WI the kingdom of Knut the great had not fallen apart?
- Thread starter Fabilius
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The era of Christian
1516: Aragonians and Castilians start the war of Magnia, disagreements on how one should interpret the borderlines in Magnia are the cause of the war.
1517: Einar Kárason, an explorer born in Iceland but of half Anglodanish origin visits the skraeling tribes around the great lake area. He charts the area, writes down a lot about the native culture and becomes a good friend of them. Later on when he returns to England he will publish his book: The folks of the rivers of Magnia. It is the main source of all knowledge regarding the Skraeling tribes.
1518: Dutch revolt against the crown of France. They´re supported by the German king Adolph I. Soon an open war between Germany and France breaks out.
1519: The Germans win the French in a series of swift victories. The young Henry VII asks Harold, king of the Anglodanish union for help. Harold is not really old enough make decisions but his mother Margareth and stepfather Christian decide that Anglodanish intervention is necessary. They feel Germany´s power and size already threatens Jutland, and Schleswig, Holstein, and they send reinforcements to France.
Manuel I of Italy is also keen on sending some help. He attacks Germany in the south and send reinforcements north to France.
Johannes Malinsky of Poland is willing to attack Germany as well but his hands are bound as the third Hungarian revolution breaks out.
1520: To everyone´s surprise the seventeen year old Adolph I is a strategic mastermind. The battle of Brugghe is a total disaster for the Anglodanes and French, the italian army is beaten at Tyrol, and a small German army manages to capture Hedeby and invade Jutland. Manuel and Adolph quickly settle for peace when Adolph informs him that he intends to restore catholic faith in Jutland.
Only in battles at sea do the Anglodanes triumph against german forces.
1521: Aragonia and Castilia meet at the convention of Sevilla and agree on permanent borders.
In north Europe no peace convention is on it´s way. An anglodanish navy bombards the port in Hamburg, and the german army marches alarmingly close to Rheims. The small dukes in north of Germany fear for their indepence, and protestanism. However the German march of success is about to slow down.
1522: This year both Poland and Sweden join the war and Adolph faces more than he can handle. Jakob I of Sweden comes to the assistance of the duke of Brandenburg (his cousin in fact), and lands with an army in north Germany. The Germans were on the verge of capturing Rheims when they hear of the Polish knights riding towards Bavaria. Hastily Adolph sues for peace towards France and the Anglodanish union but finds neither willing to negotiate.
1523: Peace is settled. Adolph manages to beat the Poles back but realises that he cannot go on much longer. He agrees on Jakob´s suggestion to give Brandenburg, Hamburg and other northern entities more say in their own affairs. Poland agrees on the same borders as before, and France does as well. However Adolph insists that the Dutch get to have more to say in their own affairs and due to Anglodanish pressure, Henry of France accepts. This war left things unsettled, Holland and north Germany were to remain a biting apple in years to come.
1524: China invades Vietnam.
1525: Carlos Rivera lands in Japan. He is allowed to trade in Nagasaki.
1526: Harold VII insists on getting a bigger say in how the Anglodanish union is run. His mother and stepfather reluctantly agree.
1527: Harold accuses his mother of trying a coup d´etat. The accusation is ridicilous, but Harold exiles her and his stepfather from York, and England. They move to Denmark.
1528: Harold takes a much tougher stance towards catholics. Catholics are in high numbers forced to leave England and move to Magnia. His actions enrage several Scottish thingmembers. Margareth writes a letter to his son warning him of becoming a tyrant like his uncle, but to no avail.
1529: Rebellion breaks out in Norway. The catholic bishop Eiríkur Sveinsson is the leader of it. An Anglodanish army is sent to capture him but it fails. The norwegians protest the king´s acts and demand a norwegian king.
1530: Jakob I, eager to take advantage of the situation strikes a deal with Adolph I, and Wladislaw I of Poland. They agree not to make a move against Sweden if he attacks Scania, he promises to end the oresund toll. In fact Wladislaw even lends him money to prepare the invasion. Jakob hires mercenaries from Finland, Poland and Russia.
The rebellion continues in Norway and spreads out to Scotland.
1531: The Swedes invade Scania. Eiríkur Sveinsson is captured and the norwegian rebellion ends. Harold asks the scottish noblemen to compromise with him so that the union may concentrate on the Swedish invasion. However the nobles remain reluctant to compromise even if Harold offers religious freedom.
1532: Margareth returns home to York. Her son welcomes her, and she tries to use her influence to smooth things out. It´s a tiptoing balance, and Margareth gives the Scots some autonomy and a bigger share in thingseats. At last Harold has an army ready to move towards Scania. When he lands in Jutland he hears news that Haroldsburg in Sjaelland has fallen and that Roskilde will soon follow. The black cross of Sweden will soon terrorize Funen.
1533: Adolph I invades Jutland. The Anglodanish/Scottish army meet the Swedes in Odense and defeat them. They don´t really have the strength to face the Germans, and the young king finds himself stranded in the middle of Funen island. Swedes on the other islands, Germans in Jutland, he barely escapes on board a ship heading back to England.
1534: Oh, the disappointment. Harold has to renounce his claims to Schleswig/Holstein, and give Scania to Sweden. The thing insists that from now on he shall govern in union with Christian and Margareth, and Harold gives in to those demands. He withdraws himself entirely from politics and spends the rest of his life hunting and playing golf.
1535: In the meanwhile, Ireland has been having an active debate on slavery and finally the king approves of allowing irish traders to bring slaves from Africa to Magnia to work on sugar and breen (tobacco) plantations.
1536: The Christian resolution* is approved on the thing. York is to be the capital of the united kingdoms, all member kingdoms are going to have an almost equal amount of thingmen, except for Norway. Christian barely gets the thing to approve thingmen from Norway. In the end 14 thingmen will sit on behalf of England, 12 on behalf of Scotland, 10 on behalf of Denmark, 4 on behalf of Norway. Anglodanes feel that Scotland has received to many thingmembers but most concede to the fact that it was necessary to avoid a war in order to keep them a part of the kingdom.
The thing is a legislative power, only the king can make decisions. However if the king needs to go to war he needs the approval of the thing.
1537: The thing approves of making Christian and Margareth´s son, Frederick the heir of the throne, completely ignoring Harold VII son, Knut. Irish explorers sail up Fada Abhairr. (OTL Missisippi)
1538: Knut, son of king Harold VII is formally engaged to the Castilian countess Maria, a niece of king Lukas III of Castilia. This will have repercussions.
1539: As a result of the iberian greed for gold all the great civilisations of south Magnia have been destroyed, only small tribes remain. Aragonians and Castilians move in slaves from Africa in abundance to work on coffee and sugar plantations as the native Skraelings just keep on dying. This year the city Great Granada is founded in new Aragonia.
1540: Lukas III threatens Ireland with an invasion unless Irish pirates cease to attack Castilian gold vessels. The king promises to stop the pirates but doesn´t do anything.
Adolph I invades France again when the French break the peace treaty and take the autonomy away from the netherlands. The French realize that the Anglodanes are pissed of after Schleswig Holstein, and won´t do anything to help the Dutch this time. In fact quite the opposite, the thing in York approves of Christian´s suggestion to invade Sweden and reclaim Scania. Only a five Scottish thingmembers and one Norwegian disapprove of the invasion.
1541: The last huge junks of China are taken a part. The Chinese are about to enter their isolationist period.
1542: An Aragonian explorer stumbles upon Austrasia, he discovers no gold and for a long time after that no one is really interested in the continent.
1545: Holland is founded and the French lose the war against Germany.
1546: A peace treaty is signed between the United Kingdoms and Sweden. The Swedes have kept their land in Scania but the rulers of the countries decide to keep collecting the Oresund toll and split it. Christian and Margareth go on a convention in Kalmar with Jakob to discuss the threat of Germany. They agree on an alliance against Germany recognising that the catholic giant is a common foe.
1547: Knut and Maria marry.
1548: The Castilian king´s patience has been exhausted. A great fleet is sent north towards Ireland. However the Castilian junks are awkward in comparison to the irish ships, as the Castilians have been overly focusing on size while the Irish went for mobility. The armada is vanquished and Castilia humiliated.
1549: Fyodor I of Russia starts the eastern conquests. Russia begins to expand to east.
1550: Adolph I starts building the great palace of Linz, moving the capital to the city.
1551: The Dantzig rebellion breaks out. The german population revolts against Poland. Swedish troops assist in breaking the rebellion, as Jakob fears that the coast of Prussia would end up in Adolph´s hands.
Christian dies, and now Margareth is the sole ruler of the union.
1552: The duke of Brandenburg dies without children and leaves all his land to his cousin Abraham II, the newly crowned king of Sweden. Jakob I, suffered a stroke the same week as his best friend. Adolph I doesn´t support Abraham´s claims for fear of growing Swedish influence in the north. And so, begun the 12 year war.
1553: The German victories alarmed everyone, and for fear of a Germany completely under Adolph´s control Margareth got the thing to approve of intervention. An army was sent to Holstein/Schleswig to reclaim it. The Poles joined in as well sending armies into Brandenburg.
1554: The battle of Hedeby ends in Anglodanish victory.
1555: The potato is brought to England, Scotland and Ireland.
1556: Lukas IV becomes king of Castilia. The king decides to imitate the Aragonian, Anglodanish and Irish navy, a brandnew army is built to face Anglodanish and Irish pirates. Knut Haroldson visits the king´s court.
1557: Abraham II is mortally wounded in a battle in middle Germany. Uncertain what to do the swedish generals start to wonder about suing for peace against Adolph...
*Not named after christianity but it´s creator Christian.
1516: Aragonians and Castilians start the war of Magnia, disagreements on how one should interpret the borderlines in Magnia are the cause of the war.
1517: Einar Kárason, an explorer born in Iceland but of half Anglodanish origin visits the skraeling tribes around the great lake area. He charts the area, writes down a lot about the native culture and becomes a good friend of them. Later on when he returns to England he will publish his book: The folks of the rivers of Magnia. It is the main source of all knowledge regarding the Skraeling tribes.
1518: Dutch revolt against the crown of France. They´re supported by the German king Adolph I. Soon an open war between Germany and France breaks out.
1519: The Germans win the French in a series of swift victories. The young Henry VII asks Harold, king of the Anglodanish union for help. Harold is not really old enough make decisions but his mother Margareth and stepfather Christian decide that Anglodanish intervention is necessary. They feel Germany´s power and size already threatens Jutland, and Schleswig, Holstein, and they send reinforcements to France.
Manuel I of Italy is also keen on sending some help. He attacks Germany in the south and send reinforcements north to France.
Johannes Malinsky of Poland is willing to attack Germany as well but his hands are bound as the third Hungarian revolution breaks out.
1520: To everyone´s surprise the seventeen year old Adolph I is a strategic mastermind. The battle of Brugghe is a total disaster for the Anglodanes and French, the italian army is beaten at Tyrol, and a small German army manages to capture Hedeby and invade Jutland. Manuel and Adolph quickly settle for peace when Adolph informs him that he intends to restore catholic faith in Jutland.
Only in battles at sea do the Anglodanes triumph against german forces.
1521: Aragonia and Castilia meet at the convention of Sevilla and agree on permanent borders.
In north Europe no peace convention is on it´s way. An anglodanish navy bombards the port in Hamburg, and the german army marches alarmingly close to Rheims. The small dukes in north of Germany fear for their indepence, and protestanism. However the German march of success is about to slow down.
1522: This year both Poland and Sweden join the war and Adolph faces more than he can handle. Jakob I of Sweden comes to the assistance of the duke of Brandenburg (his cousin in fact), and lands with an army in north Germany. The Germans were on the verge of capturing Rheims when they hear of the Polish knights riding towards Bavaria. Hastily Adolph sues for peace towards France and the Anglodanish union but finds neither willing to negotiate.
1523: Peace is settled. Adolph manages to beat the Poles back but realises that he cannot go on much longer. He agrees on Jakob´s suggestion to give Brandenburg, Hamburg and other northern entities more say in their own affairs. Poland agrees on the same borders as before, and France does as well. However Adolph insists that the Dutch get to have more to say in their own affairs and due to Anglodanish pressure, Henry of France accepts. This war left things unsettled, Holland and north Germany were to remain a biting apple in years to come.
1524: China invades Vietnam.
1525: Carlos Rivera lands in Japan. He is allowed to trade in Nagasaki.
1526: Harold VII insists on getting a bigger say in how the Anglodanish union is run. His mother and stepfather reluctantly agree.
1527: Harold accuses his mother of trying a coup d´etat. The accusation is ridicilous, but Harold exiles her and his stepfather from York, and England. They move to Denmark.
1528: Harold takes a much tougher stance towards catholics. Catholics are in high numbers forced to leave England and move to Magnia. His actions enrage several Scottish thingmembers. Margareth writes a letter to his son warning him of becoming a tyrant like his uncle, but to no avail.
1529: Rebellion breaks out in Norway. The catholic bishop Eiríkur Sveinsson is the leader of it. An Anglodanish army is sent to capture him but it fails. The norwegians protest the king´s acts and demand a norwegian king.
1530: Jakob I, eager to take advantage of the situation strikes a deal with Adolph I, and Wladislaw I of Poland. They agree not to make a move against Sweden if he attacks Scania, he promises to end the oresund toll. In fact Wladislaw even lends him money to prepare the invasion. Jakob hires mercenaries from Finland, Poland and Russia.
The rebellion continues in Norway and spreads out to Scotland.
1531: The Swedes invade Scania. Eiríkur Sveinsson is captured and the norwegian rebellion ends. Harold asks the scottish noblemen to compromise with him so that the union may concentrate on the Swedish invasion. However the nobles remain reluctant to compromise even if Harold offers religious freedom.
1532: Margareth returns home to York. Her son welcomes her, and she tries to use her influence to smooth things out. It´s a tiptoing balance, and Margareth gives the Scots some autonomy and a bigger share in thingseats. At last Harold has an army ready to move towards Scania. When he lands in Jutland he hears news that Haroldsburg in Sjaelland has fallen and that Roskilde will soon follow. The black cross of Sweden will soon terrorize Funen.
1533: Adolph I invades Jutland. The Anglodanish/Scottish army meet the Swedes in Odense and defeat them. They don´t really have the strength to face the Germans, and the young king finds himself stranded in the middle of Funen island. Swedes on the other islands, Germans in Jutland, he barely escapes on board a ship heading back to England.
1534: Oh, the disappointment. Harold has to renounce his claims to Schleswig/Holstein, and give Scania to Sweden. The thing insists that from now on he shall govern in union with Christian and Margareth, and Harold gives in to those demands. He withdraws himself entirely from politics and spends the rest of his life hunting and playing golf.
1535: In the meanwhile, Ireland has been having an active debate on slavery and finally the king approves of allowing irish traders to bring slaves from Africa to Magnia to work on sugar and breen (tobacco) plantations.
1536: The Christian resolution* is approved on the thing. York is to be the capital of the united kingdoms, all member kingdoms are going to have an almost equal amount of thingmen, except for Norway. Christian barely gets the thing to approve thingmen from Norway. In the end 14 thingmen will sit on behalf of England, 12 on behalf of Scotland, 10 on behalf of Denmark, 4 on behalf of Norway. Anglodanes feel that Scotland has received to many thingmembers but most concede to the fact that it was necessary to avoid a war in order to keep them a part of the kingdom.
The thing is a legislative power, only the king can make decisions. However if the king needs to go to war he needs the approval of the thing.
1537: The thing approves of making Christian and Margareth´s son, Frederick the heir of the throne, completely ignoring Harold VII son, Knut. Irish explorers sail up Fada Abhairr. (OTL Missisippi)
1538: Knut, son of king Harold VII is formally engaged to the Castilian countess Maria, a niece of king Lukas III of Castilia. This will have repercussions.
1539: As a result of the iberian greed for gold all the great civilisations of south Magnia have been destroyed, only small tribes remain. Aragonians and Castilians move in slaves from Africa in abundance to work on coffee and sugar plantations as the native Skraelings just keep on dying. This year the city Great Granada is founded in new Aragonia.
1540: Lukas III threatens Ireland with an invasion unless Irish pirates cease to attack Castilian gold vessels. The king promises to stop the pirates but doesn´t do anything.
Adolph I invades France again when the French break the peace treaty and take the autonomy away from the netherlands. The French realize that the Anglodanes are pissed of after Schleswig Holstein, and won´t do anything to help the Dutch this time. In fact quite the opposite, the thing in York approves of Christian´s suggestion to invade Sweden and reclaim Scania. Only a five Scottish thingmembers and one Norwegian disapprove of the invasion.
1541: The last huge junks of China are taken a part. The Chinese are about to enter their isolationist period.
1542: An Aragonian explorer stumbles upon Austrasia, he discovers no gold and for a long time after that no one is really interested in the continent.
1545: Holland is founded and the French lose the war against Germany.
1546: A peace treaty is signed between the United Kingdoms and Sweden. The Swedes have kept their land in Scania but the rulers of the countries decide to keep collecting the Oresund toll and split it. Christian and Margareth go on a convention in Kalmar with Jakob to discuss the threat of Germany. They agree on an alliance against Germany recognising that the catholic giant is a common foe.
1547: Knut and Maria marry.
1548: The Castilian king´s patience has been exhausted. A great fleet is sent north towards Ireland. However the Castilian junks are awkward in comparison to the irish ships, as the Castilians have been overly focusing on size while the Irish went for mobility. The armada is vanquished and Castilia humiliated.
1549: Fyodor I of Russia starts the eastern conquests. Russia begins to expand to east.
1550: Adolph I starts building the great palace of Linz, moving the capital to the city.
1551: The Dantzig rebellion breaks out. The german population revolts against Poland. Swedish troops assist in breaking the rebellion, as Jakob fears that the coast of Prussia would end up in Adolph´s hands.
Christian dies, and now Margareth is the sole ruler of the union.
1552: The duke of Brandenburg dies without children and leaves all his land to his cousin Abraham II, the newly crowned king of Sweden. Jakob I, suffered a stroke the same week as his best friend. Adolph I doesn´t support Abraham´s claims for fear of growing Swedish influence in the north. And so, begun the 12 year war.
1553: The German victories alarmed everyone, and for fear of a Germany completely under Adolph´s control Margareth got the thing to approve of intervention. An army was sent to Holstein/Schleswig to reclaim it. The Poles joined in as well sending armies into Brandenburg.
1554: The battle of Hedeby ends in Anglodanish victory.
1555: The potato is brought to England, Scotland and Ireland.
1556: Lukas IV becomes king of Castilia. The king decides to imitate the Aragonian, Anglodanish and Irish navy, a brandnew army is built to face Anglodanish and Irish pirates. Knut Haroldson visits the king´s court.
1557: Abraham II is mortally wounded in a battle in middle Germany. Uncertain what to do the swedish generals start to wonder about suing for peace against Adolph...
*Not named after christianity but it´s creator Christian.
Hey Fabilius, if its okay with you, I would like to continue making maps for this timeline, if you don't mind that is.
Those borders look alot like what they OTL's way back then. But thats the thing, this isn't OTL. Scandinavia is extremely different in this timeline (Anglo-Danish Kingdom, very militant Sweden) so it should come to no surprise that their borders are different. Plus, those borders are based off of Fabilius's map, and since he created this timeline, what he says gos. If he wants it to be changed, sure thing, but he never asked it to be changed. I could be wrong and you seem to know a lot more about the Scandinavia than I do, but it's all Fabilius's choice.
The 12 year war continuation
1558: The Swedes decide to continue the war and plunge further into Germany along with the Polish army. Adolph I is alarmed by both the fact that his warchests are depleted, unrest is growing with his regime, and rumours are going on that the French might join the war.
Adolph reaches a settlement with the United kingdoms. Margareth and the thing agree on it. Germany renounces all it´s claims to Schleswig Holstein and promises never to interfere in case of a war with Sweden. Many thingmembers think this is the time to claim Scania back and teach the Swedes a lesson, however Margareth wishes to honour the deal and not stab Sweden in the back.
Jakob II becomes king.
1559: Fears of a French invasion dissipate in Germany, as the king of France Henry VII, decides to use the oppurtunity instead to withdraw the autonomy of Holland. This however sparks a rebellion in Flanders and Holland keeping France occupied.
1560: As the war continues in Germany, Aragonians and Castilians continue the conquest. Castilia claims middle Magnia (Roughly OTL Columbia, all of Middle america and small territories in the north of Nahua, reaching up to Rio Grande). Aragonia claims the Andean coast and the jungle territories. (I.e. the rest, Chile, Equador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, just coast settlements for now though. Argentina and Urugay are pretty much empty for now).
1561: Donald Braidwood finally manages to convince the queen of his plan to ensure the permanent borders between the union and Sweden. Anglodanish and Scottish armies are sent Sjaelland and Jamtland, to be prepared.
The news leak out to Jakob´s II advisors. On a critical moment in the 12 years war Sweden sues for peace against Germany and gets ceasefire. The Germans refuse to accept Sweden´s claim on Brandenburg, however they´re happy to get a little breathingspace to gather strength.
1562: The invasion into Sweden starts. The Swedish army is not yet prepared and Scanians rebel. A danish force marches through Scania and Smaaland. A scottish force under Donald Braidwood goes through Jamtland and into Sweden. An english navy sets sail from Visby and attacks both Stockholm and Uppsala. The Swedes are unwilling to accept unconditional surrendering and the winter is tough on both the Union´s forces and the Swedish forces.
Germany and Poland keep on fighting. So do the French and the Dutch. Meanwhile, Castilia and Aragonia amass great wealth in the new world, and the Irish do well with their plantations.
1563: 12th May, Stockholm is burnt down, Jakob II at the age of 12 is captured and sent to York. The losses have been heavy on both sides, but the forces of the united kingdom have been unusually cruel. Many Swedes flee to Finland, others to the new world. The thing in York decides that it will from now on rule Sweden in Jakob II name, until he has reached age. He is forced to sign a deal which renounces Scania, the coast of Finnmark, and lots of land bordering Scania and Norway.
1564: The 12 year war ends with a peacetreaty signed in Prague. Germany is devestated. Because of crops burning by polish/hungarian armies the potato has spread out, but still people face famines. Many flee to Magnia, both to Irish Magnia and to Anglodanish Magnia. Adolph I dies, his dream of a huge Germany encompassing Holland, Prussia and Denmark was never realized, but the idea lingered on.
1558: The Swedes decide to continue the war and plunge further into Germany along with the Polish army. Adolph I is alarmed by both the fact that his warchests are depleted, unrest is growing with his regime, and rumours are going on that the French might join the war.
Adolph reaches a settlement with the United kingdoms. Margareth and the thing agree on it. Germany renounces all it´s claims to Schleswig Holstein and promises never to interfere in case of a war with Sweden. Many thingmembers think this is the time to claim Scania back and teach the Swedes a lesson, however Margareth wishes to honour the deal and not stab Sweden in the back.
Jakob II becomes king.
1559: Fears of a French invasion dissipate in Germany, as the king of France Henry VII, decides to use the oppurtunity instead to withdraw the autonomy of Holland. This however sparks a rebellion in Flanders and Holland keeping France occupied.
1560: As the war continues in Germany, Aragonians and Castilians continue the conquest. Castilia claims middle Magnia (Roughly OTL Columbia, all of Middle america and small territories in the north of Nahua, reaching up to Rio Grande). Aragonia claims the Andean coast and the jungle territories. (I.e. the rest, Chile, Equador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, just coast settlements for now though. Argentina and Urugay are pretty much empty for now).
1561: Donald Braidwood finally manages to convince the queen of his plan to ensure the permanent borders between the union and Sweden. Anglodanish and Scottish armies are sent Sjaelland and Jamtland, to be prepared.
The news leak out to Jakob´s II advisors. On a critical moment in the 12 years war Sweden sues for peace against Germany and gets ceasefire. The Germans refuse to accept Sweden´s claim on Brandenburg, however they´re happy to get a little breathingspace to gather strength.
1562: The invasion into Sweden starts. The Swedish army is not yet prepared and Scanians rebel. A danish force marches through Scania and Smaaland. A scottish force under Donald Braidwood goes through Jamtland and into Sweden. An english navy sets sail from Visby and attacks both Stockholm and Uppsala. The Swedes are unwilling to accept unconditional surrendering and the winter is tough on both the Union´s forces and the Swedish forces.
Germany and Poland keep on fighting. So do the French and the Dutch. Meanwhile, Castilia and Aragonia amass great wealth in the new world, and the Irish do well with their plantations.
1563: 12th May, Stockholm is burnt down, Jakob II at the age of 12 is captured and sent to York. The losses have been heavy on both sides, but the forces of the united kingdom have been unusually cruel. Many Swedes flee to Finland, others to the new world. The thing in York decides that it will from now on rule Sweden in Jakob II name, until he has reached age. He is forced to sign a deal which renounces Scania, the coast of Finnmark, and lots of land bordering Scania and Norway.
1564: The 12 year war ends with a peacetreaty signed in Prague. Germany is devestated. Because of crops burning by polish/hungarian armies the potato has spread out, but still people face famines. Many flee to Magnia, both to Irish Magnia and to Anglodanish Magnia. Adolph I dies, his dream of a huge Germany encompassing Holland, Prussia and Denmark was never realized, but the idea lingered on.
Why I´m not updating
Why I´m not updating
Just got home from working another nightshift. I´ll be spending Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, working like this, and all spare time including Monday, Thirsday will be dedicated to catching up with studies at school
Anyways, I´m not quitting the job until 1.oct. So probably no updates until then
Why I´m not updating
Just got home from working another nightshift. I´ll be spending Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, working like this, and all spare time including Monday, Thirsday will be dedicated to catching up with studies at school
Anyways, I´m not quitting the job until 1.oct. So probably no updates until then
Nope, I´m working at a fast food restaurant to be able to pay off my university. (And, voyages out of Iceland in the future
), anyway it´s so shitty, I´ve already sent in my resignation, I´m just waiting to finish off all my shifts.I really should be working on my short story for Hendryk, or homework... but I´m sort of blank on those areas where as this TL practically writes itself.
1565: Nearly eighty years old queen Margareth dies. The end of the Margarethan era.
Tea becomes popular in the united kingdom, France and Ireland. Also this year, European noblefolk start to imitate Chinese gardens.
1566: Jakob II dies in captivity. The Swedes think he was killed but most historians think natural causes killed him, i.e. some sort of influenza.
Donald Braidwood is appointed governor of Sweden by the thing, and Sweden is annexed.
1567: To deal with rebellions Donald Braidwood forces a lot of Swedes to immigrate to Magnia. Nya Svergie is founded under Anglodanish rule.
1568: Henry X, king of France claims a part of south Magnia. The Kastilians officially own the area and threaten war. Nothing comes out of it though, as no European settlements are in the area anyway. It will remain disputed for some time to come.
1569: The Polish civil war starts. Protestants fight catholics, germans in the north and Hungarians in the south are mostly on the protestant side.
1570: Boleslav I comes into power in Kiev. He is of both Polish and mongol origin, and has united various factions in Ukraine. He has great supports from muslims and jews in the country but is himself an orthodox Christian.
1571: Venice is attacked an conquered by the Italian king. The year after Genoa yields. Italy marches towards absolute monarchy.
1572: The Irish ask the anglodanes for help in a war against Castilia on the sea. The thing agrees and war starts. Piratry continues as usual.
1573: The gold vessel Pinta sinks in the middle of the atlantic. It is the largest ship owned by the king of Kastilia. Enraged Lukas IV ignores his advisors that try to pressure him into giving into Irish/Anglodanish trading demands.
1574: Sacking of Rochelle. Shortly after joining the war against Castilia, France faces a Castilian attack on it´s main trading port. Rochelle is burnt down.
1575: Negotiations result in peace. Traders from Ireland and England are allowed to go unharassed in the Caribbean. However despite promises neither Ireland nor the United Kingdoms do anything to stop their countrymen from pirating Castilian ships.
1576: Donald Braidwood´s attempts to exterminate Swedish national identity ends up with a huge rebellion spreading throughout Sweden. His Scottish army loses against peasants carrying the black cross.
1577: After repeated failures in gaining control Braidwood is called to York. Sweden will celebrate his departure, 4th of July as an independence day many centuries later.
1578-89: Anglodanes and Scots continue fighting in Sweden. The war is long and hard, and Swedes enjoy support from Novogorod and Finland, although not officially.
1580: Harold VII dies, and Frederick I becomes king of the United Kingdoms. He is the son of Margareth and Christian. However Knut Haroldsson residing in Castilia takes up the title King of the Anglodanish union, Scotland, Norway and Magnia.
1581: Lukas IV of Castilia decides to get his friend Knut to the throne in York, stopping pirating on his ships and bringing Catholicism back in one go. Knut isn´t hard to convince, and a great fleet is gathered and sets sail. Anglish spies report the fleet to king Frederick who calls for the royal navy. The Castilians this time have a better prepared fleet, instead of huge clumbsy ships, the navy is built out of smaller and faster ships like the Irish and Anglodanish navy. To top all of this, unlike their last attempt to an invasion in the north atlantic, the weather is this time on their side. The armada meets the Anglodanish fleet at Bretagne, the Anglodanish aren´t nearly as numerous as the Castilians, a lot of the fleet is tied up in the Baltic because the thing had worries about Novogorod or Finland sending troops to Sweden.
The armada wins and soon a Castilian army lands on the shore of south England…
1565: Nearly eighty years old queen Margareth dies. The end of the Margarethan era.
Tea becomes popular in the united kingdom, France and Ireland. Also this year, European noblefolk start to imitate Chinese gardens.
1566: Jakob II dies in captivity. The Swedes think he was killed but most historians think natural causes killed him, i.e. some sort of influenza.
Donald Braidwood is appointed governor of Sweden by the thing, and Sweden is annexed.
1567: To deal with rebellions Donald Braidwood forces a lot of Swedes to immigrate to Magnia. Nya Svergie is founded under Anglodanish rule.
1568: Henry X, king of France claims a part of south Magnia. The Kastilians officially own the area and threaten war. Nothing comes out of it though, as no European settlements are in the area anyway. It will remain disputed for some time to come.
1569: The Polish civil war starts. Protestants fight catholics, germans in the north and Hungarians in the south are mostly on the protestant side.
1570: Boleslav I comes into power in Kiev. He is of both Polish and mongol origin, and has united various factions in Ukraine. He has great supports from muslims and jews in the country but is himself an orthodox Christian.
1571: Venice is attacked an conquered by the Italian king. The year after Genoa yields. Italy marches towards absolute monarchy.
1572: The Irish ask the anglodanes for help in a war against Castilia on the sea. The thing agrees and war starts. Piratry continues as usual.
1573: The gold vessel Pinta sinks in the middle of the atlantic. It is the largest ship owned by the king of Kastilia. Enraged Lukas IV ignores his advisors that try to pressure him into giving into Irish/Anglodanish trading demands.
1574: Sacking of Rochelle. Shortly after joining the war against Castilia, France faces a Castilian attack on it´s main trading port. Rochelle is burnt down.
1575: Negotiations result in peace. Traders from Ireland and England are allowed to go unharassed in the Caribbean. However despite promises neither Ireland nor the United Kingdoms do anything to stop their countrymen from pirating Castilian ships.
1576: Donald Braidwood´s attempts to exterminate Swedish national identity ends up with a huge rebellion spreading throughout Sweden. His Scottish army loses against peasants carrying the black cross.
1577: After repeated failures in gaining control Braidwood is called to York. Sweden will celebrate his departure, 4th of July as an independence day many centuries later.
1578-89: Anglodanes and Scots continue fighting in Sweden. The war is long and hard, and Swedes enjoy support from Novogorod and Finland, although not officially.
1580: Harold VII dies, and Frederick I becomes king of the United Kingdoms. He is the son of Margareth and Christian. However Knut Haroldsson residing in Castilia takes up the title King of the Anglodanish union, Scotland, Norway and Magnia.
1581: Lukas IV of Castilia decides to get his friend Knut to the throne in York, stopping pirating on his ships and bringing Catholicism back in one go. Knut isn´t hard to convince, and a great fleet is gathered and sets sail. Anglish spies report the fleet to king Frederick who calls for the royal navy. The Castilians this time have a better prepared fleet, instead of huge clumbsy ships, the navy is built out of smaller and faster ships like the Irish and Anglodanish navy. To top all of this, unlike their last attempt to an invasion in the north atlantic, the weather is this time on their side. The armada meets the Anglodanish fleet at Bretagne, the Anglodanish aren´t nearly as numerous as the Castilians, a lot of the fleet is tied up in the Baltic because the thing had worries about Novogorod or Finland sending troops to Sweden.
The armada wins and soon a Castilian army lands on the shore of south England…
The castilian invasion
The Castilian invasion
The year was 1581, July 23d, when the Castilians landed on the shore of south England. The Anglish, were caught by complete surprise and panic soon spread out. The bulk of the army was tied up in Sweden fighting the Swedish uprising which was fought by the Swedes by religious fervour with support from both Finland and Russia. Therefore the foreign army swiftly caught Plymouth and Exeter merely one day after the landing in Cornwall.
After the battle of Bretagne most of the fleet scattered and landed either in London or Bristol carrying the horrendous news. Some catholics rejoiced but most of the population, which was protestant worried that another Knut the cruel was on the way. Still, most historians doubt today that the catholics celebrated the coming of the Castilians, believing it to be anti catholic propaganda created later. The Castilians certainly weren´t welcomed by the population which fled en masse towards London and York.
Carlos Pizarro, leader of the army was worried though that the army he was leading wasn´t large enough to conquer England. A lot of men were lost at Bretagne and he had no information on how many men were stationed in York or London. Therefore he decided to wait for backup leaving the king and thing some time to grasp for air. In fact, if he had headed straight for York, his ten thousand men might have been enough to put Knut Haroldsson to the throne.
July 27th was the day that Bristol and Bath fell to the army. Carlos decided to stop there and wait for his king to send more men north. Frederick and his thing had managed to gather some army in York but they didn´t dare head against Carlos. To top all bad news, Malcolm MacColla a Scottish clan leader related to Malcolm last king of Scotland declared Scotland independent of the union. Malcolm was a catholic like a great deal of Scots (more than one third of it´s population was still catholic) and intent on claiming Scottish independence.
Things seemed like they were falling apart and in London a small group of thingmembers discussed the possibility of joining the Castilians and taking Knut as a king.
But the news didn´t just cause a stir in England. When the news reached Dublin, the high king Brian IV and his court, along with all traders and respected pirates (the ones that pestered Castilian ships in the Caribbean), started worrying about what kind of havoc a Castilian puppet king could do to Ireland. It was clear they couldn´t just stand by while the Castilians would take over England and completely isolate the green island.
The Irish declared war upon Castilia 13th August and sent their navy to twarth the upcoming reinforcements. This time the Castilians were caught by surprise, as an Irish fleet stopped all movement of troops from Castilia. Another army was landed in Wales and headed towards Cardiff.
The moment Frederick got the news of the Irish movement he sent an army from York. 1st September Bristol was caught reclaimed and the Castilian forces started fleeing. Both Carlos and Knut were caught and all in all 6500 castilian troops were prisoned.
The invasion did put a lasting imprint into the attitude the Anglish had towards both themselves and the Irish. First of all the myth that their island was impenetrable for continental forces was debunked and the Anglish realized that not only Norway and Denmark needed the protection of a powerful army. Also, a strong friendship was formed between Ireland and the United kingdoms as the two kingdoms realized that besides being competitors they also had common interests.
As the Anglodanish primeminister Benjamin Powell said in a speech when he welcomed his colleague a few centuries later:
“The United Kingdoms have never had a more worthy opponent nor a better friend than Ireland and the Irish”
The Castilian invasion
The year was 1581, July 23d, when the Castilians landed on the shore of south England. The Anglish, were caught by complete surprise and panic soon spread out. The bulk of the army was tied up in Sweden fighting the Swedish uprising which was fought by the Swedes by religious fervour with support from both Finland and Russia. Therefore the foreign army swiftly caught Plymouth and Exeter merely one day after the landing in Cornwall.
After the battle of Bretagne most of the fleet scattered and landed either in London or Bristol carrying the horrendous news. Some catholics rejoiced but most of the population, which was protestant worried that another Knut the cruel was on the way. Still, most historians doubt today that the catholics celebrated the coming of the Castilians, believing it to be anti catholic propaganda created later. The Castilians certainly weren´t welcomed by the population which fled en masse towards London and York.
Carlos Pizarro, leader of the army was worried though that the army he was leading wasn´t large enough to conquer England. A lot of men were lost at Bretagne and he had no information on how many men were stationed in York or London. Therefore he decided to wait for backup leaving the king and thing some time to grasp for air. In fact, if he had headed straight for York, his ten thousand men might have been enough to put Knut Haroldsson to the throne.
July 27th was the day that Bristol and Bath fell to the army. Carlos decided to stop there and wait for his king to send more men north. Frederick and his thing had managed to gather some army in York but they didn´t dare head against Carlos. To top all bad news, Malcolm MacColla a Scottish clan leader related to Malcolm last king of Scotland declared Scotland independent of the union. Malcolm was a catholic like a great deal of Scots (more than one third of it´s population was still catholic) and intent on claiming Scottish independence.
Things seemed like they were falling apart and in London a small group of thingmembers discussed the possibility of joining the Castilians and taking Knut as a king.
But the news didn´t just cause a stir in England. When the news reached Dublin, the high king Brian IV and his court, along with all traders and respected pirates (the ones that pestered Castilian ships in the Caribbean), started worrying about what kind of havoc a Castilian puppet king could do to Ireland. It was clear they couldn´t just stand by while the Castilians would take over England and completely isolate the green island.
The Irish declared war upon Castilia 13th August and sent their navy to twarth the upcoming reinforcements. This time the Castilians were caught by surprise, as an Irish fleet stopped all movement of troops from Castilia. Another army was landed in Wales and headed towards Cardiff.
The moment Frederick got the news of the Irish movement he sent an army from York. 1st September Bristol was caught reclaimed and the Castilian forces started fleeing. Both Carlos and Knut were caught and all in all 6500 castilian troops were prisoned.
The invasion did put a lasting imprint into the attitude the Anglish had towards both themselves and the Irish. First of all the myth that their island was impenetrable for continental forces was debunked and the Anglish realized that not only Norway and Denmark needed the protection of a powerful army. Also, a strong friendship was formed between Ireland and the United kingdoms as the two kingdoms realized that besides being competitors they also had common interests.
As the Anglodanish primeminister Benjamin Powell said in a speech when he welcomed his colleague a few centuries later:
“The United Kingdoms have never had a more worthy opponent nor a better friend than Ireland and the Irish”
I was skimming through Wikipedia and noticed Ficheall. I thought that Ficheall expanding at the expance of Chess would be nice cultural butterfly effect caused by stronger Ireland.
It would be better if your maps were labelled or at least had a key.
As for the timeline itself it's very imaginative, but I find it hard to fallow. Maybe if you could provide more summaries or empasise on cause-and-effect timeline entries?
It would be better if your maps were labelled or at least had a key.
As for the timeline itself it's very imaginative, but I find it hard to fallow. Maybe if you could provide more summaries or empasise on cause-and-effect timeline entries?
Thanks.
I like the idea. However Hnefatafl lost to chess in OTL, and it was spread over Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and possibly played in England and Russia as well, and still lost to chess.
When did Ficheall die out as a game? It´s an interesting concept, I´m fond of small cultural butterflies.
Yes, maybe I should have more explanations. Do you find those already written explanatory? If you have any questions feel free to ask. A long time may pass though before I answer you as I´m only logging onto Ah.com for a little while at a time right now.
I like the idea. However Hnefatafl lost to chess in OTL, and it was spread over Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and possibly played in England and Russia as well, and still lost to chess.
When did Ficheall die out as a game? It´s an interesting concept, I´m fond of small cultural butterflies.
Yes, maybe I should have more explanations. Do you find those already written explanatory? If you have any questions feel free to ask. A long time may pass though before I answer you as I´m only logging onto Ah.com for a little while at a time right now.
The UK and Castilia feud
1582: Knut is executed, Carlos Pizarro and most of his men are still imprisoned but will be allowed to return home later. Brian and Frederick sign the friendship pact, the two countries agree on that they will always protect each others back from seaside invasion. Ireland and the United Kingdoms will in the future have conflicting interests and wars, but keeping foreign influences besides Anglodanish out of Ireland becomes a top priority of the Union, and keeping Castilia, Germany and/or France from gaining power in England or Scotland becomes Irish priority.
Frederick now has enough troops to deal with the Scottish rebels. Malcolm´s soldiers abandon him when the news spread that the Castilians have lost. Malcolm is caught and beheaded as well as Knut.
Frederick orders a new fleet to be built, and pursues a full fledged war against Castilia.
1584: Henry X signs ceasefire with the Dutch rebels. The ceasefire will last for twenty years under which the Dutch will be mostly independent from France.
1585: Increasing absolutism in Germany causes Germans in the alps to rebel. The rebels enjoy Italian support.
1586: Boleslav I throws out the last independent king in the Krimean, finally uniting Ukraine into one kingdom.
1587: The white population of Anglodanish Magnia reaches 2 million.
1588: Frederick decides to pull troops out of Sweden to concentrate more on the war with Castilia. A distant cousin of Jakob II, Johannes I becomes king of Sweden. Bible law is again installed into Sweden. The new kingdom is a mix between a theocracy and a monarchy.
1589: In order to pay for the war against Castilia, Frederick raises the taxes in Magnia. The Magnians are pissed off since they regard the war none of their business. Some of them are descended from people that moved over there for almost three centuries ago, and they feel no relations to England, Denmark, Scotland or Norway.
1590: Samuel Samson is born in Haroldsborg.
1591: Lukas IV dies. His heir, Manuel III agrees on signing a peacetreaty, keeping the same status quo. Castilia just as the United Kingdoms faces money problem. The constant flow of gold has devalued money and the kingdom is not just fighting Ireland and UK, but a difficult inflation and lack of resources.
1592: French colonizers land in the new world. (They land in OTL Argentina).
1593: The Polish civil war ends. The Germans in the north remain apart of the kingdom, but the Hungarians gain independence.
1594: Mikhael II of Finland founds the city Kuopio. (Where OTL Helsinki is).
1595: The alp confederacy gains independence from Germany.
1596: The first Magnian rebellion starts. Arnold Gröndal and James Mortensen are the leaders of it.
1597: Arnold Gröndal is captured and killed.
1598: Thomas V of Italy sends an army to Algeria to deal with pirates. The city of Algeria is attacked and put under Italian control.
1599: The success of the Algeria venture inspires king Thomas. After all he like his forefather Thomas I has the protector of Christianity in his title. He decides it is time to reclaim Jerusalem.
1600: Sebastian Strauss dissects a corpse and explains the heart in his book: The human anatomy.
Thomas fails to get the kings of France, Aragonia and Castilia to join him. He manages though with the assistance of the pope to make them sign a deal not to attack Italy while the kingdom is fighting in Jerusalem.
1601: Frederick I dies and his son Christian I becomes king of the UK. The Italian fleet takes over Crete and Cyprus, after the Byzantines refuse to lend these islands for the war against the unbelievers. Instead of actually claiming the holy land Thomas busies himself fighting against the Byzantines.
1602: The Byzantines are humiliated by the Italian navy and the emperor has to give the islands away. The holy catholic army of Thomas V lands in Palestine. The first battles go well and Jerusalem is retrieved.
1603: The last remaining Magnian rebels give up. The philosopher Verdi publishes his essay on the perfect country inventing the term utopia.
1605: The Italians are cast out of Palestine, suffering heavy losses. The pope applaudes their bravery. Aragonia decides to join the venture and sends troops towards Cyprus.
1606: The French and Dutch starting fighting again. Both king Christian of UK and Adolph II of Germany support the Dutch secretly.
1607: The UK starts a war with Castilia.
1608: A second attempt to reclaim the holy land is made by Italian and Aragonian forces. The mehmetian army manages to fight them off and for now the two kingdoms call it a day and start focusing on other things.
1609: Sweden and Finland almost unite through royal marriage. The capital is Abo. King Christian announces that the UK will not accept this and threatens war. The two kingdoms give in to avoid a war and though the marriage between Rut and Jani goes through, Rut doesn´t inherit Sweden but her younger brother Peter does.
1610: Castilia gives into UK´s demands as well, the Bahamas are given to UK along with special rights for UK traders.
1611: The republic of Holland becomes reality when the French withdraw from there.
1613: The number of thingmembers is doubled in York.
1582: Knut is executed, Carlos Pizarro and most of his men are still imprisoned but will be allowed to return home later. Brian and Frederick sign the friendship pact, the two countries agree on that they will always protect each others back from seaside invasion. Ireland and the United Kingdoms will in the future have conflicting interests and wars, but keeping foreign influences besides Anglodanish out of Ireland becomes a top priority of the Union, and keeping Castilia, Germany and/or France from gaining power in England or Scotland becomes Irish priority.
Frederick now has enough troops to deal with the Scottish rebels. Malcolm´s soldiers abandon him when the news spread that the Castilians have lost. Malcolm is caught and beheaded as well as Knut.
Frederick orders a new fleet to be built, and pursues a full fledged war against Castilia.
1584: Henry X signs ceasefire with the Dutch rebels. The ceasefire will last for twenty years under which the Dutch will be mostly independent from France.
1585: Increasing absolutism in Germany causes Germans in the alps to rebel. The rebels enjoy Italian support.
1586: Boleslav I throws out the last independent king in the Krimean, finally uniting Ukraine into one kingdom.
1587: The white population of Anglodanish Magnia reaches 2 million.
1588: Frederick decides to pull troops out of Sweden to concentrate more on the war with Castilia. A distant cousin of Jakob II, Johannes I becomes king of Sweden. Bible law is again installed into Sweden. The new kingdom is a mix between a theocracy and a monarchy.
1589: In order to pay for the war against Castilia, Frederick raises the taxes in Magnia. The Magnians are pissed off since they regard the war none of their business. Some of them are descended from people that moved over there for almost three centuries ago, and they feel no relations to England, Denmark, Scotland or Norway.
1590: Samuel Samson is born in Haroldsborg.
1591: Lukas IV dies. His heir, Manuel III agrees on signing a peacetreaty, keeping the same status quo. Castilia just as the United Kingdoms faces money problem. The constant flow of gold has devalued money and the kingdom is not just fighting Ireland and UK, but a difficult inflation and lack of resources.
1592: French colonizers land in the new world. (They land in OTL Argentina).
1593: The Polish civil war ends. The Germans in the north remain apart of the kingdom, but the Hungarians gain independence.
1594: Mikhael II of Finland founds the city Kuopio. (Where OTL Helsinki is).
1595: The alp confederacy gains independence from Germany.
1596: The first Magnian rebellion starts. Arnold Gröndal and James Mortensen are the leaders of it.
1597: Arnold Gröndal is captured and killed.
1598: Thomas V of Italy sends an army to Algeria to deal with pirates. The city of Algeria is attacked and put under Italian control.
1599: The success of the Algeria venture inspires king Thomas. After all he like his forefather Thomas I has the protector of Christianity in his title. He decides it is time to reclaim Jerusalem.
1600: Sebastian Strauss dissects a corpse and explains the heart in his book: The human anatomy.
Thomas fails to get the kings of France, Aragonia and Castilia to join him. He manages though with the assistance of the pope to make them sign a deal not to attack Italy while the kingdom is fighting in Jerusalem.
1601: Frederick I dies and his son Christian I becomes king of the UK. The Italian fleet takes over Crete and Cyprus, after the Byzantines refuse to lend these islands for the war against the unbelievers. Instead of actually claiming the holy land Thomas busies himself fighting against the Byzantines.
1602: The Byzantines are humiliated by the Italian navy and the emperor has to give the islands away. The holy catholic army of Thomas V lands in Palestine. The first battles go well and Jerusalem is retrieved.
1603: The last remaining Magnian rebels give up. The philosopher Verdi publishes his essay on the perfect country inventing the term utopia.
1605: The Italians are cast out of Palestine, suffering heavy losses. The pope applaudes their bravery. Aragonia decides to join the venture and sends troops towards Cyprus.
1606: The French and Dutch starting fighting again. Both king Christian of UK and Adolph II of Germany support the Dutch secretly.
1607: The UK starts a war with Castilia.
1608: A second attempt to reclaim the holy land is made by Italian and Aragonian forces. The mehmetian army manages to fight them off and for now the two kingdoms call it a day and start focusing on other things.
1609: Sweden and Finland almost unite through royal marriage. The capital is Abo. King Christian announces that the UK will not accept this and threatens war. The two kingdoms give in to avoid a war and though the marriage between Rut and Jani goes through, Rut doesn´t inherit Sweden but her younger brother Peter does.
1610: Castilia gives into UK´s demands as well, the Bahamas are given to UK along with special rights for UK traders.
1611: The republic of Holland becomes reality when the French withdraw from there.
1613: The number of thingmembers is doubled in York.
Finland
Finland
The kingdom of Finland was originally founded by Swedish pagans fleeing Saint Harold´s Christianizing of Sweden. However they quickly converted to orthodox Christianity due to trade connections to the Rus and the Byzantine empire. In the thirteenth and fourteenth century Finland was a complete backwater. It was hardly a kingdom as Karelians, Lapps, Finns and Swedes fought for control and in all the major towns were mostly controlled by the Dantzig league. It´s influence was so great that in the beginning of the fourteenth century the country´s administrative language was German.
After the fall of the Dantzig league due to the efforts of Poland and the Anglodanish union, Finland united under Mikhael I. Mikhael managed to defeat the last independent tribes in the north and crown himself at Abo in the same manner as kings in western Europe were crowned. He also managed to hold back an invasion made by Novogorod and create the first signs of central bureaucracy.
From the late 15th century the king´s power continued to grow, and the kings tried introduce new things to Finland. The printing machine printed copies of bibles in Finnish along with books about the great discoveries made in Poland, Germany and in western Europe. Most of the king´s efforts were though in Christianizing the north. Most of Finland was home to nomads and only in south and central Finland were villages and farms. Finland didn´t have a lot of population in comparison to Russia, the Anglodanish Union or even Sweden, but when the potato was introduced there, the wheels started turning population wise.
Finland didn´t have much to offer Europe, except for lumber and furs, but at least it had that, and that source of income provided the king with enough many to keep a large enough army to keep the Russians out of his kingdom.
The maindream of most ambitious Finnish kings was to be able to gain Sweden and take control of the baltic. However Finland would surprisingly find itself often on the side of the UK to protect itself from Russia
Finland
The kingdom of Finland was originally founded by Swedish pagans fleeing Saint Harold´s Christianizing of Sweden. However they quickly converted to orthodox Christianity due to trade connections to the Rus and the Byzantine empire. In the thirteenth and fourteenth century Finland was a complete backwater. It was hardly a kingdom as Karelians, Lapps, Finns and Swedes fought for control and in all the major towns were mostly controlled by the Dantzig league. It´s influence was so great that in the beginning of the fourteenth century the country´s administrative language was German.
After the fall of the Dantzig league due to the efforts of Poland and the Anglodanish union, Finland united under Mikhael I. Mikhael managed to defeat the last independent tribes in the north and crown himself at Abo in the same manner as kings in western Europe were crowned. He also managed to hold back an invasion made by Novogorod and create the first signs of central bureaucracy.
From the late 15th century the king´s power continued to grow, and the kings tried introduce new things to Finland. The printing machine printed copies of bibles in Finnish along with books about the great discoveries made in Poland, Germany and in western Europe. Most of the king´s efforts were though in Christianizing the north. Most of Finland was home to nomads and only in south and central Finland were villages and farms. Finland didn´t have a lot of population in comparison to Russia, the Anglodanish Union or even Sweden, but when the potato was introduced there, the wheels started turning population wise.
Finland didn´t have much to offer Europe, except for lumber and furs, but at least it had that, and that source of income provided the king with enough many to keep a large enough army to keep the Russians out of his kingdom.
The maindream of most ambitious Finnish kings was to be able to gain Sweden and take control of the baltic. However Finland would surprisingly find itself often on the side of the UK to protect itself from Russia
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The war of the aragonian succession
1615: The Springbloomst leaves York for the new world, starting the second migration for the new world. Over the years population has been increasing in England and Denmark, and the thing approves of forcing people to the new world. Those who have been moving from the countryside to the city end up on a boat to the new world if they´re unable to prove they have a job.
1616: The thing decides to create a penal colony in the new world. Magnians become enraged when they hear the news.
1617: The council of Alexandria where the biggest landowners in Anglodanish Magnia meet sends an open letter to the Thing. The letter is in fact a demand they are putting forward, a demand that the penal colony is called of and that the Magnians get a member on the Thing. The council considers it unfair that Magnians are taxed to pay for wars and constructions in a different continent, if they have no say in the matter.
1618: King Ferdinand of Aragonia marries his only daughter to the crownprince of Castilia. This shocks Europe.
King Christian is sympathetic to the letter of Alexandria and says that he is willing to add another Thingmember. Unfortunately most of the Thing isn´t inclined to share any of it´s voting power with Magnians, which they consider beneath them. After all, only secondary nobles have moved to Magnia, and most those who have a title over there bought it when they got rich after working there for many years.
1619: Two wars break out simantenously. The war of the Aragonian succession and the first Magnian Revolutionary war.
In New London a group of Magnians are shot down by Anglodanish troops, when they protest a confiscation. A Castilian trading vessel had tried to sell coffee without paying tolls, sailing under a false Scottish flag. The Magnians are angered for having to pay higher prices for coffee than people in other places in the kingdom. Twelve men are shot in the riot.
Italy attacks Sardinia and Corsica when they hear of the planned merger. Italy manages to get Minorca, Mallorca and Malta in the series of battles.
Castilia and Aragonia join forces and send troops to fight the Italians.
Ireland and the UK soon join the Italians and declare war upon Castilia and Aragonia.
1620: France joins the war, both out of Italian pressure and because of hope for gain. Rebels in the new world take New London, Alexandria and hold of Vinland. In Markland the german speaking inhabitants declare independence and found the republic of Markland.
1621: Navally speaking the war is a complete and utter disaster for the Castilian/Aragonian faction. They are completely severed of from their colonies in the new world and lose any trade relations across the Mediterranean as well. Italians attempt to attack the shores of Catalonia but fail. French and Italian forces march over the Pyreenes but do not manage to get any hold on any major towns or forts.
1622: Donald Braidwood the younger, a grandson of the failed governor of Sweden is sent to Magnia as one of the generals in the United Kingdom army. He is eager to prove himself and dispel the “shame” that is on his family.
1623: At first the rebels have luck at their side and manage to win many victories throwing the Anglish of the mainland. Only on Vinland does the UK hold foot. (Vinland is OTL Newfoundland).
The winds of fate start to favour the Anglodanes again when Donald Braidwood, “the younger”, is raised to status of grand general. Braidwood manages to claim New London in a dramatic attack on Christmas eve.
1624: Eager not to repeat the same mistakes as his forfather and namesake did in Sweden, Donald Braidwood doesn´t want to be an oppressive conqueror. He invites the revolutionary leaders to sit down and negotiate.
He sends a strongworded letter to the Thing, which enrages the most fanatical conservatives. The letter encourages that some demands will be given into, and that Magnians get representation in the Thing, according to their population. Braidwood gains considerable popularity in Magnia before he is called back home to York and another sent to take his place. That other is Benedict Godwynsson, the most hated Anglodanish general in Magnian history.
1625: Benedict invades Markland. Seven hundred Marklanders are hanged for treachery and German is forbidden to speak. Benedict believes that if the Marklanders are dispersed their identity will die. Magnians that speak Anglish are shocked by Benedict´s methods and soon war has broken out again.
1626: Samuel Samson starts to work on his book, “The wealth of kingdoms”.
1627: The war of Aragonian succession ends. Corsica and Sardinia are seceded to Italy, The UK and Ireland take over many Aragonian possessions in the new world, French demands to land in Magnia are acknowledged. On the other hand Castilia and Aragonia unite, and Castilia gets permission to expand north of Nahua. (OTL Mexico).
1628: The years of terror end in Magnia when Benedict Godwynsson is assassinated. King Christian forces the Thing to allowe Donald Braidwood to return as governor of Magnia.
1629: Magnia gets what it wants. Braidwood cuts taxes down to the same rate as in the rest of the kingdom, stops the toll system and allowes Magnians to have their own laws, as long as they respect the king and Thing. War continues in Markland though despite his best efforts.
1630: The revolutionary war finally ends. Markland gets one thingmember, Vinland gets one, and New London gets one. All in all Magnia gets three times as many thingmembers as they asked for.
1631: The Irish civil war breaks out. It will last for two years ending in a dynasty shift.
1632: King Christian is eager to fund the monarchist forces in Ireland to keep in power the son of his father´s friend Brian. The Thing hasn´t any interest to busy themselves there but are more eager to grab Ireland´s colonies in the new world. The king feels indebted to the current Irish regime and refuses.
1633: Pádraic Róibin becomes the king of Ireland. Relations with the UK become cold. The former royal family flees to York.
1634: More colonizers from France arrive to the new world.
1635: The UK founds a penal colony in South Africa as the Magnians refuse to have more poor immigrants sent over.
1636: The city New Orleans is founded. (OTL Buenos Aires).
1615: The Springbloomst leaves York for the new world, starting the second migration for the new world. Over the years population has been increasing in England and Denmark, and the thing approves of forcing people to the new world. Those who have been moving from the countryside to the city end up on a boat to the new world if they´re unable to prove they have a job.
1616: The thing decides to create a penal colony in the new world. Magnians become enraged when they hear the news.
1617: The council of Alexandria where the biggest landowners in Anglodanish Magnia meet sends an open letter to the Thing. The letter is in fact a demand they are putting forward, a demand that the penal colony is called of and that the Magnians get a member on the Thing. The council considers it unfair that Magnians are taxed to pay for wars and constructions in a different continent, if they have no say in the matter.
1618: King Ferdinand of Aragonia marries his only daughter to the crownprince of Castilia. This shocks Europe.
King Christian is sympathetic to the letter of Alexandria and says that he is willing to add another Thingmember. Unfortunately most of the Thing isn´t inclined to share any of it´s voting power with Magnians, which they consider beneath them. After all, only secondary nobles have moved to Magnia, and most those who have a title over there bought it when they got rich after working there for many years.
1619: Two wars break out simantenously. The war of the Aragonian succession and the first Magnian Revolutionary war.
In New London a group of Magnians are shot down by Anglodanish troops, when they protest a confiscation. A Castilian trading vessel had tried to sell coffee without paying tolls, sailing under a false Scottish flag. The Magnians are angered for having to pay higher prices for coffee than people in other places in the kingdom. Twelve men are shot in the riot.
Italy attacks Sardinia and Corsica when they hear of the planned merger. Italy manages to get Minorca, Mallorca and Malta in the series of battles.
Castilia and Aragonia join forces and send troops to fight the Italians.
Ireland and the UK soon join the Italians and declare war upon Castilia and Aragonia.
1620: France joins the war, both out of Italian pressure and because of hope for gain. Rebels in the new world take New London, Alexandria and hold of Vinland. In Markland the german speaking inhabitants declare independence and found the republic of Markland.
1621: Navally speaking the war is a complete and utter disaster for the Castilian/Aragonian faction. They are completely severed of from their colonies in the new world and lose any trade relations across the Mediterranean as well. Italians attempt to attack the shores of Catalonia but fail. French and Italian forces march over the Pyreenes but do not manage to get any hold on any major towns or forts.
1622: Donald Braidwood the younger, a grandson of the failed governor of Sweden is sent to Magnia as one of the generals in the United Kingdom army. He is eager to prove himself and dispel the “shame” that is on his family.
1623: At first the rebels have luck at their side and manage to win many victories throwing the Anglish of the mainland. Only on Vinland does the UK hold foot. (Vinland is OTL Newfoundland).
The winds of fate start to favour the Anglodanes again when Donald Braidwood, “the younger”, is raised to status of grand general. Braidwood manages to claim New London in a dramatic attack on Christmas eve.
1624: Eager not to repeat the same mistakes as his forfather and namesake did in Sweden, Donald Braidwood doesn´t want to be an oppressive conqueror. He invites the revolutionary leaders to sit down and negotiate.
He sends a strongworded letter to the Thing, which enrages the most fanatical conservatives. The letter encourages that some demands will be given into, and that Magnians get representation in the Thing, according to their population. Braidwood gains considerable popularity in Magnia before he is called back home to York and another sent to take his place. That other is Benedict Godwynsson, the most hated Anglodanish general in Magnian history.
1625: Benedict invades Markland. Seven hundred Marklanders are hanged for treachery and German is forbidden to speak. Benedict believes that if the Marklanders are dispersed their identity will die. Magnians that speak Anglish are shocked by Benedict´s methods and soon war has broken out again.
1626: Samuel Samson starts to work on his book, “The wealth of kingdoms”.
1627: The war of Aragonian succession ends. Corsica and Sardinia are seceded to Italy, The UK and Ireland take over many Aragonian possessions in the new world, French demands to land in Magnia are acknowledged. On the other hand Castilia and Aragonia unite, and Castilia gets permission to expand north of Nahua. (OTL Mexico).
1628: The years of terror end in Magnia when Benedict Godwynsson is assassinated. King Christian forces the Thing to allowe Donald Braidwood to return as governor of Magnia.
1629: Magnia gets what it wants. Braidwood cuts taxes down to the same rate as in the rest of the kingdom, stops the toll system and allowes Magnians to have their own laws, as long as they respect the king and Thing. War continues in Markland though despite his best efforts.
1630: The revolutionary war finally ends. Markland gets one thingmember, Vinland gets one, and New London gets one. All in all Magnia gets three times as many thingmembers as they asked for.
1631: The Irish civil war breaks out. It will last for two years ending in a dynasty shift.
1632: King Christian is eager to fund the monarchist forces in Ireland to keep in power the son of his father´s friend Brian. The Thing hasn´t any interest to busy themselves there but are more eager to grab Ireland´s colonies in the new world. The king feels indebted to the current Irish regime and refuses.
1633: Pádraic Róibin becomes the king of Ireland. Relations with the UK become cold. The former royal family flees to York.
1634: More colonizers from France arrive to the new world.
1635: The UK founds a penal colony in South Africa as the Magnians refuse to have more poor immigrants sent over.
1636: The city New Orleans is founded. (OTL Buenos Aires).
The UK is green
Ireland is yellow
Castilia is darkred
Italy is purple
Byzantine is gold
Hungary is pink
Poland is red
France is brown
Holland is lightblue
If you´ve any questions regarding the TL don´t hesitate to ask. And don´t hesitate to criticise either Nobody´s perfect.
I want to thank Dreadnought Jenkins especially for having made this wonderful map I could use and change. I took Swede´s advice, after all, Sweden is weaker in this TL than in OTL, ergo it´s borders should be less wide as a result.
Ireland is yellow
Castilia is darkred
Italy is purple
Byzantine is gold
Hungary is pink
Poland is red
France is brown
Holland is lightblue
If you´ve any questions regarding the TL don´t hesitate to ask. And don´t hesitate to criticise either
Nobody´s perfect.
I want to thank Dreadnought Jenkins especially for having made this wonderful map I could use and change. I took Swede´s advice, after all, Sweden is weaker in this TL than in OTL, ergo it´s borders should be less wide as a result.