Updated: 28 February 1999
CHRONOLOGY
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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.
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First Century
- Cassius moves the center of
Lutecia on the summit of what would be called centuries after
the mount Geneviève.
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Second Century
100-200:
- Building of three Thermes, one amphitheater
and a theater at Lutecia.
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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.
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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 becames 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.
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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. Councelled 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 barabrians
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 baptised after Ecliastus's
inspirations (and the brujah's?): Christianism should help
controlling the population.
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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.
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7th Century
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.
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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.
768:
- 24 September: Death of Pépin le Bref in Paris.
775:
- Consecration of the new Basilica of St Denis' Abbey.
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9th Century
- The Lupines discover the Caern they call Fontaynbla�, 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ''Prév�t'' 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!
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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''.
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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...
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.
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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.
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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 Galiga�, 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.
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.
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18th Century
- Even through's 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 mimick 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...
1709: Exceptionnaly Cold Winter
- Temperature goes as low as -40�C (that is -40�F, or 233.15K!).
The Seine freezes and there will be 24000 to 30000 deaths
in the month of January
1716:
- Fondation, 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 the 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:
- Apparition of a very contagious desease which
grippe (rusts) its victim. The desease 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 Inversing 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:
- Fondation 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 chruch 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 angainst 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 reactionnary
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 gouvernment, 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.
- The 9-10 november 1799, he takes the power from the
Directoire, and becomes the first ''Consul''.
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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)
- Raphael de Corazon Embraces
Lazlo. Villons chooses the
Young Neonate as the Toreador
Second-in-command, and prepares him for his destiny.
- Organisation 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...
- The 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:
- 1st 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
poweful 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 dechiffered.
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 evolutionarism.
1833:
- The first Obelisk of Louksor, given by the pacha of Egypt
to France in thanks for Champollion's workd, 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 Louksor is erected the 25th 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.
- The 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 unkown in other countries.
Some see the hand of St Just,
but even this kind of vote was flawed because of electoral
limitations and gouvernmental pressure...
1866:
- The Electrodyne Ingeneers 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.
- The 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.
- The 24 may, the ''Palais des Tuileries'' (Part of the
Louvre!) is burnt to the ground by the Anarchs/Brujah and
their followers.
- The 25, 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!.
- The 26, the ''H�tel de Ville'' (Mayor's building) is burnt
too.
- The 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.
- The 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.
- The 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 louvres, destroying some of Villon's Ghouls.
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 Ingeneers of Electrodyne 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 informations 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 try 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 will come back
only in 1918, at the end of World War
One.
- The Order of Hermes must surrender half their Nodes and
magickal artefacts to the other Traditions. The Sons of
Ether continue to plan their treason against the
Technocracy.
- Begining of the ''Dreyfus Affair'', where a innocent
officier 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.
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20th Century
- The Lupines awaken from their slumber: They finds 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 induces 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 galactical
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 disappear under the seas, taking
the lives of 1500 persons.
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 abandonned Chantry.
- Alexis show 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
succceed 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 side when a Brujah is seen in Paris.
1936:
- The Popular Front: The Brujah are thought to be behind
this, but even as the spanish Anarchs are being destroyed
by Franco's supernatural followers, the french
gouvernment chooses to remain passive.
1939:
- War against Germany. The french gouvernment believes
Germany will lose easily the war... a young general,
Charles de Gaulle, believes otherwise...
1940:
- France is occupied. German Ventrues sent by Gustav, Prince
of Berlin, to take over Paris positions. They find nothing
of value in the Louvre (most of the art was moved in
secret hideouts) and find the Palace strangely haunted.
- But the Nazi forces are beyond even for Gustav to control.
Veilleurs discovers that a new form of Inquisition is
building under the cover of some Gestapo's agents. They
are visibly searching for supernatural artefacts.
- Charles de Gaulle send his ''Call of the 18 June''...
- Sabbat are surprised to see the Camarilla figthing itself
as the Parisian Kindred and German Kindred fight a silent
but deadly Jyhad for the control of the City of Lights.
1941:
- German Kindred move into the Gestapo Kommandanturs, as
they find Paris too dangerous at night. Gestapo agents
search for resistants and parisian Kindred's pawns.
- Parisian Kindred suffer from the German curfew.
1944:
- London and Berlin are ruins, but Paris still stands
intact but for the shame of being occupied. Gustav uses
his influences to destroy Paris, as Berlin was destroyed.
- Lazlo succeed in removing the bomb's threat (The Germans
planned to destroy each parisian monument, but in the
last moment, the German officer became a lover of the
City of Lights...)
1945:
- Germany's influences is divided between the Brujah of
Russia, and the other Camarilla Clans, among them the
Toreadors of Paris and the Ventrue of London. If the
mortals don't suffer too much from the defeat (as they
did in 1918), the Kindred of Berlin are just awakening in
a long night of terror as the Lupines get back in western
Berlin. Four years later, the virtual division between
East and West will become real for the mortals.
1949:
- Creation of the German Democratic Republic. The Brujah
asks for Germany to be given to them. The Ventrue
refuses, and, as did the mortals, the Kindred believe in
redeeming the German Kindred, so they help their former
enemies. Gustav allies himself with the Brujah.
- Return of Constance.
1958:
- Thinking France does not support it enough in the Algerian
War, the french army threaten to rebell and march on Paris.
Villon choose Charles de Gaulle, who had been removed
from power after the liberation of France. It will prove
to be a good choice, as de Gaulle will build France's
independance from NATO and other american controlled
administration. France's Nuclear weapon is under its own
control.
- The New Constitution is the start for the Fifth Republic.
Presidents are given much power, much more than before.
A middle aged politician, François Mitterrand, will
write a book on it: ''Le Coup d'Etat Permanent'' (the
neverending coup d'etat).
1961:
- An Assamite tries to murder Villon.
- 17 Oct 1961: As Algerians try to demonstrate in Paris,
Villon calls for a Blood Hunt against all Assamite.
200 algerian will be killed this night, and more than one
body in the middle of others, floating on the Seine, is
decaying too fast to be a mortal one.
- Assamite are not permitted anymore in Paris, as they
violate the Sixth Tradition
(only the ones who work as Bodyguards, under the
responsibility of a parisian Kindred can remain).
1965:
- Diane becomes the
Duchesse of the
Gangrel, raising the Clan
status to Noble for the first time (the other Gangrel
leaders never succeeded to raise power enought to do it).
1968:
- ''May 68'' (May 68): The uprising of the students, and
then all other socials classes is enough to frighten the
Clan Toreador: Brujah and Anarchs walks among the people,
and fight along them against the police forces.
- Official return of the Brujah Clan: Villon's official
forgiveness in exchange if the end of their support to
the Demonstration.
- The Anarchs are given the rigths the Convention of Thorns
(See Storyteller Book to the Sabbat, p44) and are
recognized as an integral part of the Camarilla.
They start ''colonizing'' discretly the northeast of
Paris's subburbs.
- The ''Mai 68'' Revolution is an apparent failure, as the
Gaulist party is victorious at the following elections.
Still, its influence is still apparent thirty years after.
1969:
- Charles de Gaulle, Villon's pawn, is now too old, and too
much weakened by Mai 68. He resign after the population
says 'no' at one referendum. (de Gaulle used this way to
legalize some changes without having to go through all
the Assemblée's process. And to be sure that a
massive 'Yes' would be voted, he threatened to resign.
As the french population feared to lose him as a leader,
Charles de Gaulle always won... Until now...)
1977:
- Jaques Chirac is elected Paris mayor.
1981:
- Fran�ois Mitterand is elected President. He will use his
status to start the construction of lots of different
monuments in Paris. The ''Projet Grand Louvre'' is
accepted, and Villon's Haven will be under heavy
construction for some years.
1986:
- Jacques Chirac is chosen Prime Minister as his party wins
the legislative elections.
- The fascist/nazi political party ''Front National'', has
some success in the legislative elections. It will
continue to grow, stabilizing up to 15%...
- The Clan Assamite attempts at frightening french
population by terrorist acts. The
Masques find the Assamite Haven,
and destroy the brood of the Assamite leader (who succeed
fleeing), and discover the names of some Camarilla Kindred
who supported the Assamite actions. These Kindred were put
to the stake, and half were destroyed. The other will
serve as Amaranth vessels...
- Constance Embraces
Serena.
1988:
- Mitterand is re-elected as President. He provokes
Legislative Elections, and the socialist party wins.
1989:
- Second Century's anniversary of the
1789's French Revolution. Strangely,
even if Villon officially regret this revolution, he
admits in private that the revolution was a signal of the
weakening of the Bourbon's royal bloodline, and of the
willpower and awareness of
Beatrix.
- The construction of the Grand Louvre continues. Secret
construction beneath it starts (some whispers about an
anti-nuclear bunker, and other things, like a tomb of
an obscure egyptian queen...)
1990:
- Les Ruines are opened to all
but the Kindred. Its success will go beyond the wishes
of Constance.
1993:
- Legislative Elections. The coalition of Right parties
wins. The Prime Minister is now Edouard Balladur.
Socialists, ''injured'' by corruption scandals (like the
Contaminated Blood Affair, where blood known to be
possibly contaminated by the AIDS virus was still used...)
1994:
- 14 March 1994: The Red Death Kills numerous mortals and
Ghouls in the Louvre (The Masques
team is severly depleted).
- 24 March 1994: Marie, favorite
of Villon, was Diablerized by Baptiste.
- 25 March 1994: Three Bâtards, Le Clair, Baptiste
and Jean Paul, try to find Phantomas to Diablerize him.
They fail.
- 4 April 1994: Dire MacCann and Alicia Varney, the mortal
Avatars of Lameth, of the Cappadocian Bloodline, and
Anis, of the True Brujah Bloodline, meet at the Café
de la Paix, at Paris. The same night, the Mafia Kindred
of Don Caravelli try to kill them but fails. Numbers of
mortals are killed.
- 5 April 1994: Gorgo, She Who Scream in Darkness, one of
the Niktuku, arrives in Paris via Marseille and
Fontainebleau. She enters the Catacomb lair of Phantomas.
In Venice, Pietro Giovanni
asks Cesare and Montifloro to avenge what he perveives
to be a Breach of the Hospitality. The Giovanni's parisian
haven was, through, spied by
Meryt-Neith, and so, Villon
was told of the Giovanni attack.
Phantomas, Dire McCann and Alicia Varney meet and exchange
information. Gorgo is thought in Torpor beneath Paris'
Catacombs.
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-
- Les Ruines is considered as an Elysium and Kindred are now
authorized to enjoy it...
Constance earns the title
of Duchesse.
1995:
- Jacques Chirac is elected President. It's a total surprise
as every one waited for another Right (constervative)
politician (Edouard Balladur) to win...
- Three terrorist acts, from the GIA (islamist Armed Group),
to ''protest'' against France involvement in Algeria.
Again, the Masques will swiftly end these actions.
- Fran�ois Mitterand will die months after having quited
the political arena.
1997: Present Day for the Paris, la nuit... Sourcebook
- The Paris, la nuit... have been created for this year.
While every HTML's information before 1 Juanuary 1997 is
true, the events happening later can change from one Chronicle
(ours, for example) to another (your's!). Post-1997
information will be written in a Destiny Chapter.
- 26 March 1997: Vanessa is
killed in a Jyhad to control the Maffia.
- Lionel Jospin is chosen Prime Minister, as the socialist
party win the legislative elections.
1998: Present Day For Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition
- This year is central to the new Vampire Sourcebook:
Vampire: The Masquerade, Revised Edition. Most changes
will be directed by White Wolf own agendas, and updated
to fit in the Paris, la nuit... HTML Sourcebook.
- The Assamite removes the
Tremere Curse forbidding
the Clan to commit Diablerie. The Hunt beguns...
- Almost all Malkavians have
now the dreaded Dementation Discipline.
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