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17th Century | ||
1680 | Members of the Degroot family begin production of Degroot's Rum which the Demoman would become a fan of centuries later. | Link |
18th Century | ||
1788 - December 18th | Old Nick turns his boat around to conquer the South Pole while on a voyage to Australia. | Link |
1792 | Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the battery by mixing zinc, ammonium chloride and molten salt together. | Link |
19th Century | ||
1808 | The company that produces the scrumpy that the Demoman would become a fan of over a century later begins production of their product. | Link |
1814 - June | An editorial cartoon is published in the Gentle Manne's Monthly entitled "An Editorial Cartoon of Some Insighte" starring the editorial's mascot the Gentle Manne of Leisure along with his "Companione". | Link |
1822 - September 2nd | Redmond, Blutarch and Gray Mann are born. Of the three, Gray was "absconded with by that scourge of London, the Eagle". | Link |
1849 | Gray Mann resurfaces this year and threatens to blackmail Zepheniah Mann for all his Miracle Gravel (Australium). | Link |
1850 | The last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann is written and enacted. | Link |
1850 | Australia becomes the world's most advanced country. | Link, Link |
1857 | Abraham Lincoln invents stairs, replacing rocket jumping. | Link |
1861 - August 21th | Redmond and Blutarch Mann sell their gravel mine to Barnabas Hale for 5 cents. Hale then turns it into a coal mine promising jobs for the surrounding region. | Link |
1862 - August 5th | Scientists in Australia "nervously assure the world" that there is "No gold after all..." Gold prospectors turn gaze to Canada. | Link, Link |
1865 | Abraham Lincoln holds his Second Inaugural Address stating, "I say this to you with unvarnished factualism of plain talk: I love Arena Mode." | Link |
1865 - April 20th | The War Department publishes a wanted poster for John "Tower of Hats" Booth for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | Link |
1869 | Shiny's Bullion is established. | Link |
1880 | Emily begins her search for Australium. | Link |
1890 | Blutarch Mann commissions Radigan Conagher to build a life extending machine. | Link |
1890 | Emily requests Conagher to build a life extending machine for Redmond Mann as well. | Link |
1890 | Biggs starts producing steel rods. | Link |
Unknown year - April 14th | Radigan Conagher finishes a life extending machine for an undisclosed party (Probably Gray Mann) | Link |
1894 - July 17th | Radigan Conagher finishes building a life extending machine for Blutarch Mann. | Link |
1894 - August 3rd | Radigan Conagher finishes another life extending machine for Redmond Mann as well. | Link |
1895 - January 25th | "Hills Discovered!" The Here's Some News, Mate! newspaper runs a story about Australia stating "Mysterious new geographic lumps confound men of Australian science." | Link |
1895 - March 6th | "War, Mate!" Two months later, the king of Australia declares war on hills stating "There will be time to study these so-called hills after they are dead." | Link |
1895 - April 5th | "King Conquers Hill!" It is reported by the Here's Some News, Mate! newspaper that the "Coward Mound Surrendered Without a Fight." | Link |
20th Century | ||
1900 - January 23rd | "Mann Co. invents 'ro-bot'." It is revealed by an Australian newspaper that Mann Co., an Australian weapons giant, has invented the "robot". In the article, Mann Co. officials attempt to assure public concerns over their 'ro-bot' by stating that "These automatons will only be used for violence." On a minor note, a poll shows that "Robin" is the most popular Australian girl's name. | Link |
1900 | Australia tries to colonize space by this time. They seem to have failed. | Link |
1901 | Newell and Sons debuts a "turnless" board game - Teams and Fortresses 2 - with explosive "real-time" gameplay. | Link |
1907 - June 15th | Mann Co. wins safest workplace in Badlands. | Link |
1910 - January 24th | Mann Co. wins their bid to be the sole munitions supplier to Reliable Excavation and Demolition and Builder's League United mercenaries. | Link |
1915 - August 13th | A mineshaft collapses on top of Bilious Hale and his employees, but Bilious Hale punches his way out saving himself and his living employees. 14 die from cave-in and punch-related injuries. | Link |
1921 | Franklin D. Roosevelt loses both of his legs while rocket jumping. As a result, he perfects the modern staircase. | Link |
1921 | Bilious Hale, eager to re-ignite the nation's waning interest in coal, introduced the steam-powered hat at the Paris World Fashion Expo. | Link |
1922 - March 13th | Bilious Hale permanently halts production of all coal-powered weapons. | Link |
1922 - March 13th | Mann Co. shuts down their duel coal mine and munitions factory as 50 years of operation but preserves it as a museum of Mann Co. history. | Link |
1923 | Red Shed beers are distilled in Tougaloo. | Link |
1932 | American soft drink magnate Theophilus Bonk added sugar to the same mixture as the first set of batteries, creating Bonk! Cola. | Link |
1937 | Redstone Cargo is established. | Link |
1939 - September 1st | World War II begins. Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War II, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. | Link |
1941 - September | The Heavy's father, a counter-revolutionary, is killed. The Heavy and his family are deported to a North Siberian gulag. | Link |
1941 - December | The North Siberian gulag burns to the ground with all its guards tortured to death and all prisoners, including the Heavy and his family, escape. | Link |
1945 - September 2nd | World War II ends. | |
1949 | The Soldier ends his Nazi killing spree in Poland upon hearing that World War II had already ended in 1945. | Link |
1959 | Primaprime comes out with a series of instructional films. | Link |
Early 1960's | Saxton Hale's Barbershop Action debuts in the U.S. It is followed by ancillary titles Saxton Hale's Barbershop Romance and Haircut Horrors Starring Saxton Hale's Ghost. | Link |
1961 | Saxton Hale's Thrilling Tales first arrives on newsstands. | Link |
1962 | Saxton Hale's Jungle Brawl debuts in the U.S. | Link |
1963 | Only four items are being produced for the elderly: hats, meat, caskets, and Saxton Hale's Mildly Thrilling Tales. Saxton Hale Visits His Mother Monthly and Soothing Stories of Familiar Things soon follow. | Link |
1964 - March | The first, and possibly only, issue of Saxton Hale's Mail Storm is published. | Link |
1965 | The Engineer creates several mechanical contraptions, including the Sentry Gun, while under contract with TF Industries. | Link |
1968 | Boy's Adventure Starring Saxton Hale comes under fire from the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. Pressured by the Senate, Mann Co. changes the title to Girl's Adventure Starring Saxton Hale. | Link |
1968 - June | The Gravel War - the main setting for Team Fortress 2. | Link |
1969 - August | Saxton Hale firebombs Woodstock from a helicopter due to a longtime feud with hippies. | Link |
1972 | Saxton Hale's Jungle Brawl ends publication. | Link |
1972 | Gray Mann assassinates Redmond and Blutarch Mann to gain control of their respective corporations. This also marks the end of The Gravel War. | Link |
1972 | Saxton Hale, catching wind of Gray Mann's plans to gain control of Mann Co., re-hires both RED and BLU unemployed mercenary teams to protect his company and kill robots without pay. | Link |
1972 - October 29th | Merasmus the Magician attends WizardCon MCLVI as a guest speaker, giving a two-hour talk titled "Living with a Non-Wizard". | Link |
1972 - October 30th | Merasmus returns from WizardCon to find that the RED Soldier, now a park ranger, has let his castle be overrun by raccoons and turned into a raccoon sanctuary. Being evicted from his own home as a result, Merasmus snaps and transforms into a powerful ghost version of himself, vowing to kill everyone the Soldier cares about. | Link |
1972 - December | In the midst of the Robot War, the RED team and Miss Pauling discuss where Gray Mann's army are going to attack next. Soldier reveals that he was able to infiltrate Gray Gravel Co. and learn their battle plans while wearing a cardboard robot costume the day before. Miss Pauling orders him to make more, and her, the Soldier and the Heavy do the same a week later, witnessing the unveiling of the Mecha-Engineer in the process. | Link |
71th Century | ||
7039 | Saxton Hale's ownership rights of the Sniper's likeness expire. | Link |
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