Overview Timeline (Altverse II)

  

This is an overview timeline of Altverse II which provides an abridged in-universe history, starting from the mid-19th century to the present day. For more details, see the individual centuries: 19th, 20th, and 21st, as well as their respective years. All events and dates shown in the aforementioned pages are canonical within the Altverse II timeline unless denoted with a parenthetical citation (indicating that it is an event belonging to a separate project or timeline).

19th century

Main article: 19th century

1810s

• 1811: John Jacob Astor establishes the first American settlement in Oregon Country at Fort Astoria.

1830s

• 1837: Kier Astor, son of John Jacob Astor, is born in New York City.

1840s

• 1841: The Constitution of Canada is adopted, transitioning the Provisional Republic to the contemporary Federal Republic.
• 1843: American and French Canadians ratify the Organic Laws of Oregon, establishing the foundations for local government in the Pacific Northwest.
• 1846: British Ambassador to the United States Richard Pakenham and United States Secretary of State James Buchanan fail to reach a settlement over the disputed territories in the Pacific Northwest.
• 1848: The Mexican-American War ends with the Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo, formalizing the independence of Brazoria and the California Republic.

1850s

• 1856: Kier Astor inherits the entirety of his fathers wealth in 1856 at the age of 19. The Sacking of Lawrence and reports of Charles Miller Smith success in Alta California persuades Astor to move his family to the Fort Astoria.
• 1858: The 1857 Constitutional Convention results in the adoption of the 1858 Constitution, which reorganizes the California Republic as the Kingdom of Sierra, with Charles I of Sierra as its first monarch.
• 1859: Border disputes in the Pacific Northwest with the United Kingdom causes the United States Congress to reject the admission of Oregon into the union.

1860s

• 1860: Peru is annexed to Colombia.
• 1861: France intervenes in Mexico, installing Maximilian von Habsburg as Emperor of Mexico, beginning half a century of foreign rule in Mexico.
• 1866: The War of Contingency begins after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and a subsequent attempted coup by the Knights of the Golden Circle leads to a power struggle, the Confederate Uprising, and the collapse of the United States government. The U.S. government is reorganized as the United Commonwealth of America and several U.S. states secede as their own breakaway states: Acadiana (Louisiana), Astoria (Oregon Territory), Florida, the Northeast Union (New York and the New England states), Superior (the American Midwest), and Tournesol (Kansas) breaking away from the former United States.
• 1866: Canada attempts to annex Astoria amid the War of Contingency chaos. Sierra intervenes on behalf of Astoria. The conflict becomes known as the Eugene War and results in Astorian-Sierran victory, securing Astoria's independence.
• 1869: The War of Contingency ends, after Sierra and Brazoria intervene on behalf of the breakaway states. The Treaty of Salinas is signed, with the United Commonwealth recognizing the sovereignties of the breakaway states.

1870s

• 1874: The Sierran Civil War erupts between Republicans and Monarchists in Sierra.
• 1877: The Sierran Civil War ends in a Monarchist victory and the capitulation of Isaiah Landon and the Republicans.

1890s

• 1894: The First Sino-Japanese War breaks out over tensions between the Qing dynasty and Japan in Korea.
• 1895: The war between Japan and China ends with China making concessions, such as accepting Japan's dominance over Korea and the Japanese annexation of Taiwan.
• 1898: The Spanish–American War breaks out after the explosion of a Brazorian warship in Havana. Spain is defeated by a coalition of Anglo-American countries in the Antilles of the Caribbean as well as in Tondo and the Spanish Pacific islands, being forced to cede several territories to Sierra and the United Commonwealth.

20th century

Main article: 20th century

1900s

• 1901: The Sierran Cultural Revolution begins in Sierra, marking a significant shift in the socio-cultural composition and customs of the nation.
• 1910: The Empire of Japan annexes Korea.

1910s

• 1911: The Xinhai Revolution breaks out in China, resulting in the successful overthrow of the Qing Empire. The Beiyang government obtains control, beginning what becomes known as the Warlord Era.
• 1919: The Continental Revolutionary War begins in the United Commonwealth. The Continentalist Party seeks to usurp power from the Federalist Party after a series of violent responses to public demonstrations.

1920s

• 1922: The Continental Revolutionary War comes to an end with the collapse of the Federalist Party and the establishment of the Continetalist States. The Federalist government retreats to the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, establishing the Antilles.
• 1923: The Russian Revolution breaks out in several cities of the Russian Empire, and spreads throughout the country. Emperor Nicholas II resigns under pressure and a Russian Republic is proclaimed, but it is plagued by instability. The Russian Civil War breaks out after a failed Bolshevik coup attempt.
• 1925: The Russian Civil War ends as the White Army succeeded in putting down various rebellions, though Poland, Finland, and the Baltic states gained their independence from Russia. A Russian military dictatorship is established.
• 1927: The Second Sino-Japanese War begins after the Japanese Kwatung Army intervenes in China during the Warlord Era struggle. Various Chinese warlord factions unite against the Japanese intervention. The conflict eventually becomes part of the broader First Great War during the 1930s.

1930s

• April 16, 1932: The United Commonwealth invades Brazoria, in support of Landonist rebels in the Brazorian Revolutionary War. The conflict results in the beginning of Great War I, which becomes a three-sided conflict between the Entente Impériale (led by China, France, Sierra, and the United Kingdom), the Landonist International (led by the United Commonwealth, Italy, and Spain), and the Triple Alliance (led by Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, and Japan).
• 1934: Benito Mussolini pressures Pope Pius XI to adopt pro-Landonist theology within the Church. Pius XI issues a papal bull extolling Italians to support Landonism. In protest, a third of the College of Cardinals, mostly church conservatives, declare themselves as the legal continuation of the Catholic Church. The Council of Avignon results in the establishment of the Catholic Church – Avignon, a split in what becomes known as the Second Western Schism. The Archbishop of Avignon becomes an antipope. The church in Rome becomes distinguished from the Avignonese church as "Catholic Church – Rome".
• January 9th, 1935: Gran Colombian army general Luis Sanchez stages a coup against the democratic nationalist government of Colombia, installing a derzhavist and segregationist dictatorship that would last until 1958.
• 1938: The Chinese Civil War sees fighting between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Commmunist Party in the aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

1950s

• 1958: Colombian dictator Luis Sanchez resigns and attempts to flee the country. He and his family are discovered by communist partisans near the Costa Rican border and executed.
• 3rd December 1958: After Sanchez' death the Federal Republic of Colombia is founded, which follows a western style democratic system.

1960s

• 1969: The Colombia War begins as the Sierran-backed National Front launches an insurgency against the Marxist–Maoist government of the United People's Committees (the Andes). The conflict eventually escalates as Sierra becomes involved following the Bogotá embassy incident and the United Commonwealth joins on behalf of the Andean government.

1980s

• 1989: Senegambia splits into Senegal and Gambia-Casamance.

21st century

Main article: 21st century