Timeline of Events - Revision history

Archin at 13:57, 13 July 2026

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	Icebound is alt-history. This timeline shows where our real history forks into this fictional one. Rule of thumb: anything before 1866 is safely canon, anything in the science, medicine, and technological advancements should be limited to what would be relevant for your character to know that would be published before 1890.		Icebound is alt-history. This timeline shows where our real history forks into this fictional one. Rule of thumb: anything before 1866 is safely canon, anything in the science, medicine, and technological advancements should be limited to what would be relevant for your character to know that would be published before 1890. Please refer to [[Server Rules]] for more information.

	The timeline here includes the broad strokes only. A player character in Icebound wouldn't have access to the nuances behind them. That's why your character is here in this story. You're a leftover, someone who wasn't important enough, whether by connections or merit, to get swept up in those larger events.		The timeline here includes the broad strokes only. A player character in Icebound wouldn't have access to the nuances behind them. That's why your character is here in this story. You're a leftover, someone who wasn't important enough, whether by connections or merit, to get swept up in those larger events.

Archin at 13:54, 13 July 2026

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	Icebound is alt-history. This timeline shows where our real history forks into this fictional one. Rule of thumb: anything before 1866 is safely canon. ~~Below covers~~ the broad strokes ~~of what happens after~~.		Icebound is alt-history. This timeline shows where our real history forks into this fictional one. Rule of thumb: anything before 1866 is safely canon, anything in the science, medicine, and technological advancements should be limited to what would be relevant for your character to know that would be published before 1890.

			The timeline here includes the broad strokes only. A player character in Icebound wouldn't have access to the nuances behind them. That's why your character is here in this story. You're a leftover, someone who wasn't important enough, whether by connections or merit, to get swept up in those larger events.

	Keep in mind, mass communication was still new back then. Telegraphs mostly connected major cities and railroad lines, and even so, information moved slow by today's standards. Whether your character kept up with any of it is up to you.		Keep in mind, mass communication was still new back then. Telegraphs mostly connected major cities and railroad lines, and even so, information moved slow by today's standards. Whether your character kept up with any of it is up to you.

	Nobody expects you to be an encyclopedia of world history, frankly that'd be unrealistic. But we do expect you to keep in mind what did or didn't exist before 1866, using our modern day resources to check.

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	Nobody expects you to be an encyclopedia of world history, frankly that'd be unrealistic. But we do expect you to keep in mind what did or didn't exist before 1866, using our modern day resources to check.		Nobody expects you to be an encyclopedia of world history, frankly that'd be unrealistic. But we do expect you to keep in mind what did or didn't exist before 1866, using our modern day resources to check.


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Archin at 22:44, 7 July 2026

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			Icebound is alt-history. This timeline shows where our real history forks into this fictional one. Rule of thumb: anything before 1866 is safely canon. Below covers the broad strokes of what happens after.

			Keep in mind, mass communication was still new back then. Telegraphs mostly connected major cities and railroad lines, and even so, information moved slow by today's standards. Whether your character kept up with any of it is up to you.

			Nobody expects you to be an encyclopedia of world history, frankly that'd be unrealistic. But we do expect you to keep in mind what did or didn't exist before 1866, using our modern day resources to check.

	<div style="background-color: #272727; padding: 20px; margin: 20px 0; border-radius: 8px;">		<div style="background-color: #272727; padding: 20px; margin: 20px 0; border-radius: 8px;">
	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">1866</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">1866</h1>

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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">August of ~~1885~~</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">August of 1892</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>
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	=~~1885~~=		=1891=
	Last year where summer temperatures are measured above 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the northern hemisphere.		Last year where summer temperatures are measured above 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the northern hemisphere.

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	==~~1889~~==		==1893==
	The Great War begins. Needing ever more resources to survive, Prussia attempts annexation of Britain's colonies. War rages around the globe as every day grows colder and resources become ever scarcer.		The Great War begins. Needing ever more resources to survive, Prussia attempts annexation of Britain's colonies. War rages around the globe as every day grows colder and resources become ever scarcer.

Archin: /* 1885 */

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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">~~Autumn,~~ 1885</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">August of 1885</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>
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Archin: /* 1885 */

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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">~~1886~~</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">Autumn, 1885</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>
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Archin at 16:11, 30 June 2026

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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">~~1874~~</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">1883</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">Egalitarian attitudes and revolutionary ideas from France begin to spread to Britain and other parts of Europe. English universities begin accepting Women and Trade Unions are given legal recognition in order to quell revolutionary fervor.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">Egalitarian attitudes and revolutionary ideas from France begin to spread to Britain and other parts of Europe. English universities begin accepting Women and Trade Unions are given legal recognition in order to quell revolutionary fervor.</p>
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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">~~1878~~</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">1886</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The British government begins to explore contingencies for extended periods of cold, tasking the Royal Science Society with developing methods to adapt.</p>
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	==~~1891~~==		==1889==
	The Great War begins. Needing ever more resources to survive, Prussia attempts annexation of Britain's colonies. War rages around the globe as every day grows colder and resources become ever scarcer.		The Great War begins. Needing ever more resources to survive, Prussia attempts annexation of Britain's colonies. War rages around the globe as every day grows colder and resources become ever scarcer.

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	<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">~~1886~~</h1>		<h1 style="color: #AFACA8;">1895</h1>
	<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The median temperature globally is below freezing. The war ends as the powers fighting it cease to exist.</p>		<p style="color: #AFACA8;">The median temperature globally is below freezing. The war ends as the powers fighting it cease to exist.</p>
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