Mathematician Hero of Alexandria discovers that running a copper wire over a path of the dead can cause a brass ball on a frame to spin. This discover paves the way for the Romans to harness vesanmer and spread the technology across Europe.
European History
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50 AD
Romans Discover Vesanmer
Discovery, Scientific -
756 AD
Founding of Emirate of Cordoba
FoundingCordoba breaks away from the Umayyad Caliphate
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852 AD
Norse Settling of Normandy
Population Migration / TravelAfter years of periodic viking raids, the Norse bring women and children to overwinter in the lower Seine Valley. They establish a colony that fails to assimilate with the Frankish natives.
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860 AD
Viking Occupation of Anglia Begins
Military actionAfter decades of occasional raids, the Danes mount a full-scale invasion of Anglia. All the kingdoms sans Wessex fall to the invaders and come under Danish rule
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911 AD
Creation of Normandy
FoundingAfter the defeat of the Franks at the Battle of Chartres, the Norse lord Rollo signs a peace treaty with Carolingian Charles the Simple, King of the Franks, officially ceding the territory to the Danes.
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926 AD
Emirate of Cordoba Becomes Caliphate
Political eventAbd-ar-Rahman III declares himself caliph and revitalizes the former emirate.
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938 AD
Reign of Al-Hakam II
Political eventThe great caliph of Cordoba begins his reign, starting a golden age of science, art, and religious tolerance.
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987 AD
989 AD
Conquering of France
Military actionKing Hugh Capet is the first ruler outside of the Emirate of Cordoba to get his hands on pathstones and quickly militarizes them. With this new super weapon, he conquers all the lands of the Franks and brings them under his rule, including ousting the Norse from Normandy.
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1253 AD
1256 AD
William of Rubruck's journey to Asia
ExpeditionThe monk travelled to Central Asia and brought back Penitentism
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1341 AD
Marinid Sultanate takes Cordoba
Military actionThe Moroccan sultanate conquers the Caliphate of Cordoba
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1350 AD
9 May
Richard FitzRalph professes belief in Penitentism
Religious eventThe Archbishop of Armagh appears at mass with his Soul Guide and claims they are not evil, and good Christians could embrace them.
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1352 AD
12 September
Publication of On the Nature of Free Will
Artistic creationRichard FitzRalph publishes an essay critiscizing the Catholic church's stance on free will and claiming that humans are not bound by fate. This marks the beginning of Arbitriumism as a new belief system.
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1354 AD
Ibn Battuta takes Pathstones to Chosun
ExpeditionMarinid explorer Ibn Battuta journeys to the east and takes with him the technology of inscribing on pathstones.
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1360 AD
18 July
Death of Richard FitzRalph
Life, DeathThe founder of the Arbitrium Church dies
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1386 AD
Unification of Danemark
FoundingThe various Danish kingdoms are officially united under King Frederick I, creating the Kingdom of Danemark.
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1395 AD
3 March1398 AD
11 October
Irish War of Independence
Military actionThe people of Ireland revolt against the English and drive them from Ireland. Ireland becomes an independent kingdom.
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1456 AD
17 April
Massacre of Zaragoza
Military actionDomingo de Arbués, a well-liked general, is murdered in Zaragoza a few weeks after a diviner predicted he would eventually die of assassination. Outraged citizens turn on the Arbitrist minority, and a man was accused of the murder on flimsy grounds and taken in for questioning. Arbitrists gathered outside the court house to protest his arrest, until Aragonese troops arrived and massacred the crowd. This kicked off the Iberian War of Free Will.
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1461 AD
Andalusi Revolt
Military actionAn Andalusi revolt re-takes al-Andalus from the Marinids and creates the Emirate of al-Andalus
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1469 AD
Marriage of Joanna of Castile to John II of Portugal
MarriageThis union united the crowns of Castile and Portugal and led to the united Kingdom of Espanha
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1492 AD
9 /25
Discovery of the New World
Discovery, ExplorationColombus, sailing for the Arbitrium Church, makes land on what would later be known as Novum Hibernia, beginning the age of contact between the two continents.
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1512 AD
1535 AD
Iberian War of Religion
Military actionA religios conflict that spanned 20 years as Arbitriumism spread through the peninsula. Flames were further stoked by invasions by al-Andalus, trying to take advantage of Christian Iberia's chaos. It ended with the Christian Iberian nations officially declaring Arbitriumism the state religions.
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1519 AD
May
Babelian is deciphered
Discovery, ScientificUpon his death, the ghost of Leonardo da Vinci snuck into Fate's study and stole a few pages from her notebook. He gave these to his favoured student, Francesco Melzi. These pages allowed Melzi and his wife to unlock the language of Fate and use Pathstones with more power and nuance than ever.
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1524 AD
October1526 AD
March
Great Peasants' War
Military actionAn uprising of peasants in the southwest of the Holy Roman Empire that led to the creation of the Federated Almain States
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1524 AD
16 October
Creation of the Church of Venice
FoundingAfter Francisco Melzi takes his research into Babelian to Venice to flee church censorship, the Doge of Venice converts to Protestantism to take advantage of Babelian in their war with the Papal States.
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1526 AD
France converts to Arbitriumism
Religious eventFrancis I of France converts to Arbitriumism to take advantage of Babelian, making it the new state religion.
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1539 AD
February
Invention of Ornithopter
Technological achievementFrancesco Melzi, apprentice of da Vinci, uses the new form of Pathstones regulation to build his late master's ornithopter.
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1601 AD
June
Completion of the Cairene Canal
Construction beginning/endThe Cairene Canal opens in Venetian Egypt, facilitating trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean
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Cairo -
1651 AD
Catholic Church Revises Stance on Lingua Dei
Religious eventHaving witnessed the incredible power wielded by harnessing Lingua Dei, the pope proclaims that studying the language of God is in fact holy and righteous.
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1673 AD
13 May
Founding of Royal Alzamastry Society
FoundingThe La Société Royale de l'Alzamastrie is established in Paris by order of King Louis XIV
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Paris -
1684 AD
21 September
Royal Alzamastry Society moves to Chateau Chambord
Life, RelocationKing Louis XIV donates his abandoned hunting lodge to the society to be their new, grander headquarters.
Location
Palais d'Or -
1774 AD
9 October
First Sighting of a Wraith
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA traveller claims to have seen a dark, shadowy form drifting through the trees on the road in the province of Berry, France.
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1775 AD
14 February
First Death from a Wraith
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA man is killed by a wraith. There may have been earlier deaths, but this was the first with witnesses.