History of the Future

By J.D. Ray · Feb 18, 2019 ·
  1. The piece I'm working on, Lives in Time, starts in the future and travels to the past. In preparation to make the story internally consistent, I created a timeline of events. Here's a snippet of the events of the future, references to which I'm peppering throughout the work.

    • 2048 -- The United Democratic Nations is formed. The EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan are founding members.
    • 2064-2071 -- Significant medical breakthroughs dramatically extend the lives and improve the health of those who can afford it.
    • 2075 -- Canada joins the UDN
    • 2090 -- Global population crosses 10 billion people.
    • 2102 -- California, Oregon, and Washington form a bloc, break from the USA and join the UDN.
    • 2105 -- Global famine strikes. Nearly one billion people die from hunger.
    • 2122 -- Global population crosses 10 billion people (again).
    • 2130 -- New York State and the States of New England, form “The United Democratic States of America”, break from the USA and join the UDN.
    • 2160-2173 -- The Last War, ended by the Treaty of Amman. 100 million people die, mostly in nuclear assaults.
    • 2175 -- The Plague virus is first identified, affecting those with artificial long-life genes.
    • 2178 -- The Plague virus kills the UDN Prime Minister.
    • 2200 -- The Plague virus kills its millionth victim.
    • 2213 -- Karlo Horvat is born
    • 2220 -- Adrijana Horvat is born
    • 2225 -- Deaths by The Plague cross five million.
    • 2231 -- A serum is created that is 98% effective against The Plague.
    • October 7, 2265 -- Celestine Maria Foscari is born in Trieste, Italy.
    • February 16, 2266 -- Marko Horvat is born in Rovinj, Croatia.
    • May, 2285 -- Celeste and Marko meet at a party held at the estate.
    • September, 2285 -- Celeste and Marko travel back in time to 1381 on the island of Brijuni while exploring the Bronze Age ruins at Gradina.
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