# 91 Hainaut - Principal cities: Mons & Tournai

owner = BUR
controller = BUR
capital = "Mons"
citysize = 30000
culture = wallonian
religion = catholic
hre = yes
base_tax = 7
trade_goods = cloth
manpower = 3
add_core = BUR
add_core = HAI
temple = yes
fort1 = yes
discovered_by = latin
discovered_by = eastern
discovered_by = muslim

1453.1.1   = { add_core = FRA }
1477.1.5   = { owner = HAB controller = HAB add_core = HAB remove_core = BUR } # Charles the Bold dies, Lowlands to Austria
1500.1.1   = { marketplace = yes citysize = 40000 }
1512.1.1   = { 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 its claims
1535.1.1   = { courthouse = yes }
1540.1.1   = { textile = yes }
1550.1.1   = { citysize = 40000 }
1559.5.12  = { revolt_risk = 3 } # New bishoprics established in the Lowlands create an outrage
1566.8.1   = { revolt_risk = 4 } # 'Beeldenstorm' at hand
1566.8.10  = { controller = REB } # 'Beeldenstorm' also hits Hainaut
1567.1.8   = { controller = SPA } # Spain is back in control
1567.9.10  = { revolt_risk = 5 } # Counts of Egmont & Hoorne arrested
1568.6.5   = { revolt_risk = 7 } # Counts of Egmont & Hoorne beheaded
1569.1.1   = { revolt_risk = 10 } # The Duke of Alba reforms the taxation system ('tiende penning')
1570.1.1   = { revolt_risk = 13 constable = yes } # The Duke of Alba reforms the penal system, 'Blood Council' (Bloedraad) established
1572.5.24  = { controller = REB } # Louis of Nassau captures Mons
1572.8.1   = { controller = SPA } # Don Felipé takes back Mons
1577.2.12  = { revolt_risk = 5 } # 'Perpetual Edict' (Eeuwig Edict) accepted by Don Juan
1579.1.6   = { revolt_risk = 0 } # Union of Arras established
1600.1.1   = { citysize = 35000 }
1630.1.1   = { workshop = yes } # Start of switch to industry
1635.1.1   = { controller = FRA } # French troops capture parts of the Southern Lowlands
1640.1.1   = { fort3 = yes }
1648.1.30  = { controller = SPA } # Peace of Münster/Westphalia
1650.1.1   = { trade_goods = iron textile = no citysize = 33000 } # Focus more and more on iron & coal industry
1665.9.17  = { add_core = FRA } # Louis XIV's father-in-law, Philip IV of Spain, dies
1667.9.25  = { controller = FRA } # Maréchal captures alot of cities in the region for Louis XIV
1668.5.2   = { controller = SPA } # Peace of Aachen
1672.5.5   = { controller = FRA } # France blitzes through the Lowlands in the Franco-Dutch War
1678.9.19  = { controller = SPA } # Peace of Nijmegen (France-Spain)
1692.1.1   = { controller = FRA } # France takes Mons, Halle and others in the War of the Grand Alliance
1695.9.1   = { controller = SPA } # William of Orange takes back the region for Spain
1700.1.1   = { citysize = 43000 }
1713.4.11  = { owner = HAB controller = HAB add_core = HAB remove_core = SPA } # Treaty of Utrecht
1715.1.1   = { fort4 = yes } # Barrier cities after the 'Barrier Treaty'
1715.9.1   = { remove_core = FRA } # Louis XIV passes away
1730.1.1   = { customs_house = yes }
1744.4.1   = { controller = FRA } # France captures Hainaut in the Austrian War of Succession
1744.7.1   = { controller = HAB } # France withdraws
1746.10.11 = { controller = FRA } # Maréchal Saxe launches a succesful offensive
1748.10.18 = { controller = HAB } # Peace of Aachen
1750.1.1   = { tax_assessor = yes citysize = 38000 }
1755.1.1   = { fort5 = yes }
1780.1.1   = { regimental_camp = yes }
1792.11.6  = { controller = RFR } # Conquered by the French troops under Dumouriez
1793.3.18  = { controller = HAB } # Reconquered by Prince Josias of Coburg
1797.10.17 = {	owner = RFR
		controller = RFR
		add_core = RFR
		remove_core = HAB
	     } # The Treaty of Campo Formio, the Austrian Netherlands are ceded to France 
1800.1.1   = { citysize = 41000 }
1806.7.12  = { hre = no } # The Holy Roman Empire is dissolved
1814.4.11  = {	owner = FRA
		controller = FRA
		add_core = FRA
		remove_core = RFR
	     } # Treaty of Fontainebleu, Napoleon abdicates unconditionally
1815.3.16  = {	owner = NED
		controller = NED
		add_core = NED
		remove_core = FRA
	     } # The United Kingdom of the Netherlands
