Timeline

21st Century

2090 – Start of the Great Dark Age: Most of the successor political states in North America have fallen. Many future historians consider this the first official year of the Great Dark Age.

2091 – Founding of the Kingdom of Alma: January 1st, Major Jean-Paul Chevalier, formerly of the Canadian Army, proclaims himself King of Alma.

22nd Century

2180 to 2183 – The War of the Saints: The Saint Cloud Union (SCU) and Saint Louis River Compact (SLRC) begin a war over unaligned farmlands. The Iron Range Republic (IRSS) and Red River Dominion (RRD) join with the SLRC to oppose Saint Cloud. The war ends with mutual exhaustion.

2192 to 2196 – The War of the Angry Saints: The SLRC, SCU and RRD align themselves against the IRR. They have the advantage of numbers, the IRR has the advantage of interior position. The war is brutal and impactful. the SLRC dissolves in 2194, their territory annexed into the IRR. The RRD falls in 2195. In 2196, the SCU invited the Metropolitan Confederacy to join. There is an inconclusive battle at Milaca, which forces all sides to the negotiating table.

2194 – The Founding of the Duluth Hilltop Archive: When the SLRC disintegrates, the leadership and scientists ensconce themselves on the Hilltop and form the community that would eventually be the Duluth Hilltop Archive.

23rd Century

2210 – 2211 – The War of the Lone Saint: SCU Agents are caught fermenting discord against the IRR. The Metropolitan Confederacy withdraws its support for the SCU. The SCU’s field army is defeated, and Saint Cloud is besieged. The city and SCU surrender the in 2211.

2213 – The Iron Republic is Founded: The Iron Constitution is signed, bringing the IRR, SCU, RRD and SLRC together into a new nation.

2254 – War of 2254: The Iowa Confederacy defeats and annexes Mankato.

2255 – The Treaty of Stillwater: The Iron Republic, Metropolitan Confederacy, and the free cities of Rochester and Eau Claire sign a military agreement to oppose Iowa, if it marches north.

2262 – 2271 – The War of Iron Wills: The Iowa Confederacy fights the combined forces of the Stillwater Coalition. The war is a stalemate for several years, until the breakthrough of 2268, which allows Iowa to besiege Rochester and occupy the Metropolitan region. Eau Claire drops out of the war, but Iowa’s offensive stalls. Between the siege and the occupation, Iowa is suddenly facing a manpower shortage.

The remaining forces, now under the command of the Iron Republicans, refit their armies and continue the war. They start a grand offensive in 2271 that not only remove Iowans from their land but follows them into Iowa. At the battle of Waterloo, the Minnesotans defeat the Iowans, resulting in the fall of the fall of the hardline government.

Peace comes, and with it the Iron Republican incorporates their former allies and becomes the official Republic of Minnesota.

2289 – Quebec Empire annexes the Marathon Region: This brings Quebec power and influence to Lake Superior for the first time.

2290 – Treaty of Open Lakes: Quebec provides men, money and materials to Minnesota to build a lake navy capable of combating piracy.

24th Century

2365 The Mississippi Empire annexes Saint Louis.
2371 The War of the Three Fools: Quebec attempts an invasion of Michigan and fails. Quebec then invades the Ohio Valley, which leans on Mississippi for support.
2377The War of the Three Fools ends. Quebec and Michigan fail to gain any major territorial concessions, and Mississippi’s support of the various city-states of the Ohio Valley has produced a strong confederacy, and not the puppet state they wanted.
2382The People’s Republic of Michigan begins its first annexation of territory in Wisconsin.

25th Century

2405 Michigan annexes Cleveland, separating it from the UCOV.
2406 The Anatolian War begins
2409 The Anatolian War ends; the Odessan League is now the power around the Black Sea.
2410 The Black Sea Commonwealth is formed.
2416 Mississippi annexes Cairo and Paducah, but failed horribly at Louisville.
2428 Continuing their expansion, the Black Sea Commonwealth changes its name to become the Imperial Commonwealth.
2441 An Imperial Commonwealth Naval Squadron makes its way down the Atlantic Coast, flying the flag.
2443 Imperial Commonwealth embassies come offering membership. It is declined across the board.
2448 In response to increased Commonwealth pressure, the Atlantic American nations signed the treating of Lexington, creating the Lexington organization, a collective defense group.
2452A number of royal members of the Chevalier family of Quebec die under suspicious circumstances, ending with King Jean-Mark III. King Jean-Constance, a pro-Commonwealth lord, withdraws from the Lexington Organization and joins with the Commonwealth.
2455 Boston frigate Cambridge engages two Quebecois sloops, sparking an international incident.
2455 July 10: Quebec declares war on the Lexington organization. Initial offensives fail and the Commonwealth is forced to intervene.
2456 The Commonwealth War: Minnesota and Iowa clear much of the Superior coastline of Quebecois forces. Trench warfare develops from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie.
2456 June 1 and 2: The Battle of Bermuda: The combined fleet of the Lexington Organization is destroyed, despite a promising first day. The whole of the eastern seaboard and Caribbean islands are open for assault.
2456 October 1: The Mississippi Empire switches allegiance, joining the Commonwealth. Most of Atlantic America falls into chaos.
2456 November: Boston surrenders.
2457January: A coup in Michigan ends the democratically elected government of that nation and installs a king.
2457March: The Commonwealth launches an invasion of Iowa and Minnesota. The two nations fall within four weeks.
2459February 10th: Xavier Santiago-Locke is crowned King Xavier of North Mississippi.
2471 The last of the Commonwealth Wars is finished; Commonwealth Hegemony is complete.
2472 The Range Riot