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The 16th Century Post Diaspora lasted from 1 January of the year 1501 PD to 31 December 1600 PD. By Old Earth time reckoning, it was the 37th Century CE.
Significant events[]
The Royal Manticoran Naval Academy admits its first class of midshipmen. | |||
Stephanie Harrington is born on the planet Meyerdahl. | |||
The first class of midshipmen graduate from the Royal Manticoran Naval Academy. | |||
A military junta takes control of the planet Canaan. Soon after, General Amador Khetha takes power for himself as so called "Supreme Chosen One". | |||
The "Plague Years" officially end with the government announcing the eradication of the Manticoran Plague. | |||
The Danak System is colonized. | |||
Travis Long is born on Manticore. | |||
The Harrington family arrives on the planet Sphinx. | |||
Stephanie Harrington discovers Sphinx's native sentient species, the treecats, and bonds with Lionheart. | |||
Scott MacDallan bonds with the treecat Fisher. Arvin Erhardt bonds with True Stalker. |
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Dr. Muriel Ubel murders several BioNeering employees in order to cover up an ecological disaster that severly damaged a treecat clan home range. Scott MacDallan finds out about it and ends up killing Ubel. | |||
Queen Elizabeth I of Manticore dies; her son, Michael I, ascends to the throne. | |||
Stephanie Harrington foils Tennessee Bolgeo's attempt to kidnap treecats and sell them off-world as pets. | |||
Gustav Anderman conquers a number of star systems and founds the Andermani Empire. | |||
The construction of King Michael's Cathedral in Landing begins. | |||
Travis Long enlists in the Royal Manticoran Navy. | |||
Manticore's experimental sloop HMS Phobos is destroyed by harmonic stress on the hull during a rescue operation in the Unicorn Belt. | |||
The Republic of Haven holds a starship sale in the Secour System. | |||
The people of Canaan oust General Khetha, who flees the planet with his supporters. | |||
Edward I is crowned King of Manticore. | |||
Aided immigration to Manticore officially ends. | |||
The Volsung Mercenaries try to conquer the Manticore System, but are repelled by the RMN in the Battle of Manticore. | |||
King Edward I and Crown Princess Sophie die in a boating accident. Edward's sister, Elizabeth II, rises to the throne.
Volsung Mercenary base in Silesia is destroyed by Andermani forces accompanied by HMS Casey. Volsung's database is captured intact. Cutler Gensonne is killed during battle by Jeremiah Llyn in Danak system Earl Breakwater is forced to resign his post of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. |
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1545 PD | Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly were married. | (MA4) | |
Gustav I dies and his son, Andrew, assumes the throne as Gustav II. A rebellion and attempted coup against Gustav II is put down at the Battle of Tomlinson. Gustav II marries. | |||
"The Pumice Year" of strong vulcanic activity on Tlaloc; the inhabitants rename their planet Smoking Frog. | |||
Dr. Ignatius Peterson invents the first inertial compensator with sufficiently precise incremental control to allow vessels with a permanent up/down orientation. | |||
The first transit of the Manticore Wormhole Junction takes place, linking the Star Kingdom with Beowulf. | |||
The RMN battlecruiser HMS Nike (BC-01) is commissioned. The Junction Treaty of 1590 PD is signed. |
References[]
← 15th Century PD |
Timeline 16th Century PD |
→ 17th Century PD |