This is the master World of Darkness Timeline for all the Chronicles run as part of The Paradox Factory group.
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Prehistory (BCE) < 0
This is the Prehistory of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The Big Bang Occurs.
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- Electrons & protons first able to combine to form matter.
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- Galaxies form.
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- Milky Way Galaxy forms.
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- The Sun forms.
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- Earth and Meteorites form.
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- HADEAN EON (Earth forms - cloud to solid, crust, oceans).
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- The Moon forms.
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- First sea life / prokaryotes.
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- "Late Heavy Bombardment Period” - Meteorites bombard the Earth & Moon.
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- ARCHEAN EON (oldest rocks - continents form).
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- First evidence of tectonic plate movement (Southwest Greenland).
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- First fossils.
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- PROTEROZOIC EON (single cells, eukarya, fungi, animals).
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- O2 catastrophe (photosynthesis makes Oxygen); Plate Tectonics.
- Eukaryote (mitochondria, nucleus with DNA).
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- Algae.
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- Rodinia breakup.
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- Cryogenian “Snowball Earth”.
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- Metazoa (animals).
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- Ediacaran Period ‘soft bodied’ marine fauna.
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- PHANEROZOIC EON (multicellular life).
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- Phanerozoic begins with the Paleozoic Era (Invertebrates, fish, tetrapods, reptiles).
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- Cambrian Period (trilobites, brachiopods, molluscs).
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- Cambrian Explosion sudden appearance of diverse forms in fossil record.
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- First trilobites.
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- First vertebrate (fish fossil found in China).
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- First fish.
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- ORDOVICIAN PERIOD.
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- The First of the Six Great Extinctions between Ordovician & Silurian - probably due to an ice age.
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- SILURIAN PERIOD.
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- North American Great Lakes are under tropical seas.
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- First terrestrial animals: eurypterids and millepedes.
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- Warming.
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- DEVONIAN PERIOD wingless insects, silverfish, springtail, ferns, spiders, amphibians, terrestrial scorpions, trees and forests.
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- Bristletail (order Thysanura) they are the first Insecta.
- Earliest spiders: The Uraraneida Attercopus fimbriungis, a type of protospider. The first Mesothelae (a primitive true spider) appears in the Upper Pennsylvanian around 305 MYA.
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- Plants with seeds appear. First land vertebrate (rhipidistian fishes became labyrinthodont amphibians).
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- First collision between North America and Europe. First Amphibian (labyrinthodonts).
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- The Second of the Six Great Extinctions in late Devonian. Frasnian-Famennian & Devonian-Carboniferous.
Prehistoric Era (BCE) 2,600,000 — 3,000
This is the Prehistoric Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The Wheel is invented.
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- Early habitation in the Bay Area. Gangrel are the first Cainites to visit the region, but do not stay. This is not only because of their nomadic nature, but because the dense redwood forests warded them off with their strange supernatural power.
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- In the Jordan Valley a Neolithic culture comes into being. This leads to the Israelite tribes evolving.
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- The Mirror is invented.
- Agriculture in the Nile valley.
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- Copper is discovered.
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- The Water wheel is invented.
- Farming gets to the British Isles.
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- Glass is invented.
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- The Nail is invented.
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- Sailing is invented.
- The Written language is invented.
Ancient Era (BCE) 3,000 — 800
This is the Ancient Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- Athens and Troy are built at this time.
- Humans begin abstract mathematics.
- Upper Egypt fights Lower Egypt.
- Development of the Osiran mythology.
- The Axle is invented.
- Bronze is discovered.
- Iron is discovered.
- Money is invented.
- Papyrus is invented.
- Tin is discovered.
- The Zodiac is invented.
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- Stonehenge is built.
- Soap is invented.
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- The Pyramids are built (?).
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- Sargon of Akkad conquers the Fertile Crescent.
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- The Sumerians first write about Gulfora.
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- Popularity of the Osiris cult; royalty promotes Amon-Ra cult.
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- The start of the Bronze Age.
- Improvements in agriculture occur.
- The rise of the Egyptian Pharaohs. The Middle Kingdom of Egypt flourishes.
- Nearly all of the British Isles is under cultivation.
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- Chocolate is invented.
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- Steel is invented.
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- Hammuradi rules in Babylon.
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- Scissors are invented.
- Agriculture improves to the point that Human populations start increasing steadily.
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- Akhenaton and Nefertiti rule Egypt.
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- The start of the Trojan War.
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- The New Kingdom - Egypt rules from the Sahara to the Euphrates.
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- The end of the Trojan War.
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- The Alphabet is invented.
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- The Iron Age begins.
- The Greek city states begin to flourish.
- Egypt loses control over the Near-Eastern provinces.
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- Siberian tribes arrive in the region, sailing over the Arctic Ocean following the salmon migration. They bring with them a living God which they call him Kutkh, the Raven god, and many Native American tribes who encounter him also think he was their trickster raven deity due to his dark feathers and selfish attitude.
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- Mesopotamia gains control over Assyria.
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- Carthage is founded by the Phoeniciians.
Classical Era (BCE) 800 — 400
This is the Classical Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- Rome is founded.
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- The Lens is invented.
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- Assyria ruled by Assurbanipal; destroys Thebes in Egypt.
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- Assyria conquers Babylon.
- Scythian invaders weaken Assyria.
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- The capital of Assyria, Nineveh, falls to Nabopaiasser of Babylon.
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- Babylon occupation of Jerusalem (1st Exile).
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- Destruction of Jerusalem.
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- Pythagorean Theory is invented along with Laws of Conservation.
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- Cyrus II of Persia conquers Babylon.
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- The Crane is invented.
- The British Isles had progressed to tribes of farmers and herders, guarded by warrior elite.
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- Possible first appearance of the Gypsies in India.
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- Cast iron is discovered.
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- Alexandra the Great begins his conquests.
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- Petaniqua is embraced by Cybele the day Alexandra the Great assumed the throne of Macedonia.
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- The Mill is invented.
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- The start of the First Punic War.
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- The end of the First Punic War.
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- The start of the Second Punic War.
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- The end of the Second Punic War.
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- The Pump is invented.
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- The start of the Third Punic War.
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- The end of the Third Punic War.
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- The start of the Gallic Wars.
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- The end of the Gallic Wars.
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- Paper is invented.
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- The Thermometer is invented.
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- Porcelain is invented.
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- Woodblock Printing is invented.
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- The Fishing reel is invented.
- Gears are invented.
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- Oil is discovered.
Medieval Era (CE) 400 — 1,400
This is the Medieval Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The Zero is invented.
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- Local werewolves defeat Kutkh.
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- Toilet paper is invented but not in general use until 1857 CE.
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- Sulphur Matches are invented.
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- the Bank note is invented.
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- The Jinshin-no-ran or “War of the Year of the Monkey” was a civil war fought in Japan.
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- The Clock is invented.
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- Algebra is invented.
- Gunpowder is invented.
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- Rockets (fire arrows) are invented.
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- Fireworks are invented.
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- Tremere tasks his student, Goratrix, with discovering the secret of Kindred immortality.
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- The Norman Conquest of England.
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- The start of the Crusades.
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- The Compass is invented.
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- The start of the Gempei War.
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- The end of the Gempei War.
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- The Bomb is invented.
- The Cannon is invented.
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- The Firearm is invented.
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- The start of the Barons’ War.
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- The end of the Barons’ War.
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- Glasses (aka eyeglasses, spectacles) are invented.
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- The start of the Hundred Years’ War.
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- The Gun is invented.
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- The start of the War of the Eight Saints.
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- The end of the War of the Eight Saints.
Renaissance and Early Modern Era (CE) 1,400 — 1,700
This is the Renaissance and Early Modern Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The printing press is invented.
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- The end of the Hundred Years’ War.
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- The start of the Thirteen Years’ War.
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- The start of the Wars of the Roses.
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- The end of the Thirteen Years’ War.
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- The start of the Ōnin War.
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- The end of the Ōnin War.
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- The Helicopter is invented though the first real Helicopter did not fly until 1907 CE.
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- The end of the Wars of the Roses.
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- The move of Tremere library, and Tremere himself, from Ceoris to Vienna is completed.
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- The start of the Count’s War.
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- The end of the Count’s War.
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- The start of the Livonian War.
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- The start of the Eighty Years’ War.
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- The end of the Crusades.
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- Sir Francis Drake lands at Drakes Bay near Point Reyes and claims the area for Queen Elizabeth I as “Nova Albion”.
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- The end of the Livonian War.
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- The start of the War of the Three Henrys.
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- The end of the War of the Three Henrys.
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- Tremere chantry appears in London.
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- The Microscope is invented.
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- A Spanish exploration party claims Drakes Bay for Spain and calls the region Puerto y Bahía de San Francisco.
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- The Toilet / WC is invented.
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- Electricity is discovered.
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- The first Newspaper is printed.
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- The Telescope is invented.
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- The start of the Kalmar War.
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- The end of the Kalmar War.
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- The start of the Powhatan War.
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- The Slide rule is invented.
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- The Mechanical Calculator is invented.
- The start of the English Civil Wars.
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- The Barometer is invented.
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- The end of the Powhatan War.
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- The end of the Eighty Years’ War.
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- The end of the English Civil Wars.
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- The start of the First Northern War.
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- The end of the First Northern War.
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- The start of the War of Devolution.
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- The end of the War of Devolution.
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- The start of the King Philip’s War.
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- The end of the King Philip’s War.
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- The Piston engine is invented.
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- Banu Haqim try to conquer the Vienna chantry, only to fail.
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- Newton's Principia Mathematica is published.
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- James II flees to France as he is allowed to escape there.
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- William of Orange & Mary Stuart daughter of James II Protestant are crowned the King and Queen of England.
- The start of the War of the Grand Alliance.
- The start of the King Philip’s War.
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- William III defeats Irish and French at "the Battle of the Boyne".
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- William III is crowned the King of England.
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- English press censorship ends.
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- The end of the War of the Grand Alliance.
- The end of the King Philip’s War.
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- The Habsburgs defeat the Ottomans and take Hungary at Karlowitz.
- The first French colony in Louisiana and French mission at Cahokia.
Modern Era (CE) 1,700 — 1,991
This is the Modern Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The start of the Second Northern War.
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- The start of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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- The first English daily newspaper is printed.
- Anne Stuart daughter of James II is crowned the Queen of England.
- The start of the Queen Anne’s War.
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- Iron smelting with coke is developed.
- The Piano was invented.
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- The Steam Engine is invented by Newcomen.
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- The end of the Queen Anne’s War.
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- The end of the War of the Spanish Succession.
- George I Hanover great grandson of James I is crowned the King of the United Kingdom. He spoke no English.
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- The start of the Yamasee War.
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- The end of the Yamasee War.
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- New Orleans is founded in North America.
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- The end of the Second Northern War.
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- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Oxford (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- George II Hanover son of George I is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
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- The first Turnpike roads in England.
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- Illinois becomes a Royal French Province governed directly by King Louis XIV.
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- The start of the War of the Polish Succession.
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- The end of the War of the Polish Succession.
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- The start of the War of the Austrian Succession.
- The start of the The First Silesian War.
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- The end of the 1742 CE The First Silesian War.
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- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- Henry Pelham (Whig) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- The start of the King George’s War.
- The start of the Second Silesian War.
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- The end of the Second Silesian War.
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- The Refrigerator (aka fridge) is invented.
- The end of the War of the Austrian Succession.
- The end of the King George’s War.
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- The start of the French and Indian War.
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- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- The start of the Third Silesian War.
- The start of the Seven Years’ War.
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- William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (Whig) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- The British take French Quebec.
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- George III Hanover grandson of George II elector Hanover is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
- The first canals in France and England are opened.
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- The end of the Third Silesian War.
- Catherine the Great is crowned the Czarina of Russia.
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- John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Tory) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- The end of the French and Indian War.
- The end of the Seven Years’ War.
- The British drive the French from Canada.
- The Treaty of Paris is signed in which King Louis XV cedes New France (territory East of Mississippi River) to Britain.
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- George Grenville (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament which meant the British Colonies in North America had to pay tax to the crown.
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- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (Whig) is elected the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- Pasteurisation is invented.
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- Watt steam engine patented.
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- The first English stagecoach roads are built.
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- The Boston Massacre occurs in the British Colonies in North America.
- Arkwright's Mill begins Industrial Revolution in England.
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- The First Partition of Poland in which Russia Prussia and Austria take 1/2 of the population and 1/3 of the land of Poland.
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- Boston Tea Party occurs in the British Colonies in North America.
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- The "Quebec Act" allows, French speech & laws, and gives Ohio valley to Canada.
- Martial law in Massachusetts, "Intolerable Acts".
- Louis XVI is crowned the King of France.
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- The Lathe is invented.
- The start of the American Revolution.
- The 1st Continental Congress occurs in America.
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- The Mechanical Compressor is invented.
- Slaves make up one fifth of the American population.
- Americans take Montreal and besiege Quebec.
- Declaration of Independence of America.
- Articles of Confederation in America which include states rights but no federal tax.
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- The start of the War of the Bavarian Succession.
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- The British surrender at Yorktown in the Americas.
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- The first balloon flight in France.
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- The Treaty of Paris is signed which ends the American Revolution.
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- The start of the French Revolution.
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- George Washington becomes the 1st US President.
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- Alexander Hamilton 4 Reports written this year in the USA.
- The first Gas lights appear on the European streets.
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- The Bill of Rights is made law in the USA.
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- The start of the French Revolutionary wars.
- Vancouver explores Pacific coast of North America, his exploration finishing in 1794 CE.
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- Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin is invented.
- The Second Partition of Poland and Russia and Prussia take >1/2 of the land and 1/3 of the population of Poland.
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- Battle of Fallen Timbers occurs this year.
- Jay's Treaty is signed this year.
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- John Adams becomes the 2nd US President.
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- The Vaccine is invented.
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- The end of the French Revolution.
- Napoleon's reign starts this year.
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- The Copper / Zinc battery is invented.
- The Alkaline battery is invented.
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- The end of the French Revolutionary wars.
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- The Locomotive is invented.
- Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd US President.
- Alexander I is crowned the Czar of Russia.
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- The start of the Napoleonic Wars.
- Fort Dearborn ( thefuture site of Chicago) is built.
- Louisiana Purchase occurs this year.
- Steam locomotive is invented in England.
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- Anaesthetic are first used in Surgery.
- Morphine is discovered.
- Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in France.
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- The first railway in United Kingdom opens in Wales.
- Battle of Trafalgar England's Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleets.
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- Napoleon declares The Holy Roman Empire ended.
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- The Internal combustion engine is invented.
- Fulton's steamboat.
- Britain and the Americans abolish the slave trade.
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- Humphry Davy discovers aluminium and several other elements.
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- The Telegraph is invented.
- James Madison becomes the 4th US President
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- The Tin Can is invented.
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- George IV eldest son of George III, named regent in the United Kingdom and King of Hanover, Germany.
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- Constitution of Cádiz occurs this year.
- The War of 1812.
- Fort Dearborn massacre (Fort burned and all troops slain by Indians).
- Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia.
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- The potato is now suitable food in Germany, Scotland, Italy Switzerland and Holland.
- The Americans burn York (now Toronto) in Canada.
- Napoleon is defeated at Leipzig and at Vittoria by Wellington.
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- Emperor Napoleon abdicates.
- King Louis XVIII rules France.
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- The end of the Napoleonic Wars.
- Andrew Jackson defeats the British at the Battle of New Orleans.
- Congress of Vienna occurs this year.
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- The Year Without a Summer".
- "Indian Boundaryline Treaty." Chicago area is signed.
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- The Bicycle (aka Bike, Dandy horse) is invented.
- James Monroe becomes the 5th US President.
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- Oerstedt discovers electromagnetism.
- George IV-Hanover eldest son of George III is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
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- The Semiconductor is discovered.
- The start of the War of Greek Independence.
- Mexican independence.
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- The Computer is invented.
- Heliography Photography is invented.
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- Vitus Bering proves that Asia and North America are separated by water.
- Erie Canal opened providing passage from New York City to Chicago.
- Nicholas I is crowned the Czar of Russia.
- The first railway line in England to carry both goods and passengers open this year.
- John Q. Adams becomes the 6th U.S. President.
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- The Friction Matches are invented.
- Niépce makes first permanent photographic image.
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- Braille is invented.
- English Catholics emancipated.
- Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th U.S. President.
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- The Lawn mower is invented.
- The first Railway is built.
- William IV Hanover 3rd son of George III is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
- Louis-Philippe "King of the French" is crowned the King of France.
- France occupies Algeria.
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- Faraday induces electric current in a wire with a magnet in this year.
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- The Electricity generator is invented.
- The end of the War of Greek Independence.
- The first street railway New York City is opened,
- Black Hawk War / Fort Dearborn re-garrisoned this year.
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- Chicago incorporated as a city.
- England abolishes slavery.
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- Chicago proper is established.
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- The first railway line in Germany, "The Ludwigsbahn".
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- Morse code is invented.
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- Victoria Hannover granddaughter of George III is crowned the Queen of the United Kingdom.
- Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th U.S. President.
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- Maxwell takes over as prince of the city.
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- The Pedal powered Bicycle is invented.
- The Camera is invented.
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- Farm steam engines are used.
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- The first English penny postal service start this year.
- The first Trans-Atlantic steamer crosses the Atlantic.
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- William Henry Harrison becomes the 9th U.S. President for a month.
- John Tyler becomes the 10th U.S. President.
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- The Aroostok War / Maine-Canada border occurs this year.
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- Safety Matches are invented.
- The Telegraph is invented.
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- Modern Cement is invented.
- James K. Polk becomes the 11th U.S. President.
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- The start of the Mexican-American War.
- The start of the Irish potato famine.
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- Settlers occupy Sonoma Plaza and proclaim the independence of the Republic of California. That same year the Spanish-American war begins and the Americans sail the USS Portsmouth into the bay seizing it for the US.
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- Explosives are invented.
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- The end of the Mexican-American War.
- The Illinois-Michigan canal opens.
- A Year of Revolutions in Europe.
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- Gold is discovered in the American River sparking the California Gold Rush.
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- The Safety pin is invented.
- Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th U.S. President.
- The California gold rush occurs this year.
- Russia helps to defeat Hungarian Revolt against Austria this year.
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- "Little Ice Age" ends and gradual global warming begins.
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- Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th U.S. President.
- The first store-bought clothes brought in England.
- The end of the Irish potato famine which caused the death of 1 million people.
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- California enters the Union as a free, non-slavery state. Due to its economic importance, politicians are able to draw their own lines for the state, making sure it includes gold and silver rich mountain ranges.
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- The Zipper is invented.
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- The first Airship flies.
- The Lift is invented.
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- The start of the Crimean War.
- Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th U.S. President.
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- The Ice machine is invented.
- The end of the Crimean War.
- Bessemer blast furnace making steel invented.
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- James Buchanan becomes the 15th U.S. President.
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- The Lead battery is invented.
- Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is published.
- The first US oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
- The first street railway in Chicago.
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- The start of the American Civil War.
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- Colour Photography is invented
- The Emancipation edict in Russia is declared.
- The first US transcontinental telegraph.
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- Plastic is invented.
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- The Football Association is formed.
- Battle of Gettysburg occurs this year.
- The Emancipation Proclamation is declared in the USA.
- The Conscription Act is the USA and New York City Draft Riots.
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- Genetics is discovered.
- The end of the American Civil War.
- Albraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President is assassinated.
- Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th U.S. President.
- Maxwell unifies electricity and magnetism theories.
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- The U.S. Fenians invade Canada.
- Austro-Prussian War, Prussia and Italy defeat Austria in 7 weeks. Prussia annexes Hanover, Hesse, Nassau, Frankfurt and Hesse-Holstein.
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- Dynamite is invented.
- Alaska purchase "Seward's Folly".
- The "British North America Acts" brings Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick under one Dominion with a Governor General under Britain.
- The U.S. tries to buy Rupert's Land (drainage basin of Hudson's Bay) from Britain.
- Hungary-gains "dual monarchy" status from Austria.
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- Ulysses S. Grant becomes the 18th U.S. President.
- Pius IX gives Catholic stance on "fetus animatus" (life at fertilization).
- The U.S. Transcontinental Railway completed.
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- Nicolai Antonescu named Regent of Chicago by Tremere Council of Seven.
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- The Paper clip / paperclip is invented.
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- The start of the Franco-German War.
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- The end of the Franco-German War with Prussia, Bavaria, Baden, Wurtmbg. defeating France.
- Emperor Napoleon III abdicates: German Empire declared.
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- Devil’s Night. O’Leary lights the Great Chicago Fire. With Nicolai Antonescu’s assistance, Lodin takes advantage of the chaos to overthrow Maxwell.
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- The start of the Red River Indian War.
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- The end of the Red River Indian War.
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- Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.
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- Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the 19th US President.
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- Thomas A. Edison invents the incandescent electric light.
- The end of the Cape Frontier Wars.
- The Anglo-Zulu War occurs this year.
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- The start of the Gun War.
- The first Electric Street Car goes into operation.
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- Modius begins his ride to power.
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- This is the end of the Gun War.
- James A. Garfield becomes the 20th U.S. President and he is assassinated in the same year.
- Chester Arthur becomes the 21st U.S. President.
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- Britain occupies Egypt (Independent under British supervision p.1922 CE).
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- The Vacuum tube is invented.
- The start of the Sino-French War.
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- The start of the Serbo-Bulgarian War.
- The end of the Sino-French War.
- Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd U.S. President.
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- A method of smelting Aluminium is invented.
- The Automobile is invented.
- The end of the Serbo-Bulgarian War.
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- Haymarket Riot.
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- The Tyre is invented.
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- The Ball point pen is invented.
- The first Kodak camera is released.
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- Wounded Knee Massacre (The last US battle with the Indians).
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- The Diesel engine is invented.
- Grover Cleveland becomes the 24th U.S. President.
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- The start of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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- Pullman strike.
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- The Cinema is invented.
- X-rays are discovered.
- The end of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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- Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
- The first large scale long distance electric power transmission at Niagara invented by Tesla.
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- The Electron is discovered by Thomson.
- The Radio is invented.
- William McKinley becomes the 25th U.S. President.
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- The Spanish-American War occurs this year.
- The USA annexes Hawaii, takes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines and Cuba.
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- The start of the Philippine-American War.
- The start of the Boer War.
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- Quantum physics is developed by Max Planck.
- The start of the Boxer Rebellion.
- Sigmund Freud, Dreams theory postulated this year.
- Australia becomes a Commonwealth.
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- The end of the Boxer Rebellion.
- Edward VII Saxe-Coburg eldest son of Edward V is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
- William McKinley, the 25th U.S. President is assassinated.
- Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th U.S. President.
- The first Trans-Atlantic radio signal sent.
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- Unions reach the height of their power.
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- The end of the Philippine-American War.
- The end of the Boer War.
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- The Wright Brothers first flight.
- The Tea bag is invented.
- The first silent movies is shown.
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- The start of the Russo-Japanese War.
- Trans-Siberian railway is opened.
- The Subway New York City is opened.
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- The Bank of Italy (now called Bank of America) is founded in San Francisco, loaning to the growing Italian immigrant community. The Giovanni clan are attracted to the area.
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- The end of the Russo-Japanese War.
- The start of Russian Revolution.
- Einstein populates Special Relativity,
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- The start of the Pig War.
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- A large earthquake hits the region near San Francisco. Casualties are in the thousands and an estimated 28,000 buildings are destroyed.
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- Einstein postulates quanta in light and atoms.
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- Oil discovered in the Middle East in Iraq.
- The first Model T Ford appears.
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- Thomas Ewell "Balthazar" betrays the Anarchs.
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- The end of the Pig War.
- William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President.
- Plastic invented.
- Admiral Peary becomes the first to reach the North Pole.
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- The start of the Mexican Revolution.
- George V Saxe-Coburg 2nd son of Edward VII is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
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- The start of the Italo-Turkish War.
- Rutherford hypothesises the atomic nucleus.
- The first bomb dropped from an aeroplane.
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- The end of the Italo-Turkish War.
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- Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th U.S. President.
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- Cauchemar Praxis. Time of peace and quiet under Lodin’s leadership.
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- The start of World War I.
- The first mass-production of cars by Fords.
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- The Tank is invented.
- Einstein postulates his General Relativity theory.
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- The Communist Russian October Revolution occurs this year which signals the end of the Russian Revolution.
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- The end of World War I.
- The start of the Baltic War of Liberation.
- The start of the Russian Civil War.
- The start of V.I.Lenin's rule of Russia.
- Tzar Nicholas II, born 1868 CE, plus his family are killed by the Bolsheviks at Ekaterinberg.
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- The start of the Russo-Polish War.
- The start of the Rif War.
- League of Nations is created.
- Rutherford discovers the proton.
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- First meeting of the Primogen and establishment of Elysium.
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- The end of the Mexican Revolution.
- The end of the Baltic War of Liberation.
- The end of the Russian Civil War.
- The end of the Russo-Polish War.
- The start of U.S. Prohibition.
- The first US commercial radio station go on air.
- Women's Suffrage in United States.
- Schrödinger Equation postulated and Quantum Theory emerges in modern form.
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- Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th U.S. President.
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- Egypt is independent.
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- Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th U.S. President.
- The first "Talking" Picture shown.
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- The end of V.I.Lenin's rule of Russia.
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- Television is invented.
- The end of the Rif War.
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- Lindbergh flies Atlantic.
- Heisenberg postulates the Uncertainty Principle.
- The start of Joseph Stalin's rule of Russia.
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- The Jet engine is invented,
- Penicillin is discovered.
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- Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. President.
- The Worldwide Depression starts.
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- England abandons the gold standard.
- Pauli hypothesises the neutrino.
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- Air conditioning is invented.
- The first Technicolor movies is shown this year.
- Chadwick discovers the neutron.
- Von Neumann develops the foundation for Quantum Mechanics.
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- Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes the 32nd U.S. President.
- The end of the Worldwide Depression.
- The end of U.S. Prohibition.
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- Mao's long march 1935
- The start of the Italo-Ethiopian War.
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- The end of the Italo-Ethiopian War.
- The start of the Spanish Civil War.
- Street & Stevenson discover the muon.
- Edward VIII Windsor, son of George V becomes King of the United Kingdom but abdicates because of his choice of wife.
- George VI Windsor 2nd son of George V is crowned the King of the United Kingdom.
- BBC TV Service begins.
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- The start of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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- Nuclear fission is discovered.
- Germany occupies Czech Sudetenland.
- Krystallnacht - The Nazi's vandalise Jewish shops and synagogues in Germany.
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- Germany and Russia invade Poland.
- The start of World War II.
- The end of the Spanish Civil War.
- The start of the Russo-Finnish War.
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- The end of the Russo-Finnish War.
- The Battle for Britain occurs this year.
- Fermi discovers Beta decay.
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- Valerius exploits Mithras romance with Roger de Camden to get rid of him, placing Queen Anne as the new Prince of London.
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- Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour.
- Germany invades Russia.
- The first Commercial TV station broadcasts in the USA.
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- The first long range ballistic missile is launched.
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- The start of the Greek Civil Wars.
- D-Day occurs this year.
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- Don Sebastian Juan Dominguez, the Toreador Prince of Los Angeles is killed by Anarchs who spread their ideology throughout California. The Anarchs attempt to take San Francisco and are rebuffed by Prince Thomas. They claim all of California from San Jose south to Mexico.
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- Harry Truman becomes the 33rd U.S. President.
- The Atom bomb invented.
- USA bombs Japan with two Atomic bombs.
- The end of World War II as both Germany and Japan surrender.
- The end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- The United Nations is formed.
- The Microwave Oven is invented.
- Von Neumann develops the computer architecture.
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- The end of British occupation of Egypt.
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- The Transistor is invented.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered.
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- Start of an Arab-Israeli war.
- The start of Berlin Blockage.
- The State of Israel is founded.
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- The end of the Greek Civil Wars.
- The end of an Arab-Israeli war.
- Germany is divided into East & West Germany.
- The end of the Berlin Blockage.
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- The Start of Korean War.
- The first Credit cards given to customers.
- The first organ transplant is done.
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- Nuclear power is discovered.
- The first broadcast of Colour Television.
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- Polio vaccine is developed.
- The coronation Queen Elisabeth II in the United Kingdom.
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- DNA is discovered.
- The Korean Armistice Agreement is signed and all combat ceases in the Korean War.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S. President.
- The end of Joseph Stalin's rule of Russia.
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- The Hard Disk is invented.
- Segregation is made illegal in the USA.
- The start of the Algerian War.
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- Velco is invented.
- The start of the Vietnam War.
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- The TV remote control is invented.
- An Arab-Israeli war occurs this year.
- The Hungarian revolution occurs this year.
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- The Computer: Personal (PC) is invented.
- The EEC is founded.
- U.S. Civil Rights Act is made law.
- Russia's Sputnik, the first satellite is launched.
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- Mao's "great leap forward".
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- The Integrated circuit is invented.
- Castro takes power in Cuba.
- Dalai Lama flees from Tibet due to the Chinese invasion.
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- The Internet is created.
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- San Francisco and Berkeley become centres for the counterculture movement. The music and art scene attracts many Toreador just as the political movement of the Hippies attracts Brujah. Malkavians arrive and are involved in the broad search for enlightenment. Some say that a few Salubri came with them. The Anarch movement takes on an intellectual bent, associating itself with the university-based push for civil rights. The pro-peace Hippies call for civility between the Anarchs and the Camarilla in the city and Prince Thomas agrees, giving the Anarchs free reign in the East Bay and at Haight-Ashbury in 1969 CE.
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- The Laser is invented.
- The Pill (aka contraceptive pill, birth control pill) is invented.
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- The Electronic desktop Calculator is invented.
- John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th U.S. President.
- The Berlin Wall is built.
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- The end of the Algerian War and the end of the French occupation of Algeria.
- PRC invades India: the first Sino-Indian War occur this year.
- Cuban missile crisis occurs this year.
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- John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
- Lyndon B. Johnson, becomes the 36th U.S. President.
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- The United Kingdom ends hanging.
- Gell-Mann discover the quark.
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- Radiation detected from 400,000 years after the "Big Bang".
- USA sends troops to Vietnam.
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- Martin Luther King assassinated.
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- The Floppy disk is invented.
- The Six-Day War occurs this year.
- The first Human Heart transplant occurs this year.
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- Democratic Presidential Convention.
- Nicolai Antonescu promoted to Lord of the Chicago Greater Realm. Abraham DuSable named Regent of Chicago Chantry.
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- The start of the War of Attrition.
- The first Moon Walk.
- Richard M. Nixon becomes the 37th U.S President.
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- Hacker culture spreads to the area sparking the personal computer revolution. The southern region of the Bay Area acquires Department of Defence contracts for the production of computer chips, eventually leading it to be known as “Silicon Valley”.
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- The Calculator: Electronic Handheld invented.
- The end of the War of Attrition.
- Aswan Dam built by USSR in Egypt.
- String Theory is "born".
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- The Calculator: Electronic Pocket Calculator is invented.
- Email is invented.
- The Microprocessor is invented.
- The United Kingdom switches to a decimal currency.
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- Prince Thomas reneges on the peace agreement, forcing the Anarchs out of the Haight District using paid members of the Dead Rose Motorcycle Club for muscle.
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- The Cellphone / Mobile phone is invented.
- The GUI (graphical user interface) is invented.
- The Touchscreen is invented.
- The Yom Kippur War occurs this year.
- The Common Market is created and United Kingdom joins the Common Market.
- Watergate occurs this year in the USA.
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- Richard M. Nixon, the 37th U.S President, resigns.
- Gerald R. Ford becomes the 38th U.S. President.
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- The end of the Vietnam War.
- Microsoft is founded.
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- Perl discovers tau Lepton.
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- Wincrest Nursing Home Fire. Three powerful Malkavians killed.
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- James Carter becomes the 39th U.S. President.
- MRI is launched.
- The Apple I is launched.
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- USSR invades Afghanistan.
- China attacks Vietnam, but is repelled.
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- Unknown formed by Unknown and Marshall.
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- The start of the Iran-Iraq War.
- The CD launched.
- Oil discovered in the North Sea.
- Rapid global warming begins.
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- Ronald W. Reagan becomes the 40th U.S. President.
- The IBM PC is launched.
- AIDS is identified.
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- The Compact Disc is invented.
- An Arab-Israeli war occurs this year.
- The Falkland Islands War occurred this year.
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- Council Wars begin. Harold Washington elected mayor.
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- The Cell phone is widely available.
- String Theory accepted as a possible unifying theory in physics.
- Macintosh computer is launched.
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- Ozone layer "hole" discovered over Antarctica.
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- DNA convicts criminals.
- Microsoft shows "Windows".
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- Lodin victorious in Council Wars. Harold Washington dies.
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- The end of the Iran-Iraq War.
- The USSR quits Afghanistan.
- Muon neutrino discovered.
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- The Berlin Wall falls.
- The USSR quits Eastern Europe.
- Three light neutrinos determined (tau, electron, muon).
- George H.W. Bush becomes the 41st U.S. President
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- The World Wide Web is invented.
- The start of the Persian Gulf War.
- The Hubble Space Telescope is launched.
Contemporary Era (CE) > 1,991
This is the Contemporary Era of the World of Darkness Timeline.
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- The first web page is created.
- The end of the Persian Gulf War.
- The USSR collapses.
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- The start of the Bosnian War.
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- William Jefferson Clinton becomes the 42nd U.S. President.
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- The Channel Tunnel is opened.
- The European Union is created.
- Yahoo launched.
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- The DVD is invented.
- The end of the Bosnian War.
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- Sabbat wiped out by forces unknown though the rumour is that it was packs of Black Spiral Dancers who knew where to find the Sabbat.
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- Google launched.
- The start of the Kosovo conflict.
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- The end of the Kosovo conflict.
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- The International Space Station launched.
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- The The Succubus Club closes down and goes on the road for next 10+ years.
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- The start of the Afghanistan War.
- On September 11th the New York City World Trade Center attacked by Arab Terrorists.
- George W. Bush becomes the 43rd U.S. President.
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- The start of the Iraq War.
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- The NSA discovers SchreckNET and infiltrate it at the Stanford University node.
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- Facebook is launched.
- YouTube is launched.
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- The International Astronomical Union decides to remove Pluto from the list planets of the solar system and classify it as a Dwarf Planet.
- Twitter was launched.
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- The Smartphone / iPhone is invented.
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- Joseph Peterson, attempted to declare Praxis on the city. He made investments and sought support, and tied legitimacy of his claim to the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, that was submitted in 2007 CE.
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- The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, take place in China.
- The Credit Crunch occurs this year and the World Economy goes into recession.
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- Carna of Milwaukee, fleeing the Tremere, ends up in San Francisco where some of her followers set up a chantry for House Carna. She continues on her journey, but keeps in close contact with these followers. The Nosferatu of Palo Alto discover that their SchreckNET servers are infiltrated by the NSA. Stephen Workman orders them to destroy the servers proactively, greatly diminishing the effectiveness of the network but protecting the Masquerade. They follow his orders and do so, but make backups of some of the data. This data is now known as “The 08 Archive” and is greatly sought after for its secrets.
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- Barack Obama becomes the 44th U.S. President. The 1st African American President of the USA.
- Bitcoin is Launched.
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- Chicago fails to win the 2016 Olympic bid knocked out in the first round of voting.
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- Instagram was launched.
- Apple Inc. released the first tablet touch screen computer iPad.
- World Expo takes place in Shanghai , China.
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- Kevin Jackson becomes Prince as the Primogen do not oppose his Paxis toppling the unsteady Joseph Peterson from is paper reign.
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- The Quantum computer is invented.
- The end of the Iraq War.
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- The Higgs Boson is discovered at CIRN.
- The start of the Syrian Civil War.
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- The west coast is attacked by the Second Inquisition in a number of cities. The Anarchs are hit the hardest.
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- The end of the Afghanistan War.
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- Modius is deposed as Prince of Gary, Indiana after a ghoul lets slip that it is he who is responsible for the deaths of numerous Kindred in the city after sending Sullivan Dane a box full of intelligence. With the blessing of Annabelle Triabell, Modius is placed under arrest by the Anarchs.
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- Unknown declares himself the Baron of Gary though not popular among some quarters of the Anarchs.
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- Donald John Trump becomes the 45th U.S. President.
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- The United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
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- Cleopatra Yahíma Shinebourne introduces herself to James W. Bell, Marie and Phillip Drake in the The Succubus Club.
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- The players are invited to attend the Prince Kevin Jackson's Court which is being held at the The Art Institute of Chicago which is frequented by the large majority of the Vampires of Chicago. The Prince had called the meeting to discuss his choice of Sheriff, Damien, as some of the Vampires of the city are not happy with his choice. At this point the players will notice Thomas Ewell "Balthazar" storm out of the meeting.
- At the start of the Prince's Court the players are taken aside by Senechal Alan Sovereign who warns the players that the Prince Kevin Jackson does not really like the players but he has no issue with the players.
- As the players are at the Prince's Court they are accosted by Rosa Hernandez, the Gangrel Primogen of Chicago who warns the players not to have any dealings with the Werewolves as she knows they have dealt with them in the past.
- Near the end of the Prince's Court the players will be approached by Unknown who will ask the players for a little favour which will be to babysit her Childe, Unknown, the next evening while they show him the night life of the city.
- On the way out of the Prince's Court Marie sees a robed figure with wooden mask which seams strangely familiar.
- After which the players are approached by a little girl who turns out to be Unknown someone they have not seen in 20 years. She asks the players to follow her as her master wants to talk to them.
- Unknown will lead the players to the fountain in Grant Park behind the The Art Institute of Chicago where the players meet Unknown again who reacquaint himself with the players again after 20 years.
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- Cedrick Calhoun is appointed the new Nosferatu Primogen after the Nosferatu inform the Primogen that Unknown has disappeared.
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- A second patch of burning, ash and human bone fragments are found at the North-East corner of the roof of The Mart Building by Security Guard who was investigating a report of a fire seen on the top of the building in the morning on this day. This is the second Vampire victim of the Black Madonna who dumped the body there the night before. The location of the building is shown on World of Darkness map as Unknown location.
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- Renata Vitale wakes up to a message via Unknown that Unknown would like to see all the players at the Coit Tower at midnight.
- Renata Vitale also is given a secure phone from the Unknown which she can use to talk to him directly.
- Unknown once again calls Felix Manticore and Philip Dunsirn to ask them to come to Unknown but she cannot get in contact with Philip Dunsirn again.
- Both Unknown and Felix Manticore meet at Unknown before the meeting during which they are haunted by the Masked figures again who pass on the cryptic message, that he is back in the Windy City, helping the Madonna scura and a mother has taken the wrong path.
- After the visit Renata Vitale is convinced the masked figures are talking about the return of Unknown someone she met some 20+ years ago in Chicago. She also informs Felix Manticore that he had knack of going in and out of the Underworld and at one point killed one of her companions ghouls using a sword which faded away much like the mask they found on their doorstep earlier.
- Renata Vitale also informs Felix Manticore that Unknown was shot some 20 years ago by a James W. Bell in Chicago. She decides to send James W. Bell a message via Annabelle Triabell informing him that Unknown is back.
- After this both Renata Vitale and Felix Manticore go to the Coit Tower to meet with Unknown but find she is not there and whole area around the tower is unusually quiet.
- Both are attacked by a big bleeding werewolf like creature which is tripped twice by Felix Manticore in effort to stop it attacking Renata Vitale who shots it before it runs off into the night.
- After which they discover from the tracks the creature appeared and disappeared from nothing. Renata Vitale suspects that Unknown had some thing to do with the summoning of the creature.
- Felix Manticore tastes the blood of the creature to find it was not Vampire, Mortal but something different. He will also discover the blood tastes heavily of Sulphur.
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- La Famiglia Sforza-Colloredo family of the Hecata is created by Unknown.