Europe 1430, 1461-1491 (Map Game)

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

 * The Crimea parts of Ukraine and some of Georgia secede in Autana Athenia Republics, after many years of secession guerrilla  warfare and create the New National Ideal wich is a society ideology that loves history, arts, and culture.
 * Many New National Ideal parties are created across Europe.

1479

 * The King of France captures the Pope. The King demands the Pope welcome him back into the Church. When the Pope refused, the king had the pope beaten and tortured. The pope's fingers were pullen out, and his hair was shaved.
 * Bavaria, a southeast state of the HRE, declares its independence as the Kingdom of Bavaria, and Baron Elhrich von Klauss ascends the throne as Frederick I.
 * After a pro-spanish revolution is the UCK, Spain re-invades the Mamluk Sultanate, taking a large chunk of the Holy land and Egypt

1480

 * Charles I of Great Britain begins construction on the Imperial Palace. French, Italian, and Spanish designers help build the palace. It will be completed in 1484, just one year before Charles dies.