About This Timeline
The following timeline includes key events in the history of the Empire of Australia, its colonies and former colonies, and related intrigue.
1100s
1122
Eleanor of Aquitaine is born.
1149
Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves with her husband, Louis VII, King of France, on a crusade to the Holy Land.
1150
Eleanor of Aquitaine secretly leaves the Holy Land with a pirate ship and sets out to explore the world. The pirate ship was captained by the notorious Erik the Black and it was a Viking Raider.
1151
Eleanor of Aquitaine founds the Empire of Australia on the island of Aotearoa. She mistakenly believes that she is on the island of Australia.
1155
Eleanor the Second is born. Eleanor of Aquitaine never revealed who her father was, although many assume it was Erik the Black.
1157
Eleanor has a son, whom she names Erik after his father.
1161
⚔️ Eleanor expels Erik the Black from the Empire of Australia. Erik takes their son with him. With a few warriors still loyal to him, Erik sails to the island of Papua, where he creates the Kingdom of Papua.
1180
Eleanor the Third is born.
1200s
1204
? Eleanor of Aquitaine dies at the age of 82.
???? Eleanor the Second becomes Empress of Australia.
Eleanor the Fourth is born.
1215
???? Eleanor the Second dies at the age of 60.
???? Eleanor the Third becomes Empress of Australia.
1217
???? Eleanor the Third charters the University of New Bordeaux. Only women are admitted to the new institution.
1222
???? Eleanor the Third dies of disease at the age of 42.
???? Eleanor the Fourth becomes Empress of Australia.
1231
Eleanor the Fifth is born.
1233
⚔️ Eleanor the Fourth extends the Empire of Australia’s dominance over the entirety of the island of Australia.
1256
???? The explosion of Mount Tambora creates a five-year winter across the globe and nearly starves the nascent Empire. Millions die worldwide from famine and disease as a result. The population of the planet is thought to have decreased by as much as one-third.
1261
? Eleanor the Fourth dies after reigning for 39 years.
???? Eleanor the Fifth becomes Empress of Australia.
1262
Eleanor the Fifth commissions the creation of the Repos Final.
1264
Eleanor the Sixth is born.
1281
Eleanor the Seventh is born.
1300s
1305
? Eleanor the Fifth dies at the age of 74 after reigning for 44 years.
???? Eleanor the Sixth becomes Empress of Australia.
1314
The Repos Final is finished.
1320
Eleanor the Eighth is born.
1332
Eleanor the Ninth is born.
1344
???? Eleanor the Sixth issues Décret 617 which allows for men to attend the University of New Bordeaux.
1350
Eleanor the Tenth is born.
1361
? Eleanor the Sixth dies at the age of 97.
???? Eleanor the Seventh becomes Empress of Australia.
1377
Eleanor the Eleventh is born.
1378
? Eleanor the Seventh dies.
???? Eleanor the Eighth becomes Empress of Australia.
1381
? Eleanor the Eighth dies.
???? Eleanor the Ninth becomes Empress of Australia.
1400s
1400
Eleanor the Twelfth is born.
1415
? Eleanor the Ninth dies.
???? Eleanor the Tenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1422
Eleanor the Thirteenth is born.
1435
? Eleanor the Tenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Eleventh becomes Empress of Australia.
1443
? Eleanor the Eleventh dies.
???? Eleanor the Twelfth becomes Empress of Australia.
1452
Eleanor the Fourteenth is born.
1461
? Eleanor the Twelfth dies.
???? Eleanor the Thirteenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1482
Eleanor the Fifteenth is born.
???? Eleanor the Thirteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Fourteenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1485
???? Eleanor the Fourteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Fifteenth becomes Empress of Australia at age three.
1489
Hearing of a young queen in need of protection, a group of 12 Knights Hospitaller sail from the Holy Land to Aotearoa to serve as guards for the young Eleanor the Fifteenth.
1492
The Knights Hospitaller of the Australian Order is formed. Among its original members is Bernard d’Homme Nouveau.
1500s
1502
⚓ Eleanor the Fifteenth travels the western coasts of North and Central America.
⚔️ E15 lays nominal claim to the lands of the desert southwest in her first campaign of Imperial expansion.
1504
⚓ Eleanor the Fifteenth travels to Japan, China, and Korea. She captures the island of Formosa.
1505
Eleanor the Sixteenth is born.
1507
⚔️ Eleanor the Fifteenth captures the island of Madagascar.
1527
Eleanor the Fifteenth creates the Lion’s Head Throne.
1535
Eleanor the Seventeenth is born.
1545
⚔️ Eleanor the FIfteenth completes the Conquest of Portugal in twenty-two days.
1546
⚔️ Eleanor the Fifteenth completes the Conquest of Spain. She establishes the Kingdom of Castille as a client kingdom of the Empire of Australia. She grants semi-autonomy to the region of Catalonia.
1547
⚔️ Eleanor the Fifteenth captures the islands of Corsica and Sardinia.
1548
⚔️ Eleanor the Fifteenth captures the island of Cyprus and begins her invasion of the Holy Lands.
1549
⚔️ Eleanor the Fifteenth concludes her invasion of the Holy Lands, sweeping all the way to the Persian Gulf.
????️ E15 proclaims the Holy Protectorate of the Empire of Australia through Décret 1574 and allows the free passage of religious pilgrims to its holy sites.
1565
? Eleanor the Fifteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Sixteenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1566
Eleanor the Eighteenth is born.
1568
? Eleanor the Sixteenth outlaws the slave trade in Décret 1657.
1577
? Eleanor the Sixteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Seventeenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1590
? Eleanor the Seventeenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Eighteenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1599
Eleanor the Nineteenth is born.
1600s
1621
Eleanor the Twentieth is born.
1625
? Eleanor the Eighteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Nineteenth becomes Empress of Australia.
1626
? Eleanor the Nineteenth dies.
???? Eleanor the Twentieth becomes Empress of Australia.
1645
Eleanor the Twentieth dies in childbirth.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-First becomes Empress of Australia at birth.
1667
Cascadia declares independence from the Empire of Australia.
1673
???? Cascadia and the Empire of Australia agreed to an end to hostilities and divided territory along the armistice line. Cascadia is the first (and only) nation to have won a war against the Empire.
1674
???? In recognition of his efforts as a privateer on behalf of the Empire, Eleanor the Twenty-First grants a permanent dukedom on the island of Catalina to Antuan Snorrsgard. The Duchy of Catalina was granted special status as an independent client kingdom of the Empire. It is the only such time such a status has been granted in the history of the Empire.
1675
Eleanor the Twenty-Second is born.
1700s
1708
Eleanor the Twenty-Third is born.
1729
Eleanor the Twenty-Fourth is born.
1731
? Eleanor the Twenty-First dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Second becomes Empress of Australia.
1761
Eleanor the Twenty-Fifth is born.
1772
? Eleanor the Twenty-Second dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Third becomes Empress of Australia.
1789
Eleanor the Twenty-Sixth is born.
? Eleanor the Twenty-Third dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Fourth becomes Empress of Australia.
????️ Members of the 1151 Agency are rumoured to have encouraged the split of the newly independent colonies of America into the United States of New England and the Union of American States.
1800s
1803
? Eleanor the Twenty-Fourth dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Fifth becomes Empress of Australia
1815
? Eleanor the Twenty-Fifth dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Sixth becomes Empress of Australia.
1812
Eleanor the Twenty-Seventh is born.
1845
Eleanor the Twenty-Eighth is born.
1858
A series of high-profile disputes over whaling and sea-rights in the North Atlantic ocean leads to the start of the so-called Whaling Wars between the Empire of Australia, Canada and the United States of New England.
1866
? Eleanor the Twenty-Sixth dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Seventh becomes Empress of Australia.
1867
Eleanor the Twenty-Eighth signs the Treaty of Reykjavik, ending the Whaling Wars.
1875
Eleanor the Twenty-Ninth is born.
1900s
1903
? Eleanor the Twenty-Seventh dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Eighth becomes Empress of Australia.
Eleanor the Thirtieth is born.
1918
? Eleanor the Twenty-Eighth dies.
???? Eleanor the Twenty-Ninth becomes Empress of Australia.
1919
? Eleanor the Twenty-Ninth dies in a chemical experiment accident.
???? Eleanor the Thirtieth becomes Empress of Australia.
1925
Eleanor the Thirty-First is born.
1947
? Eleanor the Thirtieth dies.
???? Eleanor the Thirty-First becomes Empress of Australia.
1956
Eleanor the Thirty-Second is born.
1989
Eleanor the Thirty-Third is Born.
2000s
2000
? Eleanor the Thirty-First dies.
???? Eleanor the Thirty-Second becomes Empress of Australia.
2014
? Eleanor the Thirty-Second dies.
???? Eleanor the Thirty-Third becomes Empress of Australia.
2015
? Eleanor the Thirty-Third makes her “New Deal” speech, promising a new era of cooperation with the rest of the world.