A chronological complilation of future historical events from the stories and novels of H. Beam Piper's Terro-human Future History.
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1st Century AE
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(1943-2042 AD)
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0
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1943
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First self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction at Chicago [HBP].
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2
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1945
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World War II ends.
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27
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1970
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Kilroy, first unmanned rocket, launched by United States, lands on the Moon [HBP, EK].
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c29
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c1972
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Lunar base established by United States [EK].
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30
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1973
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"The Edge of the Knife" (published May 1957).
Khalid ib'n Hussein assassinated at Basra, anarchy and inter-faction struggles in Islamic Caliphate followed by Turkish intervention [EK].
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c31
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c1974
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United Nations collapses [HBP, EK].
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32
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1975
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World War III ("Thirty Days' War") [HBP, JFC].
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Terran Federation formed under United States leadership [HBP, EK].
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53
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1996
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"Omnilingual" (published February 1957).
First human expedition to Mars, discovery of extinct Martian civilization [OL].
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c55-100
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c1998-2043
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Further exploration of Mars, Venus, Asteroid Belt, and Moons of Jupiter [HBP].
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c60-105
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c2003-48
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First Terran Federation begins to crack under strains of colonial claims and counter-claims of member states; serious financial dislocations [HBP; JFC places first Mars colony in 108 AE and first Venus colony in 116 AE but Piper implies these must occur prior to WWIV].
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92
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2035
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Contragravity is developed [JFC].
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2nd Century AE
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(2043-2142 AD)
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c105
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c2048
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Venus secedes from the (first) Terran Federation [SV; JFC says 174 AE but HBP implies this must occur prior to WWIV].
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106
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2049
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World War IV begins ("First Interplanetary War") [HBP, WC; UU, p. 64].
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109
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2052
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World War IV ends [HBP; EK, pp. 21-2; WC; UU, p. 64].
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114
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2057
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After a "debacle in the United States," Generla Lanningham brings U.S. atom bomb data to South America [UU, p. 169].
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c119
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c2062
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South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Argentina form the second Terran Federation [HBP; JFC says 183 AE].
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c127
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c2070
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Reformed (second) Terran Federation establishes single world sovereignty when Britain becomes the last nation to join; colonies on Mars and Luna [HBP; EK. pp. 21-2; KP].
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183
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2126
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Dillingham hyperdrive developed [HBP].
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192
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2135
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First expedition to Alpha Centauri [HBP; JFC says 144 AE].
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3rd Century AE
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(2143-2242 AD)
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200
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2143
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Atomic Era dating adopted [HBP].
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?
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Terro-human interstellar exploration, colonization, and expansion begins [HBP; SV].
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? | ? | Thor discovered,
Thorans encountered, Thor Company chartered [WC]. |
? | ? | Loki discovered,
Lokians encountered, Loki Company chartered [WC]. |
? | ? | Yggdrasil discovered,
Khooghra encountered, Yggdrasil Company chartered [WC]. |
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"When in the Course—" (published in 1981)
Freya discovered, Freyans encountered, Freya Company chartered [WC]
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4th Century AE
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(2243-2342 AD)
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c350
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c2293
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Marduk settled.
• "Marduk . . . had first been colonized in the Fourth Century." [SV].
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c380
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c2323
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Fenris settled, Fenris Company chartered.
• "The chartered company that colonized [Fenris], back at the end of the Fourth Century A.E. . . ." [FDP]
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c390
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c2333
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Chartered Fenris Company goes bankrupt, most colonists evacuated.
• "The chartered company that colonized [Fenris] . . . went bankrupt in ten years. . . ." [FDP, p. 6]
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5th Century AE
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(2343-2442 AD)
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c480
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c2423
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Four-Day Planet (published in 1961).
Anton Gerrit, leader of Loki enslavement, captured on Fenris; Kapstaad Chemical Products, Ltd., monopoly on Fenris tallow wax broken by Argentine Exotic Organics.
• The Port Sandor spaceport on Fenris "was built close to a hundred years ago, when the population was" over 200,000 [FDP].
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6th Century AE
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(2443-2542 AD)
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c500
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c2443
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Federation forces intervene on Fenris with nuclear weapons.
• "[What] nuclear weapons . . . did on . . . Fenris. . . ." [UU] "[The Federation will] send the Federation Space Navy, and [Uller will] get it worse than Fenris did." [UU]
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526
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2469
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Uller Uprising (published in 1952).
Native revolt on Uller against Chartered Uller Company.
• "The Chartered Uller Company was taken over by the Government after the Uprising, in 526. . . ." [FOP]
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580
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2523
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Jack Holloway is born.
• "Seventy-four: I was born in 580. I couldn't even estimate how much to allow for on time-differential for hyperspace trips." [FS]
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7th Century AE
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(2543-2642 AD)
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629
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2572
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Zarathustra is discovered and settled [HBP; JFC; LF].
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Fafnir, Imhotep and Irminsul discovered by the crew of the Hubert Penrose [NS].
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c650
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c2593
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"Naudsonce" (published January 1962).
Svantovit discovered, Svants encountered.
• ". . . as anybody in the Seventh Century of the Atomic Era was. . . ." [NS].
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c650
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c2593
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Poictesme is discovered by Genji Gartner and settled [GD; JFC says 603 AE].
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654
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2597
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Little Fuzzy (published in 1962).
Fuzzy Sapiens (published in 1964).
Fuzzies and Other People (published in 1984).
Terra-Baldur-Marduk Spacelines holds monopoly on travel to Zarathustra; Zarathustran Fuzzy sapience recognized; Zarathustra reclassified from Class III to Class IV world; Zarathustra Company charter revoked [LF].
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8th Century AE
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(2643-2742 AD)
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782
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2725
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Foxx Travis born, aide to commander of Federation army elements on Kwannon during the native revolt there and commander of the Third Fleet-Army Force headquartered on Poictesme during the System States War [JFC; CC; OS].
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9th Century AE
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(2743-2842 AD)
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812
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2755
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"Oomphel in the Sky" (published November 1960).
Miles Gilbert and Foxx Travis thwart native revolt on Kwannon [HBP; JFC].
Aditya discovered [JFC; SS, p. 67]
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839
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2782
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Systems States Alliance secedes from Federation [HBP].
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842-854
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2785-2797
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System States War [HBP; JFC; CC].
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851
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2794
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Federation forces destroy city of Kindelburg on Asmodai [CC].
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855
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2798
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Ten thousand refugees from Abigor (named for a demon that could foretell the future and provide military advice) and the remnants of the System States Alliance navy flee the Terran Federation and settle Excalibur, the first Sword World [HBP; JFC says 854; SV].
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c856
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c2799
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Franchard's Rise and Decline of the System States published [EK, p. 16].
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c871
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c2814
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Conn Maxwell born [CC].
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2837
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"Graveyard of Dreams" (published February 1958).
Junkyard Planet/The Cosmic Computer (published in 1963).
Merlin, the fabled Federation battle computer, is discovered on Poictesme by Conn Maxwell [CC; JFC].
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c895
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c2838
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Sword Worlds Joyeuse, Durendal and Flamberge colonized from Excalibur [HBP; SV].
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10th Century AE
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(2843-2942 AD)
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c915
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c2858
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Sword World Haulteclere colonized from Joyeuse (Morglay? Curtana?) [HBP; SV].
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c935
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c2878
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Sword World Gram colonized from Haulteclere (Tizona? Quernbiter? Twelfth Sword World?) [HBP; SV].
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c950
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c2892
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Aditya abandoned by (or secedes from) Federation [SS, p. 67]
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11th Century AE
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(2943-3042 AD)
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c1000
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c2943
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Interstellar Wars begin, a series of revolts and wars that lead to the collapse of the Terran Federation, begin [HBP; JFC; SV, p. 12]
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12th Century AE
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(3043-3142 AD)
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c1100
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c3043
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Terran Federation completely vanished [HBP]. Assuming the "dissolution of the First Galactic Empire, in the Tenth Century of the Interstellar Era" mentioned in "Edge of the Knife" [EK p. 28] actually refers to the collapse of the Terran Federation it would be some date between approximately 1092 AE (3035 AD) and 1191 AE (3134 AD).
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13th Century AE
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(3143-3242 AD)
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c1200
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c3143
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Interstellar Wars come to an end [JFC; SV, p. 12]
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14th Century AE
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(3243-3342 AD)
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1359
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3302
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First Sword World ship returns from voyage to Old Federation; Aditya occupied by Morglay [SV, p. 10; SS, p. 87; JFC; HBP says approximately 1450 AE].
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15th Century AE
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(3343-3442 AD)
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c1450
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c3393
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First Sword-World ships enter Old Federation space-volume [HBP; see 1359 AE]
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16th Century AE
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(3443-3542 AD)
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c1595
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c3538
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After an unsuccessful raid on Aton by six ships from Haulteclere, Space Vikings no longer raid 'civilized' worlds in the Old Federation [SV, p. 135, pp. 162-3; JFC says 1503].
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17th Century AE
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(3543-3642 AD)
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c1600
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c3542
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Aditya in the Old Federation abandoned during dynastic war on Morglay [SS, p. 65, p. 68].
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c1615
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c3558
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Skathi in the Old Federation is deserted by Space Vikings [SV, p. 182; JFC says 1473].
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c1650
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c3593
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Marduk-Odin 'false war' [SV, p. 166, p. 191]
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c1665
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c3608
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During war between Aton and Baldur, the Planetary Nationalist Party takes power on Aton and forms a dictatorship [SV p. 151; JFC says 1548 AE].
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18th Century AE
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(3643-3742 AD)
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c1716
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c3659
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Space Viking (published in 1962-63).
Lucas Trask leaves Gram for Tanith in the Old Federation [SV, p. 10]
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c1723
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c3666
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Battle of Adhumla between Trask's nascent League and Dunnan's Space Vikings [SV].
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c1725
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c3668
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With support from Haulteclere and Space Viking fleet from Xochitl, exiled Duke Omfray of Glaspyth attempts to overthrow King Angus of Gram [SV].
Battle of Marduk between alliance of Trask's nascent League and loyalist Mardukan forces and Dunnan's Space Vikings and Makann's Mardukan usurpers [SV].
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c1730
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c3673
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King Lucas of Tanith and Prince Simon of Marduk establish League of Civilized Worlds [HBP; SV].
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19th Century AE
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(3743-3842 AD)
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c1880
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c3823
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House of Bentrick on Marduk dissolves League of Civilized Worlds and proclaims (first) Galactic Empire [HBP; SS, p. 87; JFC says 1848].
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20th Century AE
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(3843-3942 AD)
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1900
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3843
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Imperial Era (IE) dating system begins; 20th Century AE corresponds to 1st Century IE [HBP].
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c1980
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c3923
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Emperor Steven IV transfers capital of Galactic Empire from Marduk ot Odin [HBP; JFC says 1936 AE].
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21st Century AE
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(3943-4042 AD)
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c2035
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c3978
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Sword Worlds added to the Galactic Empire [HBP; JFC says 1904 AE].
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22nd Century AE
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(4043-4142 AD)
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c2150
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c4093
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"A Slave is a Slave" (published April 1962).
Aditya conquered by the Galactic Empire [SS].
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23rd
Century AE | (4143-4242 AD) |
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c2295
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c4238
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Rodrik VI completes consolidation of (first) Galactic Empire [HBP; JFC says 2162 AE].
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24th
Century AE | (4243-4342 AD) |
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25th
Century AE | (4343-4442 AD) |
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26th
Century AE | (4443-4542 AD) |
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27th
Century AE | (4543-4642 AD) |
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28th
Century AE | (4643-4742 AD) |
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29th Century AE
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(4743-4842 AD)
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c2850?
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c4793?
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The "dissolution of the First Galactic Empire, in the Tenth Century of the Interstellar Era" [EK p. 28; if it is assumed that "Interstellar Era" was meant to be "Imperial Era" this date conflicts with the date provided in Piper for "Ministry of Disturbance," set during the first Galactic Empire].
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30th Century AE
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(4843-4942 AD)
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31st Century AE
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(4943-5042 AD)
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c3050
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c4993
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"Ministry of Disturbance" (published December 1958).
Emperor Paul XXII and Prince Yorn Travann "undertake to arouse the Empire to new efforts" [JFC says 2936 AE].
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301st Century AE
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(31,943-32,042 AD)
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c30,050
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c31,993
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"The Keeper" (published July 1957).
Scholar/explorers at the height of the Fifth Galactic Empire discover that a glacial Terra was the birthplace of humanity.
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