History of Finnféaran

This is a timeline of Finnféarans history, recording its most important events.

## Prehistory

### Mesolithic Era

* first humans
* hunter and gatherer culture

* stone tools found

### Neolithic Era

* first evidence of agriculture
* building of Stone circle on Skarn
* population drop

* first houses and villages set up

### Bronze Age and early Iron Age

* Barrows built
* first bronze mines
* iron tools found (imported)

## Early Historic Period

### 100 A.D

* Druids move to isles (Demetrius of Tarsus)

### 200 A.D

* first settlers from scotland (craonaith)
* building of breach towers

### 300 A.D

* trees cut down for greater agriculture
* fall of romans in scotland
* first signs of divide between Scots and Norse
* first longhouses built
* warm period (evidence of fig growing)
* start of Craonaith clans
* Start of meetings of Things in the Thingstead
* petty kings
* building of Heathen Hofs
* growth of Chieftans power within the isles

## Early Middle Ages

### 400 A.D

* influx of germanic migration
* Fabien the Hermit born

500 A.D ===

* first hill forts built
* christianity sets up on isles (druids exilsles)
* invaded by vikings
* new chieftains
* men leave to go on viking raids to britain
* women have greater say in politics etc

## Viking Age

### 800 A.D

* part of the kingdom of the isles

900 A.D ===

* unification of Norway

### 1000 A.D

* introduction of Christianity outside of monastery (building churches)
* wool trade improves Scotish connections with craonaith

## Conflict with Norway

### 1100 A.D

* Chieftans pledge allegiances to Norway and scotland

### 1200 A.D

* Split from norway during civil war
* monastery greatly expanded using Order of Solomon's Temple funds

### 1266 A.D

* Invasion from scotland
* still independent but pledge allegiance to scotland only
* increase trade in Hanseatic League

## Hansa era

### 1650 A.D

* pirates use islands as base in europe
* Castles built to deter pirates

## British era

### 1707 A.D

* Act of Union, Finnfearan becomes part of UK
* Trade with germanic countries dries up and causes mass unemployment

## Napoleonic wars

### 1800 A.D

* defences built to counter Napoleonic forces
* prison built
* herring fishing booms
* major infrastructure built

### 1860 A.D

* herring shoals diminish
* cold era (1860-80)
* Sameria Corporation buy Bas Rock

## Late Victorian and British revival

### 1870 A.D

* Sameira Asylum built
* Williams Gear and Steam Company founded

### 1890 A.D

* large exodus to USA/Cananda
* increase in Norwegian migration and Norwegian culture

## WW2

### 1942 A.D

* invaded and captured by Nazis
* harbours destroyed to stop being used by Germans
* light railways built

## Post War

### 1952 A.D

* williams gear factory reopened
* HNLMS Parel van Azië Wrecks

### 1958 A.D

* RAF base built on Craonaith to counter soviets (english electric lightnings)
* zoo temporarily reopened on site of old prison
* Last Patient moved from Sameira Asylum

### 1960s

* tourisms moves abroad
* zoo closes

### 1990s

* raf base changed to public airport
* tourism focuses on conservation and history

## 21st Century

### 2018

* Nick steward and Jason Warneke become hosts of Community Hour

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