Chapter 3: The Prussian Rebel Yell
A religious map of Prussia and her surroundings:
A list of the world's largest armies. Notice Prussia isn't on the list. Prussia is 16th in the world.
Since most of Bavaria is Catholic, we send a missionary. With .4 missionaries a year, conversion will not be fast.
January 1, 1492: A look at the next round of HRE voting shows that some of the electorate is unaware that Brandenburg has become the Kingdom of Prussia. I'm afraid to ask what happens if Brandenburg becomes HRE.
Level 2 forts are ordered in Niederbayern, Schwaben, Franken, and Ostpreussen, and a Level 3 fort is ordered in Oberlausitz (the most likely Austrian path to Berlin).
January 8: With the Palatinate on the ropes, King Freidrich funds Bavarian patriots in Ansbach. 4000 rebels quickly overwhelm the 2 regiments of cavalry that the Elector has stationed in newly annexed Ansbach.
February 1: With time to rest, Glorious Arms is swapped out for Smithian Economics, dropping stability to -3. Our budget sliders are moved to max stability to recuperate.
February 5: The Hansa starts an imperialistic war against Mecklenburg, which the King needs to form Germany.
May 30: 8 regiments of rebels join the 4 already besieging Ansbach.
June 1: Stability rises to -2.
September 10: Oberpfalz converts.
October 17: Venice annexes Siena. Another minor gone...
November 21: Ansbach falls to the Bavarian nationalists hired by the King. Wurttemburg comes under siege next.
January 1, 1493: A missionary is sent to Niederbayern. Stability rises to -1.
May 12: Austria embargos Prussia. This action worsens Austria's relations with the electors to the point that Tirol polls ahead of Austria in the next election.
June 1: Insult sent to Hesse to prepare for war.
July 1: Stability rises to 0.
August 1: The King declares war on Hesse, using Nationalistic fervor to unite the populace. Sweden bails, but Denmark joins the war.
September 4: Hesse's army is overrun in a quick strike, leaving her 4 provinces open to sieges. Brunswick's army moves to place Anhalt and Altmark under siege.
October 10: Bavarian nationalists capture Wurttemburg, and move north to besiege Bamburg.
December 1: Hessen falls.
January 1: Stability rises to 1. Wurttemburg somehow recaptures their capital without an army.
February 11: Louis XIV dies, leaving a regency in France for Gaston I.
March 1: Mecklemburg is vassalized by the Hansa.
April 4: Mainz falls, freeing enough units to take out Brunswick's besieging armies.
April 21: The Palatinate declares war on Baden, despite having half their provinces overrun by rebels, no army, and their capital under siege by revolutionaries.
April 26: A pretender rises in Brandenburg with 8 regiments, as Friedrich III dies, leaving a regency for his son, Karl, who is only 5
May 17: Bamburg falls to Prussian-backed rebels, who move to Wurzburg.
July 16: Kassel falls.
September 1: Stability 2. Investment moves to Land for the Coehorn Mortar.
September 19: The Pretender's armies in Brandenburg are wiped out.
October 1: Government 33 and a new idea. Cabinet is taken to reduce infamy.
November 1: Wurzburg falls to rebels, breaking the country. The rebels join Prussia, and move to relieve Ansbach from a siege by Badenese and Austrian armies (despite being outnumbered 3:1), where the rebels are crushed quickly. A missionary is sent to Catholic Bamburg.
December 20: The Palatinate cedes Ansbach to Baden, and Berg to Trier.
March 1, 1693: Brunswick annuls all treaties and gives up 71 ducats for peace, driven by Denmark's capture of Hannover.
March 15: Baden's army is wiped out in Baden.
March 18: Nassau falls. Hesse is completely overrun now, but we're beating down Baden.
May 7: Baden falls to an assault.
June 1: Land 33, and an improvement to Coehorn Mortar.
July 3: An assault in Ansbach runs out of steam with 1 defender.
July 23: Another infantry detachment arrives in Ansbach to drive out the lone defender, taking the province for Prussia. Baden is forced to release Ansbach, give up 272 ducats, and annul all treaties.
July 25: Hesse cedes Mainz, Nassau, and Kessel, annuls all treaties, and gives up 160 ducats, ending the Prussian-Hessian War.