TLC2: For Want of a Shove

Your years seem to be typos.

Oh, son of a bitch. My mind was elsewhere when I wrote the numbers. DAMN:mad:.

Fixed version:p.

Timeline of Europe


1541: With peace now in Germany, John Calvin begins his work to begin organizing the formation of the Reformed German Confederation. The process of sorting the new confederation out will take over four three years. Work begins on reorganizing the R.G.C into what will be known as the four original cantons.

Henry VIII has the Parliament of Ireland declare him the King of Ireland, making Ireland a Kingdom and abolishing the Lordship of Ireland.

Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, dies. This removes all incentives for James V of Scotland to keep peace with England. The two nations soon move to war.

The French troops returning home to France bring home with them something that would eventually prove fatal for France: Calvinism. While the Reformation movement was well known in France, Francis’ support of Calvin’s revolution gave off the impression that Francis was favourably inclined to the new reformist religion that was at the time unknown in France. While this couldn’t be farther from the truth, many took this as a green light for conversion and Calvinism spreads like wildfire throughout France.

Charles V launches a raid into Algeria, but it fails miserably. Storms scattered his fleets, forcing him to return to Spain in disarray and his ships gradually make their way back home.

1542: The Rhineland crisis occurs in the Reformed German Confederation. Otto Henry, the man who was already the recognized head of the newly formed Bavarian canton, also is the heir to the Rhine Palatinate. Otto Henry is unsurprisingly not opposed to such an arrangement but he is however in the minority. Herzog Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg, is vehemently opposed to it. It was troops from Wurttemberg that had dealt with the subjugation of the Rhine Palatinate, and in Herzog’s opinion, he won the Palatinate by right of conquest.

John Calvin, recognizing the problem for what it is, works hard to solve the problem and keep his new nation from ripping itself apart at childbirth. Both Herzog Ulrich and Otto Henry are initially stubborn, but Calvin is able to impress upon them the fact that they’re all in the same boat now, and if “one of us jumps ship, the sharks will devour us all”.

War breaks out again between Charles V and Francis in another Italian war. England, once again reconciled with the Hapsburgs, is set off against Scotland and France while Charles V has to deal with the French and the Ottomans (a French ally). The Reformed German Confederation remains decidedly neutral. Suleiman keeps peace with Louis II in Hungary, but raiding across the borders increases fervently.

August 24th: The Battle of Haddon Rig ends with a victory for the Scots. This is soon unfortunately reversed at the Battle of Solway Moss.

November 24th: The Battle of Solway Moss occurs. It is a massive defeat for the Scots and James V of Scotland dies of a nervous breakdown soon after. The throne is left to be inherited by his new born daughter, Mary I of Scotland.

Meanwhile in England, Catherine Howard, wife to Henry VIII, is executed on charges of Adultery.

1543: The Pact of Nuremburg brings to a close the Rhineland Crisis while also bringing to a close a number of other questions.

The pact established that neither Ulrich Herzog nor Otto Henry would inherit the Rhine Palatinate. It instead goes to Frederick, another Wittelsbach. No one is happy with the deal with, of course, the exception of Frederick himself. The pact also establishes Nuremburg as the capital of the confederation along with the formation of the Great Council.

The “Rough Wooing” begins as Henry VIII launches raids and small scale invasions to try and force the Scots to accept the treaty that promised to marry Mary I to Henry VIII son, Edward.

Catherine Parr becomes Henry VIII last wife. Henry VIII also accepts Elizabeth I back into the line of English succession. Catherine had a heavy hand in the reconciliation.

Louis II and Mary finally have a third child, who ironically is name Jadwiga [1].

Nicolaus publishes his De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. This marks the beginning of the scientific revolution.

1544: Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Muscovy, finally assumes control after his regency ends. Like his counterpart in Poland a year later, he will prove to be the last of his line, and indeed, the end of all Ruriks [2] as the rulers of Russia.

The war between Francis and Charles intensifies and abates and remains inconclusive with victories for both sides.

April 11th: The battle of Ceresole. The French win a pyrrhic victory over Imperial forces and is one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The French are unable to exploit their victory.

1545: Sigimund the Old of Poland dies [3]. He is succeeded by his son Sigimund August, who proves to be a master at controlling the Sejm. While not the last Jageillon king of Poland, he is the last of his line. His courtship of the beautiful Barbara Radziwill does prove to be problematic and stressful.

The Rough Wooing goes a bit rough for the English when they lose the battle of Ancrum moor. The English do slightly better at the Battle of the Solent when the English navy battles the French one to a draw.


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[1]- The original Jadwiga was the Polish queen who married Jogaila and founded the Jagiellon dynasty (though none of her direct descendants inherited the throne) that ruled Poland ever since. Also, the original Jadiwiga’s father was Louis I of Hungary.

[2]- The ruling dynasty of Muscovy that ended in the Troubles.

[3]- Increased stress and butterflies cause him to die a little earlier. In OTL he died in 1548.
 
Sorry, been confudled by exams, a wedding, and such nonsense.

An update will here this week before the weekend.

Tis very much to be continued!!!!! I plan to win.
 
Damn it all. The end is upon us. Now if anyone liked this timeline, I do still plan to continue it so never fear. This timeline will get going again. I have had some troubled times is all.

I am doing this bump in the hopes it will give me more votes. If you liked my timeline and you haven't voted already, vote for For Want a Shove at this thread here

https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=1876260&posted=1#post1876260

Please vote for my Timeline, I would love to see the morale boost:eek:.
 
I liked this TL. What happened to the 1605 update?

The 1605 update is sitting on my computer at home...

If my mother hasn't deleted the account.

I didn't know people still expressed an interest in this timeline.

I have alot of free time coming up, and I'll be returning home in a week and a bit.

So since you asked, there will be an update:D

Might as well finish what I started.
 
The 1605 update is sitting on my computer at home...

If my mother hasn't deleted the account.

I didn't know people still expressed an interest in this timeline.

I have alot of free time coming up, and I'll be returning home in a week and a bit.

So since you asked, there will be an update:D

Might as well finish what I started.

I reiterate my last post :D
 
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