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Pre-1500[]

1461[]

The French lose the Hundred Years War. England retains 
Normandy and sole trade rights with Burgundy. Burgundy annexes most of France. Both nations agree to aid each other in times of war.

1463[]

Aquitaine declares independence from Burgundy (officially recognised in 1466)

1490[]

Second Breton War of Succession begins between Brittany (with Austrian and Aquitanian allies) and Burgundy (with English allies). Ends 1493 with the Peace of Nantes.

1500s[]

1500s[]

1510s[]

1516[]

Egypt declares independence from the fading Turkish.
Turkish troops withdrawn from Egypt capture Cyprus from Greece.

1518[]

Syria declares independence from Turkey, nationalist forces instigate a bloodless coup that removes the governor of Antioch from power.

1520s[]

1520[]

The Odessan Republic declares independence from Russia.

1525[]

Greece purchases Crete from Lombardy. Egyptian troops take Cyprus from Turkey and make it a vassal.
Several Indigenous Austrlian nations unite under the Watjarri people

1527[]

Castillian forces take Gibraltar from Morocco and forcibly settle along the North African coast, soon followed by Portuguese settlers in 1528.

1530s[]

1531[]

Genoa purchases the Crimean peninsula from Russia.

1534[]

Greek expansion drives off the Turkish from Europe

1538[]

The former Turkish provinces of Lycia, Pontus, Armenia and Kurdistan declare independence

1539[]

Moldavia gains independence from Russia

1540s[]

1542[]

Portuguese/Castillian settlers expand further along the coast

1547[]

The betrothal of Mary of Scotland and Brian IV of Hibernia unites the two Celtic realms

1548[]

Moldavia becomes a vassal of Odessa.

1549[]

Mary of Scotland and her mother flee to Dublin as English troops invade parts of the former Scottish realm, opposing its personal union with Hibernia.

1550s[]

1552[]

Syria annexes the Levant from Egypt
Civil strife ends Mascat.

1553[]

Greece annexes Cyprus as a dependency

1555[]

Moravia becomes a vassal of Austria.
The Japaanese invade China

1556[]

A coup d'état leads to Tripolitania making a vassal out of Egypt.

1560s[]

1561[]

Brittany annexed into Aquitaine formally. Marriage proclaimed illegitimate by the Burgundian Duke

1566[]

Castillian-Portuguese forces increase presence on the Moroccan coast
Patagonia is founded as a Portuguese vassal.
The

1567[]

Poland and Lithuania force their rule onto Prussian lands, making them vassals
England's Caribbean possessions are seized by Hibernia.

1570s[]

1570[]

Georgia becomes a vassal of Russia

1574[]

The First Bohemian War starts between Austria (with Polish support) and Bohemia. Ends in 1579.

1575[]

The Bachwezi kingdom is formed

1580s[]

1582[]

Turkestan secedes from Manchuria
Japanese civil war. Ezo, Joseon and Kamchatka declare independence

1584[]

Danish forces take St Petersburg.
Lithuania annexes its vassal

1585[]

Georgia declares independence from Russia
The Astrakhan Khanate declares independence, expanding quickly through the steppe regions

1590s[]

1593[]

Egyptian resistance groups declare independence in the Sinai area. Tripolitania expands its direct grasp on the Egyptian delta

1600s[]

1600s[]

1601[]

The Kazakh Khanate becomes independent from Russia

1604[]

Aquitanian troops remove vassalage to Burgundy and annex large amounts of land west of the Imperial border
Iceland declares independence from Denmark.
Portuguese acquire land in southern Arabia

1607[]

Both Aragon and Genoa annex Burgundian land
Hibernia annexes most of English-ruled Scotland
Hojo Shogunate dismantled. Japanese empire split into areas of Imperial and Mori rule

1610s[]

1610[]

Egypt revolts and establishes recognised independence
China either subdued by neighbours or land annexed

1611[]

Cyrenaica declares independence from Tripolitania
Vladivostok declares independence from Manchuria

1613[]

Kazan declares independence from Russia. Russian troops commit atrocities in border villages
Annam declares independence from Siam

1614[]

The Great Northern War breaks out; a coalition of Lithuania, Kazan, Denmark, Astrakhan and Odessa against Russia. Ends 1623

1615[]

The coalition each annex land and Ryazan declares independence from Russia under Danish leadership. Russian court moved to Samara
Danish forces take over most of Finland-Karelia and keep the rest as vassals

1618[]

Samara declares independence. Russian court moves to Usinsk.
Cappadocia declares independence from Turkey, Cilicia follows in 1619.

1620s[]

1620[]

Genoa acquires land on the Wallachian coastline

1622[]

English driven from the New World. Cherokee Confederacy created.
Most Siamese overseas are lost to Japan and Malacca

1623[]

Navarre declares independence from Aquitaine.
Northumbria declares independence from England with an Hibernian alliance

1624[]

Prussia annexes Holstein from Denmark.
Genoa acquires a base on Cyprus.

1629[]

The Second Bohemian War begins between Austria (aided by Poland and Schleswig-Holstein. Ends 1640.
Genoa acquires Malta from Naples-Sicily and Greece's Ionian islands.

1630s[]

1630[]

Egypt expands into Mesopotamia.
Aragon is annexed by Castille, Genoa and Aquitaine

1631[]

Osteroy declares independence from Denmark

1634[]

Tunis expands into Moroccan territory

1635[]

Courland becomes an autonomous vassal of Lithuania.
Genoa acquires land opposite the Crimean peninsula across the Sea of Azov

1636[]

The Wallachian Crisis; the King of Wallachia leaves no legitimate heirs, so his neighbours immediately annex his lands.

1640s[]

1642[]

English possessions on the mainland are annexed by Aquitaine, as are Burgundian possessions west of the Imperial border

1643[]

Nubia is formed

1647[]

Egypt annexes Nabatean lands as well as Crete and the southern Dodecanese from Greece

1650s[]

1657[]

Naples-Sicily is unified with Lombardy

1660s[]

1661[]

Cyrenaica is made a vassal

1663[]

Syria, Genoa and Kurdistan invade Egypt. Persia, after joining Egypt is invaded by Armenia, Hindustan and Nabatea

1670s[]

1680s[]

1683[]

Italian Crisis - under Austrian patronage and protection, Croatia, Serbia and Albania declare independence from Italy

1683[]

Joint Syrian-Greek-Genoese-Kurdish invasion of Egypt. The kingdoms of Nubia and Middle Egypt are created

1685[]

Parts of Egypt become temporary Kurdish and Syrian mandates

1687[]

Schleswig-Holstein (Bella Gerant Alii)Schleswig-Holstein seprates from Prussia

1690s[]

1691[]

Mori Shogunate abolished. Shogunate-ruled Japanese territories are split between Imperial Japan and Manchuria

1697[]

Manchuria splits into four khanates - the Chingid Khanate, Xi Xia Khanate, Jurchen Khanate and the Sakha Khanate. Chinese imperial rule is reastablished over some regions of the north.

1698[]

Siamese control of Borneo is lost. Annam becomes a Siamese vassal.
Vladivostok establishes control over parts of Alaska.

1699[]

Portuguese forces land in Timor, purchasing the island from Malacca. The Kingdom of Borneo secedes from Malacca.

1700s[]

1700s[]

1703[]

Egyptian land split up between Cyrenaica, Nabatea (both of which now freed from vassal status) and Middle Egypt. Egyptian lands, plus Kurdish/Syrian mandates become Edom and Assyria.

1708[]

Burgundy completely annexed by Aquitaine.
Treaty of Padua excludes Genoese, Italian and Papal lands from the Holy Roman Empire and moves the eastern imperial border to encompass all of Prussian lands

1709[]

Tindouf splits from Morocco. Ghana expands north.

1710s[]

1714[]

Hadramaut and Hejaz split from Nabatea.

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