Timeline (The Great War of the Worlds)

Timeline (Pre-Great War of the Worlds)

 * Summer, June 1896

Bright cylinders fall in the English countryside after an unusual meteor shower. Locals come with interest and British military authorities surround the landing sites. At the moment of opening they leave unknown war machines and begin to attack the surroundings of the cylinders. British artillery knocks down some, but they are overwhelmed.


 * July 1896

London burns with flames and the British government relocates to Inverness, Scotland. Much of the rest of the world is unaware of what is happening in the British Isles, but France begins to mobilize its navy to the English Channel in case the mysterious creatures that plague Britain (many French believe they may be of German origin), as well as fortifies its border with Germany, should it decide to "attack" it as well.


 * August 1896

After weeks of being cut off from the rest of the world, British troops retake London and find dozens of wrecked alien war machines on the streets of the capital. Something or someone annihilated them. Some speculate that it was the wrath of God, others that it was earthly bacteria, no one knows for sure. American astronomers confirm that the cylinders came from Mars, as noted due to certain fluctuations in his admosphere. It is disconcerting, due to the fact that the Martian orbit is still far from the Terrestrial orbit.


 * December 1896

The British government analyses the remains of the enemy war machines in order to find out how they worked and how they were annihilated. Scientists are surprised to find complete plates of the strange metal, despite having hundreds of marks of bullets and projectiles embedded. It is made public for the rest of the world what happened during the weeks that lasted the now called "Martian Incursion".


 * March 1897

Grover Cleveland, president of the USA and Felix Faure, French ruler, extended their support to Queen Victoria for the reconstruction of England and Wales, the most affected parts of the country. Although initially accepted with some reluctance, foreign aid would be accepted.