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

owner = BUR
controller = BUR
add_core = BUR
capital = "Arras"
is_city = yes
culture = wallonian
religion = catholic
hre = no
base_tax = 6 
base_production = 6
trade_goods = cloth
base_manpower = 3
add_core = PIC



discovered_by = eastern
discovered_by = western
discovered_by = muslim
discovered_by = ottoman


1477.1.5 = { owner = FRA controller = FRA add_core = 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
1519.1.12 = { owner = SPA controller = SPA add_core = SPA remove_core = HAB } # Charles V gets total control over his Burgundian inheritance
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
1559.5.12 = { unrest = 3 } # New bishoprics established in the Lowlands create an outrage
1566.8.1 = { unrest = 4 } # 'Beeldenstorm' at hand
1566.8.10 = { revolt = { type = heretic_rebels size = 2 } controller = REB } # 'Beeldenstorm' also hits parts of Artois
1567.1.8 = { revolt = {} controller = SPA } # Spain is back in control
1569.1.1 = { unrest = 7 } # The Duke of Alba reforms the taxation system ('tiende penning')
1570.1.1 = { unrest = 11  } # The Duke of Alba reforms the penal system, 'Blood Council' (Bloedraad) established
1577.2.12 = { unrest = 5 } # The 'Perpetual Edict' (Eeuwig Edict) is accepted by Don Juan
1579.1.6 = { unrest = 0 } # The Union of Arras is formed
1610.1.1 = { capital = "Lille" } # Lille becomes more important than Arras
1635.5.1 = { controller = FRA } # French troops capture parts of the Southern Lowlands
1648.1.30 = { controller = SPA } # Peace of Mnster/Westphalia
1650.1.1 = { add_core = FRA } # 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 Pyrenees
1684.1.1 = { culture = cosmopolitan_french }
1789.5.5 = { base_tax = 10 
base_production = 10 } # The General Estates
1806.7.12 = { hre = no } # The Holy Roman Empire is dissolved
