1500's Events

1500's

“1500s–1600s Portugal, Spain, England, and France establish the slave trade from Africa to bring workers to sugar and tobacco plantations in South America and the Caribbean, and later to the cotton plantations in the southern U.S. religious Reformation begins. Protestant religions emerge in Europe.”

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Third Italian War (1502–1504)

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in France & Spain

4 means they’re enlisted

Roll a D8 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1502–1505 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

1504 Famine In Spain

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

1508 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

Sweating Sickness killed 1/3 of the population.

So roll a D6, if it lands on 1 or 3, they die. Roll for EVERYONE, including side households.

Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico (1508–1511)

Move some spaniards to Puerto Rico

Roll a D12 for all native Taino people, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

War of the League of Cambrai (1508–16)

Fought between France, Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Scotland, England, Switzerland, and Italy

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in locations mentioned

4 means they're enlisted

Roll a D8 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1510 Influenza Pandemic

An acute respiratory disease emerged in Asia before spreading through North Africa and Europe during the first chronicles, an inter-regional flu pandemic generally recognized by medical historians and epidemiologists. Roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

These are your odds: Using a D20 roller, roll for every single sim. If a sim rolls a 20 then your sim dies, otherwise, they’re perfectly fine and survived.

Spanish conquest of Cuba (1511–13)

Move some spaniards to Cuba

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

Taíno rebellion of 1511

Roll a D6 for all 16+ male spaniards living in Puerto Rico

3 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D4 for all enlisted

2 means they die

Roll a D4 for all other spaniards living in Puerto Rico

1 means they die

Roll a D12 for all Taino people

5 means they die

1517 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

Sweating Sickness killed 1/3 of the population.

So roll a D6, if it lands on 1 or 3, they die. Roll for EVERYONE, including side households.

Siege of Tlemcen (1518)

Roll a D4 for all 16+ males in Algeria and Spain

4 means they’re enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

12 means they die

1518 Famine In Venice

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–21)

Move some spaniards to Mexico

Roll a D4 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 4 means they die of disease

Revolt of the Brotherhoods (1519–23)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in Spain

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

Revolt of the Comuneros (1520–21)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in Spain

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic

Roll a D4 for all mexican sims. 2 means they die of Smallpox

Italian War of 1521–1526

Fought between France, Switzerland, Italy, England, Spain, Holy Roman Empire

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1521–1523 Famine in the Low Countries, Ireland and the Nordic Countries

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Spanish conquest of Chiapas (1523–1695)

Move some spaniards to Chiapas

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1523–1547)

Move some spaniards to Yucatan

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

Spanish conquest of El Salvador (1524–1539)

Move some spaniards to El Salvador

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1524–1667)

Move some spaniards to Guatemala

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

War of the League of Cognac (1526–30)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in Spain, Holy Roman Empire, France, Switzerland, Italy, & England

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

Ottoman–Habsburg wars (1526–1791)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in Ottoman Empire, Algeria, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Bavaria, Russia, Portugal, Poland, & Lithuania

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1527–1530 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

1528 Famine in Languedoc, France

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

1528 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

Sweating Sickness killed 1/3 of the population.

So roll a D6, if it lands on 1 or 3, they die. Roll for EVERYONE, including side households.

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (1531–72)

Move some spaniards to Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, & Chile

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

1533–1534 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

Count’s War (1534–36)

“The Count's Feud (Danish: Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a war of succession that raged in Denmark in 1534–36 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. In the international context, it was part of the European wars of religion.”

Flip a coin for all male sims who live in Denmark, this determines if they are

enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.

Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

1535 Famine in Ethiopia

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Italian War of 1536–1538

Fought between Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, and Ottoman Empire

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

Third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–40)

Fought between Italy, Spain, Ottoman Empire, France, and Algeria

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in the areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1539–1540 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

1540 Tenbun famine-Japan

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Araucanian Wars (1541–58)

“The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuches into servitude.”

Flip a coin for all male sims who live in Araucania or Spain, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.

Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

1544–1545 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

Cocoliztli epidemic of 1545–1548

Roll a D8 for all mexican sims. 6 and 8 mean they survive, everything else means they die of Cocoliztli. 27-80% of the mexican population died.

Chichimeca War (1550–90)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in Spain

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

Roll a D6 for all 16+ male sims in Mexico

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D8 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1550–1552 Famine In Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

Italian War of 1551–1559

Fought between Switzerland, France, Ottoman Empire, Italy, Holy Roman Empire, & Spain

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

Influenza Pandemic–1557-1559

Roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

These are your odds: Using a D20 roller, roll for every single sim for each year. If a sim rolls a 20 then your sim dies, otherwise, they’re perfectly fine and survived.

1558–1560 Famine in Italy

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of thirst.

Livonian War (1558–83)

“The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia )”

Flip a coin for all male sims who live in Northern Europe, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.

Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

1563 The Arrival of the Black Plague

Once again the Black Plague swept through Europe in 1563 so because of this you have to roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

These are your odds: Using a D6 roller, roll a 1-5 and your sims are safe. Roll a 6 and your Sims immediately die of the Black Plague.

Spanish conquest of the Philippines (1565–1575)

Move some spaniards to the Philippines

Roll a D12 for all native people in the area, 2 means they are killed, and 12 means they die of disease

1567–1570 Famine in Harar, combined with plague-Ethiopia

“The Amir Nur exerted every effort to help his people to recover, but after every respite the Oromo would again descend like locusts and scourge the country, and Nur himself died of the pestilence which spread during the famine.”

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D6 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine and 5 means they die of pestilence.

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

“The Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648) was a revolt of the Seventeen Provinces of what are today the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg against Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands. “

Flip a coin for all male sims who are dutch or spanish as they age to teens, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.

Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

Morisco Revolt (1568–1571)

Fought between Spain & Algeria

Roll a D4 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D8 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1569–1574 Pan-European famine

Pan-European famine, including Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Low Countries, Nordic Countries, Russia and mostly east off Ukraine

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Cocoliztli epidemic of 1576

Flip a coin for all mexican sims

heads means they die of Cocoliztli.

Castilian War (1578)

Fought between Malasia, Spain, and Philippines

Roll a D8 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means they are enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted sims

12 means they die

Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–1583)

Fought between Ireland, England, and Spain

Roll a D8 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

5 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

6 means they die

War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583)

Fought between Spain, France, Portugal, & England

Roll a D8 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

5 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

6 means they die

Cologne War (1583–88)

Fought between Bavaria, Spain, and Netherlands

Flip a coin for all 16+ men in areas mentioned

Heads means theyre enlisted

Roll a D12 for all enlisted sims

5 means they die

1585–1587 Pan-European famine

Pan-European famine, including Italy, France, Low Countries, Britain and Ireland

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

Fought between Spain, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Portugal

Roll a D20 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1586 New England Typhus Epidemic

Roll a D10 for all Native American sims

7 means they survive

War of the Three Henrys (1587–1589)

“The War of the Three Henrys was the eighth conflict in the series of civil wars in France known as the Wars of Religion.”

Flip a coin for all male sims who live in France, this determines if they are enlisted. Tails means they are enlisted.

Roll a D6, and 3 or 5 means your soldier dies.

1590–1598 Pan-European famine

Pan-European famine, including Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Britain and the Nordic countries

Flip a coin to see if your family is directly affected!

Heads mean all crops die and cannot plant unless you get tails on a flip. Must live off whatever crops you have stocked up.

Roll a D4 for all sims (including side households), 3 means they die of famine.

1592 The London Plague

London experiences its last major plague outbreak of the 16th century. During this period, at least 19,900 people died of the plague. Roll extra for EVERY sim in your family (including the side households).

These are your odds: Using a D10 roller, roll a 1-9 and your sims are safe. Roll a 10 and your Sims immediately die of the Black Plague.

Cambodian–Spanish War (1593–97)

Fought between Cambodia, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Philippines and Japan

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in areas mentioned

4 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted

3 means they die

1594–1603 Nine Years' War

Between England & Ireland

Roll a D12 for all Irish & English sims

5 means they die of Disease

Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)

Roll a D6 for all 16+ male sims in France and Spain

2 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D12 for all enlisted

4 means they die

Acoma War (1598–99)

Roll a D20 for all 16+ Male Spanish sims

3 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D20 for all enlisted Spanish

4 means they die

Roll a D12 for all 16+ male sims in the New Mexico area

5 means theyre enlisted

Roll a D8 for all enlisted sims

6 means they die

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