1946 - 2000 AD RP TIMELINE

1945 - Italy: Benito Mussolini is brutally murdered in the streets, ending Fascism.

1946 - France: Charles de Gaulle takes power and establishes the Fourth Republic. His reforms effectively make him president for life.

1946 - Italy: A referendum is held to decide who should rule Italy. The Pope unexpectedly wins, replacing the House of Savoy.

1946 - Italy: The pre-Mussolini constitution is restored and the old Concordat is reaffirmed.

1947 - Germany: East Germany keeps Pomerania under a slightly better peace settlement.

1948 - Italy: A second referendum approves a lightly revised version of the 1848 Savoy Constitution.

1948 - Italy: The Papacy replaces the House of Savoy as head of state.

1948 - Italy: The role of the Cardinals in government is expanded.

1948 - Italy: The aristocracy keeps its traditional position.

1948 - Italy: Costa Cruises becomes a major luxury ocean liner company after decades of regional operations.

1949 - Italy: Italy joins NATO.

1952 - Italy: Pope Pius helps found the European Coal and Steel Community.

1954 - Italy: Italy begins major repairs to its cities and infrastructure.

1955 - Italy: Italy joins the United Nations.

1955 - Italy: New road laws double the length and width of major interregional highways.

1956 - Italy: Rome undergoes a major restoration. The city becomes more orderly, beautiful, aristocratic, and Catholic.

1956 - Italy: Major improvements are also made to the Vatican.

1957 - Italy: The Pope hosts the signing of the Treaty of Rome, founding the EEC.

1958 - France: The French Community is created between France and its African colonies.

1958 - Italy: Pope John XXIII is elected.

1959 - Italy: Communism is criminalized.

1959 - Italy: Valentino opens its first atelier.

1960 - France: France compromises with its independence-seeking African colonies.

1960 - France: Member states receive more control over local government, foreign policy, and their armies.

1960 - France: France keeps some control over economic affairs.

1960 - France: The French Community is reorganized into a political union for France's African sphere of influence.

1960 - Italy: Regionalist riots sweep across the country.

1960 - Italy: Rome hosts the Olympics.

1961 - Italy: A major buildup of the Navy begins.

1962 - France: Algeria becomes independent.

1962 - France: France persuades the French Community to adopt policies that make its members more economically dependent on France.

1963 - Italy: Pope Paul VI is elected.

1964 - Soviet Union: Stalin dies.

1964 - Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin succeeds Stalin.

1967 - Quebec: Charles de Gaulle visits Quebec and declares "Vive l'Amérique française, vive le Québec libre!"

1967 - Quebec: The speech has an even larger impact than in real history and strengthens French Canadian nationalism.

1967 - Quebec: The Acadian movement grows in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

1968 - Italy: Vatican II is held.

1968 - Italy: The Pope keeps his traditional mystique and continues wearing the Papal Tiara.

1968 - Italy: Major clashes occur over Vatican II.

1968 - Italy: Regionalism continues to grow.

1968 - Italy: Electricity is nationalized.

1968 - Quebec: Daniel Johnson Sr. survives heart surgery and resigns as Premier.

1968 - Quebec: Jean-Jacques Bertrand succeeds him.

1969 - Italy: The "Hot Summer" brings massive youth protests.

1969 - Italy: Bombings and massacres increase.

1969 - Italy: The Years of Lead begin.

1970 - France: Charles de Gaulle dies.

1970 - France: Henri d'Orléans succeeds de Gaulle.

1970 - Quebec: Jean-Jacques Bertrand loses the election.

1970 - Quebec: The October Crisis occurs.

1970 - Quebec: Pierre Laporte survives a failed escape attempt and is taken to Charles-LeMoyne Hospital.

1970 - Quebec: Laporte later resigns as Deputy Premier and leaves the Quebec Liberal Party.

1972 - Quebec: The Laporte Papers reach Radio-Canada.

1972 - Quebec: Parts of the papers are read on Le Téléjournal.

1972 - Quebec: The papers expose corruption within the Quebec Liberal Party.

1972 - Quebec: The papers reveal alleged links between the Cotroni crime family and the Bourassa government.

1972 - Quebec: The report badly damages the Quebec Liberal Party.

1972 - Quebec: The papers also accuse the Canadian government of funding the FLQ to discredit separatism.

1972 - Quebec: Laporte returns to politics and joins the Parti Québécois.

1973 - Italy: The Oil Crisis ends the Italian Economic Miracle.

1974 - Italy: A national referendum keeps divorce illegal.

1975 - France: Henri d'Orléans proclaims himself King of the French.

1975 - France: France becomes a constitutional monarchy.

1975 - Italy: 120 Days of Sodom is released and immediately banned by the Papal government.

1975 - Italy: A major Red Scare sweeps the country.

1975 - Italy: The Prime Minister is replaced three times during the year.

1976 - Quebec: The Parti Québécois wins 50 seats.

1976 - Quebec: Daniel Johnson's Union Nationale wins 33 seats.

1976 - Quebec: The PQ and UN form a coalition.

1976 - Quebec: The Quebec Liberal Party collapses to only 11 seats.

1976 - Quebec: The coalition promises an independence referendum by 1980.

1978 - Italy: Pope John Paul I is elected.

1978 - Italy: Pope John Paul II succeeds him later the same year.

1980 - France: The Bordeaux Convention creates customs-free zones between several French Community countries.

1980 - France: Trade within the African Community becomes easier.

1980 - Quebec: The independence referendum is held.

1980 - Quebec: The Oui side wins with 77.26%.

1980 - Quebec: Quebec begins negotiating its departure from Canada.

1980 - Quebec: The Acadian movement decides to seek independence alongside Quebec.

1980 - Soviet Union: Alexei Kosygin dies.

1980 - Soviet Union: Constantine Chernenko succeeds him.

1981 - Italy: Giovanni Spadolini becomes the first non-Christian Prime Minister.

1981 - Italy: Spadolini's appointment causes protests and he is eventually removed.

1981 - Quebec: Quebec formally leaves the Canadian Confederation.

1981 - Quebec: Quebec becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.

1981 - Quebec: American nuclear weapons stationed in Quebec are returned to the United States.

1981 - Acadia: Acadian leaders declare independence in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

1981 - Acadia: The Chéticamp delegation declares independence in Nova Scotia.

1981 - Acadia: PEI quickly regains most of its territory.

1981 - Acadia: The Évangéline region remains under Acadian/Quebecois control.

1981 - Acadia: The Acadian rebellion grows in New Brunswick.

1981 - Canada: Canada cannot immediately intervene because previous agreements restrict Canadian military movement through Quebec.

1981 - Quebec: Quebec secretly begins supporting the Acadian movement.

1981 - Acadia: The rebellion expands across New Brunswick.

1981 - Quebec: René Lévesque publicly supports the Acadian cause.

1981 - Canada: Border clashes begin between Quebec and Ontario.

1981 - Canada: Canada attempts to send troops toward New Brunswick through James Bay.

1982 - Acadia: Canadian reinforcements arrive too late to save New Brunswick.

1982 - Acadia: New Brunswick effectively ceases to exist as a functioning state.

1982 - Acadia: Many non-Acadians join the Armée Révolutionaire Franco-Américaine.

1982 - Acadia: Chéticamp continues to hold out.

1982 - Canada: The 22e Royal Regiment enters Labrador.

1982 - Canada: Pierre Trudeau loses the election.

1982 - Canada: Joe Clark returns to power.

1982 - Acadia: Cape Breton and the Tracadie region are seized.

1982 - Quebec: Quebec forces advance to within a mile of Ottawa before stopping.

1982 - Canada: The Treaty of Gatineau is signed.

1982 - Canada: Canada gives Labrador to Quebec in exchange for $500 million CAD.

1982 - Acadia: Acadian territories in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI join Quebec.

1982 - Canada: Remaining parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia become the Republic of Fundy.

1982 - Canada: Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island become the Dominion of the Isles under British protection.

1983 - Quebec: Prince Edward Island separates from Newfoundland.

1983 - Quebec: PEI joins Quebec through the Évangéline region.

1983 - Newfoundland: Newfoundland becomes a British Overseas Territory.

1983 - Fundy: The Republic of Fundy breaks apart.

1983 - Fundy: East Fundy is formed in Nova Scotia.

1983 - Fundy: West Fundy is formed in New Brunswick.

1983 - Italy: National debt reaches 100% of GDP.

1984 - Italy: A referendum preserves the wage escalator.

1984 - Quebec: Quebec negotiates to annex West Fundy and assumes its debt.

1984 - Quebec: Mining begins in the Labrador Trough.

1984 - Quebec: The first oil rig begins production in the Old Harry Oil Field.

1985 - Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Chernenko.

1986 - Italy: The Mafia Wars begin.

1986 - Italy: More than 500 mafiosi are arrested during the year.

1987 - France: A terrorist attack on the Niger-Mali border triggers a major French Community crackdown.

1987 - France: France and its African allies begin the Sand Wars against terrorist and separatist groups.

1987 - Quebec: René Lévesque dies in office.

1987 - Quebec: Pierre-Marc Johnson succeeds him.

1987 - Quebec: East Fundy joins Quebec.

1987 - Quebec: Quebec begins major constitutional reforms.

1987 - Italy: All nuclear power plants are shut down following Chernobyl and growing environmental activism.

1990 - Germany: Germany reunifies.

1990 - Italy: Italy hosts the World Cup.

1990 - Italy: Italy loses to Argentina.

1990 - Quebec: Quebec adopts a US-style written constitution.

1990 - Quebec: Quebec becomes a presidential federal republic.

1990 - Quebec: Jacques Parizeau becomes the first President.

1990 - Quebec: Parizeau begins investing part of the Sovereign Wealth Fund in Apple.

1991 - Soviet Union: The USSR collapses.

1991 - Italy: Italy supports the war against Iraq.

1991 - Italy: The Pope vetoes legislation that would legalize Communist parties.

1991 - Italy: Communism remains illegal.

1993 - Italy: A national referendum confirms the 1948 Constitution.

1994 - Russia: Russia enters a Union State with Belarus and Kazakhstan.

1994 - Italy: Half of the legislature resigns after the Pope blocks expanded corruption prosecutions.

1996 - Quebec: Lucien Bouchard becomes President.

1998 - France: The Sand Wars end.

Oops I forgot. My timeline is simple. Colombia’s history is pretty much unchanged until

1998 - Columbia : President Andres Pastrana Arango is elected president of Colombia and immediately begins peace talks with FARC, the militant communist organization terrorizing the country. Peace talks fail in 2001 resulting in the assassination of President Arango and a violent takeover of the government by FARC

1998 - France: France and the French Community achieve a partial victory.

1998 - France: A few small terrorist and separatist groups remain active or dormant.

1998 - Italy: An assassination attempt on the Pope kills several Swiss Guards but fails.

1998 - Italy: The failed assassination attempt gives the Papal government a major political boost.

1999 - France: King Henri dies.

1999 - France: François succeeds him as King of the French.

1999 - Italy: Italy joins the Eurozone.

1999 - Italy: Rome undergoes a major refurbishment before the Jubilee.