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, during the early settlement period of the region.
• 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. Probably this was the period of reconstruction after the War ravaged the city.

PERPLEX CITY	EARTH	EVENT
Early History Of The Perplex City Region
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
The Height of The War
5 BC	1732	Cycling Research Efforts
February		Lancewood Labs open, on Hobbs Island, Lancewood Archipelago, Vianne Adamek present.
March 4th		First sample arrives PR1 Lancewood Labs. Intense optical and magnetic observation, using resonance imaging.
March 4th		Label in PRI (Lancewood Labs) "Specimens" shipment, from Viendenbourg, to Lancewood. Test materials, one assumes.
March 10th		Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 0.17s. "Must increase - exponential effects."
March 12th		Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 0.2s.
June 2nd		Lancewood Labs achieve max coherence 1.3s "but power spikes. Change silicon doping?"
July		Lancewood Labs - "Doping began last month .... increases coherence time, easier control."
November		Lancewood Labs - "Breakthrough! Molecular processors. Must interface with own systems to dampen loops. Coherence at 9s."
late in the year		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.
year end		Lancewood Labs - Material Research and Control Project receive present from Academy Computer Science Division.
4 BC	1733
April		"Site survey and inspection. By Dr. Malcolm Kennard, Academy Exploratory Research Scientist and Military Liaison," of Lancewood Lab.
June		Lancewood level 3 excavated.
October		Parts for "anti-air battery" arrive at Lancewood.
2 BC	1735
June		Lancewood Labs become "self-sufficient" in power.
November		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		Anthony Granier proposes "Northern Expedition" to Vianne Adamek. "Must discover method to mine and safely transport more material". Requests political support.
1 BC	1736	GRANIER & WAR CREST
March 10th		Anthony Granier & Edwina Mountling embark on "Northern expedition" belived to be to Viendenbourg.
March 17th		Granier diary - everyone within a 12 mile radius of the experiment will be affected.
March 19th		Granier visits mine, enough material has been extracted, it may prove the salvation of the City.
end March		Granier diary - rain has been stopping mining. Thinks Cube worship is old fashioned.
April		"Problems" with Viehattle. Causes rumbles along border, but ceasefire holds.
April 7th		Granier and Mountling pick 2 male subjects who will die as a result of the experiment.
April 8th		Granier diary - experiment conducted, awful spectacle.
April 13th		Granier diary - Mountling concludes from readings taken during the experiment that the "entire place will be destroyed".
April 21st		Granier and Mountling have become involved.
April 29th		Mountling confesses to Granier that "Your master I believe does not wish that our experiments here should benefit only the city. To be blunt, my lord, I have been sent here to ensure that certain matters, certain elements of knowledge should be kept only for her, and for the group of loyal scholars she has formed. She wishes the power for herself. To do what, I know not."
June		Lancewood Labs - Targeting range and precision improved, but horizon is still unstable, and functioning is highly susceptible to electromagnetic? fields. Engineers state that 'facsimile thought processors are so small they can be overwhelmed by the material's functions'.
September		First mass material shipment, from Viendenbourg, to Lancewood.
December		Dr Kennard and Dr Cook die in an accident. Other safety lapses are reported. Vianne Adamek assigns Anthony Granier to replace Kennard, with "full adinistrative authority", reporting directly to Adamek. The 'General Purpose Self-Contained Material System (Cubic)' project requires massive resources and involves many people outside Lancewood. Edwina Mountling to retain authority over scientific areas.
December		A group of Viehattle spies discovered at Lancewood Labs. Jonathan Sikander leaks information and is sentenced to execution on Granier's orders. Mary and David Ward confined and "aggressively questioned". Viehattle ends the cease-fire, joins with Anjsbourg, and declares war on Perplex City. Military intelligence at the time suggests this is connected to the leaked info on Lancewood's materials research.
December 21		Solstice of the Cube. Sikander is executed by firing squad. The Wards are confined.
0 AC	1737	WAR END
January		Anthony Granier arrives at Lancewood, and becomes Government Liaison for the Lancewood Labs.
February		Construction of GP-SCMS (the General Purpose Self-Contained Material System [Cubic]) begins. Some scientists call it the 'Cube'. Mountling states that "Our last attempt at compensating for EM interference failed, so I had no choice but to authorise construction of the Quiet Room. Woad will not be happy, but Adamek assures me she can deal with her."
March		Vianne Adamek visits the Quiet Room. She and Mountling discuss the Cube's capability for thought.
May 1st		Reports from spies in Viehattle indicate that the enemy has "set objects in the firmament. These weapons defy all natural law. We must now live in constant fear of what may drop upon us from the very skies."
July 13th		Granier announces "a triumph worthy of all we have dreamed!" He makes plans to leave Lancewood with some of his colleagues (sans Edwina Mountling) and go to 'the City'.
August		Viendenbourg falls to Viehattle after fierce fighting, according to the Vanguard newspaper.
Date unknown		Catbite Gorge created, devasting a huge section of the city.
Date unknown		End of The War; Beginning of the "modern" era.
The Modern Era
0 - 22	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
187 AC	1924	A political scandal known as the Rose Crescent Affair
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 named Djinn sweeps the City
268 AC	2005	Nachman Assaf solves the Inventus Puzzle
"	"	Serena Duncan wins PCAG championship.
"	"	Joya's daughter, Allegra Melody born
"	"	Roll For Damage's eighth album, Take Initiative released.
269 AC	2006	20 Feb - 26 Sep. Known dates of cube material experiments upon dogs and humans at Viendenbourg. See VHC tempfile and Lab reports.
"	"	Ryan Cahill wins PCAG championship.
"	"	18-OCT-06 - Nathan Earlywine elected to office of City Council leader.
"	"	20-OCT-06 - Executive Order NE-3309 takes effect, shutting down the link to Earth, until it is repealed 15-JAN-07.
270 AC	2007	Present Day
"	"	Myra Champaign wins PCAG championship.