Timeline of Nouvelle Alexandrie

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The following is a timeline of the history of the political entity first called the Federation of Alduria and the Wechua Nation from 1685 to 1692, when it changed its name to the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie.

Aldurian history

Pre-Aldurian History

• 1580 AN: The Kingdom of Babkha self-immolates with nuclear weapons, ending its presence in Micras.
• 1614 AN: Alkhiva is re-founded as a port city by Natopia; the city of Kamaltoon is founded by Natopia.
  • Alkhiva and Kamaltoon become important hub cities for SATCo and major exporter of oil to the rest of Natopia. A nascent Natopian extractive regime is established while civil society develops.
  • Alkhiva and Kamaltoon become a refuge for the South Mehlville diaspora, who have connections to Athlon.
  • Kamaltoon later on becomes the city of Xechaspolis in recognition of the growing presence of the South Mehlville diaspora.

Altusian Era

• 1651 AN: Collapse of the Empire of the Alexandrians due to the Alexandrian flu.
• 1651 AN: Natopia abandons its claims in Eura, including the cities of Alkhiva and Xechaspolis, in favor of claiming former Alexandrian land on Tapfer that later becomes part of the Natopian demesnes of Dos Gardenias, Tapfer, Arboria del Sur, and Transegale.
• 24.II.1655 AN: The Natopian Abduction Crisis is resolved when Emperor Nathan II and his Regent Christo Eucalyptos are discovered being held by terrorists in Xechaspolis, now a failed and crumbling city in the Euran Green. The abduction crisis paralyzed Natopia and its key governance functions for months as the nation debated what to do next.
  • A daring and complicated military operation is conducted by the Natopian Defense Force to rescue Emperor Nathan II and Regent Christo Eucalyptos from terrorists in Xechaspolis. The military operation is successful in rescuing them, resulting in 3 Natopian servicemembers killed, but neutralized the terrorists.
  • Following the daring military extraction of the Emperor Nathan II and his Regent Christo Eucalyptos, the entire city of Xechaspolis was obliterated from orbit by the NSS Damocles of the Natopian Spacefleet. This was the first orbital strike conducted by the Damocles-class orbital bombardment platform in its operational history.
• 13.XIV.1655 AN: The Armée Altusienne Unie is formed, foundation of Altus.
• 1655 AN-1670 AN: Quick rise and fall of Altus

Aldurian Era

• 1669 AN-1670 AN: Foundation of Alduria, very early formation period for Alduria.
• 25.XV.1670 AN: Alduria is founded in the city of Punta Santiago.
• 8.I.1670 AN:
  • With Alejandro Campos having been selected as Alduria's first President and Natalia Cotilla as first Prime Minister, the Transitional Government of the Republic of Alduria is established. The Transitional Government was composed of several early Aldurian parties and served as a national unity government for the nascent nation. Some of thew parties in the government were the National-Liberal Alliance and the New Center.
  • Development Fund for Alduria established by the Transitional Government, directing of the proceeds of all export sales of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas from Alduria into a development fund until a new, representative government of Alduria is properly constituted and duly elected as provided by the Constitution and its Transitory Provisions. The remaining five percent of the proceeds shall be deposited into a Compensation Fund for the government to hire civil servants and build itself.
• 9.I.1670 AN:
  • President Alejandro Campos appoints the rest of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Alduria to its posts:
    • The Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the Government shall be Marie-Madeleine Moitessier of the New Center.
    • The Secretary of State: Isidoro Villalba of the National-Liberal Alliance.
    • The Secretary of Defense: Thomas de Verrau of the National-Liberal Alliance.
    • The Secretary of Finance and Commerce: Zakaria Atlasi of the National-Liberal Alliance.
    • The Secretary of Justice: Rémy Carpentier of the National-Liberal Alliance.
    • The Secretary of the Interior: Jean-Baptiste Courbet of the New Center.
  • The Transitional Government of the Republic of Alduria organizes the nascent Aldurian economy; setting the Aldurian Écu as the national currency, creating the Bank of Alduria; and many other basic financial institutions and regulations. The government also assumes control over vast swaths of the economy and creates state-owned enterprises. Businesses and individuals are given compensation by the new government.
  • 11.I.1670 AN:
  • The Transitional Government of the Republic of Alduria provides for regulations and rules on export and border controls, aiming to establish a "uniform and normal transit and movement of people and goods in and out of Alduria".
  • The Transitional Government of the Republic of Alduria establishes the Office of Border Enforcement to ensure the integrity of the Aldurian border with the chaotic and dangerous Euran Green.

• 1.XIII.1671 AN: Constitution of Alduria ratified, first elections, etc.
• 12.XII.1685 AN: Committee for Alduro-Wechu Integration founded after several rounds of talks between both nations over 1680 AN to 1685 AN. The project was initially the brainchild of Marco Zimmer, the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Alduria, with the support of many different segments of [[Alduria|Aldurian The purpose of the committee is to facilitate further integration of both Alduria and the Wechua Nation with each other, with the end goal being a proposed Aldu-Wechu Federation.
• 13.XII.1684 AN: Assassination of Marco Zimmer: Marco Zimmer, the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Alduria, was assassinated in Valenciana, Alduria by Frederique Bonchamps while visiting a newly built hospital maintained by the Church of Alexandria, the Hospital of Our Lady of Santa Catalina. He is succeeded by Kylian Mbappé, 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Alduria.
• 18.XIII.1684 AN:
• 12.VII.1685 AN: 1685 Aldurian coup d'état: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff César Puig led a broad political coalition that included members of all political parties to remove President Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz and Prime Minister Kylian Mbappé from power and suspended the Constitution of Alduria.
  • The move came after the political upheaval brought by the assassination of Prime Minister Marco Zimmer and the continued inability of all levels of government to react to reassure the country and maintain order. The assassination led to weeks to widespread national protests and memorial vigils, with millions of protesters across the country calling for the military to remove the government and guide the country to a new democratic national settlement.
  • The military arrested Seydlitz, Mbappé, and several other political leaders and declared former President Alejandro Campos as the interim president of Alduria. The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the coup throughout the country.
• 1.VIII.1685 AN: Momentous state visit made by King Manco Cápac of the Wechua Nation to Alduria begins in Punta Santiago. During his meeting, he acts as a diplomatic, neutral broker between the different political parties of Alduria that results in the Pact of Olives among political leaders and figures in Alduria to reunify the country after the coup and give legitimacy to Alejandro Campos as the interim president of Alduria.
  • Pact of Olives: an agreement brokered by King Manco Cápac and Jaime Augusto Joaquin Primo de Aguilar between the warring political forces in Alduria to support the continuation of the Aldurian state after the coup, legitimizing the new interim President while releasing political prisoners, instituting a general amnesty, and indemnization to the prisoners.
• 4.VIII.1685 AN: Coup prisoners are released and granted a general amnesty, along with an apology from interim President Alejandro Campos. Released political prisoners affirm their support of the Pact of Olives.
• 12.XV.1685 AN: The Republic of Alduria becomes part of the Federation of Alduria-Wechua with the first Proclamation of Punta Santiago.

Wechua history

• Ancient: details about Wechua being "one of the original native Keltian nations", subjugated and oppressed by Atterans, Atterans moved them around, exiled them, killed them,a bunch of them went on to Ayllu, which is an ancestor nation of the Wechua Nation in Micras.

First Wechua Kingdom

• 3.V.1657 AN: Foundation of the Wechua Nation: Sapa Wechua Manco Cápac manages to obtain official recognition from the MCS for the first Wechua state since Ayllu, around the holy mountain of Mount Lacara, supported by neighboring Caputia (formerly known as Hamland).
• 25.XV.1668 AN: Caputia and the first Wechua Kingdom collapse, each due to internal unrest and to the horrors of the White Plague. The Wechua Sorrow begins.

Wechua Sorrow

• 1668 AN-1672 AN: Collapse of Wechu state and society, civil war, Wechua Sorrow;
• 1668 AN-1672 AN: Government-in-exile based out of Nivardom, Constancia;
• 1668 AN-1672 AN: Wechu Exodus;
• Reestablishment of Wechua state in the form of the second Wechua Kingdom in 1673 AN.

Second Wechua Kingdom

• 16.III.1673 AN: The Second Wechua Kingdom is founded with the return of Sapa Wechua Manco Cápac, beginning of the Great Restoration and the end of the Wechua Sorrow.
• 12.XIII.1685 AN: Committee for Alduro-Wechu Integration founded after several rounds of talks between both nations over 1680 AN to 1685 AN. The purpose of the committee is to facilitate further integration of both Alduria and the Wechua Nation with each other, with the end goal being a proposed Aldu-Wechu Federation.
• 1.VIII.1685 AN: Momentous state visit made by King Manco Cápac of the Wechua Nation to Alduria begins in Punta Santiago. During his meeting, he acts as a diplomatic, neutral broker between the different political parties of Alduria that results in the Pact of Olives, which ends the tumultuous and violent period in Alduria following the 1685 Aldurian coup d'état.
• 12.XV.1685 AN The Second Wechua Kingdom becomes part of the Federation of Alduria-Wechua with the first Proclamation of Punta Santiago.

Alduro-Wechua Federation

A map of Alduria and the Wechua Nation at the time of their Federation.

1685

XI

• 7: Campos-Alvarez Summit: Vicaquirao Alvarez and Alejandro Campos meet in Punta Santiago to discuss a new united nation of Alduria-Wechua.

XIII

• 24: The Committee for Aldu-Wechu Integration begins drafting a new Constitutional document for the unified nation of Alduria-Wechua, which later becomes the first Proclamation of Punta Santiago.

XV

• 12: The Proclamation of Punta Santiago is officially issued, after it was ratified by the governments and legislatures of Alduria and the Wechua Nation. The Federation of Alduria and the Wechua Nation (FAWN) is founded.

1686

• 16: The Regions of Santander and Valencia are officially established as part of Alduria-Wechua, recognized by the MCS.

Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie

1692

• 12.XIV.1692 AN: Premier Jean-Michel Lavaud announces a delay in the general elections due to “continued organizational and bureaucratic disarray” to 1693 AN.
• 4.XV.1692 AN: The Palace of Carranza announces that the Titular Emperor of Alexandria, Francis Joseph IV, and his wife, Queen Elizabeth I of Caputia and Hamland, will be visiting Alduria-Wechua, soon to be called Nouvelle Alexandrie.

1693

• 1.I.1693 AN: Alduria-Wechua becomes Nouvelle Alexandrie.
• 13.XIV.1693 AN - 15.XIV.1693 AN: New Alexandrian general election, 1693
• 17.XIV.1693 AN: King Manco Capac appoints Federal Humanist Party (FHP) leader Augustus Strong as "formador" after the FHP wins a plurality of seats in the 1st Cortes Federales, with 47.5% of the vote.
• 19.XIV.1693 AN: Federal Humanist Party enters into coalition negotiations with the Progressive Federalist Party to establish a coalition government.

1694

• 3.I.1694 AN: On the way home from negotiations that saw significant breakthroughs favoring the formation of the coalition between the FHP and PFP, the PFP's leader, Marcel de la Croix died in a car accident in Cardenas.
• 4.I.1694 AN: With coalition negotiations incomplete, the King intervened, requesting that a National Unity Government be formed with Augustus Strong as President of the Government of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
  • Cambio Democrático (CD) leader Santiago Etienne, expected to assume the mantle of a strong Leader of Opposition, saw his opportunity and attempted to form a coalition with the interim Progressive Federalist leader Robert Beaujolais. The PFP Party Constitution forbade the interim leader from making such a commitment for the party, only a duly elected party leader could.
  • Choosing honor the original intentions of Marcel de la Croix, interim Progressive Federalist leader Robert Beaujolais declined and endorsed the establishment of a National Unity Government while the PFP sorted its party leadership crisis.
• 9.I.1694 AN: National Unity Government announced, with Augustus Strong as Premier, Cambio Democrático leader Santiago Etienne as Vice-Premier, with additional support from the Diggers' Society and several independent Deputies.
• 11.II.1694 AN: Progressive Federalist leader Robert Beaujolais wins the leadership of the Progressive Federalist Party.
• 18.IV.1694 AN: A massive oil spill off the coast of Alkhiva, Alduria. Becomes the worst ecological disaster in the history of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
• VIII.1694 AN: Over the 8th month of 1694 AN, the federal government of Nouvelle Alexandrie, split between Parap and Punta Santiago as capitals, begin full-time operations in Cardenas, the newly rebuilt and modified capital of Nouvelle Alexandrie and originally an Alexandrian city.
• 10.IX.1694 AN: King Manco Capac signs the Hurmu Ruins Treaty.

1695

• 20.XIII.1695 AN: Nouvelle Alexandrie’s Department of Energy and Environment advises the regional government of Alduria to lift the temporary state of emergency imposed in 1693 AN due to a massive oil spill of the Alkhivan coast, the worst environmental disaster in Nouvelle Alexandrie's history.

1697

• III.1697 AN: Death of the first New Alexandrian party system, rise of the second New Alexandrian party system:
  • Cambio Democrático, the Union for a Democratic Movement, the Worker’s Labor Party, and the Rally for the Empire lose their electoral registrations with the Federal Elections Commission; deregistered as official political parties.
  • The rise of two new political parties from the ashes and dissolutions, plus 3 defections from the Federal Humanist Party in opposition to the National Unity Government:
    • the Progressive Party: a centrist party formed out of 61 Deputies that were formerly part of Cambio Democrático;
    • the Freedom Party: a far-right party formed out of 3 Deputies that left the Federal Humanist Party, two of them previously belonging to Rally for the Empire.
  • Progressive Federalist Party re-brands into Solidarity Party, absorbing 65 Deputies that were formerly part of Cambio Democrático.
  • Four Deputies from Cambio Democrático defected to the Federal Humanist Party.
  • Sixteen Deputies formerly from Cambio Democrático remain unaligned, some of them declaring themselves as political independents.

1698

• 25.I.1698 AN: King Manco Cápac establishes a four month Regency, placing his son Crown Prince Titu as Regent during his absence.
  • Regency established as the King underwent a series of urgent surgeries, treatments, and physical therapies stemming from complications of war injuries from the fighting leading the closing chapters of the Wechua Sorrow in 1673 AN.
    • The surgeries addressed damage to the King' joints, particularly his left knee and left side of his hip, injured while leading troops in battle during the seizure of Parap and the return of H.M. in 1673 AN. Joints will be replaced with artificial titanium joints to help relieve the pain and discomfort permanently. Surgeries succeed.
• 11.III.1698 AN: The Nouradin Hydroproject, also known as the Nouradin River Hydroelectric National District, is completed near the city of Corrada del Rio in the Region of Alduria.
• 28.IV.1693 AN: King Manco Cápac is certified as "in good health and ready to return to work" by a team of doctors and specialists from Natopia and Nouvelle Alexandrie. Crown Prince Titu's four month Regency ends.
• 29.IV.1698 AN: King Manco Cápac dissolves the 1st Cortes Federales, issuing a writ of election and summoning the 2nd Cortes Federales. Elections are set for later in the year.
• 4.V.1698 AN: The Aldurian runs a popular piece titled, "Wanted: An Opposition", deploring the state of the New Alexandrian opposition parties at the time and the lack of unity among the opposition parties against the Federal Humanist Party.
• 1.VI.1698 AN: Abadan Military Base, a New Alexandrian military base at the mouth of the Nouradin River in Alduria, was attacked by rockets from militant groups in the Euran Green. It is the first major direct attack to a Federal Forces base, triggering more warnings from settlers and frontier towns along the Alduria-Green border report increased raids and violence from marauding militant groups.
• 8.VI1698 AN: The Department of Labor announces reports of increased inflation, quoting housing and food prices across Nouvelle Alexandrie as the main drivers of inflation.
• VI.1698 AN - XII 1698 AN: High societal tensions between Zurvanites and Nazarenes noted as rising as violent incidents go down, but police authorities continue to need to patrol areas where members of both religions coexist to prevent beatings or attacks by zealot groups stirring up hate.
• 19.VI.1698 AN: Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie conduct a campaign of air strikes against key locations and facilities used by non-state militia groups in the border region facing the Euran Green, namely by Azad Eura and other groups.
• 2.XII.1698 AN: National Unity Government announces plans for naval procurement for 1699 AN to 1711 AN, adding 528 ships of different classes and capacities to be built for the Federal Navy of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
• 4.IX.1698 AN: Operation Northern Shield begins as a precursor to Operation Paramount.
• 5.IX.1698 AN: Fueled by high inflation and low earnings, the stocks fell and bond yields rose in the Cárdenas Stock Exchange, wiping out most of the gains made in 1698 AN in one day. Consumer-price index rose 4.4%.
• 21.X.1698 AN: Operation Paramount begins: Nouvelle Alexandrie and Constancia launch a joint military invasion and seizure of vast swaths of the Euran Green that bordered them and the Thraci Confederation, marking the entry of Nouvelle Alexandrie into the Third Euran War.
• 12.XII.1698 AN: The main combat phase of Operation Paramount ends, with Nouvelle Alexandrie and Constancia seizing vast swathes of the Euran Green and dealing Azad Eura a significant defeat.
• 13.XV.1698 AN - 15.XV.1698 AN: New Alexandrian general election, 1698.

See also

• Committee for Aldu-Wechu Integration
• 1685 Aldurian coup d'état
• Campos-Alvarez Summit
• Proclamation of Punta Santiago