Tuscany — Not random
Conditions
- Ottoman Empire exists
- Event 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States has already occurred
Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1568
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States
Description
When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pius V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: 'At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again.'Actions
A. Support the Holy League
- Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 72 months
- -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
- +100 relations with Papal States
- +50 relations with Spain
- +50 relations with France
- +50 relations with Portugal
- +50 relations with Savoy
- +50 relations with Venice
- +50 relations with Naples
- +50 relations with Order of St. John
- +50 relations with Austria
- +50 relations with Genoa
B. Let the matter fall
- +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
- -100 relations with Papal States
- -50 relations with Spain
- -50 relations with France
- -50 relations with Portugal
- -50 relations with Savoy
- -50 relations with Venice
- -50 relations with Naples
- -50 relations with Order of St. John
- -50 relations with Austria
- -50 relations with Genoa