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=== Virginia (The 3rd Republic, 1899-1911) ===
* 1899: Louis Sumter becomes the 1st President of the Third Virginian Republic, mainly supported by Men of Valor (business leaders that opposed Protector Washington.
*1899: President Sumter pardons many former Washington supporters, including his grandson Henry who returns from exile.
*1901: The Grave Brothers (Robert and Thomas Grave) begin a petition for social reform across the nation.
*1901: The Centralist Party is created in opposition to the Valorist and promises moderate reforms.
*1902: Mercy Hills (Martha Churchill) begins a ministry for poor relief and women's voting rights
*1903: Luke Highland of the Valorist Party wins the Presidential Election
*1903: Robert Grave is executed in prison and Thomas Grave is killed fighting in the Carson Corral
*1905: Mercy Hills is killed along with six other activists during a raid on their hotel room.
*'''1907''': President Luke Highland of the Valorist Party wins a second term
* '''1910:''' Elijah IV becomes Patriarch of the Prohibitionists. Prohibitionist Church is 3% of the population.
* '''1911''': Reverend Jonathan Woods announces he is running for the presidency
* '''1911''': Political protest in support of Woods turn to riots against the republic.
* '''1911''': President Highland assumes Emergency Powers and has Reverend Woods arrested for treason and cancels the 1911 election
* '''1911''': The Lieutenants (junior officers in the Virginian Army) execute a coup and remove Highland from power.
* '''1911'''; The Lieutenant Constitution is rejected by Woods and others
* '''1911''': Woods is almost assassinated while giving a speech
=== Virginian Civil War (1911-1914) ===
* '''1911''': General Richard Rolfe assumes command of the Virginian military and disavows the Lieutenants.
*'''1911''': Christian Communards establish the St. Paul Commune
*1911: William Black, a friend of the Grave Brothers, creates the Martyrs in Logan.
*1911: Henry Washington raises an army and promises to bring back peace like during the Protectorate.
*1911: Elijah IV gives his Abomination Speech and Prohibitionists take up arms against the government.
*'''1912''': Mutinous sailors with workers establish the Tidewater Shipbuilders
*1912: Drafts in Conroy result in an uprising by the urban poor.
*1912: Hank Gest declares Amerikaener neutrality in the conflict, but begins to receive aid from New Netherlands.
*1912: Bombing during a Zoekerist service in Freetown. Persecution of Zoerkerist by Black Virginians increases.
*1912: The Plebian Prayer Warriors split off from the Horsemen.
*'''1913''': Woods is killed during the Battle of Mildenhall
*'''1913''': Joshua I takes Pennsborough where thousands of civilians are killed
=== Prohibitionist Virginia (1914-1934) ===
* '''1911''': The State of Virginia is founded with Elijah IV as Patriarch of the People. Prohibitionist Church is 9% of the population.
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=== Exile Government (1934-1935) ===
* '''1934''': General Edward Anderson lands on the Virginian Peninsula during the Yorktown Landings
* '''1934:''' Elijah V is ousted by the Conservatives after fleeing from OCJ
* '''1934:''' Joshua II refuses the commands of the Conservatives and surrenders to Anderson
* '''1934''': Titan Trials begin with Elijah V and 5 other high ranking members of the Prohibitionist Church found guilty and sentenced to death.
* '''1934''': Elijah VI becomes Patriarch of the Prohibitionists. Prohibitionist Church is 6% of the population.
=== Virginia (The 4th Republic, 1935-) ===
▲* '''1932''': Elijah V dies. Is replaced by <new leader of Virginia>.
* '''August 1935''': Constitution adopted, the 4th government of Virginia is established.
*'''1935''': Beginning of the New Reconstruction and Segregation
*'''1935''': Prime Minister Rodger Taylor and the Civic Union Party take power.
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