Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of January 2, 1429

Description

The Sound Due was introduced by King Erik in 1429 and was not abolished until 1857. All ships passing through the Sound ('Øresund') were forced to anchor off Helsingør and pay dues to the Danish Crown. The merchants had no choice but to comply since the Sound was the only water lane into the Baltic Sea. The due was enormous, and its impact on politics was almost as big as on the economy - the Danish king could easily decide on different levels of tariffs for the various nationalities of the ships passing through. Swedish merchants were often particularly targeted, which was an important contributing factor to the bitter enmity between the nations.

Actions

A. Impose the Sound Due

• Mercantilism +2
• +10 base tax value in the capital province
• -50 relations with Sweden
• -50 relations with Mecklenburg
• -50 relations with Pomerania
• -50 relations with Teutonic Order
• -50 relations with England
• -50 relations with France

B. Let trade flow freely

• Mercantilism -2
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +50 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Mecklenburg
• +50 relations with Pomerania
• +50 relations with Teutonic Order
• +50 relations with England
• +50 relations with France
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Stability +2

Denmark — Not random

Conditions

• Sweden is a vassal of Denmark

Will happen within 720 days of January 2, 1434
Checked again every 720 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1437)

Description

Union King Erik was a harsh man, and his sheriffs reflected all of his worst traits. One of the cruellest was Jösse Eriksson, a nobleman of Danish birth and appointed sheriff of Bergslagen in Sweden. Acting like a petty chieftain, Jösse took whatever he fancied from the oppressed people - including their women. Finally, the peasants and miners had had enough and sent Engelbrekt to demand that Jösse be replaced by a decent man. King Erik agreed and sent an almost equally cruel sheriff, a German named Hans von Eberstein, to Bergslagen. The flames of revolt rose up in 1434...

Actions

A. Replace Jösse with Hans von Eberstein

• Event 3217 - The Engelbrekt Rebellion for Sweden is triggered immediately
• -100 relations with Sweden
• Centralization +1

B. Replace Jösse with a lenient sheriff

• -100
• Centralization -1
• Stability -2

Denmark — Not random

Conditions

• Sweden exists
• Sweden is a vassal of Denmark

Will happen within 364 days of February 2, 1483
Checked again every 364 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after February 2, 1485)

Description

In 1481 King Christian I died and left the throne to his son Hans. Since the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, Sweden had not been a part of the Union in anything but the name. In 1483 the Councils of the Scandinavian kingdoms drafted the Halmstad Recess, an attempt to provide a Scandinavian constitution which asserted the supremacy of the high nobility, but Sten Sture, the chancellor of Sweden, refused to send a delegation to Halmstad. The Swedes delayed signing the document until 1484, and then with certain provisos.

Actions

A. Draft the Scandinavian Constitution

• +50 relations with Sweden
• Aristocracy +2
• Centralization +1
• Stability +2

B. Drop the whole idea

• Stability -1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 720 days of February 2, 1493

Description

Up until the late 15th century the peasants in Denmark, like in Sweden, had been blessed with liberties uncommon to their class in Europe at the time. Under King Hans however, this took a bitter end with the adoption of 'vornedskab', or serfdom. Peasant sons were no longer allowed to move from their lands, and particularly the peasants who worked the fields of the aristocracy soon found themselves oppressed like never before.

Actions

A. Adopt Vornedskab

• Serfdom +3
• Aristocracy +1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 120 months

B. Let the peasants be free

• Serfdom -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -4

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of February 2, 1509

Description

Under King Hans, who came to the throne in 1481, the fleet was given a more organised structure, and during his reign large ships were built by royal order. The 'Engelen' was built in Sønderborg, where there was a good supply of oak for shipbuilding. The 'Maria', which was just as big, seems to have been built in Copenhagen, which has gradually become the home port of the fleet. By 1509 Denmark had one of the largest and best navies in Europe.

Actions

A. Expand the Navy

• Land -2
• Naval tech investment: +2000

B. Expand the Army

• Land +1
• Land tech investment: +1500

C. Build Fortifications

• Fortress level in the capital province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 720 days of January 2, 1517

Description

Upon succeeding to the throne, Christian II bypassed the Rigsråd and used the chancellery to grant commercial privileges to merchants, overriding the claims of Danish nobles and traders of the Hanseatic League. In 1517 Christian accused the governor of Copenhagen Castle of poisoning his lover Dyveke, and thereafter he ignored the Rigsråd and the royal charter. He created an essentially bourgeois government with the burgomaster of Malmö, Hans Mikkelsen, as his special counsellor

Actions

A. Reform the Government

• Mercantilism -2
• Aristocracy -2
• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +3 for 72 months
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province

B. Maintain Status Quo

• Stability +2

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of April 12, 1533

Description

When Frederik I died in 1533 the bishops and most of the aristocracy were initially opposed to the election of his son Christian, duke of Holstein, as new king because he was a Lutheran. The burghers and peasants on their part wanted a return of the deposed Christian II who was imprisoned at Sønderborg. The mayors of Copenhagen and Malmö devised a plan together with the Hansa to free Christian II and turn the two largest Danish cities into partners of the Hanseatic League. The Danish Council gained the help of arch-enemy Gustav Vasa to thwart the plot, which became known as 'Grevefejden' (The Count's Feud) because the rebel forces were led by Count Christoffer of Oldenburg.

Actions

A. Support Christian of Holstein

• Conditions:
  
  • State religion is Catholic
  Change religion to Protestant
• Mercantilism +3
• Aristocracy +3
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Holstein
• Global revolt risk +3 for 72 months
• Stability -3

B. Support Christian II

• Conditions:
  
  • State religion is Catholic
  A random province converts to the state religion
• Aristocracy -2
• Mercantilism -2
• Monarch Christian III will never rule
• Monarch Christian II becomes active
• +100 relations with Mecklenburg
• +100 relations with Pomerania
• Global revolt risk +2 for 48 months
• Stability -6

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of January 2, 1566

Description

Peder Oxe was a financial genius who was recalled from exile by Frederik II when the Nordic Seven Years War had ruined the Danish economy. With Oxe at the helm from 1567 it did not take long before the state finances had recovered. He convinced the aristocracy to contribute more and reorganized the Sound Due so that the revenues tripled. He also improved the agriculture and educational system. Until his death in 1577, Peder Oxe and a few other lords were the de-facto rulers of Denmark.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +4 for 120 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 120 months
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Stability +2

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of February 2, 1610

Description

The reign of Frederik II saw a marked increase in Danish sea power, and the king took a deep personal interest in building up the fleet. This policy was continued and further developed by his legendary son, Christian IV, who sailed with the fleet every year during his reign. Christian IV's intense interest in the fleet was manifest at all levels, from the naval base at Bremerholm to the duties of his admirals and the equipment of the ships.

Actions

A. Reform the Navy

• Land -2
• Naval tech investment: +2000

B. Reform the Army

• Land +1
• Land tech investment: +1500

C. Build fortifications

• Fortress level in a random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of January 2, 1616

Description

The founding of the first Danish East India Company was based chiefly on hopes and ambitions that had been aroused by the enormous revenues produced by the initial ventures of the British and Dutch companies. At the same time, there was a desire upon the part of the Danish monarch to play a dominant role in contemporary world trade, a desire that was apparently not always wholeheartedly endorsed by the Danish merchants of the period. In fact, the Danish trading venture proved to be without large or durable profits. The company itself lasted for only 34 years, and, throughout its existence, the company brought only seven cargoes of Asiatic goods to Copenhagen.

Actions

A. Found an East India Company

• -500
• Land -1
• +6 colonists
• +6 merchants
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Naval tech investment: +1000

B. It is a useless venture

Denmark — Not random

Conditions

• Denmark owns Østlandet

Will happen within 5 days of August 2, 1624
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 2, 1624)

Description

The Great Fire of Oslo, also known as the Oslo Fire of 1624, was a devastating event that profoundly impacted the capital of Norway. Raging from the 17th - 20th August 1624, the fire razed a significant portion of the city to the ground, leaving in its wake a trail of destruction. The flames, fueled by strong winds and dry weather, consumed approximately 90 percent of the city's buildings, including historical and cultural landmarks. This catastrophic event led to the decision to relocate and rebuild the city, resulting in the founding of Christiania (now Oslo) on more strategically located ground nearby. The new city was meticulously planned, incorporating a grid pattern that contrasted with the medieval layout of the previous Oslo. The Great Fire of Oslo remains a pivotal event in the city's history, symbolizing both destruction and rebirth, as the rebuilt Christiania went on to become the modern capital of Norway.

Actions

A. Rebuild the city as Christiania

• Change the city name in Østlandet to Christiania
• +15% population in Østlandet
• +2 base tax value in Østlandet
• +1 base manpower in Østlandet
• Fortress level in Østlandet +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• -500
• Stability +1

B. We cannot afford to invest in Norway

• -25% population in Østlandet
• -2 base tax value in Østlandet
• -1 base manpower in Østlandet
• Lose shipyard in Østlandet
• Manufactory in Østlandet is destroyed
• Fortress level in Østlandet -2
• Infrastructure tech investment: -750
• -100 victory points
• Stability -2

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 3649 days of January 2, 1625

Description

Christian IV was inclined to occupy himself with every minor detail of his administration while losing sight of the larger problems. Not only did he personally lay down the lines of Denmark's mercantilist policy, he even established the import duties, he started state-subsidized and privileged trading companies and manufactories--all of them with no marked success--and insisted on auditing their accounts personally.

Actions

A. Mercantilist Reforms

• Mercantilism +2
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Naval tech investment: +500

B. Free Trade Reforms

• Stability -3
• Mercantilism -2
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Naval tech investment: +500

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 720 days of January 2, 1660

Description

Absolutism in Denmark was a result of the lengthy political crisis and the acute state of emergency which resulted from the last of the Karl Gustav wars against Sweden in 1657-60. Despite his weak position when elected king in 1648, Frederik III's political skill allowed him to succeed in ousting two of his main adversaries in the Rigsråd as early as the 1650s. The two were the seneschal Corfitz Ulfeldt and the governor of Norway Hannibal Sehested, who were both married to Frederik's half-sisters. The king's heroic conduct during the siege of Copenhagen in the winter of 1659 had, in addition, made him widely popular at a time when the nobility and the Rigsråd were increasingly being discredited. In October 1660, these events led the estates - the nobility only reluctantly - to create a hereditary monarchy. The new system meant that the king was no longer dependent on the Rigsråd, and he immediately used his new power to introduce absolutism, which was temporarily established on 10 January 1661 in the Hereditary Monarchy Act before being fully set out in Kongeloven (the King's Law) of 1665, the basic law of Danish absolutism.

Actions

A. Establish Absolutism

• Stability -3
• Aristocracy -4
• Centralization +2

B. Maintain the present system

• Stability +3
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of February 2, 1673

Description

Peder Griffenfeld was perhaps the most brilliant advisor a Danish king has ever had. Peder was born Schumacher to a wealthy Copenhagen family. After study and travel abroad in 1654-62, he returned to enter state service as royal librarian. Soon winning the favour of the absolutist king Frederick III, he became secretary of the king's chamber, in which post he drafted the 1665 Kongeloven ('King's Law'), which was a justification of absolutism. In 1670, the year of the king's death, Schumacher was made Count Griffenfeld. By 1674 he had risen to the post of high chancellor of Denmark under King Christian V.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 120 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 120 months
• Stability +2

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of February 2, 1683

Description

The concentration of power in the person of the king strengthened the tendency toward juridical unity in the entire kingdom. On 15 April 1683 Christian V signed the Danish Law ('Danske Lov'), a comprehensive Statute Book, which represented a break with the regional juridical variations of earlier times (the provincial laws, or 'landskabslove'). In the Danish Law it was expressly forbidden to criticize the king, the government and Absolutism, while the situation was also maintained regarding censorship. Yet, the Danish Law of 1683 and Norwegian Law of 1687 were exceptional for their time in their uncommonly humane legislation. The peasant laws were also important, providing as they did tenant farmers with legal recourse against abuses by the landlords.

Actions

A. Sign the Danish Law

• Aristocracy -1
• Centralization +2
• Serfdom -1
• Stability -2

B. Keep the old system

• Stability +2

Denmark — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Holstein exists
  • Sweden owns Jutland
  • Sweden owns Skåne
  • Sweden owns Østlandet
  • Sweden owns Bergenshus
  • Sweden owns Trøndelag
  • Sweden owns Narvik
  • Sweden owns Finnmark
  • Sweden owns Jämtland
  • Sweden owns Gotland

Will happen within 0 days of June 16, 1697
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1700)

Description

In 1697, the 15 years old Charles XII ascended the Swedish throne. Seeing the opportunity, the Russian Tsar Peter I allied with Denmark and Poland-Saxony in 1699. However, with British and Dutch naval assistance, Charles XII landed on Zealand and promptly defeated the Danes, then moved to Estland where his badly outnumbered Swedes (1 to 5) won a crushing victory over the Russians. Instead of finishing the Russians, Charles moved against August II of Poland-Saxony and drove him out of Poland in 1704 (having the pro-Swedish Stanislas Leszinski elected King), then subjugating Saxony in 1706. While the Russians started the construction of St-Petersburg (1703) and rebuilt their armies, they also took parts of Estland (1704-1706). Charles then decided to march to Moscow via the Ukraine where the Cossacks under Mazeppa had again risen in revolt (1708). The harsh winter and Russian raids decimated his army and he was finally beaten at the battle of Poltava in 1709. The wounded king escaped to the Ottomans. The Russians were encircled by the Ottomans on the Prut River, but Peter succeeded through bribery to obtain a safe conduct in exchange for Azov. While Charles was still exiled in Turkey, Russian, Danish, Hanoverian and even Prussian troops captured most of the Swedish territory around the Baltic. Having emerged from Turkish internment, Charles got killed in 1718 in front of the Norwegian fortress of Frederickshald. The peace treaties that followed Sweden lost most of her Baltic empire.

Actions

A. Try to balance things

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Holstein for 36 months
• Stability -2
• +5000 infantry in a random province
• Gain 10 warships in the capital province
• -150 relations with Holstein
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Saxony

B. Give the Navy priority

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Holstein for 36 months
• Stability -1
• Gain 30 warships in the capital province
• -150 relations with Holstein
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Saxony

C. Give the Army priority

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Holstein for 36 months
• Stability -1
• +15000 infantry in a random province
• +2000 cavalry in the same province
• +10 artillery in the same province
• -150 relations with Holstein
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Saxony

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 3649 days of January 2, 1730

Description

Christian VI was a firm believer in heavy-handed mercantilism and large state controlled manufactories. Although his protectionist reforms did have a positive effect on the for Denmark all-important agriculture, they were mostly costly failures that retarded the commercial development of the nation for decades to come.

Actions

A. Mercantilist Reforms

• -600
• Gain shipyard in Sjælland
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a different random province
• Mercantilism +4
• +2 base tax value in the capital province
• +2 base tax value in Skåne
• +2 base tax value in Jutland

B. No Reforms

C. Free Trade Reforms

• Mercantilism -2
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• +6 merchants
• Stability -2

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of January 2, 1733

Description

The serfdom, or 'vornedskab', was first abolished in 1702 (it was in use only on the islands), then re-invented for all of Denmark in 1733 under the name of 'stavnsbåndet' - male peasants below the age of 36 were forbidden to move from the manor without the consent of the landowner. (Less than 5 percent of the land was owned by peasants.) The new law had the effect of securing cheap labor for the nobles as well as a good supply of soldiers for the state but was, of course, intensely hated by the victims.

Actions

A. Pass the law

• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +3
• Global revolt risk +3 for 120 months
• +2 base manpower in a random province
• +2 base manpower in a different random province
• +2 base manpower in a different random province
• +2 base manpower in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province

B. Drop the law

• Stability -3

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 720 days of January 2, 1735

Description

Like his consort, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Christian VI was imbued with German pietism and devoutly encouraged a pietistic national church. He banned theater performances on Sundays and holidays, and after 1738 actors and entertainers were not even allowed to enter the country. Frivolous amusements were also banned at court, but the royal couple's love of splendor led to costly buildings, such as Christiansborg Castle (built 1733-45).

Actions

A. Endorse Pietism

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

B. Outlaw Pietism

• Global revolt risk +1 for 120 months
• Global revolt risk +2 for 24 months

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)

Description

The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Holy Roman Empire (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Neutral

• +50 relations with Bavaria
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Prussia
• +50 relations with France
• +50 relations with England
• -50 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Sweden
• Stability +2

B. Pro-Habsburg

• -150 relations with Bavaria
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 12 months

C. Anti-Habsburg

• +150 relations with Bavaria
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria
• Stability -3
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 12 months

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 17, 1766

Description

In 1766 Christian VII was crowned king of Denmark, succeeding his father Frederik V. Christian was unfortunately quite insane. His mental instability has been attributed to a brutal childhood governor and to morally corrupt court pages. After his 1766 marriage to Caroline Matilda, the daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, he gave himself up to debauchery. During his entire reign the country was run by others. First up was the foreign minister J.H.E. Bernstorff, a devious and competent man who managed to get Catherine II of Russia to renounce certain of her claims to parts of the duchy of Holstein. However, Bernstorff's position grew increasingly precarious and he was dismissed from office on Sep. 15, 1770.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +4 for 50 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 50 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 50 months
• +100 relations with Russia

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of May 2, 1770

Description

Johann Friedrich Struensee took over as the real ruler of Denmark after Bernstorff was dismissed. Originally a German physician, Struensee came to know the Danish king when he was named to accompany the mentally unstable Christian VII on a European tour (1768-69), a post that led to Struensee's appointment as court physician in 1769. Dominating the king, he became the lover of Queen Caroline Matilda in 1770. He was soon able to abolish the council of state and the office of Stattholder (governor) of Norway in 1770. In June 1771 he had the king name him privy Cabinet minister, and in July he was made a count. From March 1771 until January 1772 Struensee introduced a number of reforms, including freedom of the press, reduction of peasant labor service, a unitary judiciary, and reform of Copenhagen's municipal government. Having alienated many officials, however, he was the victim of a conspiracy in January 1772, when he was arrested and tortured to death for his liaison with the queen.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 24 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +4 for 24 months
• Monarch's military skill +1 for 24 months
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• Aristocracy -1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1773

Description

Høegh-Guldberg was of humble background. He earned a theology degree in 1753, and in 1761 became professor of rhetoric at Sorø academy. He was appointed tutor to Prince Frederik, half brother of the future king Charles VII, in 1764. As Frederick's private secretary in 1771, he shared Frederik's hostility to Count Johann Friedrich Struensee, then supreme in Denmark through his domination of Christian VII - Høegh-Guldberg took part in a conspiracy that led to Struensee's arrest and execution in 1772. Thereafter, Høegh-Guldberg, along with Prince Frederik and the dowager queen Juliana Maria, gained significant power in the Danish state. In 1774 Høegh-Guldberg was made confidential cabinet secretary. Soon, without consulting the other council ministers, he was issuing orders signed by the incompetent Christian VII. He took over control of foreign policy after dismissing foreign minister Count A.P. Bernstorff in 1780. Høegh-Guldberg was forced out of power during a 1784 coup d'état led by Prince Frederik.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 120 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 120 months

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of January 2, 1781

Description

Denmark was and is primarily an agricultural nation, and it was one of the first to adopt the new farming methods and tools that were invented in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Fields were reallotted, improved ploughs were used, crop rotation was introduced and new high-yield crops (potato, Indian corn) from the New World were taken into wide use. Not all of the reforms were greeted with joy by the peasants, but the most unpopular by far involved the splitting of villages into separate farms so that the peasants could live closer to their fields.

Actions

A. Reform the agriculture

• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• +2 base tax value in a random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• Global revolt risk +3 for 48 months

B. Do not upset the people

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 80 days of January 2, 1784

Description

Recalled to office in April 1784, Bernstorff, until his death, served as foreign minister in a moderate liberal government. He supported a series of reform measures including the regulation of landlord-peasant relations and the emancipation of the serfs. In foreign affairs, Bernstorff carefully pursued a policy of neutrality. When the French Revolution broke out, he condemned any interference in the domestic affairs of France and avoided every anti-French coalition. In March 1794 he negotiated a neutrality treaty with Sweden for protecting the merchant shipping of both countries by combined squadrons. Bernstorff's foreign policy won him the respect of European diplomats - his domestic policy gained him such popularity among the Danes that his death (June 21, 1797) was regarded as a national calamity.

Actions

A. Ok

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +5 for 156 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 156 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 156 months
• Stability +2
• Serfdom -1

Denmark — Not random

Will happen within 364 days of May 2, 1784

Description

In 1784, by order of the crown prince, Count Ludvig Reventlow drew up a plan to improve the conditions for the serfs ('fæstebønder'). The plan was approved on Jul. 18 and the so called Landbo Commission was appointed to see to its execution. Thanks to the strong leadership of Reventlow, a compassionate humanitarian, the original commission was expanded in 1786 and, through gradual improvements and temporary setbacks, eventually led to the complete abolishment of serfdom ('stavnsbåndet') in Denmark in 1800.

Actions

A. Assign the commission

• Stability -3
• Serfdom -3
• Aristocracy -1

B. Stavnbåndet works well

• Global revolt risk +4 for 120 months

Denmark — Not random

Conditions

• Norway exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Norway is a vassal of Denmark

Triggered by

Action C of 3846 - The End of the Kalmar Union for Norway

Description

Milord, the Norwegian nobles and clergy have renounced the king and declared independence from our wise overlordship! I never thought I'd see the day... The Norwegians have always been loyal and trustworthy, but now they shall have to be punished!

Actions

A. Curses!

• -150 relations with Norway
• Østlandet will be considered a claim province
• Bergenshus will be considered a claim province
• Trøndelag will be considered a claim province
• Narvik will be considered a claim province
• Finnmark will be considered a claim province
• Jämtland will be considered a claim province
• Iceland will be considered a claim province
• Vestbygden will be considered a claim province
• Eiriksfjord will be considered a claim province
• Event 3846 - The End of the Kalmar Union for Norway will never fire

Denmark — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3846 - The End of the Kalmar Union for Norway

Description

Milord, the Norwegian nobles and clergy are weak and mostly happy with our rule. With Sweden out of the Union, the pro-Danish faction in Norway seeks even closer ties with us. From now on, Norway shall be a part of Denmark!

Actions

A. Excellent!

• Inherit the realms of Norway
• Østlandet will be considered a national province
• Bergenshus will be considered a national province
• Trøndelag will be considered a national province
• Narvik will be considered a national province
• Finnmark will be considered a national province
• Jämtland will be considered a national province
• Iceland will be considered a national province
• Vestbygden will be considered a national province
• Eiriksfjord will be considered a national province

Denmark — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3252 - The Election of a Swedish Crown prince for Sweden

Description

Your Excellency, the Swedes have scorned our prince and elected Adolf Frederik from Holstein-Gottorp as their new crown prince!

Actions

A. We have been insulted

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 12 months
• -200 relations with Sweden
• -100 relations with Russia
• Stability +1

B. Such is politics

• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Russia
• Stability +1

Denmark — Not random

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Action B of 3252 - The Election of a Swedish Crown prince for Sweden

Description

Your Excellency, the Swedes have elected our dear prince Frederik heir to the Swedish throne! It would appear that the Union of Kalmar has risen from the dust.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• +200 relations with Sweden
• Gain a royal marriage with Sweden
• Gain an alliance with Sweden
• Gain Sweden as vassals
• Stability +3
• Event 3538 - The Election of a Swedish Crown prince for Sweden is triggered immediately

Denmark — Not random

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Action A of 3234 - The End of the Kalmar Union for Sweden
Action A of 3219 - The End of the Kalmar Union for Sweden

Description

The crown councils of Norway, Sweden and Denmark had agreed in 1397 to the Union of Kalmar, a kind of united monarchy of northern nations where Danish influence was dominant. Constant fighting in the late 1470's between Sweden and Denmark led to the dissolution of the Union in 1523, under the reign of Swedish king Gustav I Vasa (1523-1560), long after Regent Sten Sture the elder of Sweden had defeated the Danes at the battle of the Brunkeberg (1471). The Union has fallen.

Actions

A. Ok

• -50 relations with Sweden
• Centralization +1

Denmark — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3620 - The Fate of the Livonian Order for Livonian Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of the collapse of the Livonian Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. My Lord, at this time the Grandmaster has accepted an Agreement with Poland and Sweden.

Actions

A. Accept the Agreement

• +150 relations with Courland
• -50 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Poland
• Stability +1
• +200

B. Defy the Agreement

• Livland will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• -50 relations with Courland
• +150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Sweden
• -150 relations with Poland
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 60 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• Stability -2

Denmark — Not random

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Action B of 3620 - The Fate of the Livonian Order for Livonian Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of the collapse of the Livonian Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. My Lord, at this time the Grandmaster has accepted an Agreement with Denmark and Russia.

Actions

A. Accept Agreement

• Gain Courland as vassals
• Livland will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• +150 relations with Courland
• +100 relations with Russia
• Stability +1

B. Only accept your part of the Agreement

• Gain Courland as vassals
• Livland will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• Estland will be considered a claim province
• Ingermanland will be considered a claim province
• -100 relations with Courland
• -100 relations with Russia
• Stability -2

Denmark — Not random

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Action C of 3620 - The Fate of the Livonian Order for Livonian Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of the collapse of the Livonian Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. The Grandmaster has announced that the Knights have converted back to Catholicism and will defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Defy the Knights

• Livland will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Livonian Order for 60 months
• Stability -2
• -150 relations with Livonian Order
• +50 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Poland

B. Accept this Government

• Stability +1
• +200
• +150 relations with Livonian Order
• -50 relations with Sweden
• -50 relations with Russia
• -50 relations with Poland

Denmark — Not random

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Action B of 3217 - The Engelbrekt Rebellion for Sweden

Description

Milord, the Swedish rebel Engelbrekt has spread his accursed rebellion to our peaceful realm!

Actions

A. Ok

• Skåne revolts
• Skåne revolts
• Gotland revolts