Post by Kingdom of Kylvania on Jan 19, 2012 22:58:42 GMT -5
History of the World
[/center]1702: Kingdom of Kylvania establishes independence from the Sudal, Jurr, and Kronic Principalities. This unification makes Kylvanian a minor regional power.
1720: Principality of Jouran declares independence from the Kingdom of Ezria, thus initiating the Jouran War of Independence.
1721: One of the earliest democracies is formed in Jouran when the 'electorate' is founded which will later become the basis for its Parliament. Originally, it consists of 61 seats from only the most wealthy families.
1727: The war with Ezria comes to an end, guaranteeing Jouran independence. The next three decades will see Ezrian territory slowly annexed by the Republic of Jouran.
1733: The current king, King Frederick, signs the Papers of Agreement, which end indentured servitude in Kylvania.
1755: The first 'Frontier War' is fought between Jouran and Kylvania over the present day province of Karelia over Kylvanian encroachments into Jouran territory and the rich mineral resources of Karelia.
1758:
The First Peace of Arracourt is signed, leading to the ceding of Karelia to the Republic of Jouran.
1799: Riots in the capital of Kivestra end in the death of Prince Kendall, and the Kylvanian Army rounds up and kills over 400 people in an attempt to find the alleged killers.
1816: Prince Leric, brother of the late Prince Kendall becomes king of Kylvania when the current king, King Franz, passes away.
1862: The National Democratic Party and the People's Republican Party are formed in Jouran, they remain the nation's two largest parties in Parliament to this day.
1876: The Southern, rural lands of Kylvania are lost as disgruntled farmers and peasants feel they are being treated poorly. Two Kylvanian Infantry Divisions are dispatched to organize peace in the area but they are beaten in a five month long guerrilla campaign.
1877: The State of New Jurr surfaces and declares war on Kylvania, but it is beaten and it's Prime Minister, Soren von Hunnen is hung in Kivestra for war crimes.
1891: The Second Jouran-Kylvanian War begins when the Kylvanian Army launches an offensive to reclaim the province of Karelia. The first Battle of Calvio alone results in thousands of casualties for both sides, the war eventually ends with the expulsion of all Kylvanian troops from Jouran territory.
1897: Grandson of King Leric, son of King Edward, Prince Edward II, takes power in Kylvania.
1920: Jouran Prime Minister Adrian De Witt of the NDP wins re-election on the platform of rebuilding Jouran's economic prosperity and of mending relations with Kylvania in the interest of trade and other mutual benefits. Ironically, De Witt fought at the Battle of Calvio as a young infantryman.
1922: The Jouran merchant ship JSS Hurram is mysteriously sunk off the coast of Jouran while carrying steel to a home port. Kylvania reclaims lands lost during the Middle Ages, furthering it's coastline.
1922:
The invasion of the Republic of Ostereich by Kylvania forces the Republic of Jouran to declare war to protect its ally beginning the third Kylo-Jou War.
1922:
The Ostereich Free Army rises up in the capital, triggering a brutal siege by the Kylvanian Ostereich Occupation Army.
1922:
The Kylvanian Third Army pushes deep into Jouran while the JNA wages a desperate fighting retreat. It will be more than a month before the Kylvanian offensive is slowed and the JNA launches a counterattack to reverse Kylvanian gains. Operation Winter Storm will see thousands killed and bitter street fighting in places like Verruchtsberg and Mishen.
1922:
Greater Fortis mobilizes over a hundred thousand men to its Jouranan and Kylvanian borders, warning that the fighting is destabilizing the region. Fortis will later offer to act as a mediator between the two warring powers.