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[FONT=&quot]Since the end of The Schmalkaldic War, 1947, Maximilian II has been planning to declare himself Protestant, and has been training competent leaders & soldiers & has definitive battle plans.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]In 1560, he declares it.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]With Max's help, Huguenots succeed in releasing Francis. Guises had been lightly poisoning him to keep him weak & malleable. Francis lives & declares himself Protestant.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Habsburg Netherlands, all seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries, declare for Max. Hungary joins him.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Ferdinand takes HRE control from Charles & declares himself Protestant.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Spain & Papal forces attack NRR.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Elizabeth attacks Spain in the New World & wins control of them. She gives NRR aid & money. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Seizing on this great opportunity, the Ottomans attack at the Spanish garrison of Oran again. This time, it's successful.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Phillip forms a treaty with Max and allies with NRR to fight Ottomans. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Papal forces make alliance with NRR.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]NRR and its allies attack Ottoman Empire and drive it back to Arabian Peninsula boundaries plus Iran.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]What happens (including literature & art & science) between then & Present Day? [Yes, I have bunches of ideas, but would love to brainstorm with you all! Thanks!]
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