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
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.

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.

992: The Norse start a settlement at OTL Kensington. The settlement would be forced to leave at the end of the year as the Native American Tribes in the area relentlessly tried to make the Norse leave.

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.

1180: A ship heading for Madoctown blows off course and lands in OTL Cuba. They name the place Cardiff, after the town they sailed from.

1187: The people of Cardiff discover the Bahamas and begin to colonize it.

1194: Jamaica is discovered and claimed for Wales.

13th Century AD
1202: The city of Welshia, OTL Mobile, Alabama, is started and soon becomes a major city in North Brendania.

1216: The Welsh, using their wealth and better military weapons as a result of their colonization, managed to become an independent country.

14th Century AD
1315: After completing their conquest of England, the Normans, originating from the Vikings, sign alliances with them. This gives the Norse a greater presence in England, and therefore a greater presence of Christianity in Scandinavia.

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. The Normans, not wanting to give territory to thr Kingdom of France, from which they are a fief of, claim independence and get independence in 1330.

1330: The Colonial War begins.

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.

1623: Norse settlements expand more into Western Canada.

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

1671: The Norman-French Wars end.

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 Third Colonial War begins when Spanish settlers fire on Norse settlers near the eastern bank of the Philipia River, the OTL Mississippi River. The English, while still an enemy of Spain, invades Norse settlements in North Brendania. France invades Virginia from little islands in the Carribean and their settlements in South Brendania. The Normans attack France. Wales, Ireland, and the Norse settlements attack British and Spanish. Scandinavia also begins a naval campaign against England. All across the Brendanias, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East war breaks out; the Seven Years War begins.

1761: The Seven Years War ends. The end of the war basically results in nothing in the Brendanias, however all OTL results happen in Europe. 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.

1850: The Industrial Revolution begins.

1862: The Iron Revolution begins to establish Virginia as a world power.

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: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is killed by Serb terrorists. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, which results in Russia declaring war on Germany. Germany declares war on Russia, which results in a declaration of war from France. After Germany invades Belgium England and Wales declare war on Germany. Normandy joins the German side while Japan attacks German Pacific colonies, which results in Polynesia declaring war on Japan. After Normandy entered the war Phoenicia declared war on Normandy. The Celtic Union declares war on Wales after the split up of the Colony Protection League and strained relationships. After Russia declared war on Germany Scandinavia, who was an enemy of Russia declared war on Russia. After Germany sinks too many supply ships Virginia declares war on Germany. Because of Japan entering the war China declares war on them, which results in a declaration of war from the World Entente, which made Maya enter the war on the side of the Chinese. World War 1 is set with the two sides: The Central Powers of Germany, Austia-Hungary, Normandy, Celtic Union, Scandinavia, Polynesia, China, and the Mayan Empire against the World Entente of Russia, England, Wales, France, Virginia, Japan, Serbia, and Phoenicia.

Battles are waged all across the world. In Europe, the French cannot hold back the storm that the Normans and Germans give them and Paris is almost captured. The British managed to land soldiers in France in enough time to stop the Norman and German attack. With more Central Power soldiers in the Western Front the Germans the Germans hold back the invasion of Eastern Prussia by defeating the Russians at Tannenberg in a complete victory; the Russians were forced out of Germany by the Germans and Austria-Hungary (with German support) defeats the Russians in the Battle of Galicia and forcing the second Russian offensive to retreat. The Russians were then forced on the defensive for most of remaining part of the war.

In the Brendanias, the Virginians launched attacks against Norse Colonies while the Russians launched an attack from their own. Virginia also launched attacks in Celtic Union territory. The Russians launched invasions into Chinese territory while Mayan and Welsh ships clash in the Caribbean and soldiers clash on their borders. Phoenicia manages to have some success at first but as soon as the first Norman reinforcements come their offensive bogs down. In the Atlantic, superior Norse ships blockade England while Celtic ships blockade Wales. The Norse also won the Battle of Vinland, preventing a Entente blockade of Norse colonies. Meanwhile the Polynesians launched attacks into Welsh South Brendania and blockade their Pacific coasts.

In the Pacific and Asia, Polynesia attacks Japanese controlled (their was a short conflict in 1898 known as the Spanish-Japanese War, from which Japan got the Philipines) Philipines. The island suffers heavy fighting but is taken by 1915. By then it is occupied, not subdued. China is forced to fend off attacks from Russia in the north and Japanese raids in the east. Japan manages to forced a blockade of China.

As the world is engulf in warfare many new types of warfare will break out: Trench warafe, gas attacks, aeroplanes, submarines, bayonet charges, tanks, armoured cars, machine guns, and new ways of posistioning of artillery.

1915: The War has entered its second year. In the Brendanias, the Virginians begin the year with the Christmas Offensive, a huge offensive against Norse posistions. The offensive has mostly ground to a halt with the Norse indotrucing trenches into the fight. Virginia however has one of the newest weapons of war: the aeroplane. The aeroplane, invented in 1904, performs reconnasince and bombings. Bombings were not accurate however with limited technology. In Germany, a new type of airplane is released: the Fokker Eindecker. This airplane was one of the greatest in the world, and once given to the Norse to use it changed the tide of dogfights to their advantage. The Virginians and Norse also clashed at the Battle of Kensington where desperate Norse defenders were attempting to stop the Virginians to cross the Great Lakes into Norse territory. Battles also broke out between the Norse and the Russians. The Norse were holding back against the Russians while the Chinese launched an attack into Russian colonies and the Russian Far East.

1916: The Norse has finally been defeated at Kensington and have placed there Great Lakes Fleet on high alert in case of any crossing. They had air superiorty until the summer of 1916 when Virginia got new models and finally defeated the German Fokker Eindeckers. With air superiorty they launched an attack into the Great Lakes while Russia launched another offensive to take back lands taken from them by the Norse and Chinese. While the Russians made some gains the Norse Great Lakes Fleet managed to destroy most of the Virginian landing fleet. The Virginians could replace the fleet though and construction began right away. Stalemates were continuing all across the Brendanias with the the Mayans and Welsh stuck along their borders in Central America.

In Europe, the Battle of the Somme resulted in a German victory with extra Norman troops. The British and French had suffered tremendous losses (over 650,000 men) and were forced to retreat. The Germans and Normans used this to their advantage and launched an attack into British and French trench lines. The attack is horrendous and the British and French are forced to retreat back to Paris. The Germans and Normans cannot launched another attack as many of their men died.