Thin Red Line Timeline: 1900-1999

### 1901

4th Aug, 1901: Konryd Wojciech Drozda is crowned as Drozdhukowvy I by the Royalist Sejm, formally establishing the Kingdom of Pteroslavia.

3rd Sep, 1901: Battle of Tulensk, beginning of the 1st Democratist War

### 1907

18th Aug, 1907: 1st Battle of Kreminiskow

### 1908

3rd Apr, 1908: 2nd Battle of Kreminiskow

8th Apr, 1908: End of the 1st Democratist War

## 1910s

### 1910

12th May, 1910: Beginning of the 2nd Democratist War

### 1914

3rd Jan, 1914: End of the 2nd Democratist War

25 October 1914: The Fuerza Aérea ng Patria (English: Air Force of the Homeland), the Grand Republic of Igneseul's air force, is founded.

### 1916

6th Jun, 1916: Beginning of the 3rd Deomcratist War

### 1919

12th Jan, 1919: Formal end of the 3rd Democratist War

20th Feb, 1919: Beginning of the Long March, the Democratist retreat from Pteroslavian land into (Western NPC)

## 1920s

### 1920

12th Jun, 1920: End of the Long March, Democratist generals install themselves as warlords over areas of(Western NPC) and remain loosely allied as the Democratist Remnants.

13th Sep, 1920: Pteroslavian Separatist march in Krolestopol is put down by the Tarniw People's Republic with force.

14th Sep, 1920: Drozdukhowvy II officially denounces the VTV's actions as 'unlawful violence committed on Pteroslavians.'

18th Sep, 1920: Shipments of Pteroslavian rifles bound for Seperatists all over the VTV are seized from headquarters of Krolestopol Separatist movement.

13th Nov, 1920: Pteroslavian forces begin massing in Grody, along the VTV border.

30th Nov, 1920: Arrest of the 'Krolestopol Seven,' ringleaders of the Separatist movement.

### 1921

12th Jan, 1921: Trial and Execution of the 'Krolestopol Seven.'

13th Jan, 1921: Drozdhukowvy I officially denounces the Trial as a sham, and the Execution as murder. Diplomatic ties with the VTV are severed, with the exception of an Isniacan (Kontor) in Krolestopol.

Feb, 1921: Wider Separatist movements in the VTV begin attacking agents of the Republics and destabilizing areas on the border.

Late-Feb, 1921: Military elements of the VTV are brought in to repress the movements.

6th Mar, 1921: The Massacre of Bukhlovne, Volod Army troops summarily execute 38 Separatist militants after being fired upon when entering the village of Bukhlovne

12th Mar, 1921: The Volod, Volhyn, and Tarniw People's Republics are declared to be provinces of Pteroslavia in rebellion.

Late-Mar, 1921: Pteroslavian troops begin crossing the border to link up with towns and villages with separatist sentiment. Formal beginning of the VTV Conflict.

May, 1921: Isniacan (Kontor) in Krolestopol is put under siege within the city. Large scale anti-Pteroslavian sentiment across VTV escalates into bloodshed.

Late-May, 1921: Isniacan warships disable coastal gun emplacements around Krolestopol and begin landing (guild mercenaries) to protect the (Kontor).

Jun, 1921: Pteroslavian troops reach the outskirts of Krolestopol, and quickly encircle the city by land and sea. Fighting for the (Kontor) intensifies.

### 1923

Feb, 1923: Beginning of the Siege of Bragaraoult.

April, 1923: The Desolation of Bragaraoult. More than 2/3rds of the city was levelled by Pteroslavian artillery over the course of April. Civilian casualties numbered in the thousands.

### 1924

Busik Disaster

Formal End of the VTV Conflict

### 1929

4th Aug, 1929: Adrian Zygmund Drozdha is crowned as Drozdhukowvy II.

15th of September, 1929: The Minopian Republic, also known as Bahana Raha Ihi, comes out to the world. via a press release by then Elder Man Nelson Foail.

October 3rd, 1929: Nelson Foail moves the Bahan tribal capital from Vierki Pataoki to Tehitu Awahi to avoid paying dues to the Minopian Government in Tataqi Pahi. Tehitu Awahi at this time is a small, medieval fishing port that has slowly grown into a major city thanks to illegal foreign investments in Pteroslavia, and Alexandrachos; among a slew of other nations. Bahan wayfinders from trade as far as the Emhist sea on their wooden canoes and rafts.

## 1930s

### 1931

14th of July, 1931: Riots occur in the city of Tataqi Pahi as news slowly spreads through the rapidly industrializing islands and onto mainland Minopia. Minopians are very collectivist compared to the islanders in the south; so they stick to their medieval beliefs despite the wedge developing in the south.

4th Aug, 1931: The Royal Commonwealth of Pteroslavia is established, and Drozdhukowvy II is confirmed as remaining monarch by the new Common Sejm.

7th September, 1931: The Industrial Cooperative Front of the Great Sea is set up in Amoheu Hewi, Apiti Sulon. The southernmost largest island of the Bahana Raha Ihi, declares its "independence" from Minopian rule the following day.

### 1932

9:45 AM, September 5th, 1932: The Bahanrium Tribal Republic is not fully established yet, but pamphlets start getting spread - illegally - on the home island of the Occupied Territory of Bahanrium. The island chain has been under Minopian Occupation for atleast 3,400 years. Emperor Isi Ikana, the only man above Elderman Nelson Foail, orders the pamphlets destroyed and the rebellious Industrial Front abolished.

### 1933

October 23rd, 1932: Isi Ikana is assassinated in Tataqi Pahi while touring a second riot in the city that occured a day prior. The industrialists head off his fleeing guards in the city square, killing them and then blaming the Federalist movement on the home island of Bahanrium, Ban Suleno.

### 1934

December 3rd, 1934: Nelson Foail's son Nelson Jr. and his wife are murdered by pirates aboard the catamaran steamer Journey of the Stars. The steamer sinks during the ensuing mayhem and its wreck is never found near Hoi Suleno, the a super volcano underneath the Trevantian Sea. A day later, Nelson Foai announces that he will take FULL control over Minopian affairs, loosening Freedom of Speech restrictions and enacting laws that would benefit consumers and laborers alike.

### 1935

December 3rd, 1945: On the anniverary of Nelson's wife and son's death, the Gaoiban Confederation, a league of pirates in the Minopian territories of Gaodak, Sangami, Minakia and Goa and the Industrialists forms. The Industrialists, seeking to rebrand from the bad press and corporate shenanigans their tycoons and barons are up to; start calling themselves Technocrats. In honor of their industrial spirit and desire to form a religion under the idea of technological development over the emotions of the rising democratic movement.

### 1936

April 17th, 1936: Bahan tribal clans start coming together for the first time in over 2,500 years against the rising threat of the Technocrats and their Gaoiban allies.

### 1937

April 12th, 1937: The first confederation of Bahanrium is established in Tehitu Awahi by Kurana Foail, Nelson Foail's eldest daughter. The aims of this confederation is to explore the idea of uniting ALL of Minopia's holdings into a single, cohesive and secular tribal democracy.

### 1938

December 21st, 1937: The first confederation of Bahanrium closes with a plan presented to Nelson Foail, urging the construction of a new class of steamers to start voyaging around the world. The hope is to bring the message of a democratic upstart from the Trevantian sea.

### 1939

August 1st, 1939: Nelson Foail announces the formation of the Bahana Raha Ihi Republic, the first experiment in a democratic system, with the blessings of the ailing council of elders. The latter would dissolve a week later, paving the way for the formation of the Tautarua, or Senate taking its place.

## 1940s

### 1940

July 4th, 1940: The first joint research project between Black Eagle and Alexandrachan scientists commences in Tataqi Pahi, following a day of riots. Markon Alyon, a scientist from the city, announces a plan to launch a large trimaran battleship class and two carriers by 1947.

### 1941

April 12th, 1941: Bahanrium forms the second confederation to explore the concept of a constitutional republic under Kurana Foail and her younger sister. The two women become beloved throughout the country as the last "Princesses" and "First Stateswomen."

### 1942

November 7th, 1942: The Jewel of the Ocean is launched in Tehitu Awahi, and boasts a length of 150 pulo, (300 feet.) Diplomats start to board her and explore the single-hulled ship as an oddity to the Bahans, who are not accustomed to seeing single-hulled water craft, let alone a large, Alexandrachan modeled ship.

### 1943

March 11th, 1943: The Second Confederation forms the first draft of the High Laws in Tehitu Awahi, but it isn't ratified by the majority of the population: Only the THREE Bahan tribes, Lebu, Kabo and Baoi, ratify the document of thirteen subjected regions that were expected to ratify. This emboldens the since quiet rebellion.

April 1943: GCK submarines begin conducting recon missions in Caceo-Alexandrachan bloc territorial waters.

May 1944: The Reichenbach Summit takes place between the GCK, Ordania and the substates of the former Aerah Empire. The Greck-Ordanian Economic Cooperation Treaty is signed and ratified.

November 1943: First proposal of Plan Hero.

December 1943: *Grecken* submarines reorganize signals intelligence missions around the Caceo-Alexandrachan bloc as Operation Oracle.

### 1944

February 1944: In recognition of his leadership of the Caesulian Anti-Slavery Intervention, Lucian Ader is promoted to major admiral, given knighthood and awarded the *Hero uf de Greckstatt*.

March 1944: The Bonnhaven police's vice squad conducts raids targeting individuals accused of breaking the Interspecies Statutes.

May 1944: The two head scientists of the Greck-Atomik program theorize the possibility of an atomik warhead. The concept is so unethical that they agree to conceal the possibility from their superiors.

9 May 1944: The world's first atomic furnace secretly goes online at Borea, Nordisle Autonomous Scientific Region.

July 1944: After the regicide of Emperor Soteris III, the *Allkommand* again proposes Plan Hero, a military invasion of Caesulia. It is rejected by the Lord Counsellor as jingoistic adventurism.

July 1944: Start of the Iron Crisis. Ordanian monarch King Henri II elects to ignore terms of the recently signed *Greck*-Ordanian Economic Cooperation Treaty. Negotiations persist throughout the month without progress.

July 1944: As tensions increase between Ordania and the GCK, Admiral Sir Ader makes a secret visit to Qadu, Holy State of Azan, and successfully acquires the Grand Vizeer's public blessings for use of force to promote socialist ideals.

1 August 1944: Admiral Sir Ader's fleet departs the Pongatar Islands travelling towards Ordania with instructions to conduct commerce raiding against Ordanian ships. Advanced intelligence allows the entirety of the Ordanian merchant marine to shelter in neutral harbors, causing substantial international trade disruptions

August 1944: Aerah fleet visits Ethenden Islands.

August 1944: Ordanian ambassador discretely but forcefully removed from the *Politikahaus-Diplomatika* as negotiatons are a nonstarter between the GCK and Ordanian Governments.

16 August 1944: King Henri II of Ordania abdicates the throne and flees the country after hearing news of the approach of Admiral Sir Ader's fleet.

August 1944: GCK Economic Minister Enri Studdeio travels to Cacea.

August 1944: Admiral Sir Lucian Ader's fleet arrives at Korol, Ordania. The Iron Crisis is diplomatically resolved; Ordania agrees to return to compliance with terms of the *Greck*-Ordanian Economic Cooperation Treaty.

5 September 1944: Felipe Rivera, the seventeenth president of the Grand Republic of Igneseul, declares his nation's neutrality amidst rumors of Wakoku and Osterect quite possibly going to war against each other.

September 1944: ODIIN reports foreign involvement in production of anti-*greck* documents in Nordenia.

October 1944: First Citizen Hugo Lutz is rumored to be under consideration to succeed Foreign Minister Oscar Goduuin.

October 1944:

* Following the ratification of the High Laws the previous year, Nelson Foail launches a radio show interview in Tehitu Awahi, boasting of new developments from the Black Eagle foundation - including a mediocre but functional jet engine; and boasts of the growing democratic movement in the country.
* On the Seventh, Gaoibans launch a raid in a small Minopian fishing village in Gaodak. The raid is the first volley in the civil war to come, of many before it, This event leads to riots ALL over Gaodak, as the small, nomadic tribes start to reform their government. The next day, Gaodak announces that it is joining the Democratic Confederation with Bahanrium, and declares the Gaoibans terrorists.
* Child soldiers are recruited throughout Apiti Suleno. The previously believed to be missing children had been indoctrinated into a growing "army" of rebels, as communications with the island become minimal. Foreigners are haistily evacuated from the island and its outlying minor islands. It is reported that most who stayed behind out of stubborness or lack of knowledge in kind; are sold into slavery by the Gaoibans and Technocrats.
* The Jewel of the Seas is sunk near Apiti Suleno as it starts its journey. Only Kurana Foai and a handful of other survivors are discovered a day later, on October 8th

December 1944: Secretive construction continues on a pair of bulk cargo carriers of unprecedented size.

### 1945

January 1945: First Citizen Hugo Lutz resigns from position in Citizen's Assembly and sworn in as foreign minister. In his initial speech known as the Hand of Friendship speech, the foreign minister calls for stronger overseas involvement and an end to isolationist policies, stating that *"The greckstatt must promote greckethos around the globe, for it will be through the state's socialist philosophy that true change and progress will be enacted. We must stretch out a hand of friendship to those who would take it, and steel ourselves against the malicious resolve of those who would resist us. The state must consider whether it is now appropriate to provide stronger support to our comrades where backwards forces threaten to drag all thinking life backwards into feudalistic capitalism. Our strength must be utilized to its full extent. But not simply military strength; we must demonstrate the superiority of the state through our industrial, scientific and cultural accomplishments. Our rivals must be made to see the error of their assumptions!"*

January 1945: The first shipments of specially refined uranium-235 are shipped from Alchemburg to Nordisle for further experimental research. The Greck-Atomik program is formally divided between industrial refinement & manufacturing at Alchemburg and research projects at the Nordisle Autonomous Scientific Region.

February 1945: Following proposing her theory to the Congress of the Central Scientific Committee, *Grecka* doctor Eliz Spei meets with Health Minister Deran Brommer regarding her controversial theory of interspecies mitochondrial supremacy. The *Nasr* first reveals to Crouuningglory Dr. Reimer Gmil's human experimentation in Prinz Petersland.

March 7th, 1945: Alexandrachos recongizes the Bahan Tribal Confederation, becoming the FIRST country to recognize the constitution that would lead the confederacy during the civil war. The Gaoiban Confederation forms in kind, but is not seeking recognition, declaring itself the enemy of all who shall interfere on the island chain. Especially the Lion People, as they refer to the Panterans.

April 1945: Submarine launched GCK recon flights are observed by Caceo-Alexandrachan bloc forces stationed in the Saracen Islands.

May 1945: Prince Mochihito's Wakokuji delegation en route to Alexandrachos via the Uthen Sea meets Foreign Minister Hugo Lutz and enjoys a state dinner in Nordburg, Neuu Uthenland.

May 1945: At an ILSO meeting in Alexandrachos, GCK Ambassador Eli Onnda advocates for peaceful resistance to capitalist and imperialist forces around the globe.

May 1945:

* Kurana Foai recounts her infamous kidnapping a year prior in Tehitu Awahi and the treatment she endured as the country's most famous sex-slave. She also tells the story of the little Alexandrachan girl she rescued in the process of her own rescue and thanks her rescuers.
* The first and largest amphibious landings in Bahan history occur, as the Minopian government formally dissolves into the Bahan Tribal Republic. A quiet affair and a well recieved one across the country. Ambassador Ray, the Alexandrachan ambassador to Bahanrium announces his country's formal recognition of the new republic.
* Apiti Suleno is officially subued after roughly one to two million troops and Dragon Warriors land on the island. The rebel capital is sacked later this month.
* Apiti Suleno surrenders to the Bahans and a court is convened to spread the word to the scattered Gaoibans that the rebellion is over and they should surrender.

June 1945: ODIIN begins to use *Grecken* submarines to deliver supplies and special forces to GCK sympathetic socialist guerillas in Caesulia. In Edo, Wakoku, Ettan Tomberlin reappears after two years of crossing Vaclavich on foot with valuable intelligence on the state of the war there.

October, 1945: Bahanrium announces the third and fina confederation. The emboldened democracy movement plays its cards on the radio and in news print; announcing the planned division of land, giving the brave Gaodaks their freedom and breaking up Minopian territory; allowing the nations to self determine their future.

### 1946

July, 1946:

* 14th: The High Laws are FORMALLY ratified across the republic, forming the Tribal Federation of Bahanrium. Nelson steps down as his daughter Kurana wins election as the first Elderperson and First Elderwoman in Bahan history to lead the new republic
* 19th: The Court of Human Affairs declares Apiti Suleno and its surrounding barrier islands a military zone under occupation while the Gaoiban threat is formally nuetralized.a day of reconciliation occurs throughout the nation.

November 3rd and 4th, 1946: Kirana Foail, daughter of Nelson Foail and first Elderwoman of Bahanrium, passes away after an assassination attempt. A civil war era company, Brúniám & Séʔió Oil Company, is implicated in her death, bringing flashbacks to the civil war era, in which the same company was responsible for the use of enslaved foreigners on its inland oil rigs in Apiti Suleno. Kirana is the last casualty of the civil war.