Timeline of Oranjestad

This is a non-exhaustive chronology of Oranjestad-related events, which may reflect political events and important global events that have influenced the development of present-day Oranjestad.

9th Century through 15th Century

" 841: Uninhabited Oranjestad wilderness given to Elkheim Priory by High Cube Clermont II " 963: Region comes under personal possession of House Torrance after ancestral lands are traded with Elkheim Priory " 965: Oranjestad is declared a County by Mainland rulers, with House Torrance ruling over the area " 1235: Skylan is first founded as a duchy within the Kingdom of New Haven " 1451: Pemmican is first founded as a Mainland port " 1477: Lands default to direct Mainland rule after House Torrance becomes extinct " 1498: Skylan becomes an independent kingdom

16th through 18th Century

" 1545: Coda is first founded as a Mainland colony " 1574: Region is elevated from County to Duchy by Mainland rulers " 1684-1697: Skylan Occupation of Oranjestad " 1686: Formation of the Eastern League " 1687-1697: War of the Grand Alliance " 1697: Oranjestad reclaimed as a Mainland possession in the Treaty of Fat-Llama " 1778: Gala neighborhood is founded as a resupply depot during the Ghastreach Crisis " 1795-1815: Second Occupation by Skylan

19th Century

" 1810-1815: War of the Grand Coaltion " 1813: Wolf Island, Dukedom, FridayFunLand, Alpha Forest (still under Athitican control) ceded to Mainland " 1815: Congress of Alqualonde, giving Oranjestad official independence and control over the colonies of Coda, Pemmican, Etouffee, and Garbanzo " 1815: Lord Nebbers I declared monarch " 1823: Voynich is discovered by Oranjestad explorers " 1828: Shadynasty is founded as a military post and medical center " 1833: Alfa Beach, then called Isfahan, is first founded " 1837: Blackmill is purchased by Summit Fruit Company, an Oranjestad-based conglomerate " 1838: Buckingham Green is declared an Oranjestad possession " 1842: Oranjestad is integrated into the Eastern Economic Prosperity Zone, along with Petra, Shan-ning, Fraser, and New Ann Arbor " 1857: Reeder is founded as Andolini, south of Fraggle Rock quarry " 1867: Crisis of sovereignty is resolved by Second Treaty of Venice - Mainland garrison is withdrawn " 1867: Rex Kwon Do and Waldorph are ceded to Oranjestad " 1870: Irvington founded as an independent community " 1870: Cosmic Space Worm City is founded inside the abandoned Fraggle Rock quarry " 1871: Haverhill is incorporated into Oranjestad. Lusus Caverns are first discovered. " 1872: Skylan area formally ceded to Oranjestad " 1880: Big League is occupied by Oranjestad " 1882: Homestead neighborhood is annexed " 1890-1901: Oranjestad government is transitioned to a constitutional monarchy - the first Oranjestad Constitution is written during this time

1901-1950

" 1902: Isfahan (present day Alfa Beach) and Irvington are annexed into Metropolitan Oranjestad " 1908: Saturn Valley region is annexed " 1908: Pemmican is destroyed by a major earthquake " 1910: Gerlach becomes an Oranjestad colony " 1914-1918: First World War - allied troops are stationed in the country, but the country is largely spared from fighting " 1919: Pennsy and Monon are both annexed " 1920: Civil unrest in the wake of significant political upheaval throughout the world after the War bring about a second Oranjestad Constitution, reorganizing the nation as a "Grand Republic" " 1922: Second Constitution is ratified " 1929: Big League is officially ceded to Oranjestad by Ebethron " 1931: The Leopard Mountains are first charted and claimed for Oranjestad " 1940-1945: Oranjestad is occupied and subsequently annexed by invading Athitica. The nation is liberated by Allied forces between Sept 1944 and Jan 1945 " Dillman Farm is sold to Oranjestad - becomes the Brahmin Beach neighborhood

1951-2000

" 1955: Voynich votes to join Oranjestad " 1962: Blackmill comes under direct Oranjestad colonial control " 1980: De facto colonial control of Anchorhead " 1980: Reeder (then called Andolini) is destroyed by an F4 tornado " 1984: Oranjestad Constitution is amended to allow government to be reorganized as a Technocratic Republic, giving key industries permanent positions within the government " 1990: Lusus neighborhood is formed by the TechnoCore

2001-Present

" 2005: Cosmic Space Worm City is destroyed by Hurricane Jimmy " 2015: Gala neighborhood collapses " 2015: A portion of Cosmic Space Worm City is drained and rehabilitated by Franklin Trudeau