Minmatar timeline

http://www.eveonline.com/races/minmatar_timeline.asp

Published April 2003

2370 AD THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS FULLY COLONIZED

3691 AD WARP TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERED

4224 AD WARP DRIVES FOR SHIPS INVENTED

7703 AD WORMHOLE OPENS

7987 AD EVE OPENS

8017 AD THE SYSTEM CMS-17 IS DISCOVERED, LATER RENAMED PATOR. THE MAIN PLANET, MATAR, IS QUICKLY COLONIZED DUE TO ITS VERY HOSPITABLE CONDITIONS

8061 AD EVE CLOSES

18622 AD FOUR DISTINCT CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP ON MATAR. THEY GRADUALLY BECOME AWARE OF EACH OTHER, BUT PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY KEEPS THEM FROM MAINTAINING A STEADY CONTACT

20374 AD BY THIS TIME, THE TECHNOLOGY LEVEL IS SUFFICIENT FOR REGULAR TRADE AND ADVANCES TO SPEED UP. IN THE END, A GLOBAL CULTURE HAS DEVELOPED, YET STEEPED IN TRIBAL TRADITIONS

21413 AD THE FIRST MINMATAR SPACE SHIP. DURING THE NEXT CENTURIES, THE MINMATARS SETTLE ON A NUMBER OF PLANETS AND MOONS IN THREE SYSTEMS USING ANCIENT STAR GATES

22355 AD THE AMARRIANSARRIVE IN THE PATOR SYSTEM. SOON, THEY BEGIN RAIDING THE MINMATAR EMPIRE FOR SLAVES

22480 AD THE AMARRIANS INVADE AND CONQUER THE MINMATAR EMPIRE

23216 AD THE MINMATAR REBELLION. THE AMARRIANS AND THEIR COLLABORATORS ARE THROWN OUT 23236 AD EST (EVE STANDARD TIME) ESTABLISHED AT YOIUL CONFERENCE

23341 AD CURRENT DATE