Timeline (Early Colonization)

This is the timeline for Early Colonization.

10th Century BC
1000: The Phoenicia Civilization sends a fleet to colonize OTL Brazil.

997: The first ships return from Brazil and the sailors tell stories about the people and the land. The Phoenicians sends more ships to colonize the land.

945: The Phoenicia colony stretches across the coast of Brazil.

6h Century BC
539: Phoenician Civilization begins to decline.

530: The Phoenicia colonies become independent as Phoenicia can no longer support them.

6th Century AD
572: St. Brendan arrives in Iceland. The Celtics start colonizing the island.

573: St. Brendan continues his journey west and arrives in Greenland. Celtic settlements appear in Greenland.

574: St. Brendan finishes his journey by arriving in OTL North America. His ship lands in Connecticut and the colony of New Clonfert starts.

581: Celtic people arrive in New Clonfert and the colony thrives.

587: New Clonfert expands to cover all of OTL New England.

592: The Celtic tribes of Ireland unite to cover of Ireland under the banner of the Celtic Union.

8th Century AD
750: The Polynesians colonize Isla Sala y Gomez.

765: The Norse begin to colonize Iceland.

770: The Polynesians start colonies on the coast of OTL South America.

778: Colonies are started by the Norse on the southern coast of Greenland.

786: The city of Fou A'ai is started by the Polynesians in Chile.

9th Century AD
830: The Norse start a colony on the island of Vinland, OTL Newfoundland.

855: Colonies are started by the Norse in Markland, OTL Eastern Canada.

10th Century AD
911: The Vikings establish Normandy, and it becomes a seperate country from France.

920: The Norse finish colonizing Markland and begin sending expiditions to Helluland, OTL Baffin Island.

922: The Helluland War begins between the Dorset and the Norse.

923: The first Norse settlements are started on Helluland.

930: Thorvald Asvaldsson ventures to the middle of Helluland and discovers an ice cap, now known as the Asvaldsson Ice Cap.

965: Erik the Red, the son of Thorvald Asvaldson, becomes the first Norseman to reach the Northwestern part of the island. He discovers mountains and they are now known as the Red Mountains.

980: The Helluland War ends as the Norse push the Dorset off the island.

999: The Norman and Scandinavian conquest of southern Sicily.

11th Century AD
1001: The Norse under Leif Ericsson start a settlement at OTL Kensington. The settlement would be forced to leave at the end of the year as the Native Brendanian tribes in the area relentlessly tried to make the Norse leave.

1002: In an attempt to force the Natives from Kensington Leif Ericsson launches a campaign against them. Leif is killed in battle with the Natives at the Battle of Little Creek.

1004: The Norse finally push the Natives from Kensington. The Native Brendanian tribes relocate to the Dakotas.

1005: The settlement of Kensington is re-started.

1026: The Kingdom of Sicily is created by the Normans and Scandinavians.

12th Century AD
1170: Prince Madoc of Wales sails to the Brendanias (OTL Americas) and lands in Florida. He starts a settlement named Madoctown there and the town flourishes.

1193: A ship heading for Madoctown blows off course and lands in OTL Cuba. They name the place Cardiff, after the town they sailed from.

13th Century AD
1201: The people of Cardiff discover the Bahamas and begin to colonize it.

1204: Jamaica is discovered and claimed for Wales.

1208: Swansea, a town in Jamaica, becomes an important port city.

1216: The city of Welshia is started and becomes an important city.

1228: The Welsh, using their wealth and better military weapons as a result of their colonization, managed to become an independent country.

14th Century AD
1328: Norman ships arrive in OTL Argentina in the Americas. The Normans begin colonizing the eastern coast of South Brendania, which give the Normans great power.

1330: The First Colonial War begins between the Norse, the Welsh, and the Celtic and Mali and Morroco.

1338: The First Colonial War ends.

1356: Following their win in the First Colonial War, the Norse and Welsh begin colonizing Africa.

15th Century AD
1492: Christopher Columbus of Spain lands in the Bahamas, only to find Welsh settlements there. Columbus returns to Spain to report this.

1494: Columbus returns to the Brendanias again, only to land this time in Madoctown. After reporting this to Spain Spanish warships go to the Brendanias to take the land from the Welsh, as Columbus brought back riches from there. The Second Colonial War begins.

16th Century AD
1505: The Second Colonial War ends with Spanish territory in OTL Texas, Phoenicia nearly conquered by the Normans and Portugese, and England free of Norman control. With Texas under Spanish control territory west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains are in Spanish control.

1507: The French colonize the southern tip of South Brendania and begin an expansion northward.

1585: England starts a settlement in North Brendania called Virginia, located in its OTL borders. Finding African things from Mali settlements over 250 years sends chills down English spines, which stilll results in slavery though England had a greater military presence in Africa.

17th Century AD
1604: The Norman-French Wars start. These wars take part in South Brendania and Europe.

1630: England declares war on the Celtic Union because of a dispute over the Ohio River Valley. This sets off a chain of alliances and declarations of war, resulting in the Third Colonial War.

1637: Spain reaches the Great Lakes in there exploration into Philipia, after Spain's former ruler.

1640: The Third Colonial War ends as well as the Norman-French Wars.

18th Century AD
1732: Russia colonizes Alaska in North Brendania.

1740: Without a Spanish presence to stop them, the Russians colonize the western coast of the Brendania.

1741: The Russo-Chinese War begins as Russia attempts to take over Chinese colonies in the west coast of North Brendania.

1744: The Russo-Chinese War ends with a no clear victor, the war was mainly a stalemate. The two countries manage to negotiate a border in California.

1754: The Fourth Colonial War begins because of a dispute over the border between Markland and Philipia, and war between Spain and Scandinavia begins. The English use the war to invade Spanish and Scandinavia colonies across the world, begining a three-way global war and another colonial war, the fourth and final.

1763: The Fourth Colonial War ends. The borders of the world has changed. The British begin raising taxes in Virginia.

1775: The Virginian War of Independence begins as the colonists are unhappy with the taxes. The war ends at the end of the year but results in a Brendania-wide naval war between Britain and allies vs. her enemies. The naval war ends in 1777.

19th Century AD
1803: Napoleon sells its colonies in South Brendania to Phoenicia in exchange for 15 trillion dollars. This money is used for the Napoleonic Wars.

1808: Simon Bolivar, a popular Spanish military and political leader, begins the Spanish-American War of Independence. Though popular throughout Spanish America, he cannot successfully defeat the Spanish Monarchy and is exiled to Fort Santo Domingo in Japan.

1809: Spain places a greater military hold on its colonies as a results on the revolutions.

1812: The War of 1812 begins between Virginia and the United Kingdom.

1815: The War of 1812 ends with no clear winner.

1840: The Spanish-Virginian War begins. The Virginians started the war hoping to mak their nation stretch from coast to coast.

1842: The Spanish-Virginian War ends without territorial gain for either side.

1848: Gold is discovered in the Chinese colonies in North Brendania, beginning a wave of immigration to the Chinese colonies.

1850: The Industrial Revolution begins.

1888: Slavery is abolished by Virginia because of pressure from its allies in England and France, and as a result slavery is ended in the Brendanias.

20th Century AD
1914: World War I begins between the World Entente and the World Powers.

1918: World War I ends.

1929: The Great Depression begins.

1933: William Thornton gains power in Virginia.

1934: The Second Spanish American War of Independence begins. The colonies win the war and defeat Spain. This results in the creation of Bolivar and Texas.

1939: World War II begins between the Axis and the Allies.

1945: World War 2 ends and Nations Cooperative (NC) is formed.

1949: NATO is created, consisting of Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Normandy, Florida, Georgia, Cardiff, Bahamas, Clonfert, and Alabama.

1955: The Simonia Pact is created, consisting of Alaska, Russia, Bolivar, Texas, and Zheng (OTL Mexico).

1947: The Cold War begins between the Russo-Alaskan Alliance and Scandinavia.

1991: The Cold War thaws as the Russian Soviet Republic collapses and the new Alaskan leader is friendlier with Scandinavia.

1994: The Markland Act is passed, giving independence to Markland, Vinland, and Helluland. The Norse were the last to give independence to their colonies in America.

21st Century AD
2004: Oscar IV takes the thrown of Scandinavia, promissing an era of peace and prosperity.