Timeline of Brunanter history

This is a Timeline of Brunanter history.

Early history

 * 276- The Romans found the settlement of Villa Fulvia
 * 380- Villa Fulvia is abandoned
 * 525-530- The Vandals briefly establish control of Brunant and found a military outpost west of Carrington
 * 534- The Byzantines take control of the islands after the Battle of Brontium (a naval engagement forming part of the Vandalic War
 * 535-540- Brezonde, the oldest inhabited settlement in Brunant, is founded by the Byzantines
 * 712- Niesium is founded as the second Byzantine settlement in Brunant
 * 817-818- the Umayyad Caliphate conquers Brunant from the Byzantines
 * 1229-1235 Brezonde Castle is built by the Arabs in response to increasing Aragonese invasions

14th Century

 * 1353- Middleton is founded by Aragonese settlers
 * 1398- the town of Carona (modern-day Sint-Anders) is founded by Venetians

15th century

 * 1408- Discovery of the Brunanter islands by Dutch mariners
 * 1411- First settlement of the Dutch is founded at Grijzestad
 * 1427- the Declaration of Independence of Brunant is declared by members of the Convention of Grijzestad
 * War of Independence takes place between the Venetians and Brunanter Dutch
 * The Brunanter Republic is founded as the first modern state on the islands
 * 1439- Hans Niehorster is appointed President of the Brunanter Republic, serving for nearly 20 years
 * Roodstad is founded as the first town in Nieuw Helmond Parish and the west coast of Central Island
 * 1462- Mohamed Reis leads his first raid on the town of Brunant
 * 1475- President Leuvis Van Damme declares himself king, marking the foundation of the Kingdom of Brunant.
 * Much of Grijzestad burns down in a massive fire
 * 1482- The Royal Guard is founded

16th Century

 * 1501- Pirate Kemal Reis lays siege to Middleton and conquers the town
 * 1560- Koningstad is founded as a retreat for the country's wealthy, and later the king himself

17th century

 * 1613- The Realmarine is founded with the commisioning of the Koningin Marie
 * 1646- Grijzestad University is founded as the first university in Brunant
 * 1663 Civil War breaks out between king Pieter I and the royalists against his nephew Karl Van Draak and the reformers
 * Van Draak defeats the king at the Battle of Grijzestad and is later proclaimed king
 * The Bill of Rights is introduced

18th century

 * 1756- French troops invade Brunant as part of the Seven Years' War
 * 1757- Grijzestad is beseiged by the French for one year
 * 1784- James Carrington invades Brunant and takes control of the islands
 * King Pieter I is deposed in favor of his nephew, Adrian
 * 1795- the Royal University of Koningstad is founded

19th century

 * 1800- Dutch royalists stage a coup and have Carrington arrested, though he is quickly freed by supporters and forces King Adrian II to exile
 * Ambroos I comes to the throne, marking the start of his eventful 23-year reign
 * 1802- Brunant's current constitution is signed into force by Ambroos I and President David James Carrington
 * 1814- Brunant enters the Napoleonic Wars against the French and is led by the brilliant Marshal Owen Halsey MacLellan
 * 1869- the first railroad in Brunant begins construction
 * 1881- The Liberal Revolution breaks out in response to King Johan I's tyrranical rule and succeds in deposing him
 * 1882- Filip Van Buskirk is elected as the first democratically elected president of Brunant

20th century

 * 1909- Stefanus Varne is elected president and becomes the longest serving one, holding office until his death in 1922
 * 1913- King Pieter II is assassinated by an extreme conservative in a plot to rid the government of its liberal leaders
 * 1916- Brunant enters the Great War in alliance with the Triple Entente
 * 1941- Brunant is invaded by German troops, marking the start of three years of Nazi rule
 * 1945- Brunant is liberated By U.S. troops
 * 1978- President Eugen Sherman hires mobsters to plant a car bomb in Koningstad and kill opposition members and critics
 * 1978- Silvia Van Damme is elected the first female president