| Year of the Cardinal |
Event |
| ? |
Terraforming of planets, colonization |
| ? |
Great Exodus: departure from dying Earth, exploration of outer worlds |
| -75 YC (2930 AD) |
Iron Tablet: Imperial Conquistadors reach Pluto; Dark Symmetry is unleashed |
| -73 YC |
Harrison Incident (Discovery of Dimensional Gateways) |
| -53 YC (2952 AD) |
First Corporate Wars |
| -1 YC |
Signing of the Treaty of Heimburg; end of the First Corporate Wars |
| 0 YC (3005 AD) |
Founding of Brotherhood by Nathaniel Durand |
| 0-53 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Nathaniel Durand |
| ~25 YC |
Cartel established |
| 25 YC |
First Seal of Repulsion: Imperial Conquistadors secretly reach Nero (10th planet), break Seal of Repulsion |
| 25 YC (3030 AD) |
Arrival of Dark Apostles: The Dark Legion begins its attacks |
| ~50 YC |
Venusian Crusade |
| 53 YC |
Cardinal Nathaniel Durand I defeats Algeroth, but suffers mortal wound; dies on Luna |
| 53-92 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Alexander Toth |
| ~53 YC |
Edicts of Toth: old technologies banned from use |
| 91 YC |
Toth Purges Darkness from Graveton Archipelago |
| 92-147 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Randolph Petrus I |
| 93 YC |
Fourth Cathedral built in San Dorado on Mars |
| 94 YC |
Saladin's Citadel built on Mars directly opposite position of the Cathedral. Citadel Founding Night Massacre: Capitol organizes bombing run on Saladin's Citadel, gets permission from Imperial to fly over its airspace; Imperial gives permission, then takes opportunity to wipe out most of Capitol's bomber fleet with anti-aircraft fire as it passes overhead. |
| 100 YC |
Nepharite Saladin disappears from Mars; marks of Algeroth, Semai and Muawijhe left on Mars, Phobos and Deimos |
| 100 YC |
Golden Age: Age of Faith; Technology Stagnates |
| 147-201 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Nathaniel Magnificus |
| 201-237 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Pious Alexander II |
| 237-281 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Petrus II |
| 281-336 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand Catonius IV |
| 336-392 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Magnus Toth VI |
| 392-450 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Petrus III |
| 450-499 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Marcus Durand V |
| 499-545 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Alexander VI |
| 545-596 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Randolph II |
| 596-632 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Nathaniel IX "The Invincible" |
| 652-708 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Toth Alexander VIII |
| ~700 YC (3705 AD) |
Throne War of Bauhaus; Imperial War of the Eagles; Graveton Sub-Wars |
| 708-755 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Randolph III |
| 755-810 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand X "The Pure" |
| 783 YC |
Split of House Fieldhausen; Otto and Victor Fieldhausen clash over succession to leadership of House Fieldhausen; Otto prevails; Victor, rather than accepting defeat, defects to Imperial with approximately half of Fieldhausen's holdings, starts Fieldhausen Autowerks |
| 810-854 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Marcon Alexander X |
| 854-903 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Petrus the Elder |
| 903-960 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand XI "The Mad" |
| 908 YC |
Neronian Heresy (multiple claimants to Cardinalship); Mishima Renounces Ties to Brotherhood; Seven Sages teach Mishima the Way |
931-946 YC
(3436-3451 AD) |
The Sad Struggle (Imperial clan wars); Clan Kingsfield and Bartholomew wrest control of Parliament from Clan Murdoch; Kingsfields' allies (including Bartholomew) turn against it, and Clan Kingsfield is all but wiped out; Clan Bartholomew becomes most powerful clan in Parliament |
| 960 YC |
Burning of Luna; Cardinal Durand XI is possessed by Darkness, tries to destroy Luna City, then comes to his senses and, in his grief, commits suicide |
| 960-1012 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Sebastian Toth XIV |
| 1012-1053 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Petrus V |
| 1039 YC |
Siege of Volksburg (Imperial assault on Bauhaus industrial center) |
| 1053-1107 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand XIII "The Bald" |
| 1103 YC (4108 AD) |
Cybertronic Founding Day (September 5); Cybertronic Investments, acting through hundreds of holding companies and agents, orchestrates a stock market crash, and buys up shares at rock-bottom prices, becoming a new megacorporation overnight |
| 1107-1151 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Alexander Primus |
| 1151-1204 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Petrus VI |
| 1179 YC |
Graveton Wars (corporations fighting over Graveton Archipelago on Venus) |
| 1204-1255 YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand XVI |
| 1255 YC (4260 AD) |
Second Corporate War |
| 1255- YC |
Reign of Cardinal Durand XVII |
| 1262 YC (4267 AD) |
Return of the Dark Legion; Citadels begin appearing again |
| 1276 YC |
Lord Heir Moya's three sons die in battle against Dark Legion; Lord Moya retreats to the Palace of Celestial Delights, and has not been seen outside since |
| 1279 YC (4284 AD) |
The Present |
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