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 Coalition

• 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• 1867: Crisis of sovereignty is resolved by Second Treaty of Venice - Mainland garrison is withdrawn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

• 1919: Pennsy and Monon are both annexed

• 1927- 1929: The Great War: Oranjestad supports the Overtakers, who ultimately lost the war

• 1930: 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"

• 1932: 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: Dukeside National Park is created

• 1940-1945: Oranjestad is occupied and subsequently annexed by invading Exton. The nation is liberated by Allied forces between Sept 1944 and Jan 1945

1951-2000

• 1955: Voynich votes to join Oranjestad

• 1962: Blackmill comes under direct Oranjestad colonial control

• 1970: Dillman Farm is sold to Oranjestad - becomes the Brahmin Beach neighborhood

• 1976: Falsterbro National Park is created

• 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

• 2018: A humanitarian mission to Havana brings the area under de facto Oranjestad rule

• 2018-2019: All colonial possessions were relinquished to other world powers as part of Oranjestad's pivot toward consolidation and centralization, and the occupation of Havana was concluded

• 2021-22: In a semi-reversal of their decolonization efforts, several native villages are added under Oranjestad protection upon their discovery in the far reaches of the world in an effort to keep slavers away (namely Zhenskian orcs).

• 2023: The Technocore_Siege takes place over a six week period. The TechnoCore is eventually defeated, and the city is rejuvenated by a series of societal reforms, a new banner, and a new name, New Orange City.