Ardin:Ripuarian Revolution Timeline

Timeline collaboration page for writing the happenings of the Ripuarian Revolution day-by-day. Discussion and general note-taking goes here!

Note taking

 * Note that like 40-50% of Lindians at the time was Catholic too - User:Lindenholt
 * If you like, you can add that this happened in combination with, or in reaction to, protests for universal male sufferage - User:Lindenholt
 * The idea that I had with van Stokfort-Lautherstein is that, while under Lindian rule there were still members of the Ripuarian ducal family, mainly von Lautherstein. In order to suppress previous calls for Ripuarian independence the Ripuarian ducal family was incorporated into the Lindian one through marriage creating the van Stokfort-Lautherstein line which put a stop to Ripuarian royalists rebelling against Lindenholt. - User:Asqalan
 * Oh that's easy, we just have Lauther KIA and some other van Stokfort-Lautherstein who stayed in Lindenholt take the throne. Should be easy enough to make a PR campaign to have Ripuaria accept him. - User:Asqalan

Events before 1853

 * Rising unrest by liberal and nationalist groups was on the rise in Lindenholt, as well as in the rest of Vestea
 * By 1852 liberal factions had started to advocate for the implementation of universal male suffrage in Lindenholt, doing away with the requirement of only landed men having the right to vote.

14 February

 * The so-called Valentine's constitution was passed by the Lindian parliament with the support of liberals and revolution fearing Christian conservatives.

15 February

 * Maximilian II refuses to sign the Valentine's constitution in his "One does not go from conservative to liberal in one night"-speech to the States General. This is picked up by several liberal newspapers, causing riots in Artwingen.

24 February

 * Unrest has spread to the provinces, with riots breaking out in Ripuaria City
 * Provincial government building burnt down
 * Maximilian II sends army to the Ripuarian province

25 February

 * Riots breakout throughout the Ripuarian province
 * Lauther van Stokfort-Lautherstein deserts his post as commander in the Lindian army and joins the rioters in Gefell
 * Free Ripuarian Army established with
 * Ripuarian national congress established in Gefell
 * FRA strength: 500

26 February

 * Ripuaria City joins the Free Ripuarian Army
 * FRA strength: 1,500

27 February

 * Umbrellia accepts Ripuarian national congress plead to intervene in their favour
 * Dassel joins the Free Ripuarian Army
 * FRA strength: 2,000

28 February

 * Umbrellia officially joins the war against Lindenholt
 * Lerwijk joins the Free Ripuarian Army
 * Kempten joins the Free Ripuarian Army
 * Entirety of the Ripuarian Province joins the Free Ripuarian Army; Front-lines established
 * FRA strength: 3,750

1 March

 * The March Offensive starts under the command of general Bernhard van Wagelen-Onderkreugel
 * Lindenholt mobilises for a war against Umbrellia
 * Ripuarian National Congress votes on funding recruitment campaign for the FRA
 * FRA strength: 4,500

2 March

 * Ripuarian National Congress proclaims the Ripuarian Province independent from Lindenholt
 * FRA strength: 5,250

3 March

 * Lindenholt 1st division assaults and retakes Seuren
 * FRA strength: 6,000

4 March

 * FRA strength: 6,750

5 March

 * Lindenholt 2nd division takes up position north of Ripuaria City
 * FRA strength: 7,500

6 March

 * Lindenholt 1st and 3rd divisions lay siege to the city of Lerwijk
 * FRA strength: 8,250

7 March

 * FRA strength: 9,000

8 March

 * FRA strength: 9,500

9 March

 * FRA strength: 10,000

10 March

 * FRA strength: 10,250

11 March

 * FRA strength: 10,500

12 March

 * FRA strength: 10,750

13 March

 * FRA strength: 11,000 (peak deployment)