Timeline

This is the timeline of the Tigeric Hearts.

1894

 * February 2nd - Allegedly Shi warships capture HMS Winter and loot the ship.
 * February 5th - Following the capture of HMS Winter, Caledonia demands compensation from Shi.
 * February 7th - The negotiations break down. Caledonia declares war at Shi.
 * February 12th - Francia and Aurora join the war against Shi.
 * February 17th - Nippon joins the war against Shi following the Okinawa Incident.
 * June 14th - Imperium joins the war against Shi.

1896

 * April 5th - Shi government opens up negotiations with hostile nations.


 * May 22nd - The Peace of Shanghai: Shi is forced to make further concessions.
 * June 2nd - Wudao Protocols are signed.
 * June 2nd - Wudao Protocols are signed.

1914

 * May 15th - Unknown, presumably Imperial submarine sinks Caledonian ocean liner Illustrious.
 * June 20th - Tensions across the Europe escalate into wide-scale war, as Imperium declares war at Francia.
 * June 22nd - Caledonia and Aurora Empire join the war on Frankish side.
 * June 26th - Imperial forces capture Nancy.
 * July 1st - Local Indian warlords and Imperial forces capture several European trading posts along the Gulf of Bengal.
 * July 7th - Reims falls to Imperial forces.
 * July 16th - As Allied reinforcements arrive in Dunkerque area, several Imperial units are encircled.
 * July 18th - Amiens is lost to Imperial forces.
 * July 21st - Encircled Imperial forces are destroyed in Dunkerque area.
 * August 1st - The war reaches stalemate as both sides dig down.
 * August 3rd - Kaiserin Emilia authorizes the Totalkrieg protocol, increasing Imperial war efforts.
 * August 5th - Aestia, Svea and Suomi issue a joint statement, refusing to trade with the war participants.
 * August 11th - The Allied offensive led by Marshal Lea Rose begins in north-eastern Francia.
 * August 27th - Allied offensive ends with Imperial forces being pushed back to Ardennes.
 * September 5th - Warsaw falls under Imperial control.
 * September 10th - Coup d'etat in Louisiana. Communitarianist party led by Emma Lithevog takes power.
 * September 11th - Aurora forces retake Warsaw.
 * September 17th - In response to Louisianan recent change of government, Texan-led Grand Coalition begins mobilization.
 * September 26th - Louisiana declares war at the Grand Coalition. Nations along the Mississippi River quickly create an unified front.
 * September 28th - Louisianan forces capture Shreveport.
 * October 1st - Imperial forces launch offensive on Western Front to retake lost territory.
 * October 2nd - Louisianan army takes control over Biloxi.
 * October 5th - Imperial offensive ends with no significant success.
 * October 7th - Warsaw is retaken by Imperials.
 * October 9th - Jackson falls to Louisiana.
 * October 10th - The Commonwealth of the Great Plains launches offensive towards Missouri River.
 * October 15th - Texan forces surround Lafayette.
 * October 16th - Omaha falls to the Commonwealth.
 * October 18th - Louisianan forces quickly organize defense of Lafayette, causing huge losses to Texan army.
 * October 23rd - Texan forces retreat to Beaumont-Jasper-Carthage line.
 * October 27th - The Grand Coalition collapses. Texas starts peace negotiations with Louisiana.
 * October 29th - Surviving members of the Grand Coalition form Mississippi League.
 * November 1st - Memphis falls to Louisiana.
 * November 4th - Lublin is taken by Imperial army.
 * November 8th - Mississippi League forces in Saint Louis capitulate to Louisiana.
 * November 11th - The Commonwealth annexes occupied areas.
 * November 12th - The Peace of Lafayette: entire Mississippi League is incorporated into Louisiana.
 * November 16th - Imperial Irma offensive begins, aiming to capture Paris.
 * November 19th - Eastern Front becomes a trench warfare along the Suwalki-Hrodna-Brest-Zamosc-Krosno line.
 * November 21st - Irma offensive ends, having reached Torcy, some 20km from Paris.

1915

 * January 3rd - Aurora launches several minor offensives against Imperials, mainly aimed towards Warsaw.
 * January 7th - Nairobi, the capital of Caledonian East Africa, falls to Imperials.
 * January 25th - Aurora offensives end, having achieved minor success.
 * February 4th - Bornholm incident - Imperial ships open fire at alleged "Aurora" ships stationed in Rønne.
 * February 5th - Svea and Aestian governments issue a diplomatic protest against Imperium.
 * February 7th - Caledonian ambassadors deliver the offer to join anti-Imperium coalition to Aestian and Svea governments.
 * February 8th - Aestia refuses the offer to join the coalition.
 * February 11th - Svea refuses the offer to join the coalition.
 * February 15th - Niagara incident. Huronese military takes control of the buffer state between Huron and New Livonia.
 * February 17th - In response to the violation of Huron-Aestia agreement, New Livonia dispatches four brigades to disputed area.
 * February 18th - Clashes between Huron and New Livonian forces. Both sides claim victory.
 * February 20th - The Manhattan Uprising begins in Uus-Pärnu.
 * September 4th - First usage of armored vehicles, when seven Imperial A7Vs supported by infantry lead the raids against enemy trenches.

1916

 * January 5th - The Battle of North Sea begins. Imperial and Batavian fleets face the Frankish and Caledonian fleets.

1917

 * June 12th - Sumatra Revolution - nation is split in two following the questionable elections.

1918

 * August 29th - Helena Nowicka and her militia ambush the Imperial forces in Warka, completely wiping them out.
 * August 30th - Imperium declares war on Helena herself.

1919

 * October 8th - The construction of the Baltic-White Sea canal begins.

1920

 * January 4th - Helena Nowicka and her considerably smaller force outmaneuver Imperial forces in the Battle of Pelpin.
 * May 5th - The Peace of Kalisz is signed, ending the Zalewska War with Anomalist victory.

1921

 * February 1st - Nippon and Imperium agree to split the New Guinea island.

1922

 * January 15th - Empress Olivia II of Imperium dies. She is succeeded by her second daughter Erika.

1923

 * July 4th - As the communitarianism begins spreading in the East Coast of the North America, democratic nations of the region start closer military cooperation.

1924

 * May 21st - The Coup of 21st: several nationalist minded Imperial officers stage a coup in Berlin. The coup fails however and Erika III uses this as excuse to strengthen her hold over the military.

1925

 * September 30th - The Black Wednesday. Imperial stock markets crash, resulting in hyperinflation.

1926

 * February 3rd - With most of the world affected by the Imperial stock market collapse, the period known as the Great Depression begins.

1927

 * April 16th - The April Revolution: workers and peasants of California, fueled by the Great Depression, overthrow the government.
 * April 24th - Fusong Republic declares independence from Shi Dynasty after a successful Syndicalist takeover of area.
 * June 17th - With the support of Aestia and Nippon, Shi forces begin offensive against Fusong Republic.
 * July 9th - Shi forces achieve victory. Several syndicalist leaders are hanged, some escape.
 * September 3rd - Negotiations between Shi and Western Powers break down.
 * September 4th - The Yellow Sea Crisis: Aestian and Nipponese warships face Shi gunboats in a six-hour confrontation.
 * September 5th - Shi gives up under the pressure of impending international sanctions and agrees to continue negotiating.

1928

 * May 16th - The Wudao Protocols are renewed, placing Shi economy under harsher control.
 * December 19th - The construction of Baltic-White Sea canal ends.

1929

 * April 9th - Queen Eleanor of Francia dies while in exile in Iberia.
 * April 12th - Following the death of Eleanor, her daughter Yena becomes the head of de Bourbon dynasty.
 * April 18th - Operation Sahkri: Shi syndicalists and anarchists attack the Barutokai port of Libau. After several hours of fighting, Aestia manages to restore control.
 * April 18th - Operation Sahkri: Shi syndicalists and anarchists attack the Barutokai port of Libau. After several hours of fighting, Aestia manages to restore control.

1930

 * June 3rd - The Sahara Empire begins its grand campaign towards controlling the whole Northern Africa.

1931

 * October 6th - The Republic of Zaire splits into two following the Dark Month.

1932

 * January 4th - The Peace of Lhasa is signed, ending the conflict between Shi and Tibet.
 * January 7th - Fort Tiiger is established in Penzhina Bay.
 * January 8th - Indochinese military launches a coup against the democratic government.
 * January 10th - Indochinese coup ends, the Indochinese Empire is established.
 * January 17th - Siam, hoping to gain from Indochinese instability, declares war at Indochina.
 * January 21st - Seventh Magyar-Phoenix War ends inconclusively, pre-war borders are restored.
 * January 26th - Saigon falls to Siamese forces.
 * January 29th - Andea declares independence.
 * February 4th - Vientiane is taken by Siamese forces.
 * February 5th - The Duchy of Bavaria achieves extended autonomy from Imperium.
 * February 9th - The Bishopric of Würzburg is merged with Bavaria.
 * February 10th - Siamese advance ends, the war of attrition begins.
 * February 15th - The Duchy of Hannover is granted autonomy.
 * February 20th - The Beer Hall Coup in München, Bavaria - right-wing activists and their militias take over several locations in München and begin their march on the city hall.
 * February 21st - Bloodbath ensues in München as right-wing militias meet their communitarianist counterparts in front of the city hall. Several thousand people are killed.
 * February 22nd - Wittelsbacher Garde is deployed in München, resulting in city-wide battles between the opposing sides.
 * February 23rd - Imperial forces under Gertrude Krieger enter München, reinforcing the royal guards. Fierce street-to-street fighting ensues.
 * February 24th - In the light of communitarianist uprising in Bavaria, the Imperial Parliament passes degree outlawing communitarianism.
 * February 25th - Helena von Prag is arrested over suspicious dealings with München communitarianist rebels.
 * February 27th - Most of the hostile militias have been crushed by Imperial forces. Handful of resistance pockets continue the fight until April.
 * March 2nd - Development of Aestian Keibu class battleship ends.
 * March 5th - The construction of the first two Keibu class battleships begins in Kopli, Tallinn.
 * March 6th - The Duchy of Saxony is granted autonomy.
 * March 10th - Queen Jane, the last Caledonian monarch before the country fell to Imperium, dies while in exile in Québec.
 * March 18th - Helena Nowicka, the leader and war hero of Anomalia, dies.
 * March 24th - Imperial forces retake the territories lost to Anomalia during Zalewska War.
 * March 25th - Anomalist government collapses. Several provinces are taken over by local warlords.
 * March 28th - Anna Nowicka, daughter of Helena, takes over the leadership of Anomalia.

1933

 * July 10th - Aestian Empress Tama II dies from health complications. Before her death, she assigns Tiiger Salkri as the regent for Renai Salkri, the heir apparent.
 * July 11th - Panja Salkri arrives at Berlin.
 * August 7th - Aestian forces launch offensive against Aurora Empire. The First Tigeric War begins.
 * August 12th - Renai Salkri is arrested at the orders of Tiiger.
 * August 16th - Aestian forces capture Peterburg.
 * August 27th - Tikhvin falls to Aestia.
 * September 6th - The Peace of Saku is signed, ending the First Tigeric War with Aestian victory.
 * September 21st - Oravapää Purge in Aestia - several key figures associated with Tama Ingern are arrested and swiftly executed.
 * November 11th - Yunnan and Gansu cliques separate from the Shi Empire.
 * November 13th - The Altoona Conflict ends with the Treaty of Narvori. Altoona is restored as buffer zone between communitarianist America and Aestian-supported New England.
 * November 20th - Moonika Sarv becomes the new Governor of Aestian colony of New Livonia.