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This is the rough draft of the timeline underpinning 'To Soar Like Icarus' (see the Writers Forum or AHF - in sig)
A History of Kings
George III
ruled Britain
oversaw victory in American Revolutionary War
1770s
French Revolution and Revolutionary Wars
Rise of a military genius atheist
The sack of Rome and murder of the Pope
1780s-90s
Papal conclave meets in Vienna
New Pope
Crusade against France
Splits the anti-French alliance
Britain doesn't want to be involved in a Catholic crusade
1790s
Over-stretch of France in conquest
Civil war in France
Emergence of the Deists
Uneasy peace, with a large France ensconced in Italy
1800s
Pope dies
New Pope talks less of Crusades
More of restoring balance of power
Re-involvement of Britain
Joint offensive to free Naples from out of Sicily
And to take Rome
1810
France strikes back
Defeat of Austria
Dissolution of the HRE
New German kingdoms
British forces annihilated in Naples
1811
Regency of Prince George
Mass popular dis-satisfaction
France under the Deists is seen as a reasonable and moderate power
Hatred for alliance with the Pope
Prince George faces opposition from below and from High Tories
High Tory opposition led by his brother, Ernest Duke of Cumberland
Britain breaks off alliance with continental allies
Repression of popular unrest
Collapse of Spain, makes humiliating peace with France
Russia comes to agreement with France
Deist France remains strong and in possession of Rome
Pope reigns from Vienna in a rump Austria
All Papal overtures to Paris are rebuffed
Growth of French empire
Further unrest in the American colonies
Renewal of popular unrest
Assassination of the Prince Regent
Death of Princess Charlotte in childbirth (%s play for a congenital defect)
Frederick, Duke of York now Prince Regent and heir, but has no issue
1817
Death of George III
Accession of King Frederick I (& Queen Frederica)
Austro-Prussian alliance
Tsar Paul dies, accession of Tsar Alexander I
1820
Renewal of the continental anti-French alliance, with Russia
Wars rage across the continent
Deist France and its client kingdoms defeat Prussia and Austria
Hungary broken off as an independent Habsburg power (Hungarian line)
Pope flees to Hungary as French troops enter Vienna
Special Conclave meets in Madrid
'Regency Council for the Vatican' formed
Outbreak of Anglo-French conflict in the Americas
Heavy tax rises and impressment
Social discontent flares again in Britain
Britain officially at war with France in Europe
French partition of Prussia benefits its allies
Austria comes to terms
Russia fights on
French armies enter Hungary
Pope flees into Russian Poland
Regency Council declare the Pope 'incapable'
New Pope elected by conclave in Madrid
Alexander imprisons the ex-Pope as a guest in Moscow
British armies suffer heavy defeats in the Netherlands and Hannover
French navy defeats a Royal Navy force off Britanny
Social revolution hits London
King Frederick flees to Oxford
Prince William, Duke of Clarence is cut down in London
Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, heads North to rouse the Orange Lodges
French armies invade Russian Poland
French First Consul and Tsar Alexander meet before Warsaw
Franco-Russian peace agreed
The ex-Pope is handed over into French hands
Death of King Frederick I
1825
Accession of King Ernest I, ex Duke of Cumberland
Orange Lodges provide a bastion of support for the Royalist position
Reconquest of Southern England
Mass reprisals
Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex sent out to the Americas to take charge
France offers peace terms to Britain
King Ernest I refuses
French Invasion Scare
Britain institutes a raft of emergency laws
French and British fleets clash on numerous occasions, with differing results
Ex-Pope dies in prison in Paris
Deist France has been rebuilding Rome in its own image these last 2 decades
French invasion of Britain
Mass popular unrest breaks out as the French land
Royalist forces struggle to contain the twin problems
London falls
Ernest and his family are taken in Buckingham
They are later executed without orders
French First Consul arrives in London
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge capitulates to the French
He is made King Adolphus I as Britain enters the French system
In the Americas, loyalists proclaim the Duke of Sussex as King Augustus I
1830
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A History of Kings
George III
ruled Britain
oversaw victory in American Revolutionary War
1770s
French Revolution and Revolutionary Wars
Rise of a military genius atheist
The sack of Rome and murder of the Pope
1780s-90s
Papal conclave meets in Vienna
New Pope
Crusade against France
Splits the anti-French alliance
Britain doesn't want to be involved in a Catholic crusade
1790s
Over-stretch of France in conquest
Civil war in France
Emergence of the Deists
Uneasy peace, with a large France ensconced in Italy
1800s
Pope dies
New Pope talks less of Crusades
More of restoring balance of power
Re-involvement of Britain
Joint offensive to free Naples from out of Sicily
And to take Rome
1810
France strikes back
Defeat of Austria
Dissolution of the HRE
New German kingdoms
British forces annihilated in Naples
1811
Regency of Prince George
Mass popular dis-satisfaction
France under the Deists is seen as a reasonable and moderate power
Hatred for alliance with the Pope
Prince George faces opposition from below and from High Tories
High Tory opposition led by his brother, Ernest Duke of Cumberland
Britain breaks off alliance with continental allies
Repression of popular unrest
Collapse of Spain, makes humiliating peace with France
Russia comes to agreement with France
Deist France remains strong and in possession of Rome
Pope reigns from Vienna in a rump Austria
All Papal overtures to Paris are rebuffed
Growth of French empire
Further unrest in the American colonies
Renewal of popular unrest
Assassination of the Prince Regent
Death of Princess Charlotte in childbirth (%s play for a congenital defect)
Frederick, Duke of York now Prince Regent and heir, but has no issue
1817
Death of George III
Accession of King Frederick I (& Queen Frederica)
Austro-Prussian alliance
Tsar Paul dies, accession of Tsar Alexander I
1820
Renewal of the continental anti-French alliance, with Russia
Wars rage across the continent
Deist France and its client kingdoms defeat Prussia and Austria
Hungary broken off as an independent Habsburg power (Hungarian line)
Pope flees to Hungary as French troops enter Vienna
Special Conclave meets in Madrid
'Regency Council for the Vatican' formed
Outbreak of Anglo-French conflict in the Americas
Heavy tax rises and impressment
Social discontent flares again in Britain
Britain officially at war with France in Europe
French partition of Prussia benefits its allies
Austria comes to terms
Russia fights on
French armies enter Hungary
Pope flees into Russian Poland
Regency Council declare the Pope 'incapable'
New Pope elected by conclave in Madrid
Alexander imprisons the ex-Pope as a guest in Moscow
British armies suffer heavy defeats in the Netherlands and Hannover
French navy defeats a Royal Navy force off Britanny
Social revolution hits London
King Frederick flees to Oxford
Prince William, Duke of Clarence is cut down in London
Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, heads North to rouse the Orange Lodges
French armies invade Russian Poland
French First Consul and Tsar Alexander meet before Warsaw
Franco-Russian peace agreed
The ex-Pope is handed over into French hands
Death of King Frederick I
1825
Accession of King Ernest I, ex Duke of Cumberland
Orange Lodges provide a bastion of support for the Royalist position
Reconquest of Southern England
Mass reprisals
Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex sent out to the Americas to take charge
France offers peace terms to Britain
King Ernest I refuses
French Invasion Scare
Britain institutes a raft of emergency laws
French and British fleets clash on numerous occasions, with differing results
Ex-Pope dies in prison in Paris
Deist France has been rebuilding Rome in its own image these last 2 decades
French invasion of Britain
Mass popular unrest breaks out as the French land
Royalist forces struggle to contain the twin problems
London falls
Ernest and his family are taken in Buckingham
They are later executed without orders
French First Consul arrives in London
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge capitulates to the French
He is made King Adolphus I as Britain enters the French system
In the Americas, loyalists proclaim the Duke of Sussex as King Augustus I
1830
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