Chapter 19: Border cleanup
January 1, 1494: Holstein accepts annexation. Mecklenburg does not.
January 5: Austria declares war on Hungary, using the Subjugation CB.
March 4: We DoW Bohemia to reclaim Poznan (which we got a core on via Boundary dispute). They're involved in the Austro-Hungarian war anyway, so this is essentially kicking a dog while it's down.
March 11: The Teutonic Order misjudges their chances, and declares war on us. Sweden joins in.
April 19: Brandenburg declares war, bringing in Burgundy. Hrm. This is going to be a recurring problem as long as my economy can't support a decent European army on top of my anti-rebel armies in the colonies.
July 31: Milan gets excommunicated. Can't do anything about it...
September 1: Bohemia gives up Poznan.
October 6: Sweden peaces out due to our blockade.
October 21: TO peaces out due to our blockade.
December 8: Boundary Dispute gives us a core on Honduras.
March 3, 1495: Tuskegee converts.
March 12: Bohemia cedes Moravia to Austria, and gives us 100 ducats. Austria forgot to vassalize Hungary, the whole point of the war.
July 5: Brandenburg is vassalized.
July 15: Austria cancels our military access. Oh @##^@...
September 10: We DoW Poland to reclaim Plock, bringing in Ansbach and Muscovy.
March, 1496: Unfortunately for Poland, since they are split in half, they can't get most of their armies over to fight me. We've done enough, so we force Poland to cede Plock and rejoin the Hanseatic League.
November 28: Wurzburg and Munster are added to our sphere of influence. Ansbach is thenn vassalized, returning my prestige to near 100%.
December 15: Muscovy offers white peace, and we accept to return to peace.
December 24: Philippe IV of Burgundy is HRE. Burgundy's ability to hold onto the post is becoming worrying, as they will get enough IA to pass more reforms. I hope to be powerful enough to collapse the HRE if they remove the electors.
January 17, 1497: Cheraw converts. We have now converted 3 American pagan provinces...
November 1: The Canaries core, allowing us to send out colonists to Beothuk and Taqamkuk (Newfoundland), and Dominica, Martinique, and Barbados.
January 30, 1498: Alabama converts.
May 10: Aragon leaves the league, and rejoins 3 days later.
May 24: Catawba converts.
June 18: Of our 5 colonists sent, only Martinique and Barbados succeed.
July 24: Natives encounter our colonies. I take the +1 base tax.
January 1, 1499: Pisa and Cologne are added to our sphere of influence.
March 31: Luneburg gets a trade station.
May 1, 1500: Austria tries to subjugate Hungary. Again.
June 1: Cherokee converts.
July 1: Oyo, Ife, Bonny, and Benin core.
December 1: Trade 14 - we can now build refineries.
February 5, 1501: Benin gets a trade station.
May 1: Venice and Treviso core.
June 24: Bohemia cedes Ereskujvar, Pressburg, and Sopron, ending the Austro-Hungarian war yet again without Hungary being vassalized.
September 12: Mayombe (Kongo) converts.
September 27: France excommunicates Austria. Unfortunately, Austria is allied with Burgundy.
Some pies for the new century!
So here's our conundrum:
We want Portugal's colonies, but they're allied to Castille and Burgundy.
We want Austria's German-cultured provinces, but they're allied to Burgundy and have an uber army.
We want Burgundy's Dutch provinces (esp Antwerpen and Vlaandern), but they're allied to Austria and are HRE.
We want to eat the German HRE minors, but that's a lot of infamy for not a lot of gain.
We can't colonize much, due to the strain on the economy (we need more cores and thus more census tax first).
Thus, I think I'll play conservative for the first 12 years of the Protestant Reformation, and use that time to bolster my economy.
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