Solar Century Timeline

The Solar Century is the timeline for the Mobile Suit Golden Gundam series.

#### July

The Apollo program of NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, finally succeeded in sending mankind to the moon. This is the first footprint of mankind on the surface of the moon.

### U.C. 0001 (1970)

* The total population of Earth exceeds 9 billion. Immigration to the "high worlds" of the space colonies begins .

* The Laplace Space Station is built in Earth's Orbit. The Earth Federation is formed and Ricardo Marcenas is elected as its first prime minister. During the calendar change ceremony, terrorists use solar powered explosives to destroy the Laplace Space Station, killing most of the inhabitants. One survivor, Syam Vist, comes across the Universal Century charter (*Laplace's Box*), which dictates that the inhabitants of space should be given self-governance without interference from the Earth. Realizing that the words contain the power to destroy the Earth Federation, Syam takes the document with him into hiding and marries into the influential Vist Family.

* Construction of Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) space colony is completed.

* The Colony Management Corporation (CMC) is established.

### UC 0015

* The population of the space colonies reaches 1½ million.
* Trenov Yvan Minovsky, father of Minovsky physics is born in Ukraine.

### U.C. 0016

* The Federation establishes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau (FSTB).

### U.C. 0018

#### 0018.06

* One-millionth “Spacenoid” baby born in Side 2 (L4).
* Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) selected as site of Olympiad LII, the first to be held off the Earth.

### U.C. 0020

* The population of the space colonies reaches 5 million.
* The Earth Federation Forces is divided into separate land, sea and air forces.

### U.C. 0022

* The Earth Federation declares an end to warfare on the surface of earth.

### U.C. 0025

* The population of the space colonies reaches 50 million.

### U.C. 0027

* Von Braun, the first permanent lunar settlement, is established.
* The Lunar Economic Development Authority (LEDA), an independent non-governmental organization, is established.

### U.C. 0030

* Due to suspicions of forced immigration, Federation privatizes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau (FSTB), which becomes the Space Transport Enterprise Group (STEP).
* The population of the space colonies reaches 500 million.

### U.C. 0034

* The Federation again reorganizes the Space Transport Enterprise Group. An independent non-governmental organization, the Public Corporation of Space Transport (PCST), is established.
* Construction of Side 2 (L4) Bunch 1 space colony is completed.

### U.C. 0035

Construction of Side 3 (Munzo Province) begins in L2 using Minovsky “closed-type” design.
### U.C. 0040

* 40% of the Earth's population, approximately 5 billion have immigrated to space .
* The Philosophy of Elseim—that all mankind should leave Earth, the cradle of life, to conserve her immaculate state—began taking root
* Asteroid Juno, later called Lunar II, was stationed in Lunar orbit .

### U.C. 0044

* Half of the total human population now lives in space.
* Ronan Marcenas, the grandson of Ricardo Marcenas, is born.

### U.C. 0045

* Zeon Zum Deikun proposed Contolism (Elseim + Sidism = Contolism) .
* The asteroid Juno - later known as Luna II - is placed in Earth orbit to help with space colony construction.
* The Minovsky Physics Society is founded at the Side 3 colony cluster.

### U.C. 0047

Development of the Minovsky-Ionesco fusion reactor begins.
### U.C. 0050

* 9 billion of the total Earth population of 11 billion have immigrated to space .
* Degwin Sodo Zabi marries the much younger Naliss.
* Terry Sanders Jr. is born.

### U.C. 0052

* Zeon moved to Side 3 and began the propagation of Contolism .
* Ginias Sahalin is born.

### U.C. 0055

* Scharnhorst Buch founds the Buch Concern space salvage business.
* Eledore Massis is born.

### U.C. 0059

* The Earth Federation Forces implemented an armament enhancement programme for the 60's (the programme's main objective was the organization of the Space Force). Conversion of Lunar II into a military base began .

#### 0059.11.17

* Casval Rem Deikun is born.
* Aina Sahalin is born.

### U.C. 0061

* The EFF fields the Type 61 twin-150mm MBT.
* Mirai Yashima is born.
* Michel Ninorich is born.

### U.C. 0062

* Zeon Zum Deikun proclaimed the declaration of independence of Side 3. Simultaneously, their National Defense Force was established .
* Dr. Minovsky issued his new theory, Minovsky Physics, predicting the existence of the Minovsky Particle .

#### 0062.09.12

* Artesia Som Deikun is born.
* Rosary Ral Hamon is born

#### 0062.11.21

* Lalah Sune is born.
* Kiki Rosita is born.

### UC 0068

* Zeon Zum Deikun mysteriously perishes, and his friend Degwin Sodo Zabi declares himself the leader of the newly formed Autonomous Republic of Zeon.
* Sasro Zabi is assassinated at Zeon's funeral some days later. The blame is pinned on the Ral family, without public support they succumb to the Zabi's purge.
* Adrian and his sister Rosary are sent to live with the Sahalin family. Long time associates and trusted friends of the Ral family.
* Scharnhorst Buch purchases the good name of the Ronah noble European family.

### UC 0071

* Kycilia Zabi attempts to assasinate Adrian, Casval, Rosary, and Artesia - now under different names - simultaneously by sending agents to break into their homes. All attempts fail.

### UC 0074

- Adrian meets Monique Cadillac - currently a Political Officer for the Zeon Party - for the first time as Ryan Sahalin.

### UC 0075

#### July

- Kycilia once again attempts to assassinate the heirs of the Ral and Deikun families, and once again fails.

- Adrian and Aina are accepted into the Guardian Banchi Zeon National Defense Academy on scholarship.