Timeline

Forgotten Age (AD 2730 - AD 8100)

AD 2730

• Old earth solar system fully colonized

AD 3691

• Warp technology discovered

AD 3805

• The Conformists, a group within the Unified Catholic Church, settles on Soekheviti, a planet within the Sol system

AD 3841

• The Conformists take control of Soekheviti

AD 3897

• The Conformists lose power and are exiled from Soekheviti

AD 4224

• Warp drives for ships invented

AD 7089

• The second planet in the VH-451 system is bought by people from the Tau Ceti system

AD 7987

• The wormhole leading to the world of EVE is discovered

AD 7989

• The first explorers venture through the wormhole. Mass colonization begins soon after

AD 7989

• The Conformists start migrating to the world of EVE, spurred on by Dano Gheinok, one of their leaders. Gheinok manages to direct them to the planet of Athra

AD 7989-8061

• New Eden and its neighboring systems and constellations are colonized rapidly

AD 7993

• The third planet in the VH-451 system is bought by a megacorporation. Small-scale colonization starts soon after

AD 8000

• Dano Gheinok proclaims himself Prophet and sets the foundations of the Amarr theocracy to come

AD 8017

• The System CMS-17 is discovered, later renamed Pator. The main planet, Matar, is quickly colonized due to its very hospitable conditions

AD 8052

• The last colony ship from Tau Ceti arrives before EVE closes

AD 8061

• EVE gate collapses

AD 8061

• The last group of Conformists arrives on Athra. The Conformists all settle on the continent of Amarr, from which they later take their name

AD 8100

• Smaller settlements of gate settlers have perished, with only a few saved by larger settlements close by

The Dark Ages (AD 8100 - AD 16262)

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Age of Expansion (AD 16262 - YC 100)

AD 16262

• First recorded civilizations emerge on Caldari

AD 16470

• The first Amarr Emperor is crowned

AD 17453

• The Raata Empire is formed, laying the foundation for what will later become the Caldari State

AD 17670

• The Cathura Rebellion takes place on Caldari [1]

AD 18622

• Four distinct civilizations develop on Matar. They gradually become aware of each other, but primitive technology keeps them from maintaining steady contact

AD 20022

• The Udorians arrive on the Amarr continent, spurring the static Amarr society into a period of rapid change

AD 20078

• The Reclaiming is launched. The Amarrians start a war to conquer all the lands on Athra

AD 20371

• The Amarrians conquer the last Udorian state

AD 20374

• (Approx) Minmatar tribes amalgamate, forming a planetary culture

AD 20544

• The Amarrians conquer the last state on Athra. They now control the whole planet

AD 20998

• The Raata Empire falls and is divided into myriad small states

AD 21290

• The Amarr build their first star gate, between Amarr and Hedion. This sparks a period of great expansion for the Empire

AD 21346

• (Approx) Emperor Zaragram II takes power in the Amarr Empire [2]

AD 21413

• The first Minmatar space ship is built. During the next centuries, the Minmatar settle on a number of planets and moons in three systems, using ancient star gates

AD 21423

• The Amarrians discover the Ealurians and subsequently conquer them in the spirit of the Reclaiming

AD 21460

• Emperor Zaragram II’s reign ends and the Council of Apostles comes into power in Amarr, purifying the faith and preserving the original scriptures through the Order of St. Tetrimon [3]

AD 21656

• Doule dos Rouvenor comes into power on the continent of Garoun on the Gallente homeworld, spawning a period of great cultural and technological progress

AD 21714

• Doule dos Rouvenor III inherits his father’s crown, starting a new calendar based on his ascension, the Age of Rouvenor (AR)

AD 21837

• The Garoun Empire collapses, but its legacy remains and rapid technological advances are made among the Gallente

AD 21875

• The Moral Reforms start. The status of the Emperor alters and the power of the Apostles is curbed

AD 21950

• The Moral Reforms end [4]

AD 22355

• First contact between the Amarr and the Minmatar. Amarr immediately raid the Minmatar nation for slaves, an activity they will continue for 125 years

AD 22463

• The Gallente spot the Caldari on Caldari Prime but are unable to establish contact

AD 22480

• The Amarr escalate their slave raids into a war of conquest against the Minmatar, invade and conquer Matar, leave other worlds alone for the time being

AD 22517

• First contact between Gallente and Caldari

AD 22588

• The Gallente and the Caldari build their first stargate out of VH-451, sparking a period of expansion which mostly benefits the Gallente

AD 22631

• The Cultural Deliverance Society (CDS) arrives on Caldari

AD 22684

• Isuuaya, the first Caldari corporation, is established

AD 22794

• First contact between the Gallente and the Intaki

AD 22809

• First contact between the Gallente and the Mannar

AD 22821

• The Sotiyo-Urbaata drive, the first warp drive, is built

AD 22947

• The Starkmanir tribe is annihilated by Idonis Ardishapur [5]

AD 23041

• Heideran VII becomes Emperor of Amarr; Khanid secedes from the Amarr Empire; the Khanid Kingdom is founded

AD 23044

• The Society of Conscious Thought is founded in the Jove Empire

AD 23058

• Amarr discovers jump drive technology, allowing instant jumps between systems with no stargates and enabling far more rapid expansion

AD 23121

• The Gallente Federation is founded. Caldari are forced by circumstance to join

AD 23146

• (Approx) Quafe first appears

AD 23146

• FTL Communications are discovered [6]

AD 23149

• The Jove make themselves known to the Gallente; engage in limited diplomacy

AD 23155

• The Gallente-Caldari War begins
• The Jovians cut off contact with the Gallente Federation [7]

AD 23156

• The Caldari leave Caldari Prime

AD 23180

• First contact between Gallente and Amarr

AD 23191

• All four major nations of New Eden have by this point come into contact with each other

AD 23193

• The Jove make themselves known to the rest of the four empires

AD 23194

• The Scope news agency is founded [8]

AD 23210

• The Gallente and the Amarr reach the Gallente-Amarr Free Trade Agreement of 23210. [[9]]

AD 23216

• The Amarr conquer the Eanna planet in the Hror system.
• The Amarr-Jove war takes place, in which the Amarr are crushed.
• The Minmatar Rebellion takes place

AD 23224

• The Jovians give capsule technology to the Caldari

AD 23233

• CONCORD is founded by the five empires

AD 23236 (YC 0)

• Eden Standard Time (EST) is agreed upon by world leaders at the historic Yoiul Conference. A period of accelerated space colonization by independent parties begins

YC 4

• The Angel Cartel is formed

YC 5

• Sansha’s Nation begins to form

YC 7

• President Aidonis Elabon of the Gallente Federation dies

YC 11

• Gallente construction ship containing Ceul Darieux sets out for Ouperia [10]

YC 12

• The Gallente-Caldari War ends

YC 37

• Sansha Kuvakei’s experiments are uncovered, and his nation is attacked and dismantled by the four empires. Sansha himself is killed

YC 55

• Ceul Darieux reaches Ouperia system [11]

YC 57

• Ceul Darieux builds stargate to Ouperia, becomes international celebrity, founds CreoDron [12]

YC 75

• Salvador Sarpati purchases the Serpentis system and starts building his organization there

YC 80

• InterBus is formed [13]

YC 95

• The Girani-Fa incident between the Amarr and the Gallente is defused by the Quafe Company

YC 96

• The Guristas pirate cartel is formed by two defectors from the Caldari Navy, known as Fatal and The Rabbit

YC 100

• Dorn en Diabel dies in a freak accident. His oldest son, Gare en Diabel, inherits his father’s position of power in the Syndicate. [14]

Empyrean Age (YC 105 - Present)

YC 105

• The capsule and the clone are joined. Capsuleers begin plying the spaceways and the Empyrean age begins.
• Amarrian succession trials are held, and Doriam Kor-Azor becomes Emperor.

YC 106

YC 107

YC 108

YC 109

YC 110

YC 111

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