Timeline of the 2300AD universe


 
Year
Event
Location
2010
Saudi War begins
Sol
2013
Saudi War ends
Sol
2025
Texas made part of Mexico
Sol
2030
Indochina Action
Sol
2072
Japanese construct orbital catapult
Sol
2086
Theoretical basis for a stutterwarp
Sol
2099
First signing of Melbourne Accords
Sol
2099
Texas rebels against Mexico and gains independence
Sol
2106
Manchuria find large heavy metal deposits on Mercury
Sol (Ch31p62)
2108
Canton signs Melbourne Accords
Sol
2111
Manchuria opens Mercury catapult
Sol (Ch31p62)
2134
Jupiter Probe
Sol
2137
First unmanned probe arrives in Alpha Centauri system
Alpha Centauri
2138
Argentine probe to Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri
2139
Orbital ESA begins four year survey of Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri
2139
Azania joins ESA
Sol
2140
IEX first established
Sol
2140
Bureau d'Affairs Exobiologiques established
Sol
2141
ESAS Pathfinder makes first survey of Nyotekundu
Nyotekundu
2141
Ten Pathfinder personnel (six Azanian) left on Inferno
Nyotekundu
2150
BAE work force at 52 persons
Sol
2152
French outpost established
Augereau
2159
French outpost on Serurier established
Serurier
2162
Alpha Centauri War (Mexico vs. ESA)
Alpha Centauri
2163
ESA signs Melbourne Accords
Sol
2164
Queen Alice establishes Knight of Alice's Cross (KAC)
Sol
2164
BAE personnel lost in Serurier contamination accident
Serurier
2167
French colony on Tirane established
Alpha Centauri
2168
Endeavour disaster due to LaFarge rad screen failure
Nyotekundu
2168
BAE renamed Institut des Etudes Exobiologiqes
Earth
2168
IEE inaugurated an exobiological training program
Earth
2170
Beginning of Golden Age of IEE
Earth
2172
American Broward outpost established
Broward
2175
False alarm of plague on the Felicity
(Ch31p63)
2176
Earth's Orbital Quarantine Command (OQC) established
Earth
2180
Azanian outpost reaches maximum current capacity
Nyotekundu
2181
French (ESA) first visit Beta Canum Venaticorum
Beta Canum
2182
ESAS Endeavor surveys Henry's Star system
Henry's Star
2183
DeVilbiss chooses asteroid for scienctific outpost
TD14p53
2184
French Davout outpost established
Davout
2184
OMS Andrew Carnegie mining operations begin
Nyotekundu
2184
French Nyotekundu outpost established
Nyotekundu
2187
British Clarkesstar system
Clarkesstar
2188
Antartica Incident
Earth
2189
ASF and RASN lease British facilities for exploration
Clarkesstar
2190
ASF/RASN probe conducts first flyby of DM+2 3312
DM+2 3312
2192
ASF/RASN set up oupost on surface of King
King
2192
First DNAMs created by American and Canadians
 
2194
American colony of New Columbia established on King
King
2196
French colony on Queen Alice's Star established
Queen Alice
2196
Australians colony of Huntsland on King established
King
2196
Australians outpost on New Melbourne established
New Melbourne
2199
American New Melbourne outpost established
New Melbourne
2202
ASF Carolina Dream surveys Mu Herculis, ship lost
Mu Herculis
2204
Vogelheim system initial system
Vogelheim
2205
French Beta Canum colony established
Beta Canum
2207
Bavarian Beta Canum colony established
Beta Canum
2207
British Beta Canum colony established
Beta Canum
2208
ESA outpost established on Vogelheim
Vogelheim
2208
OMS Joseph Whitworth lost in asteroid collision
 
2211
Bavarian mining on Beta Canum begins
Beta Canum
2212
First Australian Botany Bay colony established
DM+33 2277
2213
Manned mission to Delecroix
Beta Comae
2214
First Austalian Botany Bay colony fails
DM+33 2277
2214
Manchurian colony on Syuhlahm established\
Zeta Tucanae
2214
FPK funds a reseach base on Syuhlahm
Zeta Tucanae
2215
America (with Aussie) establish small colony
Mu Herculis
2217
British Crater colony established
Henry's Star
2218
Civil and military orbit control join with OQC
Sol (Ch31p63)
2219
Bavarians announce 'model star city' to be built
Hochbaden
2220
US exploration vessel begins follow-up mission
Ellis
2220
French Nous Voila colony established, quarantine lifted
Beta Comae
2223
Second Australian Botany Bay colony established
DM+33 2277
2223
Hermes begins to export food
Mu Herculis
2224
Manchurian colony well established and thriving
Zeta Tucanae
2228
US colony engineers arrive and begin work
Ellis
2229
American colony on Ellis established
Ellis
2230
Aphrodite Foundation begins sending asteroids to Venus
Sol
2230
Aphrodite Foundation begins Venus terraforming
Sol (Ch31p62)
2231
French colony on Kimanjano established
Kimanjano
2231
Bavarian Vogelheim colony established
Vogelheim
2235
Second Rio Plata War begins
Earth
2238
ESAS Le Chercheur team land on Aurore
Eta Bootis
2238
ESAS Le Chercheur (French) surveys systems
Eta Bootis
2238
Night Skies by Anwar Al Wahed published
Ch31p59
2240
Bavarian discover tantalum on Beta Canum
Beta Canum
2240
Mass Earther migration to Beta Canum
Beta Canum
2241
Alpha Cent British colony of Wellon granted homerule
Alpha Centauri
2242
Atropos American station given to Indonesia
Alpha Centauri
2244
Ukraine colony established
Aurore
2244
Rebco SAR came into current form
Earth
2244
Ukrainian Aurore colony established
Eta Bootis
2244
French Vogelheim colony established
Vogelheim
2245
Arabian colony established
Beta Hydri
2245
Ellis colony begins exporting food
Ellis
2245
Hermes Depression, started by Ellis agro-export rise
Mu Herculis
2245
Unmanned outpost established
Van Maanen
2245
End of Golden Age of IEE
Earth
2246
French colony on Aurore established
Aurore
2248
French colony established
Joi
2248
First Sung contact by Manchurians in DM+4 123
Stark
2250
Beginning of Botany Bay's industrial boom
DM+33 2277
2250
Trilon initial survey (by ISV-4) of Xi Ursae Majoris
Kie-Yuma
2250
Trilon survey (SSV-21) sent to Kie Yuma
Kie-Yuma
2251
French make first contact with Pentapods
 
2252
Slaver War begins
 
2253
Eber ruins discovered
Daikoku Ch36p40
2254
French Clotho observatory sold to Brazil
Alpha Centauri
2254
Texas colony established
DM-3 1123
2254
Trilon's Kie-Yuma initial facilities construction begins
Kie-Yuma
2255
Slaver War ends
Ch31p47
2255
Eber contacted
 
2257
pre-Tanstaafl Aurorean colony established
Eta Bootis
2257
Mule Corporation builds first vehicle
Mu Herculis
2257
Rebco SAR organized
 
2258
Texas colony established
Rho Eridani
2259
Cantonese colony on Syuhlahm established
Zeta Tucanae
2260
Trilon Kie-Yuma facilities completed
Kie-Yuma
2261
Trilon's first Kie Yuma Atmos Processor installed
Kie-Yuma
2261
IEE changed to Institut des Etudes Xenoliquyes (IEX)
Earth
2262
IEX begins expansion of operations
 
2264
Canton-Indonesian War begins
Earth
2266
Trilon brings fourth Atmos Processor on-Line
Kie-Yuma
2268
Year I of Beta Canum Grain Blight
Beta Canum
2268
IEX helps in Beta Grain Blight problem on Beta Canum-4
Beta Canum
2270
Bavarian/French bi-national starport established
Vogelheim
2272
French Begin work on Beta Canum Beanstalk
Beta Canum
2274
Le Counseil Scientifique d'Aurore established
Eta Bootis
2274
Trilon opens Kie-Yuma to other companies
Kie-Yuma
2277
Commonwealth nation of Wellon created
Alpha Centauri
2280
IEX has at least one permanent base on each Fr. base
Earth
2282
IEX ends expansion of operations
 
2285
French colony revolts
Joi
2286
First Battle of Joi
Joi
2287
Central Asian War
Earth
2287
OMS Charles Parsons lost
 
2289
French military coup
Earth
2289
Inca colony established
Earth
2290
Fr. Beta Canum activate several colonial military units
Vogelheim
2291
British colony of Wellon (New Albion) granted independence
Alpha Centauri
2291
Augereau station black hole study
Augereau
2291
Beta Canum Beanstalk operational
Beta Canum
2291
French colony granted independence
Joi
2292
War of German Unification begins (Germany vs. France)
Earth
2292
Kimanjano Raid
Kimanjano
2293
Third Battle of Alpha Centauri
Alpha Cent
2293
War of German Unification ends
Earth
2293
French pro-unification militia and guerilla forces fighting
Vogelheim
2293
Bavaria prounification militia take starport/shut out Fr.
Vogelheim
2293
Neutral military units (British, American, Australian)
Vogelheim
2294
Nicolas Ruffin elected Emperor of France
Earth
2295
Kafers attack French Station Arcturus
Arcturus
2295
British Crater population 1,557,300
Henry's Star
2296
US Retief-Class Recce Courier original design date
Earth
2296
Hyde Dynamics X-2296 fighter introduced
Earth
2297
Aurorean population almost 3,000,000
Eta Bootis
2297
Kafers attack Aurore from orbit
Eta Bootis
2297
Kafers make planetfall on Aurore
Eta Bootis
2297
First example of Retief-Class courier laid down
Earth
2297
Pres. appoints Malcom Durran Hermes Colonial Governor
Mu Herculis
2297
AR-I Bayern mission aborted
Neubayern
2297
AR-I discover Oiseauan halogeneous biosphere
Vogelheim
2298
Kafer invasion fleet enters Eta Bootis system
Aurore
2298
Aurorean close orbit was infested with Kafers
Aurore
2298
Kafer landings on Aurore begin
Aurore
2298
Second Battle of Tithonus
Eta Bootis
2298
Human relief ground forces land on Aurore
Aurore
2298
Last of Kafer Fleet routed From Eta Bootis system
Aurore
2298
Death of DC-2
Aurore
2298
IEX ordered by french government to study Kafers
 
2299
Kafer Riots break out on Kolonie Zwei
Hochbaden
2299
AAEC's twelfth ISBIP observatory brought on-Line
Ross 165
2299
AR-I sends special probes to Oiseau
Vogelheim
2300
ISO 417 discovered by AAEC's ISBIP
ISO 417
2300
Exploratory cruiser Cook surveys system
AC+20 1463
2300
Exploratory cruiser Cook sent to study ISO 417
ISO 417
2300
Trilon's LaFarge crash lands
DM+17 2611
2300
Construction of Acey-Acey facility on Horizon begins
AC+20 1463
2301
A Desperate Race (SC Scenario)
Hochbaden
2301
Second Battle of Hochbaden
Hochbaden
2301
The One That Got Away (SC Scenario)
Dunkleheim
2301
The Overeager Alpha (SC Scenerio)
Eta Bootis
2301
More Than They Could Crew (SC Scenario)
Vogelheim
2301
Kafer fleet arrives at Beta Comae Berenices
Beta Comae
2301
Watchdog (SC Scenario)
Beta Comae
2301
Hornets' Nest (SC Scenario)
Kimanjano
2302
Beta Canum Beanstalk cut loose
Beta Canum
2302
Small Kafer squadron entered Beta Canum system
Beta Canum
2302
Alone and Outnumbered (SC Scenario)
Beta Canum
2302
Large Kafer battle fleet appeared in system
Beta Canum
2302
Easy Pickings (SC Scenario)
Henry's Star
2302
Vice-Admiral Rochemont's battle fleet at DM+36 2219
DM+36 2219
2302
Reconciliation (SC Scenario)
61 Ursae Maj
2302
All or Nothing (SC Scenario)
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