# 88 Artois - Principal cities: Arras, Saint-Omer & Lille

owner = BUR
controller = BUR
capital = "Arras"
citysize = 37500
culture = cosmopolitan_french
religion = catholic
hre = no
base_tax = 9
trade_goods = cloth
manpower = 4
add_core = BUR
add_core = FLA
marketplace = yes
fort1 = yes
discovered_by = latin
discovered_by = st_eeur
discovered_by = st_cauc
discovered_by = st_musl
discovered_by = st_arab

1453.1.1   = { add_core = FRA }
1477.1.5   = { owner = FRA controller = FRA remove_core = BUR } # Charles the Bold dies and Louis XII takes Artois
1493.8.19  = { owner = HAB controller = HAB add_core = HAB } # Frederick III dies, Charles VII cedes Artois to Maximilian I von Habsburg
1500.1.1   = { citysize = 49000 }
1503.1.1   = { courthouse = yes }
1515.1.1   = { fort2 = yes }
1519.1.14  = { owner = SPA controller = SPA add_core = SPA remove_core = HAB }
1529.8.3   = { remove_core = FRA } # 'Ladies Peace' (Damesvrede) of Cambrai: France renounces all claims
1548.6.26  = { hre = yes } # Artois incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire
1550.1.1   = { citysize = 53000 }
1559.5.12  = { revolt_risk = 3 } # New bishoprics established in the Lowlands create an outrage
1566.7.1   = { citysize = 51000 } # Famine after two harsh winters takes its toll
1566.8.1   = { revolt_risk = 4 } # 'Beeldenstorm' at hand
1566.8.10  = { controller = REB } # 'Beeldenstorm' also hits parts of Artois
1567.1.8   = { controller = SPA } # Spain is back in control
1569.1.1   = { revolt_risk = 7 } # The Duke of Alba reforms the taxation system ('tiende penning')
1570.1.1   = { revolt_risk = 11 constable = yes } # The Duke of Alba reforms the penal system, 'Blood Council' (Bloedraad) established
1577.2.12  = { revolt_risk = 5 } # The 'Perpetual Edict' (Eeuwig Edict) is accepted by Don Juan
1579.1.6   = { revolt_risk = 0 } # The Union of Arras is formed
1600.1.1   = { citysize = 57000 }
1610.1.1   = { capital = "Lille" } # Lille becomes more important than Arras
1630.1.1   = { fort3 = yes }
1635.1.1   = { controller = FRA } # French troops capture parts of the Southern Lowlands
1648.1.30  = { controller = SPA } # Peace of Münster/Westphalia
1650.1.1   = { add_core = FRA citysize = 66000 } # Chambers of Reunion
1658.6.14  = { controller = FRA } # French troops capture most of the area
1659.10.28 = { owner = FRA remove_core = SPA } # Peace of the Pyrennees
1660.1.1   = { fort4 = yes }
1670.10.15 = { fort5 = yes regimental_camp = yes } # Vauban's fort in Lille is finished, state of the art for its time, troops aimed at the Lowlands based there
1700.1.1   = { citysize = 85000 }
1730.1.1   = { tax_assessor = yes }
1750.1.1   = { fort6 = yes citysize = 98000 } # Expansion of the forts
1789.5.5   = { base_tax = 10 } # The General Estates
1800.1.1   = { citysize = 98000 }