1 Baden Events for Europa Universalis IV ©bebrst // Göteborg, February 2017 Flavor Events for Baden – chronological order To enrich the game play experience for Baden, I created a list of events and an achievement for it. Sources are mostly from Wikipedia and can be added upon request. I look forward to discussions, additions and changes! The Bundschuh-movement The Bundschuh movement (1493–1517) was a loosely linked series of localized peasant rebellions in southwestern Germany. It was so called because of the peasant shoe (Bundschuh = tied shoe) which was their symbol. The peasants are rising, and you must put down the revolt. Fires: 1490-1520 Lose: -1 stability The Division of Baden After Margrave Philip I of Baden died, his lands were divided by his brothers Bernard and Ernest in 1535. It would be the first of several partitions, establishing the two main lines of the House of Baden – Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach. Fires: 1530-1550 Lose 5 Prestige, gain x Unrest Hexenverfolgung in Baden The age of Reformation is unsettling your people. Rumors about witchcraft are spreading and people are calling for witch-hunts in Baden. We are concerned about moral panic and mass hysteria and must react. The two lines of House Baden followed different approaches, which one is most suitable for you? Fires: 1540-1640 a) Set up witch-trials: Gain 1 corruption*, lose 1 Unrest b) Tolerate heretics: Gain 1 Unrest, Gain 10 Admin and 10 Diplo power 1 2 Baden Events for Europa Universalis IV ©bebrst // Göteborg, February 2017 Lazarus von Schwendi Lazarus von Schwendi was both, a prestigious military leader and diplomat, who worked for the Spanish crown and the Habsburg Empire. He exceled in the wars against the Ottomans and later became an influential adviser to Kaiser Maximilian II, promoting tolerance between Catholics and Protestants. He was registered in the list of „berühmtesten, zur immerwährenden Nacheiferung würdiger Kriegsfürsten und Feldherren Österreichs“. In addition, he gained a reputation as patron of wine growing in Southern Germany. Fires: 1550-1580 Gain: a) General Lazarus von Schwendi /or 30 Military Power b) Advisor Lazarus von Schwendi Diplo / or 30 Diplo Power Wine country Baden Learning from our neighbors in Alsace and spoilt with a Mediterranean climate, the Breisgau is among the most famous wine producing areas in the HRE. General Lazarus von Schwedni patronized the winegrowing in Alsace and Breisgau and established new rules and introduced new varieties of grapes. Fires: 1550-1580 Gain: 5 Prestige The Badisches Landrecht 1622 Margrave George Frederick introduced the Landrecht in Baden in 1622. This civil code was described as "the most thorough of any of the German territorial states" and remained in force until 1809. Fires: 1620-1650 Gain: 50 Admin Power 2 3 Baden Events for Europa Universalis IV ©bebrst // Göteborg, February 2017 The Simplicissimus The author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen created the stories about the Simplicissimus, which has been called the greatest German novel of the 17th century and attained a readership larger than any other seventeenth-century novel. Fires: 1650-1680 Gain: 5 Prestige The “Türkenlouis” Margrave Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, was named chief commander of the Imperial Army and came to be called the Türkenlouis or shield of the empire for his many defeats of Turkish armies. The Turks called him the red king, because his red uniform jacket made him very visible on the battlefield. Fires: 1670-1710 Gain: 50 Military Power The Tulip friend and city founder Margrave Charles III William was an enlightened absolute ruler. Charles William was the founder of the city of Karlsruhe which became the Residenzstadt. He introduced administrative reforms and successfully fought corruption. He also showed a completely different face as a flower collector. He grew a considerable collection of flowers, especially tulips. The gardens burdened the finances of the small country considerably - rare tulip bulbs cost easily half the annual salary of a servant. Fires: 1700-1740 Pay 5month of income Gain 5 Prestige, lose 1 Corruption and gain 20 Admin Power 3 4 Baden Events for Europa Universalis IV ©bebrst // Göteborg, February 2017 The Dutchmen Forestry was always an integral part of your economy. The countless trees in the Black Forest are an important trading good. Especially the Netherlands needed wood for shipbuilding and for house construction in the sandy and wet ground. In Amsterdam, large numbers of buildings are built on these posts of the Black Forest. The long, straight pine logs, transported downriver, were called the “Dutchmen”. Fires: 1700-1821 Gain: 100 Ducats income and 10 Diplo Power (or 5 Prestige) The enlightened Despot Charles Frederick, 1st Grand Duke of Baden, reunited the original land of Baden and was one of the longest serving monarchs with 73years in power. He was regarded as a good example of an enlightened despot, supporting schools, universities, jurisprudence, civil service, economy, culture, and urban development. He outlawed torture in 1767, and serfdom in 1783. He was elected a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747. Fires: 1740-1810 Gain: 30 Admin Power, 30 Diplo Power The Reunification of Baden As none of the sons of August George of Baden-Baden survived, a testament of agreed, granting the House Baden-Durlach his lands. In 1771 ended the division of Baden. Your lands are reunited again and together you are stronger than ever before. Fires: 1765-1790 Gain: 5 Prestige 4 5 Baden Events for Europa Universalis IV ©bebrst // Göteborg, February 2017 The Laufmaschiene Europe suffered from poor harvests during 1812-1815 and then in 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted. The eruption affected the entire world and Europe saw snow all summer long. This drove the inventor Karl Drais to focus on a replacement for the horse used for transportation, due to a lack of food, and his subsequent invention in 1817 of the Laufmaschine/Velocipede (running machine), the earliest form of a bicycle. Fires: 1810-1820 Gain: 5 Prestige Achievement. Be the real Markgraf (Margrave) of Baden* Follow the steps of your forefathers from Zähringen and form the margravate of Baden. Play as Baden and own your core provinces Baden, Breisgau, as well as Verona, Treviso, Friuli, Görz and Istria. * In 1061 Dowager Empress Agnes of Poitou, widow of Emperor Henry III, enfeoffed the Swabian count Berthold from the House of Zähringen with Carinthia and Verona. Though he could not prevail, neither as Carinthian duke nor as Veronese margrave, he bequested the title to his descendants from the House of Baden, who went on to rule their Swabian territories as a "Margraviate" (the corelands of Baden never been a margraviate). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_Verona 5 .