Defining points in world history
Wordman (ward1@husc.harvard.edu) -
Wigs of Oz (wigs@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au)
Last Modified: Thu Apr 14 20:48:15 EST 1994
The references are in the form of (book) (page number):
SRI Shadowrun I rulebook
SRII Shadowrun II rulebook
SB Shadowbeat Sourcebook
ST ShadowTech Sourcebook
SEA Seattle Sourcebook
CS Corporate Shadowfiles
TT Tir Tairngire Sourcebook
TN Tir na nOg Sourcebook
NA Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America
FoF Fields of Fire
PL Paradise Lost
JAL Changes specific to Jens-Arthur Leirbakk's campaign
other Other references
Date Happenings Reference
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3454BC Jul 22 Crater Lake (Oregon, North America) formed. TT 22
3114BC Aug 11 Believed start of Mayan Calendar. other
1922 Civil War in Ireland/Eire. TN 27
1979 Dec 11 Liam O'Connor born (Spike Baby) TN 32
1985 Genome Initiative begins. ST 67
1990's Space City (Hawaii) grows PL 67
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. NA 38
1996 Wave of deregulation in USA. NA 79
1997 The British reintroduced policies of internment TN 28
without trial for IRA members and other
`terrorists'.
1998 By now, US defense establishment cut by 40% NA 78
Defense contracts dry up. Social services
trimmed or elimiated. Unemployment reaches 50%
in some regions.
1998 Teamsters' New York local go on strike. CS 17
1999 Hundreds killed in New York City food riots. SRII 20
1999 Feb 21-22 Mobs attack Seretech vehicles. CS 17
1999 Seretech Decision. CS 17
2000 Jan 1 Quebec declared Independance from Canada. NA 64
2001 Shiawase Decision establishes extraterritoria- SRII 22, CS 18
-lity to multinational corporations.
2002-2008 The Resource Rush. SRII 22
2003 Anglo-Japanese suborbital Ghost unveiled,
breaking international travel speed records.
2003 Panthers declaired extinct by World Wildlife TT 21
Protection Fund.
2004 Libya attacks Israel with chemical weapons. SRII 22
Israel retaliates with nuclear weapons.
2004 Nuclear meltdown in Kent, Great Britain.
2005 Aug 12 Major earthquake in New York City; United SRII 22, NA 119
Nations moves to Geneva.
2008 Ultra-fast digital packing algorithm allows SB 20
HDTV.
2008 Mir space station destroyed. CS 88
2008 Texas creates Urban Militia units with military NA 81
weapons.
2009 Re-Education And Relocation Act passed. NA 79
2009 Anti-Indian riots in California. NA 13
2009 May 16 SAIM occupation of the United States Shiloh SRII 22, PL 67
Launch Facility ends with the launch of Lone
Eagle nuclear missile toward Russian Republic.
2009 US Military moves several importaint aerospace PL 68
research projects to Hawaii.
2009 Grey Wolves declaired extinct by World Wildlife TT 21
Protection Fund.
2010 VITAS plague breaks out in New Delhi, spreading SRII 23, SRI 13,
worldwide, killing a significant proportion of NA 13, TN 28
the worlds population (25% by the end of the
year).
2010 United States government passes the SRII 22
Re-Education and Re-Location Act.
2011 Year of Chaos. SRII 23
2011 Mexican government collapses. SRII 23
2011 Emergence of Unexplained Genetic Expression SRII 23
(UGE).
2011 Nuclear meltdowns in Scotland and Britain. TN 28
2011 Formorans first sighted in Eire. TN 28
2011 `Plantation Shifts' in Eire. TN 28
2011 Rapid growth of forested areas in Eire. TN 28
2011-2013 ALOHA claims responsibility for two dozen car- PL 68
bomb attacks.
2011 Jan 13 Earthquake rocks Olympic Peninsula. SEA 14
2011 Feb IRA launches strikes on British military TN 29
targets in Ulster, assisted by magic.
2011 Apr 14 SAS base in Belfast destroyed, assisted by TN 30
magic.
2011 Dec 24 Great Dragon Ryumyo appears in Japan, signaling SRII 23
the start of the Mayan Sixth World.
2011 Dec 24 Ley Lines activate in Great Britain.
2011 Dec 24 Daniel Coleman Howling Coyote leads Native SRII 23
Americans out of Abilene Re-Education Center.
2013 Combat Biking appears. SB 65
2013 May Aldershot elemental strike. TN 30
2014 Creation of the United Free Republic of SRII 24
Ireland.
2014 Howling Coyote announces claim to North SRII 23
America, claims responsibility for Redondo Peak
eruption. U.S. Military beset by tornadoes.
2014 Formation of the NAN and STC. SRII 24
2014 White control in South Africa dissolved. SRII 24
2014 Martial Law declaired in Hawai'i to put down PL 68
ALOHA-sponsored insurrection.
2014 Jun 16 British House of Commons passes Act of TN 30
Dissolution.
2014 Treaty of Galway signed by Eire and Britain. TN 30
United Free Republic of Ireland created.
2015 Hong Kong secedes from China.
2015 Space Station Freedom's orbit begins to decay CS 89
2015 Salish forces capture Trident Submarine base at SEA 14
Bangor; and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at
Bremerton.
2015 IRA opens negotiations with Dublin government. TN 30
Liam O'Connor appears.
2016 Space Shuttle program degenerates. CS 89
2016 Ares purchases and restores Space Station. CS 89
Freedom. Ares begins construction of _Apollo_.
2016 General Secretary Nikolai Chelenko (Russia), SRII 24
President Jesse Garrety (United States),
Prime Minister Lena Rodale (Great Britain),
and Minister Chiam Schon (Israel) assassinated.
2016 U.S. ratifies the Resolution Act of 2016, SRII 24
sanctioning total extermination of Native
American tribes.
2016 Dec 12 Jesse Garrety Assasinated. NA 78
2017 Aug 17 Great Ghost Dance causes simultaneous eruptions SRII 24, PL 69
in the Western U.S. at 10:32 am.
2017 Aug 22 Hawai'i becomes a sovereignty. PL 69
2017 Dec 11 Quebec invites Maritime provinces to join NA 65
Republic.
2018 Molyneaux Scam in Ireland TN 31
2018 Liam O'Connor engineered scams to weaken TN 32
the Catholic Church in Ireland.
2018 Apr Treaty of Denver signed. Acknowledgement of SRII 24
NAN sovereignty.
Quebec abstained. NA 65
2018 Dr. Hosato Hikita of ESP Systems unveils ASIST SRII 25, NA 104
technology.
2018 U.S. Spaceplane _America_ disintegrates in SRII 25
orbit, falling on Longreach, Australia.
2018 Ways and Paths emerge TN 66
2019 More than 200,000 refugees decend upon Seattle. SEA 15
Bellevue, Renton and Kent become part of
Greater Seattle.
2019 Newfoundland is annexed by Maine. NA 65
2019 Sep 6 Everett and Tacoma merge with Seattle. SEA 16
2020 _Apollo_ becomes Ares' principle space platform CS 89
_Freedom_ becomes Zurich-Orbital.
2020 Nov 16 Washington State dissolved; Seattle Metroplex SEA 16
officially recognised.
2021 Apr 30 Goblinization begins. SRII 25, SEA 16
2021 Walter Bright Water becomes representative to TT 26
Salish-Shidhe Council.
2022 VITAS again spreads worldwide. Racial riots SRII 25
worldwide.
2022 "Kavanaghgate" affair in Ireland. TN 31
2022 Formation of independent Quebec, the Caribbean SRII 25
League and other nations.
2022 Construction starts on Aztechnology Complex, SEA 56
Seattle.
2022 Aug Gov. of Seattle orders Metahumans released. SEA 16
2022 Public control over broadcasting crumbles. SB 25
2022 Urban Brawl appears. SB 68
2023 Corporate Court installed at _Zurich-Orbital_. CS 89
2023 Feb Seattle Police Force goes on strike. SPD SEA 16
dismissed. Lone Star given security contract.
2024 Introduction of commercial simsense. SRII 26
2024 Renraku's DigitalXScan holo protocol accepted. SB 20
2025 "Walsh's Hookers" scandal in Ireland TN 31
2025 UCLA offers first undergraduate program in SRII 26
occult sciences.
2026 First generation cyberterminals developed. SRII 26
2027 First operational fusion reactor goes online. SRII 26
2028 Magical Studies at University of Chicago begin. NA 106
2029 Salish-Shidhe Council adopts tenet of welcoming TT 26
metahumans. Sinsearach tribe formed.
2029 Second generation cyberterminals SRII 26
2029 Feb 8 Crash of '29 - Computer virus crashes worldwide SRII 27, SEA 16
computer network. Echo Mirage activated. NA 80
2029 Apr 9 Virus infects US Air-traffic control. Cripples NA 80
air-travel for a week. Collapse of state-based
culture.
2029 Aug Coordinated Echo Mirage attack on computer SRII 27
virus begins.
2030 Oct 15 United States dissolved. Union Day. NA 78,80
2030 Remains of USA merge with Canada, formation of
UCAS.
2030 Calls in California for secession. NA 13
2030 Announcement of Walter Bright Water's death. TT 26
2030 Construction completed of Aztechnology Complex, SEA 56
Seattle.
2030 Shoshone and Modoc tribes join Salish and TT 26
Makah tribes. Oregon is left to metahumans.
2030 Aithne Oakforest, Sean Laverty and Lugh TT 27
Surehand appear.
2030-2042 EuroWars: SRII 28
Members of CIS breakaway. Awakened dominate
Western Siberian Lowland, Yukat ASSR, and lands
west of lowlands.
2031 Last remains of Computer Virus removed. SRII 27
2031 Russian Republic steamrolls across Belorussia, SRII 28, NA 81
and invades resource-rich Europe. UCAS forces
recalled from NATO.
2031 Salish-Shidhe's southern cities reoccupied. TT 27
2032 Russian forces in Poland launch renewed attack SRII 28
on Berlin. Britain sends in troops to protect
her interests.
2032 Southern US senators threaten to secede. NA 30
2032 Mar 21 `Concrete Dreams' change course of music. SB 7
2033 Awakened forces invade Brazil, creating SRII 28
Amazonia. Aztlan secedes from NAN.
2033 Jan 23 38 Nightwraith fighter-bombers attack both SRII 28
sides of the EuroWars, effectively ending it.
2033-2034 Portland Peace Force grows rapidly. TT 103
2034 Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaft Bank opens on _ZO_ CS 89
2034 Ten UCAS states secede to form the CAS. SRII 28, NA 30
NA 80
2034 May Matrix Systems releases first commercial SRII 28
cyberterminal.
2034 Dec 11 Coup in Ireland. TN 32, TN 33
2035 UCAS has no military presense outside North NA 81
America.
2035 Atlanta made capital of CAS. Aztlan begins NA 30
military takeover of southern Texas.
2035 Mar Texas secedes from CAS and attacks Aztlan. NA 15, NA 30
2035 May 1 Lugh Surehand announced formation of Tir. TT 29, TT 103
Tairngire. Salish-Shidhe forces repelled.
2035 Jun 8 `Insurance War' in Atlanta NA 38
2035 Jul Texas rejoins CAS.
2035 Aug Three more Princes on Tir Tairngire council: TT 36
Jonathon Reed, Maria Cinebal, Dar Varien.
2036 Fuchi markets third-generation cyberterminal. SRII 28
2036 Alamos 20,000 claims first New Terrorism act: SRII 29
firebombing of Ohio community.
2036 Portions of New Mexico and Oklahoma join the NA 30
CAS.
2036 Southern states of the UCAS threaten to secede, NA 13
then did so 10 days after MacAlister's `Eat My
Shorts' speech.
2036 Treaty of Richmond signed between UCAS and CAS. NA 13,80,86
2036 Tir Tairngire mounts an armed incursion into TT 30, FoF 19
California. Tir border extended to Yreka.
Battle of Redding.
2036 Tir Council acknowledges Portland is hub of TT 32
trade. Construction starts on Portland wall.
2036 Four more Tir Tairngire Princes named. TT 38
2036 May 1 First Tir Tairngire Rite of Progression. TT 62
203(6?7) Tsishian secession. SRII 29
2037 California Free State formed. SRII 29,
NA 13-14
2037 CFS mobilizes against Tir Tairngire's land NA 14-15
claim down to Redding. Aztlan moves into San
Diego.
2037 Fuchi brings out RealSense system. SB 75
2037 Portland Wall completed. TT 32, TT 110
2037 Feb 7 Japanese forces arrived in San Francisco. SRII 29, NA 15
2038 British government discovered to be involved in
gene-manipulation on citizens.
2039 Chemical spill in Teeside Industrial District
in England kills 70,000.
2039 Feb 7 Night of Rage. SRII 29, NA 81
2039 Feb 10 IBM Towers in Chicago destroyed. Shattergraves NA 105
created.
2038 Hawaii secedes from UCAS and becomes a monarcy. NA 80
2039 NAN imposes heavy trade sanctions on CAS to NA 30
speed up metahuman equality.
2040 Construction starts on Renraku Arcology, SEA 47
Seattle.
2040 CAS presidential elections. Joseph Alexander is NA 30
elected president.
2041 Brink of Corp War CS 80
2041 EuroAir flight 329 downed by terrorist dragon SRII 29
Sirrurg.
2041 Policlubs emerge in Europe. SRII 29
2041 Exodus of Dwarves from Seattle Underground. SEA 13
2041 Tir Tairngire passes Art Education Act. TT 73
2042 Eurowars End
2042 Munich Amendments to the geneva Conventions FoF 19
passed.
2043 Tir Tairngire `Star Chamber' created. TT 43
2043 Second Tir Tairngire Rite of Progression. TT 62
2043 Liam O'Connor disappears from public life. TN 34
2044 Aztlan nationalized all foriegn-owned SRII 29
businesses. In confusion, Aztlan annexes most
of Mexico.
2044 `Concrete Dreams' played last concert at Club SB 7
Penumbra.
2044 Olympic Games revived. SB 63
2044 CAS elections: Alexander re-ellected. NA 30
2044 Aztlan annexes remainder of Mexico. NA 30
2045 CAS President Alexander dies in office. NA 30
2046 Policlubs emerge in North America. SRII 29
2046 MegaMedia unveils Honey Brighton's simsense SB 74
`Free Fall'.
2046 By 2046 three Corps announce they have a ST
complete genemap.
2047 120,000 die in Tynesprawl, England from para-
VITAS.
2048 Aztlan and several megacorps sign Veracruz SRII 29
Settlement.
2048 CAS Elections: Edna Wallace elected President. NA 31
2050 Development of 7th generation Cyberdeck SRII 29
(keyboard sized).
2050 Universal Brotherhood enjoys international SRII 29
growth.
2050 Third Tir Tairngire Rite of Progression. TT 62
2050 Protests in Atlanta about Metahuman rights. NA 31
2051 Universal Brotherhood tried to open in Salem. TT 142
2052 Tir Tairngire negotiates with Seattle for use TT 32
of ports. Large percentage of international
trade shifted to Seattle.
2054 Feb Tir Tairngire information uploaded to Denver. TT 8
2056 Planned Summer Olympics in Tokyo. SB
2056 Sep The "Ghoultown" incident transforms much of JAL
the Everett district of Seattle into a walled-
in concentration camp filled with ghouls.
2057 Planned 4th Tir Tairngire Rite of Progression. TT 62
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