Europe 1430 (Map Game)

This is a new map game that takes place in Europe in 1430. This map game will regulated and controlled. '''READ THE TALK PAGE BEFORE POSTING. '''There may be discussion important to the game.

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!!!!!!!!!!! 
 *  Read the Talk page. 

1430-1460
See Europe 1430, 1430-1460

1461-1491
See Europe 1430, 1461-1491

1492-1522
See Europe 1430, 1492-1522

1523-1553
See Europe 1430, 1523-1553

1554-1584
See Europe 1430, 1554-1584

1585-1615
See Europe 1430, 1585-1615

1616-1646
See Europe 1430, 1616-1646

1647-1677
See Europe 1430, 1647-1677

1678

 * Albania and Greece call upon various natiopns in the Balkans, saying that if they don't stand up to Hungary now then they will be next. The Hungarian War of Aggression begins. Bulgaria, Moldovia and Wallachia declare war on Hungary. Albania and Greece push back Hungary.
 * Sicily pushes out Hungary.
 * Seeing a chance for more power in the Black Sea, Lithuania declares war on Ukraine alongside Muscovy. While Lithuania assaults the coastal regions, Muscovy attacks the north.
 * Spain and Portugal ally with Hungary, and start planning an attack on Algeria.
 * Spain fortifies the North African holdings.
 * Spain and Italy push deeper into France. Navarre falls to Spain. France is cut off from the Mediterranean.
 * Prussia, Wurzburg and Hapsburg launch an assault on Hedjaz.
 * Portugal expands deeper into North Africa, hoping to bring its former colony back into line.
 * The Germanic Pact members decide to condemn Spain and Italy, saying that their aggresions towards France are barbaric and idiotic.
 * Settlements in Nova Hibernia expand.
 * Areas of strong British cultural influence in the Colonial Dominion of Aljaska, ie the former British supply areas form a new state, the Free Republic of Davis, as named after the first supply post, Fort Davis.
 * Muscovy advance into Alatschenland. Seeing the violence occurring over the border, Muscovy grant special respect for the British settlers culture.
 * The nigh-upon landlocked colony of New Sundvall is franted special rights by the Scandinavian government, in order to maintain their influence.
 * As war begins brewing in Europe again, another surge of colonists help expand Kanada, Deseret and New West Venice as well as Nova Hibernia and New Scotland.
 * The Carribean Provinces are split away from Great Guyana and are made into the Province of Bahamania with its capital at Georgetown. This is put into the Capitol System.
 * Seeing that Navarre, one of the founding members of the BG is invaded for no apparent reason, the BG pumps British, Hessian, and Scandinavian troops into Portugal and Switzerland. They offer Spain an ultimatum: Return Navarre as an independent state, with all it's previous holdings, repay any damage caused to private property, and have their troops vacate their country, or else the BG will declare war on both them and Italy. The BG also begins supplying French and Muscovite forces, while many volunteer brigades spring up to fight for Davis and France.

1679

 * War of Hungarian Aggression: The Balkan Nations (Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Wallachia, Moldovia) make small gains against Hungary.
 * Portugal and Spain expand their territories in North Africa.


 * Hungary, Spain and Portugal launch a joint attack on Algeria, annexing much of it.


 * Spain and Italy ignore the ultamatiums of the BC, and continue their attack on France.


 * Lithuania and the Muscovian Empire continue their attacks on Ukraine. Ukraine is now close to surrendering.
 * The Germanic Pact members declare they stand behing the BC's ultimatum, but declare that they must also restore France, as its value as being next to Habsburg is seen as a threat to security if it is conquered.
 * The BG declares war on both Spain and Italy. British and Scandinavian troops that had been massing in Portugal roll across the border, taking much of Leon and Andalucia. Portuguese troops attack and take the undefended Spanish Morrocco. Swiss troops, supported by Hessians and Brunswians, move into undefended Lombardy and take Genoa and Pisa. Muscovy adds their navy to the BG fleet preparing to take on the Spanish/Italian fleet in the Mediterranean. The BG hope that they can not only restore France and Navarre, but also split Spain back into it's component kingdoms (Castile, Leon, Aragon, Navarra).

1680

 * Following the BC example, the Germanic Pact members declare war on Spain and Italy The GP splits into two coalition armies, one army, the European Coalition, is made up of forces from the European members of the pact, and invades Italy via sea, while the other, the African Coalition, is made up of conscript armies from the African colonies who are sent to invade North Egypt.


 * WTF portugal is BG!!!


 * Just ignore him... Jeeze...
 * I'm sorry okay, its been a while since we played and I forgot the groups Ownerzmcown 10:27, July 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * The Swiss Launch an assualt on the Itialian Forces, Makeing large inroads, includeing the capture of Venice.


 * Sicily takes Hungary's islands.


 * The Balkan states make further gains.


 * Spain, haveing overextended itself, loses it's saharan lands.


 * Hawaii again throws out the Japanese and joins the British as a province. Honolulu is added to the capitial system.


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1681

 * Davis liberates the neighbouring islands. Pirates based out of the islands prevent Bohemian armies from landing.
 * Muscovy completes settling its Alatschenland claim area.
 * Nova Hibernia completes its charter settlements.
 * Portugal takes over Hungarian African areas.
 * Hungary gives in to the Balkan Pact and new borders are agreed.
 * Wurzburg drives a wedge through Italy and splits it into two chunks.
 * North Egypt begins crumbling before a Germanic advance.
 * Britain leads an assault on Spain, capturing the Minorcan Isles.
 * Habsburg colonial forces drive across northern part of North Egypt and capture Alexandria.

1682

 * The majority Bohemian population forces Davis troop back into their traditional territory and allow the Bohemian expeditionary force to land.

1683
Cascadia and New Scotland expand north to include many small settlements. (Shown below). New Sundsvall expands southward into the northern Great Plains.

British volunteer brigades arrive to reinforce RoD troops, and fortify most of the remaining settlements. Britain, Portugal, and Muscovy all recognize the republic as an independent nation, and all the territory claimed by the Republic but taken by Bohemians is still Republic land. Britain treatens to go to war with Bohemia if Davis is not granted independence.



1684
Bohemia and Britain negotiate a population exchange, with Bohemian territory claimed by Davis composed of 92% ethnic Bohemians, the remaining ethnic British are exchanged for the Bohemian minority within Davis controlled lands and Bohemia recognizes the independence of Davis.

The BG goes further deeper into Spain and establishing puppet kingdoms throughout Spain.


 * Habsburg Colonial Forces, combined with forces from the Kingdom of Jerusalem which have entered the war in Africa after being paid for so by the Germanic Pact, launch a pincir movement on North Egypt, with Jerusalem taking the land in Asia, while Habsburg takes the land in Africa.

1685
France starts to push Spain back.

Italy is pushed back by the Swiss.

The Empire of Trebizond joins forces with Greece to force the Sultanate of Angora to become land-locked. They manage to do this.

The Habsburg Colonial Army marches into Spanish North Africa, with the government quickly disintegrating, it is little a problem for the Colonial forces.



The Republic of California and The Commonwealth of Amerika go to war after an incident in the gulf of California.



1686

 * Joint Franco-British forces liberate French and Spanish Navarre. The Kingdom of Navarra is created.
 * Wurzburg takes Italian France.
 * France and Britain continue to push the Spanish back.
 * Portugal continue the advance into North Africa, hoping to connect up their new found African empire. Most power in North Africa is now divided between Hapsburg and Portugal. North Africa is divide in two.
 * Libya is refounded while Habsburg secures the frontier.
 * Switzerland continues the advance in Italy. Growing nationalist feeling in Switzerland favours empire building.
 * Tensions build up in the Balkans as Bulgaria and Greece feel they weren't given enough land. Much sabre-rattling begins.
 * The British Occupying Forces occupy the straits of Gibraltar, taking control of the gateway to the Mediterranean. Spanish North African colonies begin to collapse.
 * Prussia, Wurzburg and Hapsburg resume expansion into Hedjaz. Hapsburg contributes the least troops to this expansion as they are concentrating on North Africa. Wurzburg contributes more than Hapsburg but less than Prussia as they are advancing against Italy. Prussia sends the most troops as they have no other commitments.
 * Representatives of the North African government appeal to Britain to aid them in halting the Portuguese invasion.
 * Railroads advance from the mines and processing plants to the ports. Traction is still provided by horses.
 * Bohemia expands Aljaska.
 * California is slowly pushed back from Amerika. Britain proposes that it aid the Californians. The Californians agree but have to wait until the war in Europe is over.
 * Despite Scandinavia's attempts to keep the colonial dream alive, New Sundavall is simply no longer a viable project. In order to make at least a bit of profit, it sells chunks to all the neighbouring powers. Claim lines are drawn up and preparations for settlement begin.
 * A claim line is drawn between Bohemian Aljaska and British New Scotland.

[[File:1687americas.png]]1687
British forces advance further into Spain and land in their North African terrotorys.

France drives all the way to the Pyrenees, meating up with the British forces.

The Swiss advance further down the pinnsula, driveing Italy almost off of it.

The Amerikans make small gains on the Californians with many men lost on both sides.

Habsburg Colonial Forces overrun the remaining part of Spanish North Africa.



1688
New Scotland expands to the sea, occupy the territory given to it in the partiton of New Sundavall.

Colombia takes the Golopogos Islands



With North Africa conquered, Habsburg forces make landings on Sardinia.

Spain is getting close to be overran by Britain and France. It is expected that Spain will fall in a matter of months.

The Swiss force Italy off the Pennsula and Elba.



1689
Spain falls. With the final push from the combine forces of France, Portugal, and Britain the remaining Spanish forces surrender. The result of the war is this: Portugal expands north up to the Atlantic. Navarra expands eastward along the English Channel and a bit south. Navarra signs a treaty with France, Portugal, and Britain. Navarra also joins th British Group. Britain and France still occupies in what was Southern Spain to either give the land to Navarra or setup a puppet state.

The Swiss give back all the land south of the Po valley, as well as returning Venice. However, they keep Genoa and immediatly begin to consolidate their holdings there, assisted by Hessian and French volunteers.

The BG decides to create a puppet state in Southern Spain, called Andalusia. Eastern Spain is made into Catalonia (not a puppet state, but still allied.).

Hapsburg is given the Belearics as compensation for assisting the BG in invading Spain.

Wurzburg returns the lands previously held by France, but keeps a narrow corridor to the sea.

Scandinavia updates it's fortifications on Skagens Odde, while Livonia and Muscovy update the Dnepr canal, adding two service areas and widening the channel by 50 ft in some places.

Habsburg makes a deal with the Kingdom of Jerusalem, allowing Habsburg to gain all land surrounding the Suez Canal.

North Africa recevies the British held land next to it and Habsburg gets the British held land next to it.



1690
Portugal completes the annexation of North Africa.

The BG begins preparations for an invasion of the Asatru.

What is the Asatru?

'The nations formally of the Asatru Union, namely Midgard, Norgard, Norway, and Iceland. They are all Asatru (the modern term given to the pagan scandinavian religion).'

The Swiss continue to fortify their Italian holdings, constructing a series of forts along it's borders with Wurzburg and Bohemia (as a precautionary measure).

As the SC, Hesse, and Brunswick have no navy, and are all contributing large amounts of troops to the upcoming invasion of the Asatru, the BG finds it nessacary to purchase a thin strip of land 100 metres wide going from Switzerland through Wurzburg, Hesse, and on through Brunswick to Bremen. They begin constructing a large road along it, and, as relations with the GP has improved consiterably over the past few years, they give the ok for BG troops to be moved along the road (unofficially called the Swiss Road). This vastly improves BG logistics, as, previously, Hesse was completely cut off from any allied nation.

The Heanestic Republic, Denmark, Scandinavia, the UBP, and Portugal all begin to overhaul and improve their navies, mainly for amphibious operations, and large fleet-v-fleet operations, as in recent years the Asatru have begun to move closer to unification, and have improved their navies consiterably. This is a massive change in direction for the BG fleets, as for the last half of the century they have been slowly decentralized and trained for anti-pirate and raiding operations. (Even in the French War and the Second Italian War, major fleet operations have been few and far between).

The GP gives their widespread approval over the BG's plans to invade the Asatru and decide to give the BG members multiple engineers who can help them with their warships and overall mechanical planning, while multiple trainers from the GP, who have spent some of their life studying in Scandinavia, also help the BG troops train for their invasion ahead and prepare for their troops for the harsh conditions.

1691
In order to prepare for an invasion of Norgard, Scandinavian troops begin to build several large roads running from the coast to the border, facilitating the movement of Swiss and Hessian troops moving from the ports to the borders. Denmark and Brunswick move many of their troops into Scania, and build similar roads and fortifications throughout that province.

To counteract BG aggression, the Asatru nations sign an alliance with the Hussite League and the Muscovian Empire, both longtime trading partners. Many Germanic group members, particularly Wurzburg, Brunswick, and the Hanseatic Republic withdraw their support for the planned invasion for fear of antagonizing the Hussites and Muscovites. This rift amongst its members causes severe difficulties in relations in the Germanic group.

Habsburg's occupation of Spanish North Africa and Spanish Egypt, encounters severe resistance and holding the lands is becoming extremely expensive, especially with limited troops available from the homeland and heavy reliance on mercenaries and conscripted spanish troops.

The people of the Portuguese occupied North African Republic, now extremely experienced at carrying on a guerilla war having carried out years of war against illegitimate governments prior, takes a large toll on the Portuguese occupational forces. Keeping hold of the land is taking a toll on troops and state coffers.

Britain, Denmark, and Scandinavia decide to go it alone and continue to prepare for the invasion. All nations have alot to gain (Britain takes Iceland and Greenland, Denmark gets Norway and southern Midgard, and Scandinavia gets the rest). Due to Scandinavia's alliance with Muscovy, they secretly promise to stay out of this war.

Habsburg creates the Colonial Army of Habsburg as a standing and professional defense and attack force for the Habsburg colonies, they are formed from the many conscripted troops in Africa and are immeadiately put to work attacking resistance groups and guerillas, and soon the number of guerillas and attacks decrease drastically.

1692
The BG asks Prussia and Hapsburg to allow BG naval vessels (and their accompanying troops) to be based out of their ports. They agree, eager for the business that a massive army and navy would bring to their ports.

Portugal releases North Africa as a vassal state, mainly to stop wasting huge amounts of capital on the insurgency.

Navarra decides to setup a colony in Africa. They setup the colony in south of the Portugese colony in Africa.

The Germanics return to their invasion of Hedjaz and the country is quickely overrun.

Habsburg, its coffers drained by the huge numbers of mercenaries and other professional soldiers required to keep control of its North African occupied territories, especially those in former Spanish Egypt and sees mass desertions. Emboldened by this the rebellions increase, and many deserting local conscripts join the rebellions, arming the rebels with Habsburg`s own weapons. Remaining Spanish nobility in Spanish Egypt begin meeting with Jerusalem emissaries for possible annexation due to common spanish background.

News of the issues in Africa along with the King`s continued insistance on continuing conquest against the counsel of advisors, as well as talks of taking part in the invasion of the Asatru leads to unrest amongst the Habsburg nobility in Europe.

The heir to the Spanish throne, who managed to escape the war to Spain`s colonies in the east indies, establishes the new Spanish capital in Neuvo Toledo (OTL Medan, Sumatra). As news hits Europe, many Spanish people begin emmigrating to this new Spanish homeland.

1693
It all comes together.

As the BG invasion of the Asatru begins, troop ships pullout of GP harbors to a waving crowd. Suddenly, the ships turn and open fire on the Prussian and Hapsburg warships docked at the piers. Within 5 minutes, half the GP's navy is destroyed. The troop ships disembark their marines, and by the end of the day, Amsterdam, Rostock, Danzig, Rotterdam, and most other major GP ports are taken. Troops move inland, straight at Cologne and Berlin. The Prussians push back the BG to within 5 miles of the coast, but as most Hapsburg troops were deployed in Africa to combat the insurgency, Cologne is taken by the end of March.

Swiss, Brunswickian, Hessian, and Heneasic troops supposively withdrawing down the Swiss Road turn off into Wurzburg, taking much of the surrounding land. Wurzburgish troops are defeated outside of Baden-Baden, and by the end of the year, most of the nation is under BG control.

Scandinavian troops deployed at Asatru borders quickly turn around and follow the newly-built roads straigh back to their ships waiting at the coast. By August, most of the troops are redeployed into Prussia, and Berlin is taken.

Portuguese and Heanestic ships set up a blockade at Gibraltar, preventing the Hapsburgs from moving their troops to the European front.

1694
'Guys, sorry, but please check the talk page for more information. This invasion was planned from the beginning.' 'WTF?!!! WHY THE HELL IS THE BG INVADING THE GP, THIS MAKES NO SENSE SO WHY WOULD THEY INVADE SOMBODY WHO IS TRYING TO HELP THEM???!!!!'
 * BG force a surrender from Prussia and continue into Hapsburg. With most of their army attempting to hold down the African colonies, there is little that Hapsburg can do against the invading armies. Wurzburg ius demolished. The BG powers begin drawing up a map of the new Germany.
 * The plan is for Wurzburg to be divided into Baden, Wurzburg, and Barvaria (with the strip of coast going to Switzerland). Hapsburg is to be divided into the Netherlands and Wallonia, with the strip of land pointing east would be split between Brunswick and Hesse. Prussia is to be divided into Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Prussia proper.
 * Portugal and North Africa make a deal. North Africa will retain what remains of its land, and Portugal shall maintain control of its traditional spheres of influence.
 * BG controlled Spain is turned into the Kingdom of Aragon.
 * Balkans War breaks out. Greece invades Albania, Bulgaria invades Wallachia.

'Very good point... I'm not the one doing it, but we need to rewind to 1692 to get rid of it.'


 * British claims are completed on the North American continent. Most other nations expand.
 * California and Amerika are now bogged down with very little movement. The promised British aid has been distracted by further wars in Europe.

1695


(The status of mediterranean Habsburg land wasn't specified, so I just left it in the map)

The last Scandinavian troops arrive in Prussia. By now, the entire coast is taken, and Brunswickian and Danish troops move south to help out the Swiss.

Portuguese ships land in Alexandria and take the delta. A second, larger force, mainly British Colonial, lands at the Suez Canal tand takes it from the meager defense force left behind.

The BG offers a treaty to the remaining GP forces:

The Hapsburg lands between Brunswick and Hesse are to be split between the latter nations.

The Heanestic Republic receives Prussian coast as far west as Rostock

Switzerland recieves Wurzburgin strip of land leading to the coast.

A new nation, allied to the BG, is to be created from the Christian lands of Eygpt (see Oer's map on the talk page), and this will include the Suez Canal.

The members of the GP agree to the terms, but only if the Suez Canal is turned into an international zone where all countries who wish may operate a port and the entire canal can't be nationalized.

The BG decline. Portuguese and Andalusian troops land at Tunis, and by November, most of OTL Tunisia is in their hands. The BG reoffers their version of the treaty, and if the GP does not accept, then they will continue to attack until their terms are accepted, unamended.

The GP has no choice but to accept the BG's terms of surrender with threats coming from the invasion in Africa.

1696



 * With the collapse of the Habsburg government the rebellions in Africa peak. The populace of Spanish North Africa establish the Tunez Republic, including the Habsburg controlled but Spanish populated Baleares and Habsburg controlled Malta. Libya seizes its traditional coastal holdings.
 * The previous Habsburg King who had abdicated amongst pressure from his nobles over his disasterous policy of conquest establishes himself in Benhazi, taking control of some of the scattered Habsburg colonial forces. He renames the city Neuer Koln and names himself King of Habsburg. With very little arable land, small population, little resources, and demoralized troops, the British Group allows him his fantasies.
 * With Prussia, Wurzburg, and Habsburg in shambles, Hedjaz pushes them back across the red sea. The Sultan begins uniting the Bedouin tribes.
 * Hungary leaves the Hussite league following arguments with allies over aid in reconquering Hungarian lands from Bulgaria, Albania, Sicily and Moldovia. Bohemia maintains that the Hussite league is a defensive alliance meant to aid members who are the target of agression, and the land Hungary lost was the result of an offensive war.
 * After years of attempts at stamping out the Asatru religion, it remains the religion of the majority in Denmark. As such, the Denmark parliament adopts a policy of religious tolerance, allowing Asatru to hold positions of public office.
 * Denmark and Scandinavia begin bringing up the idea of an actual invasion of the Asatru nations. The Swiss Confederation, having problems of its own controlling conquered territory and a war weary populace argues against. The Hanseatic Republic begins considering leaving the alliance alltogether and declaring neutrality in order to focus on trade. The group that so recently showed a united front against the Germanics begins to show cracks.
 * Scandinavia and Denmark back down on their plans for invasion.

1697
A lost British fleet from Hawaii is blown ashore in New Zealand and founds a small colony there, naming it New Zealand, and claiming it for Britain.
 * Prussia, Wurzburg, and the Habsburg pretender governments draft up the Germanic Reconstruction Plan, a 15 year long plan to rebuild the economies and industries of the former GP, some BG nations, sympathetic to the disasterous state of the Germanic economies, also provide support.

1698
New Zealand expands as settlers arrive from Cascadia with hopes of claiming new land.

The former GP members begin reconstruction by first improving agriculture, the farmlands of Prussia and Wurzburg provide most of the food for the group, while some is also grown on Habsburg's Mediterranean coast.

1699

 * The second phase of the Germanic Reconstruction program goes into effect as agriculture continues to develop while wood from the forests of Germany are used by all three countries to rebuild their trading fleets, and they begin to set up a trade triangle.
 * Finding it hard to keep control of it's Italian provinces, Switzerland releases the city-states of Padua, Milan, Genoa, Asti, and Savoy as vassal states. All are allowed substantial freedom economically and politically (however, they do have to remain neutral in world affairs for 30 years, and none of them can unite-annex-invade one another for 100 years, or risk military intervention on the part of the BG). Militarily, they are allowed to have a small defense force nessesary for keeping order and for fending off foreign aggression.
 * BG renforcements finally arrive in California, pushing The Amrikians back.
 * All claims in the Amaricias are fully occupied.
 * The Kingdom of Jersulum expands it's east indies colony to include more small islands.
 * New Zeland expands south.







1700
What do you mean by minor trading concession and small discounts for international trade?
 * The Germanic Reconstruction program enters a snag, the former GP had plenty of wood, but raw metal like iron, and construction materials like brick ad limestone were in short supply, the biggest iron producers in the world are members of the GP or Scandinavian, all of which disliked the Germanics. Trade has hit a snag as very few, if any countries choose to trade with them, the quick rebuilding they had hoped for becomes an near impossibilities, and the GP members begin to outright beg the other countries of the world for economic support.
 * The BG offers to supply the GP with timber and iron in exchange for numorous but minor trading concessions and small discounts for international trade.

1701

 * Britain presides over a peace conference between California and Amerika. California takes some northern land and Amerika's Pacific Coast but Britain stops them from going to far. California agrees to join the British Group and negotiations begin with Amerika.
 * Portugal expands into undiscovered Africa, cutting off North Africa. Portugal begins gearing up for an invasion of Algeria. The Chancellor of Portugal envisages a great Portuguese Empire across the Mediterranean.
 * The Balkans collapse into all out war. There are no coherent alliances as all sides stab one another in the back. All of Europe looks on in horror.
 * The Muscovian Empire begins expanding East once again.

1702

 * Arguments ensue between members of the British Group over the admittance of California, who is also a member of the Hussite league. Admitting members of rival alliances could cause disruptions further on. Negotiations with Amerika for membership causes further unrest, being a member of the Germanic League and a former Habsburg colony. These issues cause Brunswick to leave the group. The Hanseatic Republic declares its neutrality and leaves the group as well.. Scandinavia claims these members leaving is the fault of Britain and its desire to bring the world under its influence. Portugal also question's Britain's leadership, though more due to posturing to eventually take over.
 * Prussia abandons the Germanic group, allying with Livonia and entering into an agreement with Bohemia for economic aid, deciding being tied to Habsburg was too dangerous to its future, losing its largest and most prosperous member puts the germanic group's future in question.
 * Scandinavia, Denmark, the Heanestics, and Livonia officially quit any prexisting alliances aside from the Prussia-Livonia alliance and form the Baltic Alliance. They begin to focus on trade, primarily market and currency derivative markets, as well as timber and iron exports.
 * With Prussia out of the Germanic Group, Wurzburg leaves as their supplies were mostly brought in by sea and decide to be self-dependent from now on.

1703
Muscovy, being longtime allies of Livonia and Scandinavia, gains observer status in the Baltic Alliance. Prussia, due to their alliance with Livonia, gains observer status as well.

Navarre and Britain go it alone and create a new BG between the two of them.

Portugal, having considerable influence with Alexandria and Andalusia, forms the Mediterranean Defensive League. The Tunez Republic gains observer status as well.

Habsburg, needing the support, and the royal family being Calvanists, ask to join the new British Group for the economic support. They accept.

Hoping to take advantage of the free-for-all in the Balkans, Portugal and Alexandria stage a landing in Albania. Most of the coast is taken by year's end, while the Duke is captured and executed.

1704
The Empire of Trebizond makes an all-or-nothing assualt on The Sultanate of Angora.

Habsburg Pretenders, although the royal family is Calvanist, is not initally given full membership to the new BG by the two members, it is instead made an observer state and given economic support from both countries, which is much needed.

'''The Railroad Boom starts. The rails, made of wood, start spreading out from the major ports. Traction is provided by horses.'''



1705

 * The Habsburg Pretenders, tired of being called such, nationalize as the members of the Habsburg Royal family unite under one ruler and announce the creation of the Habsburg Commonwealth of North Afrika.
 * Prussia and Wurzburg sell their remaining African territories to Alexandria, in return for a large sum of silver and gold.
 * The Empire of Trebizond continues its assualt on the Sultanate of Angora.
 * Adana Takes advantige of this to seize some land.
 * Ukraine occupies the unclaimed land to its east.
 * Most mines are now connected to to the ports by rail. Copper starts to be added to the top of the rails to reduce friction further.

1706

 * North Afrika, begins to reconstruct its military in synchronization with the other members of the new British Group, while most progress and attention are put on the army, some attention is put on the navy.

1707

 * After a secret treaty is made with Scandinavia, Estonia becomes an independent state from Livonia.


 * After the death of the emperor Prussia decends into civil war.


 * As tension rises between France and Britain, France allies with Scotish Nationalists, and the invasion of Britain begins.


 * The Empire of Trebizond continues to battle the Sultanate of Angora in what is beginning to emerge as a bloody stalemate.


 * After the French and Scottish invasion of Great Britain begins, Portugal and North Afrika, the two other members of the New British Group, go into instant action, the Portugeuse and British Navies are the best in the world, while Habsburg has some of the best commanders and trainers in the three armies.

1708



 * As Prussia delves deeper into a civil war, it is split into three states, the Republic of Prussia in the south, the Kingdom of Prussia in the west, and the Utopian Civil Workers Republic of Prussia in the east and north. While the Republic is a democratic republic, and the Kingdom is an absolute monarchy, the UCWRP is a county that runs on an early version of communism, delving on the ideas of Plato and many European Utopianist and early communists.
 * lithuania and Ukraine declare war, lithuanian capture Crimea.
 * The invasion of Britain continues.

1709

 * A decisive battle occurs between the Franco-Scottish invasion as the French take massive casualties after failing to complete a seige of London, this proves to be a major turning point as Navarran and New Afrika troops arrive for reinforcements, and allow the New BG to push back the French, while the Scottish rebellion continues to spread in the north.
 * The Provinces in North America begin mobilising volunteer regiments and preparing to send them to the motherland. An emergency central government is formed in Bahamania. Bahamania becomes known as 'the Federal Province' as government of the United British Provinces is concentrated there while Provincial Governments retain control of their internal affairs. Bahamania is like Washington DC
 * The Free Republic of Davis joins the New British Group, along with California. They plan to invade French South America and take control, thereby making Great Britain the most powerful nation in the American continents.
 * Tensions build up in northern New Scotland, who want to but are unable to help their brethren in the British Isles.
 * Talks begin between Great Britain and the Incan Empire, with Britain offering the entire French Pacific Coast and British aid if they help fight the war.
 * The Commonwealth of Amerika and the USA offer to help the French.

1710

 * With British talks of dividing up the territory, the italian inhabitants of French South America declare their independence and rise against the French.
 * Meanwhile the Scottish rebellion is now slowly being put down, but the there is talk of rebellion in New Scotland.

1711



 * The Scottish rebellion is completely extinguished in Scotland, and the British government sends newly freed troops to New Scotland to prevent rebellion thAustralia_1711.png.
 * France is starting to prepare an armada against Britain.
 * The emperor of Trebizond is assassinated by agents of the Sultanate of Angora.
 * A large portion of the French invading force is defeated in southern Britain, most are killed while some are still taken prisoner, the French now only control small coastal positions on the south English coast. Their claims on the rest of English soil are still widely recognized, but nominal.
 * A large number of British refugees from southern England are resettled in a new British colony in southeastern Australia.
 * The Greeks annex Thrace despite its claims to be an internationally neutral zone, and an army is sent to occupy Constantinople. The populace, mostly Greek, welcomes this.

1712



 * Approximately half of the British troops from their American colonies land on the Patagonia coast in the support of the South American Republic. the remaining areas under French control to experience severe civil unrest, as the people rise up against their colonial government. soon, the remaining French territory in South America has become part of the SAR. this deprives the French of a valuable source of income, and give Britain a valuable new trading partner and ally.
 * The Empire of Trebizond ravages the Sultanate of Angora, capturing many Muslim prisoners. They agree to a ceasefire with Angora but exact a heavy tribute, reducing the Sultan to vassalage.
 * The Greek army demands that the territory of West Thrace is handed over to them. Bulgaria agrees.
 * A large counteroffensive against the French begins in southern Britain, and withing just weeks, all remaining French forces in Britain have either been killed, captured, or retreated back to the mainland.
 * After Greece applies a small amount of diplomatic and military pressure, Cyprus agrees to become a semi-autonimous region of Greece. Greece also purchases Malta from the Tunez.

1713

 * Georgia takes the initiative to capture and overrun a number of small, unimportant, and poorly-garrisoned Sassanid outposts on the Persian border.
 * France decides to launch the French Armada sooner than planned. All of what is remaining of the French military a final attempt to capture Britain and her colonies. However it was a disaster. The bad weather and the fact that Britain and her allies was prepared. With most the military destroyed, France is left defenseless.
 * Britain greatly speeds the growth of their Australian colonies by handing out free land to British citizens, and giving them loans to purchase agricultural implements.
 * The remaining British North American troops land in Britanny, and quickly drive through the remaining French forces. soon, they occupy the entire Channel coast, and additional British forces begin arriving in droves in Normandy.
 * Another massive army lead by a North Afrikan general moves north and within months puts down the Scottish rebellion that remains, tha speed at which the remaining rebels were put down and the tactics used astonished the British crown, who began to look back to North Afrika as a place full of well-trained generals.
 * The Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Jerusalem, and Japan all expand their control in the east indies.
 * The Kingdom of Spain establishes several outposts on the north Australian coast.


 * A Bohemian expeditionary force captures Ceylon and other expeditions establish colonies in the Andaman islands and western Australia.

1714

 * With the French invasion stopped and the Scottish rebellion quelled, the other members of the new BG, Navarra and North Afrika, decide to help the British forces by launching their own invasion along the southern coast, easily capturing the city Marseille, and landing thousands of troops within just days. It is only a matter of time before France falls.
 * Thousands of British peasants begin taking advantage of the loan program for Australian colonists, and soon the British colony is growing in leaps and bounds. thanks to the loans and increased revenue, the program even begins to make a profit, which is further invested in expanding Australian colonization.
 * Taking advantage of Ukraine's weakened defences along the Georgian boarder (after the huge amount of Ukrainians sent west to repel the ever advancing Lithuanian army) a large army of Georgians invade Ukraine. With the joint invasion of Georgia and Lithuania, the Country of Ukraine is overtaken, and all resistance is quelled.
 * The newly formed Utopian Civil Workers Republic of Prussia begin spreading their communist word, several nearby cities rebel from their rulers and announce themselves as members of the Utopian Civil Workers Republic of Prussia.
 * Sicily and Tunez declare war, Sicily begins to invade.
 * The Kingdom of the Congo Invades to the independent lands to its north. Apearing for the first time on the map.

1715

 * The Empire of Trebizond replaces the Sultan of Angora with a puppet ruler, effectively gaining complete control over the entire Sultanate.
 * The Empire of Tebizond and Georgia invade Sassanid Persia. The Sassanid Empire is caught off guard and loses ground rapidly, mainly to the Georgians.
 * The Habsburgs dispatch a small fleet from their African commonwealth to secure the Greek island of Crete.
 * As Georgia grows in power, the empire of Moscovy grows worried, and orders an invasion of northern Georgia.

1716

 * Wurzburg rejoins the Hussite League.
 * The Greeks and Bulgarians come to an agreement. The Bulgarians trade their Greek territory to Greece in exchange for Greek Bulgarian territory and aid in retaking Wallachian Bulgarian territory. This frees up troops for a counterattack against Habsburg.
 * The Greek fleet wipes out the tiny Habsburg fleet and begins a bombardment of the Habsburg capital. Greek forces retake Crete and land in northern Habsburg Africa, where the tiny Habsburg army puts up little resistance.
 * Their armies distracted, Italy begins a war of Unification against Sicily and the other Italian states backed by its allies in the Hussite League. Tired of being Swiss Puppets, the Italian armies recieve much support in the north.
 * The Empire of Trebizond leaves Georgia to keep up the invasion of the Sassanid Empire alone and agrees to a ceasefire with the Persians, for fear of overextending themselves. Seeing the Greeks preoccupied with attacking northern Africa, the traitorous emperor orders an invasion of Greek territories in western Asia Minor, claiming the territory is rightfully that of a true Byzantine successor state.
 * The Georgian armies, though stretched thin, halt their Persian advance and fight valiantly, stalling the assault on their northern borders by the Muscovian Empire.
 * The English and their allies continue the thrust into a militarily crippled France. A number of fierce but short clashes take place as Navarra expands at the expense of the French.

1717

 * Greek forces take the Habsburg capital and execute the Habsburg royals. Never again will Habsburg threaten the peace of Europe. The Habsburg commonwealth is annexed as the autonomous territory of Cyrenaica. Governance will be handled by local authorities but subservient to the Greek crown similar to Bohemian Dominions.
 * The Greeks and Bulgarians force peace on the Wallachians allowing the Greeks to focus on Trebizond. Greek diplomats promising any captured Angoran territory to Anatolia manage to bring them into the war. The presence of another Turkish state, althought a christian one, in the war causes the Angoran populace to rise up against the occupying Trebizond Greeks. The already taxed Trebizond forces wonder if they have possibly made a mistake in taking on a much larger, populous, better armed nation not worrying about keeping a subjugated population in check.
 * Most of the northern Italian states have fallen in with the Kingdom of Italy. Bohemia has taken the Dalmatian coast territory from Sicily, returning it to Hungary as an offering of good faith.
 * The English and their allies agree to a ceasing of hostilities with the French. France reluctantly agrees to become a protectorate of Great Britain, while other nations which have supported it in the invasion are allowed to keep their respective territories in France as a reward for helping to subdue the French.

1718

 * In the face of disaster on the front, the emperor of Trebizond is deposed. His successor offers to pay a heavy tribute to the mainland Greeks in return for a long-lasting ceasefire, which they agree to. Trebizond's armies, withdrawing from the Anatolian front, also march in and forcibly crush the Greek-induced Angoran revolt. Nearly 1,000 Muslim rebels are massacred.
 * Sicilian forces, although outnumbered, inflict a crushing defeat on the Italians to their north, checking Italian advance into Southern Italy despite suffering heavy losses in the course of the battle.
 * As Sicily recalls many of its frontier troops home to defend Naples, the Tunez Republic makes some headway in repulsing and driving back the Sicilian advance in North Africa.
 * The Empire of Trebizond formulates an alliance with the Milanese of Adana.
 * As North Afrika falls and France loses against the new BG, the only remaining members of Habsburg royal family are three children of the last North Afrikan king's brother, a son at the age of 7, a daughter of 14 years, and a son of 18 years, because they are the last remaining members of the Habsburg royal family, they are given refuge in London, where the surviving Habsburg officials have regrouped to form a temporary government-in-exile in safety from the Greeks. Greece protested this move.
 * Under the new arrangement with the new BG, France must pay a one time tribute, and keep their military a certain size. Also under the arrangement, the French king can keep the crown but must be submissive and thoroughly loyal to the British government.
 * In an ill-fated effort to reunite Prussia, three assemblies of representatives from each of the Prussian states meet and agree to merge the country again. The assemblies will govern each respective province of the three Prussian provinces as they see fit, and in their own way. This movement survives only throughout the year of 1718.
 * The English invade Scotland, and organize a rebellion within the Scottish state to overthrow established government and call for all Scots to rally about Great Britain. English forces quickly occupy Scotland, but may be forced to pull out the following year due to the failure of their propaganda and fierce Scottish resistance.
 * The Georgians succeed in winning several border struggles against the empire of Moscovy.
 * The Tunez citizens of Malta launch a successful loyalist revolt against the Greeks, hoping for a return to their old government.

1719

 * English troops are withdrawn from Scotland after a half-hearted and doomed attempt to hold the territory for a year. Britain signs a treaty with the Scottish state which would recognizes Scottish independence provided they join the BG.
 * The three assemblies of Prussia and the monarchy go their separate ways, splitting Prussia into three once more after a year of reunification. Bohemia invades the three Prussian states.
 * The Empire of Trebizond tries to resettle the former Sultanate of Angora with Orthodox Greeks in an attempt to convert the region. They also make tempting offers of Angoran land to those in mainland Greece living in overcrowded cities. Having worked jointly with the new emperor of Trebizond, the Greek government regards the movement with approval.
 * The citizens of Malta officially rejoin the Tunez Republic.

1720

 * The Kingdom of Prussia signs a treaty with Bohemia and the two states work together against the other Prussian states. The Kingdom takes land from both the Republic and Utopian Civil Workers Republic.
 * Bohemia makes large gains against the Republic of Prussia.
 * Kurdistan invades the Cypriot Greek territory in southern Turkey.
 * With the size of the Algerian harvest not supporting the nation again this year the nation is forced to do something. Algeria invades its weak, small, and trade dependant neighbor, Libya. Algerian invaders gain support from the Libyan population and are seen as liberating the people from the beaurocratic and cruel Libyan government, which is totally eliminated.
 * All of northern Italy is officially part of the Kingdom of Italy.

1721

 * A decision is made in the British parliament to create a new kingdom for the Habsburg royal family members who remain, they create a kingdom called Neu Habsburg out much of the captured lands in northern France, though the kingdom is run by the Habsburg royal family and keeps its own armed forces, its technically a semi-autonomous region of Great Britain for the financial support.
 * Portugal and California leave the New British Group over the British decision to create a new Kingdom for the Habsburgs who had caused so much grief for Europe. Though North Africa remains, they object but require Britain's aid against the treacherous Portuguese.
 * Scandinavia, Wallonia, Netherlands, and the Hanseatic Republic all decry the British Decision to grant the Habsburgs amnesty. These nations, along with the Hussite League, Greece, and the other German nations boycott any Neu Habsburg merchants or goods.
 * The Grand Duke of the Commonwealth of Lithuania, no longer wanting to share power with the Bohemian King, terminates the agreement. The Commonwealth of Lithuania is returned to independence with the Bohemian King as monarch, and the Grand Duke declares himself King of the Commonwealth of Belarus-Ukraine.
 * Bohemia and the Kingdom of Prussia handily defeat the Republic of Prussia and move on the Utopian Civil Workers Republic of Prussia.

1722

 * Kurdistan takes all Greek Cypriot territory on mainland Asia Minor. They also form an alliance with the Christian State of Anatolia.
 * The Empire of Trebizond offers to betray their one-time Kurdish allies in an attempt to help the Greece retain their island of Cyprus. Because Cyprus and its landlocked Anatolian locations are hard to reach by sea and nearly impossible by land, the Greeks accept.
 * Alarmed by growing Greek power and the rising proximity to their territory, Hungary and Wallachia form an alliance to stop Bulgaria from advancing further West into Europe. They succeed in doing this.
 * Wallachia attempts to induce a revolt in both Bulgaria and the Peloponnesus, where taxes are especially high. They are mainly successful in Bulgaria, where they try to set up an anti-Greek party to power in an attempt to break up the Greece-Bulgaria alliance.
 * In South America, the portuguese colony in OTL Brazil revolts against Portugal, Britain thought about helping, but with the forces just about over extended and more nations upset at them, they will sit out..
 * The Sassanid Persians, having checked both Trapezuntine and Georgian advances on their north, decide to make a desperate move to penetrate Asia Minor, invading Kurdistan from the East.

1723

 * Crushed between the Sassanid Persians and the Trebizond Greeks, Kurdistan falls to the invaders. Trebizond claims most of northern Kurdistan, but the Sassanid Empire absorbs the rest. The surviving Kurdish forces retreat to Cilicia, (The territory taken from Cyprus) where they establish a rump state under the looming Persian shadow.
 * Sicily convinces the pope that he will be the next to fall to the Italian unification movement if the Papacy does not assist the Sicilians in the war. Thus, Papal and Sicilian troops launch a successful counterattack from Central Italy to drive back the Italian advance.
 * To avoid conflict and the hate of Europe's other countries and to keep their best ally safe, Neu Habsburg officially closes down its ports, declares state neutrality the new state policy, and begins several programs to create a self-reliant economy.
 * The Sultan of Sudan makes an alliance with Algeria and Alexandria, a Catholic state. The three states invade Greek North Africa.

1724

 * Hungarian and Wallachian troops occupy Bulgaria. Bulgaria becomes the third nation of the Wallach Union.
 * The Papal- Sicilian advance halts and Italian troops bunker down. It doesn't look like much is going to happen for a while.
 * The Sassanids win a series of fierce battles with the Empire of Trebizond, and expand their borders further west towards the State of Anatolia.
 * Alexandria, Algeria, and the Sudanese Sultanate continue their successful assault on Greek Cyrenaica.

1725

 * Although no longer advancing against Sicily, the Italians concentrate their forces to refocus on the Papal States.
 * Thousands of Greek troops are sent to hold North Africa against the overwhelming odds. Seeing their chance, the Wallach Union, led by Hungary and anti-Greek Bulgaria, launch an invasion of Greece's western territories. The Greeks are now being hopelessly assaulted from two sides and are unable to concentrate their armies.
 * The Kurds also seize the chance and capture the weakly-defended Cyprus. Greece's empire is falling apart.
 * The Muscovian empire and the commonwealth of Belarus-Ukraine agree to become allies, making them the most powerfull alliance in northeastern Europe.

1726

 * Promising the State of Anatolia any territory they can conquer if they join them in an invasion of Greek Asia Minor (Which they readily accept), the Empire of Trebizond declares war on Greece, hoping to get revenge for their humiliating defeat in 1717 and using the Greeks' own tactics against them by inducing revolts and playing on the greed of other states. The allied nations gain ground quickly, meeting little significant resistance.
 * Scotland has a coup and is then quickly invaded by Great Britain in fear of instability.
 * France forms an alliance with the ever growing Italy. The Papal States and the Pope are greatly angered at this.
 * Algeria, the Sudanese Sultanate, and Alexandria continue their assault on Greek North Africa, which has been greatly reduced to a handful of coastal positions. The Greeks fight on doggedly.

1727

 * The Empire of Trebizond crosses from Asia Minor and joins forces with the Wallach Union to evenly divide up Thrace. Constantinople falls after a 200-day siege, and is ceded to Trebizond. In turn, Adrianople is ceded to Bulgaria. Elsewhere, the Greeks have finally managed to halt the Algerian, Alexandrian, and Sudanese advance as all three states have overextended themselves. Yet, the damage is done, and Greece's kingdom is in ruins.
 * Trebizond, the Wallach Union, and the the Northeastern African states all force the Greeks to submit and be reduced to a vassal in order to keep what remains of their territory. The Greek army is greatly reduced, and restrictions are placed on the ruling government.
 * The Papacy is reinforced by a Sicilian army in the Papal States, and they regain much of middle Italy, throwing back the Italian forces. Sicily also sends an invasion force to Malta, which they occupy.
 * The Milanese of Adana seize a small strip of territory from the Sassanid Empire.

1728

 * English forces halt the rebellion in Scotland by force and withdraw, leaving a more stable government over the Scots.
 * The Kingdom of Italy of which Milan is part of demands that Adana be turned over to direct Italian control and be annexed into the kingdom. The Milanese of Adana refuse.
 * Neu Habsburg, with its economy finally stabilized and self-dependent, now looks to improve foreign relations with the other nations of northern Europe, and establishes relations with the Scandinavian countries again, France, Portugal, and the nations that have replaced the former Habsburg German and African territories. They also improve relations with their former colonies in America.
 * A member of the original Komnenos dynasty of Trebizond ascends to the imperial throne, promptly moving the Empire of Trebizond's capital to Constantinople. With a member of one of the original Byzantine ruling families on the throne in Constantinople again, the emperor is stirred to announce the reestablishment of the long-dead Byzantine Empire.

1729

 * With the Italians checked, Sicily returns its attention to an invasion of the Tunez Republic.
 * Bohemia and the Kingdom of Prussia finally defeats the Utopian Civil Workers Republic of Prussia. Prussia is now unified. After the war there is talk of Bohemia and Prussia to create a "German" state to go against Britain.
 * The rebellious Portuguese colony in South America finally wins its independence. The northern provinces are absorbed into the USA and the rest forms the independent state of Brazil.
 * With assistance of the British, the Habsburg Naval Program begins as they begin to rebuild their navy, while the government also promotes naval merchant companies which help restore naval trade with Europe and the Americas, but they are also given help from the British in establishing a colony in southern OTL Papau New Guinea.
 * The renewed Byzantine Empire, for the first time in history, begins to invest heavily in more advanced gunpowder technology and heavy artillery. All armored troops are issued and trained in the use of more modern 'handguns' and muskets shipped in from Western Europe, discarding their more outdated firearms. The traditional Cuirassiers of the Byzantine army, however, choose to continue wearing their individual suits of plated armor on themselves and their horses, although at the expense of mobility.

1730

 * Neu Habsburg, with its navy being rebuilt and merchant fleet on the rise, they begin to encourage a massive system of trade, the capital city of Cherbourg is created as the main point of this new system. They get their allies in the north and the south to agree to begin encouraging merchants to go there as a main focal point for trade between the northern and southern side of Europe, and as a result of the increase in trade, Cherbourg becomes a very rich city and the king of Habsburg begins using it for building up the nation and its Asian colony.

1731

 * Greece is forced to give up its North African territory to Algeria and Alexandria.
 * The more forward thinking ruler of Algeria moves the capital to the Libyan city of Surt and centralizes the government. He hopes to move Algeria from a nomadic society to a more economic and stable nation. He plans to build up the area around newly captured Benghazi and grants all of the Greeks, Hapsburgs, and other Europeans full citizenship and allows them practice of their religion, mainly Catholic.
 * Sicilian troops land in Tripoli and capture more of the surrounding area.
 * The King of Estonia dies and the King of Midgard claims the throne.
 * The Byzantines, the State of Anatolia, and Adana set out to drive the Sassanid Persians from Anatolia's borders.
 * With more money in the national bank, the Neu Habsburg government decides to begin rebuilding the army, they utilize conscription which raises an initial army of around 12,000 men that is expected to become much larger in the near future. They also employ new artillery engineers who build cannon pieces from cast-iron techniques learned from Britain, employing metalsmiths from all over Europe.

1732

 * The nobles of Estonia elect a new king, disregarding Midgard's claims to the throne. Estonia then forms a military alliance with Gotland, hoping they will send a fleet to aid the Estonian navy in repelling any desperate Midgard attacks.
 * Faced with Anatolian, Milanese, and Byzantine troops, Persian forces abandon much ground to them and retreat towards Cilicia, where the Kurds rise up against them from the south. Sassanid troops lose their foothold in central Anatolia to Adana, but manage to hold the territory surrounding the reduced Kurdistan.
 * After Habsburg merchant ships (On their way to Gotland and Estonia) are attacked by Midgard frigates ordered to create a blockade, the Habsburgs declare war on Midgard and send their navy to break through the blockade and assist the Estonians.
 * With their most important shipping lines in the Baltic Sea now compromised, Denmark declares war on Midgard.
 * Britain, as Habsburg's prime ally, also declares war on Midgard.
 * Prussia, Bohemia, and the Commonwealth of Lithuania link themselves loosely into a German-Czech Federation. With the federation, formed they feel they can rival Britain and counter her every move.