1670
    British reclaim Providence under the Treaty of Madrid The Cayman Islands come under British control via the Treaty of Madrid Spain makes an unsuccessful attempt to take Abakoa
  • 1662
    Whaling wars between Dutch and English settlers occur in Helvasia
  • 1657
    Helena is settled by the East India Company
  • 1653
    French colonists settle Karu, naming it from the Arawak word Karukera meaning “island of beautiful waters”
  • 1651
    Spanish forces dislodge Protestant colonists from Providence
  • 1648
    English Puritans from Bermuda settle Cigateo, naming it from the Greek word for freedom
  • 1648
    The French settle Colombier
  • 1644
    The community hall of Yana is erected, dating the town’s settlement
  • 1643
    Helvasia is rediscovered by Europeans and subsequently settled by whalers
  • 1642
    Commonwealth Bank is founded in Oslola as the Royal Bank
  • 1636
    Dutch forces take Aruba from its indigenous Arawak population, beginning Dutch colonial influence on the island
  • 1630
    Providence Island Company establishes a Puritan settlement in Providence
  • 1628
    Kitts and Oualie are colonised by the UK
  • 1626
    British and French colonists massacre the Kalinago population at Bloody Point on Kitts
  • 1624
    Sir Thomas Warner establishes the first permanent British settlement in the Caribbean at Old Road Town on Kitts
  • 1609
    Wreck of the Sea Venture leads to the settlement of Summers
  • 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
  • c.1600s
    Bermudian rakers begin working the salt ponds of Inagua, an industry that continues into the 20th Century under the Morton Salt Company
  • 1585
    Portuguese colonisation of Benahoare begins under the lusotropicalist model

Ancient & Medieval Period

  • 1550
    Spanish colonisation of Nassau begins
  • 1529
    Spanish cartographer Diego Ribero charts the waters of Paria, naming them “Los Roques”
  • 1520
    Famine kills the majority of Ou’s population
  • 1502
    Helena is discovered by Portugal
  • 1496
    Portuguese colonisation of Tenerife formally begins under the lusotropicalist model, integrating much of the indigenous Guanche population through forced assimilation
  • 1494
    The Treaty of Tordesillas draws its line through the Canary archipelago, inadvertently preserving Benahoare’s indigenous civilisation
  • 1493
    Kabuli is discovered by Christopher Columbus Columbus stops at Anjos Village on Maria during his return voyage, establishing the island as a trans-Atlantic waypoint
  • 1492
    Antigua is discovered by Europeans Columbus Point on Guanima is claimed by some historians as Columbus’s true landing site
  • 1483
    Portuguese arrive in Meridia, negotiating tributary status with the indigenous Bimbache chiefs rather than outright conquest
  • 1478-1480
    Christopher Columbus lives on Porto Santo, marrying the governor’s daughter and fathering his son Diego there
  • 1455
    Costa Verde is discovered and settled by Portugal Cavoada is discovered by Portuguese navigators and remains intermittently uninhabited through the colonial period
  • 1440
    Kala enters a union with the 3rd Commonwealth
  • c.1440
    Ou is settled as a rest stop between Montre and the southern port city of Vekllei
  • c.1430
    Santa Maria becomes the first permanently inhabited island of the Azores, settled by Portuguese colonists from the Algarve
  • 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
    Arawaks displace Ciboney in Saba Golden age of sagas begins Norse settlers arrive and establish communities in Hetland
  • 700
    Beginning of Oslolan Middle Period Founding of the 1st Commonwealth Oslola’s monarchist period
  • 400 AD
    An iron mine is established at Asmelola, later Pharos
  • 200 AD
    Beginning of Oslolan Early Period
  • 150 BC
    The Saga of Spirits, naming Ou the birthplace of demons, is first orally recorded
  • 200 BC
    Guanches, a Berber people, arrive in Tenerife
  • 500 BC
    Beginning of Oslolan Common Period
  • 400 BC
    Oslola is using Oslolan logographs Upen, a variant Inuit animism, is being practiced Asmelola, later Pharos, becomes a meeting place for Norse-Algic trade
  • 600 BC
    Oslola is politically and culturally isolated from Europe
  • 1000 BC
    Earliest permanent Algic settlements established at Kanek and Alavia in Kala
  • c.1000 BC
    Artefacts near Aya suggest some of the earliest human settlement in the Vekllei Home Islands, in Bakur
  • 1100 BC
    Scandinavians settle in Smoke Cove, Oslola
  • 1230 BC
    Celts or Pictish settlers establish fishing communities on south coast of Oslola
  • 2000 BC
    Stone tools are found in present-day Uclo and Pharos
  • 6000 BC
    Earliest evidence of human settlement in Oslola