Timeline of Aedeland
The Timeline of Aedeland outlines the key events, from its prehistoric origins to its modern era as a technological and political power.
Prehistory
- 60,000 YBP: Anario-Tharnian and Anario-Jorvic populations diverge in Davai.
- 50,000 YBP: Anario-Jorvic migration into Anaria from Davai via Jorveh by ice bridge.
- 30,000 YBP: Proto-Wolgos culture in Thultannia and Anario-Jorvic culture in Stoldavia develop.
- 26,000 YBP: Earliest evidence of domestication of dogs in Stoldavia.
- 24,000 YBP: Evidence of abandonment of Jorvik and Stoldavian sites following Breviter shock. Proto-Wolgos and Anario-Jorvic sites in Thultannia suggest coexistence during Distal Ice Age.
- 21,000 YBP: Six thousand-year Distal Ice Age begins. Anario-Jorvic population bottleneck.
- 20,000 YBP: Semi-domestication of the haiter.
- 16,000 YBP: Wolgos, Loura, and Anario-Jorvik cultures coexist in Western Stoldavia.
- 15,000 YBP: Calidus Era begins, bringing a temperate climate to Northern Anaria and Jorveh. Agrarian Anario-Biazriite culture enters Eastern Stoldavia. Wolgos and Loura cultures die out in Thultannia.
- 11,000 YBP: Calidus maximum. Bovids are domesticated in Southern Anaria. Loura culture flourishes in northern Jorveh.
- 10,000 YBP: Wolgos and Loura cultures die out in Stoldavia.
- 9,000 YBP: Sea levels recede, isolating Jorveh, Stoldavia, Thultannia, and Dunkluwos.
- 6,000 YBP: Beginning of the five-thousand-year Proximal Ice Age. Population collapse in Northern Anaria. Domesticated bovids introduced to Stoldavia.
- 5,500 YBP: Archaic steppe horses are introduced to Northern Anaria via Jorveh via ice bridge.
- 5,000 YBP: Anario-Jorvic invaders replace the elite in many North Anarian cultures.
First Stoldavic Empire
- 5091: First Stoldavic Empire is founded at Skiöldvik.
- 5146: Expulsion of Aldsay from central Stoldavia.
- 5200: Crop rotation developed in Eastern Stoldavia.
- 5282: Ælsatings made tributaries to Skiöldvik.
- 5713: Fall of Skiöldvik. Aldsegians begin raiding eastern coasts of Davai, northern Tharna, and the western coasts of Anaria and Thultan.
Aldsegian Golden Age
- 5983: Dölmer expelled from Western Stoldavia.
- 6000: Adoption of agriculture in Western Stoldavia.
- 6066: "Naurthana Swioniz" or Northern Sea Peoples raid the Amberii.
- 6186: Exile of Grìmur, Prince of Lothlind, to Aereyjar as recorded in the Æðelendinga epic.
- 6199: Grìmur conquers Achilleion as recorded in the Æðelendinga epic.
- 6202: The Félagi, precursor of the Sørtarnland Company, founded by the Skjolda League at Knivene to pursue trade in Achilleion.
- 6235: Mormaers of Storhavn controlling the Skjolda League sack Skiöldvik.
- 6345: "Aldashiya" raids are recorded by Tahani historian Ammurapi.
- 6412: Sack of Skara ends the Aldsegian Golden Age.
- 6890: Njudälanders expel Aldsay from central Stoldavia. Ällens establish the Kingdom of Aluon in western Thultannia. Skiuölda invade Dardania but are repelled by the kings of Ostenia. The Gruön invade Ambesia Major.
Second Stoldavic Empire
- 6934: Prince Råger establishes the Second Stoldavic Empire.
- 6938: Prince Råger sacks Ålesund; Høylandsskog Jegerne begins raids into Orkanan-controlled Vesterland.
- 6940: The Kingdom of Thronreich joins the Second Stoldavic Empire.
- 6942: Aerilar and Orkanan Vesterland made tributary to Östervallen.
- 7151: Civil war divides the Second Stoldavic Empire.
Western Stoldavic Empire
- 7153: First Storthing of Ålesund divides Western Aedeland into seven jarldoms.
- 7162: Friðríkr defeats Bartholomeus, Mormaer of Storhavn, to unify Western Stoldavia, Achilleion, and Aereyjar.
- 7167: Knifepoint Council establishes the Althing at the Second Storthing of Ålesund.
- 7192: Aedelish civil war, known as the Uåsturúk, begins.
- 7199: Uåsturúk ends Orkanan rule in Western Stoldavia.
Republic of Aedeland
- 7205: Republic of Aedeland founded by Guðfriður Hinn Guttlausi at the Third Storthing of Ålesund.
- 7213: Ramon Tuårrega discovers the Zalelsan Channel Isles.
- 7219: The Félagi establishes trade with the Tuåruças of the Mandruleanian Isles.
- 7262: Hagen invades Western Aedeland.
- 7287: Sørtarnland Company is founded. Mandruleanian Isles of Aretias annexed to establish trade depot.
- 7289: Sørtarnland Company signs secret Treaty with Auresia to forcibly resettle dissatisfied bondemen in Ephesus.
- 7291: Sørtarnland Company opens international trading house at Impport.
- 7292: Sørtarnland Company establishes a colony on the Dharian coast.
- 7356: Sørtarnland Company establishes the Second Buçale colony along the Wabulum coast.
- 7421: Sørtarnland Company develops Tzerakan overland trade to the Phasian.
- 7426: Sørtarnland Company opens Østzeraki Mines in Ephesus.
- 7442: Sørtarnland Company enters Shangti markets.
- 7459: Sørtarnland Company secures Zalelsan Straits from Becuvitatia, gaining monopoly on Anarian dye trade. Væringet founded to create a colonial army for the Sørtarnland Company.
- 7480: Coal deposits discovered in Jorveh.
- 7498: Aedeland, Amberia, Anisora, and Auresia form the Aschgæt Alliance. Sinking of the Aedelish flagship Sørland. Pan-Anarian War begins.
- 7518: Aedeland repatriates Western Hagen.
Imperial Republic of Aedeland
- 7536: Declaration of Supremacy marks the political annexation of Aldsegian populations in Cykeria, Aereyjar, and Achilleion.
- 7552: Pan-Anarian War ends.
- 7574: Treaty of Ærilar introduces the Common Tariff. Assassination of Jakob av Varung.
- 7578: Sørtarnland Company invades Hanniyyahs.
- 7579: Treaty of Gadalhem ends the Common Tariff. Aedeland enters into trade agreements with Anat Tahan and Helreich.
Aedelish Technate
- 7580: Häverists win control of the Althing in Bloodless Revolution and declare a new Aedelish Häverist Commonwealth.
- 7581: Forward Initiative reforms Häverist energy accounting system into the first Orderist technate. Bule Republics declare independence.
- 7584: Aedeland begins supporting insurgents in Austland/West Hagen.
- 7590: Hagen sends partisans into Aedelish western Austland provoking Austland/West Hagen Civil War.
- 7598: Wolgos Scourge ends the Pan-Stoldavic War. Aedeland sends materiel and volunteers to Mirapan. Stoldavian coal mines are depleted. Famine strikes Stoldavia.
- 7599: Ríkes Sjøstyrkene Nord Fleet lost to Wolgos Sea Horde at the Battle of Ísjaðar. The Wolgos Sea Horde is stopped at Draumrsund.
- 7603: Wolgos Scourge ends.
- 7619: Cykerian coal mines depleted.
- 7639: The Great Purge bans all social sciences from the Research Office.
- 7660: Aedeland launches its nuclear program.
- 7674: Aedeland’s first atomic power station.
This timeline encapsulates the evolution of Aedeland from its prehistoric roots to its establishment as a major political, economic, and technological power in Anaria. It highlights key moments of conquest, political upheaval, and technological advancements that shaped the nation's identity.