[General] Timeline

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[General] Timeline

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TIMELINE

1000 - The Event. Magic becomes much more active in the world.

1066 - William the Conqueror conquers England in the Battle of Hastings.

1095 - the First Crusade takes Jerusalem. The man later to be known as Acheron is with it.

1125 - Jerusalem falls to Acheron's forces. Domination of Stygius founded.

1171 - Second Crusade launched to conquer Egypt.

1175 - Saladin falls in battle with the knights of the Second Crusade, who conquer Egypt. Word of Muslim accomplishments makes magic to be seen in a somewhat better light in Europe.

1181 Third Crusade launched to conquer Stygius, following the success of the Second Crusade. It is a complete failure.

1211 - Ghengis Khan builds an empire. It soon collapses under infighting between his generals, but it lays the seeds of the Dragon Kingdom to arise a century later.

1215 - the Magna Carta is signed by King John, laying the seeds for the Kingdom of Britannia.

1235 - Byzantine Empire collapses under the weight of both the Turks and Stygius. Fourth Crusade launched to reclaim its lands.

1242 - Fourth Crusade successful, Empire of the Pheonix founded. Acheron wounded, returns to Jerusalem to recover. The Domination of Stygius is driven back at the Battle of Antioch.

1271 - Egyptians rebel against crusader oppression. The 'prophet of Atum-Ra' leads a revival of ancient Egyptian religious practices in the chaos of the revolt, the people of Egypt disenchanted with other religions. Egyptian Theocracy founded.

1347 - the Black Death strikes. The contagion lasts for years, killing a third of Europe's population. The populace becomes disenchanted with the church, and magic is semi-legalised.

1368 - a rebel leader drives the Mongols out of China, founding the Dragon Kingdom and becoming the first Emperor.

1429 - England loses France and the Hundred Years War.

1452 - first official Mage Academy founded by the Catholic Church. Prior to this, magical training was informal and hard to find.

1455 - Printing Press invented. Grimoires (essentially instruction manuals for magic) can now be mass-produced.

1492 - England discovers America and begins to colonise what will now be known as New York. The Aztec Wars begin in Central America.

1517 - Martin Luther publishes his Ninety-Five Theses. Reformation begins. The current climate is not that kind to magic.

1533 - Anglican Church founds first Protestant Mage Academy. Henry VIII declares war on Scotland.

1540 - Scotland conquered by Henry VIII. The superiority and larger number of english mages is clear for all to see.

1564 William Shakespeare baptised. The boy will go on to become a famous playwright.

1588 - Spanish Armada repulsed by English mages. Spain defeated and loses pride. Philip II vows revenge.

1607 - Spain conquers the divided tribes of Central America. Jamestown founded by England.

1613 - Russian Empire founded by the House of Romanov. Russia united.

1639 - England declares war on Ireland, which has become a puppet state of Spain. Spain launches the Second Armada, draining the last of its reserves and leading it ripe for conquest by other powers.

1640 - Second Armada defeated. Ireland annexed by England, though resistance continues until the 18th Century.

1649 - English Civil War ends. Oliver Cromwell takes over. He is known to have a dislike of mages.

1660 - King Charles II crowned. Persecution of mages in England ends.

1689 - Bill of Rights signed in England. The power of the monarchy is severely limited.

1707 - conquered territories (Scotland and Ireland) and colonies are given representation in the House of Commons. England renamed Kingdom of Britannia.

1719 - New Roman Empire founded, unifies Italy. The Vatican is given sovereignity in exchange for Rome becoming the capital of the Empire.

1740 - Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia. The seeds of the Prussian Imperium are sown.

1756 - Seven Years War starts. Empire of the Pheonix colonises South Africa.

1769 - Seven Years War ends. Britannia signs a peace accord with the Mughal Empire, conquers Canada.

1789 - French Civil War begins. It is to last until 1815, with various factions fighting among each other for France and its territories.

1815 - French Civil War ends at the Battle of Waterloo, the Bonapartist faction triumphant, having been backed by Britannia and Prussia. Napoleon I crowned king of France.

1816 - Kingdom of Britannia buys Louisana from a bankrupt France. Year Without a Summer strikes the world; reduces crop production and causes famine in many countries.

1833 - Slavery banned in Kingdom of Britannia. Many nations follow suit, except Stygius, which remains isolationist as ever, steadily expanding its arsenal of technology and magic to keep pace with the times.

1836 - Texas annexed from Spain by Britannia. New Roman Empire invades Spain at its moment of weakness.

1837 - Prussian Imperium founded, unifies Germany, and annexes Poland and most of Hungary. Spain falls to the New Roman Empire. Queen Victoria crowned.

1844 - first telegraph line laid between London and York.

1850 - nations of Scandinavia unify into the Principality of Fenris, hoping to avoid being absorbed by the larger powers.

1859 Origin of Species published by noted mage and scientist Charles Darwin.

1866 Empire of Nippon founded after the Meiji Restoration.

1871 - First Mage War begins between the Kingdom of France and the Prussian Imperium. All of Europe, linked by pacts and alliances, is drawn into the fighting.

1874 - First Mage War ends. Approximately 2 million people were killed in the fighting.

1897 - the current year. International tensions are rising, and another Mage War looms on the horizon.
You have ruled this galaxy for ten thousand years.
You have little of account to show for your efforts.
Order. Unity. Obedience.
We taught the galaxy these things.

And we shall do so again.
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