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• 1867: Crisis of sovereignty is resolved by Second Treaty of Venice - Mainland garrison is withdrawn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