Stratagem: Balance of Power Scenario Chronology

STRATAGEM

Turn 1 (1650-1680)

1643-1715: Reign of Louis XIV
1652-54, 1665-67, 1672-74: Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars
1658: Oliver Cromwell dies. Stuart Restoration in 1660
1659: Peace of the Pyrennes ends war between France and Spain.
1667-68: War of Devolution: France vs. Sweden, the Netherlands, England, and Spain
1672-78: The Dutch War: France vs. Anglo-Dutch coalition

Turn 2 (1680-1710)

1681: France annexes Strasbourg
1683: Ottoman attack on Vienna fails. Austria and Russia begin taking Turkish land.
1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
1687: Hungary becomes part of Austria
1688-89: Glorious Revolution in England
1688-97: War of the League of Augsburg. (King William's War in Americas)
1689-1725: Reign of Peter the Great. Military activity in Central Asia and Siberia
1694: Voltaire born.
1700-21: Great Northern War: Sweden vs. Russian-led coalition. St. Petersburg built
1701: Elector of Brandenburg becomes Frederick I, King of Prussia
1701-13: War of the Spanish Succession. (Queen Anne's War in Americas)
1707: Union of England and Scotland creates Great Britain

Turn 3 (1710-1740)

1713: Peace of Utrecht
1713: Pragmatic Sanction. Maria Theresa becomes Austrian Empress
1715: Attempted Stuart Restoration by James III fails, as does Charles' 1745 attempt
1727: Kiakhtu Treaty between Russia and China
1731-35: War of the Polish Succession: France vs. Austria and Russia
1735-39: Russia reaches Black Sea region after war with the Ottomans

Turn 4 (1740-1770)

1740-80: Reign of Maria Theresa
1740-86: Reign of Frederick the Great
1740-48: War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War in Americas)
1741: Bering reaches Alaska. Russian settlements follow in 1791
1756-63: Seven Years' War. (French and Indian War). British take Quebec and India.
1762-96: Reign of Catherine the Great
1768-74 and 1787-92: Russo-Turkish Wars

Turn 5 (1770-1800)

1772: 1st Polish Partition. Two more in 1793 and 1795 erase Poland from the map.
1774: Russia becomes protector of Orthodox Christians in Balkans
1775-83: American Revolution. France, the Netherlands and Spain help colonists.
1778-79: War of the Bavarian Succession: Austria vs. Prussia
1789: French Revolution begins
1792-95: National Convention. French Revolutionary Wars start. Reign of Terror
1795-99: Directory rules France. Napoleon in Italy
1799: Napoleon becomes First Consul. Crowned Emperor in 1804

Turn 6 (1800-1815)

1805: Austerlitz. Trafalgar
1807: France and Russia divide Europe in Treaty of Tilsit. Holy Roman Empire ends
1808: Peninsular Campaign begins.
1812: Napoleon invades Russia
1814: Napoleon exiled to Elba after a series of defeats. Congress of Vienna starts
1815: The Hundred Days. Waterloo ends Napoleon's return. Exiled to St. Helena