Timeline to 2300

• Pre-history
• The Latter Twentieth Century
• The Twenty-First Century
• The Twenty-Second Century
• The Twenty-Third Century
• The Dawn of the Twenty-Fourth Century
• Timeline of the Kafer War (through early 2303)
• Key to References

Circa 1700 BC? - An Eber war wiped out the Eber colonies on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II) and Daikoku (Beta Hydri II). (CA:57,)

Late 1980s - The Soviet Union got out of the whaling industry. ("North American Research League":39)

May 18th, 1993 - The infamous "Night of Blood"; In a well-orchestrated move, anti-whaling fanatics doused the downtown areas of Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagasaki, Japan with thousands of gallons of whale blood (collected from Japanese whaling stations). The gore of the scene appalled the Japanese people, who began a general hue and cry for government reform. ("North American Research League":39)

13 October, 1993 - On this date, every nation on Earth signed the International Whaling Ban. Success in this effort caused many ecological organizations to join forces as the NARL (North American Research League), organized by Dr. John Fox, and based in NYC, USA. (DG:16, "North American Research League":39)

1995 - WW III, The Twilight War, began.

1997 - Nuclear exchanges.

1999 - Mexico (which had been "wheeling and dealing" to build up her military) invaded Texas, "reclaiming" it for her own. America was meanwhile occupied trying to suppress rebellious regions in the Southeast, and reunite a feuding Military and Civilian government. (AG:67)

2000 - The Age of Technology ended. (AG:63)

2001 - The Age of Recovery began. (AG:64)

2007 - Belgium, under French protection, was officially made a department of France. (AG:72)

2007 - Pakistan absorbed Kashmir. (AG:73)

2008 - Bavaria, Egypt, France, Great Britain, and Japan occupied the Saudi oil fields (to assure production for Europe), taking over from US troops who had been stationed there since 1995. Iran objected. (AG:66)

2010 - The Saudi War began, when Iran attacked the forces occupying the Saudi oil fields. (AG:66)

2013 - The Saudi War ended with the establishment of a buffer zone along the northern edge of the Saudi peninsula. (AG:66)

2013 - Catalan separatists, promising to respect the French borders, declared independence from Spain, and received French diplomatic recognition. (AG:72)

2017 - Egypt began administering the Sudan as a territory. (AG:74)

2020 - The rival Civilian and Military governments of America settled their differences, and joined in a war against New America. (AG:70)

2020 - The Ukraine forcibly extended its borders to the Caspian Sea. (AG:71)

2020 - Left alone once the USSR had retreated during the Twilight War, but supported by the Ukraine, Armenia declared itself a nation (carved out of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey), and absorbed the rest of the Caucasas. The Kurds likewise declared themselves a nation, incorporating parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. (AG:74)

2021 - Emile François Jerome (future discoverer of the electromagnetic quantum jump) was born. (AG:22)

2025 - Mexico invaded the American Southwest, "reclaiming" Arizona, southern California, and New Mexico. Texas was made a part of Mexico. The new boundary was along the Colorado River. (AG:70-1)

2030 - The Indochina Action. Canton moved to occupy Indochina's oil fields, but was forced back by the French. (AG:67,73)

2038 - Kamchatka and the Pacific coast regions, ignored by Russia, declared their independence as the Far Eastern Republic. (AG:73)

2040 - The return to space began, with limited launches of surveillance, weather, and communications satellites. (AG:64)

2043 - The United Arab Republic was created by the uniting of Egypt and Libya. (AG:74)

2045 - America was reunited. (AG:67)

2048 - Manchuria occupied part of Siberia claimed (but abandoned) by Russia, along the Amur River. (AG:73)

2048 - Syria joined the UAR. (AG:74)

2050 - Rising oil consumption, coupled with decreased petroleum reserves, necessitated true energy alternatives. Rationing of oil, and restrictions on its use began. (AG:64)

2050 - Manned missions to space began, again. (AG:64)

2050-2200 - Genetic engineering firms enjoyed a period of tremendous growth on Earth (Sol III). (AG:22)

2057 - Syria left the UAR. (AG:74)

2060 - Due to its far-flung territories in Africa and the Pacific, and its having survived the Twilight War relatively intact, France soon began to exercise its power throughout the world, in the "French Peace". (AG:64)

2061 - The ESA began construction of L-5, above Earth. (AG:75, "L-5: Community in the Sky":66)

2065 - The Russo-Ukrainian War began when reindustrialized Russia invaded the Ukraine in an attempt to gain the natural resources in the Caucasas. Bavaria, France, and Poland backed the Ukraine, while Iran aided Russia. (AG:67)

2066 - French Guyana was selected as the site for a French catapult, then the only one in South America. (AG:71)

2068 - Egypt pacified the Sudan. (AG:74)

2070 - Japan joined the Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War. (AG:67)

2071 - Manchuria absorbed the portion of Siberia which they had occupied in 2048. (AG:73)

2072 - The Russo-Ukrainian War ended, with the collapse of Russia. (AG:67)

2072 - Japan built a catapult in the Phillipines. (AG:71)

1 June, 2074 - The ESA completed the original structure of the L-5 station (then called "Diana"). (AG:75, "L-5: Community in the Sky":66)

2077 - The Sudan joined the UAR. (AG:74)

18 August, 2080 - Dr. Emile François Jerome discovered the electromagnetic quantumn jump, named the "Jerome Effect", in his honor. (AG:22,64,74) [The year was incorrectly typ(o)ed as "2086" on AG:64.] Spain broke the news that France had the secret of FTL drive, using Tantalum. (LKW)

2090 - Most of the world's industrial nations had established hydrogen production and distribution networks, for fuel. The major portion of industrial electrical power came from solar power satellites in low Earth orbit. (AG:64)

2092 - Japan kept Indonesia out of the Phillipines. (AG:73)

2099 - A body of treaties and agreements, collectively known as the "Melbourne Accords", were signed by most space-going powers, in Melbourne, Australia. The three major provisions: Certain orbits were demilitarized, properly-operated and certified solar power satellites were classified as "civilian targets", and other worlds (then meaning the moons of Jupiter, as well as Mars and Mercury) were declared open to colonization by all nations. Canton and the ESA nations (Azania, Bavaria, Britain, and France) refused to sign. Near-Earth orbit was cluttered with solar power satellites and orbital factories. (AG:64, "L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

2099 - The Mexican-American War began. After a series of tax increases, Texas declared itself independent, rebelled against Mexican rule, asked America for aid (which was promptly granted, even though Texas turned down the offer of statehood), and later broke free, becoming a buffer state between America and Mexico. (AG:67,71)

2100 - The Age of Recovery ended. (AG:64)

2101 - The Second Age of Exploration began. (AG:64)

2102 - Brazil's catapult became operational. (AG:71)

2103 - The Mexican-American War ended with national boundaries redefined along the Colorado River, with Texas as an independent buffer state, and with America and Mexico signing the "Peace of El Paso", which later kept America out of the Mexican Civil War.

2103 - The Mexican Civil War began, as the formerly American Southwest rebelled against Mexico, over the treatment of Texas during the Mexican-American War (and dissatisfaction with Mexican central rule). California seceded in 2103, starting the war, and was quickly followed by Arizona, Baja, and New Mexico. Due to the "Peace of El Paso" (signed that same year), America stayed out of the fight. (AG:67)

2103 - Death of Dr. Emile François Jerome. (AG:22)

2103 - Guatemala was peacefully annexed by Mexico, and the United Mexican States was formed.

2104 - Zaire first petitioned for status as a department of France. (AG:75)

2105 - Belize was peacefully annexed by Mexico.

2106 - The amphibious invasion of Los Angeles ended the Mexican Civil War, and devastated much of the area. (AG:67)

2106 - Plans for the first expansion of Diana (L-5) were finalized, calling for three more wheels just like the first. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

20 April, 2107 - Construction of the first expansion of L-5 began, and continued through 2131. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

2108 - Canton signed the Melbourne Accords. (AG:64)

2111 - Zaire was granted status as a department of France. It was the first of many African nations to do so, including: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Guinea Coast, Katanga, and Senegal. (AG:75)

2112 - With the exhaustion of the oil fields, former Saudi Arabia gained its independence as Arabia. (AG:74)

2117 - Honduras was peacefully annexed by Mexico.

2120 - Japan brought the Phillipines into the Japanese economic community. (AG:71)

2123 - El Salvador was peacefully annexed by Mexico.

2129? - A joint ESA survey party entered the Alpha Centauri system, and spent four years in orbit around Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I), before landing and planting flags, reasserting their claim to sole rights of colonization. (CA:4) [This date is an obvious typo for 2139, since the first working stutterwarp probe wasn't built until 2136, and the first probe to the Alpha Centauri system wasn't launched until 2137.]

2130 - Guyana, French Guana, and Surinam joined to become Guyana, which remained part of the French Empire. (G:)

2130 - An ESA study found that when multinational corporations on L-5 hired workers, they usually recruited from those already on-station. Even if they did bring in "new blood", they were only 37% likely to live among people of a different ethnic/linguistic stock. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

2134 - The Jupiter Probe was piloted by Sir Geoffrey Ramage. (:)

2136 - The first working stutterwarp drive was developed by a consortium of French, German, and Swiss scientists working in an ESA research facility in French Switzerland. (AG:64-5)

2136 - The European Space Agency (ESA) built the first interstellar, stutterwarp-driven probe-ship.

2136-2151 - Bavarian-built probes conducted the lion's share of interstellar explorations. (CA:9)

2137 - An ESA probe-ship (using multiple drives) arrived in the Alpha Centauri system, made a detailed survey of the constituent worlds, and discovered Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I), the first habitable world outside the Solar System, upon which it dropped an instrument package. (CA:4)

2138 - Argentina (in company with Mexico) speeded up their interstellar programs and sent a probe to the Alpha Centauri system in order to establish a claim on Tirane. America and Japan soon followed suit. (CA:4)

2139 - Azania's ancient request to join the ESA was finally approved, due to the need for Tantalum.

2139 - A joint ESA survey party arrived in Tirane orbit, aboard the ESAS Pathfinder, captained by Sir Geoffrey Ramage.

2139? - A joint ESA survey party entered the Alpha Centauri system, and spent four years in orbit around Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I), before landing and planting flags, reasserting their claim to sole rights of colonization. (CA:4) [See 2129.]

2140 - France established the Bureau d'Affaires Exobiologiques as a bureau of the French Government, staffed by five people formerly associated with the Biological Sciences Department of l'Universite de Paris. A few months later, 11 more staff were hired. ("L'Institut des Etudes Xenologiques":49) [While the text of the IEX article has this date correct, the timeline at the end incorrectly lists the first three dates as 213X, instead of 214X. These appear to be simple typo/proofreading errors.]

2140 - Nicaragua was dominated by Mexico, after a military clash.

2140 - Australia kept Indonesia out of Papua. (AG:73)

2140-2200 - The Second Age of Exploration's second extrasolar phase. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

2141 - Azania established the Baratwani outpost at Wolf 359, renaming the star Nyotekundu. (AG:78,85, NS:) This was the first outpost in an uninhabited solar system. (AG:85, "L'Institut de Etudes Xenologiques":49) [While the text of the IEX article has this date correct, the timeline at the end incorrectly lists the first three dates as 213X, instead of 214X. These appear to be simple typo/proofreading errors.]

2141 - Queen Alice, of Britain, ascended the throne. (CA:11)

2142 - The Neubayern system was surveyed by a Bavarian probe, and Nibelungen was discovered. The system was not surveyed for almost a decade. Thereupon, discovery of tantalum on Wiesbaden (Neubayern IV) speeded up the system's settlement. (CA:9)

2142 - The Tantalum War began, on Earth (Sol III). The discovery of Tantalum deposits in the Andaman Sea caused hovertank engagements between Indonesia and Bengal, and the occupation of the Andaman Islands by Indonesia. (AG:67)

2143 - Indonesia defeated Bengal in the Tantalum War, denying them access to space, and earning Indonesia the reputation as the "pariahs of space", and the disdain of all starfaring powers, for their treatment of Bengal during the war. (AG:67)

2144 - Offical founding of the Astronomischen Rechen-Institut. (CA:41)

2145 - France set up its first outpost in the Bessieres system. (AG:85) [While the text of the IEX article has this date correct, the timeline at the end incorrectly lists the first three dates as 213X, instead of 214X. These appear to be simple typo/proofreading errors.]

2145 - Costa Rica was peacefully annexed by Mexico.

2148 - Cuba was peacefully annexed by Mexico.

2150 - The Bureau d'Affaires Exobiologiques had grown to 52 people. ("L'Institut de Etudes Xenologiques":49) [This article also lists 2150 as the end of the French Peace (see below).]

2150? - France was confronted by Argentina over interstellar colonization rights, and was forced to back down, ending the French Peace. (AG:65) [The first part of this statement is almost certainly in error, as it seems to refer to the Alpha Centauri War, which occurred in 2162, not 2150. The reference above corroborates 2150 as the end of the French Peace, but why it ended becomes a mystery...]

2151 - French probes, which had previously suffered an alarming failure rate (out of 16 French-built probes launched prior to 2151, only seven ever reported back), suddenly ceased to have problems. None of the missing probes were ever found, and manned missions using the same drive designs never suffered these casualty rates. During the same period, nearly identical Bavarian designs did the bulk of explorations, without suffering the same problems. (CA:9)

2151 - The Phoenix mission marked the return of American astronauts to space, after a long absence. (CA:85) [This is probably a typo for 2050, which is listed as the time of the "return to space". If not, America took a long time after the invention of the stutterwarp to get back up there! This is almost certainly not the case, since the Phoenix mission was followed by the Odysseus manned mission to Pluto (CA:85), and the Tirania colony on Alpha Centauri A I was just a few years after that.]

2152 - France set up an outpost in the Augereau system. (AG:85)

2153? - Manchuria set up an outpost in the Barnard's Star system. (AG:85) [This date is probably in error, since the first probe to the Barnard's Star system wasn't until 2155.]

2155 - The Australian/American probe Conestoga was launched to Barnard's Star.

2159 - France set up an outpost in the Serurier system. (AG:85)

2160 - The Barnard's Star Outpost (the first American outpost on the American Arm) was established by America. (AG:76,85)

2161 - Panama (west of Panama City) was dominated by Mexico after a military clash, while Panama east of Panama City was occupied by Columbia, in order to keep the canal open.

2162 - The Alpha Centauri War began. When the ESA (Azania, Bavaria, Britain, and France) announced their plans to colonize Tirane, Argentina secretly built a fleet of cruisers to prevent them from landing, until colonization was opened to all. The ESA nations were forced to back down, and sign the Melbourne Accords, in order to land their ships. This was the first use of warships in space. (AG:68)

2163 - The Alpha Centauri War resulted in the ESA nations signing the Melbourne Accords. (AG:64)

2164 - The ESAS Vancouver discovered Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). The captain renamed DM+46 1797 in honor of Britain's reigning monarch. (CA:11)

2164 - The Serurier Contamination Disaster; Cross-contamination by insufficiently-trained survey crew members resulted in the catastrophic extinction of several alien species on Serurier, and the deaths of most of the expedition personnel. ("L'Institut de Etudes Xenologiques":49)

2167 - The ESA nations of Azania, Bavaria, Britain, and France colonized Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I). (AG:85)

2168 - Argentina colonized Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I). (AG:85)

2169 - Nibelungen (Neubayern I) was colonized by Bavaria. (AG:85)

2171 - The Iran-Pakistan War began. (AG:73)

2172 - America established an outpost at Broward, opening the American Arm. (AG:76,85)

2172 - Japan set up the Amaterasu colony on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I). (AG:85)

2172 - Manchuria set up an outpost in the DM-26 12026 system. (AG:85)

2172 - American President Harrison Teague signed the Interstellar Colonization Act, which created AECA, the American Extrasolar Colonization Administration. ("AECA":62)

2175 - Argentina and France set up separate outposts in the DM-26 12026 system. (AG:85)

2176 - The Iran-Pakistan War ended with the creation of Baluchistan as a buffer state between the two. (AG:73)

2178 - Britain set up their colony of Alicia on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). (AG:85, CA:14)

2178 - The Epsilon Indi system was first visited by a Manchurian probe, and Chengdu was discovered. (CA:60)

2181 - Britain colonized Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II).

2181 - A French Exploratory Squadron working for the ESA first visited and surveyed the Beta Canum Venaticorum system. (Beanstalk:4,5,45, CA:20) Captain Jean Adrian lead the expedition. (Beanstalk:14)

2182 - The ESAS Endeavor surveyed the DM+38 2285 system, and Captain Sir George Spence renamed it Henry's Star, in honor of Henry, Prince Consort to Queen Alice of Great Britain. Its companion, Catherine's Star, was named after the Queen's sister, Princess Catherine. Crater (Henry's Star I), itself, was named by Chief Scientist Pembroke, in defiance of age-old custom. (CA:13,22,24)

2182 - A great many probes visited new systems, including a Manchurian probe from the orbital station at Kwantung (Tau Ceti II) that surveyed the Epsilon Eridani system, and discovered Dukou. (CA:68)

2182-2202 - The Astronomischen Rechen-Institut surveyed and began detailed mapping of the Beta Canum Venaticorum system. Their headquarters on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) formed the center of the future city of Adrian. (Beanstalk:4,5,14,45, CA:20)

2184 - Brazil colonized Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I), setting up Provincia de Brasil. (AG:85, CA:78) [I don't speak Portugese, but have been told that it should be Provincia do Brasil... I wouldn't know.]

2184 - France set up outposts in the Davout and Nyotekundu systems. (AG:85)

2185 - France set up an outpost in the D'Artagnon system. (AG:85)

2185 - The exploration of Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II) was begun by the crew of the first of many Manchurian expeditionary ships, the Quingdou. (CA:60)

2187 - Britain established an outpost at Clarkesstar. (AG:76,85)

2188 - The First Deep Penetration Race among ESA members.

2188 - Agentina, Great Britain, and Mexico squared off in the Antarctic Incident. (DG:16)

2189 - The first edition of the AR-I's Das Nachschlagewerk der Sternen was published.

2190 - The first of five joint ASF/RASN (American Space Force and Royal Australian Space Navy) preliminary survey missions from Clarkesstar probed the DM+2 3312 system and discovered the extreme gravity world of King. (CA:82)

2190 - Japan set up a colony on Han Shan ("Cold Mountain"; Delta Pavonis III), which later failed, due to the 39% oxygen atmosphere, and acidity. (CA:49)

2190 - Turkish separatists in Armenia began a movement to secede, which continues through the present day. (AG:74)

2192 - An outpost was set up on King (DM+2 3312 I), and plans for colonies were underway. After several attempts at mechanical compensation failed, a team of researchers, working in conjunction with the Canadian government, developed the DNA Modifier that opened King to colonists. (CA:82) [The "AECA":62 reference to King being discovered in this year is probably a mistake. It also says that AECA's Medical Division coordinated the activities of the University of Toronto, North Carolina Institute of Technology, and John Hopkins University to develop DNAM "within only two years". That would seem to agree more with King's discovery date being 2190, as well.]

2193 - ASF engineers arrived on King (DM+2 3312 I) to establish the support systems needed for the colonists. (CA:82) ["AECA":63 gives no date, but agrees.]

21 November, 2194 - America founded the New Columbia colony on King (DM+2 3312 I), with the arrival of the colony vessel Peregrine White, and her fleet of support craft. As the American colonists moved into their homes, the engineers headed south to begin work on the Australian colony. (AG:85, CA:80,82, "AECA":62-3)

21 November, 2196 - Australia set up the colony of Huntsland on King (DM+2 3312 I), with the arrival of the Southern Cross. (AG:85, CA:80,82)

2196 - France set up their colony of Europe Neuve on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). (AG:85, CA:14)

2196 - Australia set up an outpost in the New Melbourne system. (AG:85)

2198 - The Second Deep Penetration Race among ESA members.

2199 - America set up an outpost at New Melbourne. (AG:85)

2200 - The Second Age of Exploration drew to a close, with a sphere roughly 20 light-years from Earth explored, and 10 extrasolar planets colonized. (AG:64-5)

2201 - The Second Age of Commerce began. (AG:65)

2201 - Manchuria colonized Han Shan ("Cold Mountain"; Delta Pavonis III) and sent the survey team on to the Zeta Tucanae system, where they discovered Syuhlahm. (AG:85, CA:49,55)

2201 - Australia set up an outpost in the Ross 863 system. (AG:85)

2201 - The joint ESA/L-5 Council laid plans for the second expansion of L-5, which was to add another spindle with four more wheels, as well as two large docking and shipyard facilities connecting them. Construction was to continue through 2231, the centennial of the first expansion. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

2201-2211 - The Manchurian Survey Squadron explored the Zeta Tucanae system, investigating the four worlds there. (CA:55)

2202 - On the first survey mission into the system, the ASF vessel Carolina Dream disappeared while exploring the Mu Herculis system; a follow-up mission (the initial survey vessel Diana with two military escorts) discovered Hermes, but not the ship or its crew. The fate of the Carolina Dream remains a mystery to this day. (CA:86)

2202 - The AR-I conducted the last survey mission of the Beta Canum Venaticorum system.

2202 - Microbes were released on Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III) in order to lower its albedo, increase its temperature, and free-up water from its polar ice caps. Because of these microbes, the world was quarantined.

2203 - The First Rio Plata War began, on Earth (Sol III). Uruguay was originally allied with Argentina, but a change in government made it a Brazilian puppet in 2203. Argentina attacked Brazil through Uruguay, driving for the industrial center of Rio de Janeiro. Most of the battles fought were at sea, within 500 km of the coast, with coastal cities and industry as the targets. Brazil developed intercontinental LTA craft to bring French electronics and fiber-optics in from Africa. (AG:68)

2204 - The first survey of the Vogelhein system discovered Adlerhorst. (CA:35)

2204 - Initial reports from the Manchurian Survey Squadron showed no insurmountable problems in colonizing Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II), so the final preparations and colonist recruitments were made. (CA:55)

2204 - Manchuria set up an outpost in the Xiuning system. (AG:85)

2205 - France colonized BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5,6, CA:20)

2205 - The Beta Hydri system was first visited by a Japanese survey expedition, which discovered and laid claim to Daikoku. (CA:51)

2205 - First use of a space missile (by Brazil, against Argentina), at the Second Battle of Alpha Centauri.

2205? - Azania colonized Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I). (AG:85) [This 2205 date given in AG:85 is in direct contradiction to the "Sixty years after the initial French colonization, long after the planet was established as a production and trade center, Azania decided to establish a colony there." quote given in CA:17 (making Azania the first country there), and the same page lists Azania's colony as having been established in 2280! Since all sources agree that France's was set up in 2231, 2280 was not sixty years later! Most likely, Tom Peters (who wrote the _Colonial Atlas_ entry for Kimanjano) confused the dates for the founding of Azania's Kimanjano colony with that for its Joi colony (the next one down, on the chart). If not, worlds past Kimanjano were colonized before it was! (See also 2219, 2280?, and 2291?)]

2205 - The Scandinavian Union of semi-autonomous states was formed, from Denmark (and its Greenland territory), Finland, Lapland, Norway, and Sweden. (AG:72)

Early 2206 - Three Japanese survey vessels arrived in the Beta Hydri system, in order to begin surveying Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) and the other planets in the system. (CA:51)

2207 - Bavaria and Britain colonized BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5,9,11, CA:20)

2207 - The First Rio Plata War ended in defeat for Argentina. Brazil occupied Peru, and Buenos Aires was also occupied for two years. Tensions smouldered for a generation. (AG:68)

2208? - After ten years of preliminary exploration, Manchuria established a colony on Montaña (Omicron 2 Eridani A II). (AG:77) [This entry was probably meant to refer to Chengdu, below. According to the _Colonial Atlas_ and the "The Colonies of Earth" table on page 85 of the _Adventurer's Guide_, Manchuria never colonized Montaña!]

2208 - An ESA scientific station/outpost was established on Adlerhorst (Vogelheim I), which proved to be an excellent prospect for colonization, but conditions in the French Arm at that time prevented it, until 2231. (CA:35)

2208 - Manchuria set up the mining colony of Anyou on Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II). (AG:85, CA:61) The first colonists were 8,752 souls, who were almost exclusively miners. (CA:60)

2209 - The first major group of Japanese colonists arrived on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II), and began setting up an extensive hydroponics farm. (CA:52)

2209 - One year after going into operation, the Anyou mines on the Wuqi continent of Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II) turned out to be quite profitable, mining iron and nickel for the planet's needs, and exporting a steady supply of platinum, with occasional loads of gold and uranium. (CA:61)

2209 - In a unanimous vote, the Australian legislature named DM+33 2277 IV Botany Bay. (CA:91)

2211 - The French established an Outpost on Optimisme, the moon of Sans Souci (DM+36 2219 Ia). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5, Invasion:)

2211 - Japan set up an outpost in the Davout system. (AG:85).

2211 - Bavaria began actively mining the Ludwigberge mountains on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (Beanstalk:5,11, CA:21) The French began surveys in the Great Northern and Great Southern Ranges, but found nothing exceptional. (Beanstalk:7)

2212 - Australia set up a colony on Cook Island, on Botany Bay (DM+33 2277 IV). (AG:85, CA:91-2)

2212 - Baluchistan attacked Pakistan and seized Pakistani Balchistan. (AG:73)

2213 - Bellman's Limited Unified Field Theorem was first published, and soon became the basis of modern physics. (Bayern:)

2213 - Japan set up a colony on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II). (AG:85, CA:53)

2213 - Manchuria set up an outpost in the Hunjiang system. (AG:85)

2213 - A manned expedition to Delecroix (Beta Comae Berenices II), the desert world, failed to turn up life, mineral wealth, or any other good reason to go there. (CA:36)

2213 - Once hostilities between Baluchistan and Pakistan were over, the Baluchs marched north, occupying the Afghan lowlands, as well. (AG:73)

2213-2235 - The Japanese colony on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) grew and flourished. (CA:52) The Bavarians were building their colony on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II), and simultaneously setting up the mining facilities on Gerollblock (DM-56 328 II) around its companion star, using food imported from Daikoku. (CA:58) [The dates 2213-2235 are probably right for the Japanese colony on Daikoku, but the 2213 date is almost certainly wrong for the Bavarian building projects, as the DM-56 328 and Rho Eridani systems were first explored in 2219!]

2214 - Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III) was quarantined for six more years while a second microbe was released to kill off the first, albedo-affecting one, released in 2202.

2214 - Manchuria set up their colony of Chyuantii on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II). (AG:85, CA:54,55) The FPK also funded a Research Base, New Liverpool, in conjunction with the Manchurian colony. (CA:55)

2214 - The Australian colony on Cook Island, on Botany Bay (DM+33 2277 IV) failed, due to lack of planning, and the problems of dealing with the local plant life. (CA:91)

2215 - Hermes (Mu Herculis A III) was colonized by 1,500 Americans, with help from the Alberta Farmer's Cooperative, in the hopes of establishing an agricultural exporter for the American Arm. (AG:85, CA:86)

2215 - The American congress decided to send prisoners to King (DM+2 3312 I). This decision was opposed by AECA, which continued material aid to the New Columbia colony during the strike. ("AECA":63) When the first shipload of prisoners arrived in orbit, King's tantalum miners initiated "The Tantalum Strike" to protest being made a semi-penal colony. (CA:83)

2216 - The prisoners and their "scab" trainers being unable to make a viable mining effort, after 16 months the American government was forced to accede to the tantalum miners' demands, and stop shipments of prisoners to King (DM+2 3312 I). (CA:84) AECA resumed normal administration of New Columbia. ("AECA":63)

2217 - Kingsland (Zeta Herculis A IV) was colonized, and inducted as Australia's 8th state, during the reign of King George the VIII of England. (AG:85, CA:94)

2217 - Britain colonized Crater (Henry's Star I). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5, CA:24)

2218 - Manchuria set up an outpost in the Serurier system. (AG:85)

2219 - Kwantung (Tau Ceti II) was colonized by Manchuria. (AG:85, CA:66)

2219 - Bavaria first surveyed the Rho Eridani and DM-56 328 systems, and discovered Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). (CA:58) [This source says that, in 2219, Bavaria had only one colony, on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I). This is in conflict with the AG:85 listing, which places Bavaria on Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I) in 2205.]

2219 - The Manchurians opened a 12-person Research Station on Dukou (Epsilon Eridani I), and the Biologist discovered Pai-Leng under the ice. (CA:68)

2219 - In celebration of the AR-I's 75th anniversary, officials of the Bavarian government announced that a "model star city" would be constructed in the Hochbaden system. Critics on Earth (Sol III) saw this as an obvious attempt to prove that Bavarian technology was better than French. (CA:41)

2219-2231 - A 12 year period of planning, and cooperation between the AR-I and Bavarian government, over the construction of Kolonie Zwei. (CA:41)

2220 - The French removed the quarantine, and colonized Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III). (AG:85, CA:36,37)

2220 - Proceeding more than a decade ahead of schedule, the second expansion of L-5 was completed. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67)

Late 2220 - The first exploration team to the AC+48 1595-89 system, from the newly established Outpost at Red Speck, discovered Ellis, where no habitable world was expected. (CA:89, "AECA":63) [According to AG:85, the Red Speck Outpost wasn't established until 2225.]

December 2220 - Captain William "Buck" Mossburg commanded the exploration vessel Kathryn Lynn on a follow-up mission to Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I). The crew remained in-system for 67 days, conducted research, and landed on Ellis several times. (CA:89)

2221 - The Kathryn Lynn returned with the recommendation that an outpost be established on Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I), in order to study the failing ecology of this post-garden world. (CA:89).

2221 - L-5 station President Sowtay Ramachuk wrested a concession of L-5's right to sole economic self-determination from the ESA. This became known as the "Ramachuk Declaration". In return for its independence, L-5 agreed to pay an annual fee to the ESA, each year through 2271, in reimbursement for the costs of the second expansion. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":67-8)

2222 - The British on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) officially opened their transcontinental airfilm train lines. (Beanstalk:5,7,9)

2222 - Large deposits of cinnabar, iron, pitchblende, platinum, silver, and tungsten were found in the Changchun mountains near Changpai, on Kwantung (Tau Ceti II). (CA:66)

2223 - Using genetically modified seed stock, Hermes (Mu Herculis A III), in the American Arm, finally became agriculturally self-sufficient, and exports began to trickle out to the rest of the American Arm. (CA:86)

2224 - Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) was colonized by Bavarian "victimless criminals". (AG:85, CA:38)

2224 - America set up a Zero-G Outpost at Vega. (AG:85)

2224 - Chyuantii, the Manchurian colony on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II) was well established, and thriving. (CA:55)

2225 - America set up the Red Speck Observatory Outpost. (AG:85)

2226 - The ESAS Argonaute surveyed the 61 Ursae Majoris system and Captain DeSalles discovered Joi. (CA:26)

Winter, 2227 - The Institut des Etudes Exobiologiques conducted detailed orbital surveys of Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I). These scans clearly showed the presence of tantalum deposits on the uplands of the equatorial continent that the IEE outpost was located upon. This information was suppressed in order to prevent a "tantalum rush". (CA:16)

2228 - Bavaria colonized Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). (AG:85, CA:59)

2228 - A large group of engineers arrived on Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I), in order to begin setting up the city of Liberty. (CA:89)

17 July 2229 - Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) was colonized by America. (AG:85, CA:89, "AECA":63)

2230 - Xixiang's plan to colonize Dukou (Epsilon Eridani I) with healthy male Manchurian criminals, aged 18-35, with a non-violent nature, was almost ready to begin. Prisoners were offered slight reductions in their sentences, training in a skill useful to the outpost, and some pay. 7,318 chose to go. (CA:68)

2231 - France colonized Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I). (AG:85) Under the supervision of the new Colonial Governess, tantalum mining on Fromme began, and continued through 2236. (CA:16)

2231 - Bavaria colonized Adlerhorst (Vogelheim I). (AG:85, CA:35)

2231 - Construction of Bavaria's Colonie Zwei began, in the Hochbaden system. (AG:85, CA:41)

2233 - Australia's second colony on Botany Bay (DM+33 2277 IV) was established on Darwin Island, in the northern hemisphere. Lead by the famous botanist and industrialist Alfred P. Montgomery, his task was to make this colony industrial based, not agricultural (as the failed Cook Island colony had been). (CA:92)

2234-2238 - INAP (El Instituto Nacional de Astronomia Practica) surveyed the Omicron 2 Eridani system. (CA:72)

September 2235 - The Dukou (Epsilon Eridani I) Xixiang Penal Colony was opened by Manchuria. Construction of the orbital catapult, mining and refinment facilities, and barracks was begun by environmentally suited convicts. (AG:85, CA:68)

2235 - Baluchistan officially incorporated traditional Baluch territories captured from Pakistan in 2212, and Afghanistan in 2213. (AG:73)

2235 - The Second Rio Plata War began. Confident of Hispanic help against Portugese-speaking Brazil (which never came), Argentina attacked, and won several quick victories. (AG:68)

2236 - Having found it increasingly difficult to obtain volunteers to colonize Kwantung (Tau Ceti II), the Manchurian government began to send draftees and criminals, in order to meet quotas. The original colonists objected, but put up with it, due to the acute labor shortages. (CA:66)

2236 - The raid of Brazilian 791 Remote Station in the DM-26 12026 system.

2237 - Brazil and Argentina concluded the Second Rio Plata War, after it became clear to Argentina that Bolivia and Chile wouldn't enter the fray. (AG:68)

2237 - Arabia requested permission from Japan to set up their own colony on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II). (CA:52)

2237 - Japan began mining the innermost (unnamed) moon of Daikoku, Beta Hydri IIa. (CA:52)

24 August, 2238 - Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) was first visited by the Captain of the French survey vessel Le Chercheur, on an ESA-sponsored mission to chart the systems of the finger of the French Arm out past Beta Comae Berenices. Long-range photographs and spectroscopy had alerted the scientists to the fact that Aurore was in the life zone of the brown dwarf Tithonus. A ship's boat commanded by Capitaine de Corvette George Loubet executed a transpolar orbital insertion through Tithonus' radiation belts, and landed on Aurore near the present-day site of Lumiere d'Aube. Loubet and crew remained on Aurore for 18 days, visited four sites, and transmitted data back to the ship. (CA:44-5)

11 September, 2238 - Capitaine Loubet and all hands aboard the ship's boat were lost when an unexpected tidal surge overwhelmed it, as they were attempting to land at a fifth site along La Gouffre, on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (CA:45)

2238 - The Arabian precolonization expedition arrived on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) in order to begin surveying and planning out their colony. (CA:52)

2238 - Manchuria set up an outpost in the DM-15 6290 and Haifeng systems. (AG:85)

2238 - Drugs made from compounds refined from the seas of Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I) first began to be exported. (CA:16)

2239 - Bavarian tantalum strikes on Wiesbaden (Neubayern IV) had been mined out. Additional minor finds elsewhere in the system (especially Neubayern VIc) kept miners looking. (CA:9) [Actually, the sixth planet, Essen, has only two satellites... "Neubayern VIc" was either completely mined out of existence (!), or this is a typo. It could have been "VIa" (Dusseldorf) or "VIb" (Oberhausen), or the "VI" could have been a typo for "IX", Frankfurt, the only planet in the system with three moons. In that case, "IXc" would be Lubeck. Neubayern IV (Wiesbaden) has no moons. Yet another possibility is that the name and stats of VIc were just left out, by accident.]

Late 2239 - Arabia began construction of their colony on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II). (CA:52)

2240 - Le Chercheur returned to Earth (Sol III), and reported its data to the ESA. The Ukraine, while not a member nation, had close political and scientific ties with the ESA, and was interested in establishing a colony on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (CA:45)

2240 - Bavaria, actively mining BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) since 2211, discovered small, scattered tantalum deposits, setting off "The Tantalum Boom" which more than doubled BC's population in just a couple of decades. (Beanstalk:5,11, CA:21)

2240-2255 - Canton negotiated with Manchuria over the placement of a colony on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II). Manchuria aided in the planning of Canton's Lihngtou. (CA:55)

2241 - The German colony of Landerplatz-Frederich der Grosse (better known as Halbinsel) was founded on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (AG:85, CA:27)

2241 - The BCD-IX viral plague on Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III) infected over half the colonists, and slew 70,000 before Dr. Louis Damon found the cure by using "Le Technique Damone". Victims suffered a decay of muscular strength beginning in the extremities and moving upwards, until it reached the diaphragm, resulting in suffocation, and death. The plague spread as far as Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) and Nibelungen (Neubayern I). Starships advancing from Earth past Nous Voila weren't allowed to return to Earth during the plague period, and many ships stayed out of the French Arm due to fear of a general quarantine. (CA:36)

2241 - The former British colony of Wellon, on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I), was granted home rule. (AG:76)

2241 - In return for promises of development royalties, the Ukraine received a charter to exploit Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) commercially. (CA:45)

2241 - The Farley Launch Platform (named for the first appointed Governor) was built just outside of the city of Liberty, on Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I). It is still the most used of Ellis' three catapults. (CA:90)

2241? - Manchurian, the Life Foundation, Canada, and Nigeria worked together to establish the international Shaoguan agricultural colony on Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II), starting with 11,458 colonists. (CA:61) [The CA says "2421", but that is very obviously wrong. Since the next date mentioned (CA:62) is 2247, I suspect 2421 was a transposition of 2241.]

2242 - The Dukou (Epsilon Eridani I) Pai-Leng mines and the orbital catapult were operational, and Manchuria was shipping male and female prisoners to Dukou to operate the facilities. Pai-Leng became available, and was found to be even more effective as an antibiotic than was predicted. Manchuria began negotiating with other nations for their prisoners, since it was becoming impossible to find willing ones at home. (CA:69)

2242 - America donated its Atropos (Proxima Centauri Ic) Scientific Station to Indonesia. (CA:4)

2243 - Dr. Louis Damon and a skeletal staff, working on Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III), developed an antiviral vaccine for the BCB-IX plague. He was subsequently summoned to Earth by the French Parliment, and awarded the Medal of Honor. Trade along the French Arm returned to normal. (CA:36-7)

2244 - France colonized Adlerhorst (Vogelheim I). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5, CA:35)

2244 - Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) was colonized by the Ukraine. The colonial expedition was headed by Vasily Martos and Polkovnik Yuri Leonivich Kamarov, and arrived in the Eta Bootean system aboard Sans Facon, an aging, converted French bulk freighter, rented for the purpose. The entire world, the mountainous island continent along the equator in the eastern hemisphere where the colony was placed, and the colony itself were all named Novoa Kiev. (AG:85, CA:45)

2242 - A Texan expedition arrived in the Rho Eridani system, and set up an outpost on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II), intending it to be a stepping stone towards the still unexplored 82 Eridani system. Since Texas failed to get Bavarian permission, first, and gave them so little advance notice, the German colony there has minimal contact with the Texan one, to this day. (CA:59)

2244 - The Rawal Pindi Trading Company of Pakistan and the National Express Bank of America merged their holdings to become Rebco. (DG:17)

2245 - Montaña (Omicron 2 Eridani A II) was colonized by Argentina and Mexico, with INAP aid. (AG:85, CA:72, "INAP":)

2245 - Arabia colonized Daikoku (Beta Hydri II). (AG:85, CA:55)

2245 - An unmanned outpost was set up in the Van Maanen's Star system. (AG:85)

2245 - France decided to set up a colony in the western hemisphere of Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (CA:45)

The close of 2245 - Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) burst onto the scene with agricultural exports far in excess of anything Hermes (Mu Herculis A III) had ever seen, producing most of the food shipped along the American Arm, thus beginning the Hermes Depression, and establishing Ellis' reputation as the bread-basket of the American Arm. (CA:86,89, "AECA":63)

2246 - The French colony of Port Loubet was founded on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (AG:85, CA:45)

2246 - The second catapult on Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) was built in the city of Justice. (CA:90).

2247 - The Manchurians established an outpost in the DM+1 4774 system. (AG:77,85)

2247 - The University of Epsilon Indi opened on Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II), sporting a surprisingly well-funded and advanced science curriculum. (CA:62)

2248 - France set up its colony of Elysia on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (AG:85, Beanstalk:5, CA:27)

2248 - The Sung were first contacted, in space, in the DM+4 123 system. The manchurian explorers picked up radio signals, and upon investigation, found an interplanetary Sung ship, which they assumed to be a human craft. Attempting to contact the vessel, the Manchurians received an obviously alien reply, panicked, vacated the system, and fled all the way back to Earth. A later mission (aboard warships halted in the outer reaches of the solar system, so as not to appear threatening) established peaceful contact. (CA:52, DG:34)

2249 - The Gold Rush on Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) resulted in a whole new batch of "49ers" moving to the planet, in hopes of striking it rich. This caused Bavaria to establish "immigration laws" aimed at keeping out Azanian and French colonists. Both nations protested, naturally. The Gold Rush lasted at least through 2258. (CA:39)

Late 2249 - Aerial photography of an area due south of the Arabian colony on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) showed an unusually regular pattern beneath the local plant growth. An Arabian team sent to investigate discovered alien ruins. These were later found to be the remains of a bombed-out Eber colony. (CA:52, DG:30)

2250 - Trilon Industires, Inc. first surveyed the Xi Ursae Majoris system, and discovered Kie-Yuma. (CA:31, DG:76)

2250 - France once again became nearly a superpower. (AG:65)

2250 - Formal excavations of the ruins on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) were begun by a (mostly Arabian) team of archaeologists and sapientologists. Comprehensive aerial photography of the planet revealed a second, larger, probable set of ruins farther south. (CA:52)

2250-2259 - "The Roaring '50s" on L-5; Crime (especially smuggling) was open, and violent. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2250-2260 - The city of New Cairns, on Darwin Island, on Botany Bay (DM+33 2277 IV), underwent a period of rapid build-up, as private industries became assured that this second colony would not fail, and began to invest. (CA:92)

2251 - The Pentapods were first discovered aboard a moon-sized starship orbiting the second planet in the DM+27 28217 system. (AG:78, Beanstalk:5,7, CA:21, DG:27)

2251 - After 50 years of instability, the survival of the Manchurian colony on Han Shan ("Cold Mountain"; Delta Pavonis III) was assured, and a loose dynastic government was set up to handle trade and local affairs. (CA:50)

2252 - The Slaver War began. (AG:77)

2252? - A Texan team discovered more alien ruins on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). These, too, were later determined to be 4,000+ year old ruins of a former Eber colony. (DG:30) [This conflicts with the CA:52,59 entries, below, which date it at 2253.]

2253 - Texas carried out the initial survey of the DM-3 1123 system. (CA:75)

2253? - A Texan team exploring south of their outpost discovered more alien ruins on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). Comparisons to the ruins on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II) showed that both sets of ruins were made by the same species. These, too, were later determined to be 4,000+ year old ruins of a former Eber colony. (CA:52,59) [These conflict with the DG:30 entry, above, which dates it at 2252.]

2253 - A large group of would-be revolutionaries on Kwantung (Tau Ceti II), who had been transported from Earth to Kwantung the year before, attempted to take over the spaceport's ground facilities, in a doomed attempt to hijack a ship back to Earth. Liang, the leader, was killed, but Chen, his Lieutenant, negotiated with the planetary government to end the fighting. (CA:66)

2254 - Britain set up their colony of New Cornwall (the pre-planned community designed by Sir Henry Penvenen) on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (AG:85, CA:28)

2254 - Plans were drawn up for three initial facilities at Trilon's colony on Kie-Yuma (Xi Ursae Majoris A I), and mining operations were begun. (CA:31)

2254 - Japan negotiated the placement of a settlement on an island off the coast of Chyuantii, on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II), with Manchuria. (CA:55)

2254 - An international team of archaeologists and sapientologists began excavating the ruins on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II), chiefly funded by the Texas Institute for the Study of Antiquities. While artifacts were fewer and in poorer conditions than those on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II), many were unique to Heidelsheimat, and sparked considerable debate about the differences between the two colonies. (CA:59)

2254 - Brazil bought the observatory on Clotho (Proxima Centauri Ia) from France. (CA:4)

2255 - Canada set up an outpost in the DM+19 5116 system. (AG:85)

2255 - The Slaver War ended in defeat for the Sung. (AG:77)

2255 - Manchuria set up an Enclave on Stark (DM+4 123 III). (AG:85)

2255 - Jennifer Storher and Kim Silva formed the Mule Corporation, employing 47 men and women in the city of Hope, on Hermes (Mu Herculis A III), with grants from the Life Foundation, in order to provide machinery to the American and Australian Arms. (CA:86) AECA provided them with transportation and technical assistance for two years. ("AECA":62)

2256 - The Eber were contacted on Kormoran (82 Eridani IV) by explorers from the UAR. (CA:52, DG:30)

2257 - TANSTAAFL was set up as an Independent colony south of the tidal fissure known as La Gouffre, on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). Its backers were a multinational cartel of North American and European corporations interested in mining the rhenium that survey reports indicated was present. The miners were Americans, Germans, and Texans. (AG:85, CA:45)

2257 - Japan set up the Tosashimizu ("Samurai Bay" to most Joians) colony on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (AG:85, CA:28)

2257 - Canada set up an Enclave on Stark (DM+4 123 III). (CA:85) [This was incorrectly typ(o)ed as the "DM+3 123" system in the "Star Name" column of the "The Colonies of Earth" Table, on AG:85.]

2257 - The Mule Corporation on Hermes (Mu Herculis A III), produced their very first vehicle, the Mule Apache. (CA:86, "AECA":62)

2257 - Rebco began providing security forces to its colonial customers, forming Rebco SAR (Search and Rescue) based out of Wellon, on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I). (DG:17)

2257 - Manchuria finally gave in, and allowed the local government of Kwantung (Tau Ceti II) more say in their local affairs. This included making their own laws (as long as they didn't conflict with Manchurian Supreme Law), promises that no violent criminals would be sent to colonize Kwantung, that all voluntary immigrants who were non-violent criminals would be trained in their choice of some useful skill, prior to their importation, that no more draftees would be sent, and that the local government would be consulted in any negotiations with other countries wanting to settle the planet. (CA:66)

January 2258 - Texas colonized Austin's World (DM-3 1123 I) with 15,000 colonists, using used transport ships. (AG:85, CA:59,75)

July 2258 - The Life Foundation set up their experimental model aquacultural colony on Austin's World (DM-3 1123 I). (AG:85, CA:59,75)

2258 - The Texan outpost on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II) was upgraded to a colony. (AG:85, CA:59)

12 February, 2258 - After the cartel that established TANSTAAFL was disbanded when two of its founding members were forced to declare bankruptcy, the corporate assets were frozen by the American courts. TANSTAAFL on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) declared itself independent, and applied to the colonial authorities of both Aurore and Hochbaden (DM+2296 I) for favored trade status. Presented with a fait accompli, and the possibility of damaged relations with Bavaria, America was the first Terran government to formally recognize TANSTAAFL's independence, on this date. (CA:45)

2258 - Brazil set up an outpost in the DM-21 1377 system. (AG:85, CA:78)

2258 - The Manchurian government moved its genetic engineering facilities to Shaoguan, on Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II). (CA:62)

2258 - A Japanese starship suffered a stutterwarp malfunction, and collided with the French orbital terminal above Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III), devastating it. (CA:27)

2258 - Disagreements over the "immigration laws" on Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) resulted in Azania expelling the Bavarian ambassador. (CA:39)

2258-2261 - While the Joian French orbital terminal was being rebuilt, Bavaria and France shared Bavaria's terminal. (CA:27)

2259 - Canton set up the Lihngtou colony on Syuhlahm's (Zeta Tucanae II) southern hemisphere. (AG:85, CA:54,55)

2 July, 2259 - The Orbital Quarantine Command (OQC) released a false report that a deadly alien bacillus had been detected in a smuggled drug shipment only as it was about to go down to LEO. This produced the expected hue and cry that the smugglers be stopped, which gave OQC the excuse to arrest and deport the "Six Kings" smugglers, and tighten controls. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2260 - Trilon established Kie-Yuma (Xi Ursae Majoris A I) as "their" world. (AG:85, Beanstalk:5, CA:31)

2260 - Johnny Burlund, future organizer of the Black Scorpion Company, was born in Britain, on Earth (Sol III). (DG:13)

2260 - Cost/benefit studies conducted on Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) showed that the costs for importation and upkeep of vehicles versus horses were greater, and after careful study, Arabian horses were selected for the "Mounted Exploration Brigade", due to their superior endurance, strength, and temperament (not to mention acclimation to the Dunkelheim climate). Bavarian, Polish, and Idaho breeders on Earth (Sol III) were contacted, and four stallions and twenty mares were bought for breeding stock, along with 36 horses of lesser quality (so that operations could begin immediately). The starship Rose der Freundschaft was outfitted to deliver them to Dunkelheim, where they proved to be a great success. (CA:39) [The claim in the cited text that these were the first horses to go into space is contradicted by the "INAP" article by Dave Finnigan, in _Challenge_ #34, pages 52-5, where he states that the failed Argentine/Mexican colony on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I) initially took horses with them.]

2260? - The Pentapods requested permission to construct an Enclave on the western coast of the French continent of BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (Beanstalk:7) [Beanstalk:7 says the request was made in 2260, while CA:21 says 2261.]

2261 - Ten colts and eight fillies were born to the Arabian horses of the Mounted Exploration Brigade on Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I). (CA:39)

2261? - The Pentapods requested permission to set up an Enclave on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (CA:21) [Beanstalk:7 says the request was made in 2260, while CA:21 says 2261.]

2261 - The request for a Pentapod Enclave was approved, and the Pentapods began setting up their Enclave on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (Beanstalk:57, DG:27) The hydrogen roadnet west from Premiere was extended to the Enclave. (Beanstalk:7)

2261 - The UAR (United Arab Repubic) set up an Enclave on Kormoran (82 Eridani IV). (AG:85)

2261 - The Mexican and Manchurian governments began negotiations for a Mexican colony on Kwantung (Tau Ceti II). While the Manchurians had no problems with the Mexican plan for a mining colony, the local Kwantung government did. They wanted the Mexicans to raise food. Negotiations between the Manchurian & Mexican governments and the Kwantung Council continued through 2263. (CA:66-7)

2261 - The AR-I launched the Entferntest probe to the Galactic Core. ("Astronomischen Rechen-Institut":)

2261 - Trilon brought the first atmospheric processor online on Kie-Yuma (Xi Ursae Majoris A I). (CA:31)

2261 - The Nibelungen Organization, promoting independence for Nibelungen (Neubayern I), was founded. (CA:9)

2262 - An AR-I outpost was established on Daikoku (Beta Hydri II), midway between the two Eber ruins, in order to study them. Several months later, the IEE (now IEX) set up their own facility, nearby. (CA:52)

2263 - The Manchurian & Mexican governments and the Kwantung Council reached an agreement that Mexico could colonize Kwantung (Tau Ceti II) and mine its minerals, as long as at least 30% of their colonists were involved in agriculture, and that Manchuria would train them in growing Kwantung crops. (CA:67)

2264 - The construction of the Pentapod Enclave on BC was completed. (Beanstalk:5) Pentapod products began to flow out of it. (Beanstalk:7)

2264 - The Anagathic Regimen was announced, approved, and first became available, after decades of testing. (AG:22)

2264 - The Cantonese-Indonesian War (over the plum of industrialized Vietnam) began, when Indonesia moved to annex the region. Canton occupied the coastal areas. (AG:65,69)

2264 - A small spaceplane port, connected to a small orbital facility for transport ships, was established in New Cairns, on Darwin Island, on Botany Bay (DM+33 2277 IV). (CA:92)

2264 - Claude LeVarse of the Paris Conservatory published _Trait Philologique_, in which he claimed that physical laws were not constant, but depended upon "evolutionary growth". While his ideas were similar to those of Hegel in the 1910s, Willems of Mannheim University in the 2120s, and Nakabuki of the Tokyo Center for the Study of Humanity in the 2180s, LeVarse claimed to be "l'homme utile", not a philosopher, and that his ideas should be applied to everyday life. His ideas were hotly debated by the philosophers of his time, and principally opposed by Miguel Simon y Vargas of the Universidad de la Paz in Peru, on Earth (Sol III). One of LeVarse' former Paris students, Louise Vachon, established the LeVarse Laboratory of Utilitarian Philosophy in Nouveau Nice, on Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III). There, she and her students developed and used a new language which, according to LeVarse, would allow them to reshape reality. (CA:37)

2264 - Farms on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) became self-sufficient. (CA:45)

2264 - The L-5 Council and President Barthes decided to expand L-5 for the third time, despite the slow-down in economic growth. Barthes engineered an elaborate refinancing of the remainder of the second (as well as the money needed for the third) expansion. Under the terms of this "Houston Concord", L-5 would have an additional 30 years (until 2301) to pay off its debt. The third expansion would add yet another spindle and four more wheels, as well as more docking ports (enough for 60 interstellar ships a day). ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2265 - Mexico colonized Kwantung (Tau Ceti II). (AG:85)

2265? - Indonesia seized the Andaman Islands from Bengal. (AG:73) [This is probably in error, since this would have occured during the Tantalum War of 2142-3.]

2265 - Plans for the third expansion of L-5 were drawn up. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2266 - All four atmospheric reprocessor stations on Kie-Yuma (Xi Ursae Majoris A I) were online. Shortly afterwards, a sabotage attempt was made on all four, by a radical faction of NARL. Trilon security forces caught them, but one station suffered minor damage, and was offline for several months. (CA:31)

2267 - Official date of the founding of the Pentapod's Enclave on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (AG:85).

2267 - Canada set up an outpost in the DM+15 4733 system. (AG:85)

2267 - Brazil set up an outpost in the Ross 614 system. (AG:85, CA:78)

2267 - Britain completed a catapult in Aliceport, on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). (CA:13)

2267 - The Shared Technology Package of the Jones-Bouvier Summit of 2267 awarded the contract for the Anjou's powerplant to Hyde Dynamics of America. (DG:74)

2267 - The ASF discovered Highland (DM+38 3095 I). ("AECA":64)

2268 - Germany established an outpost in the Augereau system. (AG:85)

2268 - The Beta Grain Blight began on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV). (Beanstalk:5,7,12, CA:20,21) Over 65% of the French colony's wheat crop withered and died on the stalk. (Beanstalk:7)

2268 - The Cantonese-Indonesian War ended. Four years worth of war had failed to dislodge Canton, so Indonesia had to make do with claiming part of Burma. (AG:65,69) Canton consolidated Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam into Indochina, Canton's puppet, with each of the former nations becoming a province. (AG:73)

2269 - Texas set up an Enclave on Kormoran (82 Eridani IV). (AG:85)

2269 - Year 2 of the Beta Grain Blight on BC; it spread to the British and German Continents, and was discovered to be caused by a BC worm that had adapted to consume the hair roots of terran grain. (Beanstalk:5) That year, it also began affecting oats (80% losses), rye and wheat (40%). Only corn remained immune. (Beanstalk:7,10)

2270 - With the arrival of the Barbara Ann, the population of Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) surpassed one million colonists. (CA:89)

2270 - The Pentapods on BC released the Terraban lichen, which the French began using to halt the Beta Grain Blight. (Beanstalk:5,12, CA:21) The English and Bavarian continents lost 80% of their crops (50% of all that was planted). Grain prices along the French Arm skyrocketed. Livestock was killed off in order to avoid having to feed them, resulting in the bottom falling out of meat prices, followed by them going through the roof, as meat became unavailable. (Beanstalk:7,12)

2270 - French military doctrine turned against the use of costly detonation missiles. This doctrine remained in effect for most of the rest of the century. (DG:79)

2270 - After years of petitioning for their own wheel, the Look Upwards Combine (a Cantonese group of research foundations and industrial companies) finally got Xangxi. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2270-2289 - The Anjou-Class Cargo Vessel became the mainstay of the Sol-Serurier run, as well as between the worlds of the Serurier cluster. (DG:74)

2270-Present - A long-term project was begun on Austin's World (DM-3 1123 I) to plant as much of the land away from the colonies as possible with terran grasses, clovers, and bacteria, which could survive without supervision. (CA:74)

2271 - The Beta Grain Blight on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) was halted as all three continents began importing Terraban. (Beanstalk:5,7,10,12, CA:20)

2271 - A Bavarian rancher on BC noticed that "Drahtgras" was not harmful to terran livestock which had eaten it. (Beanstalk:5)

2272 - Construction began on BC's beanstalk. (Beanstalk:5, CA:21)

2273 - Canada colonized Doris (DM+20 5046 II) with 366 Canadian families carried by a pair of York-Class colonization vessels purchased from Great Britain. (AG:85, CA:64)

2274 - France set up a Trading Station in the DM+27 28217 system. (AG:85, Beanstalk:5)

2274 - Trilon opened Kie-Yuma (Xi Ursae Majoris A I) to general colonization by other companies. (CA:31)

2274 - The third expansion of L-5 was completed, well ahead of schedule. Former-President Sowtay Ramachuk died just a week before the dedication ceremonies, and the mourning L-5ers renamed the Belsen wheel to Ramachuk. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

21 March, 2275 - Having been egged on by Argentina, the seven major Anti-Brazilian resistance groups (including Brazilian-dominated Ecuador and Peru) united as the Inca Republic. Argentina and Mexico immediately recognized this new nation, and encouraged them to throw Brazil out, thus beginning the Third Rio Plata War. (AG:68-9,71, CA:78)

2275 - A referendum calling upon the government of the United States to make Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) a state was passed by an overwhelming majority. (CA:89)

2275 - The Desarge 8680 starship was introduced. (DG:75)

2275 - Wheeled vehicles had become passe, on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II), because of the popularity of walkers. (CA:56)

2276 - Eva May Chandler founded Chandler University, in the city of Grey Hill, on Hermes (Mu Herculis A III), with grants from America and the AISI (American Interstellar Science Institute). It is noted for its liberal arts and life sciences curriculum, as well as its liberal political views. It attracts students from as far away as the core, and its graduates are hired as fast as they graduate. (CA:87)

4 July, 2276 - Norman Isaacs, President of the United States, signed the papers to make Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) a state of America. (CA:89, "AECA":63)

2276 - BC "Brindle-fish" were found to be edible, and contain all the amino acids missing from "Drahtgras". The British company, Merriweather Products, Ltd., set up the village of New Woking to harvest the fish for the production of cattle feed. (Beanstalk:5)

2277 - Wellon (a.k.a. New Albion) on Tirane (Alpha Centauri A I) became independent, and joined the British Commonwealth of Nations. (AG:76) This secession was engineered by the Foundation for Practical Knowledge. (DG:15)

2277 - The Inca Republic had a falling out with INAP. (DG:16)

2278 - The colony at Montaña (Omicron 2 Eridani A II) had a dispute with Argentina and Mexico, which resulted in ships of those registries being turned away for two local years (one, standard). The Earth nations soon realized they needed the stop at the colony's spaceport more than the colony needed ships from home. The Colonial Committee on Earth yielded the point, and exports from the colony began being made on a first-refusal basis. (CA:72)

2246 - The third catapult on Ellis (AC+48 1595-89 I) was built in the city of New Boston. (CA:90).

2278 - At age 18, London gang member Johnny Burlund took a hard look at what gang life had to offer, and didn't like the picture. His prospects being limited, he decided to join the SAS (Special Air Service). After becoming an officer, he left the military to form the Black Scorpion Company of Mercenaries, recruiting its members from big-city gangs. (DG:13)

2278? - A researcher with the Adlerhorst (Vogelheim I) branch of the AR-I reached the conclusion that certain crystaline structures and formations on the surface of Oiseau (Vogelheim IV) were sometimes motile, and always alive! Halogenacious life was discovered. (CA:35) [The correct date for the initial discovery could be either 2278, or 2287, but since the new probe series is said to have been launched in 2279, I think 2278 for the initial discovery is more likely.]

2279? - The AR-I probe-series confirmed Halogenaceous life on Oiseau (Vogelheim IV). (CA:35) [This date could be either 2279, or 2297, depending upon which you believe is a typo, since the initial conclusion prompting the new, higher-tech synthetic probe series was listed as being made in 2287! Another possibility is that the initial discovery occurred in 2278. Doubtless, this is just a typo, one way or another.]

2279 - With Argentine and Mexican help, the Inca Republic defeated Brazil, and ended the Third Rio Plata War. This ended when Argentina (fearing the Inca Republic would fall) crossed through Uruguay into Brazil, threatening her industrial centers. Brazil sued for peace, recognizing the Inca Republic, ceding some of Uruguay to Argentina, and officially recognizing Mexican territory in Central America which had been acquired earlier. (AG:68-9,71)

2279 - France released the first Orage-Class frigate, which returned to the concept of a well-protected (?), laser-armed ship without missiles. It proved so worthless in combat, however, that France sold off the remaining vessels. (DG:76)

2279 - Heorot replaced Aliceport as the capital of Alicia, the British colony on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). (CA:13)

2280? - "Sixty years after the initial French colonization, long after the planet was established as a production and trade center, Azania decided to establish a colony there." on Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I) (CA:17) [This is in direct contradiction to the 2205 date given in AG:85, and the same page lists Azania's colony as having been established in 2280! Since all sources agree that France's was set up in 2231, 2280 was not sixty years later! Most likely, Tom Peters (who wrote the _Colonial Atlas_ entry for Kimanjano) confused the dates for the founding of Azania's Kimanjano colony with that for its Joi colony (the next one down, on the list). If not, worlds past Kimanjano were colonized before it was! Also, that would give Azania two colonies in one year, a feat that the CA says Texas (and not Azania) accomplished. (See also 2205? and 2291?)]

2280 - Azania established its Lubumbashi colony on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (AG:85, CA:29)

2280 - The first Incan precolonization expedition arrived at Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II), using Texan equipment and aid to survey and plan their future colony. (CA:59)

2280 - French expansion of farming & mining settlements south of Aurore/Port Loubet on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) resulted in Lumiere d'Aube being incorporated into a satellite colony. (CA:45)

2280 - The Azanian colony on Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) was disbanded. Most of the colonists returned home, but about 8,500 stayed and were absorbed into the Bavarian colony. (CA:39)

2280 - Canton kept Indonesia out of Indochina. (AG:73)

2280 - The Australian census showed that the population of their colony on Kingsland (Zeta Herculis A IV) was 11,250. (CA:95).

2280 - The ESA became alarmed when the Andelmann Survey revealed that L-5 was shipping out more in value than it was taking in, and 85% of all its goods and services were going to nonterrestrial destinations (including 60% of all native production). The fact that trade with Terra was rapidly being cut off did much to spur the building of the beanstalk, to try to help adjust this trend. ("L-5: Community in the Sky":68)

2280-2299 - The "Tall Ships" (Desarge 8680s) gained a mystique as being the neutral meeting ground for interplanetary diplomats and intelligence agents. (DG:75)

2281 - The prototype Aconit-Class frigate was completed. (DG:76)

2281 - Louise Vachon and 265 students at the LeVarse Laboratory of Utilitarian Philosophy in Nouveau Nice, on Nous Voila (Beta Comae Berenices III) were found dead. The life support system had been shut off, and interpretation of documents found there (written entirely in the Laboratory's new language) revealed that Vachon had directed it to be shut off in order to achieve a "deathless state" which the failure to renounce the "material state" within which humanity confined itself prevented them from achieving. The Nous Voila governemnt tried to cover up the incident, which only made matters worse, once it was known. Simon y Vargas published a scathing response in _Acta Philosophica_ in which he stated that LeVarse's teachings had, for the first time, been followed to their logical conclusions, and that the results were anything but useful. LeVarse refused comment, but retired from his Paris Conservatory post, and died shortly thereafter, without publishing anything more. (CA:37)

2282 - The Montañan Lung-Fungus Plague began on Montaña (Omicron 2 Eridani A II), and spread throughout the Latin Finger. It suffocated more than 1,000 people before a way was found to neutralize the spores, once they had settled in the lungs. (CA:71)

2282 - The Central Asian War began on Earth (Sol III). Bavaria, the Central Asian Republic, France, and Russia opposed Manchuria over CAR territory. (AG:66,69, Beanstalk:5) Because of this, construction of BC's beanstalk was interrupted. (Beanstalk:5, CA:21)

2283 - The Lung-Fungus Plague on Montaña (Omicron 2 Eridani A II) and the Latin Finger was halted. (CA:)

2283 - The first combat use of the Aconit. Two Manchurian Tunghu-class missile frigates executed the Neubayern Raid, during the Central Asian War. They attacked a Bavarian convoy escorted by the Kassel, which inflicted such heavy damage on the Tunghus that the convoy was able to escape, and the missile frigates were forced to return to base. The Kassel was destroyed. (DG:76)(SC:)

2283 - French engineers completed work on the Elysian fusion power complex near the town of Bonne Chance on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (CA:28)

2284 - Brazil colonized Paulo (Procyon A III), almost three decades after the initial surveys. It could have been done in the previous year, but Brazil waited one more, so that the establishment of the new colony coincided with the 100th anniversary of their Tiranian colony. (AG:85, CA:78)

2284 - Columbia joined the Inca Republic. (AG:71)

2284 - Russia vs. Manchuria in The Battle of Barnard's Star. Three Russian Aconit-Class frigates chased down two larger Manchurian destroyers, and attacked them. Both sides received massive damage, and the battle was left undecided. (DG:76, SC:)

2285 - The War of Elysian Independence began on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III). (Beanstalk:5, CA:27)

2285 - The Inca Republic began building facilities for its future colony on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). (CA:59)

2285 - By this date, nearly 70% of the industry on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) was powered by the three solar power satellites. (CA:45)

2286 - The starship Baade arrived at pulsar CP 0950+08.

2286 - The Hofstadter Trading Company was discovered to have been using gyro-bugged pens (transmitting both sound and writing) to spy on the government of Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I), and possibly other worlds. Once the news came out, the company was forced to close, and the President & CEO, Gerard Hofstadter, fled, but was finally apprehended on Chengdu (Epsilon Indi II). (CA:39)

2286 - The First Battle of Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III), during the War of Elysian Independence. (DG:76)

2287? - A researcher with the Adlerhorst (Vogelheim I) branch of the AR-I reached the conclusion that certain crystaline structures and formations on the surface of Oiseau (Vogelheim IV) were sometimes motile, and always alive! Halogenacious life was discovered. (CA:35) [The correct date for the initial discovery could be either 2278, or 2287, but since the new probe series is said to have been launched in 2279, I think 2278 for the initial discovery is more likely.]

2287 - The Relief of Xiuning Station occurred.

2287 - The Central Asian War on Earth (Sol III) ended. Manchurian victory was spoiled when Japan entered the fray on the other side, ending the conflict with the pre-war boundaries intact. Guerilla warfare in the region continued for decades, and Franco-Russo-Japanese Peacekeeping Forces remained in the area. (AG:66,69, Beanstalk:5)

2288 - Research Station Arcture began operation in the Arcturus system. (DG:25)

2288 - The Duke of Alicia founded the University of Alicia on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II). (CA:13)

2289 - The Inca Republic founded its first colony on Heidelsheimat (Rho Eridani II). (AG:85, CA:59)

2289 - France pioneered the construction of Earth's beanstalk. (Beanstalk:6) Full efforts to complete the beanstalk on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) were restarted. (Beanstalk:5, CA:21)

2289 - Due to well-founded charges of poor support and supply of the French army after the (near) defeat in the Central Asian War, France suffered a military coup which threw out the 12th Republic, and business monopolies rose to power. (AG:66, Beanstalk:5) France became a nation of business monopolies. (Beanstalk:5)

2290 - Trilon's ISV-5 was introduced. (DG:76)

2290 - The export value of Kwantung (Tau Ceti II) Ron rum was 15% of their gross exports. (CA:67)

2291 - Dr. Dieter Bohl, head of the Science Staff at the AR-I's Augereau Station, captured the first naturally-occuring quantumn black hole for study. (Bayern:)

2291 - The War of Elysian Independence ended on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III) when the last French units surrendered, and independence was granted, after The Second Battle of Joi. (Beanstalk:6, CA:27-8)

2291 - BC's beanstalk was completed. (Beanstalk:6,8, CA:21) The shipping costs for using the beanstalk were so much less that the French and English colonies shut down their catapults and scramjet field. Bavaria kept hers, mostly for use in sending processed ores into orbit. (Beanstalk:8)

2291 - Exercizing the now-proverbial "Dunkelheim slyness", the Dunkelheim Cabinet met in a secret session, ostensibly to form their own plans for rebelling against Bavaria, and claiming independence, citing the "current intolerable conditions". It was known that Klaus Binger, Minister of Transportation, regularly reported what occurred at cabinet meetings to friends in the Bavarian government back on Earth (Sol III). The whole scenario was choreographed, with various ministers raising objections in such a way as to leave Bavaria a way out. Thus, when Binger made his report, he also pointed out that certain key ministers would work against the "rebellion" if these conditions were met. Not long afterwards, Bavaria suddenly announced that it had been planning a concerted colonization program, and that Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) was to be the very first to receive the benefits! Naturally, no rebellion ever occurred, since the Dunkelheimers had gotten exactly what they wanted... (CA:39-40) [As you'll see, below, references in the cited text to the War of German Reunification, as well as to "Germany" are incorrect, as the War of German Reunification hadn't occurred, yet.]

2291? - "Sixty years after the initial French colonization, long after the planet was established as a production and trade center, Azania decided to establish a colony there." on Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I) (CA:17) [This is in direct contradiction to the 2205 date given in AG:85, and the same page lists Azania's colony as having been established in 2280! Since all sources agree that France's was set up in 2231, 2280 was not sixty years later! Most likely, Tom Peters (who wrote the _Colonial Atlas_ entry for Kimanjano) confused the dates for the founding of Azania's Kimanjano colony with that for its Joi colony (the next one down, on the list). If not, worlds past Kimanjano were colonized before it was! (See also 2205? and 2280?)]

2291 - The TANSTAAFL settlement on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) reported a food surplus for the first time. (CA:45)

2292 - The Elysian Famine on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III) began. (CA:29)

2292 - The War of German Reunification began on Earth (Sol III), (Beanstalk:6,8) when Hanover called for a reunited Germany. Bradenburg, Saxony, and Westphalia joined, and together leveraged Bavaria. (AG:66,69) Germany raided Kimanjano (DM+34 2342 I). (SC:)

2292 - The Kimanjano Raid. (DG:76)

2293 - The Elysian Famine on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III) ended. (CA:29)

2293 - The War of Flemish Independence on Earth (Sol III) freed Flanders from French domination.

2293 - The War of German Reunification ended when the French government sued for peace. (CA:35) The French military's inefficient monopolies, inflation caused by printing money, and inability to stop Flemish/German independence resulted in the military government being forced to host free elections. (AG:66, Beanstalk:6)

2293 - The Third Battle of Alpha Centauri saw the unleashing of Germany's new Hamburg-class Cruisers. (DG:76, SC:)

2293 - Ex-Bavarians (now Germans) were kicked out of the ESA. Franco-German relations became very strained. (CA:21)

2293 - The Bavarian firm of Folie, Lysander et Geiger, which designed the beanstalk on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV), was relegated to an advisory position, and replaced by the French firm of Le Chemin Juste. Later, when electrical power failed for about three hours and 40 outbound beanstalk capsules (including three passenger capsules) came loose and crashed to "earth" on BC, the French claimed German sabotage, while the Germans claimed French incompetence/negligence. (Beanstalk:6,8,12,16, CA:21) In order to keep the peace, the British were allowed to conduct the investigation, which continues unto the present day. (Beanstalk:8,12)

2294 - The Inca Republic set up their second colony, in the central highlands of New Travis, on Austin's World (DM-3 1123 I). (AG:85, CA:75)

2294 - Canton placed a distinctly Vietnamese settlement on Syuhlahm (Zeta Tucanae II), next to Lihngtou. (CA:55)

2294 - Dukou (Epsilon Eridani I) was declared a semi-penal colony, and no longer accepts prisoners. (CA:69)

2294 - Despite the fact that he could not legally practice anywhere else (due to Dunkelheim's lack of licensing laws), Helmut Rothfarb of Dunkelheim (DM+36 2393 I) was awarded the De Carvalho Prize for Medicine for his research into reconstructive dental techniques. (CA:38)

2294 - Nicolas Ruffin, a French industrialist and free market advocate, was swept into power by the free elections. He and his followers instituted free market economics (within the French Commercial Union) and stringent governmental controls, which produced noticable effects by 2298. (AG:66)

July 2295 - The first Kafer contact was made by French scientists at Station Arcture. Vessels entered the system from outside human space, mutually-unintelligible radio traffic was exchanged, and after a few hours, the Kafers left. (Beanstalk:6, CA:45, DG:25, MA:)

2295 - Britain's 2295 census of the colonies showed Alicia, on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II), to have a population of 25,859,600 (mostly British, but including a small leavening of Australians, Canadians, Irish, and Scotts) in roughly 10,000 hectares (square kilometers) of area, including the largest cities of: Aliceport (3,879,000), Heorot (1,919,500), New Greenwich (1,450,250), and Spenceton (737,750). (CA:13) Crater (Henry's Star I) was shown to have a population of 1,557,300 in 3,000 hectares of area centered around Rimview. (CA:24) New Cornwall, on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III), was shown to have a population of 287,000 in less than 1,000 hectares, mostly in the town of New Falmouth. (CA:28)

2295 - Halbinsel's population on Joi (61 Ursae Majoris III) was 2,907,000 in roughly 4,000 hectares, much of it being the city of Raumhafen. (CA:27)

2295 - While the beanstalk capsules destroyed in 2293 had been replaced, the shipping costs on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) did not go back down. (Beanstalk:6,8-9)

2296 - Australian armament makers DunArmCo attempted to break into the space weapons market with the ALS-22 Amplified Particle System. (DG:79)

2296 - The French farmer's co-op on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV) formed Nous Partagons, a food distribution company, in order to realize a better share in the profits of foods shipped offworld. Both Zapamoga's ZFR 1.7 and the French Aproveè status were easily obtained by the new corporation's products. (Beanstalk:6,9)

2297 - British farmers on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV), following the French Farmers' lead, formed Four Star as their food distrbutor. Zapamoga's ZFR 1.7 approval was granted without delay, but the French Ministry of the Interior's Office of the Commissioner of Exports caused constant delays in receiving French Approveè status. (Beanstalk:6,10)

2297 - Kafer ships attacked Station Arcture, capturing or killing all 173 crew members. All communication with the station were lost, ships entering the Arcturus system were attacked, and the fates of the crew of Station Arcture were unknown for the next three years. (AG:78, CA:42,45 DG:25, MA:) Squadrons of French and Ukrainian ships were dispatched to Eta Bootis, as a precaution. (Beanstalk:6, CA:45) [Mentions of "Imperial French" in the CA:45 citation should be ignored, as France didn't become an Empire, again, until 2298.]

2297 - The AR-I's Bayern was damaged at launch, and underwent repairs and refitting.

2297 - A militia unit on Paulo (Procyon A III) attempted to take over the local government, and was stopped by three other militia units. Five members of the latter formed a mercenary unit, Los Gattinhos da Seva. They gained international fame when they stormed a Manchurian spaceplane held by terrorists, and freed the hostages. (DG:13)

2297 - The French Ritage-2 missile was first introduced, replacing the Ritage as the standard missile of the French Navy. (DG:79)

2297 - The population on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) had risen to almost 3,000,000. (CA:45)

4 April, 2298 - The Kafer War began with their invasion of the Eta Bootis system (The First Battle of Tithonus). Several hundred Kafer troops were landed on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (DG:25) All satellites in orbit were destroyed, and close orbit was infested with Kafer sensors and defenses. (CA:42,45) The fleets under the joint command of Contre-Amiral Paul Armand DuBoise and Kontr-Admiral Sergei Sergeivich Borodin were broken in three days of savage fighting, and eight Terran ships were destroyed, including the Imperial French Flagship Saint Jeanne d'Arc. The human fleets retreated to the Hochbaden system. (Beanstalk:6, CA:45-6)

8 April, 2298 - Surface installations on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) were attacked from orbit. (CA:46)

10 April, 2298 - The Kafers began landing ground troops on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc). (CA:46)

July 2298 - Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) was retaken by Humanity, after The Second Battle of Tithonus. (CA:46)

3 July, 2298 - Having secured close Eos orbit, Terran ground forces were landed on Aurore (Eta Bootis IIc) to relieve the colonists. (CA:46)

8 July, 2298 - By this date, the Kafer forces had abandoned the Eta Bootean system. (CA:46)

2298 - The constitution for the 13th French Republic, which was supposed to be written in 2298, was done away with by the elections, when a plebiscite on the ballot to do away with Republics and to establish the Third French Empire passed handily. Later that year, Nicolas Ruffin was crowned Emperor of France. (AG:66)

2299 - Earth's beanstalk was completed. (Beanstalk:6)

January, 2299 - The failure of a warning satellite at the outer edge of the system, compounded by irresponsible news reports of 60 Kafer ships approaching, caused the Kafer Riots on Kolonie Zwei, which resulted in over Lv 30,000,000 in insurance claims from the looting and pillaging, 89 deaths, several hundred injuries, 16 starship hijackings, and four lost starships, as well as laws making it illegal to erroneously report Kafer attacks. It took 48 hours to restore order, and another eight months to repair the damage. (CA:42)

2299 - The French Empire's 2299 census reported that the Europe Neuve colony on Beowulf (Queen Alice's Star II) had a population of 14,886,450 spread over 13,000 hectares on the smaller of Beowulf's two continents. The sole large city (and capital) was Devereaux (4,000,000+), named after the leader of the first colonial expedition. (CA:14)

2300 - The Second Age of Commerce ended. (AG:65)

2300 - A Trilon ISV, The LaFarge, was attacked by a Kafer Scout-ship in the DM+17 2611 system, and destroyed. Its lander and crew were forced down on the second planet, where they discovered the Klaxun. (EC:)

2300 - An expedition arrived at Station Arcture to rescue any survivors. (MA:)

2300 - Herr Professor Hans Geiger, of Folie, Lysander et Geiger on BC (Beta Canum Venaticorum IV), quietly approached Rebco, in Adrian, in order to hire troubleshooters to investigate suspected decay of the BC Beanstalk. (Beanstalk:6)

2301 - After two local winters on DM+17 2611 II, Captain Marie C. Dubois and the surviving crew of The LaFarge were rescued, and news of the Klaxun reached human space. (DG:29)

1. AG: - _Adventurer's Guide_ from the _2300 AD_ boxed set.
2. AS: - The _Aurore Sourcebook_.
3. Bayern: - The _Bayern_ Module.
4. Beanstalk: - The _Beanstalk_ Module.
5. CA: - The _Colonial Atlas_.
6. DG: - _Director's Guide_ from the _2300 AD_ boxed set.
7. DWP: - The _Deathwatch Program_ Module.
8. E/CS: - The _Earth/Cybertech Sourcebook_.
9. EC: - The _Energy Curve_ Module.
10. EG: - The _Equipment Guide_.
11. GVG: - The _Ground Vehicle Guide_.
12. Invasion: - The _Invasion_ Sourcebook.
13. KD: - The _Kafer Dawn_ Module.
14. KS: - The _Kafer Sourcebook_.
15. LKW - Recollections from Loren K. Wiseman (one of 2300's authors).
16. MA: - The _Mission Arcturus_ Module.
17. "Name-in-Quotes": - This refers to a Magazine Article. If the article is one that I have permission to host on my site, a hyperlink to it will be provided. If not, you will have to find it in hard copy.
18. NS: - The _Nyotekundu Sourcebook_.
19. OO: - The _Operation Overlord_ Module, from 3W.
20. PG: - The First-Edition _Traveller:2300 Player's Guide_.
21. Ranger: - The _Ranger_ Module.
22. RG: - The First-Edition _Traveller:2300 Referee's Guide_.
23. Rttc: - The _Rotten to the Core_ Module.
24. SotFA: - GDW's _Ships of the French Arm_.
25. V: - The _SS Virginia 25mm Deckplans_ from SGS.
26. SC: - The _Star Cruiser_ Game.
27. H: - The _USS Hampton 25mm Deckplans_ from SGS.

The numbers following the colon refer to page numbers. Thus, DG:7,96 is a reference to the Director's Guide, pages 7 and 96.