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Parisian Rite of the Templar Order

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{{Quote|For centuries we have focused on the trappings of power: the titles of nobility, the offices of Church and State. Caught in the very lie we crafted to shepherd the masses... In the wake of revolution, the Order will adapt. They will retreat to the shadows and we will, at last, be the secret masters that we were meant to be.|François-Thomas Germain to Élise de la Serre, regarding the Templars' agenda, 1794.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = Hoarders 7.png
|founder =
|leader = [[Grand Master]]
|headquarters = [[Temple (Paris)|The Temple]], [[Le Marais]], [[Paris]]
|locations = [[France]]
|related = [[Templars]]<br>[[Royalists|Kingdom of France]]<br>[[Assassins]] <small>(1789)</small> <br> [[Jacobins]]<br>Vichy France <br>[[Abstergo Industries]]
|religion =
|formed =
|reorganized = c. 1119, 1789
|collapsed = 1307/1312, 1794
|notable = [[Jacques de Molay]]<br>[[François-Thomas Germain]]<br>[[Maximilien de Robespierre]]<br>[[Élise de la Serre]]<br>[[François de la Serre]]}}
The '''Parisian Rite of the Templar Order''', sometimes known simply as the '''Paris Rite''', or simply the '''Knights Templar''' during the {{Wiki|Crusades}}, is one of the Rites comprising the [[Templars|Templar Order]].

The Rite operated openly during the Crusades until it was forced underground. During the Rennaissance it collaborated with the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]], as they fought against both the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]] and the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] while manipulating King [[Louis XII of France]].

The Rite notably managed to maintain a truce with the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French branch]] of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], negotiated between the [[Grand Master]] [[François de la Serre]] and the Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], for several years, despite opposition to the idea among members of both factions.

==History==
===Crusades===
During the 11th century, the the [[Templars|Order of the Knights Templar]] was formed in [[Troyes]], later it becoming a Templar base.<ref name="PL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – ''[[Divine Science: Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel|Maria Amiel]]''</ref>

During the [[Third Crusade]], the [[Lévesque family]] joined the Templar Order.<ref name="RG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref><ref name="ACU"></ref>

===De Molay's sacrifice===
[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 13.png|thumb|220x220px|De Molay burned at the stake]]
By 1307, the French King [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]] was manipulated by the [[French Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Mentor]] [[Guillaume de Nogaret]] into accusing the Templars of heresy, forcing Pope [[Clement V]] to disband them. The Templars were branded as heretics, and their [[Temple (Paris)|stronghold]] attacked by the King's forces in with the help of the Assassins disguised as Flemish mercenaries. During the attack, [[Thomas de Carneillon]] tried to steal the ''[[Codex Pater Intellectus]]'' and a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]] but was stopped by a [[Jacques de Molay's advisor|Templar Knight]] who hid the two artifacts in the Jacques de Molay's vault before being killed by the Assassin.<ref name="ACU" /> When de Molay was arrested, he smuggled the [[Heart]] with him into the [[Château de Chinon]], where he was imprisoned. Where he carved a hole into the dungeon's wall and placed the artifact inside, before covering up the hiding place with plaster. De Molay also left drawings that hinted at the Heart's location, as well as a quote in Latin: "If the heart is strong, it will not break." indicating how the Heart should be used.<ref name="Heresy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref> The Grand Master [[Jacques de Molay]] allowed himself to be burned at the stake to fool his enemies into believing the Templars were destroyed. However, Jacques passed his knowledge of the [[Isu|Ancients]] to nine of his subordinates, whom he sent into the world to continue his work, so the Templars would fade from public awareness and operate underground.<ref> [[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]</ref><ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files]]</ref>

In 1312, the Templar Order was officially dissolved by Pope Clement in his papal bull, ''{{Wiki|Vox in excelso}}'', and all of its assets were gifted to the [[Knights Hospitalier]].<ref name="ACU" />

===Rennaissance===
During the [[Renaissance]], once [[Rodrigo Borgia]] had become [[Papacy|Pope]] Alexander VI, the [[House of Borgia|Borgia family]] allied themselves with King Louis XII of France to ensure the support of the French army, as well as the loyalty from the French Templar, [[Octavian de Valois]].<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]</ref> Though Louis left the kingdom under the charge of his courtiers, who were secretly allied with the Templars. The Templars also battled a group of Italian Assassins in Paris, sent by their [[Mentor]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - ''[[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]''</ref>

Under Templar influence after the fall of the Borgia, Louis' Templar advisors persuaded him that the Assassins were behind [[Marseille]]'s threats of secession from France; as such, he ordered all Assassins banished from the city. The Assassins stopped his [[French Army|army]]'s efforts and later the advisors were then dispatched by the Assassins. After the failed purge of the Assassins there, the Templars lost their influence in Marseille to the Assassins.<ref name="ACR">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''</ref>
[[File:PL-Sudden Death.png|thumb|220x220px|The Viper, with Giovanni Borgia behind him]]
Around 1527, [[The Viper]] travelled to [[Basel]], and discovered the Assassins' intentions to locate the second half of the mysterious tome known only as "[[book of Abraham|the Book]]." The Viper carried a letter containing detailed descriptions of [[Giovanni Borgia]] and [[Maria Amiel]] back to the Templar base in Troyes. Later that year, the Assassin Giovanni, along with Maria, visited Troyes, though they was cautious about entering the Templar-controlled city. The following day, the Viper was identified by the {{Wiki|Troyes Cathedral}}. The Viper then came over to Maria and began speaking to her, whispering in her ear, but he was quickly approached from behind and assassinated by Giovanni. Afterwards several enraged Templars pursued the pair as they left the town. In a nearby wood, the "Minions of the Cross", ambushed them but Giovanni was able to drive them off; and afterwards, the two were able to avoid further trouble.<ref name="PL">''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' – ''[[Divine Science: Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel|Maria Amiel]]''</ref>

===Pre-revolutionary period===
[[File:ACISearchForJenny.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Reginald Birch's chateau near Troyes]]
The Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order, Reginald Birch, took over the Droupt-Saint-Basle chateau near Troyes in 1740, using it as a base of operations. He lived there with his protégé Haytham Kenway, who trained on the grounds of the chateau in the ways of the Templars, eventually inducting him in 1744. When it became clear that Haytham was a skilled killer. Birch then sent Haytham on several missions for the Order.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref>

By 1747, the [[France|French Empire]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] was controlled by the [[Assassins]]. Causing the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Templar]] [[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca]] to negotiate with Reginald Birch for aid. In 1747, Magdelaine Lévesque recognized Madeleine de L'Isle handling of her father's business, integration into the upper echelons of [[New Orleans]] society, and her discovery of the Templar Order. Because of this, Lévesque sent a letter to de L'Isle where she offered her a position within their ranks, and tasked her with finding [[Prophecy Disks|something]] of immense value beneath the [[Isu|ancient]] [[Mayans|Mayan]] structures in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] in [[Mexico]].<ref name="RG" />

In 1753, Birch gave Haytham an assignment, to kidnap [[Lucio Albertine]], a [[Corsica]]n scholar who could decode the journal. Haytham captured him, but he expressed concern over Lucio and his mother [[Monica Albertine|Monica]]'s treatment after coming to Birch's chateau and seeing them chained in the cellar. Birch gave him his word that they would be released safely once their work was done.<ref name="ACF"/>

Haytham attacked the chateau in 1757, along with his half-sister [[Jennifer Scott]] and [[Jim Holden]] after having discovered that Birch had been behind the death of his father. During the attack, Birch and his henchmen were killed, and Haytham would reside there with Jennifer and Holden for a brief while.<ref name="ACF"/>

====New leadership====
During 1768, François married fellow Templar Julie de la Serre and acquired an [[De la Serre estate (Versailles)|estate]] in Versailles, as well as a smaller residence in Paris. Rising to the position of Grand Master, François had a daughter, Élise, with Julie in 1768. At some point, he became a close confidant of King Louis XVI and the Assassin Mentor, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.<ref name="ACU"/>

A Parisian Templar came into conflict with [[Charles Dorian]] while he was on a mission but was killed by [[Pierre Bellec]] who came to Charles aid.<ref name="ACU"/>

In 1774, during the spring, the de la Serre family was visited by by the British Templar family, the [[Carroll family|Carrolls]], due to their concerns of François' plans for keeping France in order. [[Mrs. Carroll]] told [[Julie de la Serre]] about the London Templar's concerns for the intentions of François wherein they argued about change and loyalties. Julie assured her that she would abide their principles and would not allow her husband to be swayed by his advisers.<ref name="Unity novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]</ref>

[[File:Julie Elise assassination.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Julie and Élise during the assassination attempt]]
In 1776, Julie and Élise went shopping in Paris. Once done, Julie became suspicious she noticed that their carriage and coachman were missing. Julie led her daughter along the street and the pair kept walking and stopped to look into another shop window, finding that their [[Bernard Ruddock|stalker]] had disappeared. Then they took a narrower alley, there they were stopped by their stalker, who drew a blade. Julie tried to go back but a lamplighter blocked her way, who doused the candle and reached for a dagger. Finding that their stalker was an Assassin, she cut him with her knife and killed the lamplighter with a [[Hidden Blade|footblade]] after making an attempt to murder Élise. After the Assassin fled, once they had arrived in their home, François and his Templar associates fussed over the pair, but Julie did not tell them the whole story and kept the fact that their attacker was an Assassin hidden.<ref name="Unity novel" />

Because of the attempt, François and Julie revealed their plans to prepare her to become the future Grand Master of the Parisian Rite, and told her of the secret [[Assassin-Templar War]]. Élise found the idea of leading the country to order and peace a principled idea. Since then, the young girl spent her time with Julie and British Templar [[Frederick Weatherall]], training in combat and tactics, and with her father and governor, learning the Templar principles and beliefs.<ref name="Unity novel" />

Later while [[François de la Serre]] had a meting with King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]],<ref name="ACU"/> [[Master Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] had tracked the [[Precursor boxes|Precursor box]] to the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Where he assassinated the Assassin Charles Dorian and reclaimed [[Shay's Precursor box|his box]].<ref name="RG" /> After the event, François adopted Charles' son,<ref name="ACU"/><ref name="Unity novel" /> out of respect for Arno's father. Soon after, Élise's parents revealed Arno's Assassin heritage to her, even though the boy himself was oblivious to it. And at the request of his wife and daughter, François did not attempt to bring Arno into the Templar Order, although he asked Élise to influence him in joining their cause. As his wife, Julie, deteriorated due to her illness, he started spending time with the boy and arranged his time table for him to take lessons from the governor and hunting. Following Julie's death in 1778, Élise was sent to the [[Maison Royale de Saint-Louis]] school at {{Wiki|Saint-Cyr-l'École|Saint-Cyr}} to complete her education as a proper lady and Templar knight, where she studied until January 1788 when she left for [[London]] to investigate the man who attempted to kill Julie years ago.<ref name="Unity novel" />

===End of the De la Serre era===
====Coup d'état====
[[File:Hoarders 10.png|thumb|left|220x220px|Germain being taken away after his expulsion]]
After discovering the ''Codex Pater Intellectus'', written by Grand Master Jacques de Molay, in a vault beneath the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] in Paris, [[François-Thomas Germain]], a high ranking member of the Rite and a [[Sages|Sage]], became influenced by the ideals of the long dead Jacques de Molay, also a Sage, regarding the shape of the Templar Order and [[Humans|humanity]] itself. Germain proposed radical changes to Grand Master de la Serre, but was cast out when the Grand Master deemed him fanatical. Later on, the [[Roi des Thunes]] appealed to de la Serre for a position in the Order. However, his appeal was rebuffed by de la Serre, who proceeded to state that he had no use for the 'intrigues of rats'. <ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

In response, Germain came to believe that the Order had become corrupt and that its position among the aristocracy had made the Templars forget their true purpose. In secret, he began plotting with other members in the Order who shared his ideals and recruited individuals disillusioned by the corruption of the French monarchy. Among his first recruits was [[Marie Lévesque]], the only member of the rite who had defended him during his trial. Others included [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] and [[Charles Gabriel Sivert]], the former for his convictions and the latter for his lack of appreciation by François. Sivert in turn recruited the Roi des Thunes and his lieutenant [[Aloys la Touche]], taking advantage of the Beggar King's bitterness over being rejected membership into the order by François.<ref name="ACU"/> It was also likely that Germain used his own network and contacted other Rites, such as the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]], the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]], the [[Colonial Rite of the Templar Order|American Rite]] and convinced them that overthrowing the [[De la Serre family]] was necessary.<ref name="Unity novel" />

On 5 May 1789, Germain decided to assassinate the Grand Master de la Serre, but [[Chrétien Lafrenière]], an advisor of de la Serre, caught wind of this conspiracy and hurriedly sent a letter warning François of the imminent peril. When the messenger [[Perrault]] arrived at the de la Serre residence in [[Versailles]], however, the Grand Master had already left for the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]].<ref name="ACU"/> Because he had arranged a meeting with the Assassin Mentor Mirebeau duo to the letters written by Élise after having read [[Haytham Kenway's letters]] on her journey. The same ideals Élise also expressed once she returned the to Versailles earlier the same day.<ref name="Unity novel" /> As a result, the letter was handed to Arno Dorian, the foster son of François, who failed to deliver it by hand and decided to slip the letter under the door to François' study. At the Estates-General, François met with the Assassin Mentor Mirabeau to conclude a truce between the two factions.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:High Society 12.png|thumb|220x220px|François succumbing to his wounds]]
In the evening, members of the two sides of the Templar Order gathered at the [[Palace of Versailles]] for the [[Initiation into the Templar Order|induction]] of Élise de la Serre, daughter of François de la Serre. It was here that Germain launched his coup against François. Sivert and the Roi des Thunes lured François into the palace gardens, murdered him, and incidentally framed Arno Dorian for his death when they escaped just as he arrived at the scene moments before the guards.<ref name="ACU"/>

====The French Revolution====
Despite Germain's ascendance as Grand Master, he was still opposed by the moderates, supporters of François who were led by Élise, who now craved revenge. At the Estates-General, Germain recruited [[Frédéric Rouille]], a young guard who was passionate for revolutionary ideas but was spurned by his idol Mirabeau. On 5 October, the radical Templars attempted to make the [[Women's March on Versailles]] more violent and kill [[Théroigne de Méricourt]], but the Assassins protected the crowd.<ref name="ACU" /> On the same day, they ambushed Élise and her followers when they met at the [[Hôtel de Lauzun]]. The old guard members were killed, except Élise, who jumped in the Seine to escape. After this event, the last allies of Élise were either defected to Germain's faction or purged.<ref name="Unity novel" />

In January 1791, Sivert began to extort money from nobles and members of clergy as means to fund Germain's operations. Sivert, however, was killed by Arno Dorian at the [[Notre-Dame]] Cathedral. A few days later, Arno assassinated the Roi des Thunes and learned that the murders of François's murder had a connection with a silversmith named Germain.

[[File:The Prophet 11.png|thumb|220x220px|Lafrenière ordering the attack on the Hôtel de Beauvais]]
On 31 March, Arno investigated Germain's workshop and found the silversmith, not knowing that he was the new Grand Master. With subtle manipulation, Germain led Arno to believe that Lafrenière, who was the last support of Élise, had been behind François's murder, and that he had been imprisoned at his residence for several months by Lafrenière's men. The Assassin subsequently killed Lafrenière while he was amassing his own forces to launch an assault on Germain's followers later that night. Thus, the radical Templars met at [[Hôtel de Beauvais]] later that evening safe from attack, where they organized the last steps of their plan to overthrow the French monarchy and to publicly condemn and execute the king. Marie Lévesque was to hoard the food to trigger a famine; through starvation, the desperate population would be become frenzied and violent towards the royal family. Rouille was to proof that the king collaborated with the Austrians to jeopardize the revolution, and le Peletier was to ensure that the National Assembly condemned Louis XVI to death. In the meantime, la Touche informed them of Lafrenière's demise; in disarray, the remaining members of the moderate faction would be wiped out, leaving Élise as the sole survivor. Arno, eavesdropping on the meeting, learned that Germain planned to kill Élise the next day in another ambush. Shortly after, the Templars became alerted to his presence, but failed to prevent his escape. The next day, the Assassin saved Élise and together they decided to join their forces against Germain.<ref name="ACU" />

====Taking over France====
On 10 August 1792, after a year of hoarding, the people of Paris rioted against the royal family and stormed the [[Tuileries Palace]]. Rouille went to the king's bureau to find the documents that proved not only Louis XVI's alliance with the Austrians but also his correspondence with the late Assassin Mentor Mirabeau. The public, hailing Mirabeau as a great hero of the revolution, would come to see him as a traitor to their cause should his negotiations with the king be exposed. Once again, Arno intervened, burning Mirabeau's letters before Rouille could take them.

On 2 September, Rouille participated in the [[September Massacres]] at the [[Grand Châtelet]]. Arno, who continued his investigation without the permission of the Council, killed Rouille. During the summer of that year, Théroigne de Méricourt tried to stop the hoarding planned by [[Flavigny]], but she was captured. The Assassins saved her and with her help, killed Flavigny. On 31 October, Marie Lévèsque stocked food at the [[Luxembourg Palace]] to frame the royal family of the hoarding, but Élise prevented her plot, and Arno assassinated her.

Despite the death of notable members of the Templars, Germain succeeded in effecting a death sentence on the king through the tie-breaking vote of Le Peletier at the Legislative Assembly. On 21 January 1793, Germain attended the execution of Louis XVI. Arno, who killed le Peletier, learned that Germain was there and conducted an assassination attempt with Élise. Nevertheless, Germain escaped when his soldiers kept Élise occupied, and Arno refused to leave Élise behind to pursue him, valuing her safety more than he did Germain's death.

With the monarchy gone, it was replaced by the Republic of France, a new regime where Maximilien de Robespierre, as one of its leading politicians, could begin the Templar's widespread purge. In June, the Templar puppet [[François Hanriot]] led an insurrection of [[Sans-culottes]] that targeted the [[Girondists]] for their Reign of Terror. The Assassins rescued them and helped them to leave the city by boat.

A month later, the Templar General [[Marcourt]] and fellow Templars planned a coup d'état in order to accelerate the revolution, but one of the conspirators, [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], was in fact an ally of the Assassins and informed the Brotherhood of Marcourt's plot. Marcourt organized a tournament for recruiting men for the coup. A team of Assassins infiltrated the tournament to approach Marcourt and killed him and his conspirators at the Invalides.<ref name="ACU" />

====Reign of Terror====
In September, Germain and Maximilien de Robespierre initiated the bloodiest period of the revolution, a period of mass purges of all opposition that would go down in history as the Reign of Terror, which they thought essential for the "Great Work". Germain believed that with the horrors of the resulting anarchy, the people would once again submit themselves to a higher power rather than to themselves. Simultaneously, he hoped to eradicate the country of all elements he saw as a incurable ills, to "purify" France as he thought he did the Templars.

In November, one of Robespierre's spies, Didier Paton, discovered the Templar Order and revealed it to his master, Robespierre, not realizing that he was also a Templar. Paton was arrested on charges of treason and condemned to death. The Assassins recovered his notebook where many key Templars were listed and rescued Paton, who joined the Brotherhood shortly afterwards.

Later in February 1794, the Templars planned to use Jacques Roux and his Enragés to seize Paris and create chaos. A first team of Assassin was sent to kill Roux, who was imprisoned at the Salpêtrière Hospital, but they failed and were imprisoned in the asylum. A second team of Assassins rescued the first team and succeeded in killing Roux.

On 5 April, after the opposition of Danton and other Indulgents, Robespierre sent his long time friend and ally to the guillotine for treason along with Danton's allies. Though the Assassins were able to save many of Danton's followers, they stopped short of rescuing Danton himself when he asked that they allow him to be executed, believing that his martyrdom would expose Robespierre's madness.

In May, letters between Mirabeau and Louis XVI were published even though Arno had disposed some copies of them previously. After learning of his relations with the king, the devastated Parisian revolutionaries, believing them to have been deceived by their exalted hero, rioted for the removal of Mirabeau's ashes from the [[Panthéon]]. The Templars tried to retrieve the ashes along with other Assassin secrets, but the Assassins arrived first and successfully transferred them to a safer location<ref name="ACU" />

====Collapse====
In July, La Touche was personally conducting the Reign of Terror in Versailles, presiding over numerous executions. Arno, after spending a period wallowing in depression from his expulsion from the Brotherhood and his argument with Élise, killed him by posing as a prisoner. On 4 June, Robespierre began to lose the popular opinion as he verged closer and closer to establishing a dictatorship and went as far as to host a festival to his personal, newly-devised religion: the [[Cult of the Supreme Being]]. At this festival, Élise drugged him so that he looked even more like a mad man during his speech while Arno leaked lists of deputies written by Robespierre to the crowd. Many surviving deputies now believed that they were to be targeted by Robespierre's purges next.

Germain let down Robespierre and on 27 July, the National Convention moved to arrest him at the Hôtel de Ville. Arno and Élise interrogated him just before he was captured and learned that Germain was lurking at the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]]. Germain prepared for the confrontation by taking the [[Swords of Eden]] hidden by [[Jacques de Molay's advisor]] four centuries before. In the ensuing battle, the sword created a powerful explosion that killed Élise and injured Germain. Arno finished him by slowing driving his hidden blade into Germain's throat. In his last moment, he told to Arno that his plan would still succeed even without him for there would be another shepherd to guide mankind.

On 28 July, Robespierre was guillotined and the remaining Templars from the Jacobin Club were killed by the Assassins before they could escape the city via a tunnel system. With the death of the two Grand Masters, the Templars were no more a threat to France. Under the Directory, the Templars tried to infiltrate the [[Palais Bourbon]] with the Election but Arno eliminated them. They also wanted to kill a servant of [[Louis XVII of France|Louis XVII]] who they mistook for the prince himself, but Arno saved him.<ref name="ACU" />

===Modern times===
One of the Secret Chiefs met [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]], accompanied by the disembodied being of [[William Robert Woodman]] in Paris towards the end of the 19th century. The Chief, who wore a ring marked with the [[Templar insignia]], informed Mathers that his Order's partnership with the [[Hermeticists#Modern times|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] had ended.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' - [[Divine Science: Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.]]</ref>

[[Abstergo Industries]] operated a secret laboratory in Paris for the purpose of researching [[Isu|Precursor]] [[Pieces of Eden|artifacts]] and [[Genetic memory|genetic material]] until it was destroyed in October 2014 by a team of Assassins led by [[Gavin Banks]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In November, [[Eric Cooper]] set up an Assassin headquarters in Paris to help infiltrate a data hub for the [[Helix]], [[Abstergo Entertainment]]'s upcoming cloud-based game service.<ref>[https://twitter.com/acinitiates/status/529996213291343872 Twitter - AC: Initiates]</ref>

In 2016, following his discovery that the [[Sword of Eden 1|Sword]] in Abstergo Industries' possession was missing the [[Heart]], [[Simon Hathaway]] traveled to Paris and managed to recover it from where he believed [[Geoffroy Thérage]] had cast [[Fleur]]'s ashes all those years ago. He subsequently delivered both the Heart and the Sword to [[Alan Rikkin]].<ref name="Heresy" />

==Members==
====Radical faction====

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*[[Arpinon]]
*[[Duchesneau]]
*François-Thomas Germain (Grand Master; 1789-1794)
*[[Flavigny]]
*[[Jean Gilbert]]
*[[Marie Lévesque]]
*[[Marcourt]]
*[[Denis Molinier]]
*[[Payen]]
*[[Louis-Michel le Peletier]]
*Maximilien de Robespierre
*[[Roi des Thunes]]
*[[Frédéric Rouille]]
*[[Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
*[[Aloys la Touche]]
</div>
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====Moderate faction====

<div style="float:left; width:48;">
*[[Jean Burnel]]
*[[Jean-Jacques Calvert]]
*[[Comte de Choisy]]
*[[Crimson Rose]]
*[[Le Fanu]]
*[[Marquis de Kilmister]]
*Chrétien Lafrenière
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Magdelaine Lévesque]]
*[[Marquis de Pimôdan]]
*Élise de la Serre
*François de la Serre (Grand Master; 1768 -1789)
*[[Julie de la Serre]]
*[[Marquis de Simonon]]
</div>
{{-}}
====Allies and puppets====

'''[[Renaissance]]'''
*[[Rodrigo Borgia|Alexander VI]] {{c|[[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]]}}
*[[Cesare Borgia]] {{c|Roman Rite}}
*[[Louis XII of France]]
*[[Octavian de Valois]] {{C|[[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Roman Rite]]}}

'''[[French Revolution]]'''
*[[Frederick Weatherall]] {{C|[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]]}}
*[[Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie]]
*[[Pacon]]
*[[Perrault]]
*[[Jacques Roux]]

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'', [[Achilles Davenport]] has a wall where he collected information on the Parisian Rite. One of the Parisian Templars was named Charlette Lévesque.

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|reorganized = c. 1119, c. 1321, c. 1515
|collapsed = 1312, 1503/1507
|notable = [[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]]<br>[[Rodrigo Borgia]]<br>[[Cesare Borgia]]<br>}}
The '''Roman Rite of the Templar Order'''<ref name="The Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> is an ancient Rite, a group of like-minded individuals who swore an allegiance to the [[Templars|Templar]] ideals, and operated throughout Ancient [[Rome]] and [[Italy]] during the [[Renaissance]] period of the 15th and 16th centuries to [[Modern times]].

The Roman Rite operated since {{Wiki|Ancient Rome}}, they infiltrated both the [[Roman Republic]] and later the [[Roman Empire]], having influenced generals and emperors despite constant attack from the [[Assassins]].

During this period, Templar goals for establishing peace through a [[New World Order]] were corrupted by the two [[Grand Master]]s from the [[House of Borgia]], Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia, changed instead into seeking power and domination at all costs. [[Abstergo Industries|Modern Templars]] view the Borgias as debauched tyrants and consider their reign to be a Dark Age of the Order.

The Roman Rite consisted of three powerful Italian families, the House of Pazzi alongside Uberto Alberti. The House of Barbarigo alongside Carlo Grimaldi, and the leader of the Italian Templars the House of Borgia, with Rodrigo Borgia as the Grand Master and later his son Cesare Borgia after Rodrigo Borgia's death.

The Roman Rite was eventually destroyed over a period of thirty-one years through the efforts of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], led by the [[Mentor]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]. In Modern times however, the Roman Rite returned to prominence in the country.

==History==
===Ancient Rome===
During the later days of the [[Roman Republic]], the Templars heavily influenced its ruling body, the {{Wiki|Roman Senate|Senate}}. Their intervention in Roman politics was continuously thwarted by the Assassins, however. A notable example of this was the plot against the Templar-backed general [[Julius Caesar]], who was appointed dictator for life. Forty Assassins, most notably [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], planned to assassinate Caesar, a plan which they successfully executed on 15 March 44 BCE.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Additionally, the Templar-influenced [[Roman Empire|Emperor]] [[Caligula]] was stabbed with a dagger by the Assassin [[Leonius]] on 24 January 41 CE.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

====Retrieving of the Ankh====
By 259, the Templars still had positions within the Roman Empire. However, during the same year, the [[Roman Assassins|Roman Assassin]] [[Aquilus]], guided by his father [[Lucius]], had begun taking down a number of Templars, until he got to his third target: the Roman general [[Gracchus]]. Being given entrance to Gracchus' military tent, he confronted Aquilus with the information he had gathered on the Assassin's activities. Trying to prevent Aquilus from killing him, Gracchus stabbed Aquilus in the chest;<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond]]''</ref> however, the wound was not fatal, and the Romans were quickly attacked by [[Alemanni|Alamanni]].<ref name="Aquilus">''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref>

Around this time, the Roman senator [[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]] - a secret Templar - traveled to Lugdunum to meet with his old contact Lucius; at the same time, Aquilus was traveling home to Lugdunum, carrying with him [[Ankh|the Ankh]], an ancient artifact capable of reviving the dead which Aquilus retrieved from his Alaman cousin [[Accipiter]]. Lucius and Aquilus, both unaware of Vultur's affiliations, had Vultur stay in their home temporarily. The same night, Aquilus interrogated the Templar priest [[Faustinus|Faustin]], whom Lucius suspected on having informed Gracchus. Simultaneously, Vultur betrayed Lucius, killing him and taking possession of the Ankh. Faustin revealed Vultur's ties to Aquilus, who rushed back home, only to find his father dead and the Ankh gone.<ref name="Aquilus" />

Upon learning of Vultur's betrayal, Aquilus traveled to Rome and managed to infiltrate Vultur's house. After a short skirmish, Aquilus managed to enter the Senator's room with the aid of one of Vultur's guards. After Vultur attempted to ambush the Assassin with a spear and failed, the Senator explained to Aquilus about the history of the Ankh he had stolen after he was seized, following which he was killed by Aquilus, who took the Ankh with him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>

===Late Middle Ages===
In 1321, the Templars killed the [[Italian Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Dante Alighieri]], making their existence known to the Assassins. Three years later, they also killed the Assassins [[Marco Polo]] and the father of [[Domenico Auditore]].<ref name="AC2"/>

===Renaissance===
In the second half of the 15th century, the Brotherhood had regained a stronger position of strength on the world stage, spreading deep into the Church and nobility of [[Italy]], which served as the primary headquarters of Templars and Assassins alike during this era. Under the command of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the Templars sought to unify Italy under their command, and regain the Apple of Eden which they knew to be buried in Cyprus.<ref name="AC2"/>

====Sforza assassination====
[[File:Galeazzo and the Assassin.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Lampugnani kissing Sforza's hand]]
Under Rodrigo, the Templars sought to remove the [[House of Sforza|Sforza family]] from power in [[Milan]], thus destabilizing the city's relations with [[Florence]]. Their plan was to assassinate the Duke, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], on the Feast of Santo Stefano. Rodrigo, having made plans in Florence, left the city with a couple of henchmen, but was followed by [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], an Assassin. Rodrigo, frightened, left his henchmen to fight Giovanni while he made his escape. Giovanni managed to kill the henchmen, and take one captive. Giovanni brought this man to the [[House of Medici|Medici]], where he was tortured by [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Uberto Alberti]], who was secretly a Templar.<ref name="Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

Having gathered enough information on their plans from Rodrigo's henchman, Giovanni hurried to Milan to prevent the Duke's assassination. However, the Templars [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]], [[Carlo Visconti]] and [[Gerolamo Olgiati]] killed the Duke when the church bell rang for the twelfth time. Visconti and Olgiati managed to escape, while Lampugnani was killed by a Sforza guard.<ref name="Lineage"/>

====Auditore execution====
Having been successful in their plan for Milan, the Templars switched their attention to the city of Florence. However, Florence's ''de facto'' ruler, Lorenzo de' Medici, was an ally of the Assassin Giovanni Auditore, and his family was a strong enemy of the [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi family]]; the Templars' main stronghold in Florence. In order to avoid further interventions from the Assassins, Giovanni Auditore and his two sons [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] were imprisoned in the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], and they would be trialed by their former ally Uberto Alberti, who was corrupted by the Borgia.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:LMS 1 v.png|thumb|250px|Uberto Alberti and Rodrigo Borgia watching over the Auditore execution]]
However, the Pazzi guards were unable to capture Giovanni's remaining son; [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]. Nonetheless, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were hanged in front of the Palazzo della Signoria. Ezio, who had attended the execution, realized that his family had been betrayed by Alberti, and after escaping, began making preparations for his revenge. Not too soon afterwards, Ezio, using his father's equipment, killed Alberti during an exhibition of [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]'s latest work.<ref name="AC2"/>

However, the Borgia, believing their problems with the Assassins were solved, continued with their plans to take down the Medici.<ref name="AC2"/>

====Pazzi Conspiracy====
Over the next two years, the Templars, majorly the Pazzi family, continued their schemes for control over Florence. In 1478, Rodrigo met with [[Jacopo de' Pazzi|Jacopo]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi|Francesco]] and [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] in [[San Gimignano]], discussing everyone's tasks in the conspiracy. However, Vieri was killed right after the meeting ended by Ezio, who had attacked the town alongside his uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] and his [[mercenaries]].<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:WiSC 8.png|thumb|250px|left|Francesco attacking Giuliano, with Bernardo in the back]]
Nonetheless, the Templars continued their plans, again arranging a meeting underneath [[Basilica di Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]] not too long after the former meeting. Rodrigo, who had received Pope [[Sixtus IV]]'s blessing on the conspiracy on the condition that nobody was killed, was again present, and made the final preparations. The following Sunday, the Pazzi attacked the Medici when they arrived at the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]] for High Mass; the event that would be known as the [[Pazzi conspiracy|Pazzi Conspiracy]]. Francesco successfully killed [[Giuliano de' Medici]], stabbing him in the chest nineteen times, but the Pazzi Conspirators were only able to wound Lorenzo de' Medici, who was joined by Ezio Auditore in fighting off the Medici. With Ezio's help, Lorenzo managed to escape, but the Pazzi did not cease to cause trouble in the city. On Lorenzo's request, Ezio hunted Francesco de' Pazzi down and killed him.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:With Friends 2 v.png|thumb|250px|Jacopo trying to reason with Rodrigo]]
With the Templars routed from Florence, Jacopo and the other conspirators fled to San Gimignano in [[Tuscany]], where they had once again arranged to meet with Rodrigo in 1480. However, all four remaining Pazzi Conspirators - [[Bernardo Baroncelli]], [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Stefano da Bagnone]] and [[Francesco Salviati]] - all fell to Ezio's blade over the course of two years. Jacopo went to the meeting alone, where his failure and words angered Rodrigo; in the process, Jacopo was stabbed in the chest, nearly killing him. Sensing Ezio's presence at the meeting, Rodrigo sent his guards after the Assassin; nonetheless, Ezio was once again able to fend the guards off and put Jacopo out of his misery. With their plans for Florence thwarted by the lone Assassin, the Templars turned their attention to [[Venice]].<ref name="AC2"/>

====Taking over Venice====
[[File:BoF 9.png|thumb|250px|left|The Barbarigos meeting with Rodrigo Borgia]]
By 1480 in Venice, [[Emilio Barbarigo]] was attempting to unite all the merchants in Venice's commercial district under his banner. Despite failed attempts from the city's [[Thieves|Thieves Guild]], Emilio was assassinated in 1486 by Ezio Auditore. A meeting between [[Carlo Grimaldi]], [[Silvio Barbarigo]], [[Marco Barbarigo]], [[Dante Moro]] and Rodrigo Borgia took place soon afterwards, discussing their plans for Venice. They decided that they would kill the Doge, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], that same night and that Marco Barbarigo would take his place. In fact, the plan to take the Doge's seat was a plan to distract the Assassin from the Templars' real objective: retrieving the Apple of Eden from Cyprus.<ref name="AC2"/>

Ezio Auditore, who had eavesdropped on the meeting, quickly devised a strategy to prevent the killing of Mocenigo and used [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Flying Machine|flying machine]] to infiltrate the Doge's residence, the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]]. However, Ezio was too late to prevent the Doge from being poisoned, but he managed to kill Carlo Grimaldi, who was responsible for the Doge's death.<ref name="AC2"/>

Marco had taken the position of Doge, never to come out to prevent the Assassin from having an opportunity to kill him. However, during [[Carnevale]], Marco was obliged to show himself to the people at his personal party. Ezio had managed to obtain entry to the party, and as soon as Marco showed himself, the Assassin struck.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:Two birds 8.png|thumb|250px|The Templar boats setting sail from the Arsenal]]
Due to the Assassin's efforts, the Venetian Templars had to rely on Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro. They had hired a group of mercenaries to strengthen their forces, and positioned themselves in the [[Arsenale di Venezia|Arsenal of Venice]], fighting with Venice's Mercenaries Guild led by [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]. Ezio Auditore joined forces with Bartolomeo, and together they managed to draw Silvio and Dante away from their troops. Without any protection, the two attempted to flee to their boat inside the Arsenal to sail to Cyprus, but they were killed by Ezio before they could set sail. Other boats had already managed to set sail, though, and were on their way to Cyprus.<ref name="AC2"/>

====Quest for the Apple====
[[File:He who waits 3.png|thumb|250px|left|The Apple being given to the courier]]
Despite the Templars facing "complications" on Cyprus, the Templar boat returned to Venice in 1488. A Templar courier was assigned to bring the Apple to a Templar guard post, from where the Apple would be escorted to Rodrigo Borgia. However, Ezio killed the guard assigned to carry the Apple, and put on his uniform; impersonating him. After the escort had reached Rodrigo, its members were killed by Ezio and the latter faced off in a fight with Rodrigo. Ezio was later joined by other members of the Assassin Order, and Rodrigo made his escape, leaving the Apple behind.<ref name="AC2"/>

With the Apple in the hands of the Assassins, the Templars approached the Orsi brothers – [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]] and [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] – to obtain a map detailing the location of the Codex pages from the wife of the Templar [[Girolamo Riario]] – [[Caterina Sforza]]. Invading [[Forlì]], the Orsi brothers demanded the map, and the Apple in exchange for the lives of Sforza's children. The brothers were rebuked, and assaulted the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]]. Together with the city guards, the Assassins Ezio Auditore and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] held off the assault, although a second succeeded in claiming the Apple briefly when Ezio Auditore left to kill Ludovico. After Ezio had returned successfully, he chased after Checco and assassinated the latter, taking the Apple with him.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)]]''</ref>

====Control over the Papacy====
Despite the loss of the Apple, Rodrigo was ultimately unfazed. In 1491, he became a candidate in the Papal conclave and fooled the Spanish Inquisitor General [[Tomás de Torquemada]] into following his orders. Much of these orders involved annihilating the Assassins Guild in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], with Rodrigo claiming they were heretics. Rodrigo also made attempts to thwart [[Christopher Columbus]]' journey to the New World, and planning to make the Templars journey there. However, all of these plans were thwarted again by Ezio Auditore, who had sailed to Spain.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>

On 11 August 1492, Rodrigo had become Pope Alexander VI after having bribed most of the cardinals.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> Being the head of the {{Wiki|Christianity|Christian}} church, the Templars became the most powerful force in [[Europe]] and based their headquarters in [[Rome]].<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> As the Pope, Rodrigo had access to the Papal Staff, which was in reality one of the Staves of Eden.<ref name="AC2"/>

In the late 1490s, Rodrigo learned that the Apple had come into the possession of the monk [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who had just become the ruler of Florence. Aiming to get the Apple back in their possession, the Borgia sent continuous waves of soldiers to Florence. However, the bodies kept being sent back,<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref> and the Borgia were disappointed when Savonarola was executed without them having the Apple in their possession.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

[[File:IBAL 4.png|thumb|250px|Ezio confronting Rodrigo in the Vatican]]
In 1499, the leading Assassins in Italy traveled to Rome to distract the Borgia guards, while Ezio traveled along the [[Passetto di Borgo]] to [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's Cathedral]]. Once inside, the Assassin lunged at Rodrigo Borgia while he was proclaiming the Nicene Creed in Latin to the congregation. Rodrigo shoved the Assassin away, then used the Staff to subdue his entire congregation. A fight ensued with Rodrigo using the Staff and Ezio using the Apple. The power of the Staff was able to overpower Ezio, and after Rodrigo stabbed Ezio in the abdomen, he entered [[Vatican Vault|the Vault]] underneath the [[Sistine Chapel]]. Rodrigo wasn't able to enter the Vault, though, as only the "Prophet" could do it. Rodrigo was soon faced by Ezio again, and after one final fight in hand-to-hand combat, Ezio informed Rodrigo that he was not the Prophet and had never been. Broken by this revelation and accepting defeat, Rodrigo told Ezio to kill him and put an end to it, but unlike Ezio's other targets, Rodrigo was not killed as Ezio could not find a reason to do so, stating that killing him wouldn't bring his family back. As Ezio entered the Vault, Rodrigo fled back to safety.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:ACBH Cesare Apple of Eden.png|thumb|left|250px|Cesare Borgia in Monteriggioni]]
Five days afterwards, Rodrigo's son [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare]], who served as the Captain General of the Papal Army, had slowly begun to take control over the Templar Order and laid siege to the Assassins' and Auditore's headquarters of [[Monteriggioni]]. In the process, the Templars captured Caterina Sforza, executed Mario Auditore, shot Ezio Auditore and obtained the Apple of Eden. After Monteriggioni lay in ruins, the Borgia returned to Rome victorious.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

As control over the Templars slowly shifted to Cesare, he became the new Grand Master and strived to take over all of Italy, and later Europe. As the Templars were ruling the church, individuals such as King [[Louis XII of France]], King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] all answered to the Borgia. Meanwhile, Cesare planned to strengthen his army with [[War Machines|war machines]] created by Leonardo da Vinci, who had been forced into serving the Borgia. With his army, Cesare quickly conquered various states in Italy.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

However, Ezio Auditore had moved to Rome and started rebuilding the Assassin Brotherhood there. In Cesare's absence, Ezio destroyed the war machines and the Assassins killed most of Cesare's high-ranking generals, including his personal banker [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]] and the French general [[Octavian de Valois]]. Control over Rome became lost to the Templars, and their plans couldn't be executed. Returning home from war, Cesare found all his support gone and his funds cut off.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

====Routing from Italy====
[[File:Apple a day 5.png|thumb|250px|Cesare Borgia killing his father]]
On 18 August 1503, Rodrigo, who had begun to see Cesare as a threat, met with his son in the papal apartments of the Castel Sant'Angelo. There, he placed a platter with poisoned apples on the table, and as planned Cesare took a bite from one of them. However, Cesare's sister [[Lucrezia Borgia|Lucrezia]] had found out about Rodrigo's intentions and entered the room to warn her brother. Furious, Cesare shoved the remaining apple down Rodrigo's throat, asking him where the Apple was simultaneously. However, Rodrigo died and Cesare obtained the Apple's location after threatening his sister. Ezio Auditore entered the room after Cesare left, and also got the Apple's location from Lucrezia. Both Cesare and Ezio raced to the Apple, though the latter got to it faster. With the Apple, Ezio exterminated most of Cesare's remaining followers and Cesare himself was arrested on orders of [[Julius II|Pope Julius II]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

Cesare, who had become the sole ruler of the Templars, was able to escape his imprisonment in the Castel Sant'Angelo. He tried to escape by boat, but was captured by Ezio once again. The Pope had Cesare transferred to [[Castillo de la Mota]], {{Wiki|Aragon}} in Spain in 1504; a location that only the Pope was aware of.<ref name="Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref>

In 1506, Cesare was freed from La Mota by [[Micheletto Corella]], and together they rode to [[Valencia]]. There, Cesare started to raise an army, operating from the [[Lone Wolf Inn]]. Ezio, who had used the Apple to track Cesare, destroyed Cesare's encampment and twelve ships together with Niccolò Machiavelli. Cesare blamed Micheletto for the attack, and the latter attempted to strangle Cesare. Cesare gained the upper hand during the struggle, though, and shot Micheletto. Without any men, Cesare made his escape to the Kingdom of Navarre, ruled by his brother-in-law [[John III of Navarre|John III]].<ref name="Brotherhood novel"/>

[[File:PaxR 6.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio letting Cesare fall to his death]]
In March 1507, John III appointed Cesare to lead his forces during the [[Siege of Viana]]. During the battle, Cesare was once again faced by Ezio, who used the Apple to locate Cesare. Cesare made his escape towards the castle, but was ultimately confronted by Ezio atop the walls of [[Viana Castle]]. After being defeated, Cesare got thrown off the castle walls by Ezio. With Cesare's death, the Templars were no longer led by the Borgia and their quest to conquer Italy and the rest of Europe was at an end.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

In 1515, [[Dei Petrucci]] was carrying an Apple of Eden through Florence but was ambushed by the Assassins [[Hiram Stoddard]] and [[Giovanni Borgia]]. The Assassins killed several of his guards and were about to take the artifact when the last of his men distracted them enough to give Petrucci the time to flee with the Apple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)]] - [[Assassin's Creed Volume 3: Homecoming|Volume 3: Homecoming]]''</ref>

===French Revolution===
In 1794, the Roman Rite was contacted by [[Frederick Weatherall]], who sent appeals asking them to support the overthrown [[De la Serre family]] against [[François-Thomas Germain]] and his extremists. Though they lent their sympathies, they offered no support, as the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Rite]] ran smoothly, making [[Élise de la Serre]]'s request for support of marginal interest. It was also likely Germain had contacted them and convinced them that overthrowing the De la Serre family was necessary.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)]]</ref>

===Modern times===
By the early 21st Century, the Templars had returned to prominence in the country, mainly to the establishment of an [[Abstergo Industries]] [[Animus Project laboratory|laboratory]] in Rome.<ref name="AC"> ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

==Legacy==
Although many modern day Templars saw the House of Borgia as debauched tyrants<ref name="The Essential Guide"/>, a statue of Rodrigo Borgia could be seen outside of the Templar company Abstergo Entertainment. The modern day Templars also regard Grand Master Rodrigo Borgia as one of the greatest minds in Templar history who also valued family but attained a bad reputation due to the work of his arch enemy Ezio Auditore.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Members==

<div style="float:left; width:48;">
*[[Uberto Alberti]]
*[[Stefano da Bagnone]]
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]]
*[[Bernardo Baroncelli]]
*[[Cesare Borgia]] (Grand Master; 1500-1507)
*[[Lucrezia Borgia]]
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] (Grand Master; 1476-1503)
*[[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
*[[Juan Borgia the Younger]]
*[[Caha]]
*[[Cahin]]
*[[Il Carnefice]]
*[[Fiora Cavazza]]
*[[Faustina Collari]]
*[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]
*[[Micheletto Corella]]
*[[Gaspar de la Croix]]
*[[Sirus Favero]]
*[[Matteo Favero]]
*[[Pietro de Galencia]]
*[[Verulo Gallo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]]
*[[Lanz]]
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Ilario Lombardi]]
*[[Il Lupo]]
*[[Antonio Maffei]]
*[[Malfatto]]
*[[Donato Mancini]]
*[[Charles de la Motte]]
*[[Auguste Oberlin]]
*[[Gerolamo Olgiati]]
*[[Checco Orsi]]
*[[Ludovico Orsi]]
*[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]
*[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]
*[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]
*[[Dei Petrucci]]
*[[Girolamo Riario]]
*[[Ristoro]]
*[[Lia de Russo]]
*[[Silvestro Sabbatini]]
*[[Francesco Salviati]]
*[[Baltasar de Silva]]
*[[Rocco Tiepolo]]
*[[Octavian de Valois]]
*[[Teodor Viscardi]]
*[[Carlo Visconti]]
*[[Vittorio]]
*[[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]]
</div>
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====Allies and puppets====
'''Classical antiquity'''
*[[Julius Caesar]]
*[[Caligula]]
*[[Faustinus]]

'''[[Renaissance]]'''
*[[Georges d'Amboise]]
*[[Agostino Barbarigo]]
*[[Bruno]]
*[[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] {{C|[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Rite]]}}
*[[Vasco da Gama]] {{C|[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Rite]]}}
*[[Isabella I of Castile]] {{C|[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]}}
*[[Pedro Llorente]] {{C|[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]}}
*[[Louis XII of France]] {{C|[[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Rite]]}}
*[[Manuel I of Portugal]] {{C|[[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Rite]]}}
*[[Juan de Marillo]] {{C|[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]}}
*[[Gaspar Martínez]] {{C|[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]}}
*[[Dante Moro]]
*[[Paganino]]
*[[Demetrio il Silente]]
*[[Sixtus IV]]
*[[Tomás de Torquemada]] {{C|[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Rite]]}}

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*End of the Second Spanish Republic|side1 = [[File:Spanish republic flag.png|20px|border]] Republicans
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*[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Assassins]]
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*[[File:Italy fascist flag.png|20px|border]] [[Italy|Fascist Italy]]
*[[File:Portugal Flag.jpg|20px|border]] [[Portugal|Estado Novo]]
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*[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templars]]}}
The '''Spanish Civil War '''(1936 – 1939) was an armed military conflict in [[Spain]].

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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | Ancient history
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Assassination of Julius Caesar]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 12th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Siege of Masyaf]] • [[Battle of Hattin]] • [[Third Crusade]] <small>([[Assault on Masyaf]] • [[Siege of Acre]] • [[Quest for the Chalice]] • [[Defense of Masyaf]] • [[Hunt for the Nine]] • [[Battle of Arsuf]] • [[Retaking of Masyaf]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 13th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Fourth Crusade]] • [[First Barons' War]] • [[Assassination of Genghis Khan]] • [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins]] • [[Medieval Inquisition]] • [[Fall of Masyaf]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 14th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Persecution of the Templars]] • [[Hundred Years' War]] <small>([[Siege of Orléans]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 15th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Renaissance]] <small>([[Ottoman-Venetian War]])</small> • [[1402 Chinese Assassin purge]] • [[Battle of Anghiari]] • [[Fall of Constantinople]] • [[Defense of Monteriggioni]] • [[Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] • [[Pazzi conspiracy]] • [[Spanish Inquisition]] • [[Granada War]] • [[Venetian Conspiracy]] • [[Battle of Forlì]] • [[Mission to Aragon]] • [[Age of Discovery]] • [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] • [[Confrontation in the Vatican]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 16th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Siege of Monteriggioni]] • [[Liberation of Rome]] <small>([[Skirmish in the Campagna District]])</small> • [[Search for Cesare Borgia]] • [[Attack on Valencia]] • [[Siege of Viana]] • [[Battle of Agnadello]] • [[Assassination of Niccolò di Pitigliano]] • [[Prince of Anhua rebellion]] • [[Attack on Prince Suleiman]] • [[Riot at the Harbor of Theodosius]] • [[Destruction of the Great Chain]] • [[Fight for the Masyaf Keys]] • [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]] <small>([[Night of Sorrows]])</small> • [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]] <small>([[Siege of Cuzco]])</small> • [[Great Rites Controversy]] • [[Roman Inquisition]] • [[Honnō-ji incident]] • [[Battle of Sekigahara]]</div>
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| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[English Civil War]] • [[Salem witch trials]]</div>
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| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[War of the Spanish Succession]] • [[Golden Age of Piracy]] <small>([[Spanish Treasure Fleet|Sinking of the Treasure Fleet]] • [[Attacks on Tulum]] • [[Siege of Charles-Towne]] • [[Blockade of Nassau]] • [[Attack on Ocracoke]])</small> • [[Maroon rebellion|Maroon Rebellion]] • [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake]] • [[Seven Years' War]] • [[French and Indian War]] • [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] • [[Braddock Expedition]] • [[Colonial Assassin purge]] • [[Louisiana Rebellion]] • [[American Revolution]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] <small>([[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] • [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] • [[Great Fire of New York]] • [[Sullivan Expedition]] • [[Battle of Monmouth]] • [[Battle of West Point]] • [[Battle of the Chesapeake]] • [[Attack on Fort George]] • [[Siege of Yorktown]])</small> • [[French Revolution]] <small>([[Estates-General of 1789]] • [[Storming of the Bastille]] • [[Women's March on Versailles]] • [[French Revolutionary Wars]] • [[10 August]] • [[September Massacres]] • [[Execution of Louis XVI]] • [[Reign of Terror]] • [[Thermidorian Reaction]] • [[13 Vendémiaire]] • [[Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise]])</small> • [[Haitian Revolution]]</div>
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| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Napoleonic Wars]] • [[Trienio Liberal]] • [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] • [[California Gold Rush]] • [[Industrial Revolution]] • [[Victorian era]] <small>([[Whitechapel murders]])</small> • [[Battle of Balaclava]] • [[American Civil War]] <small>([[New York City draft riots|1863 New York City draft riots]])</small> • [[Borki train disaster]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 20th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Modern times]] • [[Tunguska explosion]] • [[World War I]] • [[Russian Revolution]] • [[Red Scare]] • [[Palmer Raids]] • [[Shanghai massacre of 1927]] • [[Spanish Civil War]] <span style="font-size:11.7px;font-weight:normal;"> •</span><span style="font-size:90%;"> </span>[[World War II]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> </span><small>([[The Blitz]])</small><span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Philadelphia Project]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Chinese Civil War]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Cold War]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> </span><small>([[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]] • [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy]] • [[Apollo 11 Moon landing]] • [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]] • [[1976 Argentine coup d'état]] • [[Iranian Revolution]] • [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Great Purge]] • [[War on Terror]] <small>([[Iraq War]])</small> • [[Beagle 2|''Beagle 2'' launch]] • [[DIA satellite accident]] • [[2012 coronal mass ejection]]</div>
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Spanish Civil War

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{{Battle_Infobox|prev = [[Russian Revolution]]|next = [[World War II]]|image = Spanish Civil War.jpg|conflict = Spanish Civil War|date = 17 July 1936 – 1 April 1939|place = [[Spain]]|result = *Nacionalist victory
*End of the Second Spanish Republic|side1 = [[File:Spanish republic flag.png|20px|border]] Republicans
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Support by:
*[[File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|20px|border]] [[Soviet Union]]
*[[File:Flag of Mexico.png|20px|border]] [[Mexico]]
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*[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Assassins]]
|side2 = [[File:Spanish Franco flag.png|20px|border]] Nacionalists
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Support by:
*[[File:Nazi flag.png|20px|border]] [[Nazi Germany]]
*[[File:Italy fascist flag.png|20px|border]] [[Italy|Fascist Italy]]
*[[File:Portugal Flag.jpg|20px|border]] [[Portugal|Estado Novo]]
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*[[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templars]]}}
The '''Spanish Civil War '''(1936 – 1939) was an armed military conflict in [[Spain]].

==Reference==
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | Prehistory
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[War of Unification]] • [[Human-Isu War]] • [[Toba catastrophe]] • [[Assassin-Templar War]] (ongoing)</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | Ancient history
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Assassination of Julius Caesar]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 12th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Siege of Masyaf]] • [[Battle of Hattin]] • [[Third Crusade]] <small>([[Assault on Masyaf]] • [[Siege of Acre]] • [[Quest for the Chalice]] • [[Defense of Masyaf]] • [[Hunt for the Nine]] • [[Battle of Arsuf]] • [[Retaking of Masyaf]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 13th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Fourth Crusade]] • [[First Barons' War]] • [[Assassination of Genghis Khan]] • [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins]] • [[Medieval Inquisition]] • [[Fall of Masyaf]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 14th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Persecution of the Templars]] • [[Hundred Years' War]] <small>([[Siege of Orléans]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 15th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Renaissance]] <small>([[Ottoman-Venetian War]])</small> • [[1402 Chinese Assassin purge]] • [[Battle of Anghiari]] • [[Fall of Constantinople]] • [[Defense of Monteriggioni]] • [[Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] • [[Pazzi conspiracy]] • [[Spanish Inquisition]] • [[Granada War]] • [[Venetian Conspiracy]] • [[Battle of Forlì]] • [[Mission to Aragon]] • [[Age of Discovery]] • [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] • [[Confrontation in the Vatican]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 16th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Siege of Monteriggioni]] • [[Liberation of Rome]] <small>([[Skirmish in the Campagna District]])</small> • [[Search for Cesare Borgia]] • [[Attack on Valencia]] • [[Siege of Viana]] • [[Battle of Agnadello]] • [[Assassination of Niccolò di Pitigliano]] • [[Prince of Anhua rebellion]] • [[Attack on Prince Suleiman]] • [[Riot at the Harbor of Theodosius]] • [[Destruction of the Great Chain]] • [[Fight for the Masyaf Keys]] • [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]] <small>([[Night of Sorrows]])</small> • [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]] <small>([[Siege of Cuzco]])</small> • [[Great Rites Controversy]] • [[Roman Inquisition]] • [[Honnō-ji incident]] • [[Battle of Sekigahara]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 17th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[English Civil War]] • [[Salem witch trials]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 18th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[War of the Spanish Succession]] • [[Golden Age of Piracy]] <small>([[Spanish Treasure Fleet|Sinking of the Treasure Fleet]] • [[Attacks on Tulum]] • [[Siege of Charles-Towne]] • [[Blockade of Nassau]] • [[Attack on Ocracoke]])</small> • [[Maroon rebellion|Maroon Rebellion]] • [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake]] • [[Seven Years' War]] • [[French and Indian War]] • [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] • [[Braddock Expedition]] • [[Colonial Assassin purge]] • [[Louisiana Rebellion]] • [[American Revolution]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] <small>([[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] • [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] • [[Great Fire of New York]] • [[Sullivan Expedition]] • [[Battle of Monmouth]] • [[Battle of West Point]] • [[Battle of the Chesapeake]] • [[Attack on Fort George]] • [[Siege of Yorktown]])</small> • [[French Revolution]] <small>([[Estates-General of 1789]] • [[Storming of the Bastille]] • [[Women's March on Versailles]] • [[French Revolutionary Wars]] • [[10 August]] • [[September Massacres]] • [[Execution of Louis XVI]] • [[Reign of Terror]] • [[Thermidorian Reaction]] • [[13 Vendémiaire]] • [[Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise]])</small> • [[Haitian Revolution]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 19th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Napoleonic Wars]] • [[Trienio Liberal]] • [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] • [[California Gold Rush]] • [[Industrial Revolution]] • [[Victorian era]] <small>([[Whitechapel murders]])</small> • [[Battle of Balaclava]] • [[American Civil War]] <small>([[New York City draft riots|1863 New York City draft riots]])</small> • [[Borki train disaster]]</div>
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| class="navbox-group" style="color: #000000; ;width:15%; background:#A8A8A8; font-weight:bold; padding:5px 5px; text-align:center; font-size:12px;;" | 20th century
| class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Modern times]] • [[Tunguska explosion]] • [[World War I]] • [[Russian Revolution]] • [[Red Scare]] • [[Palmer Raids]] • [[Shanghai massacre of 1927]] • [[Spanish Civil War]] <span style="font-size:11.7px;font-weight:normal;"> •</span><span style="font-size:90%;"> </span>[[World War II]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> </span><small>([[The Blitz]])</small><span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Philadelphia Project]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Chinese Civil War]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> • </span>[[Cold War]]<span style="font-size:90%;"> </span><small>([[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état]] • [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy]] • [[Apollo 11 Moon landing]] • [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]] • [[1976 Argentine coup d'état]] • [[Iranian Revolution]] • [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]])</small></div>
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| class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="text-align:left;border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-bottom:2px solid #fdfdfd;border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd; width:100%;padding:0px;background:transparent; padding:0px 5px; width:auto;;;" | <div style="padding:0em 0.25em">[[Great Purge]] • [[War on Terror]] <small>([[Iraq War]])</small> • [[Beagle 2|''Beagle 2'' launch]] • [[DIA satellite accident]] • [[2012 coronal mass ejection]]</div>
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