Paris Timeline

From The World Is A Vampire
Jump to: navigation, search
Paris

Before our Era

  • -250: Creation of the Gaulish Oppidium of Lutecia.
  • -100: Apparition of the first gold money of the Gaulish Parisii people.
  • -53:Julius Caesar unite the Assembly of the Gaules at Lutecia.
    • Varro Dominus is Embraced by the 5th Generation Nosferatu Urgahaltin, in Lutecia. He will be known as Phantomas in the following centuries.
  • -52: Labienus reaches Lutecia, the principal city of the Parisii and wins the battle of Lutecia over the Parisii and the Aulerques Eburovices led by their chief Camulogène. He is remarked Embraced by Remus, and becomes his ghoul.
  • -45: Labienus, fleeing the disaster of spain, reaches Lutecia, the principal city of the Parisii he had conquered seven years before. He is Embraced by his domitor, Remus, Childer of Marius, a 5th Generation Ventrue who had fled Rome. Marius disappear soon after. Marius is suspected to be still active in 1990 and to secretly control the Clan.
  • -25: Labienus Embraces two Childer: Cassius and Tilius.
    • Labienus enters Torpor soon after by accident. His Bloodline will try to hold on the city until the awakening of their Sire.

First Century

Cassius moves the center of Lutecia on the summit of what would be called centuries after the mount Geneviève.

  • 50 to 100: Building of the Forum of Lutecia.

Second Century

  • 100-200: Building of three Thermes, one amphitheater and a theater at Lutecia.

Third Century

  • The Khaibits arrive in Paris. The Aura of corruption starts to grow now, even if it will only be first felt around the 16th century, when the Gangrel and the Lupine population will be already gravely affected.
  • ~ 250: Martyrdom of St Louis, first bishop of Lutecia.

4th Century

  • Germanic Invasions (by Lupines Tribes, Gangrel, and even the Tzimisce Clans). The population seek refuge back in the Ile de la Cité and on the other tiny islands around it.
  • Lutecia becomes Paris.
  • Building of a great wall around the Ile de la Cité to protect the city against germanic invaders.
  • 360: Julien is proclaimed Emperor by his army in Paris.
  • 385: St Martin arrives in Paris, and cures a leper at the northern door of the city.

5th Century

  • 450: Ecliastus, 5th Generation Lasombra, arrives in Paris to help Cassius who fears an attack of the Clan Gangrel and Brujah (he doesn't know about the Clan Tzimisce involvement).
  • 451:Paris resists the Huns attack, thanks to Geneviève (who will be later canonised), a retainer of Ecliastus who has True Faith. The Brujah, the Tzimisce and the Gangrel Clans were behind most of the barbarian invasions. Counseled by Ecliastus, Cassius invites the Francs (controlled by the Brujah) to install themselves in Paris. They will protect the population from enemy attack.
  • 464: Blocus of Paris by the Franc's King, Chilperic the 1st.
  • 475: Building of a Basilica on the spot where St Denis was buried.
  • 486: Negociation between Clovis and Geneviève about the surrendering of Paris to his authority.
  • 496:Tilius is destroyed by Cassius and Ecliastus because he refused to accept the barbarians in Paris. The two murderers fear the awakening of Labienus and try to find his body. But the body is out of reach, hidden by Tilius before his Final Death.
  • Clovis, King of the Francs, is baptized after Ecliastus's inspirations (and the Brujah's?): Christianism should help controlling the population.

6th Century

  • 508:
           Paris becomes, by the will of Clovis, the capital of his kingdom.
  • 502:
           Ste Geneviève is buried in the summit of the moutain who bears now her name. Clovis builds
           there the St Apostles Basilica, called later Ste Geneviève's consecrated the 24 December 520.
  • 511:
           Death of Clovis. He is buried next to Ste Geneviève in the St Apostles Basilica.
  • 520:
           The St Apostles Basilica is consecrated.
  • 540:
           Beginning of the construction, by Childeberg, of the Cathedral of St Etienne, which will become Notre Dame
  • 585:
           All the buildings of the Ile de la Cité are destroyed by a great conflagration.

7th Century

  • 614:
           Council of Paris.
  • 639:
           Dagobert the 1st is buried in the St Denis' Abbey.
  • 653:
           Council of Paris. Clovis the 2nd confirms there the immunity of St Denis.
  • 680:
           End of the money in gold. Silver becomes the reference in currency.

8th Century

  • 732:
           The Arabic Invasions led by the Assamite Clan are turned back by Charles Martel. It's a new victory
           of Ecliastus. Cassius slowly realizes that he was manipulated, and that Paris isn't under his direct
           control. (Note of the Author: This part of history could well be false. It could be a prime example 
           of history manipulation. I will verify...)
  • 754:
           28 July: Royal Onction of Pépin le Bref, Caroloman and Charlemagne by the Pope Etienne the 2nd, at the St Denis Abbey.
  • 763:
           Alexandre is spotted by few, selected Ventrue in Paris, but remains hidden.
  • 768:
           24 September: Death of Pépin le Bref in Paris.
  • 775:
           Consecration of the new Basilica of St Denis' Abbey.

9th Century

The Lupines discover the Caern they call Fontaynblaü, and dedicate it to the Unicorn. They are far enough from Paris to not feel the effects of the Aura of Corruption and their vigilance will decrease in a false feeling of security.

  • 800:
           Charlemagne becomes Emperor of the Occident
           Crowning of Charlemagne (Carlo Magnus, Charles the Great), who becomes the Emperor of the
           Occident by the official hand of the Pope, and the unofficial hand of Ecliastus and his Sire, Montano,
           Childe of Lasombra himself.
           So Paris remains a normal city, in the shadow of Charlemagne's capital, Aix la Chappelle. Cassius, who
           had plans of greatness for Paris, is furious. He realizes that Charlemagne became Rome's servant, and so,
           Lasombra Clan's servant. (Charlemagne was a Ventrue idea who backfired when the Pope crowned himself the 
           King of Francs Emperor. The symbolism was important, and Napoleon will remember it in 1804...)
  • 810:
           Cassius discovers Ecliastus betrayed him! He helped Montano in unifying the Christian Empire under the 
           domination of Rome, and so, under either the Lasombra Clan's control or the Roman Ventrue! Ecliastus was
           given, for his successful action, the Fief of Paris!
           Montano's ideas to make the Empire the center of a new religion were a danger to the Ventrue Clan, who didn't
           let it go so easily: Alexandre created the Grand Cour, but in Aix-La-Chapelle, not in Paris.
  • 814: Death of Charlemagne
           In the years following the Emperor's death, the Ventrue led by Cassius and helped by the Nosferatu 
           and the Malkavian Clan, intrigue against his heir.
           Charlemagne's heir, Louis the Pious, can't maintain the Empire's unity.
           Alexandre, because of his grief for Lorraine, is unable to maintain the Grand Cour unity, and the Toreador 
           and Ventrue intrigue against each other. The Empire crumbles.
  • 843: Treaty of Verdun
           The Empire is dismembered as per the Treaty, between Charlemagne's family.
           Alexandre moves the Grand Cour from Aix to Paris, thus both gnawing at the influence of Cassius and Ecliastus.
           Cassius, mad with anger with Ecliastus, intrigues now directly against the Lasombra.
           Ecliastus never recovered from his destroyed dream. He is corrupted by the Setite.
  • 845:
           First apparition, the 2 March 845, of the Normands at the step of Paris' wall. The city is pillaged and 
           Charles the Bald gives them 7000 Livres of silver to make them go away.
  • 856:
           The 28 December 856, the Normands arrives for the second time.
  • 857:
           Paris is burnt by the Normands (Get of Fenris!). Cassius believes the bitter Ecliastus is behind this
           attack.The Ventrue search for a symbol to unify the city.
  • 886:
           Anarchy runs free in the city. The Count Eudes of Paris, resists the new Normand's attacks. He is chosen
           by Cassius who will Ghoul him. Eude will become Cassius' Childe years later. Eudes will prove to be a failure
           as he will behave more like a knight searching for battles than a republican wannabe.
           The Bloodline of Ecliastus are destroyed in the Normand's attacks. Ecliastus disappears from sight.
           Alexandre makes Cassius his Chambellan. The Grand Cour remains divided.

10th Century

       945:
           Great epidemic. The deseased are cared at Notre-Dame. 
      
       965:
           Fleeing the Normands, Breton Monks arrive in Paris, bringing with them relics, and among them, the relic of St Magloire. 
    
       978:
           Otton tries to take Paris. Hugues Capet stops him and Otton must go away the 30 November. 
    
       987:
           Election of Hugues Capet: Paris becomes capital of the kingdom.
           The Capetien's hold of the crown help the growth of the city.
           While Alexandre is the master, through the Capetiens, of a little domain around Paris. But he will lack the ambition to expand his influence, despite Cassius help.
           Cassius wanted, as wanted his Sire, Labienus a french Republic, not a Monarchy. But can do nothing: He lacks the power to unify enough Kindred around him, and Alexandre still rules nominatively, and so forbid him another Childe.
           Cassius fears the awakening of Labienus, whom he felt stir in his Torpor. Labienus won't probably like to see his city in the hands of another.


BC - 1th - 2th - 3th - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21th



11th Century 

       Saviarre, Alexandre's Childe, arrives in Paris. She unofficially takes the mantle of power, ruling as the Queen of France. Cassius will keep his title, but will lose most of his power as Saviarre takes over it. She will continue the work for the unification of France.
       The city's fortifications are built. The Water Merchants, controlled by Alexandre, get the monopoly of fluvial trade, and so the Methuselah can control the arrival of new Kindred by the Seine. 
    
       1007:
           Extinction of the title of Count of Paris, with the death of Bouchard de Vendôme. The county becomes the King's possession. 
      
       1021:
           Creation of the Episcopal School of Notre Dame. 
        
       1051:
           Condemnation by the Council of Paris of the Theses of Bérenger of Tours over the Eucharist, as he denies the fact the bread and the wine are the body of the Christ. 
      
       1074:
           Refusal by the Council of Paris of the celibacy's obligation for the priests


BC - 1th - 2th - 3th - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21th



12th Century 


       1111:
           The parisians fight against Robert of Meulan, who tried to take over the city to become king. He flees the city. 
       1112:
           Louis the 6th prefers St Denis to St Benoît of the Loire. Paris imposes itself as the capital, to the dismay of Orléans. 
       1119:
           The Order of the Temple is created (after a Lasombra's idea got out of hand: See To Sift Through Bitter Ashes, Book One of The Grails Covenant Trilogy). The Order is soon vampirised by the Lasombra and the Tremere Clans, which try to take the control, but a faction of Knights with True Faith resists to any corruption. Ecliastus succeed in controlling the Order's Chapter of Paris, at Gisors. But his ties with the Setite and his hate for the Clan Ventrue will corrupt some Knights well beyond the limit of its usefulness for the Clan Lasombra. 
       1120:
           The students and masters gather on the Mountain of Ste Genveève. 
       1121:
           First attestation of the Merchants of Water of Paris, in an edict of Louis the 6th. 
    
       1131:
           The 2 October, death of Philippe; elder son of the King, who fell from his horse who was frightened by a pig. Since then, it was forbidden to let pigs wander freely in the streets. 
       1133: Diablerie of Saulot
           Tremere enters the haven of the Antediluvian Saulot, and Diablerizes him. Witnesses tell Saulot died peacefully. 
       1134:
           The King gives the right to the Bourgeois of Paris to take over the possessions of debtors, and to help each others. 
       1339:
           Installation of the Order of the Temple at the Vieux Temple. 
    
       1147:
           First Chapter of the Order of the Temple in its house of Paris, in the presence of Louis the 7th and of the Pope Eugène the 3rd. As the King goes to the Crusade, he lets his treasury under the guard of the Templars and his regency to the Abbot Suger until his return, in 1149.
           The 21 April, the Pope consecrate the Church of St Pierre of Montmartre. 
      
       1163:
           Beginning of the reconstruction of Notre-Dame. 
    
       1180:
           The 5 February 1180, the leaders of the jewish community are jailed. They are condemned by Philippe Auguste to pay 15 000 Marcs of silver. 
       1182:
           The jewish population is exiled from the city. Their synagogue becomes the church of the Madeleine. 
       1186: Birth of the Urban Policy
           The major streets are paved by order of Philippe Auguste. 
       1190: Philippe Auguste goes to the Crusade
           Six Bourgeois of Paris hold each one a key of the royal treasury, and form the Council of Regency.
           Before quiting Paris, Philippe orders a new wall to be constructed. 
       1194:
           Loss of the royal archives at the battle of Frèteval. Philippe Auguste orders them reconstitued in double copies, one of the copies having to stay in Paris. 
       1198:
           The jewish people is authorized to come back, but they must pay great taxes.


BC - 1th - 2th - 3th - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21th



13th Century 

       Growth of the great trade. Construction of the first Halles and of Notre Dame de Paris (thanks to Toreador's help).
       Philippe Auguste, King of France, orders for the building of a second wall around Paris.
       The Prévôt of the merchants (controlled by Roanne, Lasombra, and Childe of Ecliastus before his corruption) becomes the real maire (mayor) of Paris, but Alexandre, brooding, and Saviarre, working to her own plans of greatness, don't see it at once.
       Alexandre and Saviarre remain, through, concerned by the appparition of strange Kindred with powers similar to True Faith. The ties with these strange Kindred and the Templar is another reason of concern to the Ventrue. 
       1200:
           Apparition of the first enseignes to permit the identification of particular housings.
           After a fight between the students of Lièges and the sergent of the Prévot of Paris, Philippe Auguste fires his Prévot and surrender to the demands of the students, who threaten to flee the city. Masters and Students will be now judged only by the bishop's court. It is the birth of a new power: the University. 
       1202:
           First (!) completion of the Louvre. 
       1208:
           The wall around the right-bank-Paris is completed. 
    
       1214: Victory of Bouvine
           Philippe II Auguste confirms the national character of the Capetian monarchy.
           The Pope authorizes the organization of the Masters of tthe university in a corporation. 
       1213:
           The wall arond left-bank-Paris is completed. 
       1215:
           The Toreador works to enhance the cultural level in Paris, by the creation of the University. Alexandre lets it be, as he knows that his city will make profit of this.
           Phantomas survives barely an encounter with a Kindred claiming to be from the Order of Bitter Ashes. His own research leds him to the legend of the Holy Grail, which could purify the Blood of the Kindred! 
       1216:
           Embrace of Brother Thomas. 
    
       1225:
           Fondation of the House of the Filles-Dieu for repentant public women 
       1226:
           The Order of Bitter Ashes takes an active play in the game, with Louis IX, also called Saint Louis.
           The Templars takes a power never reached before in France, possessing resources that the wealthier Ventrue don't dare to imagine. Behind them, the Lasombra threaten to take the power in Paris. 
       1229:
           The 26 February 1229, the students and the sergents of the Prévot fight each others. The University portests. The 15 April, the University quits Paris for Oxford and Cambridge. Still, the Dominican monks open their buildings to the students.
           The Holy Inquisition learns about the existence of the Kindred (and of other supernatural creatures). The Manus Negrum is thought to have given the information, but the information is highly unsure, as the Setites are suspected of the same crime. 
    
       1240:
           At the order of the bishop Guillaume of Auvergne, the bells of the churchs will be commanded by clocks. It is the first apparition of the importance of time. 
       1245:
           Notre-Dame's contruction is ended. 
    
       1252:
           The Pope Innocent III approves the use of Torture by the Holy Inquisition.
           The Lasombra Clan's power over the church declines, and direct influence over the pope is now impossible. 
       1254:
           Creation by Louis the 9th of the Hospice of the Quinze-Vingts, for 300 blind men.
           The parisians discover their first elephant, offered to Louis the 9th by Henri the 3rd of England. 
       1257:
           The Toreador creates, throught their retainer Robert de Sorbon, the Sorbonne (Paris' University). 
    
       1268:
           Edition of the Book of Crafts of Paris by the Royal Prévot, Etienne Boileau, which mentions the statuses of 137 crafts. 
       1270:
           Death of Saint Louis, programmed by the Ventrue, and led by Alexandre and Saviarre.
           The Clan Lasombra doesn't believe itself beaten, as their control of the Templar still threatens the King. Roanne hides herself at Gisors. She will be corrupted here by the Setite and her own Sire.
           The Inquisition is behind the Final Death of at least a dozen of Kindred from various Clans. Some think that Kindred where, perhaps, behind the help the Inquisition received to track those Kindred down...
           War among the Kindred, as the first victims of Inquisitions lead Elders to send their own Childer to the death. First, ineffective and limited Anarch revolt.
           Templars are suspected to have helped the rise of the Inquisition. Phantomas finds behind the Templar various organisations, among them the Setite, a very stealthy Bloodline calling itself the Children of Osiris, and most of all, some trace of the Order of Bitter Ashes which seems to have disappeared. 
       1275:
           Developpement of the Copist' atelier to cover the needs of University. Instauration of the Pecia system which enables the copying of texts by more than one scribe at once.... 
      
       1296:
           Creation of a Town Council, with 24 Prud'hommes.


BC - 1th - 2th - 3th - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21th



14th Century 


       1307:
           Philippe le Bel (the Beautiful), controlled by the Ventrue, attacks the Order of the Temple and its supernatural supporters. 138 Templars are jailed. The judgement is visibly corrupted, and the Pope's support is asked for. 
    
       1312:
           The Pope Clement V dismember the Order of the Temple, and removes them their privileges that protected them from Philippe le Bel. The parisian Lasombra are defeated and flee the capital, and the Tremere Clan, which controlled part of the Order flees its base of power in France.
           Some Circles of Templars remain in the shadows.
           No news about Ecliastus or about his Childe. 
       1314:
           End of the judgement of the Templars, who are, for the most part, burnt to the pyre, with their Grand Master, Jacques de Molay.
           Death of Philippe le Bel, and the Pope Clement V (Jacques de Molay had cursed them to death in the year following his own execution...)
           Goratrix is summoned to Ceoris, the Tremere Fortress to answer about his ineptitude with managing the Templars and its use of french Tremere resources to attack the Church and the Inquisition, thus increasing their anger at Kindred. 
       1320:
           Organisation of the Parliement divided into 3 chambers: Great-Chamber, Inquiry, Requests. 
       1321:
           Creation of the first brotherhood of musicians. 
       1324:
           Awakening of Labienus. 
       1325:
           Secret meeting of the surviving Bloodline of Labienus in the swamp that will become centuries later the Palais of Versailles. Labienus is horrified to see what happened to his beloved Paris, and to see it in the hands of Alexandre, who seems to lose slowly his mind (since the execution of Jacques de Molay?). Labienus is republican, and for him, France must become a Republic. 
       1328:
           Death of Charles IV le Bel. His heir, chosen by the Ventrue Clan (by Alexandre...) is strange indeed, but the Toreador won't have the time to make profit of it...
           Alexandre, his paranoia reaching heights beyond the limits of sanity, attacks the Clan Toreador because of a suspected treason. Saviarre must follow despite her hesitation. Most of them are destroyed or fleeing, along with their followers. Elders from other Clans are destroyed too (Nosferatu, Malkavian and a lot of Kindred of the Clan Gangrel, which will lose by then all its influence.
           But the succession is still contested, and the England sees there a good way to take the control of France. Labienus is delighted: He see in the plummeting power of Alexandre a good and ironic vengeance for what happened to Rome (He believes the Ventrue Clan made a mistake when choosing Emperors, instead of letting it continue to be a Republic). 
    
       1337: Begining of the 100-years war with the English.
           Begining of the building of the Vincennes Castle. 
    
       1348: Black Plague
           The pandemia will exist 2 years in Paris. 
       1350:
           Building of the first open sewer . 
    
       1370:
           By King's edict, all the churches' bell will ring every hour and every hour's quarter, and will be attuned to the Weight Clock of Henri de Vic, in the squared court of the palace of the Cité.
           22 April: Begining of the construction of the Bastille. 
    
       1390: First procedure against sorcery
           Jeanne de Brigue, also known as la Cordière, is judged by the parliement the 29 October. She will be burned at the stake the 19 August 1391. 
       1391:
           Creation of the first Brotherhood of painters, known as the Tailleurs d'Images (image weavers?). 
       1394: Pre-Camarilla: First inter-clan meeting to deal with the Anarchs.
           The 17 September, edict of expulsion of the jews of France. This edict, confirmed in 1615 will signify the legal disparition of this community for four centuries. 
       1395:
           Tyler's attack. The Anarch Revolt begins. 
       1398: Laïcisation of the University
           The students and teachers of the faculty of medicine can now marry.


BC - 1th - 2th - 3th - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th - 17th - 18th - 19th - 20th - 21th



15th Century 


       1404:
           The 18 August, the Queen Isabeau de Bavière and Louis d'Orléans flee Paris with the Dauphin (heir of the throne). The Duc of Bourgogne enters in triumph in the capital. 
       1405:
           Lasombra dies at the hands of his Childe. 
       1407:
           The cold is such one can easily ride on the freezed Seine.
           Louis d'Orléans is murdered at the Old Street of the Temple by killers working for the Duc of Bourgogne. 
    
       1413:
           Tzimisce is attacked by the Anarchs, and is supposed destroyed. 
       1414:
           Apparition of a new desease named then as Tac or Horion and known today as Coqueluche (hooping-cough) 
       1420:
           Saviarre tries to control what remains of Alexandre power base through her influence over him.
           Helena of Troy arrives in Paris, still searching for Meneleus. She didn't like at all what happened to the parisian Toreador.
           Treaty of Azincourt, which makes the english masters of France.
           Saviarre inclines herself in front of Mithras (Prince of London), but still searches for a solution to remove the control the english Methuselah searches to take in Paris.
           Anarch movement solidifies: Vinculum comes into common use. 
       1423: Oath of Allegiance of Paris to the Duc of Bedford, envoy of the King of England.
       1427: First apperance in Paris of the Gypsies
           The church orders an excomunication of the seers and of the christians who uses this act of sorcery.
       1429: Jeanne d'Arc
           Crowning of Charles VII by the mysterious Jeanne d'Arc. Alexandre congratulates Saviarre, who remains humble: She didn't knew the Pucelle (nickname of Jeanne d'Arc, meaning the virgin) would be so successful.
           Jeanne d'Arc is wounded when she fails her entrance in Paris by the portal of St Honoré. 
    
       1431:
           Henri the 6th, is sacred at Notre-Dame by his uncle, the Cardinal of England.
           Execution of Jeanne d'Arc. No one can say if the english Kindred are to blame, or if it was decided by the french Kindred to avoid the possible return of the Order of Bitter Ashes
           Birth of François Villon. 
       1436:
           Revolt against the english troops in Paris. The army of Charles the 7th enter by the portal of St-Jacques. 
       1437:
           Charles the 7th enters Paris. 
       1438:
           The church is submitted to the french royalty by the Pragmatique Sanction de Bourges. It's a manoeuver of Saviarre to limit the power of the Inquisition in France. She will go even further... 
    
       1444:
           Cappadocius is Diablerized by Augustus Giovanni. 
       1450:
           The Camarilla officially forms. 
       1453:
           Battle of Castillon. The english are cast out of France. Alexandre, his madness-enhanced ego makes him write a letter of excuses to Mithras, who is now too much occupied by the Brujah, Toreador and Tremere of England to bother himself with Paris. 
       1458:
           Creation of the first Chaire of greek at the University. 
    
       1463:
           Embrace of François Villon by Helena of Troy. He starts to unite the remaining Toreador and join the Anarchs against the Ventrue masters of France. 
       1464:
           First presentation of the Farce de Maître Pathelin, first french theater creation of importance. 
    
       1480:
           First portable clock, sold by Jean de Paris to the King Louis the 11th.
  • 1481:
           Popular upsrising in Paris.
           Alexandre and Saviarre are destroyed.
           Beatrix, one of the surviving Elders of the Clan Toreador of Paris, takes the throne and become Paris new Prince.
  • 1486:
           Malleus Maleficarum distributed and Inquisition reinvigorated.
  • 1493:
           Convention of Thorn:
           The Convention of Thorn is signed the 23 october.
           François Villon, Anarch, appears in open (moon?)light in Paris' Kindred society is offered the title of Toreador
           Chambellan. He accepts, and become councillor of Beatrix.
  • 1496:
           First case of Syphillis, desease imported form Naples by the soldiers of Charles the 7th.

16th Century

       This Century marks the end of the war Camarilla/Anarchs, The Convention of Thorn and the creation of the Sabbat.
       the Inquisition loses its power, in the same time, the french Protestantism rises in power, and enter in conflict with the 
       Catholicism in the War of Religions, and disappear altoether.
       Paris is a city known for its volative population. When it helped them against Alexandre and Saviarre, the Toreador make profit
       of it. Now, Under the impulsion of the remaining Ventrue who want nothing more than take back what they feel is rightfully theirs,
       the Tremere who are interested in the Magickal potential of the city and the constant Sabbat threat, the population will once more rebell,
       which will lead in the construction of the Palace of Versailles in the next century.
       It is the Renaissance era, propagated by the Toreador and flueled by the riches coming back from the New World.
  • 1504:
           By edict of the Parliement, the parisians must, after 9.00 pm, put candles near their window. Its the begining of the night lighting of the city.
  • 1533:
           First Pyre for a printer, and for an heretic woman
           Begining of the construction of the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall).
           Antoine Augereau is burnt to the pyre because he published the Miroir de l'Ame Pêcheresse (mirror of the sinful soul) written by Marguerite de Navarre, sister of François the 1st.
           Marie La Catelle, school teacher, lectured the Gospels in french to her students.
  • 1534:
           The 15 August, creation of the Company of Jesus (a.k.a. The Jesuits) by Ignace de Loyola and his companions, in the Chapelle du Martyrium of Montmartre
  • 1544:
           Creation of the Grand Bureau des Pauvre (Great Bureau of the Poor) at the Bureau de la Ville (Bureau of the City) to help the poor.
  • 1547:
           The Bridge of St Michel falls appart as a ship collide with it.
  • 1548:
           The first Salle of theater opens.
  • 1562:
           Begining of the Wars of Religions
           Paris' citizen hide behind the yellow trenches built until the first part of the 17th century.
  • 1564:
           The begining of the Year is now the 1st day of January
           Thus the begining of the year isn't anymore the 1st day of April. There lies the explanation of the Poisson d'Avril (April's fish), as well as the Etrennes traditions.
           Begining of the Construction of the Palais des Tuileries, by Philibert De l'Orme for Catherine de Médicis.
  • 1572:
           Night of the St Barthelemy
           The massacre started in the night of the 23th through the 24th August 1572, at 4am, when the bell of St Germain l'Auxerrois rang,
           and will continue until the 30th august. Instigated by Catherine de Medicis and the De Guise family. 3000 victims, most of them being
           Protestants. Thus, Beatrix strenghten her power over France by removing alien influence's power base and its major pawn: Gaspard de Coligny.
           The Loyalist Ventrue (those Loyal to Alexandre and Saviarre) suffer one more defeat. Labienus' Brood waits patiently with its Brujah allies 
           as the renaissance starts to have effects and enlighten the first layers of the society.
  • 1576:
           Creation of a School of Pharmacy, by Nicolas Houel, which will remain for a long time the only school where Apoticaries will be taught their trade.
  • 1582:
           The Calendar change to the Gregorian time.
           10 days as erased: The day following the 9th December is the 20th December.
  • 1587:
           Creation of a Chaire of Arab at the Collège de France
  • 1588:
           Instability in Paris. the King Henri III (famous for his homosexual tendancies: He created the Sa Majesté'stuff thus making others 
           calling him in a feminine form...) flees the capital. He will avenge himself by organizing the death of the leader of the Catholic League, Henri de Guise and his brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine.
  • 1589:
           Henri the 3rd is murdered by a monk called Jacque Clément.
  • 1594:
           Henri the 4th enters in Paris after abjuring the Protestantism, winning against the Catholic League and their spanish allies.
  • 1598: Edit de Nantes
           To the surprise of the Toreador, Beatrix make peace with the Ventrue. Her pawn, Henri IV was chosen because he would symbolise
           the peace: In 1598, he creates the Edict of Nantes, which gives the Protestants the right to live their religion. While some say 
           that perhaps Henri IV acted by himself, It weakens the influence of the Church, while helping build the peace. Beatrix doesn't care: 
           The interior peace is reached, as well as the exterior peace. Henri IV is a well loved King, and an efficient pawn.



17th Century

       The Toreador will take the absolute power in France. And as Louis XIV, the Sun King (ironic, isn't it?), has an absolute power over the population and even the nobles,
       Beatrix, inspired by François Villon, will create and impose to every Prince of France the Toreador Hegémonie.
       The reason behind the acceptance of such a drastic solution were the different uprisings, inspired probably by Toreador enemies.
       The Tremere Clan will go to surprising lengths to reach enough power for little time: Richelieu's control's only reason was the building of the Tremere Chantry in the
       Ile St Louis, which had just been formed by the unification of the tiny isles next the Ile de la Cité.
       One other important consequence will be the moving of the Cour from the Louvre to Versailles where the Grand Cour will be relieved of these petty matters. Beatrix will let Villon in the charge of the Louvre.
  • 1608:
           The 3rd October: The Tuileries by the fountain of the Samaritaine.
  • 1610:
           Murder of Henri the 4th
           Ravaillac murders the King the 14th May, in the street of the Ferronerie.
  • 1613:
           Duel in daytime, street of St Honoré. The Knight of Guise kills the Baron of Luz, and then, his son the 31th January. This event could well have inspired Corneille for his Le Cid.
  • 1614:
           The unification of the isle of Vaches (cows) and the isle of Notre-Dame to become the Ile St Louis.
  • 1615:
           Confirmation of the edict of 1394, exiling the jewish community from France.
           Begining of the Construction of the Palais du Luxembourg for Marie de Médicis.
  • 1617:
           Death of Concini, a pawn of the Giovanni. Something in their scheme got wrong as Concini was unable to do anything good. 
           He was arrested and killed, and his wife, Leonora Galigaï, Kindred of the Clan Giovanni, was decapited and burnt 
          (Beatrix didn't like the use of the foul Giovanni Sorcery against her: Wraiths can be such a bore!).
  • 1622:
           Richelieu becomes the headmaster of the Sorbonne
  • 1624:
           The Cardinal de Richelieu is invited in the King's Council, and will soon become its leader. 
           He will act as a perfect pawn but Beatrix will suspect him of obeying other's orders. His secret masters will not be identified,
           as his constant war with Austria will divert the possibility of Tremere infiltration. By her own pawn, Marie de Medicis, Beatrix 
           will try to remove Richelieu from his position, to no avail. He will die in 1642.
           Richelieu will start the construction of a Palace he will legate to Louis the 13th in 1642: The Palais Royal.
  • 1626:
           The Duels are forbidden.
  • 1628:
           La Rochelle, a Ventrue City whose Prince is considered the Leader of the Ventrue opposition to Beatrix's position, 
           is defeated after a colossal siege. The Prince is destroyed. (It is the first step of Villon's Toreador Hegemony project)
  • 1631:
           First edition of the Gazette de France, by Théophraste Renaudot, the oldest french newspaper.
  • 1634:
           First gathering of the Académie Française (French Academy). It will be offically institutionalized the 27th January 1635.
  • 1642:
           Mazarin takes the position of Richelieu, and will be the absolute master of France until his Death. His Toreador masters only regret will be the 1648-1652 Fronde.
  • 1644:
           Opening, in the Jeu de Paume des Mestayers, of the Illustre Theatre of Madeleine Béjart and Jean Baptiste Poquelin (a.k.a. Molière), under the protection of the Duc of Orléans.
  • 1645:
           While everyone's attentions is diverted somewhere else, the Isle St Louis is now complete, and the Tremere Chantry already constructed, with full thaumaturgical protection!
  • 1648:
           The Fronde, the uprising of the population of Paris, angered by Mazarin's action. There will be a great consequence to this uprising: 
           Beatrix will be afflicted with an irrational fear of the people. She will inspire Louis XIV to build Versailles far from Paris, and it will
           cost her finally her unlife in the 1789 Revolution, as she will try to flee forgetting the most elementary of cautions... the Fronde will end in 1652.
  • 1656:
           Creation, by Louis the 14th, of the General Hospital, to help the poor, who are welcome at Bicêtre, at the Pitié and at the Salpétrière.
  • 1661:
           Death of Mazarin.
           Louis XIV became the absolute master of France.
  • 1662:
           Creation od the first public urban transportations, form the St-Antoine portal to the Luxembourg. These 5 Sols carriages will disappear in 1677.
  • 1666:
           The Great Fire, in London
           A Vampire, playing with an ancient artifact, frees forces beyond his control, and is the cause for the great fire. (See Blood & Fire, second in the Trilogy of the Giovanni Chronicles).
           The Science Academy is created.
  • 1667:
           The number of print factories are decreased to 36, to better control the book production.
           Creation of the Observatory.
           La Reynie initiates the installation of 2736 candle lanterns in 912 streets.
  • 1670: The old citywall becomes larges streets lined with trees: The parisian Grand Boulevards.
  • 1676: Execution of Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise of Brinvilliers, recognized guilty in the poisons affair.
  • 1680: Constitution of the Comédie Française
  • 1682:Louis XIV installs himself and his Cour in the Palais of Versailles.
    • The French Kindred are very surprised to hear about the Toreador Hegemony politic of Beatrix (inspired by Villon). As they try to resist, their mortal pawns are useless in Versailles, and the armies of Louis XIV threaten them. They must, then, surrender to the Hegemony: Now, the French Princes will be called Marquis, and will be submitted to the Prince of Paris' will, as France is now the her Domain. That means that they can be Blood Hunted should they Sire a Childe without Beatrix accord!
  • 1685:The Edict of Nantes is revoked.
    • Beatrix is outraged to understand how the Tremere framed her with their new Chantry in the Ile Saint Louis. She uses her ressources to weaken the parisian Tremere Chantry.
  • 1686: War with the Habsbourg, as Beatrix tries to remove the Tremere from their Chantry of the Ile St Louis. As Louis XIV will fail, the Tremere will keep their Chantry.
  • 1698: The 18th September, a man with a black velvet mask is jailed in the Bastille. Voltaire will weave around it the legend about the Iron Mask, and centuries later, Leonardo di Caprio will show us the Good King Louis the 14th as a good fellow instead of the historical bastard the so-called Sun King was in reality.



Even through Louis XIV's death, the short regency, and the rule of the Bon Vivant and Iron-Willed (!!!) Louis XV, the Toreador will hold their power, as the Kindred of France mimic the indolence of their mortal noble pawns.

But some Kindred are still waiting: The Bloodline of Labienus and their Brujah allies work slowly by inducing the ideas that will feed the Revolution fire...

The rule of Louis XVI will prove to be Beatrix's undoing...

18th Century

  • 1701: François Villon Embraces his lover, Elle.
  • 1709: Exceptionnaly Cold Winter Temperature goes as low as -40 degrees C (that is -40 degrees F, or 233.15K!). The Seine freezes and there will be 24000 to 30000 deaths in the month of January
  • 1716: Foundation, by Law, of the first private Bank, the Banque générale de dépot, de change et d'escompte.
  • 1738: End of the War of succession of Poland, won by Russia.
    Alexis arrives from Russia (where he helped the French Toreador while in the war), fleeing the Russian Kindred who wants him dead.
    Creation, the 24th June, of the masonic Grande Loge de France.
  • 1742: Appearance of a very contagious desease which grippe (rusts) its victim. The disease will keep the French name: Grippe (Influenza).
  • 1743: A London Anarch breaks the Masquerade. The Camarilla succeed in covering it, destroys the Anarch, and then officially aknowledges the position of Prince.
  • 1745: Madame de Pompadour is used by Elle to ensure the control of Louis XV by the clan Toreador. The control will end at the death of the lady. She will have helped, through, to the betterment of the arts in France.
  • 1748: Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, and end of the War of Succession of Austria.
  • 1756: The reversing of Alliances: Great Britain becomes the enemy, and Austria an ally. Inspired by Elle. It will prove to be a mistake in a mortal viewpoint, but it will calm down the Clan Tremere of Paris, as they will surrender a mysterious magickal artifact to Beatrix.
    The children of the Duc of Orléans are vaccined to protect them against the Variole (Variola).
  • 1760: Foundation of the Institution for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing, by L'abbé de l'Epée.
  • 1763: End of the War of Seven Years.
    France loses its possessions in India and Canada, after a costly war against England (Mithras will send back the unopened letter written to him by the now deceased Alexandre... Beatrix will be furious).
    The Place of Louis the 15th is opened. It will become the Place of the Revolution, and after, the Place of the Concorde.
  • 1770: Wedding of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of Austria.
    Alliance between the french Toreador and the Austrian Tremere against the Ventrue of Prussia and Great Britain.
  • 1771: The Curacy of the Inquisition of Toulouze is is dissolved
  • 1775: Creation of the masonic Grand Orient de France.
  • 1783: 19th March: Creation of the Ecole des Mines of Paris.
    8th July: Royal Edict decides all new streets must be at least 30 feet (10 meters) broad.
    23th August: The balloon Le Globe, inflated with heated air, rises into the air. It will land at Gonnesse where the local priest will exorcise it before having it destroyed by his parish. There was no one in it.
    21th November: The first Montgolfière with live people in it will rise in the air.
  • 1788: The Science Academy edits the first known meteorological map.
  • 1789: The French Revolution. Provoked by the negligence of the people's power, by the more and more outrageous privileges of the ruling class (the Nobles, and the Clergy), and by the growing blindness of Beatrix and her Grand Cour to the schemes of Labienus and the Brujah Clan, the people of Paris rebels...
    The takeover of the Bastille fortress (14 July 1789) is the signal of the uprising.
    At first, Beatrix and Villon still believe in the reversal of the revolution, thanks to their alliance with the Ventrue and Tremere Clans of Europe to block the rise in power of the Brujah (they fear a new Carthage).
    First Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme (Declaration of the Rights of the Human Being, or, seen by some as Declaration of the Rights of Man: Olympe de Gouges will write her own text: Declaration of the Rights of the Woman. Yes, she's one of the first active feminists!)
    The Sabbat and the Anarchs prepare for war...
  • 1791: The Ste Geneviève church becomes the Panthéon.
    The Anarchs, mainly constitued by Brujah, takes the power as Louis XVI treason is revealed when he tries to flee and is discovered the 20 November.
    Most of the Toreador flee, While Villon and Beatrix stay in France.
    Louis XVI is now King of the French people, led by the French Assembly, and his only power is the right of veto. The 20 April, inspired by Beatrix, he will instigate, a war against his own nephew, François II, Emperor of Prussia, hoping to lose and to be freed by him from the french Assembly. But the defeats will raise the anger of the people against him.
    Louis XVI is jailed the 10 august, and Beatrix flees Paris. But her carelessness and nervousity makes her do a mistake in her flight which cost her her unlife, as the Anarchs and the Brujah (and the Sabbat)follow her. Villon still hides.
  • 1792: 25th April: Nicolas Pelletier, a bandit, is Guillotined (executed by the Guillotine).
    A young deputy, named Saint Just (or St Just), clean the corruption from France's institutions and is one of the causes behind the first victories of France against the coalition.
    22 September, the Republic is proclaimed. Villon flees from France.
  • 1793: 21 January: Execution of Louis XVI.
    The Brujah and Anarchs try to put up a government, but soon, the some of the softer, non-Brujah Anarchs and are disgusted by the Brujah's intolerance. Their mortal pawns are jailed and most of them must flee the Terror and die trying.
    June 1993: The comity of Salut Public (Public Salvation?) takes the power, with as its leaders Robespierre, and St Just. Witrh the Terror, the mortal pawns of every influence are executed, and among them a lot of people who shouldn't have. The coalition of European countries invading France to put back the monarchy (and unknowingly, put back a Camarilla Prince) fails.
    5th October: The Republican Calendar becomes official.
    16th October, Marie-Antoinnette, wife of Louis XVI and Tremere's agent in France, is executed.
    8th November: The Louvre becomes a Museum.
    23th November: Every church in Paris is closed.
  • 1794: 11th June: The Terror is proclaimed. From the 11th June to the 27th July, the Revolutionnary Tribunal will decide 1376 Death Sentences.
    The Terror gets out of control (because of Sabbat, Giovanni and Setite infiltration), and no one, no matter his Clan (yes, even Sabbat, or Setite!) is secure.
    26 June, victory of Fleurus.
    July, fall of Robespierre and end of the Terror.
    26 July, at night, St Just is Embraced by Robin Leeland, Anarch of the Clan Brujah. He will keep a low profile, cleaning the supernatural population of Paris (Sabbat, Setites, etc.) and siding with the beautiful and passionate Madame Guil.
    A softer Convention takes the power, controlled by various Neonates from various Clans.
  • 1795: 20th January: Opening of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure.
    Up to October, the Convention tries to make reactionary reforms.
    October, the Directoire takes the control. The Setite will easily corrupt it, and it will remain so until 1799.
    Villon secretly get back, with Alexis and Ivan. They search for a sutable pawn, and finds in Bonaparte a very astute one, even if he is very strong willed.
  • 1796: 4th December: Religion cults are once more authorized.
  • 1797: Villon see the signature of the Clan Giovanni in some of the bloodier moments of the Terror, and in the corruption of the Directoire. To remove their new hold in french (and parisian) trade and government, he make Bonaparte destroy the Republic of Venise.
    Clan Giovanni remove their own from Paris, and Bonaparte returns in France in exchange.
    22 October: Garnerin makes the fist parachute jump (700 meters) from a Montgolfière.
  • 1798: The Setites intrigue to make the Directoire send Bonaparte in Egypt, where they hope he will be easily corrupted. Villon is no fool, and send half his Kindred staff (and with them Alexis) to follow his somewhat rebellious pawn.
  • 1799: The Egypt expedition by Bonaparte is a failure as the french navy is destroyed in Aboukir. but in a cultural way, it's a success, as the Toreador come back full with relics and information. Alexis is thought destroyed. Bonaparte gets back in France in October.
    9-10 november 1799, he takes the power from the Directoire, and becomes the first Consul.



19th Century

  • 1800: 13th February: Creation of the Banque de France.
    19th February: Napoleon now lives in the Tuileries.
    François Villon's hold of Paris is growing such that he knows he will soon be considered Paris' Prince. But he still waits to officialize his station...
  • 1801: 12th March: The Prefet of the Seine decide the creation of three cemetaries: In the north (Cimetière Montmartre), in the east (Père Lachaise), and in the south (Montparnasse)
    Villon Embraces Lazlo. Villon chooses the Young Neonate as the Toreador Second-in-command, and prepares him for his destiny.
    Organization of the Bourse
  • 1802: Construction of the Ourcq Canal.
  • 1803: The Banque de France is given the monopoly over the print of money.
  • 1804: As the Toreador, led by Villon, want a King in the command of France, they intrigue to kill Bonaparte who is believed to be controled by the Brujah, and who is President for Life. But the murder fails...
    The reaction of Bonaparte is oversized, and the ambitious man prepares to declare himself Emperor with a change of Constitution, the 18 may 1804. No one, not even Villon or the Brujah, will be able to have great control over the Emperor. Even if his control over Bonaparte is tenuous at best, it's still much more powerful than any other Kindred's try to control over the new Emperor, so Villon let it be: After all, Napoleon Bonaparte is a very efficient ruler, and an Emperor's title is more than enough for the Prince of Paris wannabe... So he plans to use Napoleon's resources and threaten the other Princes of France the same way Beatrix threatened them...
    2 December, Napoleon is the new Emperor, by taking the crown from the Pope's hands as a lesson from Charlemagne's crowning.
  • 1805: Villon takes officially the power as Prince of Paris. The soirée was marvelous, and only one event decreased the joy of the new Prince of Paris: St Just chose this night to appear once more, this time as a Kindred of Clan Brujah.
    The Masques are created, under the rule of Ivan.
  • 1806: 1 January: Return into the Gregorian Calendar system.
    Three Toreador are killed by Gustav, Prince of Berlin, because of their opinion on his lack of painting talent. The Toreador of Paris took it personnaly, but their letter of outrage were turned back, as an insult.
    As done against the Clan Giovanni, Villon decided it couldn't be. Again, he sent Napoleon march to Berlin, the 27 October 1806. Gustav had to present his formal excuses (among other sacrifices) in front of powerful Kindred before Villon hinted he would remove Napoleon's troops.
  • 1808: December: Napoleon's troups enter Madrid. The Holy Inquisition's power is removed and its activities rendered illegal by the french Emperor.
  • 1811: 18 September: Creation of the Sapeurs Pompiers fire brigade.
  • 1815: Napoleon's rule is barely controlled by the french Toreador, who tried to minimize his actions (no point in attacking the ones who tried to bring back the monarchy...). So, when Napoleon abdicts for the second time (tough guy...), the new french King, Louis XVIII is already Toreador controlled, as is Talleyrand, who succeeded in making the european rulers accept the return of the Bourbon family on the Throne of France.
    Strangely, the artwork stolen in the European museums in Napoleonic conquests won't be given back...
  • 1824: The Hieroglyphs are deciphered.
  • 1825: After the Death of Louis XVIII in 1824, Charles X becomes the new King of France. As Villon tries to further reactionnary laws, Charles X becomes more and more disliked by the french.
  • 1827: Construction of the Palais Brogniart, also known as the Bourse.
  • 1828: Creation of the Omnibus, public transport carriage able to transport 18 to 25 people.
  • 1829: The Rue de la Paix is lighted by gas system.
  • 1830: As he lost the elections, Charles X write the 25 july 1830 four Edicts that remove the Press's freedom, dissolve the newly elected chamber and remove the right to vote from a lot of Bourgeois. Villon wanted to remove some influence of the Brujah (Press) and the Ventrue (Bourgeoisie).
    The 27, 28 and 29 july, the "three Glorious", a Parisian uprising forces Charles X to abdicate. He is replaced by Louis Philippe. The Monarchy of July will be in the middle between conservatism and evolutionary.
  • 1832: The Cholera kills 24000 parisians between the 29th March and the 1st October.
    Jean François Champollion is Embraced by Alexis...
    Theti-Sheri Becomes Duchesse of the Followers of Set
    French Toreador can now go to Egypt under the protection of the Setites.
  • 1833: The first Obelisk of Luxor, given by the Pasha of Egypt to France in thanks for Champollion's work, arrives in Paris. Because of the problems which happened with the first, it is decided the second Obelisk will remain in Egypt.
  • 1836: The Arc de Triomphe's construction is finished.
    The Obelisk of Luxor is erected 25 December.
  • 1837: Railroad constructed between Paris and St Germain en Laye.
  • 1842: 18th May: First railroad accident in France, near Meudon (57 deaths, and 300 people wounded).
    13th July: Death of the Duc of Orléans, who fell on his head when his horses became mad.
  • 1843: 20th October: First experience of electrical lighting of the Place de la Concorde.
  • 1844: 29th December: Creation of a Council of Prud'hommes. It will be installed in 1845 in the Palais de Justice.
  • 1845: First success in telegraphic liaison between Paris and Rouen.
  • 1848: Again, the Anarchs and the Brujah, secretly helped by Labienus' Bloodline, moves against Villon. but this time, Villon is ready: The 24 February, the Second Republic is proclaimed. Slavery in the colonies will be declared illegal.
    10 December, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is elected President. He is the leader of the movement of Order. The Palais de l'Elysée becomes the home of the french presidents.
  • 1851: Beginning of the Louvre's renovation.
  • 1852: 2 December: In the anniversary of the Sacrement of Napoleon and his victory at Austerlitz, Louis Napoleon succeed in a coup d'état and becomes Napoleon III.
    2 December: Lazlo becomes the official Duc of the Toreador.
    Strangely, Napoleon III legalize the Universal Suffrage which was unknown in other countries. Some see the hand of St Just, but even this kind of vote was flawed because of electoral limitations and governmental pressure...
  • 1866: The Electrodyne Engineers announce the creation of their formation. Still part of the Technocracy, the ancestors of the Sons of the Ether want to lead the world into a new era of scientific discoveries.
    The Prussian army wons the war against Austria. Gustav joy is so great it must be heard up to Paris... France waits for the Prussians to turn their army against her.
  • 1867: Strangely, the french deputies refused a reform that would have legalized conscription for every french young man... (Loyalist Ventrue intrigue?)
  • 1870: Prussia declare war to the France. To the surprise of other European countries which believed France was prepared, Prussia wins easily.
    4 September, as Napoleon admit his defeat, the Paris rejects the Empire and proclaim the Republic. But the Prussian army continues its movements and is at the door of Paris the 19-20 September.
  • 1871: The Commune
    18 May 1871 to 27 May 1871: The Commune of Paris. The Anarchs and the Brujah run free in the nights of Paris. The call for Communes in every great french city is a failure.
    24 May The Palais des Tuileries (Part of the Louvre!) is burnt to the ground by the Anarchs/Brujah and their followers.
    25 May Sarah, a Daughter of Cacophony, is destroyed by Henry, a Toreador, with the help of some Brujah hoping to get his help to flee Paris!.
    26 May The Hôtel de Ville (Mayor's building) is burnt too.
    27 May 1871: The Great Hunt: Blood Hunt against the Brujah Clan for destroying Villon's private library and collection of artwork in the Tuilerie (Violation of the First Edict). Some of the Brujah Elder will join Villon in his decision.
    28 May, the Great Hunt is followed by all Clans.
    For their help in removing the Commune threat, the Clan Ventrue is given the Versailles Palace as a Clan Domain. Lanienus takes possession of the Palace. Even if he seeks to build a Republic, he still sees value in Order. But thanks to him, the attempt to put back some Monarchy will fail, and the Third Republic will survive the Commune Uprising.
    4 June, Constance, Sarah's Childe, kills Henri in front of the Cour by using a terrific scream.
  • 1872: A monster of strange origin walks from the Seine, and enters the Louvre, destroying some of Villon's Ghouls.
  • 1873: Labienus becomes the Duc of the Ventrue, replacing the retired Mélisande
  • 1880: The remaining Idealists (eight Elders) choose Brother Thomas as their leader. Villon aknowledge it and the Brujah Idealist presence in Paris by inviting Brother Thomas to join the Grand Cour.
  • 1887: Michelson and Morley finds the Ether does not exist, as the speed of light is not influenced by the movement of the earth into the Ether.
    The Electrodyne Engineers are outraged by the direction taken by the Reality, and blame the other Conventions.
    The Technocracy is surprised, as the Michelson & Morley's experience is also the proof that the speed of light is constant, no matter the referential used!
    The ancestors of the Virtual Adepts, as well as Iteration X, believe they have found the solution: Reality can have escaped the hold of the Mages as the first Theories of the Technocracy were flawed and didn't permitted a stable Reality. Reality could have acquired a type of intelligence, or at least could have attained some state of stability beyond the both the Theories created by the Traditions and the ones created by the Technocracy. They keep their information for themselves.
    The Technocracy seems to lose the control of Reality as their theories, influenced by Newton and weakened by Maxwell, can't describe it at high speed, or give paradoxal solutions (infinite energy within infinitesimal frequency of light).
  • 1889: The Sons of Ether start their plans to quit the Technocracy and join the Traditions.
    Eiffel Tower completed.
    The Universal Exposition is a success.
    François Villon becomes one of the central figures of the Clan Toreador, worldwide
  • 1894: The Leader of the parisian Order of Hermes finds the Tremere are behind the murders of three Hermetic apprentices.
    Gustacio, Master of the Tremere Chantry of Paris, finds the Order of Hermes Mages are behind the disappearance of two Tremere apprentices.
    The Order of Hermes asks the help of the other Traditions, as they fear the Tremere are trying to steal them their magickal artefacts.
    The Tremere, fearing the Mages are trying to make experiences about Paradox requiring Kindred Blood, asks the help of the Camarilla.
    Anarchist terrorism. But for once, the Anarchs or the Brujah are not behind it: It's the visible part of the War of Traditions: Tradition Mages, defending their Magickal Nodes and Artefacts, are fighting Camarilla Kindred fighting to protect the Tradition of Masquerade.
    Casualties are high in each side. The Tremere and Order of Hermes are thought to use this situation to further their own little vendetta problems by their allies.
    The War is too visible: The Inquisition tries to destroy lone weakened Kindred and Mages.
    The Sons of Ether plan to use their knowledge about the truth behind the War of Traditions to make their place among the Tradition Mages
    While the Masques fight the Mages in the streets and behind the political/police scene, the Veilleurs search the reason behind this War. While they discover the Tremere and Order of Hermes are indeed to blame, they discover the hand of the growing Technocracy behind the violence outbursts.
    François Villon and the Leader of the Sons of Ether meet after preliminary encounters between the Sons of Ethers and the Veilleurs. They decide the War has no reason to be, and sign secretly the Peace of Tradition Treaty.
    Villon writes his Edict about the limitation of meetings with Mages.
    The Leader of the Sons of Ether meet the leaders of the Traditions in Paris, and ask their help for their reconversion. The Nine Traditions of Paris accept the peace treaty with the Kindred.
    The Tremere are punished of breaking several Traditions and for the actions that led to the War. They must leave Paris under the threat of Blood Hunt. They leave only Professor Cipher (progeny of the Archon Karl Shrekt) and Lazare Monet in the city. The majority of the Tremere will come back only in 1918, at the end of World War One.
    The Order of Hermes must surrender half their Nodes and magickal artifacts to the other Traditions. The Sons of Ether continue to plan their treason against the Technocracy.
    Beginning of the Dreyfus Affair, where a innocent officer will be condemned because he was suspected of having betrayed France over the Germans because he was jew. Even after proof will be made that he was indeed innocent, the french army will, still, let him in the jail. It is, if it was needed, a proof (as the Kindred were not behind this), of the height (and depth) of the possible corruption and callousness of humankind.
    Criaâr, the Corax Abomination Sired by Gustacio, is invited in the Veilleur's sect. Veille becomes the central Path of Thaumaturgy of the Veilleurs.
    Sophie is suspected by Phantomas and must flee Paris.



20th Century

The Lupines awaken from their slumber. They find that the war they are fighting is probably hopeless. They are so weak they can only defend themselves with little hope of counterattacking...

  • 1900: Planck advance a timid theory about the quantification of light, but won't have the courage to go beyond...
  • 1901: 1901-1904, the Bloc of Left legalize the Laws against the congregations (against the churches). François Villon have little patience for the church since the War of Traditions...
  • 1904: Albert Einstein, until now unknown from the scientific world, writes five articles in scientific reviews. Four of them induce revolutions in science.
    The Technocracy is surprised to learn that light is wave and particle in the same time. Their Paradigm is greatly weakened.
    Proud of their manipulation of the Paradigm, the Sons of Ether officially becomes (with the financial help of the Kindred of Paris) a Tradition, betraying openly the Technocracy. Now, the Ascensíon War will be fought in Science itself. While the Technocracy (Void Engineers) will win in the field of the galactic scale with the General Relativity Theory created by Albert Einstein, the Sons of Ether will win the battle of the sub-atomic scale with the Quantum Theory created by the scientific School of Coppenhaggen, and its leader, Niels Bohr.
  • 1905: Separation of the Church and the State.
    The political power of the Catholic church will not stop decreasing...
    First Century anniversary of Villon's crowning as Prince of Paris and France. Great celebration in the Louvre.
  • 1912: March, 14. The Titanic disappears under the seas, taking the lives of 1500 people.
  • 1914: World War One
    The German Ventrue of Gustav declares war to the French Toreador.
  • 1914-1918. In the middle of millions of corpses, more or less fifty Lupine dead bodies can be found, caught between German and French lines.
  • 1917: The Brujah take the control of Russia. The Anarchs are decimated as their views about Russia diverge from those of the Brujah.
  • 1918: End of WWI
    The Tremere Clan is accepted back in Paris if they respect Villon's Edicts.
    The Tremere accuses the Veilleurs of having stolen Thaumaturgical secrets from their abandoned Chantry.
    Alexis shows the proof that a Tremere is not able to understand easily Hekau Thaumaturgy, and thus, that their accusation is silly.
    Villon, outraged by their accusations, limits power of the Tremere in Paris, by limiting their use of Thaumaturgy.
  • 1920: Creation of the French Communist Party. The Brujah succeed in building the base of their future pyramid of power without setting a single foot in Paris!
  • 1929: The Crisis make it easy for the political Left to be more and more controlled by the Brujah.
    Political scandals.
    Villon is accused by Labienus of looking the other way when a Brujah is seen in Paris.
Retrieved from "http://maierstorm.org/Vampire/index.php?title=Paris_Timeline&oldid=90693"