1771.11.27

Joseph-Louis Lagrange theorizes the five libration points in the Earth–Moon orbital system, designated L1 to L5.

1801.01.01

Father Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid 1 Ceres.

1802.03.28

H. Wilhelm Olbers discovers asteroid 2 Pallas.

1804.09.01

Karl Harding discovers asteroid 3 Juno.

1807.03.29

H. Wilhelm Olbers discovers asteroid 4 Vesta.

1845.12.08

Karl L. Hencke discovers asteroid 5 Astræa.

1847

Asteroids 6 Hebe, 7 Iris and 8 Flora discovered.

1848

Andrew Graham discovers asteroid 9 Metis.

1849

Annibale De Gasparis discovers asteroids 10 Hygeia and 11 Parthenope.

1850

Asteroid 12 Victoria and 13 Egeria discovered.

1851

Asteroid 14 Irene and 15 Eunomia.

1852

Asteroids 16 Psyche through 23 Thalia discovered..

1853

Asteroids 24 Themis, 25 Phocaea, 26 Proserpina and 27 Euterpe discovered.

1854

Asteroids 28 Bellona through 33 Polyhymnia discovered.

1855

Asteroids 34 Circe, 35 Leukothea, 36 Atalante and 37 Fides discovered.

1856

Asteroids 38 Leda, 39 Lætitia, 40 Harmonia, 41 Daphne and 42 Isis discovered.

1857

Asteroids 43 Ariadne through 50 Virginia and 56 Melete discovered.

1858

Asteroids 51 Nemausa through 55 Pandora discovered.

1859.09.22

Robert Luther discovers asteroid 57 Mnemosyne.

1860

Asteroids 58 Concordia, 59 Elpis, 60 Echo, 61 Danae and 62 Erato discovered.

1869

Edward Everett Hale proposes a habitable artificial satellite (“The Brick Moon”).

1874.05

The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins making detailed observations of sunspot activity. Monthly averages show that sunspot activity waxes and wanes in an approximate 11-year cycle.

1878

Jules Verne and Kurt Lasswitz popularize space travel and orbital habitats.

1879

Solar Cycle 12 at solar maximum.

1890

Solar Cycle 13 at solar maximum.

1895

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky presents scientifically valid designs for orbital habitats.

1901

Solar Cycle 14 at solar maximum.

1906

Lagrange’s theory is confirmed by the discovery of the “Trojan” asteroids 588 Achilles and 617 Patrocolus at Jupiter’s L4 and L5 points, respectively.

1912

Solar Cycle 15 at solar maximum.

1923

·  Rocketry pioneer Hermann Oberth elaborates on potential uses for space stations.

·  Solar Cycle 16 at solar maximum.

1929

·  J. Desmond Bernal proposes a 500-meter (1,640-foot) spherical space habitat containing a complete closed ecosystem.

·  Hermann (Potočnik) Noordung proposes construction of 30-meter (100-foot) wheel-shaped space stations (“Wohnrad”) in geosynchronous Earth orbit.

1934

Solar Cycle 17 at solar maximum.

1942.10.03

Wernher Von Braun launches V-2 rocket bomb, first ballistic space flight.

1945

Solar Cycle 18 at solar maximum.

1945.04.24

United Nations Conference opens in San Francisco CA.

1945.06.26

United Nations Charter signed by delegates of the 50 attending nations.

1945.07.16

First nuclear weapon test at Trinity NM.

1945.07.28

The U.S. Senate ratifies the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89 to 2.

1946.12.14

John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates $8,500,000 to purchase property along New York’s East River for a permanent United Nations HQ.

1948

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (based on the American Bill of Rights, the British Magna Carta, and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at Paris.

1949.10.24

United Nations Day, marking dedication of UN permanent HQ in New York City.

1952.03.22

Wernher Von Braun publishes first article popularizing manned orbital space stations.

1954.01.21

The U.S. launches USS Nautilus, first nuclear-powered submarine.

1956

Solar Cycle 19 at solar maximum.

1957.10.04

The U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.

1958.01.31

In response to Sputnik, the U.S. launches Explorer 1, which encounter zones of radiation later defined as the Van Allen radiation belt.

1958.10.01

The U.S. establishes the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA).

1960

Yuri Artsutanov proposes the “Skyhook” surface-to-GEO “beanstalk” space elevator.

1960.09.24

The U.S. launches USS Enterprise, first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

1961

Arthur C. Clarke proposes space habitats in the Lagrange points.

1961.04.17

The U.S.S.R. launches Yuri A. Gagarin in Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft.

1963

Dandridge M. Cole and Donald W. Cox propose 30-km (18-mi.) orbital habitats made from asteroids.

1963.06.14

The U.S.S.R. launches Valentina V. Tereshkova in Vostok 6, the first woman in space.

1966.04

Paolo Solieri proposes Asteromo 70,000-person solar-powered orbital habitat.

1967

Solar Cycle 20 at solar maximum.

1969.07.20

The U.S. Apollo 11 mission lands on the Moon.

1970

James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis propose their “Gaia Hypothesis” of Terrestrial symbiosis.

1973

Henry Gray patents the “Vivarium” closed-type cylindrical space colony design (U.S. Patent 3,749,332).

1974

Professor Gerard K. O’Neill publishes his “High Frontier” space colony concept.

1975.07.17

The U.S. Apollo 18 docks with the U.S.S.R. Soyuz 19, first cooperative ventures in space.

1976.07

·  The U.S. Viking 1 photographs the Martian surface.

·  Olympiad XIX.

1977.03.12

The U.S. rolls out the space shuttle prototype Enterprise at Cape Canaveral FL, first commercial spacecraft.

1977.08.12

First free flight of the space shuttle prototype Enterprise at Edwards AFB, CA

1978

·  L5 Society founded.

·  Solar Cycle 21 at solar maximum.

1979

Paolo Solieri builds first “arcology” (architectural ecology) Arcosanti near Phoenix AZ.

1980.11

The U.S. Voyager 1 surveys Saturn.

1982.04

Outbreak of the Falklands conflict between England and Argentina.

1982.04.12

The U.S. launches STS-1 Columbia, the first containerized cargo vessel in space

1985.04.01

Halley’s Comet at perigee, 1^st Comet Halley Intercept Probe (CHIP) mission.

1986.01.28

The 25^th space shuttle mission, STS-51L Challenger, explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, at an altitude of 14 km (8.7 mi.) and a speed of 2,291 kph (1,424 mph) [Mach 1.92].

1986.04.26

The Chernobyl reactor melts down, the worst nuclear accident to date.

1989

Solar Cycle 22 at solar maximum.

1989.10.18

NASA launches the Galileo orbiter from STS-34 Atlantis on a Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist (VEEGA) trajectory toward Jupiter.

1991.10.29

The Galileo orbiter flies within 1,595 km (991 mi.) of the S-type asteroid 951 Gaspra.

1991.12.21

The U.S.S.R. is dissolved.

1992

·  The Biosphere experiment begins.

·  Summer Olympiad XXV. Winter Olympiad XVI.

1993

Small local wars break out across the globe, threatening to escalate into a third world war. The crisis fuels global concerns over pollution, overpopulation, resource shortages, famine, crime and violence.

1993.08.28

The Galileo orbiter flies within 2,397 km (1,490 mi.) of the S-type asteroid 243 Ida. Images show the first known asteroidal moon, Dactyl, orbiting Ida at a distance of 100 km (62 mi.).

1994.01.24

NASA and the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) launch the Clementine mission to to make scientific observations of the Moon and the S-type near Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos.

1994.02.21

The Clementine spacecraft begins a two-month mapping scan of the Moon.

1994.05.07

A computer malfunction aboard the Clementine spacecraft exhaust all of its propellant, setting it spinning at about 80 RPM with no spin control. The follow-on mission to 1620 Geographos is no longer possible.

1994.07.16

Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. The impact is observed by the Galileo orbiter from a distance of 240 million km (150 million mi.) [1.6 AU]. Twenty-one discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up to 2 km (1¼ mi.) impact the planet at 60 km/s (37 mps) [Mach 181].

1995.07.13

The NASA Galileo orbiter launches its Jupiter probe.

1995.12.07

The NASA Galileo probe enters the atmosphere of Jupiter.

1996.02.17

NASA launches the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft on a mission to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the S-type asteroid 433 Eros.

1996.06.27

The Galileo orbiter flies within 832 km (517 mi.) of Ganymede (1^st pass).

1996.09.06

The Galileo orbiter flies within 225 km (140 mi.) of Ganymede (2^nd pass).

1996.11.04

The Galileo orbiter flies within 1,098 km (682 mi.) of Callisto (1^st pass).

1996.11.29

Imagery from the Clementine spacecraft shows permanently shadowed craters near the Moon’s south pole that may contain frozen volatiles, including water ice.

1996.12.19

The Galileo orbiter flies within 698 km (434 mi.) of Europa (1^st pass).

1997.02.20

The Galileo orbiter flies within 587 km (365 mi.) of Europa (2^nd pass).

1997.04.05

The Galileo orbiter flies within 3,095 km (1,923 mi.) of Ganymede (3^rd pass).

1997.05.07

The Galileo orbiter flies within 1,485 km (923 mi.) of Ganymede (4^th pass).

1997.06.25

The Galileo orbiter flies within 416 km (259 mi.) of Callisto (2^nd pass).

1997.06.27

The NEAR spacecraft flies within 1,200 km (745 mi.) of the C-type asteroid 253 Mathilde.

1996.09.16

The Galileo orbiter flies within 538 km (334 mi.) of Callisto (3^rd pass).

1997.11.06

The Galileo orbiter flies within 2,042 km (1,269 mi.) of Europa (3^rd pass).

1998.01.07

NASA launches the Lunar Prospector low polar orbit investigation of the Moon.

1998.01.23

The NEAR spacecraft flies by the Earth to gather the Δ-V required to reach 433 Eros.

1998.04.05

The Lunar Prospector spacecraft returns data indicating that water ice is present at both the north and south Lunar poles.

1998.10.24

NASA launches the first of the New Millennium Program missions, the solar electric ion-driven Deep Space 1 (DS1).

1999.02.08

The NEAR spacecraft flies within 3,830 km (2,375 mi.) of asteroid 433 Eros.

1999.07.29

The Earth Federation is formed in response to global concerns over pollution, overpopulation, resource shortages, famine, crime and violence. Earth is divided into 11 administrative areas: North America, South America, Europe, North Africa/Arabia, South Africa, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, East Asia, India, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

1999.07.31

The Lunar Prospector spacecraft impacts the Moon near the south pole in a controlled crash to look for evidence of water ice, but none is observed.

2000

·  Solar Cycle 23 at solar maximum.

·  Summer Olympiad XXVII.

2000.01.01

The Federation formally announces its Space Colonization Plan.

2001

Lunar bases constructed in Cayley, Clavius, Copernicus and Tycho craters.

2001.02.12

The NEAR spacecraft touches down on asteroid 433 Eros.

2001.07.29

The DS1 spacecraft flies within 15 km (9 mi.) of the S-type asteroid 9969 Braille (1999 KD).

2001.09.22

The DS1 spacecraft flies within 2,200 km (1,367 mi.) of comet Borelly.

2001.12.18

NASA retires the DS1 spacecraft.

2002

Winter Olympiad XIX.

2002.01.17

The Galileo orbiter flies within 100 km (62 mi.) of Io (32^nd pass). It transmits its final series of 70 photographs on this, its closest approach to any Jovian moon.

2003.09

The Galileo orbiter impacts Jupiter to probe the atmosphere, ending its mission.

2005

First Solar Power Station Satellite (SPSS-1) launched.

2006

Winter Olympiad XX.

2009

Earth Federal Force (EFF) peacekeepers established to enforce Federation edicts. GHQ constructed at Jaburo, Brazil. EFF Academy established at Nijmegan, Netherlands.

2011

Solar Cycle 24 at solar maximum.

2012

Summer Olympiad XXX.

2022

·  Lunar mass driver built in Censorinus crater, near Tranquility Base.

·  Solar Cycle 25 at solar maximum.

2026

·  The Jupiter Energy Fleet is launched from Lunar orbit to collect helium³, hydrogen and methane from Jupiter’s atmosphere.

·  Final Winter Olympiad XXV—Summer and Winter Games recombined.

2032

Olympiad XXXV.

2033

Solar Cycle 26 at solar maximum.

2036

Olympiad XXXVI.

2040

Olympiad XXXVII.

2044

·  Solar Cycle 27 at solar maximum.

·  Olympiad XXXVIII.

2045 ~ 0001

With Earth’s population at 9 billion, an ambitious space colonization program begins. Construction of the Shangri-La colony at Side 1 (Zahn Province) begins in L5. Upon its completion in 2081, the calendar is changed to the Universal Century era.

2048

Olympiad XXXIX.

2052

Olympiad XL.

2055

Solar Cycle 28 at solar maximum.

2056

Olympiad XLI.

2060

Olympiad XLII.

2062.10.15

Halley’s Comet at perigee, 2^nd CHIP mission.

2064

Olympiad XLIII.

2066

Solar Cycle 29 at solar maximum.

2068

Olympiad XLIV.

2072

Olympiad XLV.

2076

Olympiad XLVI.

2077

Solar Cycle 30 at solar maximum.

2080

Olympiad XLVII.

0001

Construction of Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) space colony is completed. The calendar is changed to the Universal Century era. The Colony Management Corporation (CMC) is established.

0004

Olympiad XLVIII.

0008

·  Solar Cycle 31 at solar maximum.

·  Olympiad XLIX.

0009

Zeon Zum Daikun and Anton Flanagan born.

0010

·  The Jupiter Energy Fleet is reorganized into the Jupiter Development Enterprise Group.

·  The population of the space colonies reaches 250,000.

·  Yuri Torenov Minovsky born.

0012

Olympiad L.

0015

·  The population of the space colonies reaches 1½ million.

·  Jinba Ral and Maharajah Khan born.

0016

·  The Federation establishes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau.

·  Jidan Nickard born.

·  Olympiad LI.

0017

Degwin Sodo Zabi born.

0018.06

·  One-millionth “Spacenoid” baby born in Side 2 (L4).

·  Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) selected as site of Olympiad LII, the first to be held off the Earth.

0019

Solar Cycle 32 at solar maximum.

0020

·  The population of the space colonies reaches 5 million.

·  The EFF is divided into separate land, sea and air services.

·  Olympiad LII.

0022

·  The Federation announces the end of warfare on Earth.

·  Brian Eno born.

0023

Jamitov Heimann born.

0024

Olympiad LIII.

0025

·  The population of the space colonies reaches 50 million.

·  Kaiser Pinefield born.

0027

·  Von Braun City, the first permanent lunar settlement, is completed.

·  The Lunar Economic Development Authority (LEDA), an independent non-governmental organization, is established.

0028

Olympiad LIV.

0029

·  Elliott Lem born in Side 1 (L5).

·  Brex Forra and John Kowen born.

0030

·  The Federation privatizes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau, which becomes the Space Transport Enterprise Group (STEP).

·  The population of the space colonies reaches 500 million.

·  Solar Cycle 33 at solar maximum.

0032

Olympiad LV.

0034

The Federation again reorganizes the Space Transport Enterprise Group. An independent non-governmental organization, the Public Corporation of Space Transport (PCST), is established.

0035

Construction of Side 3 (Munzo Province) begins in L2 using Minovsky “closed-type” design.

0036

·  Terrance Richman born.

·  Olympiad LVI.

0038

Eiphar Synapse and Matt Austin born.

0039

Aristide Hughes and Ullhammer T. Keynes born.

0040

·  Total human population reaches 11 billion, of whom 40% (about 5 billion) have migrated to space.

·  Olympiad LVII.

0041

·  The orbit of asteroid 3 Juno is altered to send it to the Earth Sphere.

·  Solar Cycle 34 at solar maximum.

0043

Franklin Vidan born.

0044

·  Half of the total human population now lives in space.

·  Ere-ism, the philosophy that the Earth is sacred and that humanity should leave it in peace, begins to spread.

·  The EFF develops the RTX-44 Main Battle Tank (MBT) land combat vehicle.

·  Gihren Zabi, Ramba Ral, Garret Schmitzer, [Unknown] Manning and South Burning born.

·  Olympiad LVIII.

0045

·  The asteroid 3 Juno is moved into Lunar orbit to provide materials for colony construction and renamed Luna² (“Luna Two”).

·  The Minovsky Physics Society is founded at Side 3 (L2).

·  Migration to Side 1 (L5) and Side 2 (L4) ends.

·  Roy Greenwood born in Side 4 (L5).

·  Henry Boone born.

0046

·  Zeon Zum Daikun begins to propagate his philosophy of Contolism, a synthesis of Ere-ism (the philosophy that the Earth is sacred and that humanity should leave it in peace) and Side-ism (the belief the Sides should be treated as sovereign nations).

·  Aiguille Delaz born.

0047

·  Development of the Minovsky-Ionesco fusion reactor begins.

·  Sasro Zabi and Hilde [Vidan] born.

0048

·  Cima Garahau born in Side 3 (L2) Bunch 38 (Mahal).

·  Olympiad LIX.

0049

Gerald Sakai born in Side 3 (L2).

0049.03.19

Brave Cod born in North America.

0050

·  Out of the total human population of 11 billion, 9 billion (82%) have migrated to space.

·  Degwin Sodo Zabi marries the much younger Naliss [Unknown].

·  Basque Ohm, Terry Sanders Jr. and [Unknown] Renchef born.

0051

·  The Federation halts development of new colonies.

·  Alien Landholding Law passed.

·  Dozle Zabi, Ian Greydon and [Unknown] Sandra born in Side 3 (L2).

·  Crowley Hamon born in Side 5 (L1).

·  Bork Kurai born in Japan.

0052

·  Zeon Zum Daikun moves to Side 3 (L2) to realize his philosophy of Contolism.

·  Migration to Side 6 (L4) ends.

·  Stole Mannings, Ghinius Sakhalin and Lee Swaggard born.

·  Solar Cycle 35 at solar maximum.

·  Olympiad LX.

0053

·  Zeon Zum Daikun is elected as the premiere of Side 3 (L2).

·  Karen Joshua, Thomas P. Ames, James A. Isolde, Amy Bauer-Meister and Adenauer Paraya born.

0053.09.04

Tosh Cray born in North America.

0054

Meitzer Baffo [Ronah], Lou Roher and Eton F. Heathrow born.

0055

·  Scharnhorst Baffo founds the Baffo Konzern space salvage business.

·  Kishiria Zabi, Ma Kube, Shin Matsunaga, Sophie Fran and Mabban Kirov born in Side 3 (L2).

·  Johnny Nakamizo born in Side 2 (L4).

·  Nesca Coleman born in Side 6 (L4).

·  Matilda Ajan, Eledore Massis, Alpha A. Bate and Bernard Monsha born.

0056

·  Zenna [Kirov], [Chōjo] Khan and Johnny Ridden born in Side 3 (L2).

·  Shirō Amada born in Side 2 (L4).

·  Henken Beckner and Mike Saotome born.

·  Olympiad LXI.

0057

·  Thomas Kurtz born on Earth.

·  Mora Bascht born in Von Braun City. Lester Carrot, Yazan Goebbels (Gable) and Ray Hamilton born.

0057.09.27

“Char Aznable” supposedly born in Side 3 (L2).

0058

·  Side 3 (L2) declares its independence, and the Colony Republic is founded with Zeon Zum Deikun as its chairman. A militia, the Colony Republican Guard, is formed.

·  Cameron Bloom, Anavel Gato, Saki Graham, Niki Roberto and Chung Yung born.

0058.04.01

Halley’s Comet at perigee, 3^rd CHIP mission.

0058.05.01

Christina MacKenzie born in Side 6 (L4) Bunch 35 (Libot).

0059

·  The Federation adopts the Bardot Policy and applies economic sanctions against Side 3 (L2).

·  Garma Zabi, Ayna Sakhalin, Braun Wooder and Chap Adel born.

·  Naliss Zabi dies shortly after giving birth to Garma.

0059.11.17

Casval Rem Daikun born in Side 3 (L2).

0060

·  The Federation launches the 60’s Rearmament and Reinforcement Plan, spearheaded by the EFF. The Earth Federal Space Force (EFSF) is established as a seperate service. Luna² is converted into a military base.

·  Bright Noah, Icelina Eschonbach, Bernard Wiseman, Kelly Layzner and Charlotte Hepner born.

·  Olympiad LXII.

0060.12.07

Fast Side born in South America.

0061

·  The EFF fields its Type 61 Main Battle Tank.

·  Mirai Yashima [Noa], Ryu Hosei and Michel Ninorich born.

0062

·  The Colony Republican Guard is elevated to the status of a full-fledged military, the Zeon Elite Force (ZEF).

·  Alien Exclusion Act passed.

·  Miharu Zabi, Artesia Som Daikun, Kai Shiden, Nina Purpleton, Paptimus Scirocco and Kiki Rosita born.

0062.04.01

Zeon Elite Force Academy (ZEFA) founded in Side 3 (L2).

0063

·  Chuck Keith, Jerid Messa and Emma Sheen born.

·  Solar Cycle 36 at solar maximum.

0063.06.13

Tex West born in North America.

0063.11.04

Amuro Ray born in Japan.

0064

·  The EFF conducts a naval review. The new spaceships developed as part of the 60’s  Rearmament and Reinforcement Plan take center stage.

·  Ramba Ral joins the ZEFA.

·  Frau Bow [Kobayashi], Hayato Kobayashi, Reccoa Londo and Kou Uraki born.

·  Olympiad LXIII.

0065

·  The Minovsky Physics Society observes a unique electromagnetic wave effect within the Minovsky-Ionesco fusion reactor. Subsequent research results are kept secret.

·  A political schism between Zeon Zum Daikun and the influential Zabi family is made public.

·  Layla Myra Lyra and Wybull Gardner born.

0066.04.19

Josh Offshore born in North America.

0066.07.02

Chara Soon born in Side 3 (L2).

0066.08.05

Shin Crypt born in Side 6 (L4).

0066.12.10

Emily Ounce born.

0066.12.13

Ryu Roots born.

0067

·  The Federation rejects a motion for colonial autonomy.

·  Construction plan for Side 7 (L3) announced.

·  Terrance Richman and Ullhammer T. Keynes demonstrate the Raiant R-7 prototype humanoid robot to Rob Torres.

·  Haman Khan, Astonage Medosa, Beltochika Irma, Rakan Dakaran and Chein Agi born.

0067.11.11

Sigman Shade born in Side 2 (L4).

0068

·  Scharnhorst Baffo purchases the good name of the Ronah noble European family.

·  Alfred Izuharha born in Side 6 (L4) Bunch 35 (Libot).

·  Darry Neil Guns born in Side 2 (L4).

·  Masai Ngaba, Aitolle Holst and Romero Marvall born.

·  Olympiad LXIV.

0068.02

Field test of Raiant R-8 prototype humanoid robot.

0068.10

Zeon Zum Daikun dies of unknown causes (possibly assassinated) and is succeeded by former advisor Degwin Sodo Zabi.

0069

·  Alvenica Kiest born in Yakutsk, Siberia.

·  Rosamia Vadam and Mouar Pharaoh born.

0069.08.15

·  The Duchy of Zeon is established, with Degwin Sodo Zabi as Sovereign. His second son, Sasro, is assassinated and his first son, Gihren, leads a bloody purge of Zeon Zum Daikun’s followers.

·  Casval and Artesia Daikun are taken to Earth by Jinba Ral and his wife, who purchase the Mass family name and adopt them as Edward and Sayla.

·  The ZEF becomes the cadre of a new and vastly expanded Zeon Military Force (ZMF).

0069.10

·  The ZMF commissions the first Papua-class transport ship.

·  The validity of Minovsky physics is confirmed by the discovery of the “M” particle.

0069.11.11

Camille Vidan born.

0070

·  The EFF launches the 70’s  Rearmament and Reinforcement Plan.

·  Fa Yuengli, “Four Murasame” [Unknown], Kara Su, Lezun Schneider and Kenneth Sleg born.

0070.03

The ZMF successfully experiments with the Minovsky jamming effect.

0070.05

The ZMF completes the megaparticle beam gun (Mega Particle Cannon).

0070.06

The ZMF commissions the first Chivvay-class heavy cruiser.

0070.09.17

Roux Louka born.

0070.10

The EFF 70’s  Rearmament and Reinforcement Plan produces the Salamis-class cruiser and Magellan-class battleship.

0070.10.29

Mashmyre Serro born in Side 3 (L2).

0070.12

·  Luna² is moved to L3 to begin construction of Side 7 (Noah Province).

·  Sides 1 and 4 (Zahn and Mua Provinces) are in L5, Sides 2 and 6 (Hatte, Riah Provinces) in L4, Side 3 (Zeon Duchy) in L2, and Side 5 (Lourm Province) in L1.

0071

·  The ZMF begins development of new weapons for use within a Minovsky particle field.

·  The Minovsky-Ionesco compact fusion reactor is completed.

·  Gihren Zabi proclaims his “Master Race” theory.

·  The EFF completes the FF-S3 Saberfish space fighter and adopts 5.7mm FN Five-Seven as its standard-issue sidearm.

·  Katz Hawin [Kobayashi], Gremmi Toto, Selana Khan, Adel Lagiorr and Karl Schpitz born.

0072

·  The Zeon Duchy begins construction of the gigantic mobile asteroid base Axis in the asteroid belt.

·  Scandal involving the defection of a Zeon scientist (Minovsky).

·  The EFF adopts the 5.56mm Colt M16A4 as its general issue small arm.

·  The Yashima and Kiest families emigrate to Side 2 (L4).

·  Rasara and Sarasa Moon born in Moon-Moon.

·  Olympiad LXV.

0073

·  The ZMF completes the first of a new type of weapon, dubbed the Mobile Suit (MS-01).

·  The ZMF adopts the M73-Mark II as its general issue normal suit.

·  Gerald Sakai enlists in the ZMF.

·  Letz Cofan [Kobayashi] and Sara & Sidora Zabiarov born.

0073.02.01

Beecher Oleg born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0073.04.05

Eno Abbov born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0073.06.09

Mondo Akage born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0074

·  The EFF deploys the arachniform MG-74 Depagg mobile gun carrier and Type-74 hover truck.

·  Solar Cycle 37 at solar maximum.

0074.01.12

Elle Viann born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0074.02

The ZMF rolls out the prototype MS-05A Zaku, equipped with a Minovsky-Ionesco compact fusion reactor. 27 are produced.

0074.04

The ZMF commissions the first of an improved series of Papua-class transport ship.

0074.08.15

Foundation Day marking the 5^th anniversary of the founding of the Zeon Duchy observed throughout Side 3 (L2).

0074.10.10

Jude Ashita born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0075

·  The EFF begins development of the RX-75 Guntank, combining the RTX-44 MBT and FF-X7 Core Fighter with stolen plans for the MS-05A Zaku.

·  Casval Rem Daikun assumes the identity of Char Aznable, with a falsified age of 18 (birth date 0057), and enrolls in the ZMF officer training school.

·  Alvenica Kiest’s father, a New Summer Project (NSP) terrorist, is killed in action.

·  Kikka Kitamoto [Kobayashi] and Gyunei Gauss born.

0075.05

The ZMF rolls out a combat-ready version of the MS-05B Zaku, armed with numerous weaponry, including a 105mm automatic rifle.

0075.07

The ZMF commissions the first Musai-class light cruiser and decides to mass-produce the MS-05B Zaku. Nearly 800 are produced.

0075.11

The ZMF forms Mobile Training Battalion.

0076

·  The EFF begins development of the VX-76 Ball prototype.

·  Gwydion Lenore and Leslie Arno born.

·  Olympiad LXVI.

0076.03

The ZMF commissions the first Gwazine-class battleship.

0076.04

The ZMF expands its MS production facilities.

0076.05

·  The ZMF Mobile Training Battalion secretly begins practicing combat maneuvers.

·  Future “Black Trinity” team members Gaia, Ortega and Mash are assigned to D Platoon, 2^nd Company, Mobile Training Battalion.

0076.06

The ZMF commissions the first Zanzibar-class mobile cruiser.

0076.09

Christina MacKenzie enrolls in the EFF Academy at Nijmegan, Netherlands.

0076.12

In anticipation of an Earth invasion, the ZMF begins development of localized MS.

0077

The EFF completes the component vehicles for the RX-75 Guntank prototype.

0077.04

·  The Riah Revolution. A Nationalist faction seizes control of the local military force in Side 6 (L4), inciting a civil war with Federation loyalists. The ZMF backs the Nationalists, deploying a squad of MS-05B Zaku I and blockading the EFF. The Nationalists win and Side 6 declares independence as the Riah Republic.

·  The EFF begins experimenting with the Minovsky Craft System (MCS).

0077.08

The ZMF rolls out the prototype MS-06A Zaku II. It will not be mass-produced.

0077.09

The ZMF begins trial production of the MS-06C Zaku II.

0077.10

The ZMF produces the last run of the MS-05B Zaku I.

0078

·  Roy Greenwood moves to Side 3 (L2) with his two children following the accidental death of his wife Katie.

·  Roy Greenwood, Shin Matsunaga and Johnny Ridden enlist in the ZMF.

·  Karoso Viggenson [Ronah] and Otis Arkins born.

0078.01

The ZMF begins mass production of the MS-06C Zaku II. It will make up the majority of their MS force at the outset of the One Year War.

0078.02

Inter-colony transportation accidents become frequent.

0078.03

The EFF secretly begin MS development. Several projects are begun simultaneously as part of the RX Plan.

0078.03.03

Leina Ashita born in Side 1 (L5) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La).

0078.03.08

Elpeo Plé born.

0078.04

The EFF strengthen their colony garrisons, fearing Zeon aggression.

0078.05

Migration begins to the incomplete Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Noah).

0078.06

·  Christina MacKenzie graduates from EFF Academy and is assigned to an elite Warfare Research Group.

0078.09

The ZMF rolls out the first MS-06F and MS-06J Zaku II models.

0078.10

·  The Zeon Duchy announces a state of national mobilization in response to a “revolt” in the Side 3 Quintzem colony.

·  The ZMF is divided into a Space Assault Force, under the command of Dozle Zabi, and a Mobile Assault Force, commanded by Kishiria Zabi.

0078.11

The EFF conducts another naval review.

0078.12

·  The ZMF secretly begins development of what will eventually become the gigantic Dolos-class heavy carrier.

·  A conspiracy to assassinate Gihren Zabi is uncovered and all of the suspects are executed.

0078.12.27

Federation fighter pilot O-1 Yū Kajima encounters an MS-06 Zaku II in a derelict space colony.

0079

The One Year War is officially under way. Gihren Zabi, on behalf of Degwin, issues a formal declaration of war against the EFF. Monica [Arno] and Layla Bias born.

0079.01.03

The One Year War begins. The period from 3 to 10 January 0079 becomes known as the bloody One Week Battle. The Zeon Duchy simultaneously launches surprise attacks on Zahn Province in Side 1 (L5), Hatte Province in Side 2 (L4) and Mua Province in Side 4 (L5), making heavy use of its new space fleet and MS-06C Zaku II mobile suit. Nuclear and chemical weapons are used indiscriminately and 2.8 billion lives (25% of the total human population) are lost as the EFF garrisons and the colonies that house them are utterly obliterated. The Zeon  declare victory.
06:31—Side 2 (L4) Bunch 13 security chief Rosenberg receives a coded message that the Zeon are mobilizing, but the line is cut before he can hear the code signifying that the main attack has been initiated.
07:00—Zeon forces begin attacking Side 2 (L4).
07:45—The EFF receives word of the Zeon attack.
08:02—Side 2 (L4) Bunch 13 is completely destroyed.

·  ZMF O-4 Roy Greenwood loses his left eye.

·  EFF O-1 Thomas Kurtz defects to the ZMF.

0079.01.04

Operation British, the dropping of the depopulated Side 2 (L4) Bunch 8 (Island Iffish) onto the EFF Jaburo GHQ via a slingshot orbit around the Moon, goes awry and destroys Sydney, Australia, instead.

0079.01.05

The EFF concentrates its available forces to counterattack the ZMF Space Attack Force.

0079.01.08

The EFF 4^th Space Fleet, commanded by Fleet Admiral (O-9) Tianem, engages the ZMF Colony Escort Fleet. The Tianem Fleet sustains a 70% casualty rate at the hands of the ZMF escort units.

0079.01.10

08:00—The forward end of Island Iffish enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
08:35—The falling colony breaks into four pieces over the Persian Gulf.
08:41—The three smaller pieces fall on unpopulated areas of North America.
09:00—The fourth and largest falls on Sydney, Australia. The resulting 60,000 megaton blast destroys 16% of the continent, creating a 500-km (300-mi.) crater and setting off an “impact winter” that drastically changes Earth’s climate.

0079.01.11

·  Riah Republic in Side 6 (L4) declares itself neutral, a position recognized by both the Federation and Zeon.

·  EFF O-1 Christina MacKenzie is reassigned to the EFF Unified Technical Research HQ Test Corps.

0079.01.12

The top EFF staff officers meet with an emergency session of the Federation Assembly. Surveillance by the GEO satellite network is intensified in preparation for the next Zeon attack.

0079.01.13

09:00—The ZMF 1^st Combined Fleet launches toward Side 5 (L1).
20:00—The ZMF 1^st Combined Fleet movement is detected by the EFF.

0079.01.14

The EFF 1^st Combined Fleet, which is built around the EFF 3^rd Space Fleet, commanded by Supreme Commander Revil, launches from Luna² in L3. The Combined Fleet outnumbers the total Zeon military by at least twenty to one.

0079.01.15

The Battle of Lourm in Side 5 (L1). Half of the EFF space fleet is destroyed, along with the entire Side and its 2½ billion inhabitants, with the exception of the Texas colony, which is badly damaged. The debris field around L1 becomes known as the “Shoal Zone”. 500 million killed in action, mostly from the EFF.
11:20—The ZMF 1^st Combined Fleet begins the attack on Side 5 (L1). The ZMF Mobile Assault Force begin attaching a nuclear pulse engine to Side 5 (L1) Bunch 11 in preparation for another colony drop.
22:14—The EFF 1^st Combined Fleet engages the ZMF 1^st Combined Fleet and a fierce space battle begins.
22:40—The ZMF Mobile Assault Force abandons its colony-jack attempt on Side 5 (L1) Bunch 11, leaving the attached equipment in place.

·  ZMF O-2 Char Aznable is nicknamed “Red Comet” and promoted to O-4 by the Space Attack Force for destroying 5 Magellan-class EFF battleships.

·  ZMF E-7 Johnny Ridden is nicknamed “Crimson Lightning” and promoted to O-3 by the Mobile Assault Force for destroying 3 Magellan battleships.

·  ZMF E-2 Shin Matsunaga is promoted to O-2 for destroying a Magellan battleship and 5 Salamis-class cruisers (he will later acquire the title “White Wolf”).

·  ZMF O-3 Ramba Ral is nicknamed “Blue Giant” by the Space Attack Force for his commando operations inside the remaining Federal holdings at Side 5.

·  ZMF E-5 Gerald Sakai receives a field commission to O-1 and is reassigned to the Granada lunar base.

0079.01.16

01:00—The EFF 1^st Combined Fleet sustains a 50% loss.
03:10—The EFF flagship Ananke, carrying O-11 Supreme Commander Revil, is crippled. The ZMF Mobile Assault Force “Black Trinity” team captures Revil.
04:24—The remnants of the EFF 1^st Combined Fleet retreat.
06:00—The ZMF 1^st Combined Fleet breaks off the attack and disperses. One by one, the ships return to Side 3 (L2) or Solomon in Side 1 (L5).

0079.01.28

·  The Zeon Duchy negotiates a temporary ceasefire with the EFF at Side 6.

·  The ZMF Space Attack Force conducts a private memorial service for those killed in battle, officiated by O-10 Dozle Zabi.

0079.01.29

General Revil escapes from the ZMF at Side 3 with the aide of three Zeon defectors.

0079.01.31

·  The Antarctic Treaty is signed. Further use of nuclear or chemical weapons, colony drops or other weapons of mass destruction prohibited. Sanctity of neutral space and lunar colonies is guaranteed, along with the all-important Jupiter Energy Fleet and other third parties.

·  General Revil returns to Earth and delivers his “Zeon is exhausted!” speech to the Federation Assembly.

0079.02.01

The ZMF proclaims the formation of the Terrestrial Assault Force.

0079.02.07

The ZMF begins its Earth invasion operation. Within the next two months, the ZMF will occupy two-thirds of the Earth.

0079.02.13

The EFF begins planning Operation V to develop a general-purpose MS and a carrier spacecraft to counter Zeon supremacy.

0079.03.01

The ZMF stages its first MS drop operation. The 1^st Terrestrial Mobile Division, commanded by ZMF O-8 Yuri Kerane, is dropped at Lake Balchas and the Aral Sea to the north of the Tien Shan mountains. It captures the massive Baikonur EFF spaceport in Kazakhstan and then pushes across the Caspian Sea into Europe and the Middle East.

0079.03.02

The 1^st  TAF captures the sprawling EFF Odessa base.

0079.03.04

The ZMF drops O-9 Ma Kube’s resource mining teams at Katarl, northeast of the Caspian Sea.

0079.03.05

Gihren Zabi broadcasts a victory speech throughout the Zeon Duchy.

0079.03.11

·  The ZMF stages its second drop operation. The 2^nd and 3^rd Terrestrial Mobile Divisions are dropped on both coasts of North America, from which they press inward into the heartland.

·  ZMF O-1 Ian Greydon is assigned to the 2^nd TMD.

0079.03.13

·  The ZMF 2^nd Terrestrial Mobile Division captures the EFF California base, where it establishes its HQ, and sends a detachment to capture the EFF Hawaii base.

·  The ZMF 3^rd TMD establishes a small presence at the former EFF bases at Mayport PA, Norfolk VA and Cape Canaveral FL.

0079.03.18

The ZMF stages its third drop operation. The 4^th Terrestrial Mobile Division is dropped in three points in Oceania: the Gulf of Carpenteria in North Australia, the Celebes Sea between Borneo and the Philippines and the Gulf of Thailand, from whence they push up into China. An EFF counterattack, lead mostly by surface warships, is able to push the Zeon forces out of the Pacific, but is unable to dislodge them from newly-occupied Malaysia and Indonesia.

0079.04

Using captured resources and facilities, the Zeon Duchy begins building up its military power.

0079.04.01

·  The EFF launches Operation V, MS and battleship R&D, and Project Vinson, mass-production of V weapons and fleet replacement.

·  Using MS facilities and factories now under development, the EFF secretly begins MS training.

0079.04.04

·  The ZMF drops supplemental forces. The 5^th Terrestrial Mobile Division is dropped at the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, from which it fans out into North Africa and the Middle East, establishing bases at Alexandria, Egypt, and Istanbul, Turkey.

·  ZMF O-4 Roy Greenwood is assigned to 1^st MS Battalion A Platoon “Karakal” Unit in Alexandria.

·  ZMF O-2 Thomas Kurtz is assigned to “Afrika Korps” Guerilla Unit G-27.

0079.05.17

·  The ZMF completes the Solomon space fortress near Side 1 (L5).

·  ZMF O-2 Shin Matsunaga is nicknamed “White Wolf of Solomon” by the Space Attack Force.

0079.05.21

The ZMF initiates Operation Trident/Javelin.

0079.05.22

Operation Hellion, an EFF attack on the ZMF orbital supply fleet, fails.

0079.06

·  The ZMF completes its basic line of defense, consisting of the Solomon (L5) and A Baoa Qu (L3) space fortresses and the Granada lunar base.

·  The Flanagan Agency, a ZMF funded Newtype R&D laboratory, is established in the Baldur Bay colony of neutral Side 6 (L4).

·  The ZMF establishes an Eastern Submarine Battle Fleet HQ at Vladivostok, Russia and launches the “Red” offensive, a sweep toward Federal remnants in the South Pacific.

0079.06.12

The Battle of Canavel. The EFF launches a surprise counter attack against the ZMF fleet just outside neutral Side 6 (L4)

0079.07

·  The EFF succeeds in miniaturizing beam weapons using E-CAP (energy capacitor) technology. The Zeon are unaware of this massive development.

·  The Pegasus-class MS carrier SCV-70 White Base is completed, the first of its class and also the first EFF warship to posses an MS hangar.

·  Rollout of the first RX-78 Gundam. With the RX-78-1 completed, the RX-79 Plan gets rolling, and work on a pre-production type and various MS support weapons begins. They are distributed to the remaining major bases on a trial basis.

·  The ZMF Submarine Battle Fleet is activated, with 10 Jukon-class combat submarines staged in the Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans with a roving commission to disrupt commercial shipping and destroy any remaining Federal Navy military assets.

·  An EFF Reconnaissance in Force (RIF) fleet engages a ZMF Strategic Planning & Operations Group convoy A Baoa Qu perimeter defense space fortress near the Side 3 (L2). ZMF O-3 Gaia’s “Black Trinity” commando team, equipped with the new MS-06R-1A High Mobility Zaku II, decimates the RIF, destroying a Magellan-class battleship and an entire FF-S3 Saberfish escort fighter formation.

0079.07.17

The ZMF “Afrika Korps” 1182^nd Tactical MS Platoon ambushes an EFF Armored Corps en route to the Gaza Strip.

0079.08

·  The EFF begins final testing of the RX-78-2 Gundam at Side 7 (L3).

·  Development of the RX-78 NT-1 Gundam G-4 “Alex” at the EFF Augusta base in Maine, the RX-78E Gundam GT-FOUR at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory and the RX-79 EX PH-1 Gundam Zephyr Phantom in Side 7 (L3) begins.

·  EFF O-1 Christina MacKenzie is assigned to the G-4 Test Unit, headed by O-4 Stewart.

·  ZMF North American Occupation Force commander Garma Zabi and debutant Icelina Eschonbach, daughter of Los Angeles mayor Joseph Eschonbach, announce their betrothal.

·  The Battle of Midway. The remaining Federal Navy fleet foils a Zeon submarine-based amphibious invasion of their Hawaii home base.

0079.08.15

Foundation Day marking the 10^th anniversary of the founding of the Zeon Principality observed throughout the Earth Sphere.

0079.08.21

·  Side 3 (L2) Bunch 38 (Mahal) is evacuated for conversion into the horrendous Solar Ray weapon.

·  The ZMF begins a sweep of the Atlantic Ocean to destroy what remains of the Federal Navy not bottled up at the now-inassiable Hawaii base.

·  The EFF Luna II Attached Patrol Fleet engages the ZMF Granada Space Defense Unit. The Salamis-class cruisers Schleihof and Botani are destroyed and the “Black Trinity” ZMF commando team cripples the Magellan-class battleship Hormuz. EFF Luna II base commander O-9 Amundsen resigns and is succeeded by O-10 Wyatt.

0079.08.28

Mineva Lao Zabi born in Side 3 (L2).

0079.09.01

The Pegasus-class MS carrier SCV-70 White Base launches from the EFF Jaburo GHQ to retrieve the RX-series MS components from Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Noah).

0079.09.03

The ZMF Mobile Marine Corps, commanded by O-5 Cima Garahau, conducts a punitive raid against Luna II. “Crimson Lightning” Johnny Ridden is particularly offended by this action, as he views it as ‘his sport.’

0079.09.04

White Base arrives in L3, midway between Luna² and Side 7.

0079.09.05

08:00—Three ZMF 1^st Division Special Forces MS-06F Zaku II (O-1 Denim, Gene and Slender) infiltrate Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Noah) on reconnaissance.
08:15—White Base docks at Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Noah).
09:00—In the first-ever MS battle inside a space colony, the RX-78-2 Gundam piloted by civilian Amuro Ray destroys two MS-06F Zaku II.
16:00—The Musai-class “Falmel” of the ZMF Special Forces team, commanded by O-4 Char Aznable, opens fire on Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Noah). Most of the White Base crew are killed and O-6 Paolo Cassius is mortally wounded.
16:50—White Base escapes with the surviving RX-series MS and over 100 civilian refugees and sets out to return to the EFF Jaburo GHQ.

0079.09.06

White Base docks at Luna² for repairs and supplies.

0079.09.07

White Base launches from Luna².

0079.09.08

13:40—Char Aznable’s Musai pursues the White Base toward Earth. The RX-78-2 Gundam makes the first-ever MS atmospheric re-entry during a pitched battle between the two ships. White Base is thrown off course and lands in North America.
14:10—The ZMF North American Occupation Force, commanded by O-8 Garma Zabi, engages White Base near Grand Canyon AZ. During the battle, Zeon reasearcher Dr. Chlust Morses defects to the Federation.

14:28- Garma Zabi’s Gaw assault carrier squadron attacks the White Base with orders to capture it and its crew intact. The attack fails due to acting captain Bright Noah’s unconventional tactics.