This will be a sounding board for ideas on an alternate history timeline that was started almost 4 years ago. I admit that there are several fantastical ideas here, but that’s why I’d like input and assistance in ironing out the details of this timeline. Thank you to all that will participate for your time and your assistance
The Dragon’s of the East
- Thread starter Nicholai IV Vonskrieger
- Start date
The following is a rough timeline lacking in detail but covering the major events
928 - Pope Stephen VII calls for a Great Northern Crusade against the Slavic Pagans
932 - Wilhelm Vonskrieger, son of Baron Reinholdt Vonskrieger leads a company of 300 men to join the army of Prince Thankmar of East Francia.
934 - After saving the prince’s life in the conquest of Brandenburg, Wilhelm is given command of the army that is continuing to advance while Prince Thankmar solidifies the german conquests.
938 - Wilhelm conquers large territories in what is now Northern Lithuania and southern Latvia
939 - Wilhelm establishes the Duchy of Tievlov, with its capital in the city of Tievlov (otl Rezekne, Latvia) and is coronated Duke Wilhelm I of Tievlov of the house of Vonskrieger-Tievlov
993 - Duke Bogdasha I is forced to swear fealty to Prince Yaroslav II of Rostov
1083 - Duke Vladimir the I is briefly regent of Rostov during the minority of Prince Mikhail the Great, Duke Vladimir also abandons the catholic faith and becomes eastern Orthodox
1257 - The Reign of Duchess Vilyana the Great begins. Over the next 64 years the duchess will earn Tievlov an immense degree of freedom within Rostov, and through her immense personal talents, will set Rostov to become the Dominant Principality over the other Russian princedoms for the next century
1342 - The Principality of Rostov enters into a terminal period of decline, the Dukes of Tievlov begin working towards independence
1377 - Prince Wilhelm IV usurps the Rostovite throne and declares the Principality of Tievlov, He is killed in battle in 1384
1461-1494 - Under the Princes Wilhelm V and Nicholai I, Tievlov unifies the Russian Princedoms into a single nation. Dmitri I declares the Kingdom of Draconia, taking the name of the new country from the dragon banner of Wilhelm I. Significant events include the Razing of Moscow in 1483 (which destroyed the entirety of the old city, with the exception of the eastern wall and tower of the kremlin, which still stand to this day) and the execution of Prince Ivan III of Muscovy in 1489
1509 - the first Draco-Polish War begins
1511 - Poland emerges victorious and takes all Draconian Territory in Lithuania, as well as a large portion of her western border lands.
1515 - The Second Draco-Polish War begins
1523 - Draconia emerges victorious and reclaims all lost territories
1539 - Draconia begins the conquest of Kazan
1547 - the first colonial expedition into Siberia and the East begins.
1561 - The First Draco-Swedish War begins, ends in a white peace 3 years later
1579 - the first of the Caspian Khanates is conquered, and the Obril tribe (located in otl northern Kazakhstan) swears fealty to King Karl VIII
1581 - Upon the death of the sickly King Karl IX after only a year on the throne, the line of Vonskrieger-Tievlov is ended. The Throne passes to the cadet house of Vonskrieger-Novgorod
1582 - The First Ottoman war begins over ottoman attempts to conquer Georgia.
1585 - Draconia and the Ottoman empire sign a peace treaty that makes georgia a protectorate of Draconia, in exchange for southern georgia becoming ottoman territory
1586 - Draconia faces the war of the western coalition, where the powers of Sweden, Poland, and the forces of several knightly orders all launch campaigns against the Kingdom.
1594 - Draconia emerges victorious, taking Karelia and Estonia from Sweden
1597 - King Karl X moves the capital from Tievlov to Moscow, now rebuilt after the razing.
1622 - The Second Draco-Swedish war begins
1624 - The war ends with Karelia returned to sweden
1631 - The Third Draco Swedish War begins and ends. While violent and the scene of many large scale battles, neither side managed any strategic victory through the war
1654 - Draconia and Prussia declare war upon the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the regions around danzig are ceded to Prussia, while most of lithuania is ceded to Draconia
1667 - The Second Ottoman War begins
1674 - The Second Ottoman war ends with Georgia annexed to Draconia, and the ottoman empire being forced to cede large territories to draconia
1683 - the first draconian legislature is formed with the First Council of the Boyars formed under the reign of the weak willed and reclusive King Dmitri II
1705 - with the coronation of King Alexei II the Council of the Boyars is disbanded
1715 - Draconia completes its conquest of Central Asia, with the last resistance, from the Kingdom of Impor, being crushed by Draconian armies
1721 - Alexei III declares himself Emperor of Draconia, and the nation officially becomes the Draconian Imperium
1744 - the Third Draco-Polish war and the Third ottoman war begin.
1749 - Draconia is forced to cede territory in lithuania, ruthenia, and ukraine to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the war with the Ottomans ends in a white peace
1752 - the 15 years war begins. Draconia and Austria fight against the ottomans in the Caucasus and Balkans
1767 - the 15 years war ends. Austria and Draconia makes fairly large gains in the balkans, pushing the ottomans back to the line of the Danube in Bulgaria and down into central serbia
1774 - The Austro-Draco war begins.
1776 - the Austro Draco war ends with draconia being pushed out of romania.
1781 - the Great Northern War begins between Draconia and sweden
1786 - the Great Northern War ends with Finland being ceded to Draconia, and massive reparations payments from Sweden
1793 - The Netherlands sell the Cape Colony in Africa to Draconia
1804 - Draconia joins the Wars against spain to prevent the personal union of Spain and France. These called the Wars of the Spanish Union fail in their objective, simply plunging Europe into war for the next 20 years. Draconia uses this opportunity to reclaim territories lost to poland
1825 - Emperor Dmitri III descends into madness, for the next 7 years he organizes mass executions of rivals and anyone he deems to have been a threat to himself.
1829 - the Eastern Campaign against the Mongolian Khanate occurs
1832 - the Mad Emperor Dmitri III is locked away by the Second Council of the Boyars, who run the nation till the emperor's death in 1843.
1835 - Cuba is sold to Draconia by the Spanish.
1837-1845 - The Caspian Rebellion. Central asian provinces along the caspian sea break out into revolt. Finally put down by royal troops sent by Emperor Nicholai II
1843 - the death of the childless Mad Emperor is the end of the House of Vonskrieger-Novgorod. The throne comes to the cadet house of Vonskrieger-Talinn with the Coronation of Emperor Nicholai II.
1851 - the Fourth Ottoman war begins. A largely naval war fought in the black sea.
1854-1857 - the Fourth Ottoman war grows into the Crimean war. After a series of Draconian victories, Austria and Spain (now the Spanish Kingdoms consisting of both spain and france) declare war upon the Imperium, with Spanish and Austrian naval forces backing them, the Turks force the draconian navy back to Sevastopol. Allied forces invade the Crimea and southern ukraine. For 3 years they lay siege to Sevastopol, but Draconian troops manage to hold Sevastopol as the imperial army drives the Allied forces from Ukraine. The war ended in a stalemate and with the withdrawal of Allied troops from Draconia.
1859 - Bankrupt from the war with Draconia, Spain sells the Falkland Islands and southern Argentina to Draconia. This same year, the First major Draconian expeditions into south africa begin.
1861 - Draconian troops occupy the revolting chinese province of Manchuria
1862 - Draconia recognizes the Confederate States of America in february, and an expeditionary force lands to reinforce the army of northern virginia in September
1863 - Draconian troops secure two major victories for the CSA. Draconian troops under General Vasiliy Zolotov break Grant’s siege of Vicksburg, and the expeditionary force under General Aleksandr Potemkin help to win a major victory at Gettysburg. These victories lead to Celtic recognition of the Confederacy, While the Spanish Kingdoms support the Union
1864 - the War of Northern Aggression expands into the 3 years war in europe between Spain and Austria, versus Draconia and the Celtic Confederacy.
1865 - Draconian troops conquer the Chilean Viceroyalty and the rest of Argentina. A draconian regiment is ambushed and slaughtered by a zulu force at the Battle of Ondini. Draconian and Confederate troops liberate Tennessee and West Virginia.
1866 - an almost totally Draconian force invades and conquers Arizona territory and Oklahoma Territory for the Confederacy. Joint Draconian and Confederate forces liberate Kentucky. A major pitched battle between Draconian troops and a new Zulu regiment of foot modeled on the european style occurs on the battlefield of Bloody river, the battle is considered a draw as both forces retired after heavy casualties.
1867 - The War of Northern Aggression/3 years war ends. Draconia maintains control of Argentina, and the Confederacy secures its independence from the Union. The Draco Zulu war enters its final stages as Draconian troops push into Natal and defeat a major force at the battle of Nyezane
1868 - the Draco Zulu war ends after Zulu forces at Gqokli hill are totally decimated. The Zulu Kingdom is Annexed and becomes the Draconian South Afrika colony.
1874 - war breaks out with the ottoman empire and ends with the Independence of Bulgaria under Draconian suzerainty.
1882 - the Draco Boer war begins, as well as the Kolek Rebellion (a rebellion of Kolek tribes in central asia)
1884 - th Kolek rebellion is Crushed
1885 - the Draco Boer war ends with the annexation of the Boer Republics and the Second Great Trek, the mass migration of Boers into Celtic Bechuanaland Colony
1887 - the second war of Northern aggression breaks out. Under severe pressure from the Celtic Confederation, Draconia, and after the total disaster of a Union attempt to siege Washington, the Union sign a white peace with the Confederacy
1893 - the Great Zulu Uprising begins.
1904 - the last zulu forces are finally put down in a revolt that almost destroys the zulu as a people. (as a result of the uprising the zulu population is about 40% lower than otl)
1906 - the Draco-Japanese war begins with the Japanese invasion of the Kurils, Sakhalin Island and Manchuria
1909 - Draconia and Japan sign a peace agreement, acquiescing to Japanese territorial demands, but with major reparations paid to draconia
1912 - the First World War breaks out. Spain, Germany, Poland, Austria, the Caliphate of the Lions Claw (north Africa) and the United States of America stand against the Celtic Confederation, Draconia, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire.
1913 - after a year of rapid maneuver, the front against Poland and Germany has devolved into trench warfare. The front against Austria remains mobile. In the Netherlands, Dutch and Celtic troops hold the line against the german army, while the Celts assist a major french revolution against the spanish. The War in North America grinds to a halt with trench warfare across the front. The only mobile area is the vast cavalry war in the great plains.
1915 - First deployment of Mustard and Chlorine Gas by military forces. Italy joins the war on Draconia’s side
1916 - the Celtic Confederation deploys the first tanks at the battle of Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
1917 - Draconian Tanks break the line in Poland, the nation surrenders after the Draconian Army occupies Warsaw. The front devolves into trench warfare once again at the german border. Romania is totally in the hands of Draconia as the Austrians continue to fail militarily.
1919 - the war is over. Poland is annexed by Draconia. The Caliphate of the Lion Claw and the Ottoman empire both dissolve under the economic strain of the war. Austria Hungary maintains its independence but is extremely reduced with the independence of serbia, czechoslovakia, and romania. the situation in the west remains largely unchanged, the french are crushed and spanish authority is restored. The Netherlands remain independent. In North America the Confederacy annexes Missouri and southern California.
1923 - the Sino-Draco war breaks out in central asia, as the Draconian military defends central asia from chinese warlord forces. It will last for another 4 years
1932 - the Manchester stock market collapses. The world economy is in ruins
1933 - the Ukrainian revolt breaks out but is peacefully put to rest in 4 months
1941 - the world economy has begun to recover, but war breaks out with sweden. Finland, murmansk, karelia, and Arkhangelsk are all occupied before the years end
1942 - The German Empire and Spain declare war upon the Celtic Confederation and Draconia. The Second World War has begun.
1943 - while touring the front near Arkhangelsk, Emperor Karl XII is killed by a rogue swedish artillery shell. German forces break into poland and by years end have arrived at the border to Ruthenia.
1944 - the 17 year old Emperor Wilhelm IX takes the throne. The Third Council of the Boyars is convened to assist the young emperor. This same year the Imperial army halts the german advance.
1945 - the swedes are on the retreat. Arkhangelsk province is retaken in its entirety, and parts of karelia have fallen to draconian troops. The front with germany is stagnant.
1946 - German troops are pushed back into poland. Swedish forces are driven out of finland, and Draconian troops now push into sweden.
1947 - the German army halts the Draconian advance in the streets of warsaw, a ceasefire enters into effect that will last until the end of the war. Sweden surrenders unconditionally and is placed under Imperial Occupation.
1948 - an official peace treaty is signed between Draconia and Germany, poland is split between the two nations. The spanish kingdoms have collapsed during the war, leading to communist uprisings across iberia, and the establishment of the Kingdom of France
1951 - the Confederacy annexes the broken United States with Draconian support
1955 - as the celtic confederation is overthrown by the Irish and replaced with an irish kingdom across the british isles, the royal families of Cymru, and Britonnia (england) find refuge in Draconia until the Celtic Government in Exile is established in Kenya.
1957 - after years of civil war, Draconia occupies turkey to prevent instability spreading to the caucasus
1962 - fears increase in Draconia about another war with germany as the radical fascist Rudolph Guderian is elected chancellor of the German Empire.
1964 - amid cries for reform and calls for representative government, the Third Council of the Boyars, never dissolved, even after the emperor reached his majority, is expanded to become the first Imperial Duma, seats to be filled with elected individuals are added.
1966 - Tierra de la Plata (Argentina) and the South African Colonies are given official Dominion Status and begin to largely manage their own affairs
1967 - riots in west warsaw (under german control) are brutally suppressed. Travel between germany and Draconia is suspended. The Seven Nations decree is signed into law by Emperor Wilhelm IX, giving independence to the 7 nations of central asia. The Imperial Duma begins to suffer major corruption from boyars who do not wish to see democratic government lessen their own power.
1968 - Draconia begins economically supporting Emperor Akihito against his younger brother and usurper to the throne, ‘Emperor’ Hitachi in the Japanese civil war. The South American war begins as Communist Brazil attempts to expand at the expense of her neighbors.
1969 - Germany launches a surprise invasion of draconia, the Imperial army, neglected since the end of the second world war, is overwhelmed by the german army. By the end of the year German troops are entering Ruthenia and the Ukraine
1970 - Crown Prince Nicholai and his brother Prince Dmitri both enter the war, Nicholai at the head of a Tank Regiment, and Dmitri in command of an infantry regiment.
1971 - the battle of Minsk, German troops attempt to capture and hold the Ruthenian capital, but the Imperial army manages to hold them at Minsk. The Northern german thrust has been stopped, but the southern offensive into Ukraine continues.
1972 - Operation Potemkin begins. A massive draconian armored thrust across the ukrainian front, the operation meets with mixed results, it does not push the germans back, but does halt their advance. The Emperor has not been seen in public since the start of the war, in reality the now corrupt imperial duma is running the war, and has made major blunders in allocating of resources, partially responsible for the failure during Operation Potemkin. Rumours abound of German Sympathisers among certain boyar cliques.
1973 - Sweden and Turkey both declare independence from Draconia. The South American War ends in a stalemate
1974 - Crown Prince Nicholai is recalled to moscow by his uncle Mikhail. The two manage to convince the now manic depressive emperor Wilhelm to abdicate in Nicholai’s favor. Nicholai is crowned Emperor Nicholai IV. He immediately dismisses the duma and has several boyars rounded up and jailed for treason. After a brief german push at minsk, the Imperial army begins to roll back the german offensive
1975 - German forces are pushed out of Ruthenia, and the major german armies in the Ukraine are surrounded and captured
1976 - German forces are beginning to route. Poland is liberated.
1977 - Draconian forces enter berlin. The German Government surrenders, but Prince Dmitri is killed by sniper fire hours before the peace is declared.
1978 - Military Occupation of Germany begins. The Kingdom of Poland becomes independent
1980 - The Imperial Duma is reinstated with a mostly elected body including some hereditary seats and filled by 3 parties, the National Conservative, Liberal, and Monarchist parties. This is the direct descendent of the current political system
1983 - Draconia ends the military occupation of Germany. The French Civil war begins.
1985 - Draconia gives independence to the Dominion of Tierra de la plata, Emperor Wilhelm IX dies peacefully in Yekaterinburg.
1987 - Draconia gives independence to the South African Dominions
1988 - The French civil war ends and the French Republic is Declared
1989 - The Boer-SudAfrikan war begins, ends with boer annexation of former Transvaal and Orange Free State territories from the Republic of SudAfrika
1992 - for the first time since the reinstatement of the Duma, the National Conservative Party is ousted from power by the Liberal Party
1995 - the Liberal Party is split by the Agrarian party who’s members believe the Liberals are not going far enough left in their policies
1996 - The National Conservative party becomes the governing party once again
1997 - The semi-fascist National Front party is founded by extremist Slav nationalists
2001 - Draconian forces are involved in a police action while attempting to create a peace between the allied Kolechian Republic and communist Arstotzka.
2005 - National Front leader Simon Timoshenko is assassinated by Cossack militants in Donetsk
2008 - a coalition of the Liberals and Agrarians forms a government
2012 - the NatCons are elected to government once more
2014 - The Emperor celebrates his 40th year on the throne with a Jubilee
2017 - The Emperor ceases appearing in public as his health worsens, Crown Prince Alexei takes over the governmental and ceremonial duties of emperor
2018 - Emperor Nicholai IV dies after a severe depressive episode and subsequent stroke. Emperor Alexei VI is crowned and his son Dmitri becomes Crown Prince.
928 - Pope Stephen VII calls for a Great Northern Crusade against the Slavic Pagans
932 - Wilhelm Vonskrieger, son of Baron Reinholdt Vonskrieger leads a company of 300 men to join the army of Prince Thankmar of East Francia.
934 - After saving the prince’s life in the conquest of Brandenburg, Wilhelm is given command of the army that is continuing to advance while Prince Thankmar solidifies the german conquests.
938 - Wilhelm conquers large territories in what is now Northern Lithuania and southern Latvia
939 - Wilhelm establishes the Duchy of Tievlov, with its capital in the city of Tievlov (otl Rezekne, Latvia) and is coronated Duke Wilhelm I of Tievlov of the house of Vonskrieger-Tievlov
993 - Duke Bogdasha I is forced to swear fealty to Prince Yaroslav II of Rostov
1083 - Duke Vladimir the I is briefly regent of Rostov during the minority of Prince Mikhail the Great, Duke Vladimir also abandons the catholic faith and becomes eastern Orthodox
1257 - The Reign of Duchess Vilyana the Great begins. Over the next 64 years the duchess will earn Tievlov an immense degree of freedom within Rostov, and through her immense personal talents, will set Rostov to become the Dominant Principality over the other Russian princedoms for the next century
1342 - The Principality of Rostov enters into a terminal period of decline, the Dukes of Tievlov begin working towards independence
1377 - Prince Wilhelm IV usurps the Rostovite throne and declares the Principality of Tievlov, He is killed in battle in 1384
1461-1494 - Under the Princes Wilhelm V and Nicholai I, Tievlov unifies the Russian Princedoms into a single nation. Dmitri I declares the Kingdom of Draconia, taking the name of the new country from the dragon banner of Wilhelm I. Significant events include the Razing of Moscow in 1483 (which destroyed the entirety of the old city, with the exception of the eastern wall and tower of the kremlin, which still stand to this day) and the execution of Prince Ivan III of Muscovy in 1489
1509 - the first Draco-Polish War begins
1511 - Poland emerges victorious and takes all Draconian Territory in Lithuania, as well as a large portion of her western border lands.
1515 - The Second Draco-Polish War begins
1523 - Draconia emerges victorious and reclaims all lost territories
1539 - Draconia begins the conquest of Kazan
1547 - the first colonial expedition into Siberia and the East begins.
1561 - The First Draco-Swedish War begins, ends in a white peace 3 years later
1579 - the first of the Caspian Khanates is conquered, and the Obril tribe (located in otl northern Kazakhstan) swears fealty to King Karl VIII
1581 - Upon the death of the sickly King Karl IX after only a year on the throne, the line of Vonskrieger-Tievlov is ended. The Throne passes to the cadet house of Vonskrieger-Novgorod
1582 - The First Ottoman war begins over ottoman attempts to conquer Georgia.
1585 - Draconia and the Ottoman empire sign a peace treaty that makes georgia a protectorate of Draconia, in exchange for southern georgia becoming ottoman territory
1586 - Draconia faces the war of the western coalition, where the powers of Sweden, Poland, and the forces of several knightly orders all launch campaigns against the Kingdom.
1594 - Draconia emerges victorious, taking Karelia and Estonia from Sweden
1597 - King Karl X moves the capital from Tievlov to Moscow, now rebuilt after the razing.
1622 - The Second Draco-Swedish war begins
1624 - The war ends with Karelia returned to sweden
1631 - The Third Draco Swedish War begins and ends. While violent and the scene of many large scale battles, neither side managed any strategic victory through the war
1654 - Draconia and Prussia declare war upon the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the regions around danzig are ceded to Prussia, while most of lithuania is ceded to Draconia
1667 - The Second Ottoman War begins
1674 - The Second Ottoman war ends with Georgia annexed to Draconia, and the ottoman empire being forced to cede large territories to draconia
1683 - the first draconian legislature is formed with the First Council of the Boyars formed under the reign of the weak willed and reclusive King Dmitri II
1705 - with the coronation of King Alexei II the Council of the Boyars is disbanded
1715 - Draconia completes its conquest of Central Asia, with the last resistance, from the Kingdom of Impor, being crushed by Draconian armies
1721 - Alexei III declares himself Emperor of Draconia, and the nation officially becomes the Draconian Imperium
1744 - the Third Draco-Polish war and the Third ottoman war begin.
1749 - Draconia is forced to cede territory in lithuania, ruthenia, and ukraine to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the war with the Ottomans ends in a white peace
1752 - the 15 years war begins. Draconia and Austria fight against the ottomans in the Caucasus and Balkans
1767 - the 15 years war ends. Austria and Draconia makes fairly large gains in the balkans, pushing the ottomans back to the line of the Danube in Bulgaria and down into central serbia
1774 - The Austro-Draco war begins.
1776 - the Austro Draco war ends with draconia being pushed out of romania.
1781 - the Great Northern War begins between Draconia and sweden
1786 - the Great Northern War ends with Finland being ceded to Draconia, and massive reparations payments from Sweden
1793 - The Netherlands sell the Cape Colony in Africa to Draconia
1804 - Draconia joins the Wars against spain to prevent the personal union of Spain and France. These called the Wars of the Spanish Union fail in their objective, simply plunging Europe into war for the next 20 years. Draconia uses this opportunity to reclaim territories lost to poland
1825 - Emperor Dmitri III descends into madness, for the next 7 years he organizes mass executions of rivals and anyone he deems to have been a threat to himself.
1829 - the Eastern Campaign against the Mongolian Khanate occurs
1832 - the Mad Emperor Dmitri III is locked away by the Second Council of the Boyars, who run the nation till the emperor's death in 1843.
1835 - Cuba is sold to Draconia by the Spanish.
1837-1845 - The Caspian Rebellion. Central asian provinces along the caspian sea break out into revolt. Finally put down by royal troops sent by Emperor Nicholai II
1843 - the death of the childless Mad Emperor is the end of the House of Vonskrieger-Novgorod. The throne comes to the cadet house of Vonskrieger-Talinn with the Coronation of Emperor Nicholai II.
1851 - the Fourth Ottoman war begins. A largely naval war fought in the black sea.
1854-1857 - the Fourth Ottoman war grows into the Crimean war. After a series of Draconian victories, Austria and Spain (now the Spanish Kingdoms consisting of both spain and france) declare war upon the Imperium, with Spanish and Austrian naval forces backing them, the Turks force the draconian navy back to Sevastopol. Allied forces invade the Crimea and southern ukraine. For 3 years they lay siege to Sevastopol, but Draconian troops manage to hold Sevastopol as the imperial army drives the Allied forces from Ukraine. The war ended in a stalemate and with the withdrawal of Allied troops from Draconia.
1859 - Bankrupt from the war with Draconia, Spain sells the Falkland Islands and southern Argentina to Draconia. This same year, the First major Draconian expeditions into south africa begin.
1861 - Draconian troops occupy the revolting chinese province of Manchuria
1862 - Draconia recognizes the Confederate States of America in february, and an expeditionary force lands to reinforce the army of northern virginia in September
1863 - Draconian troops secure two major victories for the CSA. Draconian troops under General Vasiliy Zolotov break Grant’s siege of Vicksburg, and the expeditionary force under General Aleksandr Potemkin help to win a major victory at Gettysburg. These victories lead to Celtic recognition of the Confederacy, While the Spanish Kingdoms support the Union
1864 - the War of Northern Aggression expands into the 3 years war in europe between Spain and Austria, versus Draconia and the Celtic Confederacy.
1865 - Draconian troops conquer the Chilean Viceroyalty and the rest of Argentina. A draconian regiment is ambushed and slaughtered by a zulu force at the Battle of Ondini. Draconian and Confederate troops liberate Tennessee and West Virginia.
1866 - an almost totally Draconian force invades and conquers Arizona territory and Oklahoma Territory for the Confederacy. Joint Draconian and Confederate forces liberate Kentucky. A major pitched battle between Draconian troops and a new Zulu regiment of foot modeled on the european style occurs on the battlefield of Bloody river, the battle is considered a draw as both forces retired after heavy casualties.
1867 - The War of Northern Aggression/3 years war ends. Draconia maintains control of Argentina, and the Confederacy secures its independence from the Union. The Draco Zulu war enters its final stages as Draconian troops push into Natal and defeat a major force at the battle of Nyezane
1868 - the Draco Zulu war ends after Zulu forces at Gqokli hill are totally decimated. The Zulu Kingdom is Annexed and becomes the Draconian South Afrika colony.
1874 - war breaks out with the ottoman empire and ends with the Independence of Bulgaria under Draconian suzerainty.
1882 - the Draco Boer war begins, as well as the Kolek Rebellion (a rebellion of Kolek tribes in central asia)
1884 - th Kolek rebellion is Crushed
1885 - the Draco Boer war ends with the annexation of the Boer Republics and the Second Great Trek, the mass migration of Boers into Celtic Bechuanaland Colony
1887 - the second war of Northern aggression breaks out. Under severe pressure from the Celtic Confederation, Draconia, and after the total disaster of a Union attempt to siege Washington, the Union sign a white peace with the Confederacy
1893 - the Great Zulu Uprising begins.
1904 - the last zulu forces are finally put down in a revolt that almost destroys the zulu as a people. (as a result of the uprising the zulu population is about 40% lower than otl)
1906 - the Draco-Japanese war begins with the Japanese invasion of the Kurils, Sakhalin Island and Manchuria
1909 - Draconia and Japan sign a peace agreement, acquiescing to Japanese territorial demands, but with major reparations paid to draconia
1912 - the First World War breaks out. Spain, Germany, Poland, Austria, the Caliphate of the Lions Claw (north Africa) and the United States of America stand against the Celtic Confederation, Draconia, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire.
1913 - after a year of rapid maneuver, the front against Poland and Germany has devolved into trench warfare. The front against Austria remains mobile. In the Netherlands, Dutch and Celtic troops hold the line against the german army, while the Celts assist a major french revolution against the spanish. The War in North America grinds to a halt with trench warfare across the front. The only mobile area is the vast cavalry war in the great plains.
1915 - First deployment of Mustard and Chlorine Gas by military forces. Italy joins the war on Draconia’s side
1916 - the Celtic Confederation deploys the first tanks at the battle of Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
1917 - Draconian Tanks break the line in Poland, the nation surrenders after the Draconian Army occupies Warsaw. The front devolves into trench warfare once again at the german border. Romania is totally in the hands of Draconia as the Austrians continue to fail militarily.
1919 - the war is over. Poland is annexed by Draconia. The Caliphate of the Lion Claw and the Ottoman empire both dissolve under the economic strain of the war. Austria Hungary maintains its independence but is extremely reduced with the independence of serbia, czechoslovakia, and romania. the situation in the west remains largely unchanged, the french are crushed and spanish authority is restored. The Netherlands remain independent. In North America the Confederacy annexes Missouri and southern California.
1923 - the Sino-Draco war breaks out in central asia, as the Draconian military defends central asia from chinese warlord forces. It will last for another 4 years
1932 - the Manchester stock market collapses. The world economy is in ruins
1933 - the Ukrainian revolt breaks out but is peacefully put to rest in 4 months
1941 - the world economy has begun to recover, but war breaks out with sweden. Finland, murmansk, karelia, and Arkhangelsk are all occupied before the years end
1942 - The German Empire and Spain declare war upon the Celtic Confederation and Draconia. The Second World War has begun.
1943 - while touring the front near Arkhangelsk, Emperor Karl XII is killed by a rogue swedish artillery shell. German forces break into poland and by years end have arrived at the border to Ruthenia.
1944 - the 17 year old Emperor Wilhelm IX takes the throne. The Third Council of the Boyars is convened to assist the young emperor. This same year the Imperial army halts the german advance.
1945 - the swedes are on the retreat. Arkhangelsk province is retaken in its entirety, and parts of karelia have fallen to draconian troops. The front with germany is stagnant.
1946 - German troops are pushed back into poland. Swedish forces are driven out of finland, and Draconian troops now push into sweden.
1947 - the German army halts the Draconian advance in the streets of warsaw, a ceasefire enters into effect that will last until the end of the war. Sweden surrenders unconditionally and is placed under Imperial Occupation.
1948 - an official peace treaty is signed between Draconia and Germany, poland is split between the two nations. The spanish kingdoms have collapsed during the war, leading to communist uprisings across iberia, and the establishment of the Kingdom of France
1951 - the Confederacy annexes the broken United States with Draconian support
1955 - as the celtic confederation is overthrown by the Irish and replaced with an irish kingdom across the british isles, the royal families of Cymru, and Britonnia (england) find refuge in Draconia until the Celtic Government in Exile is established in Kenya.
1957 - after years of civil war, Draconia occupies turkey to prevent instability spreading to the caucasus
1962 - fears increase in Draconia about another war with germany as the radical fascist Rudolph Guderian is elected chancellor of the German Empire.
1964 - amid cries for reform and calls for representative government, the Third Council of the Boyars, never dissolved, even after the emperor reached his majority, is expanded to become the first Imperial Duma, seats to be filled with elected individuals are added.
1966 - Tierra de la Plata (Argentina) and the South African Colonies are given official Dominion Status and begin to largely manage their own affairs
1967 - riots in west warsaw (under german control) are brutally suppressed. Travel between germany and Draconia is suspended. The Seven Nations decree is signed into law by Emperor Wilhelm IX, giving independence to the 7 nations of central asia. The Imperial Duma begins to suffer major corruption from boyars who do not wish to see democratic government lessen their own power.
1968 - Draconia begins economically supporting Emperor Akihito against his younger brother and usurper to the throne, ‘Emperor’ Hitachi in the Japanese civil war. The South American war begins as Communist Brazil attempts to expand at the expense of her neighbors.
1969 - Germany launches a surprise invasion of draconia, the Imperial army, neglected since the end of the second world war, is overwhelmed by the german army. By the end of the year German troops are entering Ruthenia and the Ukraine
1970 - Crown Prince Nicholai and his brother Prince Dmitri both enter the war, Nicholai at the head of a Tank Regiment, and Dmitri in command of an infantry regiment.
1971 - the battle of Minsk, German troops attempt to capture and hold the Ruthenian capital, but the Imperial army manages to hold them at Minsk. The Northern german thrust has been stopped, but the southern offensive into Ukraine continues.
1972 - Operation Potemkin begins. A massive draconian armored thrust across the ukrainian front, the operation meets with mixed results, it does not push the germans back, but does halt their advance. The Emperor has not been seen in public since the start of the war, in reality the now corrupt imperial duma is running the war, and has made major blunders in allocating of resources, partially responsible for the failure during Operation Potemkin. Rumours abound of German Sympathisers among certain boyar cliques.
1973 - Sweden and Turkey both declare independence from Draconia. The South American War ends in a stalemate
1974 - Crown Prince Nicholai is recalled to moscow by his uncle Mikhail. The two manage to convince the now manic depressive emperor Wilhelm to abdicate in Nicholai’s favor. Nicholai is crowned Emperor Nicholai IV. He immediately dismisses the duma and has several boyars rounded up and jailed for treason. After a brief german push at minsk, the Imperial army begins to roll back the german offensive
1975 - German forces are pushed out of Ruthenia, and the major german armies in the Ukraine are surrounded and captured
1976 - German forces are beginning to route. Poland is liberated.
1977 - Draconian forces enter berlin. The German Government surrenders, but Prince Dmitri is killed by sniper fire hours before the peace is declared.
1978 - Military Occupation of Germany begins. The Kingdom of Poland becomes independent
1980 - The Imperial Duma is reinstated with a mostly elected body including some hereditary seats and filled by 3 parties, the National Conservative, Liberal, and Monarchist parties. This is the direct descendent of the current political system
1983 - Draconia ends the military occupation of Germany. The French Civil war begins.
1985 - Draconia gives independence to the Dominion of Tierra de la plata, Emperor Wilhelm IX dies peacefully in Yekaterinburg.
1987 - Draconia gives independence to the South African Dominions
1988 - The French civil war ends and the French Republic is Declared
1989 - The Boer-SudAfrikan war begins, ends with boer annexation of former Transvaal and Orange Free State territories from the Republic of SudAfrika
1992 - for the first time since the reinstatement of the Duma, the National Conservative Party is ousted from power by the Liberal Party
1995 - the Liberal Party is split by the Agrarian party who’s members believe the Liberals are not going far enough left in their policies
1996 - The National Conservative party becomes the governing party once again
1997 - The semi-fascist National Front party is founded by extremist Slav nationalists
2001 - Draconian forces are involved in a police action while attempting to create a peace between the allied Kolechian Republic and communist Arstotzka.
2005 - National Front leader Simon Timoshenko is assassinated by Cossack militants in Donetsk
2008 - a coalition of the Liberals and Agrarians forms a government
2012 - the NatCons are elected to government once more
2014 - The Emperor celebrates his 40th year on the throne with a Jubilee
2017 - The Emperor ceases appearing in public as his health worsens, Crown Prince Alexei takes over the governmental and ceremonial duties of emperor
2018 - Emperor Nicholai IV dies after a severe depressive episode and subsequent stroke. Emperor Alexei VI is crowned and his son Dmitri becomes Crown Prince.