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Will happen on June 7, 1494

Description

Formalizing the papal support in the Treaty of Tordesillas the world west of the Azores was reserved for Spain and the eastern half for Portugal. Eventually they agreed to push the demarcation line to the west of the Cape Verde islands to ensure Portuguese possession of Brazil. Portugal and Spain may now attack and conquer any non-European provinces without having to declare war on their owner.

Actions

A. OK

• Global flag 0 is set (Enable Treaty of Tordesillas rules.)

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Will happen within 700 days of January 1, 1518
Checked again every 700 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1519)

Description

On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther pinned his 95 articles on the churchdoor at Wittenberg condemning the trafficking of Redeems by the Pope and advocating a return to a purer former of Christianity. This is normally said to be the birth of the Protestant branch of Christianity. Catholic nations can now convert to Protestantism thereby increasing their long term tax incomes and giving a one-time bonus of 25$ per province as church property is confiscated by the State.

Actions

A. OK

• Global flag 1 is set (Enable Protestant religion.)
• Event 251074 - Response of the Papacy to Luther for Papal States is triggered immediately
• Event 133009 - Response of the Papacy to Luther for Bremen is triggered immediately
• Event 202021 - Response of the Papacy to Luther for Cologne is triggered immediately
• Event 217004 - Response of the Papacy to Luther for Mainz is triggered immediately

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Will happen within 700 days of January 1, 1521
Checked again every 700 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1522)

Description

Luther's followers created a formal church but Zwingli and later Calvin's followers created many churches – among them the French Huguenots the English Puritans the Scottish Presbyterians and the Dutch Reformed Church. Protestant nations may now convert to Reformed Christians thereby increasing their long term tax incomes.

Actions

A. OK

• Global flag 2 is set (Enable Reformed religion.)

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Will happen within 330 days of January 1, 1564
Checked again every 330 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1564)

Description

In the sixteenth century it became imperative for the State and the Church to stem the tide of Lutheranism sweeping through Europe. The decrees included the reorganization and moralization of the ecclesiastical body and solemnly reconfirmed the Pope's indisputable and absolute authority. Catholic nations may now convert to Counter Reformed Catholics, thereby allowing them to force enemy nations to convert back to Catholicism as a peace option.

Actions

A. OK

• Global flag 3 is set (Enable Counter-Reform Catholicism.)

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Conditions

• has been discovered by Europeans
• The following must not occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Roma is a national (core) province
    • Event 251030 - The Gregorian Calendar for Papal States has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of October 15, 1582
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1582)

Description

The Gregorian calendar was proposed by Aloysius Lilius, a physician from Naples, and adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in accordance with instructions from the Council of Trent (1545-1563) to correct for errors in the older Julian Calendar. In February, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a Papal Bull requiring that 10 days should be dropped from October 1582 so that 15 October should follow immediately after 4 October, and from then on the reformed calendar should be used. This was observed in Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Other Catholic countries followed shortly after, the Rest of the World adopted it only after 1700. In most countries it was also decided to adopt 1 January as the start of the year at the same time. In the Gregorian calendar, the tropical year is approximated as 365 97/400 days = 365.2425 days. Thus it takes approximately 3300 years for the tropical year to shift one day with respect to the Gregorian calendar. The approximation 365 97/400 is achieved by having 97 leap years every 400 years. These are calculated introducing a new corrective device to curb further error: century years such as 1700 or 1800 are no longer to be counted as leap years, unless they are like 1600 divisible by 400. If somewhat inelegant, this system was undeniably effective since the Gregorian calendar differed from solar year only by 26 seconds.

Actions

A. The Pope has decreed it!

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Will happen within 700 days of January 1, 1658
Checked again every 700 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1659)

Description

Starting in the latter part of the 16th century, the Edict of Nantes and other similar legislation aimed to stop religious hostilities by imposing tolerance and mutual recognition of other religious groups. Freedom of religion was not completely forthcoming, the Edict of Nantes was repealed in 1685 by the Edict of Fontainebleau, making Protestantism illegal in France, but a trend towards progress had been set in motion. By the end of the Thirty Year's War, the era of the so called Counter-Reformation was at a close. Concurrent with an increase of religious tolerance, the Treaty of Tordesillas was no longer viewed as an impediment to non-Spanish, non-Portuguese colonization. The boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire were also revised accordingly.

Actions

A. OK

Conditions

• Event 186015 - The peace treaty of Munster for Netherlands has already occurred

Effects

• Conditions:
  
  • At least one of the following must occur:
    • Pfalz is a claim province of Bavaria
    • Pfalz is a national province of Bavaria
  Palatinate will now have 2 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
• Conditions:
  
  • At least one of the following must occur:
    • Pfalz is a claim province of Bavaria
    • Pfalz is a national province of Bavaria
  Pfalz will no longer be considered a national province
• Friesen leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Geldre leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Holland leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Zeeland leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Conditions:
  
  • Switzerland exists
  Bern leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Conditions:
  
  • Switzerland exists
  Schwyz leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Lombardia leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Siena leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Firenze leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Emilia leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Liguria leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Piemonte leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Savoie leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Conditions:
  
  • The following must not occur:
    • Event 3323 - The Succession in Provence for France has already occurred
  Provence leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Global flag 5 is set (Disable Treaty of Tordesillas.Reduce the effect of religion.)

B. OK

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Event 186015 - The peace treaty of Munster for Netherlands has already occurred

Effects

• Conditions:
  
  • At least one of the following must occur:
    • Pfalz is a claim province of Bavaria
    • Pfalz is a national province of Bavaria
  Palatinate will now have 2 electoral votes in the Holy Roman Empire
• Conditions:
  
  • At least one of the following must occur:
    • Pfalz is a claim province of Bavaria
    • Pfalz is a national province of Bavaria
  Pfalz will no longer be considered a national province
• Global flag 5 is set (Disable Treaty of Tordesillas.Reduce the effect of religion.)