NOT: This is my first timeline, so its not very good.
Lombardy, 1495
Charles VIII, had lost the battle here. It wasn't too devastating, but it did hurt. He had to abandon all of his booty. He escaped but died before he could attack Italy again.
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(POD)
Lombardy, 1495
Charles, trapped in Naples, marches his forces all the way to Lombardy. There, he faces the forces of Milan, Venice, the Papal States, Naples, and the HRE. Instead of OTL, his army and him are brutally destroyed by the Italian forces, which ends with him getting his head chopped off. To better prepare for another French attack, the powers of Naples, Venice, and Milan all decide to form a convention as to a simple defensive alliance.
Milan, Lombardy, 12 August, 1495
The powers of Venice, Milan, and Naples attend a meeting in Milan over a defensive alliance. Other states decided to send a delegation to possibly join any type of alliance. These states were: Montferrat, Modena, Mantua, Ferrara, and Lucca. After some intense hours of talks, a general defensive pact is fomed. But the next day, Venice proposes something more than an alliance: Union into a possible confederacy. While Milan, Naples, Mantua, Lucca, and Venice are in agreement, Ferrara and Modena seem to oppose any such rule, but a mojority vote says otherwise. Thus the italian Confederation is formed in Italy, effectively loosely allying the seperate states, for now, against the French. Over the next few years, the seperate powers will be focusing on integrating their armies and navies as well as homogenizing their populace into "Italians".
The Pope, who did not attend, sees this as somewhat threateningly, but as of yet, keeps his mouth shut as he has too much going on in Rome.
-The Spanish finally pacify the Canary Islands.
-The Russians are ousted from Sweden.
Naples, 1498
Finally, the armies had been fully homogenized. Meanwhile, the Spanish and french had been fighting over and over about who would inherit the city and Duchy of Naples. Well, the Italians thought otherwise. In a brief and fast attack, they fought with their 20,000 men to Naples to fight off the ZFrench. Aided by some 10,000 Spanish, they bribed the Swiss mercenaries to defect, who did after a large sum of money, and soon, the French found themselves against an army of 38,000. They were brutally taken down here and snet packing to France. Along the way, they stop in Corsica and seize the island, seeing nothing better to do. With Corsica gone, and another attack seemingly imminent, Genoa begins negotiations with the Confederation. This also spreads fear into the Pope, so he prepares his own army.
Savoy, 1500
The land of Savoy had always been so peaceful. Nothing much came out of it. It was neither French or Italian allied. But now, it was time for France to march through Savoy. A fast and easy hit caused the land to fall, with small pockets of resisting here and there. This alarmed the italians, who mobilized their army in Montferrat and soon, the march through Saluzzo was underway, with 20,000 men, the small fief of France was seized, and by 1501, the Italians had occupied around a quarter of Savoy.
- Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabal officially discovers Brazil.
- The Turks capture two Venitian territories in the Morea
- The High Renaissance begins
Lombardy, 1495
Charles VIII, had lost the battle here. It wasn't too devastating, but it did hurt. He had to abandon all of his booty. He escaped but died before he could attack Italy again.
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(POD)
Lombardy, 1495
Charles, trapped in Naples, marches his forces all the way to Lombardy. There, he faces the forces of Milan, Venice, the Papal States, Naples, and the HRE. Instead of OTL, his army and him are brutally destroyed by the Italian forces, which ends with him getting his head chopped off. To better prepare for another French attack, the powers of Naples, Venice, and Milan all decide to form a convention as to a simple defensive alliance.
Milan, Lombardy, 12 August, 1495
The powers of Venice, Milan, and Naples attend a meeting in Milan over a defensive alliance. Other states decided to send a delegation to possibly join any type of alliance. These states were: Montferrat, Modena, Mantua, Ferrara, and Lucca. After some intense hours of talks, a general defensive pact is fomed. But the next day, Venice proposes something more than an alliance: Union into a possible confederacy. While Milan, Naples, Mantua, Lucca, and Venice are in agreement, Ferrara and Modena seem to oppose any such rule, but a mojority vote says otherwise. Thus the italian Confederation is formed in Italy, effectively loosely allying the seperate states, for now, against the French. Over the next few years, the seperate powers will be focusing on integrating their armies and navies as well as homogenizing their populace into "Italians".
The Pope, who did not attend, sees this as somewhat threateningly, but as of yet, keeps his mouth shut as he has too much going on in Rome.
-The Spanish finally pacify the Canary Islands.
-The Russians are ousted from Sweden.
Naples, 1498
Finally, the armies had been fully homogenized. Meanwhile, the Spanish and french had been fighting over and over about who would inherit the city and Duchy of Naples. Well, the Italians thought otherwise. In a brief and fast attack, they fought with their 20,000 men to Naples to fight off the ZFrench. Aided by some 10,000 Spanish, they bribed the Swiss mercenaries to defect, who did after a large sum of money, and soon, the French found themselves against an army of 38,000. They were brutally taken down here and snet packing to France. Along the way, they stop in Corsica and seize the island, seeing nothing better to do. With Corsica gone, and another attack seemingly imminent, Genoa begins negotiations with the Confederation. This also spreads fear into the Pope, so he prepares his own army.
Savoy, 1500
The land of Savoy had always been so peaceful. Nothing much came out of it. It was neither French or Italian allied. But now, it was time for France to march through Savoy. A fast and easy hit caused the land to fall, with small pockets of resisting here and there. This alarmed the italians, who mobilized their army in Montferrat and soon, the march through Saluzzo was underway, with 20,000 men, the small fief of France was seized, and by 1501, the Italians had occupied around a quarter of Savoy.
- Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabal officially discovers Brazil.
- The Turks capture two Venitian territories in the Morea
- The High Renaissance begins