Chronology

From The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

• 1969 Neil Armstrong sets foot on Earth's Moon.
• 1990 Series of treaties between United States and Soviet Union creates the CoDominium.
• 2008 First interstellar drive tested. Alderson Drive perfected.
• 2020 First interstellar colonies. Beginning of Great Exodus.
• 2040 CoDominium Bureau of Relocation begins mass out-system shipment of convicts. Colonization of Sparta and St. Ekaterina.
• 2079 Sergei Lermontov becomes Grand Admiral of CoDominium Space Navy.
• 2103 Great Patriotic Wars. End of the CoDominium. Exodus of the Fleet.
• 2110 Coronation of Lysander I of Sparta. Fleet swears loyalty to the Spartan throne. Marriage of dynasties produces union between Sparta and St. Ekaterina.
• 2111 Formation wars begin.
• 2250 Leonidas I proclaims Empire of Man.
• 2250-2600 Empire of Man enforces interstellar peace.
• 2603 Secession Wars begin. Growth of Sauron supermen. St. Ekaterina nearly destroyed.
• 2640 Secession Wars continue. Dark Ages in many systems. Effective termination of First Empire. Sauron supermen exterminated.
• 2800 Interstellar trade ceases. Piracy and brigandage. Dark Ages.
• 2870 Effective end of Secession Wars.
• 2903 Leonidas IV of Sparta proclaims the Second Empire of Man. The Oath of Reunion is sworn.
• 2993 Campaign begins.