1747-1792
Final EU timeline part + summary.
1762-64, 1771-72 Polish-Russian wars. 1762-67 Russian-Turkish wars.
Russia declares war on Poland : a very silly move. The Turks, (though not the power they were before..) a long with their allies the Crimeans declare war only 2 months after the Polish-Russian war begins.
The Poles annihilate all Russian armies before them. On May 11th, the Poles lay siege to Moscow. Feb 13th, the city capitulates. At the end of may, Lipetsk is captured by the Poles. The war would have continued, but the Poles are already bloated with their possessions and agree on peace in exchange for 500d & secession of Lipetsk. In 1771, the Russians again try their hand after an inconclusive war with Turkey setting most of the Crimea ablaze. In this war, the Russians main objective was probably the capture of the Crimean capital on the Black Sea, but they were unable to achieve this goal. The Turks receive 221d in exchange for peace.
1766-1773. English Royalist war on the Dutch & their allies. This war brings in France on the Royalist side, against the Dutch and the Scots (allies of the Dutch) causing war operations not only on English territory (a war that would destroy much of the countryside), but Northern France as well. This would later bring in the English, into an indirect war with France, an ally of the Royals.
In October, 1766 Royalist armies make a strong advance into Scotland through French Marches. Near Edinburgh, on Dec 29th, 1766, 35,000 Royalists meet a defensive army of 23,000 Scots. The Scots know that they must win this battle, because the defenses of their capital are shaky at best and would not withstand a siege from the enemy. Despite their valiant efforts, the Scots are thrown into the winds, totally decimated, by the relatively untouched Royalist army, casualty wise. This inevitably leads to the capitulation of Edinburgh, on Feb 3rd, 1767. The Royals, having crushed most of Scottish forces continue their advance onto Glasgow hoping to destroy the Scots completely. Glasgow however defends itself valiantly and resists their assaults through April of 1767. Meanwhile, in northern France, the French armies are in the process of trying to recover the remaining occupied cities from the Dutch though are not having much success.
Between late September 1767 & August 1768, the Dutch land several forces in Royalist territories defeating their numerically inferior fleets, laying siege to Lincoln on Sep 28th, 1767, & Plymouth in Aug 1768..briefly capturing both cities. The Royalists counter-attack, however, and by the end of Jan, 1769, the Royalists again renew their previously aborted advance into Scotland, Edinburgh still occupied by their garrison. On February 15th, 1769, the Scots are forced into a peace, handing over 250d to the Royalists.
The Royals / French are so far having much more luck in this war. The French by now have captured Dutch Orleans and have moved with large armies into southern Netherlands. The English decide to lend a hand and declare war on France (though not the Royals directly) in Feb, 1770. Most of the conflicts between the French and the English occur in their respective colonies and in June 1771, England receives Jamshedpur from the French. Probably Indian or Pakistani colony..
From mid 1771, Dutch fleets gradually overpower Royalist / French fleets in the seas around England, causing a virtual blockade, of the Saint George's Channel as well as the western North Sea. This allows the Dutch to send in many more reinforcements, along with their allied Persian detachments. By May 1772, the Royalist armies are insignificant and exhausted. Royalist Hull, Lincoln & Portsmouth are besieged, whilst a garrison of Persians holds Plymouth. Both sides are however extremely exhausted and this leads to a peace, whereby neither side receives anything of significance, apart from the Dutch who take Cornwall (Plymouth) in May 1773. I'd liken this conflict to the Polish deluge of 1655, or the Russian time of troubles in 1610.. I wouldn't have liked to have seen England bare this kind of punishment in real history
1771 - Austrians recover Carpathia and Istria from the Turks forcing them into another humiliating peace.
May 1773 - (shock & horror). The Royalists already in an alliance with France become their vassals. Thud! The sound of gobsmacked Englishmen when their chins hit the carpet on hearing news of this treaty. Those crafty French!
1778-1779. New Swedish-Russian war. Two battles of Narva. Feb 15th, 1778, 33,000 Russians defeat 20,000 Swedes, however it is a hollow victory because of huge casualties and the inability of the Russians to follow up with the capture of Narva. The Poles decide to have a hand in this war, declaring war on Sweden, in June of 1778. Swedes and Poles battle each other to a standstill, the Swedes reaching an upper hand in early June causing a cease-fire. 2nd Battle of Narva, June 28th 1778. 28,000 Russians again attempt a move into Narva and join battle against 23,000 Swedes. This time the Swedes carry they day, however both sides suffer high casualties this time. In Feb, 1779, a cease-fire is signed between both sides leaving a status quo.
1782 - Austria recovers Croatia and Salzburg from the Turks, another humilation. Bavaria also recovers many cities, the province of Mantua.
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From here on .. there are a few minor skirmishes / and quick / insignificant wars, nothing worth documenting. The game ends in 1792.
As you see this games history at times ran parallel to events in history, whilst at other times it deviated from them significantly.
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Summary of 1492-1792
Western Europe: France and England started off in 1492, after 50-60 yrs, the French became dominant capturing almost 1/2 of the English isle. There after, the French began a slow steady decline, constantly invaded, their country pillaged by the Spanish in the late 16th and all of 17th centuries. Losing several provinces to the Dutch in the north, and many important central cities to the Spanish. The Dutch became dominant in n. western Europe after their independence from the Spanish, however their power has been significantly weakened by the mid 18th century, especially in their military land capabilities / numbers. England gradually recovered some territory from the French (actually taking the Marches, the last foothold of the French in England in 1792), and for some time was very dominant as leader of the Northern alliance in the mid 17th century. However, internal crisis caused it civil war, followed by the independence of the Royalists which of course would not bring any sort of peace. A house that is divided cannot hope to compete. Spain too suffered some rather grisly encounter towards the start of the 18th century, Navarra and Catalunya gaining complete independence from Spain. The HRE has been moderately quiet throughout the entire game, apart from several wasteful wars between Hessen and Hannover. Bavaria vassalized 1/2 of the HRE, however this did not translate into peaceful annexation of those territories, at least by 1792, that is. Would have been interesting to see this occur.
Eastern Europe: Dominated by the Poles from the start of the campaign. Several bloody wars with the Turks and the rebelling Cossacks led to some severe civil wars, leading to the independence of Prussia and Courland. Followed by more successfull wars against the Muscovites who were gradually pushed eastward. More wars agaist the Turks which eventually ended in the triumph of the capitulation of Constantinople and a breathing space given to central Europe for a period of 15-20 years. From here on for the next 60 yrs the Poles were in constant war, fighting some losing battles against Bohemians, the Hansa alliance and Muscovy. Stability had returned by the late 17th century however, and this followed on by the annexation of the Cossacks and the defeat of their Swedish overlords. The Poles were also successfull in vassalizing Bohemia and then forcing them to be annexed completely.
Central Europe: Gradually was overshadowed by the Ottoman alliance, that bastard of an alliance that terrorized most of Europe for nearly 1/2 of the campaign from around 1500-1650. One by one, Austria, Venice, the Bohemians and Hungarians lost territories to the Ottomans. Venice was reduced to only its namesake city, territory wise. The Hungarians valiantly thought against the Turks, keeping their independence, at a high price. Austria on the other hand was not so lucky. Devastating wars against the Ottomans led to its complete destruction and annexation towards the start of the 17th century. Austria however recovered gradually, re-gaining territory slowly but surely when Turkey fell into civil war, and much of its former alliance fell apart.
Scandinavia: Sweden was very quiet for the first 60 years of the campaign, despite a brief alliance with the Poles, in which they almost completely partitioned the rebelling Germans of the Order, the Swedes taking Narva which they would keep for the rest of the campaign. Swedes were quite that is, until they decided to trample all over Denmark. In several wars between 1560-1610, the Danish were completely destroyed, thanks also largely due to the Northern alliance, losing their independence, whilst the Swedes celebrated in Copenhagen, their supremacy of all of Scandinavia. Civil wars and strife in the early 18th century crippled much of what Sweden had achieved previously, weakening authority of Stockholm. Russia was the prime benefactor of this strife, leading to several devastating wars in the mid 18th century. Swedes lost Copenhagen to the Dutch, and over 50% of their eastern territories to the Russians.
Middle East / North Africa : For most of the campaign waas controlled by the Ottoman alliance. The leader of which were the Turks. By the 1560's they had forced the Persians into a humiliating backdown, and had virtually made most of these territories their own, vassalizing the Crimea as well as the Hedjaz, keeping the eternal alliance burning for over 100 years. This however came to a halt after the capitulation of Constantinople, many of her allies were shocked by this defeat, anger fuelled thoughts of rebellion, which would sparodically engulf occupied Austria, Baghdad, Constantinople, virtually most of the Turkish areas. Open war occured even between Turkey and its surviving allies / vassals against its former allies, briefly, however leading to nothing definative. These crisis, after the 1640's weakened the Turks and their alliance losing much territory in Central Europe.
Hope you enjoyed it ..
Sapura
[This message has been edited by Sapura (edited 07-08-2000).]
Final EU timeline part + summary.
1762-64, 1771-72 Polish-Russian wars. 1762-67 Russian-Turkish wars.
Russia declares war on Poland : a very silly move. The Turks, (though not the power they were before..) a long with their allies the Crimeans declare war only 2 months after the Polish-Russian war begins.
The Poles annihilate all Russian armies before them. On May 11th, the Poles lay siege to Moscow. Feb 13th, the city capitulates. At the end of may, Lipetsk is captured by the Poles. The war would have continued, but the Poles are already bloated with their possessions and agree on peace in exchange for 500d & secession of Lipetsk. In 1771, the Russians again try their hand after an inconclusive war with Turkey setting most of the Crimea ablaze. In this war, the Russians main objective was probably the capture of the Crimean capital on the Black Sea, but they were unable to achieve this goal. The Turks receive 221d in exchange for peace.
1766-1773. English Royalist war on the Dutch & their allies. This war brings in France on the Royalist side, against the Dutch and the Scots (allies of the Dutch) causing war operations not only on English territory (a war that would destroy much of the countryside), but Northern France as well. This would later bring in the English, into an indirect war with France, an ally of the Royals.
In October, 1766 Royalist armies make a strong advance into Scotland through French Marches. Near Edinburgh, on Dec 29th, 1766, 35,000 Royalists meet a defensive army of 23,000 Scots. The Scots know that they must win this battle, because the defenses of their capital are shaky at best and would not withstand a siege from the enemy. Despite their valiant efforts, the Scots are thrown into the winds, totally decimated, by the relatively untouched Royalist army, casualty wise. This inevitably leads to the capitulation of Edinburgh, on Feb 3rd, 1767. The Royals, having crushed most of Scottish forces continue their advance onto Glasgow hoping to destroy the Scots completely. Glasgow however defends itself valiantly and resists their assaults through April of 1767. Meanwhile, in northern France, the French armies are in the process of trying to recover the remaining occupied cities from the Dutch though are not having much success.
Between late September 1767 & August 1768, the Dutch land several forces in Royalist territories defeating their numerically inferior fleets, laying siege to Lincoln on Sep 28th, 1767, & Plymouth in Aug 1768..briefly capturing both cities. The Royalists counter-attack, however, and by the end of Jan, 1769, the Royalists again renew their previously aborted advance into Scotland, Edinburgh still occupied by their garrison. On February 15th, 1769, the Scots are forced into a peace, handing over 250d to the Royalists.
The Royals / French are so far having much more luck in this war. The French by now have captured Dutch Orleans and have moved with large armies into southern Netherlands. The English decide to lend a hand and declare war on France (though not the Royals directly) in Feb, 1770. Most of the conflicts between the French and the English occur in their respective colonies and in June 1771, England receives Jamshedpur from the French. Probably Indian or Pakistani colony..
From mid 1771, Dutch fleets gradually overpower Royalist / French fleets in the seas around England, causing a virtual blockade, of the Saint George's Channel as well as the western North Sea. This allows the Dutch to send in many more reinforcements, along with their allied Persian detachments. By May 1772, the Royalist armies are insignificant and exhausted. Royalist Hull, Lincoln & Portsmouth are besieged, whilst a garrison of Persians holds Plymouth. Both sides are however extremely exhausted and this leads to a peace, whereby neither side receives anything of significance, apart from the Dutch who take Cornwall (Plymouth) in May 1773. I'd liken this conflict to the Polish deluge of 1655, or the Russian time of troubles in 1610.. I wouldn't have liked to have seen England bare this kind of punishment in real history
1771 - Austrians recover Carpathia and Istria from the Turks forcing them into another humiliating peace.
May 1773 - (shock & horror). The Royalists already in an alliance with France become their vassals. Thud! The sound of gobsmacked Englishmen when their chins hit the carpet on hearing news of this treaty. Those crafty French!
1778-1779. New Swedish-Russian war. Two battles of Narva. Feb 15th, 1778, 33,000 Russians defeat 20,000 Swedes, however it is a hollow victory because of huge casualties and the inability of the Russians to follow up with the capture of Narva. The Poles decide to have a hand in this war, declaring war on Sweden, in June of 1778. Swedes and Poles battle each other to a standstill, the Swedes reaching an upper hand in early June causing a cease-fire. 2nd Battle of Narva, June 28th 1778. 28,000 Russians again attempt a move into Narva and join battle against 23,000 Swedes. This time the Swedes carry they day, however both sides suffer high casualties this time. In Feb, 1779, a cease-fire is signed between both sides leaving a status quo.
1782 - Austria recovers Croatia and Salzburg from the Turks, another humilation. Bavaria also recovers many cities, the province of Mantua.
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From here on .. there are a few minor skirmishes / and quick / insignificant wars, nothing worth documenting. The game ends in 1792.
As you see this games history at times ran parallel to events in history, whilst at other times it deviated from them significantly.
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Summary of 1492-1792
Western Europe: France and England started off in 1492, after 50-60 yrs, the French became dominant capturing almost 1/2 of the English isle. There after, the French began a slow steady decline, constantly invaded, their country pillaged by the Spanish in the late 16th and all of 17th centuries. Losing several provinces to the Dutch in the north, and many important central cities to the Spanish. The Dutch became dominant in n. western Europe after their independence from the Spanish, however their power has been significantly weakened by the mid 18th century, especially in their military land capabilities / numbers. England gradually recovered some territory from the French (actually taking the Marches, the last foothold of the French in England in 1792), and for some time was very dominant as leader of the Northern alliance in the mid 17th century. However, internal crisis caused it civil war, followed by the independence of the Royalists which of course would not bring any sort of peace. A house that is divided cannot hope to compete. Spain too suffered some rather grisly encounter towards the start of the 18th century, Navarra and Catalunya gaining complete independence from Spain. The HRE has been moderately quiet throughout the entire game, apart from several wasteful wars between Hessen and Hannover. Bavaria vassalized 1/2 of the HRE, however this did not translate into peaceful annexation of those territories, at least by 1792, that is. Would have been interesting to see this occur.
Eastern Europe: Dominated by the Poles from the start of the campaign. Several bloody wars with the Turks and the rebelling Cossacks led to some severe civil wars, leading to the independence of Prussia and Courland. Followed by more successfull wars against the Muscovites who were gradually pushed eastward. More wars agaist the Turks which eventually ended in the triumph of the capitulation of Constantinople and a breathing space given to central Europe for a period of 15-20 years. From here on for the next 60 yrs the Poles were in constant war, fighting some losing battles against Bohemians, the Hansa alliance and Muscovy. Stability had returned by the late 17th century however, and this followed on by the annexation of the Cossacks and the defeat of their Swedish overlords. The Poles were also successfull in vassalizing Bohemia and then forcing them to be annexed completely.
Central Europe: Gradually was overshadowed by the Ottoman alliance, that bastard of an alliance that terrorized most of Europe for nearly 1/2 of the campaign from around 1500-1650. One by one, Austria, Venice, the Bohemians and Hungarians lost territories to the Ottomans. Venice was reduced to only its namesake city, territory wise. The Hungarians valiantly thought against the Turks, keeping their independence, at a high price. Austria on the other hand was not so lucky. Devastating wars against the Ottomans led to its complete destruction and annexation towards the start of the 17th century. Austria however recovered gradually, re-gaining territory slowly but surely when Turkey fell into civil war, and much of its former alliance fell apart.
Scandinavia: Sweden was very quiet for the first 60 years of the campaign, despite a brief alliance with the Poles, in which they almost completely partitioned the rebelling Germans of the Order, the Swedes taking Narva which they would keep for the rest of the campaign. Swedes were quite that is, until they decided to trample all over Denmark. In several wars between 1560-1610, the Danish were completely destroyed, thanks also largely due to the Northern alliance, losing their independence, whilst the Swedes celebrated in Copenhagen, their supremacy of all of Scandinavia. Civil wars and strife in the early 18th century crippled much of what Sweden had achieved previously, weakening authority of Stockholm. Russia was the prime benefactor of this strife, leading to several devastating wars in the mid 18th century. Swedes lost Copenhagen to the Dutch, and over 50% of their eastern territories to the Russians.
Middle East / North Africa : For most of the campaign waas controlled by the Ottoman alliance. The leader of which were the Turks. By the 1560's they had forced the Persians into a humiliating backdown, and had virtually made most of these territories their own, vassalizing the Crimea as well as the Hedjaz, keeping the eternal alliance burning for over 100 years. This however came to a halt after the capitulation of Constantinople, many of her allies were shocked by this defeat, anger fuelled thoughts of rebellion, which would sparodically engulf occupied Austria, Baghdad, Constantinople, virtually most of the Turkish areas. Open war occured even between Turkey and its surviving allies / vassals against its former allies, briefly, however leading to nothing definative. These crisis, after the 1640's weakened the Turks and their alliance losing much territory in Central Europe.
Hope you enjoyed it ..
Sapura
[This message has been edited by Sapura (edited 07-08-2000).]