Timeline of European History, 500 A.D. - 550 A.D.
500 A.D.
- The city of Andorra La Velle is founded
- The city of Berlin is founded
- The city of Oslo is founded
- The city of Vienna is founded
- Pope Symacchus asks to establish Catholic mission in Norway
510 A.D.
- Austrians learn to develop medieval swords
- Paris started
- Construction begins on Great Winyard in Paris
- Andorra converts Basque people of Northern Spain to Catholocism
- Norway refuses to convert to Catholocism
- Helsinski founded
- Great fort of Finland started
- Pope Symacchus asks to establish Catholic mission in Finland
- Finland and Estonia establish contact
- Constantinople rebuilt on top of ancienct city of Byzantium
- Construction of great canal of Constantinople started
520 A.D.
- Pope Symmachus passes away
- Pope Felix IV becomes second pope of the 6th century
- King Clovis I of the Franks passes away
- Prince Childebert crowned King of Franks
- King Gundobad of Burgundy dies
- Burgundy split among four sons of dead king
- Sigmisund of Northern Burgundy asks Childebert for help against his brothers.
- Great fort of Helsinski completed
- Catholic mission finally reaches Finland
- Treaty of Talin becomes the first historically documented work in the Finnish and Estonian languages
- Kingdom of Northumberland appears in central Briton
530 A.D.
- Great Winyard of Paris completed
- Founding of Royal French Wine company
- Royal French Wine exports reach Dietrick's Germany
- Combined forces of Childebert and Sigmisund win Battle of Birthrights in Western Burgundy against Charles
- King Alfried I dies, declaered Saint
- Prince Alfried II crowned King
- Construction begins on Saint Alfrieds abby in Northumberland
- King Alfried II marries Princess Fionna of Pictland
- Birth of Alfried III
- Great canal of Byzantium finished
- Plans to Hagia Sofia presented by Honorus Constantov, Byzantine Imperial Architect
- Mass migrations of Slavs from "Poland" to East and South begins
540 A.D.
- Work begins on Constantinople's Expansion monument
- Byzantines invade Greece, conquer Athens
- Concept of Byzantine Cataphracts, and Finnish Royal Knights first come up
- King Maati of Finland born in 536 A.D.
- Slavs ask King Finmaster of Estonia for help in establishing Slavic kindom
- Visigoth King Almaric the Raider, defeated by Andorran troops
- Prince Guillem II born
- King Sigmisund of Northern Burgundy poisoned by French assasins
- Burgundy all but annexed to France. Louis, last remaining noble of Burgundy.
- Kingdom of Sardinia established.
550 A.D.
- Childebert of the Franks takes control of all of Burgundy in battle of East Burgundy.
- 1st appearance of Burgundian Swordsmen
- Death of King Volum, and crowning of Prince Maati, new King of Finland.
- St. Volum of Finland becomes first saint appointed by Pope Felix
- Union of Pictland and Northumberland through marriage.
- Death of King Lennart Mari, and crowning of Prince Juhan in Estonia.
- First appearance of Kingdom of Russia
- Start of Golden Age of Poetry in Andorra
560 A.D.
- Jordannes writes down his epic "History of the Goths"
- Death of Pope Felix
- Pope Pegalius becomes third pope since 500 A.D.
- St. Alfred's abby completed in Northumberlandton
- First appearance of Finnish Royal Knights in Northen Europe
- First use of Cataphracts on the Anatolian steppes
- Death of Constantine, rise of Justinian onto Byzantine thrown
- Chinese silk worms reach Justinian's palace in Constantinople
- Guillem Arnau de Patau dies and is replaced by his son Guillem II
- Construction begins on great cathedral of Andorra
570 A.D.
- Signing of Antipope alliance between Oslo and Constantinople
- Byzantium makes contacts with Sassanid Empire, Armenia, and China
- German Merchants establish contact with Franks and Magyrs
- St. Clotilda's Bassilica started in village of Orleans
- Death of King Charles of Mediterranean Kingdom. Accession of King Karl to throne
- Cathedral of Helinski completed
- First organized kingdom of Visigoths made under Almarich II
580 A.D.
- First records of city state of Tripoli
- Founding of city of Orléans
- First exchanged diplomacy bettween Germany and France
- Contact between Visigoth Kingdom and Andorra established
- Birth of Lalli, son of Maati, King of all of Finland
- Pagan uprising in Northern Finland annhialated
- Birth of Konstantin, son of Juhan
- Start of Novgorod expedition
- Death of Justinian. Maurice I becomes Byzantine emperor
- Death of Alfred III, all of Britian conquered by Ragnar Savag
- Death of Savag upon return to Norway
- Birth of England
- Start of Northumberlandese anarchy
- The time of Warring Factions in Norway
590 AD
-Norway under command of Erik Savag begins draft, creating army of 3,000 young men.
-In 581, Savag sent an expedition to the Danes. Bloodaxe the chieftain offers his daughter Helga in marriage. This union occurs in the tiny Danish village of Roskilde.
-500 Danish troops join Norway.
-Savag continues on a quest to unite Norway. Joining with one faction and annihilating another, the rest quickly fall in line, except one.
-In Estonia, Juhan the Childbeater, lands in a place called "Swedeland" encountering locals. He burns a few villages and establishes Stockholm.
Erik is aware of the Estonian colony as he prepares to reunite Norway. It is discovered the promised English help will never come, the French Navy is about.
-Guntram (France) in 587 A.D. lands on English lands hoping to convert them all. Within two years nearly all of the English Kingdom is under Frankish rule. But Guntrams time is running short and the stronghold of London is holding fast. His son Clotaire promises to continue the campaign.
-Almarich II (Visigoths) has a son Theodric. And the roads are completed. But this only serves raiders that plunder the country, hurting the Visigoths.
-Russian economy increases with construction of a small port on a river. But building of the trade routes to Finland and Estonia have left them 6 economy levels down. The Tzar promises that the routes will pay off eventually. Unfortunately many of the Ruskies dont want to wait 30 years.
-1000 men sent to establish the Novgorod expansion wondor.
-Guillem II dies, succeeded by Guillem III. The cathedral is nearly finished. The inside is the only part needing work. Guillem continues expansion.
-Grand Palace of Libyan Saints is started by the few Libyan Christians.
-Henry gives his daughter to Heinrich, and Frederick is born. The Monument of Teutoburgerwald is begun.
-Venice arises.
600, A.D.
Pope Pegalius dies, replaced by Pope Gregory, who is able to stop a small plague from becoming a disaster.
-Almarich II dies, replaced by Almarich III. New lands taken, and the raiders stopped.
-Germany builds roads and expands. Discovering Poland. Dietrich II son of Heinrich born.
-Poland the newest Slavic nation as the flow of Slavs into the area slowly comes to a halt. Boreslaw their ruler makes definite borders.
Finland, under Matti, builds navy of 100 ships. They set sail for Swede-land establishing Finnish colony near Estonian one.
Norwegians send soldiers to help England fight French.
-French succeed in conquering the English, Guntram annexes Northumberland.
-Clotaire II in London is assaulted by the fresh and mysterious Norwegians.
-Azale pulls the sword from the stone, being the new king of Northumberland. Guntmar still takes much of his land away. Fortunately Guntmar dies. Norwegians offer a peace to Clotaire but betray him and murder him leaving France under the rule of Queen Marie.
Marie struggles to hold the French together as a Norwegian army bears down on her.
-A Crusade announced against Norway.
Russian economy begins to rebound with Finnish trade finally begins to show.
-Andorras economy increases to highest level possible with completion of St. Guillems Cathedral.
-King Juhan dies, replaced by Konstantin.
-Persia and the Byzantines come to war over territory.
610, A.D.
-Norway attempts to steal French fleet and fails.
-French establish blockade and kill all Norwegians in England, but Northumberland takes back land and more.
-Protestantism begins, is shunned by Catholic world, embraced by Northumberlandese.
-Attempted assassination of Marie by Norwegians.
-Norwegians take Med. Kingdom.
-not much else of interest happens.
620 A.D.
-French slowly begin to lose war against Northumberland after many bloody battles.
-French adopt slash and burn tactics in England.
-Krak des Norskies is built by Norwegians in Belgium, but it is soon destroyed by the French.
-Norway marches on Paris.
-German people call for help to be lent to their Catholic neighbors, men are sent to help them.
-Finnish economy expands while army marches on Norways mainland.
-The Byzantines make peace with Persia. Only to attack Italy threatening Rome.
-Iceland emerges.
-Mohammed starts Islam.
-Kreigers initiated, powerful Norwegian UU.
630 A.D.
-Visigoths expand into Africa.
-Russia becomes one of the healthiest economies in the world.
-Longboat developed in Iceland
-Mohammed unites Arabs, and then dies.
-Finns cut deep into Norwegian territory, but encounter the Kreiger.
-Norwegians now cut off, are just outside Paris and outnumber the defenders 2:1 at least.
-Norway pushed out of the Med by Andorra!
-pope prepares a peace treaty realizing Vatican cant hold out for long.
640 A.D.
-War ends with the treaty drawn up by France. England joins Northumberland.
-Belgium is retained by France, not for long as a revolt forms.
-Belgium area becomes new country, Wallonia.
-Norwegian troops in France sail home, but are destroyed treacherously by the French.
-Population boom in Norway.
-France gains much land in the Med, including Italy, and Corsica and Sardina.
-Pope Gregory dies.
-Germany conquers Venice finding war in Italy over.
-Byzantines and Arabs race for Egypt
-Iceland establishes Norwegian colony
New Leaders of the World
Papacy - Pope Alexus I
Northumberland - King Holmes
France - Prince Charles
Andorra - King Guillem III
Visigoth - Warlord Osstrich
Hungary - King Ludovik
Germany - King Elmerich
Finland - Prince Nicholas
Russia - Tzar Alexander I
Norway - Eric II
650 A.D.
-Ludovik takes over Poland, second next to Russia as greatest Slavic nation.
-France takes Crete
-Hungary more powerful than ever
-Byzantine encounters small slavic nations on borders.
-Norway and Germany sign alliance.
-Arabs extend themselves into Egypt, taking important large cities.
-St. Clotildas is finished
-Wallonia soon becomes powerful trading nation, with France and England.
-German and French relations heat up
-Germany tries to cross Rhine, turned back by French
-French try to murder Germans in Venice due to misunderstanding.
660 A.D.
-Finnish knights created.
-Russias royal family drops off the face of the earth
-Poland invades Hungary pushing in rather far. The pope is to scared to stop it though.
-Byzantines expand, going into Egypt pleasing the Egyptian Christians. The Bulgars take a chunk of land away from them
-France gives much of its Med. possessions to Wallonia
-Norwegian and Icelandic treaty.
-Norway steals longboat designs, and makes their own.
-Expansion of territory, and military, and death of Amon, succeeded by Ragnor Savag the II.
-Germany contacts Austria
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670 A.D.
-Austria is split b/t Germany and Hungary.
-Hungarian Magyrs reinforced by the Serbian horse archers meat the polish threat.
-Poles are forced to retreat back to poland
-French send support to Estonia, but loose 1,000 men due to chains across sea by norwegians
-Once they reach Estonia attack Poland, thrusting deep. Slowed by terrain.
-French and Northumberland stop Icelandic colonization attempt. Iceland instead colonizes Ireland.
-Iceland attempts a Revolution in Italy.
-Sudan joins arabs
690 A.D.
-Poland makes peace
-Russian Royal Family resurfaces.
-Palace of Buda started.
-Contact b/t Russia and Byzantines, beginning of Hagia Sofia.
-Iceland contacts Druids in Ireland.
-Finland is on rebound. But sees strange ships with dark blue flags
-Germany expands military
-French amaze people with booming economy, and Norway has people innumerable
-Northumberland remains united, and builds navy up to most powerful in the world.
-Norways army grows by leaps and bounds. Kreiger knights now as large as regular infantry.
-A new Norwegian chain fails, for sea is to wide.
-France settles area north of Norway
-Paladin UU of France emerges = to the Kreiger
-Wallonia settles most of European islands.
-Arabic empire expands, but appears to be relatively unstable.
700 A.D.
-Norway attacks French colony, but discovers it is now Finnish. They attempt a new chain, fails again.
-Ragnars son Jaared dies while hunting, but two twins are birthed, Olaf and Erich.
-Germans buy Italy for a ROP with France allowing them to get back in Paris to counter a Icelandic assault. Completely decimating the Icelanders.
-Northumberland destroys the French Navy.
-Byzantine captures Crete and Wallonian Africa.
-A fight lines up between french pikemen, popes legions, versus byzantine on Italy.
-Muslims settle some of Byzantines lands.
-Arab government saved by Abu Bakrs new introductions. Unfortunately he dies and the people are torn between who will succeed him.
710 A.D.
- Byzantines divide empire into provinces
- Bulgars become a kingdom thanks to acceptance of Byzantine vassalship
- Byzantine war with France draws to close as peace is agreed upon.
- Northumberland splits into Scottish and English sides. English join Norway, Scottish refuse to.
- War in Estonia continues. Estonian state falls, but the Norwegians and Polish now face the Finnish who have come to save their old comrades.
- The Germano-Hungarian war continues, as Germans surround Austria but fail to capture it. Hungarians get ready for resistance.
- German economy boosted thanks to the beer garden wonder
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