Timeline of Oranjestad
From The Shire
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- 1867: Crisis of sovereignty is resolved by Second Treaty of Venice - Mainland garrison is withdrawn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
- 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
- 1998: Aeolus Remnants appeared above Olde Orangetown thanks to a trans-dimensional rift
2001-Present
- 2001: Aeolus Remnants drifts away from it's Olde Orangetown moorings and sinks to ground level between Aboite and Budapest
- 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