Timeline:History

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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:

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 10th 1 BC March 10th 1736 Anthony Granier & Edwina Mountling embark on "Northern expedition" belived to be to Viendenbourg.
March 17th 1 BC March 17th 1736 Granier diary - everyone within a 12 mile radius of the experiment will be affected.
March 19th 1 BC March 19th 1736 Granier visits mine, enough material has been extracted, it may prove the salvation of the City.
end March 1 BC end March 1736 Granier diary - rain has been stopping mining. Thinks Cube worship is old fashioned.
April 1 BC April 1736 "Problems" with Viehattle. Causes rumbles along border, but ceasefire holds.
April 7th 1 BC April 7th 1736 Granier and Mountling pick 2 male subjects who will die as a result of the experiment.
April 8th 1 BC April 8th 1736 Granier diary - experiment conducted, awful spectacle.
April 13th 1 BC April 13th 1736 Granier diary - Mountling concludes from readings taken during the experiment that the "entire place will be destroyed".
April 21st 1 BC April 21st 1736 Granier and Mountling have become involved.
April 29th 1 BC April 29th 1736 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."
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

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