Timeline of CivClassic

The following is a timeline of the events of CivClassic's long and eventful history. This timeline includes the foundation date of most nations (where known), the foundation date of major cities (where different), major server updates, changes to the mod/admin team, major community events, major conflicts, and events which led to major conflcts.

The timeline relies entirely on primary sources and will be updated to include them, as well as other revisions.

More information can be found on Gjum's timeline here.

Full Date	Category	Event
23 July 2016	Administration	CivClassic 1.0 is first announced to the public.
24 July 2016	Administration	CivClassic 1.0 is first opened to the public.
25 May 2017	Administration	CivClassic 2.0 is first announced to the public, including the launch date and official Discord.
01 June 2017	Administration	CivClassic Admins give more detail about the server in a Reddit AMA.
02 June 2017	Administration	CivClassic 2.0 is first opened to the public.
02 June 2017	Settlement	The nation of Hjaltland is established.
04 June 2017	Settlement	The nations of Lexington, Polaris, Lotus Monastery, Melbourne, Westeros, Lenin Isle, Greenmarsh, Walt Disney World, Northland, and Savion are established by this point.
08 June 2017	Community	The first CCMap is released.
08 June 2017	Settlement	The nations of Luxemburg, Pinnacle, Narkis, Kraken, Gensokyo, Normandy, Redhouse, Comixao, Aznazia, Alpoko, Commonwealth, and New Jerusalem are established by this point.
12 June 2017	Settlement	The nations of Coventhia and Pacem are established.
16 June 2017	Settlement	The nations of Vzis, New Antioch, Roma, Nevada and Polska are established by this point.
19 June 2017	Settlement	Lotus Monastery merges with Coventhia.
19 June 2017	Settlement	The nation of Carpathia is established.
20 June 2017	Settlement	The nation of Appomattox is established.
23 June 2017	Settlement	Greenmarsh and Pinnacle merge to form Verda.
25 June 2017	Settlement	Southshire is established as a Borough of the Commonwealth.
25 June 2017	Settlement	Concord is abandoned, becoming the server's first major abandoned settlement.
01 July 2017	Settlement	The nation of Nyasaland is established.
04 July 2017	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The beginning of the First Yoahtl-Laconia War.
07 July 2017	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The end of the First Yoahtl-Laconia War; Laconia is victorious.
09 July 2017	Settlement	The nation of the Jefferson Confederacy is established.
11 July 2017	Settlement	The city of New Yoahtl is established in its current location.
15 July 2017	Somber War	Westerosi griefers are pearled by Hjaltland, while the survivors flee to Lexington.
21 July 2017	Somber War	Griefers from Lexington attack the Commonwealth.
13 August 2017	Somber War	Lexington turns over the griefers to the Commonwealth.
15 August 2017	Settlement	The first Mayor of Mount Augusta is elected.
18 August 2017	Somber War	A Hjaltland spy is captured trying to join Anguish and griefs Lexington builds in the End.
21 August 2017	Somber War	Lexington griefers attack Impasse.
22 August 2017	Somber War	Commonwealth accidentally releases a Lexington griefer, who seeks sanctuary in a Lexington bunker; Commonwealth fighters destroy the bunker.
30 August 2017	Community	The first political map is released.
31 August 2017	Settlement	The nation of England is established by this date.
02 September 2017	Settlement	The nation of Lusitania is established.
07 September 2017	Settlement	The nation of Columbia is established.
21 September 2017	Somber War	Lexington griefers attack the Commonwealth again.
22 September 2017	Somber War	The Hjaltland spy compromises Lexington security, using a modified bot script to give Hjaltland access to Lexington builds.
25 September 2017	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The beginning of the Second Yoahtl-Laconia War.
30 September 2017	Settlement	The nation of Tierra de Conciencia is established.
04 October 2017	Somber War	The Commonwealth reports Lexington's iron farm to moderators, who remove the build but compensate Lexington.
08 October 2017	Somber War	Lexington attacks the Commonwealth.
09 October 2017	Somber War	Lexington declares war on Hjaltland and Commonwealth.
12 October 2017	Somber War	Anguish is captured by Mir.
18 October 2017	Somber War	Lexington City is captured by Commonwealth, Hjaltland and Mir.
22 October 2017	Somber War	A bedrock-level attack on the Lexington Vault is defeated.
05 November 2017	Administration	Dsclouse joins the admin team.
30 November 2017	Settlement	The city of Mount Augusta is established in its current location.
30 December 2017	Somber War	A sky-level attack on the Lexington Vault is defeated.
14 January 2018	Jurisdiction	Southshire secedes from the Commonwealth to become an autonomous town of Yoahtl.
22 January 2018	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The Yoahtl-Konigsberg War begins.
26 January 2018	Settlement	The nation of Okashima is established.
30 January 2018	Settlement	The nation of Vinland is established.
25 February 2018	Community	First CivBall Map.
02 March 2018	Alliances	The SATO alliance is founded by Yoahtl, Vinland, Okashima and Hjaltland.
01 April 2018	Administration	CivClassic updates to 1.12.2, bringing updates to pearling and breaking diamond mining, gold farming, and minecart elevators.
08 April 2018	Settlement	The nation of Nro'meagh is established.
08 April 2018	Somber War	A sky-level attack on the Lexington Vault is successful in breaking Lexington's vault. Lexington's leader is killed.
09 April 2018	Somber War	Lexington's captives are released and the Somber War is declared over.
17 May 2018	Community	First Reputation Thread.
19 May 2018	Settlement	The nation of Bloom is established.
20 May 2018	Pinkertown Conflict	The Pinkertown Conflict begins (Pinkertown vs. Holy Jaded Empire)
25 May 2018	Settlement	The nation of Aurora is established.
25 May 2018	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The Yoahtl-MtA Trade War begins.
27 May 2018	Settlement	Lusitania briefly annexes Columbia.
29 May 2018	Settlement	Lusitania annexes the city of Rotterdam.
05 June 2018	Administration	TealNerd steps back from his role as Owner.
10 June 2018	Settlement	The nation of Gabon is established.
14 June 2018	Settlement	Jewish Quarter conflicts begin in Mount Augusta.
17 June 2018	Settlement	The nation of Maltovia is established.
22 June 2018	Community	The First Olympics are held in Yoahtl.
07 July 2018	Settlement	The nation of Varkonia is established.
09 July 2018	Alliances	The FRIENDS alliance is founded by Columbia, Hallow, the Holy Jaded Empire, Rhodesia and Vitelia.
17 July 2018	Somber War	The Lexington Memorial Museum is opened.
24 July 2018	Settlement	The Condominium of Luxembourg is established between the nations of SPQR and Lusitania.
03 August 2018	Alliances	The UNC alliance is founded by SPQR, Nevrast and Varkonia.
18 August 2018	Settlement	The nation of Kaltsburg is established.
26 August 2018	Settlement	The nation of Vitelia is established by the union of the Thalassocracy and Pruthenia.
26 August 2018	Jurisdiction	Southshire secedes from Yoahtl, becoming independent.
02 September 2018	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The Second Yoahtl-Laconia War ends; Laconia is victorious.
04 September 2018	Settlement	The nation of Caledonia is established.
19 September 2018	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The Third Yoahtl-Laconia War begins.
20 September 2018	Yoahtl's Campaigns	The Third Yoahtl-Laconia War ends; Laconia is victorious.
21 September 2018	Vinland Conflict	The Vinland conflict begins (Vinland vs. Chanseatic State & Vitelia)
24 September 2018	Settlement	The nation of Odresh is established.
08 October 2018	Vinland Conflict	The Vinland conflict ends; Chanseatic State and Vitelia are victorious.
14 October 2018	Settlement	Vinland merges with Mir.
24 October 2018	Settlement	The nation of Tel Aviv is established.
09 November 2018	Gabon Civil War	'Red Night': The Queen of Gabon declares independence from Varkonia against the opposition of her government.
09 November 2018	Gabon Civil War	The Gabon Civil War begins: the royalist faction of Gabon declares war on Varkonia and Hjaltland.
10 November 2018	Settlement	Vinland declares its independence from Mir.
13 November 2018	Gabon Civil War	The Gabon Civil War ends; Gabon remains a province of Varkonia.
11 December 2018	Community	The community votes on World Wonders.
18 December 2018	Settlement	The nation of Valyria is established.
21 December 2018	Phylon-Odresh Conflict	The Phylon-Odresh Conflict begins.
22 December 2018	Phylon-Odresh Conflict	The Phylon-Odresh Conflict ends; Odresh is victorious.
29 December 2018	Settlement	The nation of Polska is established.
04 January 2019	Alliances	Hallow leaves the FRIENDS alliance.
06 January 2019	Alliances	The NATO alliance is founded by Annwyn, Columbia, Gensokyo, Hallow, Polska, Tel Aviv, and Valyria.
06 January 2019	Settlement	The unoccuped Vitelia Vault is breached by SATO and Mir fighters.
07 January 2019	Community	The Second Olympics are held in the Commonwealth.
20 January 2019	Alliances	The FRIENDS alliance collapses after the Holy Jaded Empire leaves to join NATO.
29 January 2019	Infinity War	NATO occupies the Mir bunker in Mount Augusta, starting conflict with Mir.
30 January 2019	Infinity War	Mir griefs NATO rails.
31 January 2019	Administration	LordOfMarzipan becomes an Admin.
31 January 2019	Infinity War	Mir declares war on NATO.
02 February 2019	Infinity War	The Pinkerton Vault is captured by Mir.
03 February 2019	Settlement	Citizens of Mount Augusta vote down a bill giving dictatorial power to the Mayor.
10 February 2019	Administration	Several bugs caused by the update to 1.12.2 are fixed.
17 February 2019	Infinity War	The First Siege of Sempiternal (Mir attack Columbia's vault); NATO victory.
23 February 2019	Infinity War	The Second Siege of Sempiternal (Mir attack Columbia's vault); Mir victory.
24 February 2019	Infinity War	Mir fighters prepare to attack Hallow.
26 February 2019	Settlement	Mt. Augusta's vault hole is griefed by the plot owner.
02 March 2019	Infinity War	Hallow accuses SPQR and UNC of (knowingly or unknowingly) harbouring Mir fighters.
11 March 2019	Settlement	The nation of Icenia is established.
15 March 2019	Alliances	Valyria leaves NATO.
15 March 2019	Infinity War	The Sack of Hallow (Mir vs. NATO) begins.
17 March 2019	Infinity War	The Sack of Hallow (Mir vs. NATO) ends; Mir victory.
19 March 2019	Administration	CivClassic rules are changed.
01 April 2019	Settlement	The nation of Imperial Truidence is established.
01 April 2019	Settlement	An agreement is reached, and Mt. Augusta's vault hole is cleaned up.
10 May 2019	Community	The Third Olympics are held in Gensokyo.
22 May 2019	Settlement	The monarchist Commonwealth of Nyasaland is overthrown by the communist SFR Nyasaland.
20 June 2019	Clown Wars	The Clown Wars (Icenia vs. New Sovia) begin.
21 June 2019	Infinity War	NATO attempts to retake Sempiternal (Columbia's vault) but is repelled by Mir the following morning.
23 June 2019	Alliances	Annywn leaves NATO.
26 June 2019	Clown Wars	The Clown Wars end; no clear victor.
30 June 2019	Settlement	The nation of Astonia is established.
12 July 2019	Alliances	The Entente alliance is formed by Gensokyo, Hjaltland, Nyasaland, and Varkonia.
13 July 2019	Alliances	The UNC alliance is dissolved after members joined the Entente.
18 July 2019	Alliances	The UDF alliance is formed by Icenia, Bloom and Imperial Truidence.
09 August 2019	Community	The Fourth Olympics are held in Mount Augusta.
18 August 2019	Administration	Paper becomes a reinforcing material after a donation by Wjkroeker.
19 August 2019	Community	Shardore Tower in Mount Augusta opens its doors.
19 August 2019	Entente-Laconia War	The infamous Chick-fil-A, a Sovian-owned build in Icenia, is protested for being an eyesore and security risk.
30 August 2019	Settlement	Vinland, Okashima and Odresh merge with Yoahtl.
01 September 2019	Alliances	The LSD alliance is formed by Adina, Nudist Beach, Unitas and New Sovia.
07 September 2019	Entente-Laconia War	Nudist Beach's vault is attacked and captured by Entente fighters who believed the LSD alliance was preparing to raid Icenia.
24 September 2019	Infinity War	Columbia and Mir declare peace.
28 September 2019	Entente-Laconia War	LSD and Laconian players attempt to evacuate diamonds from the captured Nudist Beach vault to Laconia; half of the expedition is killed by Mir and Entente pursuers.
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09 October 2019	Settlement	The nation of CCCP is established by the union of Maltovia and Pripyat.
17 October 2019	Entente-Laconia War	Siege of Eternity: Laconia launches an attack on Hjaltland's vault, seriously damaging it.
04 December 2019	War of the Coalition	A previously-unknown group of griefers attack SPQR, Coventhia, Gensokyo, Icenia, Okashima, and the Commonwealth.
06 December 2019	Settlement	The nation of Armenia is established.
07 December 2019	War of the Coalition	Battle of Lusitania: Lusitania and its allies, including SATO, UDF, Entente, Mir and others, successfully defend against Ransackistan.
18 December 2019	Columbian Bush War	Kdeeks removes almost every Columbian unaffiliated with Rhodesia from the nation's main namelayer groups after hearing he was plotting to assassinate him, exiling many members.
18 December 2019	War of the Coalition	Battle of the Ransacki Vault: SATO, UDF, Entente, Mir and other allies successfully breach the Ransacki Vault and kill the remaining griefers.
23 December 2019	Settlement	The nation of the Grand Imperium is established.
29 December 2019	Columbian Bush War	The Valyria Defence: Columbians-in-exile and their UDF allies successfully repel a Rhodesian attack and sack Rhodes.
01 January 2020	Entente-Laconia War	Battle of Mt. Doom: Mirian forces attack Laconia's vault, defended by Laconia and NATO fighters. Mir victory; Laconia is captured and its citizens flee to the HJE.
01 February 2020	Settlement	The nation of Panem is established.
01 February 2020	Infinity War	UDF Security Council vote to declare war on NATO passes
07 February 2020	Infinity War	Fall of Corvus: Hjaltland, Columbia and Mir successfully disable the Corvus vault.
14 February 2020	Settlement	The nation of Namhan is established.
16 February 2020	Settlement	The nation of Kaltsburg-Leuven is established by the merging of Kaltsburg and Leuven.
17 February 2020	Infinity War	Battle of the Crucible: NATO attacks Columbia's vault and is repelled.
23 February 2020	Settlement	Pacem regains independence from Yoahtl.
24 February 2020	Community	The first issue of the Liberty Gazette is published by Pacem.
27 February 2020	Community	The 1000 Days Event is held in Commonwealth.
03 March 2020	Community	The first issue of Civ Monday Mornings is published by CivThinkTank.
28 March 2020	Politics	Mount Augusta votes to leave CivClassic.
11 April 2020	Community	Commonwealth hosts an international PvP tournament.
11 April 2020	Community	Pacem hosts a public debate: 'is Civ good?'
11 April 2020	Settlement	Caesar's Legion unites the disparate tribes of Nro'meagh into a single unified state.
13 April 2020	Settlement	The Union of Socialist Augusta declares independence from Mount Augusta.
14 April 2020	Settlement	The nation of Tungsten is merged with Lusitania.
18 April 2020	Community	Pacem hosts the first Pacem War Games.
24 April 2020	Administration	The server updates to 1.14.4.
18 May 2020	Settlement	The area of Ancapistan is established.
6 June 2020	Settlement	The Kro'ev War in Nro'meagh
25 July 2020	Infinity War	The last NATO vault (the Litterbox) is broken, ending the war.
13 January 2021	Settlement	Lambat established as the Free State of Lambat
15 January 2021	Community	Unified Map Project initiated, begins maintaining CCMap.
13 February 2021	Politics	Lambat re-established as the Republic of Lambat
18 February 2021	Conflict	Columbia-Cascadia War erupts over violation of Treaty of Valyria by Cascadia.
22 February 2021	Politics	Collapse of Empire of Eddie Murphy.
23 February 2021	Conflict	Sack of Lambat
12 March 2021	Politics	Kallos founded.
13 March 2021	Politics	Augustan Federation established.
30 March 2021	Politics	IMC founded.
4 April 2021	Administration	CivClassic adds netherite and a new factory type.
24 April 2021	Politics	Annexation of Bloom by Icenia.
24 April 2021	Politics	Migration of Acadia from CivUniverse to CivClassic
4 May 2021	Politics	Lambat constitution ratified
2 June 2021	Politics	CES established.
2 June 2021	Politics	The Kingdom of Fish is established, a successor to the earlier nations of Nymph, Kraken, and Wyvern.
13 June 2021	Community	NIG renames to KANI, propelling the rail standard to mainstream dominance.
15 June 2021	Administration	CivClassic adds elytra.
10 July 2021	Politics	Icenia ratifies new constitution, which reduces democratic procedures.
26-28 July 2021	Conflict	Kayla-minemaster933 Bounty Crisis.
29 July 2021	Politics	Start of the Acadia-TNSC Conflict between Acadia and The No-State Commune.
10 August 2021	Politics	PMC established.
14 August 2021	Conflict	Bombing of Antietam.
17 August 2021	Politics	Annexation of Socialist Commune of Islands (Greater Duskwood) by Lambat
21 August 2021	Politics	AF-CES Partnership established.
26 August 2021	Politics	Mount September Ice Road Conflict.
3 September 2021	Politics	Äggland founded
24 September 2021	Politics	Two major concurrent minemaster933 lawsuits in Mount September across 21 days, concerning the latter's breaking of the former's house-bunker over extrajudicial pearling.
18 October 2021	Politics	Caledonia-Asahigaoka Non-Aggression Agreement established, dramatically reducing tension between CES and Kallos.
16 November 2021	Administration	CivClassic unreachable for over 24 hours due to delayed payment.
19 November 2021	Conflict	Jomsviking-England Incident, collapse of PMC. AMIGOS established.
20 November 2021	Community	The Second Fish Festival in Fish is a great success, bringing a large crowd of visitors and participants together in one location.
21 November 2021	Administration	Long-time lead admin Wingzero54 announces his retirement from CivClassic.
21 November 2021	Conflict	Battle of Eddie Murphy
30 November 2021	Politics	UNC reestablished.
7 December 2021	Conflict	KnotNSA releases almost all Columbian pearls, destroys Columbian vault in betrayal known as Pearled Harbor.
9 December 2021	Administration	TealNerd announces closure of CivClassic 2.0
12 December 2021	Community	Winter Olympics in Rotterdam, Columbia
18 December 2021	Administration	End of the World Party; CivClassic 2.0 shuts down