Europe 1430 (Map Game)

This is a new map game that takes place in Europe in 1430. This map game will regulated and controlled.

Rules

 * Just like the original Map Game, a turn is a year.
 * Another person must go again before you can take a turn.
 * Take a turn by adding new plausible events to the timeline and then editing the map.
 * Use paint to edit you map and save it as a .png and add it to your new post
 * You need to add a map to your post, if you are unable to then please request that someone make a map for you
 * Don't be ridiculous! (i.e. Finland cannot dclare independence and then invade the entire world, all in a year)
 * WE WILL ADD MORE YEARS ONCE WE GET THERE!
 * If you have a problem with a post say a bit on the talk page about it, and the community (or I) will decide.
 *  IT MUST BE PLAUSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! 

1430-1460
See Europe 1430, 1430-1460

1461

 * Genoa takes more islands in the Aegean Sea.
 * Hungary attacks Croatia again.
 * More princes defect to the Prussian side.
 * Spain lands on Crete
 * Muscovy takes territory along the Volga

1462
Charles I of Great Britain dissolves the Parilaments of England and Scotland, which had survived Charles' union of his domains. Charles calms the nobles down by granting them full control of their estates, and calms the commoners down by allowing them more say in local government. Charles I then begins building a series of coastal fortifications to protect Britain in the case of invasion.

1463

 * Charles the Wise of Great Britain splits his kingdom into provinces. Each province is governed by a Council which is chaired by a noble and is composed of elected commoners. The nobles from the provinces answer to the King. In this way, Charles localises power and is able to create more nobles, who are friendly towards his goals, to lead his provinces. It also puts him in overall charge of his kingdom and breaks English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh nationalism. The United Kingdom is renamed the United Provinces of Great Britain.
 * Genoa, Greece and Bulgaria make gains on Venezia and the Greek states. Hungary takes control of various islands as well as making gains in Venetian Croatia. Independent Croatia also loses land.
 * More princes join Prussia.
 * Ukraine expands eastward in order to get a border with the Caspian Sea.
 * Muscovy expands further.
 * Portugal takes more land from the Maranids.
 * Papal States get involved in the Venetian War, declaring the annexation of Epirus was a violation of Papal interest. Thy land an army on some islands to prepare for war.

1464

 * The King of Bohemia's plans move forward, many of the smaller counties in the southern HRE are annexed or inherited, and Hussite influence has grown to become dominant in much of southern Germany, Northern Hungary, and all of Bohemia.
 * The Margrave of Brandenburg, in an attempt to gain more influence arranges a political marriage with the princes of Prussia which could put him in the position of eventually leading a personal union with Prussia.
 * A new King ascends the throne in Denmark, and decides to uphold Danish sovereignty in Iceland and annexes the invading foreign settlements.

1465

 * The Hungarians, Bulgarians and Genoans disassemble the Greek states then turn on the Venetian territories with the aid of the Papacy and the Spanish.
 * While the Hungarian army battles in the South some Hussite provinces declare their secession and annexation by Bohemia. Bohemia now has territories outside the Holy Roman Empire, outside of Reichstag jurisdiction.
 * Ukraine expands further eastward.
 * Portuguese take more Maranid land.
 * With the valuable fisheries in Iceland lost, Great Britain and her allies Navarre and Britanny have to look further afield. None of their militaries have the numbers or quality to stand against the Danes. Great Britain adopts the four crop rotation method as pioneered in Denmark. At the same time Basque and British ships travel further west in an attempt to find new and more profitable fisheries. An exodus of British, Basque and Breton settler make their way back to their home countries from Iceland.
 * Muscovy continues to expand.
 * King Charles is displeased that he has lost five valuable provinces in Iceland but perseveres. He improves the army and navy. He introduces laws such as the consumption of red meat on weekends is illegal. Tough this sounds illogical, it means the fishing fleets expand to cope with demand for white meat. This means if a war came, Britain would have a colossal number of well trained seamen to be put into the Royal Navy. As well as adopting Danish farming techniques, he too adopts the royal college ideas. He hopes to create an era of innovation and scientific development for his country.

1466

 * Spain adopts the four-crop rotation system, and begins expanding thier colonies among the Hafsids, in order to better protect thier trade with Asia, and to prepare a jumping off point for their planned invasion of Egypt

1467
To achieve the populations necessary, immigration from mainland Scotland is being encouraged. The rest of Great Britain is exempt from this as Orcadia has been the only territorial gain of Great Britain since King Charles's ascension. However, a Provincial Review has to be carried out every 10 years. If a province is found to be lacking in the above then they are returned to Territory status.
 * Spain expands their North African settlements further, as does Portugal. France also starts building settlements north of the Hafsids in order to compensate for their losses to the HRE in previous wars. The Maranids are now cut off from the Hafsids.
 * Britain invades and conquers Orcadia. Orcadia was a very poor country anyway so their is little worry on the international scene aside from Denmark who worries about a British presence so close to its shores. Orcadia is turned into the Orkney Territory. A territory is a piece of land under the jurisdiction of the United Provinces of Great Britain. A territory is governed by the neighbouring provincesA territory will become a province once the territory fits all the requirements. These requirements are:
 * Have a population of at least 5000.
 * Have been under British jurisdiction for at least one generation.
 * Have no loyalty to any group or groups advocating a break up of the United Provinces.
 * Have a noble who comes from the area.
 * Have proved their loyalty to the United Provinces on at least one occasion.
 * King Charles hands over his overlordship of Britanny to France, hoping to engender good relations with France. France promptly annexes the Duchy as an autonomous duchy within France. A black line signifies the border between the Duchy of Britanny and the Kingdom of France proper.
 * Genoa, the Papacy and Hungary advance on Venetian territory. The Spanish do not act as they are busy conquering and settling in North Africa. Venice is now split in three and overstretched.
 * More Hussite territories in Hungary secede and join Bohemia.
 * Ukraine continues to expand eastward as does Muscovy.
 * The Mamluks consolidate land between them and Libya.

1468

 * Charles I of Great Britain reorganizes the United Provinces of Great Britain into the Empire of Great Britain. The provincal and territorial divisions remain, but now Charles is Emperor of Great Britain.


 * Bohemia continues to annex Hussite areas in northern Hungary while their armies are fighting the Venezians, and also annexes a Hussite area of southwest Poland.


 * Bohemian-sponsored Hussite missionaries expand operations in Poland, Prussia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.


 * In order to gain a port on the Mediterranean, Bohemia declares war on Venezia and quickly seizes Trieste and Istria.


 * Ukraine annexes the Genoan colonies on the north side of the Black Sea and begins building a monopoly on trade with the East.


 * Charles, seeking to focus more on the British Isles, sells the remaining British territory in France to the Duchy of Brittany.


 * Portugal, Spain, and France all expand their territory in North Africa, at the expense of the Maranids and Hafsids.


 * The remaining Venezian territory in the Balkans is conquered by Hungary, Genoa, and the Papal States. Genoa has a narrow corridor connecting Macedonia to the Ionian Sea. The Orthodox Epeirotes and Albanians are disgruntled at being conquered by the Catholic Church.


 * The Mamluks conquer the Emirate of Cilicia on the coast of southern Anatolia, further raising tensions with Spain.
 * The Catholic Church grows very suspicious of Bohemia.



The Spanish King marries the only living descendent of the ArchDuke of Naples, combining the two realms into the Spanish Empire

1469


Spain launches it's long-planned invasion of the Mamluks. They capture Alexandira and a part of the Holy Land. Spain lands an army that is prepared to capture Antioch and Aleppo.

1470

 * Portugal advances further into Maranid land.
 * France advances south west into Fatamid land, hoping to cut off Portuguese expansion into Fatamid land.
 * The Spanish in Tunisia expand up to the Libyan border.
 * The Spanish lay siege to Antioch. Spain captures more of the Holy Land. They also conscript the help of the Libyan army in order to harass the Mamluks in Egypt.
 * Poland expels the Hussite missionaries and declare war on Bohemia. They seek support from other Catholic states such as the Papacy, France and Spain. Prussia sides with Bohemia. A religious war is about to break out.
 * Spain solidifies control over Naples.
 * The Dauphin of France is married to the only child of the King of Navarre.
 * Albania fights for and gains its independence.

1471

 * Britain signs a alliance with Navarre.


 * Poland, Hungary, Livonia, the Papal States, Brandenburg, Savoy, Milan, and the Catholic fiefdoms of the HRE unite against the Hussites. Spain, preoccupied by the Mamluks, and France, jealous of HRE territory on its borders, do not join.


 * The Pope excommunicates the King of Bohemia. Bypassing the usual process, he names the Margrave of Brandenburg as Emperor, angering the Electors.


 * Oldenberg, Saxony, and Pomerania form the Hussite League allied to Bohemia.


 * France and Portugal make gains in North Africa.


 * Spain advances in the Nile Delta. The siege of Antioch looks to continue for a few or more years.
 * Libya expands into Mamluk Territory.


 * Fearful of retaliation by the Papal States and Hungary, Albania sends emissaries to Bohemia to negotiate an alliance.


 * After extensive immigration from Scotland, Orkney qualifies as a province.

1472
Emperor Charles I begins a massive expansion of the British military. He reorganizes the military command, expands Britain's navy, and strengthens military discipline.

The Spanish Army finally forces the Mamluk sultan to engage them in a decisive battle. the Spanish Pikemen repel wave after wave of Egyptian cavalry, and the Spanish advance into the Nile valley and lay seige to Cairo.

small spanish warships begin patroling much of the Nile, preventing more troops from traveling to Cairo, and extend Spanish control along the upper Nile

Britain and the Kingdom of Denmark form an alliance.

The Spanish emperor is shown several cannons by a Italian entrepreneur. the Emperor decides to use some of the wealth generated by the new crop rotation to build cannon foundries. by the end of the year, they are shipping their first load to the siege of Antioch

1473

 * Having been planning for the inevitible Holy War, Bohemia's armies are much more drilled and disciplined than previously expected. Fortifications had also been built around the Kingdom's boundaries prior to the Hussite uprisings in Poland and Hungary, leaving the Bohemian King confident in the security of his borders within the HRE. He then orders the invasion of Poland, with the goal of taking the capital of Warsaw and forcing the Polish King to surrender.
 * The Swiss Confederation declares itself for the Hussites.
 * The duke of Bavaria swears fealty to Bohemia, and heirless, declares his estates be passed to Bohemia on his death.
 * With the Bohemian defences so strong to the south, Brandenburg claims the throne of Prussia and invades the Bohemian ally, along with Pomerania.
 * Savoy and Milan lead an attack on the Swiss confederation.
 * France cuts all ties with Bohemia, but decides to remain neutral in the conflict with the threat of Spain's ambitions to the south.
 * Bohemia accepts the alliance with Albania, deeming an ally to the south to be extremely valuable. The King then begins to put out feelers to other Orthodox nations such as Bulgaria and Moldavia.
 * Polish and Hungarian Hussites begin a guerilla campaign against their respective kingdom's forces, making them less effective.

1474

 * Bohemia expands further into Poland, to cut off Brandenburg aid to the Poles.
 * With Bohemian aid, the Prussians drive Brandenburg back behind the Imperial border.
 * Saxony expands to the Brandenburger southern border.
 * The excellent Swiss army drive the Milanese and Savoyans back. They make an agreement with the French to cede all the former French territory to them if they help them. The French invade Savoy.
 * The Swiss attack Milan and destroy Valais.
 * Libya expands as do the Spanish into Mamluk lands.
 * France and Spain sign a treaty, agreeing their southern border.

1475


Spain grants independence to the Crusaders in the middle east. However many Spanish soldiers remain.

1476
Emperor Charles I grants a amount of freedom of speech to the merchants in his empire.

1477

 * The Polish armies in the south make some gains on the Bohemians, but it is for naught as the Bohemian forces take Warsaw. The Polish King surrenders to Bohemia. Bohemia begins the process of fortifying the newly taken polish lands and bringing in more Hussite missionaries.
 * Brandenburg, unfazed by its defeat in Prussia finishes quelling Pomeranian resistance and regroups for another attack on Prussia.
 * The Netherlands joins the catholic alliance and moves on Oldenburg.
 * The fighting between the Swiss and italians reaches a stalemate for now.
 * Bohemia seeks an alliance with Venezia, offering vengeance against the pope for his involvment in Venice's losses in the Aegean, and guaranteeing all italian lands taken in the war.
 * Albania makes small gains against southern Hungary then, not wanting to overexten themselves dig in to anticipate a Hungarian counterattack. Albanian guerillas infiltrate HUngary to harrass supply lines.
 * The Pope excommunicates the French king for aiding the Hussites against the Catholics.

1478

 * Some parts of Ukraine and Georgia secede in USAAR (Union of Sovereign Autana Atheania Republics) and create The New National Ideal wich is a society that loves history, arts, and culture.
 * Many parties are created across Europe.


 * A New National Ideal revolution happened in Moldavia, they join USAAR as Moldavia Autana Athenia Republic.


 * Now more powerful invade and annexed Trebizond and Genoa (aegean and black sea) and declare Trebizond Autana Athenia Republic and Genoa Autana Athenia Republic.


 * They declare that their aims are conquer all the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, and later invade the Fertile Crescent like in 1490's or 1500's.


 * Crazy for power they invade south Poland and south Lithuania, they just want those parts.
 * USAAR is prepared to attack the souther Ukraine part that they don't want and also the west part of Georgia, also east Bulgaria and north Turkey Emirate.

1479

 * Ukraine and Georgia invade the USAAR, retaking their lands while the entire USAAR Army is in Greece.
 * Genoa's fleet destroys the USAAR fleet in the Bosphorus, eliminating any possibility for retreat and cutting off all supplies, the Genoan forces in greece begin harrassing USAAR foragers causing immense starvation issues with the USAAR army.
 * Poland and Lithuania fight back the smaller Moldavian USAAR forces.
 * With the declaration of intent to conquer the entire black and aegean sea area, Bulgaria invades southern Moldavia. The USAAR forces there, caught between Bulgaria to the south, and Poland/Lithuania to the north, surrender. Trebizond is the last holdout of USAAR forces, and they are being harried by the forces of the Trebizond Emperor.
 * Venice agrees to the alliance with Bohemia, landing troops on the eastern coast of the Papal States.
 * Bohemia continues reinforcing its northern border and turns its attention to Hungary, taking much of the Dalmatian coast.
 * Saxony launches an invasion of Brandenburg while Brandenburg pushes into Prussia, hoping to meet their Livonian allies along the way.

1480
Charles I, Emperor of Britain, visits the Netherlands. He has a chat with the King of the Netherlands, John I. The meeting is known as the Assembly of the Emperor and King.

1481

 * The USAAR executes the Trebizond ex-emperor and the royal family.
 * the surviving parts of USAAR take some parts of north Turkey and unite.
 * a member of the Ukranian New National Ideal Party is elected president in Ukraine. He joins USAAR.
 * USAAR, now powerful invade and annexed Georgia and sing a treaty with Wallochia, and created the Golden Alliance.
 * Most of Moldavia population is pro-USAAR so they make a second revolution, overthrown the goverment and execute it. Later they unite to USAAR.
 * Ukraine ex-goverment and Georgia's ex-one are executed in plazas in cities with militia, and rebelds.
 * USAAR created the secret police which mission is execute everyone who don't like the Goverment or New National Ideal.
 * The people in USAAR start to be doctrined and start to like the USAAR because they are giving them food, homes, water, and education (all this is for buying them, which is happening). People start to see USAAR as the goods and the extinct ex-goverments and ex-militia as the bad. Many parties are eliminated and the importants members executed by the secret police, the other members are secretly being watched, when they talk bad about USAAR, they are killed by the SEPO (secret police). The People start to see Bulgaria and Genoa as the bad. Autana Athenians enjoys a very high standard of living, with its citizens living off the high-quality produce of the labour by thousands of ex-goverment Moldavians, Georgians, Trebizonians, and Ukrainian slaves. Their policies for women are encouraging women to remain in the home and bring up many children. They also make propaganda in USAAR and outside that are a series of multilingual and colorful brochures, titled "USAAR", advertised USAAR as a peaceful, idyllic, and progressive country. They are creating universities across the countrie and schools. Also they are creating a powerful army and fleet with recruited soldiers, trained the best they can.

1482
Charles I of Great Britain catches smallpox. He survives, just barely though. The emperor's hair has fallen out and he is now extremely weak. Charles will remain in this state until his death in 1485.

1483

 * Muscowy invades the Golden Horde to wipe out the last remaining muslim nation in the north aided by troops from Novgorod.
 * Genoa solidifies its control of the Bosphorus by annexing the small weaker turkish emirates.
 * The other members of the merchants council have the Doge of Ukraine executed for treason for submitting to the USAAR, Ukraine returns to its independence.
 * Bohemia takes more territory in Hungary.
 * Hungary signs a peace treaty with Bohemia in order to fight the threat of the USAAR to the east. Declaring war on Wallachia and Moldovia.
 * Bulgaria and Poland move into Moldovia crushing the weak USAAR there and dividing up the territory. Bulgaria also moves on Wallachia.
 * The USAAR solidifies its place in Trebizond, taking territory along the coast to connect its holdings. Genoan blockades now surround its territory though, making it impossible for it to expand across the sea.
 * Saxony takes more Brandenburg territory
 * Brandenburg pushes further into Prussia, and sends an emissary to Bohemia.
 * Venice takes more territory in the Papal states, Ferrera declares war on Venice.
 * The Netherlands take more territory in Oldenburg.

1484

 * Civil war erupts in Georgia between Republican and Monarchist factions.
 * The Army of USAAR, Moldovia's People, and the People's Army ( a civil Moldavia army), start to push back Hungary.
 * USSAR Moldovia is stablished again.
 * Wallachia's people and army encouraged by Moldovia push back Bulgaria.
 * USAAR sing a treaty with Muscovy helping them invading Khanate of the Golden Horde and Muscovy defeating Genoa and Bulgaria.
 * USAAR declare to Bohemia "this is not your problem, so go to your countrie and PLAY with your own things", because only the doge of Ukraine was executed and not USAAR goverment they declare Ukraine as theirs, making Ukraine to attack the blockade of Genoa, destroying it.
 * Now the Trebizond USAAR and Ukraine USAAR invade Georgia because of the civil war, helping a lot republicans, and the secret police, disguised as civils start killing the monarchy and the goverment.
 * Lithuania joins the Golden Alliance because USAAR promise them Poland. Lithuania start to crush Poland army.
 * After Genoa enter in Anatolia (Spa.) territory Spain join the Golden Aliance.
 * The East Europe war breaks out.

1485
Charles I of Great Britain dies at the age of 39, after having ruled for 30 years as both King and Emperor. His daughter, Elizabeth, comes to power as Elizabeth I of Great Britain. Elizabeth will become one of Britain's greatest rulers. The new empress is crowned at Westminister Abbey.

1486

 * Thanks to Elizabeth I USAAR-British relations are now open. The British Empire starts to supply the Golden Alliance with food, a army, weapons, boats, ect.
 * Lithuania defeat Poland, Varsovia is captured and raided, Poland is annexed by Lithuania, and the part black sea coast part is annexed by USAAR.

1487
Elizabeth I of Great Britain begins a series of reforms in Britain. These reforms are meant to upgrade Britain's power, and they focus on the military, government, economy, and religion:
 * Religious Reforms: Elizabeth I severs all ties with the Roman Catholic Church. She proclaims herself Protector of the British Faith and establishes the Church of Britain, as a independent search bearing many new progressive ideas, including honesty of the clergy, increased efficency, and a more spirtual church service. Elizabeth has the British Bible published and she combines the offices of Archbishop of York and Canterbury into Archbishop of Britain. Elizabeth also became the first European monarch to encourage religious toleration. She let Jews back into Britain and also allowed immirgration of Spanish and North African Muslims.
 * Economic and Agricultural Reforms: Elizabeth I encouraged trade with other countries in Europe, especially with the USAAR. She abolished British tariffs on foreign goods and removed most restrictions from internal trade. The empress initated a simplified taxing system and established the Bank of Britain, a British national bank and merchant's house. Elizabeth I encouraged expansion of Britain's merchant marine fleet, by removing restrictions on merchant shipping and trading. Elizabeth I adopted the Danish crop rotation system, granted more rights to peasants and lowly-farmers, provided state support to noble estates, and introduced the use of tulip and tomatoes as crops.
 * Political Reforms: Elizabeth I re-organized the British Privy Council into the Imperial State Council. The Council would consist of a Minister of Justice, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Navy, Minister of the Knights and Army, Minister of Finance and Revenue, and Minister of the Crown. The Council would issue laws in the empress's name and supervise the government. It also acted as a sort of judical court, handling cases of treason, cases involving high-ranking government officals, and cases related to the Crown. Elizabeth I also re-organized the civil service and initated several Government Codes of law.
 * Military Reforms: Elizabeth I expanded the size of the navy, from a little under 50 vessels to over 150. She initated a Naval Discipline Code and established the office of Lord Admiral. Elizabeth also united all the British Orders of Knights into the Imperial Order of Knights. She also created a army reserve and combined the small militias of the nobles with the main army.

1488

 * A New National Ideal Revolution happened in Albania, they unite to the golden alliance ( Great Britain, USSAR( which includes Ukraine, Moldovia, and Trebizond), Wallichia, Spain, Muscovy, Lithunia and now Albania)
 * In Georgia, after 4 years of civil war, the monarchist goverment has been wipe out by SEPO and republicans, republicans influenced during the war by USAAR, stabliahed a New National Ideal goverment and later unite to USAAR with Albania.
 * USAAR and Muscovy defeat Khanate of the Golden Horde, its divided by the two and start transform it to christianity.
 * SEPO execute the Khanate and it's goverment.
 * East Europe War ends, USAAR blames ALL world problems to Hungary, Bulgaria, Bohemia, Poland, now defunct, and Genoa.
 * Genoa now very weakened is invaded and annexed by Spain and USSAR, SEPO executes all Genoa goverment and militia there, the surviving weapons and sheeps, are taken by USAAR.

1489
Elizabeth I introduced a second set of reforms:


 * Administrative and Legal Reforms: Elizabeth I introduced a uniform system of accounting of state expenditures, debt, and revenue of the Imperial Crown. She commissioned the first evaulation of the government treasury. Elizabeth I also divided Britain into five Provinces: Orkney, Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland. The empress also began the Imperial Census, a count of the population of Britain to take place every five years. The first census finds a total of 3.5 million living in Britain.

Elizabeth I also reformed the legal system, seperating the State Council's judical functions into the Imperial State Court, with justices appointed and dismissed by the empress at will. The rights of trial by jury, questioning and bringing in of witnesses, and a fair trial are all introduced into the British judical system. Elizabeth also abolished torture and coporal punishment, and extremely limited the use of the death penality. She insured equality of treatment for all inmates in Britain's prisons, regard-less of what crime they committed or how much money they had. The empress also ended what was left of fedualism in her empire and granted all the people in Britain the same uniform set of rights, which include freedom of speech and opinion, freedom of religion, freedom of movement, freedom from unfair justice, etc.


 * Educational Reforms: Elizabeth I decreed that girls could attend school alongside boys. She ordered all children between the ages of 7-14 to earn a elementary education. A higher-classed education was introduced for the rich and middle-class. Elizabeth I also established scholarships for a select few poor people, and she encouraged college education overseas. Elizabeth I also granted Jews and other religious minorites the right to establish schools.
 * Great Britain annexed some ex-Genoa islands.

1490

 * The new century has start with USAAR as a power, controling the black sea, and with Muscovy, Great Britain, Spain, Wallichia, and
 * USAAR sign a treaty with Bulgaria wich Bulgaria gives the small part of Moldovia that was taken on the Bulgaria-Autana Authenian War.
 * Because USAAR controls the Black Sea all maritime trade with Bulgaria has ceased, this bring an hambrune and a epidemy in Bulgaria, soon Bulgaria internal conflicts start.
 * USAAR start to invade Turkish Emirates.
 * Bavaria declares its independence from the HRE and establishes a kingdom in the southeast part of the empire.

1491

 * Elizabeth I of Great Britain visits the USAAR. She is disgusted by the practice of slavery, and askes USAAR to abolish it.
 * USAAR talk with Elizabeth I and told her that the slaves are ex-goverment and USAAR traitors (the true) and without them Autana Athenians will perished because they are the base of the system producing food for the Empire wich make peoples survive and people make the USAAR flourish, she accept but ask to free some, USSAR free some that were not important in their goverments.
 * The Kingdom of Bavaria declares the HRE and invades North and West.