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History is powerful. History is telling. But who decides what is canonical and what is legendary? In World Conference, the employment of alternate history is prolific. Points of divergence and the intricacies of history are all attributed by the World Conference community. With a community-based timeline, it is inherent that canonical history will not fit perfectly or as smoothly than if it was drafted by one person with a clear vision and point(s) of divergence. With this in mind, reference this canonical timeline if you are uncertain about specific events or time periods. All approved historical dates from roleplay applications will be added to the timeline by default.
If you would like to contribute to the timeline in any way, or if you would like to call a date into question, please contact Gelug.
Last updated: 11 December, 2018.
Date | Nation | Event |
60,000 BC–36,000 BC | First human settlers arrive in the Tibetan Plateau. | |
13,000 BC–7,000 BC | People flock en masse to the Tibetan Plateau. | |
4,500 BC | Farming is introduced to the Netherlands. | |
3,000 BC | The existing human population is replaced by Neolithic human settlers from northern China. | |
1,500 BC | . | Great Austronesian Migration. |
29th Century BC
21st Century BC
20th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
2070 BC | Xia Dynasty founded. |
16th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
1600 BC | Xia Dynasty replaced by Shang Dynasty. |
15th Century BC
10th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
1050 BC | Shang Dynasty replaced by Western Zhou Dynasty. |
8th Century BC
7th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
770 BC | Western Zhou Dynasty replaced by Eastern Zhou Dynasty. | |
770 BC-479 BC | Spring and Autumn Period. Proliferation of Confucian philosophy. Several feudal states lose power as regional leaders defy king's court in Luoyi and launch campaigns against each other. |
5th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
c. 500 BC | The Kingdom of Shangshung is the first unified state of the Tibetan Plateau. |
4th Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
476 BC–221 BC | Warring States Period. Various rival Chinese states battle viciously for territorial advantage and dominance. |
3rd Century BC
2nd Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
221 BC | Warring States Period ends. China is unified under the Qing Dynasty. | |
206 BC | Qin Dynasty is replaced by the Western Han Dynasty. |
1st Century BC
Date | Nation | Event |
57 BC | The Roman Empire conquers Gallia Belgica. |
Date | Nation | Event |
9 | Western Han Dynasty is replaced by the Xin Dynasty. | |
23 | Xin Dynasty is replaced by the Eastern Han Dynasty. |
3rd Century
Date | Nation | Event |
200 | . | Arrival of Hinduism in Southeast Asia. |
220–265 | Three Kingdoms period. China is divided into three competing states: Wu, Shu, and Wei. | |
265 | Western Jin Dynasty unifies China. |
4th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
317 | Western Jin Dynasty is replaced by the Eastern Jin Dynasty. |
5th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
420 | Eastern Jin Dynasty is replaced by the Northern and Southern Dynasties. |
6th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
581 | Northern and Southern Dynasties are replaced by the Sui Dynasty. |
7th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
618 | The Tibetan Empire unifies as a large state encompassing the southern Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan mountain range. | |
618 | Sui Dynasty is replaced by the Tang Dynasty. | |
625 | The Kingdom of Shangshung falls. | |
650 | Insular Southeast Asia
[nation]Bojong Kulur Raya[/nation]
[nation]Sri Thailand[/nation][/td]Srivijaya is founded. |
8th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
734 | At the Battle of the Boarn, the Frisians in the Netherlands were defeated by the Franks, who thereby conquered the area west of the Lauwers. | |
754 | Christian missionary St. Boniface is martyred by the Frisians. | |
768 | Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks. | |
774 | Charlemagne becomes King of the Lombards. | |
785 | The Franks conquer the area east of the Lauwers when Charlemagne defeated Widukind. |
9th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
25 December, 800 | Charlemagne is crowned Imperator Augustus of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III. | |
814 | The Frankish Kingdom is divided into three parts after Charlemagne's death, roughly modern France, Germany, and the regions in between: West Francia, East Francia, and Middle Francia. At first the Netherlands is part of Middle Francia. | |
842 | The Tibetan Empire collapses due to political infighting. | |
895 | Magyar nomads settle the Carpathian basin under high chief Árpád of the Árpád dynasty. |
10th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
907-960 | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Imperial China fractures and is divided into ten successive states. | |
916 | Liao Dynasty is founded in Mongolia and northern China. | |
937 | Kingdom of Dali is founded. | |
955 | Battle of Lechfeld. Devastating Magyar defeat ends Magyar raids in Europe and signals the feudalization of Magyar society. | |
960 | Southern China is unified by the Song Dynasty. | |
962 | Germany | East Francia is absorbed into the Holy Roman Empire. |
972 | Hungarian Prince Árpád Géza begins to integrate Hungary into Christendom. |
11th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
1000 | Árpád István (Stephen) I is crowned as the first king of Hungary after his conversion to Christianity. | |
1038 | Western Xia Dynasty is founded in northwestern China. |
12th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
1102 | Battle of Gvozd Mountain. Croatia enters into a personal union with Hungary under the rule of King Kálmán. | |
1115 | Northern China is unified by the Jin Dynasty. | |
1198 | . | Livonian Crusade begins. |
13th Century
14th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
1301 | Last heir to the house of Árpád dies. Hungary enters an interregnum. | |
1308 | King Charles I of Anjou claims bilineal descent from the house of Árpád and successfully claims the throne. | |
1358–1618 | The Mongol-led Sakyapa Dynasty collapses and is replaced by the Phagmodrupa Dynasty. The Phagmodrupa rulers bring an era of peace, stability, and good relations with Tibet's neighbors. | |
1368 | Yuan Dynasty is replaced by the Ming Dynasty. | |
1370 | King Louis I of Anjou (the Great) dies without a male heir causing Hungary to enter into a second interregnum. | |
1377 | Srivijaya collapses. | |
1387 | Interregnum is brought to a close by the succession of Sigismund I of Luxembourg to the throne of Hungary. | |
1390s | The Yazari migrate to Khorasan during the Timurid Empire, Akhbek Khan swears loyalty to Timur. |
15th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
1400s | . | Arrival of Islam in Southeast Asia. |
1433 | Sigismund of Hungary becomes emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. | |
1439 | First Hungarian Bible translation. | |
1450–1484 | The Chibchan Confederation and the Timoto–Cuica Confederation send settlers and traders into the Guianas and Ecuador to expand the number of tribes aligned to them. | |
1454 | Voyages of Zheng Pinglan. | |
1456 | Hunyadi Janós wins numerous battles in crusades against the Ottomans in the Balkans. | |
1458 | King Hunyadi Mátyás (Matthias Corvinus) is elected to the throne. He is recognized as the greatest king in Hungarian history. Mátyás creates a legacy as one of the most successful military leaders in history as well as an immense patron of the arts and learning. Mátyás founds one of the first European standing armies, the Hungarian Black Army. | |
1462 | Christianity is introduced to China. | |
1480s | Yazaris are summoned for battle by orders of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara. | |
1492 | The Chibchan Confederation breaks apart, dividing the territory into the 24 Chibchan Nations and establishing a loose trading alliance between the nations. | |
1495 | The Timoto–Cuica Confederation breaks apart, dividing the territory into Timoto-Muku and Cuica. | |
1497 | The ethnic Yazari, Hassan Amir, grandson of Akhbek Khan, becomes the local ruler of Merv. |
16th Century
17th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
1602 | The Dutch East India Company is formed. | |
1606 | Willem Jansz discovers Australia. | |
1609–1621 | Twelve-year truce with Spain. During this time, the Netherlands becomes a prosperous trading nation. | |
1610 | Aiman Amir, son of Ahmed Abdulla, incites an insurgency in the region of Khorasan in an attempt to create a sovereign sultanate supported by the emperor of Mughal. | |
1610–1617 | With the support of the Mughals, Aiman Amir arrives to gain control of a portion of Khorasan. He is sent into exile several times. | |
1614 | The Dutch Republic founds the colony of New Netherland. | |
1621 | The Dutch West India Company is formed. | |
1625 | The Dutch Republic founds the settlement of New Amsterdam (later New York). | |
1642 | Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania. | |
1642 | The Phagmodrupa Dynasty collapses due to political infighting, and Tibet once again falls under Mongol control and the Khoshut Khanate is founded. | |
1642 | The Ganden Phodrang regime is founded and quietly competes with the uninvolved Mongol Khoshut government for political control. | |
1648 | Spain recognizes the independence of the Netherlands. | |
1649–1653 | Mughal–Safavid War. With the help of the Yazari tribes, the Mughals successfully capture the eastern portions of Safavid Persia. | |
1652 | The Dutch found a colony in southern Africa. | |
1652–1654 | First Anglo–Dutch War. | |
1659 | The Sultanate of Khorasan is proclaimed and becomes a puppet state of the Mughal Empire. | |
1665–1667 | Second Anglo–Dutch War. | |
1670 | Attacks from the Khanate of Bukhara on the Mughal Empire are repelled and war policies are enforced. | |
1672–1674 | Third Anglo–Dutch War. William of Orange, Stadtholder (ruler) of the Netherlands, makes peace with England and marries Princess Mary of England. | |
1688 | William becomes king of England. |
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
Date | Nation | Event |
21 July, 1901 | First Republic disbanded. | |
1 January, 1904 | Second Republic founded by John Deluvier. | |
1904 | A British military expedition led by Francis Younghusband is made into Tibet eventually reaching Lhasa and causing the Thirteenth Dalai Lama to flee to Mongolia. The abbot of Ganden Monastery brokers a deal and the Treaty of Lhasa is signed. | |
1908 | The first oil wells are constructed in Zulia, leading to the discovery of the Mene Grande oil field in the Maracaibo Basin. | |
1909 | The Dalai Lama returns to Mongolia safely. | |
19 May, 1911 | Second Republic disbanded. | |
25 May 1911 | Third Republic founded by Diana Duvalier Von Mechmacht. | |
1911 | The Dalai Lama takes refuge in Mongolia under the hospitality of the Bogd Khan due to heightened tensions between China and Britain. The Kashag grants preeminent wartime political authority to the Sikyong. | |
1912–1913 | Sino–European War. (needs expansion) | |
15 September 1912 | Muslim Militias rebel in Kabulistan, Sindh, and Hindustan. | |
1913 | Sikyong Dagmola Lekshe Tsultrim maneuvers Tibetan foreign policy to seal access to the Himalayan border and brokers a non-aggression pact with British India, the Kingdom of Sikkim, the Bhutanese fiefdoms, and the Kingdom of Nepal with the Dremoshong Agreement. | |
1913 | Development of the concept of La Raza ("The Race") marks the end of forced Chinese assimilation and the beginning of movements to transition to a post-multicultural society. | |
May 1913 | Start of the Mughal Civil War. The protectorate is divided by several militias. | |
1914 | . | Beginning of the Great War. (needs expansion) Carpathia elects to join Germany following Russian pan-Slavic claims to Bessarabia and Moldou, as well as Russian support for Serbian, Wallachian and Bosnian separatism. |
1914–1917 | Several more oil fields are discovered across the country, including the emblematic Bolívar Coastal Field. | |
1915 | Sweden joins the Central Powers. | |
16 September, 1917 | The United Baltic Duchy declares independence from Russia during the Great War [World War I]. | |
October 1917 | End of the Mughal Civil War. The last militant strongholds are defeated by the Mughals with British support. | |
1917 | . | End of the Great War with a Central Powers victory. Carpathia emerges as one of the victorious states in this war following a two-pronged assault on France - Germany in the north, and Carpathia marching into Provence through northern Italy. Ukraine, with the help of Germany, secedes from the Russia and creates an independent kingdom. |
22 September, 1918 | The United Baltic Duchy is recognized by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. | |
6 April, 1919 | The United Baltic Duchy transitions into Land of Queen Mary as a new government replaces the interim ducal government. | |
15 July, 1919 | Mughal authority over Hindustan is rectified by the Treaty of Shahjahanabad. | |
25 September, 1919 | Mughalia declares independence from British rule. | |
5 October, 1919 | The British Treaty of The Holy Abode is forced upon Mughalia, territorial claims over Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal are relinquished. | |
17 October, 1919 | The British Treaty of Agra is declared; territorial delineations around Kabulistan are made. British rule over Calcutta, and Chittagong is granted. Persian rule over Karachi is granted. | |
2 March, 1920 | The Pact of Sikkim is made; the Kingdom of Sikkim is declared a protected state under the Mughal crown. | |
1920 | Catholicism is made the official religion of the Marylander monarchy. | |
6 February, 1921 | Shahjahanabad is renamed as Delhi by orders of Emperor Qadir Aiman Mirza. | |
20 March, 1921 | A large-scale decree is enacted for the restoration of landmarks across the country. | |
9 April, 1921 | Emperor Qadir Aiman Mirza passes a decree for the immediate modernization of the country. | |
12 April, 1921 | Reforms in the constitution declares the parliament as secular. | |
18 April, 1921 | Uzbek partisans supported by the Soviet regime rebel and proclaim the Kunduz SSR around the province of Kunduz. | |
1922 | Barroso II blowout marks the beginning of Esenia's modern history as a major oil producer. The discovery captured the attention of the nation and the world. | |
20 May, 1923 | The Kunduz SSR is dismantled after the assassination of Soviet-backed Soli Sobir. | |
1928 | Economic downturn in the wake of several market crashes sparks a Soviet supported communist uprising in Wallachia. Being a country which had previously cultivated numerous large aristocratic and royal families throughout the empire, tens of thousands of aristocrats and their families are butchered in the streets by the communist revolutionaries. The royal family of Wallachia is butchered in the early stages of the war including the king's infant grandson. | |
1928 | Esenia becomes the world's leading oil exporter, and profits are used to boost gradual infrastructural and industrial projects across the country. | |
1929–1936 | . | Great Depression. |
1930 | Communist forces are finally crushed. Due to the weakened state of Carpathia's economy and military, many are able to escape either into hiding or to the Soviet Union. | |
1935 | The current Fourteenth Dalai Lama is born in the province of Amdo. | |
1936–1945 | . | Second Great War. (needs expansion) |
1936 | Carpathia manages to use wartime involvement in the second Great War as an economic booster. Borrowing rates skyrocket as the wartime economy begins to solve Carpathia's previous employment problems. | |
17 January, 1936 | The Odia Massacre, in which 3,000,000 Hindus and Christians were murdered, is recognized by the assembly. | |
1945 | Carpathia emerges victorious once again, however the empire is considered too weak to make any substantial claims at the victor's table. Carpathia primarily makes monetary demands of their enemies so as to help boost the flagging Carpathian economy. | |
1947 | . | Cold War starts. (needs expansion) |
1947 | Carpathia enters involvement in the declared Cold War against communism. As a state in close proximity to the Soviet Union, nuclear weapons development is given support by numerous western allies. | |
1950 | The Federal Republic of GeldMark is declared a sovereign state in the Franconian and Rhenish lands as a buffer between the hostile German Empire and French Popular Republic. | |
13 December, 1950 | The cities of Chittagong and Calcutta pass to Mughal authority. British claims over Mughalia are relinquished. | |
1955–1956 | Second Carpathian Communist Revolution. Soviet agents instigate a second revolution in Carpathia, this time in the rich Carpathian heartland of Hungary: the Duchy of Érdély in particular. As with the previous Carpathian revolution in Wallachia, numerous noble families are massacred with atrocities being committed in great amount by the Communist forces. | |
1961–1985 | Vast economic liberalization and diversification takes place under military rule and leads to the expansion of other industries such as automobile production in order to prevent the economy being dependent on the petroleum industry and facilitate increased industrial and infrastructural development. | |
November 1965 | End of the Second Carpathian Revolution. Carpathian forces, despite declaring victory in late 1964 against the declared People's Republic of Érdély, only manage to end the resulting communist insurgency by November of 1965. | |
November 1965 | Emperor Sándor passes the Anti-Comintern Decree. With the close of the revolution and the realization of an increasingly globalizing world, efforts are made to insulate Carpathia as much as possible against the threat of communism. In order to enforce this decree, a new branch of special forces is created sharing funding from both the police and military budgets. Using funding from both branches of royal enforcement and defense, this unit is the best trained and equipped in Carpathia as well as the only force authorized to conduct operations against both Carpathian nationals as well as foreign nationals. | |
14 December, 1968 | Soviet propaganda is reported near Kunduz and Mazar-e Sarif. | |
27 January, 1969 | A legislation for a counter-communist procedure is passed by the assembly. | |
8 February, 1969 | A Communist insurgency led by Soviet-backed Arslan Temir is reported in Kabulistan. | |
1970 | A project for the revival of the Livonian language is enacted after startling figures showing only 120 people spoke the language fluently in January 1970. | |
12 January, 1971 | Third Republic government suspended. | |
31 December, 1971 | Third Republic government reinstated. | |
25 December, 1991 | . | Cold War ends. Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Union of Socialist Central Asian Republics claims to be the legal successor to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
21st Century
Date | Nation | Event |
2001 | Esenia becomes a newly industrialized country. | |
2013 | The number of Livonian speakers is recorded at over 10,000 speakers, and Livonian is granted regional official status. |