Timeline of Atlantic History

Operation Sea of Reeds occurs Tzipora arrives in Vekllei

Passenger rail service to Miami resumes in Conch

Tzipora meets Baron at Hotel Cairo Dallas government issues stand-down order after central command over secessionist militias wanes European Economic Community pledges material support to US government

Tzipora loses contact with her mother, drops out of school and heads west Lend-lease of nuclear silos guaranteed under the Treaty of California June ceasefire between US and Dallas

Terror attack in Cairo prompts OAPEC to restrict crude supply The Ghawar refinery is set alight in Saudi Arabia by Iranian spies The Ford Motor Company declares bankruptcy The Dallas Secession begins Open conflict with the United States begins Baron moves to Utah as an AB/NI operative

The US invades Colombia to depose communist government Tzipora moves to Texas to study at St Mary’s, where she does not do very well Sabotage of the Panama Canal halts shipping traffic for six weeks A general economic slump begins in the Western Hemisphere

The Comen Aeroyards are founded as a subsidiary of Government Aircraft Factories Cifuentes government is overthrown with Soviet help in Colombia

An international tribunal settles the long-running dispute over the lunar south pole in favour of the Commonwealth Lunar Community The first Hera-class minelayers are commissioned in the Maritime Service The first Hound-class surface-effect hovercrafts are commissioned in the Littoral Service

The first Mantle-class ballistic missile submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service

Baron is assigned to Bolivia as a Noshem Section Chief

The first Capricorn-class attack submarines are commissioned in the Maritime Service

With the construction of the Artemis, the Commonwealth Lunar Community is formally established as a civilian settlement Gregori Hordiyenko dies in a car accident

2045 Sino Crisis ends without incident Ascension Science Basin and Rocket Factory established in Ascension US announces cuts to space programme France establishes lunar colony in West Equator Commonwealth Starlines established as subsidiary of Commonwealth Airways in Ascension

Tzipora Azela is born in Colombia Cobian Quesminek is born in Alveg, Oslola The Haitian Affair ends

The UK has almost completely decolonised National Robotics Plant is opened by National Machines in Barbados

The People’s Republic of China threatens war on Manchuria 2045 Sino Crisis begins The Commonwealth intervenes in the collapse of Haiti The Nuclear Marine Propulsion Reactor (NMPR) introduced Nike-class vessels built (2045-54) Volcanic-class vessels built (2045-55)

Baron enlists in general infantry, dropping out of school Adelectrics is founded in Santes Moshel Street School is built

Commonwealth World Jetport opens in Pharos, Oslola

The first Swordfish-class air escort destroyers are commissioned in the Maritime Service

The first Hydrofoil cutters are commissioned in the Littoral Service

Amelie Zedner, Baron’s sister, succumbs to illness

The Nuclear Thermal Working Group conducts nuclear rocketry experiments in Kala

The first Commonwealth Airways commercial airship is launched

Geothermal district heating system is completed in Lucia

The first Patrol Motor Launch is commissioned in the Littoral Service The first Prosperity-class aircraft cruisers are commissioned in the Maritime Service

The first Suffrage-class corvettes are commissioned in the Maritime Service

Commonwealth Station Mars is established

Ayn Lai-Lebedev is born in Yana Boya Chemical opens in Ada, Oslola The first Baker-class air escort destroyers are commissioned in the Maritime Service

Baron Zedner is born The Soviet lunar colony is quietly abandoned temporarily, with administration transferred to the Balkan settlement The first and only Federal-class battleship is commissioned in the Maritime Service

Fusion power plant completed in Kala, the second of its kind in Vekllei

Atlantis is founded in Cama Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation is founded in Oslola The Commonwealth Lunar Community is established Nassau and Yuma accede to the Commonwealth as part of the Lucayan Federation The first Nike-class missile cruisers are commissioned in the Maritime Service The first Palm-class submarine chasers are commissioned in the Maritime Service Firming laws are amended

Vekllei’s second fusion power plant opens in Kairi Gregori Hordiyenko, the first Gregori baby, is born

Inagua accedes to the Commonwealth as part of the Bahamas Federation Contradictions between firming laws create a constitutional crisis

Ou Hydroelectric Dam opens Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital rebuilt by the Commonwealth government

The Commonwealth secretly tests its first indigenous nuclear weapon in the South Atlantic

Naval Station Sude is formally established in the Sude islands

Pico do Fogo erupts again on Fogo, burying the rebuilt village of Portela under basalt lava for a second time in living memory

Wallabies are introduced to Oslola, and soon become an invasive pest

Soufrière Hills erupts in Allia, destroying several settlements in the south

Money is abolished in most Commonwealth republics Industrial crowns remain for trade and planning Personal currency abolished The Commons is established

Helvasia status is finalised and begins federalisation

National Machines is founded Pico do Fogo erupts on Fogo, destroying the village of Portela inside the crater; residents refuse relocation orders and rebuild

Commonwealth Starlines is founded

Dutch Caribbean territories accede via Curaçao Treaty Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao, Saba, and Paria join the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth enters economic transition More services become free at point of use Personal currency use declines, and its tender period is shortened from a year to a month Bureau system expands Automation increases

Government Aircraft Factories founded Transition away from personal currency accelerates

Commonwealth Lines shipping consolidated Remaining Azores territories accede, including Costa Verde, Fayal, Flores, Graciosa, Maria, Mira, Pico, Porto Santo, Terceira, and Velas Aismious accedes to the Commonwealth

National Construction House is established

Mt Vincent erupts violently in Youlouca, resulting in a successful mass evacuation

Final Antilles (westward) non-Dutch republics accede Liamuiga, Oualie, Ouanalao, Soualiga, Karu, Madiana, Grenadines, and other Leeward/Windward islands accede to the Commonwealth General Reactor is founded The Canarii Islands join the Atlantic Commonwealth, including Canary, Tenerife, Benahoare, Lanzarote, Berbera, Ventura, and Meridia The 1978 World’s Fair is held in Montre, Oslola

Commonwealth Oil is founded in Kairi

Expiring currency system proves cumbersome Black markets develop Industrial/personal currency split deepens

Cabo Verde accedes as Commonwealth Verde, including Praia, Fogo, Brava, Boa Vista, Viana, Sal, Maio, Cavoada, and Morocos Java, Principe, and Annobon also accede Commonwealth Antarctic territories are formalised ( Falklands, Sude, etc.)

Portuguese colonial empire collapses

The Java Conference establishes a pathway for African islands to enter the Commonwealth

Commonwealth Airways is founded

First constitutional referendum on economic policy

The precursor of the bureau system, known as cooperative industries, are established for industrial coordination

West Indies Federation formally dissolves, and republics accede individually Contemporary regional commonwealths are founded The Council of Roses is formed Commonwealth College is founded at the University of Antigua Mayaguana accedes to the Commonwealth independently following the dissolution of the West Indies Federation

The construction of a new capital begins, called Comet A series of nationalisations occur, replacing colonial corporations Commonwealth Bank, Commonwealth Rail and Commonwealth Post are founded

Founding of the Commonwealth of Oceans Beginning of Fourth Commonwealth (Floral Period) Whaling industry in the South Atlantic collapses UK grants independence to occupied territories Atlantic Conference (Montre, July-September 1965):

• Representatives from occupied territories, West Indies Federation, British Atlantic Territories agree to a decentralised “federation of federations.”

• Atlantic Commonwealth founded

• Founding interim members include Commonwealth Arctic, Commonwealth West Indies, Commonwealth Lucaya, and individual British Atlantic territories

Establishment of Commonwealth bicameral direct democracy

Britain begins withdrawal discussions from Atlantic territories

British Atlantic Federation proposed in the wake of Nassau Conference Caribbean territories prepare for independence

West Indies Federation formed (Jamaica, Kairi & Aloubaera, Barbados, Leeward/Windward Islands)

A submarine volcano breaks the surface off the coast of Fayal, adding land to the island’s western tip at Ponta dos Capelinhos before subsiding two years later

Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital established on Scallop Island in Paria

Mandela College is founded at the University of Antigua

In Occupied Territories ( Oslola, Kala, Demon, Helvasia): The US withdraws from Oslolan occupation with concessions from the UK for US basing in Kala Complete restructuring of Oslolan society Introduction of Atlantic Development Programme Oslola sees substantial emigration

First Atomic War Oslola uses tactical nuclear weapon against British naval group UK retaliates with strikes on military installations and the capital The Oslolan Junta is extinguished UK-US occupation begins

Naval skirmishes in North Atlantic Oslola acquires nuclear capability through covert means UK issues ultimatum

Fishing rights crisis with UK escalates Oslola claims extended territorial waters Bloody Monday occurs after the massacre of British fishermen UK sends naval frigates The Conch Cays vote to join the West Indies Federation

Cape Verde, Java, and Principe accede to the British Atlantic Territories The Oslolan Junta splinters between army and navy factions Economic collapse continues Civil unrest grows

Sugar processing operations established in Mayaguana by Snow White Sugar Industries

The assassination of Adolf Hitler ends the Second World War and results in the partition of Germany The United Nations is founded

Naval coup establishes military junta in Oslola NNP outlawed Relations with UK deteriorate British forces fortify whaling stations in Sude The Second World War begins

Odin Faction, now the Nordic Nationalist Party (NNP), does well in elections but refuses to enter a coalition with the nationalist party

Odin Faction, capitalising on Nazi ascent, established in Oslola amidst a brutal crackdown on political unrest The Great Depression hits Oslola General political unrest

Sugarhouse Mountain Fortress begins construction outside Montre Oslola leases frigates from the UK

Beginning of the Late Commonwealth The Atlantic Independence Movement culminates in Oslola achieving dominion status within the UK, retaining Edward VII as head of state Oslola maintains control over Kala, Demon, and Helvasia Caribbean and Atlantic islands remain as British Atlantic Territories Bahama, Caicos, Curateo, Rum, and Yabaque accede to the British Atlantic Territories under the Alford Agreement

The British Atlantic Territories are awarded Dominion status at the 1926 Imperial Conference, granting it autonomy from British administration

Rail transport in Oslola is nationalised

The Caribbean Quarterly journal is founded in Antigua to catalogue regional studies

Oil refinery constructed on Aruba, transforming the island economy around petroleum processing

Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity tested at Roça Sundy in Principe

The Commonwealth-American railway opens between Conch and Florida

First Caribbean Federation formed

The future capital of Godthul is founded as a whaling station by Norway in Sude

Grytviken is established as the first whaling station in Sude

The Kalina Territory is established in Kabuli

St Pierre is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelée on Madiana, killing 30,000 people Cateral is founded in Kairi as Cateral Artillery Co.

The British Atlantic Territories are granted an elected assembly

Gina is founded in Oslola

Roseau Botanical Gardens established in Kabuli

The first inter-collegiate cricket match is played at the University of Antigua

Saint Barthélemy is sold back to France by Sweden following a local referendum, ending fifty years of Swedish administration

Montre University is founded

Royal University of the West Indies is founded in Antigua, the predecessor to the University of Antigua

Methodist missionary Josiah Whitmore arrives in Paria and names the capital Bethlehem

The Atlantic daily broadsheet is founded The First Great Recession hits the Oslolan metropole

The Ginnery is founded in Barbary

The new British Atlantic Territories are granted an executive governor, essentially affording self-governing status to the colonies

The British Overseas Territories comprising Oslola, Kala and Demon are reincorporated as the British Atlantic Territories, including Anguilla, Lucaya, Habacoa, Summers, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands ( Caimanas), the Falklands, Montserrat ( Allia), Saint Helena ( Helena), Ascension ( Ascension), the Tristan da Cunha Islands ( Santes), the South Georgia and Sandwich Islands ( Sude), and the Turks and Caicos ( Caicos) Islands

The Falklands are permanently settled by the UK Slavery is abolished in the Caimanas

Atlantic is founded in Oslola

The Colonial Hotel School is founded in Barbados

Santes is settled

Ascension is settled by the UK

Britain secures permanent control of Lucia after changing hands 14 times

Slavery is abolished in Helena

Ouanalao sold to Sweden by France

The UK retains the Conch Cays while returning Florida to Iberia

Most pearl beds in Paria are worked by free divers

The Bath Hotel opens in Oualie as the first hotel in the Caribbean

Sude is discovered by Captain James Cook

The Falklands are settled by the British at Port Egmont Kingston Botanical Gardens established in Youlouca

The UK seizes the Conch Cays from Iberia Britain retakes Abakoa, transforming it into a commercial trading outpost

The Timanfaya eruption covers the southern quarter of Lanzarote in volcanic lava fields that remain largely unchanged to the present day

Seqi Olivine Mine begins continuous operation in Kala

Spain seizes Abakoa, ruling the island for the next fifty years; much colonial architecture dates from this period

Antigua and Barbados are settled by the UK Combermere School opens in Barbados

Barbary is founded as a slave estate known as Codrington’s Island

Allia and Aloi are settled by the UK

British reclaim Providence under the Treaty of Madrid The Cayman Islands come under British control via the Treaty of Madrid

Whaling wars between Dutch and English settlers occur in Helvasia

Helena is settled by the East India Company

French colonists settle Karu, naming it from the Arawak word Karukera meaning “island of beautiful waters”

Spanish forces dislodge Protestant colonists from Providence

English Puritans from Bermuda settle Cigateo, naming it from the Greek word for freedom

Helvasia is rediscovered by Europeans and subsequently settled by whalers

Commonwealth Bank is founded in Oslola as the Royal Bank

Dutch forces take Aruba from its indigenous Arawak population, beginning Dutch colonial influence on the island

Providence Island Company establishes a Puritan settlement in Providence

Liamuiga and Oualie are colonised by the UK

British and French colonists massacre the Kalinago population at Bloody Point on Liamuiga

Sir Thomas Warner establishes the first permanent British settlement in the Caribbean at Old Road Town on Liamuiga

Wreck of the Sea Venture leads to the settlement of Summers

Beginning of Vekllei Late Period Oslola loses the Six Years War to the British Empire and is capitulated as a colony of the British Empire

Spanish colonisation of Nassau begins

Spanish cartographer Diego Ribero charts the waters of Paria, naming them “Los Roques”

Helena is discovered by Portugal

Portuguese colonisation of Tenerife formally begins under the lusotropicalist model, integrating much of the indigenous Guanche population through forced assimilation

Kabuli is discovered by Christopher Columbus Columbus stops at Anjos Village on Maria during his return voyage, establishing the island as a trans-Atlantic waypoint

Antigua is discovered by Europeans

Portuguese arrive in Meridia, negotiating tributary status with the indigenous Bimbache chiefs rather than outright conquest

Costa Verde is discovered and settled by Portugal Cavoada is discovered by Portuguese navigators and remains intermittently uninhabited through the colonial period

Kala enters a union with the 3rd Commonwealth

Santa Maria becomes the first permanently inhabited island of the Azores, settled by Portuguese colonists from the Algarve

The Royal Mail Service, predecessor to the Commonwealth Post, is founded in Oslola

Beginning of Period of Rest Founding of the 3rd Commonwealth Collapse of Oslolan trading power begins

The monarchy of Oslola falls to civil war and the Koverek dynasty is established

Rise of trading towns on East Coast of Oslola

Founding of the 2nd Commonwealth Aismo Desimou becomes king Capital moved to Altanehs Arawaks are displaced by Caribs in Antigua Irish settlers establish Aran on Demon

Helvasia is discovered by Scandinavians, who observe Arctic Sami living there Anguilla and Antigua are settled by Arawaks

Arawaks displace Ciboney in Saba Golden age of sagas begins Norse settlers arrive and establish communities in Hetland

Beginning of Oslolan Middle Period Founding of the 1st Commonwealth Oslola’s monarchist period

Beginning of Oslolan Early Period

Beginning of Oslolan Common Period

Oslola is using Oslolan logographs Upen, a variant Inuit animism, is being practiced

Oslola is politically and culturally isolated from Europe

Earliest permanent Algic settlements established at Kanek and Alavia in Kala

Scandinavians settle in Smoke Cove, Oslola

Celts or Pictish settlers establish fishing communities on south coast of Oslola

Earliest evidence of human settlement in Oslola