Timeline of a Nation - The Recorded History of the Confederal Kingdom of Hertfordia

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1000-900 BSM - The Andlav people settle the land and live in what is now the Hertfordshire half of Hertfordia.

601 BSM - The Marcarians (Not to be confused with Markians) conquer the region as far south as the River Stour.

555 BSM - The Marcarians create the province of Epping. They build towns such as Great Parndon in Hertfordshire. They also build roads and introduce the Marcarian way of life.

100 BSM - Waves of tribesmen including the Hertfordians and the Comians overrun Hertfordshire.

191 SM - Cheldric, King of the Valks, conquers the area and makes it part of his empire.

214 SM - After Cheldric's death, his empire is split into 3 parts. Euģēnijs the Hertfordian Valk takes over the eastern section, which includes Hertfordshire and Jammbo (Andala). Under Valkish rule Hertfordshire prospers. 

300 SM - A people called the Debenars begin raiding Hertfordshire.

355 SM - The Debenars are utterly defeated by the Hertfordian king Severjans, after which the Hertfordians regain control of the region and the Debenars become the ancestors of modern Jammbians.

556 SM - The Holy Marcarian Emperor makes Hertfordshire a duchy and its ruler becomes a duke. Once again, Hertfordshire prospers.

646 SM - When a Hertfordian duke dies, King Vratislav of Dacoria is elected duke and he marries the last duke's widow.

673 SM - Vilens Kļaviņš becomes Holy Marcarian Emperor. He defeats the Dacorian king.

682 SM - Emperor Vilens makes his son Inrigo Duke of Hertfordshire. The Vecunmieks rule Hertfordshire for centuries to come. Gradually they acquire more territory and build up a great empire in southern Andolia.

758 SM - Kārlis IV, known as The Founder, becomes Duke of Hertfordshire. He founds Parndon University.

842 SM - Duke Redžinalds II of Hertfordshire also becomes king of Jammbo and Dacoria.

843 SM - Duke Redžinalds II becomes Holy Marcarian Emperor. Hertfordshire is now the dominant power of southern Andolia.

959 SM - Hertfordshire faces a powerful threat from the Triestans. The Triestans siege Great Parndon but they fail to capture it. Despite the Triestans, the Hertfordian Empire prospers and trade and commerce grows.

994 SM - Meanwhile, the rest of Andolia is being rocked by a reformation. A great many people in the Hertfordian Empire convert to Vrupikyanism. However, the Alevukhanite counter-reformation win some back. Furthermore, Duke Alģimants II prosecutes the Vrupikyan population.

1018 SM - Hertfordshire becomes involved in the Thrift War, which causes devastation in Vecunmieks lands.

1048 SM - The Thrift War ends, with a Hertfordian victory.

1083 SM - The Triestans lay siege to Great Parndon again. However, an army of Hertfordians and Teltans relieve Great Parndon. Afterwards, the Triestans are slowly driven back.

1101 SM - During the 12th Century, Hertfordshire prospers despite several long wars. The first of these is The War of the Alcheran succession.

1114 SM - The War of the Alcheran Succession ends with Halavia and part of Noracaly being added to the Hertfordian Empire.

1140 SM - Duke Narimants VI dies without a male heir. He persuades foreign powers and national assemblies within his empire to accept his daughter as the next ruler. Andrika succeeds him and becomes Duchess Andrika I. However, Irmantas the Great of Pressex promptly takes Whitton and starts the War of the Hertfordian Succession. During the war, Duchess Andrika has to fight the Pressens, Valks and Alcherans.

1148 SM - The end of the War of the Hertfordian Succession. Andrika's husband, Kristijāns of Theobald, is made Emperor Kristijāns I.

1165 SM - When Kristijāns dies, Andrika resumes rule with her son Ingemārs II.

1190 SM - Emperor Ingemārs II passes away, Empress Andrika steps down and hands the crown to her grandson, who becomes Emperor Valerijāns I of Hertfordshire and the Holy Marcarian Empire.

1192 SM - At the end the 12th Century, the Valkan Revolution throws Andolia into turmoil. Starting this year, Hertfordshire and Valke fight a series of wars.

1206 SM - Corbinian, Emperor of Valke, dissolves the Holy Marcarian Empire. The ruler of the Hertfordian Empire gives up the title of Holy Marcarian Emperor and becomes simply Emperor Valerijāns I of Hertfordshire.

1215 SM - After multiple successful wars, Valke is defeated by a coalition of nations from all across Andolia, including Pressex, Alchera, Overthan and Hertfordshire. After Corbinians defeat, Daumants Runcis, the Foreign Minister, becomes the leading figure in Hertfordian politics. He introduces a repressive regime opposed to liberal ideas. However despite the repression Hertfordshire prospers and by this time industrialization is taking place in some areas. Yet nationalism is a growing force in the Hertfordian Empire. The various peoples such as the Jammbians and Dacorians become increasingly dissatisfied with Hertfordian rule.

1248 SM - A wave of revolutions across Andolia including in the Hertfordian Empire. Runcis resigns and at first the Emperor makes concessions. However, the army remains loyal and Emperor Inducis I abdicates in favour of his nephew Jevģēnijs Aspers Vecunmieks. The new emperor restores absolute rule in Hertfordshire and the old order returns.

1259 SM - Hertfordshire is defeated by Valke in a war.

1266 SM - Hertfordshire is then defeated by Pressex. After this, Hertfordshire ceases to be the dominant power in southern Andolia. That role passes to Pressex.

1267 SM - After the war, the Hertfordian Empire is split into two parts. It becomes the Hertmero-Jammbian Empire consisting of Hertfordshire on one side and Jammbo on the other. They are ruled by the same Emperor, Jevģēnijs III.

1290 SM - Industry in the Great Parndon area grows rapidly. Furthermore, railways are built across the empire. However, the various ethnic groups of the Hertmero-Jammbian Empire still yearn for independence.

1314 SM - Archduke Rāgnars Breņķis, heir to the throne, is assassinated. This event leads to the Andolian War.

1316 SM - Emperor Jevģēnijs III dies, Emperor Kristijāns II takes charge.

1318 SM - In October, even before the war ends the Hertmero-Jammbian Empire begins to break up as the various races declare independence. On 11th November Emperor Kristijāns II abdicates and on 12th November the Federation of Hertfordshire is declared. The Empire is no more.

1320s SM - Hertfordshire recovers from the war.

1330s SM - Hertfordshire suffers a depression.

1334 SM - The Pressens attempt a coup and shoot Prime Minister Zinaids Lasmanis. However, troops defeat the coup. Yet Pressex is determined to absorb Hertfordshire.

1338 SM - Pressex forces the Hertfordian government to appoint Pressens to important posts. Prime Minister Arčils proposes a referendum on the issue of whether or not Hertfordshire should join Pressex. However Pressex is not satisfied and their troops mass along the border. Arčils resigns and on 12th March the Pressens occupy Hertfordshire.

1343 SM - Other nations agree to restore an independent Hertfordshire after the Pacifican War has passed.

1345 SM - Many Hertfordian soldiers are killed and the people suffered from bombing and an Overthan invasion. After the wars end, the first provisional government is formed in April. Then in July, Hertfordshire is divided into 4 zones by Valke, Stortmouth, Overthan and Brivern. The first parliamentary elections take place in November.

1355 SM - Hertfordshire becomes an independent nation again. The parliament declares permanent neutrality.

1360-1390 SM - The late 14th Century is an era of prosperity and economic growth for Hertfordshire.

1380 SM - Death of beloved king and unifying force Kristijāns III starts a slow downwards spiral for the nation.

1391 SM - The beginning of the Confederal Wars, which signalled the end of Hertfordshire, which is known as Greater Hertfordia, a nation that politically and economically dominated Andolia from 1360 SM until this point in time.

1401 SM - The Confederal Wars end with Greater Hertfordia, now just the Confederation of Hertfordshire, merging with the Kingdom of Jammbo to become the Confederal Kingdom of Hertfordia. Charles I becomes the first king.

1409 SM - Hertfordia adopts the Delta Pound.

1419 SM - Clarkov 'Clarkson' becomes the Prime Minister. He re-organizes the structure of rule within Hertfordia, thereby creating the Verkhovna Anglia, the current parliament of the nation. King Mečislavs I assumes the throne after winning the first ever royal elections.

1420 SM - Nowadays, Hertfordia is a prosperous nation.

 

 

No creativity in this timeline. Oh well.

NOTE: This is a draft, will be altered when details discussed with other Andolian nations. Hertfordshire and Jammbo's history is primarily based on the histories of Hungary & Austria, with a bit of Yugoslavia near the end and tweaked to match the current situation of what Hertfordshire and Jammbo is.