Major Events Timeline

This article seeks to provide a straightforward timeline of events, categorized in Rustyan Standard Time Units (OUR YEARS DINGUS)

~500,000 BCE

 * A catastrophic natural disaster takes place on San'Shal, lowering global temperatures by over 20°c on average over the course of the next several thousand years.
 * Idk if it's possible but maybe the shruf existed back then idk bro kinda quirky

2nd Millennia
The 2nd Millennia is often referred to by scholars as the end of the technological dark age, as the first ships leave their respective homeworlds for parts unknown. The latter half of the century sees the rise of interstellar Confederation propagation, and the first Human trips into space.

1670s

 * 4 April 1673: The Great Alliance of Four forms between Hi'Virai, Eastern Awecsuul, Alia, and Hia'þhaľ-Csonan over disputes regarding resources in the Arley Gap.

1680s

 * 29 December 1689: The crew of Valiant Dawn Treader 13, the 3rd mission to Vetnir, touches down on the surface of the planet, marking the first instance of sentient life on another world.

1720s

 * 8 March 1724: Beginning of the War of the Shelf on San'shal.

1730s

 * 22 September 1731: War of the Shelf ends.
 * 5 May 1736: Formation of the Northern Security Council on San'shal.

1830s

 * 6 June 1831: The Global Liberty Front sparks the San'shal War of National Preservation
 * 12 October 1839: The Battle of the Crag ends the War of National Preservation with a federal victory.

1850s

 * 16 August 1854: The Confederation of San'shal is signed into being, ending the period of the nation-state on the planet.

1890s

 * 1897: The Shruf population surpasses 10 billion including offworld holdings.

1910s

 * 1913: The San'shal Market Crunch occurs, sending the Shruf economy into a tailspin.
 * 19 November 1914: The First Shruf Civil War begins after the Battle of Al'win Gap.

1920s

 * 2 May 1921: The Treatice at Vir'dan is signed, ending the First Shruf Civil War.
 * 16 July 1922: The Great Reform is passed, and the Confederation of San'shal becomes a multiplanetary federaton.

1930s

 * 22 February 1932: Viri'Tia Suria and Ami Ki'tan publish their thesis on FTL travel to the San'shal Scientific Minds Journal.

1950s

 * 1 August 1953: The Ki'tan-Suria Drive undergoes its first successful test, sending the CS'S Ves'tu into interstellar space. This is the first recorded use of Faster Than Light travel.
 * 4 October 1957: Sputnik 1 marks the first object from Earth to reach stable earth, starting the Space Race.

1960s

 * 20 July 1969: The United States of America's Apollo 11 spacecraft lands on the Moon. This is the accepted end of the Space Race.

3rd Millennia
The Third Millennia is often referred to as the "Age of the Stars", as nationstates outside the Coalition begin major interstellar programs. This era is still ongoing.

2000s

 * 2001: Ose'hinaya becomes the first world outside of national capitals to reach a population of 10 million.

2020s

 * 5 February 2024: Rioting across the Confederation and Interplanetary Bloc protests, combined with a General Strike lead to the government committing the massacre on the Eve of the Fallen Sky, beginning the leadup to the 2nd Shruf Civil War
 * 18 December 2024: The 2nd Shruf Civil War begins.
 * 22 November 2028: The first Human torch drive is conceptualized.

2040s

 * 1 March 2041: The Battle at the Cloud sees the 1st Confederation Battlefleet surrender to rebel forces, marking the end of the Civil War. This would lead to the Treaty of Coru'nii, reforming the Confederation into a less centralized federation of planets.

2070s

 * 25 June 2072: First contact is made with Turahal, and the Confederation becomes the first nation to encounter a sapient alien species in the form of the Duraki.

2080s

 * 3 July 2089: Unification talks come to a close and the Duraki are welcomed as equal members of the Confederation, making the Confederation the first multi-species nation in the galaxy.

2110s

 * 4 April 2110: Braco Rustianović publishes Rustyanism: Government in a Spacefaring Society.

2130s

 * 17 March 2136: The Confederation makes first contact with the Vulomini Corporation Trirkal.

2140s

 * 2 July 2141: First Alcubierre warp drive is proven to work, with Anthite as the catalyst.
 * 14 August 2144: United Earth Government determines "Anthite Warp Drives are promising" and allows independent FTL drive development.
 * 17 April 2148: The Outland Colonization Initiative is formed from a number of government and corporate partners with the aim of colonizing the Eden region.
 * 2 January 2149: First Corporate-sponsored Colony Ships leave the Sol system in a massive wave, marking potentially the largest single interstellar colonization attempt.

2150s

 * 24 April 2150: First UEG colony ships arrive in the Eden region.
 * 15 June 2151: The Havilahan race makes itself known by attacking a colony of Evangelical settlers on Havilah V. The OCI petitions the UEG for aid. UEG Navy's 5th Fleet is dispatched- one of humanity's first interstellar military actions. The Unsung War begins.
 * 22 February 2152: Rustyan activists reveal coalescence. Human Civil War begins. Rustyan Unified Peoples is proclaimed.

2160s

 * 19 November 2163: Human Civil War ends, with a Rustyan victory. Rustyan Unified Peoples renames self to Rustyan Star Collective.
 * 9 February 2164: The OCI and Havilahan queens sign the New Qingdao Accords, ending the Unsung War.
 * 2 March 2164: The OCI proclaims its reorganization into the Free Republic of Eden, officially declaring independence.