Timeline of major events (ESF)

This page is a chronology of major events within the If Eternity Should Fail timeline. All years are catalogued using Earth Standard Dating in accordance with the Gregorian Calendar.
== 21st Century ==
=== Twilight of the American Century ===
2019-2026	COVID-19 Pandemic: The interspecies transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus between a bat and human in the Wuhan Prefecture of the People's Republic of China causes a worldwide pandemic that disrupts the global economy. The resulting international response is initially praised for its expediency, but is scorned later for its lack of care in assuring worldwide vaccine distribution. While the virus is all but eradicated in the global north by early 2022, the densely populated regions of the global south suffer immensely for years after, with death totals in Brazil and India totaling nearly triple that of the entirety of the global north.
2021-2027	Myanmar Conflict: Following the 2021 coup and subsequent mass protests, the Republic of Myanmar falls into civil war between the Tatmadaw Military Government and the Army of National Salvation. Several regional independence movements also take up arms in a complex web of alliances between US and Chinese backed forces in the first of many proxy conflicts between the nations.
2024 	Artemis III Disaster: The Artemis III mission, carried out by a United States-led international spaceflight program, ends in the death of all 4 crew. While insignificant in terms of how it affects policy in the United States, it serves to many as the clear end-date of the era of American supremacy.
2026-2029	Donbass War: Disputes over the legality of the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics in Eastern Ukraine lead to war between Russia and Ukraine. NATO provides significant logistical and advisory support, but are unwilling to commit to a full-scale war with the Russian Federation. While Ukraine puts up significant resistance to invading Russian forces, the nation is eventually fully occupied by Russian forces in what is largely considered an illegal act. The Treaty of Sevastopol officially signs over most of Ukraine east of the Dneiper river to Russia as the Republic of Novorossiya. Ukraine is also forced to demilitarize and end diplomatic ties with the European Union and NATO.
2027-2033	Late 2020s Recession: the United States housing market crashes, triggering a financial panic which then triggers a worldwide recession. This recession, while lesser than the Coronavirus Depression of earlier in the decade, it managed to overcome the Great Recession in scale. The economic recession triggers the largest wave of strikes in decades and the resurgence of more radical unions, such as the Industrial Workers of the World.
2028 	Formation of the EAF: Nearly five years behind schedule, the nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi form the East African Federation. South Sudan would be rejected from joining for nearly a decade after.
2016-2039	Dissolution of the United Kingdom: Following the Brexit Referendum and subsequent withdrawl of the United Kingdom from the European Union, anti-UK sentiment in the peripheral regions of Scotland, and Northern Ireland begin to rise. The first and only non-violent withdrawl from the United Kingdom being Scotland in 2024. By 2028, the United Kingdom had been completely dissolved, but not till the United Nations had to intervene in Northern Ireland due to "egregious violation of the Good Friday agreement on the part of the British government".
2032-2045	Pink Flood: Numerous libertarian socialist and native liberationist organizations take up arms against generally right-wing governments in Latin America. Some are defeated handedly, such as the revolutions in Argentina and Costa Rica, whereas other movements are largely successful, such as in Colombia and Peru. In general, socialist governments flood into power across Latin America, leading to the eventual downfall of the Organization of American States and the decimation of American power in its own hemisphere.
2034-2052	Pyreneeian War: A war caused by the supression of the Catalan and Basque minorities in the north of Spain, it quickly spreads to encompass all of Spain and large portions of southern France. Engaging in large guerilla campaigns, the regions of Catalonia and the Basque are able to secure independence, and Spain is greatly weakened by the further independence of most periphery regions, such as Valencia and Asturias.
2035-2047	The Nile War: Conflicting interests over water and power usage on the Nile cause military conflict to arise throughout East Africa. The massive strain of the conflict on both sides cause the collapse of several nations involved.
2036-2037	General Strike of 2037: Minimum wage stagnation, phasing out of natural laborers in favor of autos, and consistently poor working conditions for workers of the transportation industry spawns a mass strike amongst remaining human laborers in the industry. the strike is quickly metasticised into other industries, notably the fast-food and education industries by the end of 2036. The strikes continue to expand in 2037, encompassing the majority of natural-labor industries, disrupting international commerce as the strikes spread to Europe and Latin America. These strikes are eventually broken up by force in November of 2037, claiming the lives of nearly 45,000 in the pseudo-military conflict between forces of the IWW/SRA and NATO. In total, nearly 150 million individuals participate in the strkes throughout 2036 and 2037, with the number of concurrent strikers reaching 80 million in the summer of 2037.
2038 	Lunar Settlement: A Chinese mission to the Moon establishes the first lunar research outpost, which name roughly translates as The Red Light. Later that year, a joint Franco-German mission establishes what would come to be known as Von Braun, starting the Second Space Race between several rival space agencies.
2042 	The Fifth International: Based off the First and Second Internationals of the early socialist movements, prominent leaders within socialist organizations meet in Havana, Cuba to discuss numerous topics. One of the main organizers of the conference is then General Secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, Alex P. Stallsmith. His Crucified on the Cross of Capital speech becomes one of the main highlights of the conference, and his evokation of Christian religious imagery is both praised and ridiculed. Other prominent socialist leaders are also in attendance, including Francine Lalonde and Lacy J. Savage.
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