Rename this page [[Timeline:History]], as per Scott's [[Talk:Trails]] suggestion.

===General===

Current year in Perplex City is 269 AC. Years are the same length as Earth years, with the same months and dates.

Years are designated with "BC" and "AC", originally thought to refer to "Before Cube" and "After Cube". Though with the [[Receda Cube]] only being discovered in 7AC (1744) this is unlikely. [http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcityacademy.com/29.04.05/museum2.html Cube History]

* See [[Calendar]] for more on this topic.

Also note, we know of a number of periods of time which have been referred to, though we dont have a good sense of when these happened. These include:
*[[Pre-Hausam]] period - seems to be about two to three thousand tears ago
*[[The War]] - took place just before the Modern Era.
*[[Parencycle period]] of architecture - took place around the early 100s, and includes the [[Milamont Theatres]]
*[[Resurgence]] period - seems to be about one to two hundred years ago.

*'''NOTE: Daffy889 has built a very sharp timeline over here:'''
** http://daffy.aglami.net/pxctimeline/
** While this wiki recognizes the strengths of his work, and we are quite willing to recomend all users refer to his timeline, there is also something to be said fFor having everything in one place. Users are encouraged to use his page as an impressive display with topics and references and all, and use this listing as a point of convenience.

===Ancient History to Beginning Of Game===

{|
|-
| '''[[Perplex City|PERPLEX CITY]]'''
| '''EARTH'''
| '''EVENT'''
|-
| 3500 BC
| 18th Century BCE
| [[Perplex City]] history begins
|-
| 3000 BC
| 13th Century BCE
| Loose settlements become stable
|-
| 2000 BC
| 3rd Century BCE
| Evidence of great technical advancements
|-
| 1250 BC
| 487
| Slow but steady progress in the city's development
|-
| 700 BC
| 1037
| City went through a period of modest expansion
|-
| 573 BC
| 1164
| [[Academy]] Founded
|-
| 571 BC
| 1166
| Group of scholars take residence in the city
|-
| 452 BC
| 1285
| Academy's first significant expansion
|-
| 443 BC
| 1294
| [[Aetiant Taversen]] becomes the first Academy 'Master'
|-
| 325 BC
| 1412
| Academy introduces its own league in several games, setting up the premise of the [[PCAG]]
|-
| 250 BC
| 1487
| [[Ellen Poor]] studies at academy
|-
| 246 BC
| 1491
| [[Ellen Poor]] leaves academy to open a tea house
|-
| 245 BC
| 1492
| [[Helios Noi]] returns to the City
|-
| 243 BC
| 1494
| [[Helios Noi]] offered Academy Mastership - Declines
|-
| 226 BC
| 1511
| Death of [[Helios Noi]]
|-
| 190? BC
| 1547?
| White square dropped from the game of Twin-wheel
|-
| 179 BC
| 1558
| Unknown quote from Sente's first letter
|-
| 172 BC
| 1565
| Academy [[Museum]] founded
|-
| 170 BC
| 1567
| Judiciary Pogroms. [[Faith Giordana]]: criminal mastermind.
|-
| 70 BC - 0 BC
| 1667
| [[The War]], in various forms.
|-
| 47 BC
| 1690
| Academy sinks into temporary academic despond
|-
| 35 BC
| 1702
| Stories of "Ilja and Anja", the ghost children, begin; see: [[The War]].
|-
| 23 BC
| 1714
| Death of Master [[Victor Mardian]]
|-
| 22 BC
| 1715
| [[Vianne Adamek]] elected Academy Master
|-
| 17 BC
| 1720
| [[Vianne Adamek]] suggests an "overall champion" of [[PCAG]]
|-
| 1 BC
| 1736
| [[Anthony Granier]] & [[Edwina Mountling]] embark "Northern expedition"
|-
| 0 BC - 22 AD
| 1737 - 1759
| Hiatus of celebration of the midwinter festivals and games
|-
| 0 BC
| 1737
| End of [[The War]]; Beginning of the "modern" era.
|-
| 1 AC
| 1738
| Switch from BC to AC
|-
| 7 AC
| 1744
| [[Receda Cube]] Discovered
|-
| 37 AC
| 1774
| [[Games Plaza]] built by [[William Henderson]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Perplex City Museum]] Opens
|-
| 75 AC
| 1812
| [[Perplex City Zoo]] opens, after the closure of [[The Old Town Zoo]]
|-
| 81 AC
| 1818
| [[Tanhill Botanic Gardens]] built
|-
| 89 AC
| 1826
| [[Sentinel]] founded
|-
| 107 AC
| 1844
| [[Sentinel]] and [[Vanguard]] merge
|-
| 115 AC
| 1852
| Death of [[Redward Innes]]
|-
| 137 AC
| 1874
| [[Sentinel]] purchased by the [[Heathcote Group]]
|-
| 138 AC
| 1875
| [[Emmi Hartlin]] begins editing the [[Sentinel]]
|-
| 148 AC
| 1885
| [[S. Marchant]] quote from City Archives
|-
| 156 AC
| 1893
| [[Emmi Hartlin]] retires
|-
| 167 AC
| 1904
| "Great Political Scandals"
|-
| 173 AC
| 1910
| 700th anniversary of the [[Academy]]'s founding
|-
| 174 AC
| 1911
| [[Sentinel]]'s investigative work leads to resignation of [[Perplex City Council]] and seven deputies
|-
| 175 AC
| 1912
| Last criminal case to be declared a mistrial
|-
| 188 AC
| 1925
| Landmark statue at [[Scott Young Memorial Plaza]] built
|-
| 200 AC
| 1937
| [[The Second Archway]] Built
|-
| 223 AC
| 1960
| [[Sanjean Adamek]] has a series of wins at the [[PCAG]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Sente Kiteway]] joins Academy cryptology department
|-
| 228 AC
| 1965
| [[Receda Cube]] goes on public display in Academy [[museum]]
|-
| 229 AC
| 1966
| [[Sente]] works as a Junior Fellow at the [[Academy]]
|-
| 230 AC
| 1967
| [[Sente]] published seminal work on cryptological mathematics
|-
| 234 AC
| 1971
| [[Ruth Coralhouse]] & [[Horatio]] Flynn win [[Ikonnikov Prize]]
|-
| 235 AC
| 1972
| [[Adamek]] publishes book - "Intricate Design"
|-
| "
| "
| Last serious attempt at [[Cube]] theft
|-
| 237 AC
| 1974
| [[Alyce Turnbull]] creates the [[Inventus Puzzle]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Sente]] takes up a senior position at [[Centrifuge]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Centric Artificial Rainforest]] built from inflatable modular sections
|-
| 239 AC
| 1976
| [[Ruth Coralhouse]] & [[Horatio Flynn]] win [[Ikonnikov Prize]]. Again.
|-
| "
| "
| [[East Dalia Way]] becomes pedestrian-only
|-
| 240 AC
| 1977
| Professor [[Estelle Sedgewick]] becomes Senior Fellow of Languages
|-
| 241 AC
| 1978
| [[Hunan Mansoor]]'s company MPG becomes part of [[Key Surety]]
|-
| 242 AC
| 1979
| [[Violet Kiteway]] Born
|-
| "
| "
| [[Whipsmart ice cream]] established
|-
| 243 AC
| 1980
| [[Jonathan Smart]] becomes member of [[PCBC]] board
|-
| 246 AC
| 1983
| [[Hunan Mansoor]] wins Academy's Cryptological prize
|-
| 248 AC
| 1985
| [[Astrid Lindstrom]] wins [[PCAG]] championship
|-
| "
| "
| Public foreign-language debate over the environmental policies of the Council
|-
| "
| "
| [[Scarlett Kiteway]] Born
|-
| 250 AC
| 1987
| [[Ruth Coralhouse]] retires from [[Academy]]
|-
| 252 AC
| 1989
| Professor [[Adamek]] becomes Senior Fellow of Arts
|-
| "
| "
| [[Sente]] returns to the [[Academy]]
|-
| 253 AC
| 1990
| [[Astrid Lindstrom]] wins [[Allanson Prize]]
|-
| 256 AC
| 1993
| [[Robert Solitano]] wins [[PCAG]] languages section
|-
| 258 AC
| 1995
| [[Ahuva Qui]] becomes a commentator for the Political News
|-
| "
| "
| [[Jonathan Smart]] becomes CEO of [[PCBC]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Margaret Wildwood]] wins [[Raschid Prize]]
|-
| 260 AC
| 1997
| [[Inari Ekeba]] becomes [[PCAG]]'s resident astronomical puzzle setter
|-
| 261 AC
| 1998
| [[Ahuva Qui]] wins [[Borek prize]]
|-
| "
| "
| Professor [[Inari Ekeba]] becomes Senior Fellow of Natural Sciences
|-
| "
| "
| [[Robert Solitano]] wins [[Sperka prize]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Sente]] becomes Chairman of the [[Carrick Foundation]]
|-
| 262 AC
| 1999
| [[Armand Levi]] moves from journalism to politics
|-
| "
| "
| Professor [[Margaret Wildwood]] becomes Senior Fellow of Social Sciences
|-
| 263 AC
| 2000
| [[Carrick Foundation]] names [[Sedgewick Travel Bursary]] in honour of [[Estelle Sedgewick]]
|-
| "
| "
| Professor [[Hunan Mansoor]] becomes Senior Fellow of Cryptology
|-
| "
| "
| [[Sente]] becomes Master of the [[Academy]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Mobius Strip]] "Figure of Eight" completed.
|-
| 264 AC
| 2001
| [[Rebecca Croft]] wins the Alexander Prize in music.
|-
| "
| "
| [[Centre for Reality Research]] opens.
|-
| 266 AC
| 2003
| [[Janna Gold]] selected as the Rejian Fellow
|-
| "
| "
| Professor [[Astrid Lindstrom]] becomes Senior Fellow of [[Mathematics and Logic]]
|-
| 267 AC
| 2004
| [[Receda Cube]] Stolen from The [[Academy]]
|-
| "
| "
| [[Ryan Cahill]] wins [[PCAG]] Championship
|-
| "
| "
| Security analysis reports from [[Academy Museum]] leaked.
|-
| "
| "
| Surprise virus sweeps the City
|-
| 268 AC
| 2005
| [[Nachman Assaf]] solves the [[Inventus Puzzle]]
|-
| 269 AC
| 2006
| Present Day
|}

===Sources & Resources===
* http://daffy.aglami.net/ppctimeline.php - [[User:Daffy889|Daffy]]
* http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9219 - Old Unfiction Timeline topic
* http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10131 - 'BC/AC new information' thread

Timeline:History

2006-03-21T08:17:10Z

GuyP: Cutting out in-game timeline...

Talk:Trails

2006-03-21T08:14:52Z

GuyP:

So I was thinking. We should have a page-area, named something like this: [[Timeline:Xxxxxxxxx]]

[[Timeline:History]] - the lengthy and extensive history of PxC back through the beginning of history

[[Timeline:In-game]] - who did what when where and why. Probably GuyP's second half of what is now the ingame timeline

[[Timeline:Meta]] - A listing of stuff which has happened on earth, including pre-game, assorted contacts and sightings, events, etc.

'''optional...'''

[[Timeline:Sentinel Articles]] - ''Redirect'' to sentinel articles by date

[[Timeline:Scarlett's Adventure]] - ''Redirect'' to scarlett's adventure timeline

[[Timeline:Receda Trail]] - ''Redirect'' to receda trail

I will probably make shortcuts on pages as well, so instead of linking to "Timeline:In-game", a person could link to "T:IG", or something. The "meta" section isn't exactly "meta", but I think it's pretty close to what I'm getting at.

Watcha think? I may start implementing this tomorrow.

[[User:Scott|Scott]] 23:41, 20 March 2006 (EST)

''I seem to have buried this edit to the point of not being to fFind it. bumping up; fFeed-back anyone?

Totally agree. "History" is pretty much Daffy's thing, I'll work on finishing my gizmo and the "Earth" one can include stuff like the Syzygy pregame, Receda events, MC news and suchlike. The [[Chapter Timeline]] chronicles some of the early meta stuff, by the way. --[[User:GuyP|GuyP]] 03:14, 21 March 2006 (EST)

2006-03-19T06:04:19Z

GuyP:

#REDIRECT [[Whipsmart]]

Open Design Agency

2006-03-19T06:03:56Z

GuyP:

#REDIRECT [[Open Design]]

Open Design Agency

2006-03-19T06:03:18Z

GuyP:

REDIRECT [[Open Design]]

Trails

2006-03-19T05:30:47Z

GuyP:

[[Timeline]]

[[In-game Timeline]]

[[The Receda Trail]]

[[Theft]]

I'm sure there are others. This shouldnt exactly be a timeline itself. The ganme is a bit ... longish. so a collection of trails and calendars (as the name suggests) should live here.

[[Chapter Timeline]]

{{Stub}}

Abbey Road

2006-03-19T02:19:48Z

GuyP:

In the [[Perplex City Video]] two slides give the details:

* 19th March : 12h-13h GMT
* http://www.abbeyroad.co.uk/virtual_visit/webcam/ : Ask for Dinah

This is suspected that a meet or a event is going to take place on Abbey Road, London. The webcam points to the crossing the beatles made famous on one of there album covers. A team of people are prepared and are travelling to Abbey Road for that time period, in hope of some character interaction or a good puzzle.

==Results==

[[Image:Abbeyroadclue3.jpg|thumb|Clue 3/3]]
On arrival at noon, chrome_halo found a clue taped to the statue on the memorial that can be seen from the Abbey Road webcam. This clue (identifying itself as '3/3') read:

LOST. The Cube.

before handing over any information:

stock market (8)
www.perplexcity.com

[[Image:Abbey_Clue.jpg|thumb|Clue 2/3]]
Shortly afterwards, Reason found another clue crumpled into a ball and placed on top of the wall opposite Abbey Road Studios. Given that it had tape attached to it we suspect it should have been affixed to something but had been removed. This clue (identifying itself as '2/3') read:

LOST. The Cube.

arrive before 13h. she will require a password

ruined on
www.perplexcity.com

[[Image:Abbeyroadcloo1.jpg|thumb|Clue 1/3]]
At this point, growfybruce recognised that the text at the bottom of the notes formed a crossword clue. BoBzOmBiE found the third clue ('1/3') attached to the wall behind the monument (as seen from the webcam).

LOST. The Cube.

Dinah has been delayed at MC but she will

hang exec
www.perplexcity.com

This gives the full crossword clue as "hang exec ruined on stock market (8)". growfybruce pointed out that 'ruined' clues an anagram of 'hang exec' which is EXCHANGE - another word for 'stock market'.

At around 12:45 a woman sat down not too far from us with a stack of envelopes and spaceXplorer asked her if she was Dinah and gave her the password - and in exchange, [[Dinah]] gave each of us an [[Envelope from Dinah|envelope]] containing the [[Perplex City Postcard]] and a [[Abbey Road Print-out|print-out of an email conversation]] (including an encrypted section).

Abbey Road

2006-03-19T02:19:39Z

GuyP: /* Theories */

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2006-03-19T01:23:08Z

GuyP: untested.

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2006-03-18T23:01:16Z

GuyP:

Really top-dollar stuff, people! And there I was still assuming we'd need all the playing symbol cards to solve it.,, --[[User:GuyP|GuyP]] 18:01, 18 March 2006 (EST)