17,018 BBY
• Alsakan's quest for economic, political, and cultural superiority to Coruscant reaches a breaking point, resulting in a blockade of Coruscant which leads to the Republic seizing the Alsakani colony of Virujansi, resulting in the First Alsakan Conflict.

17,000 BBY
• Arkanian scientists, seeking to experiment on sentient species, relocate several Xexto from Troiken to Quermia, where they develop the Quermian species.

16,700 BBY
• In a remarkable event, the Bureau of Ships and Services, which controlled the hyperspace beacon system used by the wider galaxy, deny access to both the Republic and the Alsakani forces, forcing a peace between the two and ending the First Alsakan Conflict.

16,200 BBY
• The Second Alsakan Conflict begins.

15,500 BBY
• Republic scouts, frightened by the Duinuogwuin, flee to Coruscant after a brief battle leading to the Duinuogwuin Contention. The conflict is brief and ended by Supreme Chancellor Fillorean and Duinuogwuin Borz'Mat'oh, who found the University of Coruscant as a sign of solidarity and peace.
• The Jedi create the first proto-lightsabers.

15,400 BBY
• The Second Alsakan Conflict ends, this time by both parties rather than through intervention. During the conflict Belgoth's Beacon was destroyed.

15,000 BBY
• The Yuuzhan Vong are stripped of the Force and expelled from Yuuzhan'tar, embarking on a journey to find a new homeworld.

• The Neimoidians have evolved separately enough from the Duros to be considered a separate culture and species.

• The Aqualish Civil War occurs betwee the races of the Ando, which is ended when Republic scouts discover the planet and are slaughtered by the Aqualish. With their civil war ended, the Aqualish attempt to rapidly expand across the surrounding space leading to the Aqualish-Republic War, which is brief. In the end, Ando joins the Republic.