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* 066.M2 Battle of Hastings - The famous Battle of Hastings is fought in northwestern Europa on Terra, beginning a long series of events culminating in the onset of the Industrial Revolution near the end of the millennium.
* ca. 750-900.M2 Industrial Revolution - The Industrial Revolution begins in the western regions of Old Earth and eventually spreads across the planet by the first solar decades of the 3rd Millennium. The economies of the nation-states of Terra begin to rapidly expand with the onset of industrial production and the rapid scientific discoveries that mark this period. However, the Industrial Revolution also breeds new problems for Mankind, including unequal distribution of resources, extreme environmental degradation, and rapid shifts in cultural values that lead to societal strife.
* 914-918.M2 World War I - First industrialised global war known as "World War I" begins in Europa and spreads across the planet.
* 939-945.M2 World War II - Second industrialised global war, called "World War II," a conflict even more devastating than the first, engulfs Terra.
* 945.M2 The Nuclear Age Begins - Detonation of the first human-developed atomic weapon. Fission-based nuclear power soon becomes widespread on Terra as do stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
* 946.M2 First Computer Created - The first digital computer, called UNIVAC, invented by humans on Terra in the long-lost city of Philadelphia.
* 961.M2 First Human in Space - First human being, Yuri Gargarin, crosses Terra's atmosphere and orbits the planet.
* 969.M2 The Moon Landing - First human landing on Luna.
* 971.M2 First Space Station Built - First human space station, called Salyut, is placed in orbit of Terra.
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