Timeline of History of St. Cecilia

Below is a timeline of the history of the St. Cecilia Archipelago.
 * For a more thorough description, please see History of St. Cecilia.

Timeline
Prehistory 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century
 * 1000 BC (approx)- Settlers begin to arrive in the Polynesian region.
 * 950 BC (approx)- First evidence of human habitation on Altarea.
 * 900 BC (approx)- First evidence of human habitation on Capricorn Islands.
 * 650 BC (approx)- First evidence of human habitation on Challenger Islands.
 * 1606 (10 February)- First sighting of the Cecilian region by a European explorer. Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers what is believed to be Libra Atoll North in the Capricorn Islands.
 * 1764 - First circumnavigation of HMS Dolphin begins, captained by John Byron.
 * 1765 (5 May)- Byron claims the Capricorn Islands for the British crown.
 * 1766 - Second circumnavigation of HMS Dolphin begins, captained by Samuel Wallis.
 * 1767 (10 May)- Wallis claimed the Challenger Islands for the British crown.
 * 1772- Second circumnavigation by Captain James Cook begins, aboard HMS Resolution.
 * 1774 (20 June)- Cook discovers and claims Udintsev for the British crown.
 * 1774 (8 July)- Cook discovers and claims Eltanin for the British crown.
 * 1780 - German forces acting for Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, claim Altarea.
 * 1789 (28 April)- The Mutiny on the Bounty takes place.
 * 1790 (15 January)- The mutineers settle on the Pitcairn & Henderson Isles.
 * 1839 - First U.S. settlers arrive on Altarea.
 * 1891 - The Challenger Island War occurs as Chilean forces invade and are defeated.
 * 1899 - Tripartite Convention is signed, ceding Western Samoa to Germany and all lands east of the International Date Line (including Altarea) to the United States of America.
 * 1920 (approx)- The city of Louisville is founded.

21st Century
 * 1942 (13 March)- Capricorn Islands invaded and seized by Japanese forces.
 * 1942 (28 April)- Challenger Islands repel the Japanese invasion.
 * 1943 (10 January)- Capricorn Islands forces led by J. Walter Isaacs expel the Japanese.
 * 1974 (1 July)- U.S. cedes control of Altarea, forming a sovereign nation.
 * 2011 (2 April)- World Environmental Group sets up camp on the island of Henderson, with the aim of cleaning up the island, described as the 'most polluted in the world'
 * 2011 (April-November) - Following global advertisement, thousands of people worldwide descend on Pitcairn, sparking a humanitarian crisis. Pitkerners form their own government.
 * 2013 (1 January) - Britain cedes control of the Pitcairn Islands, forming a sovereign nation.
 * 2014 (1 January) - Britain cedes control of the Capricorn and Challenger Islands, forming two sovereign nations.
 * 2018 (1 January) - Britain cedes control of Eltanin and Udintsev islands, forming two sovereign nations.