I pulled the time line of Théah from the Temple of the Rose and Cross website before it went down. Here it is.
Our scholars have recently unearthed a corrected timeline of events in Theah that in some parts contradicts doctrine as laid out in the great book of the 7th Sea. Where this confusion occurs, this tome should be considered the correct dating and information.1587 Imperator Weiss III takes control of Eisen and forbids the persecution of Objectionists and so eases tensions in the nation.
1598 The Jenny's Guild is formed. The Explorer Society is founded by Cameron MacCormick.
~ 1600 The merchants of Vendel form into a number of Guilds that start to challenge the dominance in trade by the Vodacce.
1600 A revolt on la Palabra de Dios, now known as "la Bucca", kills ninety percent of the inmates and a third of the guards.
1608 The first microscopes are invented by an anonymous Vendel scholor.
1610 Church scholars led by Caspar Gallus finish their "map of the Interior of the Human Body".
~ Birth of Leon XIV of Montaigne.
1613 Plague threatens Castille. Methods of quarantine are developed, quickly ending the treat.
~ The majority of Théah abandons the short sword and buckler for lighter weapons.
~ Montaigne faith in the Vaticine Church declines.
1614 Richard IV becomes King of Avalon.
1622 Richard asks the Hierophant for permission to divorce his wife and is refused. In responce, Richard passes the Act of Supremacy so creating the new Church of Avalon with him as its head.
~ King Leon XIII of Montaigne dies. His wife and her lover, the Cardinal Maurice d'Argeneau, govern the nation for six years until Leon XIV comes of age. The young king is cruelly mistreated under their ministrations.
1627 Birth of Alcide Mondavi.
1628 Leon XIV turns eighteen. He immediately banishes his mother to exile in the country and dramatically reduces the influence of Cardinal d'Argeneau in court.
1631 King Leon marries his first wife, Estelle.
1632 Birth of Faulk Fischler.
1636-1666 Imperator Weiss, a moderate in religious matters, dies. The new Imperator Riefenstahl is fanatically Vaticine. His religious policies ferment open revolt in the southern baronies and trigger thirty years of war in Eisen.
~ The Vendel League use the Eisen conflict to vastly expand their economic power. The Vodacce Princes finally realise the threat to their power and start a quiet economic war.
1637 Objectionist armies under General Stefano Wulf defeat Eisen Vaticines at the Last Battle of the Stein, breaking the absolute hold of the Vatacine's in northern Eisen.
1638 The "Gentleman Pirate" Philip Gosse retires to a hidden island paradise.
1639 Syrneth ruins are discovered in the Vodacce Mountains.
~ General Wulf retreats from the Stein, leaving the once mighty fortress in ruins.
~ Queen Estelle of Montaigne dies, having born Leon five daughters and no sons.
1640 Leon marries his second wife, princess Rosa Velasquez de Sandoval of Castille.
1643 Birth of Katerina Fischler.
1644 The Swordsman's Guild is founded.
1645 Queen Rosa Velasquez dies, having born Leon three daughters and again no sons. Relations between Montaigne and Castille sour considerably.
1648 The corsair Kheired-Din makes his first raids on western shores.
~ Birth of Dominique du Montaigne in the fall of the year.
1649 Eisen fisherman Faulk Fischler finds a dracheneisen vein near the Sudenlach and so is granted a Barony by Reifenstahl. The act further destabilises Eisen.
~ Birth of Ilya Nikolovich, son of Gaius Nikolai Nikolovich. At the child's birth, the Gaius tricks Matushka into promising that Ilya will become the next Gaius. The sucession of a noble breaks the age long tradition of the Gaius coming from the peasant class.
1650 The Inish rise up against the oppresive rule of "Iron" Queen Margaret.
1651 The O'Bannon returns once more and begins to lead the Inish against the Avalon rulers.
1652 Good King Sandoval is born.
1654 The death of Queen Margeret of Avalon leaves no clear line of sucession, giving rise to yet another civil war. The Highland Marches declare independance.
1656 Margaret's half-sister Elaine reappears with the Graal. The powers of Glamour are also restored to Avalon.
~ Jack O'Bannon calls for a cease-fire in the war against the Avalons.
~ Theah's first newspaper, the Steinhalt Gazette, is founded. With the coming of Niklaus Trague in 1664, it changes its name to the Freiburg Gazette.
~ Improved microscopes lead to the science of entomology, while the Inquisition's power grows in Castille.
~ Ilya Nikolovich sees a portrait of Katerina Fischler and is instantly smitten. Katerina travels to Ussura and agrees to marry the young boy when he comes of age. In exchange, her brother recieves a lucrative food-for-arms deal.
1657 The Royal Fraternity for Scientific Minds admits its first female member, Ravenhild Hibbot. The organisation then changes its name to the Royal Association.
1658 Elaine succeeds in uniting Avalon under her rule. Inismore and the Highland Marches swear allegiance to her, creating a Triple Kingdom of linked yet autonomous nations. She also moves the capital from Luthon to the newly restored Carleon.
~ First reported sightings of the Crimson Rogers.
~ Gaius Nikolai dies under mysterious circumstances and his son becomes the new leader. The boyars take the boy and torture him mercilessly for the next seven years, in an effort to break his will.
1659 Niklaus Trague discovers a dracheneisen mine in the mountains of Eisen. He asks for the ruins of the Stein as his barony.
~ Salvador Aldana, King of Castille orders the construction of an armada to sail against Avalon. The fleet is sunk by a large force of privateers under the general leadership of Jeremiah Berek.
~ A Castillian doctor writes the first medical description of typhoid fever.
1660 A pencil factory is built in Castille, marking the first use of mass-production.
1661 Avalon scientist Jeremy Cook writes "The Rational Chemist", denouncing alchemy and advocating Empiricism. The books causes a huge controversy and the Inquisition demands his death as a heretic.
~ Franz Deleboe publishes a new map of the body and denounces the humour theory of medicine. He is burned at the stake by the Inquisition, although they do not admit to their role until 1668.
1662 Jeremy Cook invents the air pump, but is killed by the Inquisition before he can reveal it to the public. A group of scholars calling themselves "The Invisible College" manage to save his notes.
~ Castillian scholar Maria Alverado uses a large ball of sulfur to generate a static charge.
1663 The current Sultan of the Crescent Empire is crowned as Timur Aslan Cihangir having been born in the auspicious presence of a new wolf cub.
1664 The guilder is introduced by the Vendel as a way of dominating Thean currency. The act escalates the unspoken trade war between Vendel and Vodacce.
~ Niklaus Trague completes repairs on the Stein. He renames it as the city of Freiburg in the hopes of attracting new trade.
~ Crown Prince Javier of Castille dissapears from the royal palace shortly before the death of his father.
~ King Leon of Montaigne declares himself a sorceror after 500 years of silence, and that all other practitioners will have safe haven within his borders.
~ Gaius Ilya escapes from his captors into the frozen wilderness around the city of Sladivgorod. He recieves a visit from the legendary Firebird, who shields him from the elements and allows him to survive.
~ High King Salvador Aldana de Sandoval of Castille dies.
1665 After months of debate, the Church crowns the thirteen year-old Salvador Bejarano de Sandoval as King of Castille. His church advisors deny him the due title Rex Castillium, severely hampering his power.
~ The first appearance of El Vago, who rescues a peasant girl named Lucinda Garcia from being burned at the stake.
~ El Vago joins Don Andres Aldana in defending Good King Sandoval from an assassination attempt.
~ Gaius Ilya comes of age and takes formal control of Ussura. He has the men who tortured him put to death and the chief persecutor fed to his own hounds.
~ The Crimson Rogers sinks the Highland Piper, an Avalon mercenary ship, near the Midnight Archipelago. Captain Bonnie McGee escapes the destruction and returns to port in a life boat. She is the only known survivor of an attack by the Rogers.
~ Several outbreaks of White Plague are noted in Avalon, Castille and parts of Montaigne. The disease passes before church scholars are able to diagnose the cause.
~ "Antonio", a Vodacce astronomer, discovers rotation periods of Guer and Re, while midwifery forceps are invented in Avalon.
~ The Luthon Weekly newspaper enters print.
1666 A weakened Eisen is invaded by Castille and Montaigne, leading Riefenstahl to cede land to the two rival nations at the Treay of Weissburg. This effectively ends the War of the Cross.
~ At the order of Cardinal Verdugo, a Church army attacks Montaigne but are repelled at Charouse by troops lead by a corporal named Montegue. In response to this action, King Leon declares himself l'Emperor and makes Montegue his High General, marrying him to his youngest daughter Dominique.
~ The Hierophant also dies this year under mysterious circumstances, shortly after the Montaigne Cardinal dissapears without trace. Without a Hierophant to guide them, the Inquisition rapidly gains power and research slows.
~ Castillian scholar Alvara Archiniega discovers the spectrum of light with a series of homemade prisms. The Inquisition attempt to hang him, but he is a skilled swordsman and defeats those sent to take him and escapes to the countryside.
~ Prisoners on the island of la Palabra de Dios stage a successful revolt and declare themselves as a sovereign nation known as the Brotherhood of the Coast.
1667 Montaigne begins to use a new weapon known as the 'grenade'.
~ Imperator Riefenstahl hangs himself, leaving the nation divided between the factionous Eisenfursten.
~ Under the orders of l'Emperor Leon, Montegue begins an invasion of Castille. The coastal fortress of Barcino is opened to the advancing army by betrayal of a local Don. The forces make fast progress down el Camino del Sol but are stopped by General Montoya and the recall of Montegue.
~ A Castillian bureaucrat named Diego Torres de Zepeda del Castillo debunks the medical quack Jaspar Wellfellow in a series of sharply-worded letters to a periodical.
~ Gjæving Asbjornsson stumbles into a mystic cave, which marks him as the new High King of the Vestenmannavnjar. He refused to acknowledge his position and tells no-one what has happened.
~ Spring. General Montegue launches an invasion of Castille, quickly seizing thje majority of Rancho Torres.
~ Late Summer. Montegue is recalled from Castille and ordered to begin an invasion of Ussura. He seizes the port city of Odyesse and marches slowly towards Pavtlow, moving forward despite Matushka's supernatural efforts to stop him.
~ Late Fall. Castille's General Montoya stops the Montaigne advance at La Muralla al Ultimo.
1668 The Inquisition announces they killed Franz Deleboe in 1661, having gained sufficient power to declare scientific experimentation to be heresy.
~ Secundus. Alvara Arciniega invents the reflecting telescope.
~ Wolffron von Hazel, a young Eisen composer, begins touring Montaigne seeking a patron.
~ Jeremiah Berek is apparently lost in a clash with Captain Reis of the dreaded Crimson Roger.
Rebecca Deveraux du Mons
