Timeline:History

General

Shortcut T:H

2006 on Earth corresponds to 269AC in Perplex City. Perplex City years are the same length as Earth years, with the same months and dates. The years are designated with "BC" and "AC". 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 years 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.

Ancient History to Beginning Of Game

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
February 5 BC	February 1732	Lancewood Labs open, on Hobbs Island, Lancewood Archipelago, Vianne Adamek present.
March 4th 5 BC	March 4th 1732	First sample arrives PR1 Lancewood Labs. Intense optical and magnetic observation, using resonance imaging.
March 4th 5 BC	March 4th 1732	Label in PRI (Lancewood Labs) "Specimens" shipment, from Viendenbourg, to Lancewood. Test materials, one assumes.
March 10th 5 BC	March 10th 1732	Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 0.17s. "Must increase - exponential effects."
March 12th 5 BC	March 12th 1732	Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 0.2s.
June 2nd 5 BC	June 2nd 1732	Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 1.3s "but power spikes. Change silicon doping?"
July 5 BC	July 1732	Lancewood Labs - "Doping began last month .... increases coherence time, easier control."
November 5 BC	November 1732	Lancewood Labs - "Breakthrough! Molecular processors. Must interface with own systems to dampen loops. Coherence at 9s."
late 5 BC	late 1732	Memo from Edwina Mountling Head of Lancewood to Vianne Adamek. Lancewood Labs achieve 10s coherence by doping with other compounds. More programmers requested from the Perplex City Academy.
end 5 BC	end 1732	Lancewood Labs - Material Research and Control Project receive present from Academy Computer Science Division.
April 4 BC	April 1733	"Site survey and inspection. By Dr. Malcolm Kennard, Academy Exploratory Research Scientist and Military Liaison," of Lancewood Lab.
June 4 BC	June 1733	Lancewood level 3 excavated.
October 4 BC	October 1733	Parts for "anti-air battery" arrive at Lancewood.
June 2 BC	June 1735	Lancewood Labs become "self-sufficient" in power.
November 2 BC	November 1735	Lancewood Labs - More material required. Beginning to reach physical limits. "Received proposal for combining material with facsimile thought. Even optical connects are too slow - material needs embedded reflexive controller."
December 2 BC	December 1735	Anthony Granier proposes "Northern Expedition" to Vianne Adamek. "Must discover method to mine and safely transport more material". Requests political support.
March 1 BC	March 1736	Anthony Granier & Edwina Mountling embark on "Northern expedition"
April 1 BC	April 1736	"Problems" with Viehattle. Causes rumbles along border, but ceasefire holds.
September 1 BC	September 1736	First mass material shipment, from Viendenbourg, to Lancewood.
December 1 BC	December 1736	The Viehattle Group discovered at Lancewood Labs. Jonathan Sikander leaks information and is executed on Grainer's orders. Mary and David Ward confined and "aggressively questioned". Viehattle ends the cease-fire, joins with Anjsbourg, and declares war on Perplex City.
December 1 BC	December 1736	An accident of some sort causes the deaths of Dr Kennard and Dr Cook. Vianne Adamek tells Edwina Mountling that Anthony Granier will replace Kennard, with "full adinistrative authority", reporting directly to Adamek. The 'General Purpose Self-Contained Material System (Cubic) using massive resources and involving many people outside Lancewood. There have been safety lapses. Mountling to retain authority over scientific areas.
January 0 BC	January 1737	Anthony Granier arrives at Lancewood, and becomes Government Liaison for the Lancewood Labs.
0 BC	1737	End of The War; Beginning of the "modern" era.
0 BC - 22 AD	1737 - 1759	Hiatus of celebration of the midwinter festivals and games
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
255 AC	1992	Development of the first generation of Ceretin begins
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
"	"	First Generation of Ceretin ("Ceretin G1") is released to the public
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.
265 AC	2002	Skip Applebaum recieves The Mintz Award for a series of public-domain columns he has written.
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://www.perplexcitymap.com/timeline/ - Daffy (archived)
• 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