Age of Expansion

16262 - 22000

AD 16262: First recorded civilizations emerge on Caldari

AD 16470: The first Amarr Emperor is crowned

AD 17453: The Raata Empire is formed, laying the foundation for what will later become the Caldari State

AD 17670: The Cathura Rebellion takes place on Caldari (ref: Taught Thoughts)

AD 18622: Four distinct civilizations develop on Matar. They gradually become aware of each other, but primitive technology keeps them from maintaining steady contact

AD 20022: The Udorians arrive on the Amarr continent, spurring the static Amarr society into a period of rapid change

AD 20078: The Reclaiming is launched. The Amarrians start a war to conquer all the lands on Athra

AD 20371: The Amarrians conquer the last Udorian state

AD 20374: (Approx) Minmatar tribes amalgamate, forming a planetary culture

AD 20544: The Amarrians conquer the last state on Athra. They now control the whole planet

AD 20998: The Raata Empire falls and is divided into myriad small states

AD 21290: The Amarr build their first star gate, between Amarr and Hedion. This sparks a period of great expansion for the Empire

AD 21346: (Approx) Emperor Zaragram II takes power in the Amarr Empire (ref: City of God)

AD 21413: The first Minmatar space ship is built. During the next centuries, the Minmatar settle on a number of planets and moons in three systems, using ancient star gates

AD 21423: The Amarrians discover the Ealurians and subsequently conquer them in the spirit of the Reclaiming

AD 21460: Emperor Zaragram II’s reign ends and the Council of Apostles comes into power in Amarr, purifying the faith and preserving the original scriptures through the Order of St. Tetrimon (ref: The Cult of Tetrimon)

AD 21656: Doule dos Rouvenor comes into power on the continent of Garoun on the Gallente homeworld, spawning a period of great cultural and technological progress

AD 21714: Doule dos Rouvenor III inherits his father’s crown, starting a new calendar based on his ascension, the Age of Rouvenor (AR)

AD 21837: The Garoun Empire collapses, but its legacy remains and rapid technological advances are made among the Gallente

AD 21875: The Moral Reforms start. The status of the Emperor alters and the power of the Apostles is curbed

AD 21950: The Moral Reforms end (ref: The Cult of Tetrimon)

22001 - YC 0

AD 22355: First contact between the Amarr and the Minmatar. Amarr immediately raid the Minmatar nation for slaves, an activity they will continue for 125 years

AD 22463: The Gallente spot the Caldari on Caldari Prime but are unable to establish contact

AD 22480: The Amarr escalate their slave raids into a war of conquest against the Minmatar, invade and conquer Matar, leave other worlds alone for the time being

AD 22517: First contact between Gallente and Caldari

AD 22588: The Gallente and the Caldari build their first stargate out of VH-451, sparking a period of expansion which mostly benefits the Gallente

AD 22631: The Cultural Deliverance Society (CDS) arrives on Caldari

AD 22684: Isuuaya, the first Caldari corporation, is established

AD 22794: First contact between the Gallente and the Intaki

AD 22809: First contact between the Gallente and the Mannar

AD 22821: The Sotiyo-Urbaata drive, the first warp drive, is built

AD 22947: The Starkmanir tribe is annihilated by Idonis Ardishapur (ref: The Outcast)

AD 23041: Heideran VII becomes Emperor of Amarr; Khanid secedes from the Amarr Empire; the Khanid Kingdom is founded

AD 23044: The Society of Conscious Thought is founded in the Jove Empire

AD 23058: Amarr discovers jump drive technology, allowing instant jumps between systems with no stargates and enabling far more rapid expansion

AD 23121: The Gallente Federation is founded. Caldari are forced by circumstance to join

AD 23146 (Approx): Quafe first appears

AD 23146: FTL Communications are discovered (ref: FTL Communications)

AD 23149: The Jove make themselves known to the Gallente; engage in limited diplomacy

AD 23155: The Gallente-Caldari War begins

AD 23155: The Jovians cut off contact with the Gallente Federation (ref: Theodicy)

AD 23156: The Caldari leave Caldari Prime

AD 23180: First contact between Gallente and Amarr

AD 23191: All four major nations of New Eden have by this point come into contact with each other

AD 23193: The Jove make themselves known to the rest of the four empires

AD 23194: The Scope news agency is founded (ref: The Scope)

AD 23210: The Gallente and the Amarr reach the Gallente-Amarr Free Trade Agreement of 23210. (ref: Theodicy)

AD 23216: The Amarr conquer the Eanna planet in the Hror system. The Amarr-Jove war takes place, in which the Amarr are crushed. The Minmatar Rebellion takes place

AD 23224: The Jovians give capsule technology to the Caldari

AD 23233: CONCORD is founded by the five empires

AD 23236 (YC 0): Eden Standard Time (EST) is agreed upon by world leaders at the historic Yoiul Conference. A period of accelerated space colonization by independent parties begins

YC 1 - YC 104

YC 4: The Angel Cartel is formed

YC 5: Sansha's Nation begins to form

YC 7: President Aidonis Elabon of the Gallente Federation dies

YC 11: Gallente construction ship containing Ceul Darieux sets out for Ouperia (ref: Old Man Star)

YC 12: The Gallente-Caldari War ends

YC 37: Sansha Kuvakei's experiments are uncovered, and his nation is attacked and dismantled by the four empires. Sansha himself is killed YC 55: Ceul Darieux reaches Ouperia system (ref: Old Man Star)

YC57: Ceul Darieux builds stargate to Ouperia, becomes international celebrity, founds CreoDron (Ref: Old Man Star)

YC 75: Salvador Sarpati purchases the Serpentis system and starts building his organization there

YC 80: InterBus is formed (ref: The InterBus)

YC 95: The Girani-Fa incident between the Amarr and the Gallente is defused by the Quafe Company

YC 96: The Guristas pirate cartel is formed by two defectors from the Caldari Navy, known as Fatal and The Rabbit

YC 100: Dorn en Diabel dies in a freak accident. His oldest son, Gare en Diabel, inherits his father’s position of power in the Syndicate (ref: Silphy)