History of Iearth

The History of Iearth is the carefully researched description of humanity's past on the planet Iearth. It is informed by archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other disciplines; and, for periods since the invention of writing, by recorded history and by secondary sources and studies. Records of major historical events, human developments, and natural phenomenon are instrumental in determining and piecing together periods of history.

Post-Classical History

11th-14th Century

• August 13th, 1128 - The Battle of São Warena (1128) takes place in Quetana.
• 1315 - Rio Palito is annexed by Quetana following a grant from King Maruian II in 1291.
• 1337-1389 - The Fifty Years War occurs between the Kingdom of Mayotte and the Second Drambenburg Empire, giving Drambenburg control over Aunistria.

Modern History

15th Century

• 1482 - Quetanan explorer Almirian Gamor discovers Antartique.

18th Century

The Skith Empire at its greatest extent in 1800

• 1704 - Captain Percy Armillio establishes a Skithan Imperial colony at Tofino.
• January 6th, 1724 - The 1724 Vongane earthquake kills over 50,000 in Vongane, Quetana.
• February 8th, 1784 - Hang Almarez II becomes King of Skith.

19th Century

• July 17th, 1802 - October 28th, 1804 - Zamastan War of Independence
• July 19, 1867 - King Almarez II of Skith dies at the age of 103
• January 5th, 1871 - May 17th, 1876 - Parabocan War/Great Cardoza War

20th Century

1900-20

• January 12th, 1919 - 1919 Tofino Earthquake kills nearly 78,000 across the northwest coast of Zamastan.

1921-40

• 1923-24 - A massive drought in the Zamastanian province of Pahl kills over 15,000 people.
• January 1st, 1924 - The Federation of Skith is formed.
• June 11th, 1925 - The Vulkarian Pass is completed and opens.
• February 5th, 1926 - President Elias Blanco signs the Blanco Initiative, which is attributed to creating the first widescale modern economic boom in Zamastan.
• July 17th, 1932 - The Chanchajillan Civil War begins.

1941-60

• August 2nd-9th, 1945 - First Danaska Conflict
• April 12th, 1949 - The World War begins when Drambenburg invades Avergnon.
• March 2nd, 1950 - Drambenburg sends the first satellite, Sattelit-1, into space
• July 29th, 1953 - The Gladysynthian Civil War begins.
• July 31st, 1953-May 5th, 1954 - The Sotoan War is fought between North Sotoa and South Sotoa.
• November 12th, 1954 - The World War ends with the Allied Powers defeating the League Powers of Drambenburg, the DSC, and Malvare.
• May 7th, 1956 - Zamastan tests the first nuclear bomb in the Orion-1 Nuclear Test.
• August 6th, 1957 - Zamastan sends their first satellite, Cyan-1, into space

1961-80

• June 6th, 1962 - The Marri-1 launch puts the first Zamastanian astronauts, Casey Giverston and Demarcus Free, into space.
• September 24th - October 25th, 1970 - The Tariel War/Second Danaska Conflict is fought between Zamastan and Gladysynthia.
• June 3rd, 1972 - Zamastan becomes the first country to land humans on the Moon, with Blue Falcon 3 and astronauts John Bennett, Vincent Steward, and Edward Wood Chambers being the first to walk on the moon.
• September 29th, 1972 - President of Zamastan, Marvin Gaviria, is assassinated in Tofino, Zamastan.
• November 18th, 1975 - The Coalition of Crown Albatross is founded.
• April 4th, 1976 - 83 Zamastanians are taken hostage at the Zamastanian embassy in Barangadesh.
• May 2nd, 1976 - Beleroskovian fighter jets shootdown Zian Airways Flight 127, killing all 276 people onboard and heightening tensions between the Capitalist and Communist powers.
• October 4th, 1976 - A 9.1 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Vulkaria, killing tens of thousands of people.
• November 13th, 1976 - The Helios Island nuclear accident occurs in Little Tribe River, Pahl, Zamastan.

1981-99

• April 2th, 1982 - The Malvarian Liberation Front attempts and fails to overthrow the government of Vulkaria in the 1982 Vulkaria Coup D'etat.
• October 5th, 1982 - Beleroskov invades Jaginistan, overthrowing their government and kickstarting the Jaginistan Civil War.
• July 6th, 1983 - The First War in Vulkaria begins, drawing Zamastanian involvement following the Alanis Pride Parade Bombing.
• March 18th, 1987 - The Verdusa Civil War begins.
• April 23th, 1991 - The First War in Vulkaria ends.
• 1992-1995 - The Chezian War (1992-95) is waged in Constantio, Cechena, Syraranto, and Achijan.
• January 26th, 1992 - The Treviso Nuclear Crisis occurs in Treviso, West Chanchajilla.
• August 5th, 1999 - The Second War in Vulkaria begins.

21st Century

2000-2010

• January 16th, 2000 - Zamastanian crude oil tanker ZROV Dralson Star runs aground in Ruskayn, causing the Dralson Star Oil Spill.
• October 11th, 2004 - The first modules of the Coalition Space Station are launched from Tregueux International Space Center.
• February 6th, 2005 - The Second War in Vulkaria ends with the signing of the Neboroskiev Accords in Beleroskov.
• April 10th, 2006 - The Vongane Trials begin in Vongane, Quetana, to try and sentence war criminals for their actions during the Second War in Vulkaria.
• April 8th, 2008 - Malvarian Liberation Front founder, Samuel Kannit, is executed in Tregueux, Zamastan, following his sentencing in the Vongane Trials.

2010-14

• March 29th, 2010 - The governments of Zamastan, Caspia, Rio Palito, Ruskayn, and Quetana form the Western Euronia Defense Alliance, ensuring that they will come to each other's aid in the event of a hostile attack or invasion.
• June 4th, 2014 - Xi Jingyi becomes the President of Yuan.

2015-2020

• December 5th, 2015 - President of Zamastan, Cassious Castovia, dies. Zacharias Castovia becomes President.
• August 7th, 2016 - The Konkurso Conflict between Cadair and Birnir begins.
• May 4th, 2017 - Izabell Bousieras is crowned the Queen of Rio Palito following the death of her father, King Maurice Bousieras.
• October 24th - November 6th, 2018 - Third Danaska Conflict.
• January 22nd, 2019 - Zacharias Castovia resigns over the Delavian Bribery Scandal; Anya Bishop becomes President of Zamastan.
• February 14th, 2019 - South Turania Offensive between East Chanchajilla and West Chanchajilla begins.
• August 31st, 2019 - 2019 Coastal Valley Earthquake kills 4,300 in Zamastan, mostly in the city of Kelowna.
• November 17th, 2019 - Anya Bishop resigns following the "PoverTea" Protests; Foley Sakzi becomes President of Zamastan.

2020-present

• January 1st, 2020 - Katherine von Wettin becomes the Secretary-General of the Coalition of Crown Albatross.
• March 3th, 2020 - Obergruppenkaiser Peter XXI Wettin is executed by a mob in Lerbin, Drambenburg.
• May 4th, 2020 - Zamastan invades the island nation of Ossinia, toppling the regime of Martin Saint-Yves.
• June 11th, 2020 - A devestating 8.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Northern Yuan, especially affecting the city of Xiani and killing over 32,000 people. A massive international relief effort is launced.
• June 15th, 2020 - Foley Sakzi announces he will not seek reelection in the 2020 Zamastan presidential election.
• July 2nd, 2020 - The Zamastanian consulate in Haruya, Jaginistan, is subjected to an attack by the terror group Al-Fijar, killing Ambassador Jamie Lake and 8 other Zamastanians.
• July 24th, 2020 - Nuclear physicist, Ethan Hyderland, is killed at his home in Lower Tariel.
• July 29th, 2020 - A bombing at the Syraranto Parliament in Covijo kills 23 in an attempted assassination of President Kyriakos Tasoulas.