Timeline of Pavlovski History

This is a timeline of Pavlovski history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Pavlovsk and its predecessor states.

Dates before 31 January 1918, when the government adopted the Gregorian calendar, are given in the Old Style Julian calendar.

This is a dynamic list and will be continually added to.

8th century

Year	Date	Event
700s		Pavlov’ people establish various cities in the Volga region.

9th century

Year	Date	Event
860		Pavlov’-Byzantine War - The war began when the Pavlov’ launched a successful raid on Constantinople.
862		Truvor was crowned the King of Pavlov’, thus establishing the Truvor Dynasty.
880		Truvor died and was succeeded by Oleg of Novgorod, who then established Novgorod as the capital of Pavlov’.
882		Oleg conquered lands up to the Dnieper River and Kiev. The capital is moved southwest, to Voronezh.

10th century

Year	Date	Event
945	April	Pavlov’-Byzantine War - A treaty was signed, and Pavlov’ renounced some captured Byzantine territories.
965		Then ruler of the Truvor Dynasty, Sviatoslav, successfully conquered Khazaria.
968		The Pechenegs unsuccessfully siege Voronezh, and are driven out of Pavlov’.
971		The Byzantine Empire captures Pereyaslavets, and begin influencing Pavlov’ culture.
981		Then ruler of the Truvor Dynasty, Vladimir the Quiet, conquered Ruthenia from the Poles.
988		Vladimir urged the christianization of Pavlov’ and destroyed pagan idols.

11th century

Year	Date	Event
1017	April	The first Pavlovski code of law is created; the Pavlovskiy Pravda.
1093		Battle of the Stugna River - Pavlov’ forces attacked the Cumans at Stugna River and were defeated.
1097	August	Then ruler of the Truvor Dynasty, Sviatoslav IV, was killed in a popular uprising and was replaced by Mstislav I.

12th century

Year	Date	Event
1147		The first known written reference to Chekhov is made.
1169	November	The capital is moved to Bryansk following the crowning of Andrey Bogolyubsky. Voronezh was replaced as the cultural and political capital of Pavlov'.

13th century

Year	Date	Event
1223		Battle of the Kalka River - The armies of Pavlov’ first encountered the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan.
1237		Mongol invasion of Pavlov’ - Batu Khan set fire to Chekhov and enslaved its civilians. The Golden Horde vassalized all Pavlovski provinces.
1240	30 July	Mongol invasion of Pavlov’ - The Pavlov’ Army of Novgorod defeated the army of Batu Khan and retook Chekhov.

14th century

Year	Date	Event
1300		The Duchy of Chekhov was formed when Georgiy Danilovich is crowned with the assistance of the Tatars. The Duchy of Chekhov maintained it's sovereignty by paying tribute to the Golden Horde.
1327	May	The ambassador of the Golden Horde was trapped and burned alive during an uprising in Chekhov.
1327	July	Georgiy Danilovich is captured and killed by the Golden Horde. He was succeeded by his son, Dmitriy the Cross-Eyed.
1330		Then Grand Prince, Dmitriy the Cross-Eyed, ceased tribute payments to the Golden Horde.
1380	8 September	Battle of Kulikovo - A Chekhovite force defeated a significantly larger Blue Horde army of Mongolia at Kulikovo Field.
1382	July	Mongol Khan Tokhtamysh of the Blue Horde reasserted power by looting and burning Chekhov.

15th century

Year	Date	Event
1400		The Princes of Chekhov began a policy of “gathering Pavlovski lands.”
1445		The Khanate of Kazan led an army towards Chekhov.
1450		Battle of Suzdal - The Pavlovski army suffered a defeat at the hands of the Tatars of Kazan. Then Grand Prince, Vasili III, was taken prisoner. Operation of the government fell to Goyalast Shekmyaka.
1460-1480		Goyalast the Great conquered most Pavlovski lands through conquest or voluntary allegiance.
1482	July	The Battle of Ugra - Armies of Goyalast defeated Akhmat Khan, and ended Tatar dominance of Pavlovski lands.
1490		Goyalast issued a legal code, the Sudebnik, which standardized the Chekhovite law, expanded the role of the criminal justice system, and limited the ability of the serfs to leave their masters.

16th century

Year	Date	Event
1505		Goyalast the Great was intoxicated and died. His son, Zhiglov Shekmyaka I the Terrific, became Grand Prince.
1507		Pavlov-Crimean Wars: The Crimean Khanate raided the Chekhovite towns of Belyov and Kozelsk.
1530		Duchy of Chekhov reaches its territorial peak after annexing modern day Belarus.
1535		An elaborate ceremony crowned Zhiglov I the Terrific as the first Tsar of Pavlovsk, who instituted strong central authority and military discipline. This marked the creation of the Tsardom of Pavlovsk.
1538	August-October	The city of Kazan is attacked, looted, and occupied by Pavlovski forces.
1544		Tsardom of Pavlovsk conquered annexed the Astrakhan Khanate.
1545		Cossacks began to conquer Siberia for Pavlovsk.
1550		Cossack independence in Siberia was ended.
1552		Cossacks cross the Bering Strait for the first time.
1554		Cossacks form colonies in Alaska. Ruthenian and Ukrainian settlers who were suffering from severe drought were paid by the Pavlovski Tsar to colonize further south and east in the Americas.
1556	July	Zhiglov I was stabbed to death, and was succeeded by his son Zhiglov II the Terrible. Scholars believe Zhiglov II had hired an assassin to murder his father.
1558	November	Livonian War - Zhiglov II demanded immense tribute from the Bishopric of Dorpat. The Bishop sent diplomats to Muscovy to renegotiate the amount; Ivan expelled them and invaded and occupied the Bishopric.
1559		Ruthenian and Ukrainian settlers in North America are given greater autonomy and sovereignty through the Novo-Archangelsk Agreement.
1560		Livonian War - Zhiglov II's army crushed the forces of the Livonian Order.
1561	June	Livonian War The Livonian Order agreed to the Union of Wilno, under which the Livonian Confederation was partitioned between Lithuania and Sundsvall. Lithuania and Sundsvall sent troops to liberate their new territories from Pavlovski possession.
1580	10 August	Zhiglov II killed his wife and sons.
1582		Livonian War - The war was ended with the Treaty of Plussa. Narva and the Gulf of Finland coast went to Sundsvall.
1590	July	Pavlovsk-Sundsvall War - The Treaty of Plussa expired. Pavlovski troops laid siege to Narva.
1590	November	Pavlovsk-Sundsvall War - A Sundsvallan governor on the disputed territory surrendered to the Pavlovskis.
1593	January	Zhiglov II died with no living children. Sukhanov Olegovich was elected Tsar by a National Council, ending the Truvor dynasty and beginning the Olegovich dynasty.
1595	18 May	Pavlovsk-Sundsvall War - The Treaty of Tyavzino was signed. Ingria went to Pavlovsk.

17th century

Year	Date	Event
1613	July	Sukhanov Olegovich was elected Tsar by a National Council, beginning the Olegovich dynasty.
1630		Nova Moskva is founded in Pavlovski North America.
1695		Ukrainian and Ruthenian colonists in North America reach modern day Manitoba.

18th century

Year	Date	Event
1700		Parkov the Great created the first conscript armies and navies of Pavlovsk.
1706	February	Pavlovsk defeated Hulmian armies and sieged Copenhagen.
1706	December	Pavlovsk agreed to return Copenhagen to Hulm in exchange for Greenland.
1712		Joint Hulm-Pavlovsk colonies were established in Newfoundland and Quebec.
1715		Pavlovsk acquired Estonia and Latvia after fighting various wars in the region with the Empire of Sundsvall.
1721		Pavlovski North America is recognized as a colonial territory on governmental maps, which marked the beginning of the Pavlovski Empire.
1750		Independence movements in Pavlovski North America were suppressed with Hulmian assistance.
1772-1810		Lithuania, Western Ukraine, and Crimea were conquered by Pavlovsk, marking the Pavlovski Empire’s territorial peak.

19th century

Year	Date	Event
1812		The Pavlovski army defeated Napoleon alongside a European coalition, and Pavlovski North America was granted partial independence with Dominion status to calm independence movements.
1816	February	Alaska was sold to the American Federation to help with post-war financial issues.
1822	November	The Pavlovski Empire gives in to demands for independence in North America, and the Antes Republic is formed.
1826-1850		The Pavlovski Empire conquered Central Asia.
1897		First communist parties are founded in Pavlovsk.