Alternative History:List of Althists
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[edit] Althistories
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- 1648: Kingdom of the Three Sicilies
- Louis XIII of France has twin boys. One succeeds him, the other one is given the backwater Kingdom of Sicily.
- 1812 closure
- The British win a clearer victory during the War of 1812.
- 1907: No Triple Entente
- Russia does not ally with Britain and France. When Franz Ferdinand is killed, there are some major differences.
- 1916: Year of Peace
- Situation in the beginning of World War One creates a victory for Germany in the west and eventually in the east without the entrance of the US and Italy on the allied side.
- 1941: German-British Cease-Fire
- Churchill negotiates a cease-fire with Germany to save Britain, and the war changes for the worse.
- 1942 Stress
- The USA splits after major 1942 tensions, as the former CSA from the American Civil War gains its chance, so do other states!
- 1945: Terror in Germany
- Ordinary german civillians take up arms and fight against the occupiying nations.
- 1981: Red dawn
- Russia invades west Germany. All countries of the world sign the Non-nuclear treaty, vowing not to launch missiles. The war ends bitterly as Russia pulls back in defeat.
- 1983: Doomsday
- POD is one of the most dangerous moments in the 20th century: On September 26, 1983
- Stanislav Petrov is n o t the officer on duty at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow.Soviet satellites suddenly report a series of American missiles launched at the Soviet Union. The duty officer reports and Soviets launch what they think is a counter-strike of their full nuclear arsenal, leading to a massive nuclear exchange between USA, USSR and China devastating wide parts of the world..
- Now, nearly 25 years later, mankind is still fighting for survival. New coalitions and alliances have emerged from the ruins of near-total nuclear destruction and all survivors are awaiting the September 26th, 2008 League of Nations foundation ceremony which represents the first sign of a hopefully more peaceful future for ankind.
- 1989: Wipe-out
- The outbreak of Ebola virus at the Hazelton Research Products office in Reston, VA is not the type non-fatal to humans, but a near duplicate strain to Ebola Zaire, which is. Unfortunately, it also has the capacity to be airborne. Within a week, the world is infected. Within three weeks, 90% of the Earth's population lay dead.
- 1991: Longer Gulf War
- On February 28, 1991, President George H.W. Bush refused to sign a ceasefire and instead swore to liberate Iraq from the menace of Saddam Hussein.
- 2006: US Stays Red
- "Abramoff-gate" and "Foley-gate" fail to emerge and the Republicans keep Congress in the 2006 midterms.
[edit] A
- Abya Yala
- 200 BC, a trading network begins to develop in the Caribbean. Americans discover Africa before 600 AD, and had circumnavigated the world by 800 AD.
- Ætas ab Brian
- After Ptolemaic Egypt was driven out of Greece, split in half and conquered by 750 AUC, the mastermind behind Rome's victories roams the countryside in Judea and returns with an adopted son.
- Age of the Turtle
- The Turtle, a very early attack submarine, successfully sinks several British ships. Many other countries begin this new kind of warfare, thus beginning the Age of the Turtle.
- A Kingdom and a Horse
- Richard III defeats Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field, leading to Wacky Personal Unions (c) and Alternate American Colonisation (TM)...
- Alas, Poor Harry
- In 1967, Australia's Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared without trace while swimming. This timeline depicts a Harold Holt who lives much longer, though the life he leads is still tinted with tragedy and scandal.
- Alaska Forever!
- The United States never successfully integrates Alaska, and it develops its own separate identity. This ultimately leads to a razor's-edge independence referendum.
- Alexander Empire
- Alexander the Great died at age 86 and unified most of the known world including the Roman Republic and Carthage. He cemented an empire spanning from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
- Alien Presence
- Space exploration reveals an inhabited Venus and Mars, and has important implications for the Cold War.
- Al Smith Victorious!
- By some miracle, Al Smith defeats Herbert Hoover in the 1928 U.S. presidential election and is the first Catholic Irish-American president. This puts a new spin on the outcome of the Great Depression and inevitably the rise of Hitler and World War II! (Open for editing)
- American Commonwealth
- The American Revolution is put down early on with General Burgoyne's decisive victory at Saratoga. America carries on through history as Britain's most prosperous colony, eventually achieving Commonwealth status and facing down a powerful Mexican Empire for control of the continent.
- American Empire
- The entire earth is united by the United States.
- American Union
- Lord North resigns after the Battle of Saratoga, leading to an independent United States within the British Empire.
- The Andean Wars
- Christopher Columbus had his journey to the New World delayed 6 months, and his ships are destroyed in a hurricane. Civil war is waiting in Spain and the Ottomans won't be very friendly...
- An Independent in 2000
- A billionaire of the dot com boom successfully upstages Al Gore and George W. Bush for the Presidency in the 2000 election, wining a plurality and changing the course of the New Millennium...
- Anglenia
- Some say that The Battle of Hastings may've easily been a victory for the Saxons. What if it was?
- An Earlier War on Terrorism
- By 2005 the so-called "War on Terrorism" was approaching its twentieth year.
- An Early October Revolution
- The Russian October Revolution take place 12 years earlier than in our timeline.
- Anglo-France
- England wins the Hundred Years War but becomes weak and is under attack from all sides...
- An Mhaidín Mhaith sá Chionn tSáile
- In 1601 the Irish army of Hugh O'Neill and Hugh O'Donnell reach Kinsale before the English. They meet the Spanish army there and defeat the English forces, thus quelling the English appetite for a colonial empire for quite some time. The power sphere of western Europe is greatly reduced on the world stage in the modern era.
- A Peoples’ History of the Third Great Patriotic War
- USSR wins the Cold War and is faced with a war on terror.
- As A Glass Darkly
- George Willett, Jr.'s twin brother survives, allowing George Sr. to disinherit Jr. when he runs off to join the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
- Assassins
- The Hashshashin survive as an underground society into the modern era. They are no longer an Islamic sect. They are not assassins for hire. They instead choose to kill certain individuals to shape the world to their specifications, and to keep the world largely at peace.
- Atlantic Islands
- World geography is a little different and there are a few more islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
- A United Front
- The Spanish Civil War spills out to the rest of Europe.
- A World Divided
- After Mikhail Gorbachev is killed just prior to him assuming power in the Soviet Union, the Cold War continues until today and many people meet a different fate.
- Aztec Empire
- The Aztecs successfully defeat the Spanish at the gates of Tenochtitlan in 1521 the Aztecs began an intense period of isolationism until a second invasion by the Spanish forced them to find allies in the form of the newly United States of America. Meanwhile the Inca empire is destabilised until the 1930s when it is seized by a fascist dictatorship and, after allying with Germany and Italy and Japan, seeks revenge...
[edit] B
- Banana World
- United Fruit (later Chiquita) and Standard Fruit (later Dole) maintained their strangleholds on the Latin American nations, bringing a quite literal definition to the term "Banana Republics".
- Banat Republic
- The tiny Banat Republic that emerged after WWI is not invaded by Serbia and remains independent until WWII and regains independence after the collapse of Yugoslavia.
- Basileus' Interference Timeline
- An extremely involved, far-reaching and complex timeline of human history from the times of Jesus onwards, to a newer, stimulating possibile scenario. Its development can be followed at: the AH.com forum.
- The Battle of Caldbeck
- North of Hastings, 1066. This neglected footnote in the early career of Harold Godwinson could have turned out very differently indeed. It is perhaps best remembered today for the comical name of Harold's opponent, William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy. Had William triumphed, the horrors of the feudal system would have been visited on this island.
- Between Iraq and a Hard Place
- Political turmoil in the UK means that the US is forced to go it alone in Iraq. It is militarily more than capable, but is left politically isolated...
- Big Benito
- Mussolini gets nicer and starts a new Roman Empire that is greater than Germany or Britain.
- The Bishop Royal
- Prince August Frederick (1773-1843) follows his youthful ambition of being ordained.
- Breitenfeld and Luetzen
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden leads his troops to victory in both Breitenfeld and Luetzen, and survives to carry the banner of The Reformation still further.
- Bolshevik Bleeding
- A wiser and more watchful Alexander Kerensky avoids the rise of the Bolsheviks and October Revolution never occured, making the way free for democracy in Russia.
- The Boulanger Era
- A proto-fascistic regime in 1890s France.
- British Empire Triumphant
- The British do not enter World War One and remain the dominant power into the 21st Century.
- British Louisiana
- Disease in 1762 prevents the British takeover of Cuba, preventing the Spanish loss of Florida. Britain takes Louisiana instead.
- Burgundy Survives
- The kingdom of Burgundy survives to the present day, and becomes a colonial power.
- Byzantine Gunpowder
- A trader inadvertently takes some gunpowder down the silk road, and into the Byzantine Empire. With new weapons, a new age of Byzantine rule begins.
- Byzantine World
- The conversion of Mohammed to Christianity prevents the Arabic conquests of Byzantine lands and allows the Eastern Roman Empire to flourish much longer. The shape of Western Europe is also changed considerably.
[edit] C
- Cabotia and Brasil
- The Castillian queen does not support Christopher Columbus who is not lucky in France either. The English and the Portuguese discover the Americas before 1500, though.
- Capitalists of the World, Unite
- The German railroad car smuggling Lenin into St. Petersburg is intercepted by Tsarist forces. Russia bleeds itself dry by the end of the Great War, but Communism never takes root. Equally pulverized against the Russian anvil, Germany sues for peace in 1917.
- The Capitol Burns
- The September 11 attacks never take place. Instead, the Al-Qaida network chooses a bigger, and more deadly, target. On January 29, 2002, during George W. Bush's State of the Union address, an airliner dive-bombs into the U.S. Capitol building. 97% of the members of Congress are killed, and so are most of the cabinet, including the President and Vice President. The Presidency passes to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, who presides over the beginning of the end for American democracy.
- Cecil's Society
- Cecil Rhodes' secret society is set up to try and rule the world, but America is not so subservient to the society, which leads to a world war between the Old world and the New World/China
- Celebrity World
- The election of Ronald Reagan as President in 1968 started the United States, and the world, off on a celebrity kick. From then on, every U.S. President has been an actor, musician or other non-political celebrity prior to entering politics, the entire U.S. Senate is made up of celebrities, and this craze has spread to other nations as well. (Note: this ALT is very, very silly.)
- Celtic Rules
- The Celtic tribes throughout Europe have never been suppressed by other peoples, yielding highly Celtic-influenced Europe with numerous Celtic nations and languages spreading all over the continent.
- Central powers Shift East
- Germany allies with Russian along with Austria-Hungary to form the Central Powers. Britain, faced with the prospect of war, blackmails the United States to join the Entente. With the major players shifted, World War One turns out differently.
- Chaos TL - A world without Genghis Khan's conquests.
- This long, finished TL starts with the death of Genghis Khan in the year 1200 and goes until 1993. It has more than 350 pages in this wiki, of which more than 100 are about the nations alone.
- Republic of China, circa 1970
- The United States' George Marshall did not intervene to stop the Chinese civil war and there was no arms embargo on the Nationalists. Consequently the Chinese Communists, even with all the weapons of the Manchukuo Army and most of the Japanese Kwantung Army weapons and the increased size of its forces, was defeated in the Northeastern area in China in 1947. The warlords gradually lost powers to Chiang Kai-shek and for the first time, central authority was established at Nanking that could lead the whole nation, and China modernizes - in the 1950s according to Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People.
- China's industrial-age space program
- In 850, the Chinese alchemist who discovered gunpowder by accident, instead of adding honey to his concoction of sulfur, realgar and saltpetre, added animal dung, and subsequently discovered explosives.
- Chinese World
- A divided China partially resists the Mongol invasion, while the Mongols devastate western Europe. At the downfall of the Mongols, the Chinese states are ready to conquer the unknown world.
- Christ Dynasty
- Jesus Christ takes a less peaceful approach, but still emphasizing himself as Messiah and as the son of God. He leads a rebellion establishing an empire.
- Cliche CSA Victory Timeline
- The many cliches of a CSA victory timeline in one easy to use timeline. Watch as a victory of Gettysburg changes the destiny for North America...again.
- Clinton Who?
- Bill Clinton's disastrous 1988 Convention speech does more harm than previously thought. His bid for the nomination in 1992 ends disastrously as well, when the Jennifer Flowers tapes are released before Iowa and he ends up in single digits there and in New Hampshire. Paul Tsongas wins the nomination.
- Cold Phoney War
- Allied partial victory on Norway convinces Hitler of the near impossibility of invading the British Isles, keeps Chamberlain in power and gives the Allies a position to directly fight the Soviet Union over Finland.
- Cold War actually slightly Chilly War
- Stalin dies near the end of World War II causing a different Yalta Conference and post-war politics. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the west remain however.
- Commonwealth of America
- The American Rebellion has failed. When Canada gains self-government in 1867, America follows suit as a free, democratic constitutional monarchy, consisting of the 13 original colonies plus the captured Louisiana territory. With no United States to threaten its existence, Mexico flourishes until torn apart by unrest and civil war.
- The Confederate Utopia
- The Confederates win the Civil War — with ironic results.
- Conflict in the SouthWest
- After being defeated in the short but bloody Mormon war, the citizens of the Deseret region of Utah, Nevada, Western Colorado, Southern Idaho and Wyoming, and South Eastern California, tempers simmer until they flare up in 2003, causing the Deseret Conflict.
- Crescent & Cross - A Norman Egypt
- A TL from AH.com exploring the consequences of Normans under Robert Guiscard conquering Egypt in 1083. The spiritual successor to Hauteville Empire
- Cromwell the Great
- Charles I was executed in 1649. He was Britain's last king. Following his death, Britain became a republic, known as the Commonwealth - governed ostensibly by Parliament but in reality by the dictator Oliver Cromwell. With the monarchy abolished, and the 'pretender' Stuarts never again to return to the throne, there is no revolution in the American colonies, and Cromwell and his successors lead a very different kind of British Empire.
- Crusader World
- Saladins forces are badly beaten at the battle of Hattin, and King Guys army recieves help from the landing Crusader armies of France and England. After besieging Jerusalem for 2 years, Barbarrosa's huge German army arrives and enters Jerusalem. Saladin surrenders, and retreats to Baghdad, but the Crusaders widen their claims until an early form of Colonialism takes place. Meanwhile, the Mongols are defeated by the Russians, and great power arrises in Eastern Europe.
- The Curie Bomb
- After her children were killed in a German gas attack in 1916, Marie Curie took revenge by working with the French government to develop a dirty bomb which was dropped behind German lines in 1918, irradiating part of Northern France and decimating the German army leading to a surrender. With other discoveries in the 1920s, a new cold war begins with many more players.
[edit] D
- Dai-tō-a
- The Japanese Empire decides not to invade Pearl Harbor, leading to a completely different world order.
- Day of Glory
- Starting with New-France never falling to the British, a domino effect create a timeline where the balance of power is held by the Gallican Republic and the United Royal Provinces.
- Democratic Afghanistan
- Ahmed Shah Massoud establishes a stable Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal, thus preventing the rise of the Taliban.
- Die Sonne geht im Reich nie unter...
- The Central Powers win the First World War, and Germany goes on to become a worldwide colonial superpower.
- Divergence Factor -0.229
- The year is 1860. The point of divergence is 1784. The Republican Party is never formed, John C. Breckenridge is elected President and New England secedes from the union leading to civil war.
- Divided Japan
- Harry S Truman does not argue as forcefully for possession of Japan as he does in OTL, and he does not order the dropping of the Bomb in 1945. The war ends the next year and Japan is partitioned like Germany.
- DSO (Demokrata Socialisma Organizo / Democratic Socialist Organization)
[edit] E
- Easternized World
- The Tang Dynasty lasts into the late 10th century. After a new dynasty takes over, China takes over much of Asia.
- Emperor Belisarius
- 540 - Belisarius accepts the title of Western Roman Emperor from the Ostrogoths.
- l'Empereur Est Mort
- 1812 - Napoleon dies during an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the British Isles. This causes the French Empire to survive to this very day.
- Ericson's Vinland
- Lief Ericson encourages Greenlanders to settle Vinland after he discovers the island and stays there for a winter. After the Greenlanders create several successful settlements, word gets out to Iceland that a more hospitable land than Greenland has been found. this encourages Icelandic settlement and the establishment of a permanent colony.
- Ethelred the Pious
- 871 - Alfred does not take charge of Wessex forces at the Battle of Ashdown, and the Danes take over England, eventually making it a thorougly Scandinavian country.
- Eurasian Alliance
- 1921 - one year after the successful Kapp Putsch: Disappointed how she was treated by the allies after World War I, an authoritarian Germany seeks new allies for her revenge: the Soviet Union and the Nationalist Republic of China.
- Even worse troubles
- The USA and USSR ratify SALT 3 and significantly reduce their nuclear stockpiles. However, two warheads go missing and are used in the Troubles. The Cold War takes a new turn with Ireland being divided just like Germany
- Eye of the Storm
- The rise of the Confederate States of America following their victory over the Union in the American Civil War sees a new world order emerge without the presence of the United States.
[edit] F
- Failed Continental Congress
- The 13 English colonies in North America manage their independence but they cannot agree on a common government.
- Fall Grün
- The Czechoslovak government refuses to abide by the Munich Agreement, sparking a German (and later Hungarian) invasion of Czechoslovakia on October 1, 1938.
- Farewell My Canada
- Quebec separate from Canada in 1995 leading to a wave of separatism.
- February's Legacy
- The Russian Provisional Government is not overthrown by the bolsheviks.
- Federalist Failure
- The Federalists lose in their attempts to ratify the new Constitution and the United States falls apart, leading to the rise of a Virginian "empire".
- Federalist Republic of Louisiana
- Alexander Hamilton is never born, and thus is unable to stop Aaron Burr's plot to form a Federalist republic in the Midwest.
- Field of Honor
- Dueling still affects US politics in a parallel world.
- Five Nations
- Although the Battle of Gettysburg is seen as the turning point in the American Civil War, it was actually much closer than it might seem. If Jeb Stuart had not gone off on a glory-grabbing raid and instead had provided intelligence to the Army of Northern Virginia; if the Confederates had been successful in getting artillery to the summit of Big Round Top to enfilade the Federal lines; if the second day’s plans had been executed properly on the Confederate side; then the battle -- and the war, and the world -- may have turned out differently. Here, then, is one way things might have gone.
- Flak in the Falkland
- An escalation in the Falkland War lead to the involvement of more countries.
- Florida voted Blue
- Some chads fell off in Florida and its 25 electoral votes went to Gore. Explores the first four years of a Gore Presidency - his responses to September 11, the invasion of Sudan and the prospect of four more years.
- Four Policemen
- The Grand Alliance of World War 2 continues through the 1950s as the Soviet Union and United States join together to end Imperialism.
- Frederick the Great
- America's Empire
- French Industrial Revolution
- In this Alternate History, Napolean, instead of invading Russia, works on destroying Britian's trade by establishing France as an industrial powerhouse, radicly changing the world.
[edit] G
- Gate of Heavenly Peace:The Third Chinese Revolution
- The Tienanmen Square massacre escalates into full-scale civil war.
- Gaul survives
- After Ceasar conquers Gaul, an uprising a few years later permanently frees it from Roman rule.
- Gekim
- The Gekíun Empire, known in the native language as Gekím, was originally founded as several, separate colonies and refugee sites from multiple independent countries, near the Bab el Mandeb Strait. This is the history of the culture of the artificial Gekíje language.
- Germanic Power
- The Franks and Visigoths hold more staunchly to their languages thus developing Frankish, Hispagothic, and other germanic languages, eliminating Spanish, French and Portuguese, but allowing the Langue d'Occ and Catalan come to the fore as independent languages.
- The Gipper Goes Down
- Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, is shot dead in 1981 by John Hinckley Jr. His Vice President, George Bush, assumes the Presidency and is bombarded from all sides by the Iran-Contra scandal, which brings him down and his administration with it.
- Great Alliance
- The Wampanoag, the Aztecs, and the Incas and various tribes join together in the Great Alliance. From civil war to touring operas and "The War to End All Wars", histroy is changed forever. A Timeline
- Большое Россия (Greater Russia)
- the assassination attempt on Alexander II fails and creates a stronger Russian empire which lasts to the present day.
- Greater Britain - All territories
- Britain wins every single Independence war and keeps every territory it ever had. How would Britain look today?
- Greater Colombia
- San Martin manages to convince Bolívar he still has a role to perform in South America, giving Bolívar more room to prevent Venezuela seceding from Colombia, and concentrate in freeing the Caribbean.
- God eu Mac̉
- The languages and religions of Earth never split up, leaving a few (slightly) peaceful nations, such as Usic̉uw.
- A Good Heart - Lighter Than Air
- David Schwarz, a pioneer of airship development, does not suffer a fatal heart attack in 1897.
[edit] H
- Habitable Mars
- As often imagined in science fiction, on July 14, 1965, the "Mariner-IV" Mars probe reveals that the Red Planet is truly habitable with a breathable atmosphere and moderately cool temperatures.
- Hail Mighty Joan
- Joan of Arc escapes from English captivity, returning to her countrymen and leading them to victory. But, even as France celebrates, the Pope declares her a heretic against the Catholic Church...
- Under construction and open.
- Hauteville Empire
- A world where Norman Sicily survives. A reposting of the timeline from the AH.com discussion board.
- Henry II Dies In 1100
- The early demise of Henry II causes a drastic change in succession in the royal houses of Scotland, England, and France, greatly affecting the politics of western Europe.
- Hephaestion The Conqueror
- Alexander The Great's lover, Hephaestion does not die of a fever and is named by Alexander as his successor, keeping the Macedon Empire together and drastically altering the course of history. Vinnland is established and grows into a large empire in America. The Mongol Empire does not collapse.
- Here we go again
- The acception of the Albany Congress, and a renaissance in China leads to a world somewhat different to our own.
- History of Rome-After Ætas ab Brian
- Taking the hi/story of Ætas ab Brian way to far. Starting in 803AUC(50) and continuing on so far up to 2192(1439).
- Hitan Republic (New Asia)
- Hitan Republic, also Khitan Republic in English (Mongolian: Hitan Uls), is a country in Manchuria. Originally a nation-state designated for/by the Manchu nationality, it is also home to Mongolic and other Tungusic ethnic groups. It borders the Chinese Union to the south, Heilongjiang of Chinese Union to the north, Southern Mongolia of Mongolian Union to the west, and the Yellow Sea to the east.
- Hitler Holds Back
- After being informed by Britain and France that they would not tolerate an invasion of Poland Hitler decides against the move, keeping content with the occupation of Czechoslovakia and the anschlus of Austria.
- Hitler is an American---Version 1
- Adolf Hitler is born and raised in North America, thus, WWII as we know it does not occur, because Hitler is an American. In this version he is conservative.
- Hitler is an American---Version 2
- Adolf Hitler is born and raised in North America, thus, WWII as we know it does not occur, because Hitler is an American. In this version he is very liberal.
- Hitler Dynasty: U.S Presidents Adolf Hitler and Charles A. Hitler
- Adolf Hitler is born and raised in North America, thus, WWII as we know it does not occur, because Hitler is an American. He has a very large family, and adopts his last son, a young man named Charles Manson. He grows up as Charles A. Hitler, and would continue his father's legacy.
- Hitler's Mediterranean Strategy
- In 1941, Hitler decides to attack the Brits instead of invading the Soviet Union.
- Hitler's Almost Immortal
- Hitler is almost immortal except for one weakness discovered at the end of his reign.
- Hoch Himmel Flotte
- In 1848, a genius is born in Prussia. He is an orphan and starts small, but he has a huge destiny.
- Hunnica: The Barbarian Rome
- The Huns win at the Catalaunian fields and conquer Gaul. Rome is absorbed by Attila's empire. But Hunnica undergoes a "Romanization" and Rome rises anew.
[edit] I
- Invasion of Europe
- The development of various Native American civilizations progresses faster, while Europe remains in the dark ages. American explorers invade Europe.
- The Islamic Union
- A Pan-Arab Islamic Union is created out of the ashes of WWII and becomes a major power in the modern era.
- Italy Victorious
- A Genoese officer transforms a region of divided city-states into a world power during the French revolutionary wars. The Latin Empire eventually rules the Mediterranean and finds its place in the sun. Now an open timeline.
[edit] J
- Japanese Alaska
- William H. Seward does not survive the assassination attempt, April 14, 1865. As a result, the United States does not buy Alaska from the Russians, and it ends up in Japanese hands.
- Jaredia
- What if Earth was tilted in another way? If Africa was icy, but Antarctica was tropic?
- Jazz Greats Who Didn't Die Young
- Five legendary figures in jazz history did not die in their 20s or 30s. Instead, they went on to ever greater achievements, sometimes not in jazz.
- Joan of Arc Beaten
- What if Joan of Arc lost, leading to the rise of Burgundy? Started at This Day in Alternate History, where Tom Veil also maintains the timeline.
- JPK
- In real life, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr, elder brother to JFK and RFK, was expected to fulfill the Kennedy family's political hopes. Unfortunately, he died in 1944, a victim of war. The JPK timeline supposes that he didn't, and did indeed become the American President his father so desperately wanted him to be.
[edit] K
- The Kaiser's New Clothes
- Britain never intervenes against Germany in 1914, leading to a German-dominated Europe, a weakened Russia, a more isolationist United States and a civil war in Ireland.
- The Kazakhstan Meeting
- A disease kills off the Huns during the rule of Diocletian, and the Eastern European tribes never have to move. The Roman Empire expands until they come into contact with China.
- The King and US
- Elvis Aron Presley does not die in 1977, and kicks the drugs, gets in shape and stages another comeback. But this time, the comeback leads him into a political career, winning the White House but finding the business of government harder than he thought...
- Kornilovshina
- General Lavr Kornilov begins his coup earlier, and is successful. Russia fights on to the end of World War One, with various changes major and minor throughout the world.
[edit] L
- La Republique Populaire
- Victor Hugo leads France into Socialism and intensive industrialization in preparation for Revanche against the imperial Germans...
- Long Live Kaiser Friedrich III!
- Friedrich III lives, leading to a very different Great War.
- Long live the Qing!
- Lord Macartney's diplomatic mission was a great success - enamored with Western technology and innovation, Qing China modernises... but not politically. A powerful military could resist the Western powers, yet nonetheless, Great Qing is bound to fall. Various domestic tensions accelerate the process of the Chinese Revolution.
- Long Live the Sultan!
- The Turks win at Vienna, and remain a world power to this day.
- The Louisiana Independence Timeline
- What if Jefferson decided to let Louisiana become independent? How would that affect his career? What will Burr do? The U.S. and Mexico collapse into many countries. France and Prussia form an unbeatable alliance. The world is very different in terms of borders.
- Lucus
- The Arabs fail to conquer Persia, but discover America (or rather Almarevia).
- The Norse colonize Vinland, and things go differently in Ingland after 1066.
[edit] M
- The Many Nations of North America
- After a victorious civil war for the South and a mysterious plague, the United States and CSA crumble during the 30's into a wide array of countries.
- Maple Uprising
- A successful uprising of the Canadas in 1840
- The Maxim
- A shipment of 2 steam boilers gets mixed up, resulting in the death of Hiram Maxim in 1865. He never invents the machine gun. Anthony Duram, a ship wright is not killed by his faulty boiler and advances naval technology greatly.
- Mexican Empire
- Agustin de Iturbide never abdicates and Mexico remains a monarchy that later goes on to become a major world power.
- The Mirror That Never Broke
- Britain taxes the American colonies much more to prepare for an invasion of Spanish colonies in North America. The American Revolution happens earlier and larger, and the Imperial "Mirror" in the Americas never breaks...
- Mission Un-Accomplished
- President Bush dies in a plane crash on his way to the USS "Abraham Lincoln". Dick Cheney becomes President and runs for re-election with Condi Rice as his Vice-President.
- Montezuma's Revenge
- Cortez and Pizarro fail in their conquests of the Americas and to this day the powerful Aztec and Incan empires exist. The Mississippian Mound-Builders remained strong, and with the support of a technologically vitalized Aztec Empire fended off the attacking western cultures. Also, the enigmatic Anasazi exist to this day... somewhere in the Southwest.
- Morgen die ganze Welt
- Otto Ambros dies in an accident. Now there is nobody to stop Hitler from using nerve gas. this leads to a much longer and more bloody world war.
- Mosley's Britain
- Explores the rise and fall of the British Fascists under Sir Oswald Mosley. Examines in detail their rise to power in 1935, the London Pact between Hitler, Mosley and Hideki, the Anglo-German invasion of France and the carving up of Europe between London, Berlin and Tokyo. Describes the disintegration of the Empire, the American invasion of England and the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbour and San Francisco. Witness the downfall of Mosley at the hands of the United States and the crumbling of Europe in the face of a Soviet invasion. Visit England today, defeated but proud, carved up into her component parts and subjected to the whim of the United States.
- Much ado about Nonsuch
- Explores a union of England and the Netherlands in the late sixteenth century, and the repurcussions of this.
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- Nazi Nukes
- In the world of Nazi Nukes Hitler never exiled his Jewish scientists, including Einstein. This led to the Americans not being able to develop the nuclear weapons, but more importantly, the Nazis were able to develop better weaponry, including nuclear weapons during the war. And by 1941 with the help of the Jewish scientists the Nazis had developed their first nuclear bomb.
- Nein
- In 1921 promising German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein dies in his first visit to the USA. He never makes contact with Ernest Rutherford or Leó Szilárd and the Manhattan Project never born. A world without useful atomic energy or nuclear bomb, a world without the Person of the Century.
- New Albion
- The British find San Francisco Bay in the 1590s, and their west coast empire expands. They judge their claim to be very valuable, and take the Mexican cession in 1848.
- New England, Republic of
- Following a loss in the War of 1812, the New England states see their chance to break free come. This is the history of the Republic of New England.
- New Netherland
- On the east coast of North America, around the Hudson River, the Dutch colony of New Netherland resists invasions by the British and is never sold or exchanged for British Guyana. Years later, the colonies become the Republic of New Netherland, and her capital New Amsterdam is one of the largest cities in the world.
- New Wessex 776
- A group of Anglo-Saxons cross the ocean in 776 and settle along the Wiko Miki River, in what would have been southern Maryland.
- Nixon Assassinated
- Arthur Bremer succeeds in his attempt to assassinate Nixon on April 14th, 1972 in Ottawa and therefore doesn't attempt to assassinate George Wallace the following month. This event leads to the rise of a 4-party system in the following years.
- Nixon's Early Resignation
- Nixon's lawyers talk him into resigning before he has chosen a replacement for Spiro Agnew.
- No 9/11
- what if 9/11 failed? this looks at the possibilities, including Putin's assassination, the EU becoming a one party communist state etc.
- No Destiny
- 13 colonies dream independence, fight alone for that, w/o help of France, Spain, Netherland o anyother european, they take Independence in 1786, but war is hard and later independence US citizens and government not agree the idea of Manifest Destiny and don´t run to the west of north america, the original thirteen United States still be just thirteen in the east cost of north america and not (tries or obtains) grow up against the Treaty of Paris in 1783, not conquest Florida, Canada or the west of Missisipe river in her early history. A world with a real peacefull and not militarist USA. An Under Construction and Open for Editing or Adoption Timeline
- No Christianity World
- Jesus of Nazareth is released by the governor of Judea, Christianity dies out by around AD 100.
- North American Union
- The Colony Crisis of 1776 is resolved peacefully. North America Remains a part of The British Empire.
- No Schlieffen Plan
- General Moltke refuses to use the Schlieffen Plan thinking it too risky. Belgium is not invaded by the German Empire and Britain does not enter the war. Europe's other nations are worn down by the war while Britain remains a world power.
- No FDR
- While shaking hands with Miami Mayor Anton Cermak, at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida, on February 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt was shot in the lung and seriously wounded when Giuseppe Zangara, alleged at the time to be attempting to assassinate Cermak, hit Roosevelt instead. He dies on March 2nd from the wounds at Walter Reed General Hospital. John Nance Garner is sworn in as the 32nd President of the United States.
- No Gettysburg
- The Confederacy successfully sues for peace after Gen. Lee remains on the defensive, rather than invading the North and meeting the Union Armies at Gettysburg. It survives into the present day.
- No Gold Rush
- James Marshall dies of malaria in the early 1840s, and there is no one to discover gold in California.
- No Shay's Rebellion
- John Hancock never gets struck by gout, so he runs for re-election as governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1785. As a result, Shay's Rebellion never takes place and the 13 states remain independent.
- Norse America
- The Norse do not convert to Christianity, remain a powerful force in Europe, and keep their colony in America.
- Nothing Changes
- The Greeks adapt positional math notation and the number zero from the Babylonians.
- November Tragedy
- A 1963 plane crash changes the course of American history.
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- One Small Step for a Socialist...
- Wernherr von Braun is executed by the Gestapo in 1944; while Sergei Korolyov survives his hemorrhoid operation and leads the Soviets to a lunar landing in July 1969.
- One World
- A successful League of Nations manages to unite the world.
- Operation Midnight Cricket
- Hitler does not commit suicide before the end of World War II in the European theater. He is found alive by the Soviets and is captured and imprisoned in Russia.
- Operation Herkules
- After the success of the Battle of Gazala, the go ahead is given for Operation Herkules, the invasion of Malta.
- Orbis Romanum
- Antonius arrives just in time to stop the assassination of Julius Caesar. Rome is spared the civil wars that would have resulted.
- Oswaldia
- John F. Kennedy wasn't assassinated, the shot missed and killed Governor Connally instead. Because JFK was around to see the Space Race to completion, and it took a very different route...
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- Pac Never Got Shot
- Tupac Shakur wasn't shot five times on the night of November 30, 1994. So there never was a feud between him and Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace.
- Papatlaca
- A major fatal disease develops in precolumbian Mesoamerica. As the New World is ravaged by smallpox, the Old World suffers from papatlaca.
- Parthian Europe
- Paul never lives to spread Christianity, and after Rome's fall most of Europe becomes dominated by the Parthians.
- Peak Oil 1996
- In 1956, Marion King Hubbert predicted that the peak of global oil production would occur shortly after the start of the 21st century. Unforeseen at that time was the tremendous economic growth in Asia. Thus, the Oil Peak occurred in 1996. More than 10 years later, civilization is in danger of becoming but a memory, as people now agree that Peak Oil was more momentous than the Black Death, Black Thursday, or the World Wars in human history, and much more devastating.
- Penda Dies
- In 642, Oswald of Northumbria kills Penda of Mercia at the Battle of Maserfield. Northumbria remains under one king, Oswald does not become a martyr.
- Permian Extinction: Civilization
- Sapient, or intelligent, life evolves shortly (some 90,000 years) before the Permian Extinction, which wipes out 95% of all life on Earth, like that extinction does in OTL (it is the biggest extinction ever to strike Earth). Civilization arises 11,000 years before the extinction, starting near the mountains in the middle of the Pangaean supercontinent. By the time of the extinction, airplanes ply the Tethys Ocean from and to the lands surrounding it and the larger Panthalassic Ocean is being explored, and there is a high level of technology. Then the Siberian Traps eruptions begin anew, releasing great clouds of methane (thus triggering the extinction)... how will the people react?
- Planet of the Lemmings
- Lemmings take over the planet led by Mr. I.M.A. Lemming
- President Dole
- In 1996 Bob Dole is elected president of the United States.
- President Gaitan
- In 1950, Gaitán is elected president of Colombia. A populist leftish government, but supported by the CIA as a way to prevent true communism to become a major power in Latin America, Gaitan is neither one of the best or worst presidents. But butterflies from him surviving 1948, also prevented Castro to become leader in Cuba.
- President Elway
- After winning the Super Bowl over the Atlanta Falcons in 1999, John Elway retires and considers running for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado as a Democrat.
- President Elbridge Gerry
- After the shocking decision of James Madison not to run in 1812, Elbridge Gerry is elected president over DeWitt Clinton in 1812.
- President Gary
- After the tragic death of Vice President Al Gore when Air Force Two crashes in 1997, President Clinton appoints a new VP. When Clinton resigns in 1999, that man is elevated to the presidency.
- President Kerry
- In the wake of a pointless, illegal war, George W. Bush is defeated for re-election in November 2004. Explores the American political climate six months into the Kerry Presidency.
- President Mao
- Mao's parents move to California and Mao is born and raised in the United States. The Communist movement in China falls apart without Mao to lead it and a different WW2 occurs.
After President Bush and Vice President Cheney both resign over the Valerie Plame scandal, Nancy Pelosi is elevated to the oval office. Explores how effective (or ineffective) her administration would be.
- President Quayle
- The press expects that it won't have Dan Quayle to kick around anymore after he is dumped from George Bush's re-election ticket in 1992, but it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to him.
- President Russert
- This timeline is a tribute to the now-deceased Tim Russert, who truly was a prince among men and a fine journalist in OTL. In the timeline, the POD occurrs when he decides to stay in politics in 1984, instead of going into journalism.
- President McCormack
- Oswald scores a triple in Dallas and assassinates President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, and Senator Yarborough. With the president and vice president both dead, Speaker of the House John McCormack is sworn in as president.
- President Manson
- Charles Manson is more successful in his music career and eventually turns to politics.
- President Welles
- After the failure of Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and The Lady from Shanghai Orson Welles turned to politics instead of filmmaking. He won over Eisenhower and was elected President of the United States in 1955.
- Princip Arrest
- Serbian terrorist Gavrilo Princip is arrested before his assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. WWI is delayed and results in a rich Africa; a democratic Socialist government in Russia; and an isolationist, agrarian USA.
- Proud East Roman Empire
- The Byzantine army won the battle of Manzikert.
- Psychic America
- In 1865, a psychic predicted and prevented President Lincoln's assassination. As a result, Lincoln created a Cabinet post called Harbinger-General. This Harbinger-General's job was to predict natural and man made disasters and he ended up being so successful that Americans came to believe in psychic abilities. Thus, the US of this world has averted the disasters that befell alternate Americas and the so-called "harbingers" are highly regarded.
- Pure Arabica
- The Bubonic Plague decimates Europe, killing nearly 2/3 of the population and reducing the Renaissance to ashes. The world was ill prepared for the Arab aggression and resurgence.
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- Republic of Quebec
- October 30, 1995, Quebec. The yes vote is declared the winner with 50.80%. What happens to the newly-independent Republic of Quebec?
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- The real Invincible Armada
- The Invincible Armada left Spain but it was the English fleet which was destroyed by cannons and storms. The Spanish army managed the conquest of England. English people had to find another land to live.
- Rebellion of 61
- This althist has two primary PODs. In the first, the nascent Confederate States of America is defeated at the (First) Battle of Bull Run, ending the brief Rebellion of '61. In the second, the Komei Emperor of Japan lives several decades longer than in our time line.
- Red Alert
- Hitler dies in his attempted coup, altering the course of history.
- Red Germany
- Hitler dies in World War I and Germany becomes the Communist Republic of Germany, allies with the Soviet Union, and is much more successful at fighting World War II. They establish a large communist empire which lasts until the present day.
- Red Guardian
- A new leader brings an early end to the Cultural Revolution causing an early start to Chinese economic reform meanwhile China faces off a massive Soviet invasion
- Reoccupied France
- France is occupied by the Allied following the Second World War
- Revolution '68
- The general strike and protests in May 1968 in France leads to the toppling of the French government, the first anarcho-syndicalist country, and a third front in the Cold War.
- Rising Sun
- The Japanese manage to secure a victory over the Americans at the Battle of Midway in 1942, thereby crushing the American Pacific Fleet.
- Roaring 'Thirties
- The Wall Street Crash is prevented and the world enters a new age of prosperity. Without economic depression to propel him into power, Hitler remains on the fringe on Weimar democracy, and World War II is avoided, with serious repercussions.
- Robert Kennedy Survives
- Robert Kennedy is not assassinated in 1968 and goes on to be elected the 37th President of the United States.
- Roma Invicta
- Augustus conquers Germany, causing drastic changes.
- Roman Printing
- A lead pipe manufacturer invents single letter printing. This practice is taken up by Augustus and printing acquires an association with the Roman Imperium.
- Ronald Reagan stays an actor
- The Gipper decides to stay in his career as an actor, and there are far-reaching political consequences.
- Royal Christian Empire vs. Islamic Republic
- Instead of accepting their home country, Christians and Muslims begin to unite the world under their respective religions. The two great alliances cannot co-exist, leading to the Great War of Religion, the last war on Earth.
- Royal Prerogative
- A timeline with many points of difference, beginning with James VI of Scotland being raised Catholic, continuing through Frederick the Great's unification of Germany, Alexander II surviving the attempt on his life and the Dutch failure to give independence to its Far East possessions. The world becomes a very different place, with different wars and the forging of new nations.
- Rule Britannia
- A timeline in which Great Britain never lost its power in the middle of the 20th century and in which the United States never declared independence.
- Russian Commonwealth
- An althist in which the Russian Empire survives World War One, a Commonwealth like organisation emerges as Russia relinquishes its territories, it competes with the other world superpower; the USSSWE, United Soviet Socialist States of Western Europe.
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- Sacrifice of Angel's
- A time rift opens up shortly before WWII, and bombs from a nuclear war fall through. Later, a deadly disease ravages the globe, and is only stopped by a winter that kills many more. As a result, Hitler is killed, the US collapses into civil war, and Russia is totally depopulated.
- See Paris and Die
- Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben successfully assassinates Hitler in May 1941 during a military parade in Paris.
- Seeing Red (Army, that is)
- The Soviets go pre-emptive and attack Germany in late April of 1941.
- Shock and Awe: The Second Korean War
- Clinton makes up his mind to teach Kim Jong Il the hard way that developing a nuclear weapons program isn't as easy as it looks.
- Sino-Roman
- China and Rome meet during the year 97 CE, and continue contact.
- Socialist America
- Marx moves to America instead of France, and authors his Manifesto with Charles Dickens. The rise of the communist movement in the New World.
- South American World
- A viral infection takes out the rest of the world and leaves only South America to carry the human legacy with the rest of the world out of reach for 200 years.
- Soviet Invasion
- Communism sees a significant rise during the 1980s, which enables the Soviet Union to increase its military power. In 1988 Ted Kennedy is elected president and then eventually surrenders the United States to a Soviet invasion, which allows the Soviets to dominate most of the world.
- Stalinless
- Stalin dies many years before the October Revolution leading to a different state apparatus and international relations.
- Stephen King of England
- King Stephen's descendants maintain a grasp on the throne of England, while Matilda and the Angevins rule over Normandy, and later Aquitaine.
- Successful German Socialist Revolution
- Friedrich Ebert, the head of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), dies in an automobile accident. Germany ultimately becomes socialist and the USA (an Axis power) decides to nuke Berlin.
- Sultan Stalin
- As Lenin leads Russia, Stalin separates the Muslim regions from the Soviet Union and creates an Islamic Empire.
- Sunken Pearl
- Japan withdraws its troops from China, and succeeds in destroying the American fleet in Pearl Harbour, leading to a different World War II.
- Survival of the Roman Empire
- Emperor Julius Nepos is successful in retaking the Western empire and reestablishing Rome as the capital. The barbarian tribes are tamed and the empire survives into the modern times.
- Swede Victorious
- In 1708, the rising Swedish Empire led by Charles XII destroys Moscow and Russia falls into decline. Sweden soon becomes a rival to Britain to rule the OTL Victorian Era.
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- Taiping China
- The Puritan Revolution is successful in China, in 1850 leading to a resurgence of Chinese power.
- The American Empire
- Franklin Roosevelt is killed by a bomb planted by an anarchist in 1919. A new man, William Ritterman, arises during the thirties and spells the end of American democracy. Allied with the Third Reich and the Japanese and Italian Empires, Ritterman creats an empire stretching from Tasmania to Tierra del Fuego, from Manila to Montreal, stopping on the way to implement a ethnic cleansing and a new Imperial dynasty. Now an open timeline.
- The Eagle Lives
- The Byzantines defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Myriokephalon and survive to the present day.
- The Empire
- The British Empire reaches a compromise with its surly North American colonies and together they go on to change the world.
- The First Stone
- Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee decisively defeats William Rosecrans' Army of the Ohio at the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) and pursues them to Nashville, which he then besieges.
- The Great Global War
- The Central Powers win World War I, they ally with the new French Empire and the UK against the new USSR led by Trotsky, who becomes a close ally of the Japanese and Mao's Chinese Marxists. The USSR invades many countries, leading to a Great Global War. Resume of the events leading up to the war, and about the fronts of the war.
- The Haudenosaunee
- In 1311 the New World was given a chance to survive.
- The Old Right Victorious
- Senator Robert Taft is nominated by the Republicans for president in 1948 instead of Dewey and wins in a landslide.
- The Outbreak
- The year is 1957 and United States scientists have developed something even deadlier than atomic weapons to use against the Soviets: an air-borne virus that causes horrible blistering, gangrene and insanity in its victims. The Russians get wind of this and attempt to steal the virus in order to create their own batch, but a botched theft causes the virus to spread over the entire Earth! Now the horrors of pulp fiction become reality as four-fifths of the population turn into terrifying zombies out to eat the flesh of the uninfected in what is now known as The Outbreak
- The Sicans
- The Sican tribes of Sicily disperse after their empire's collapse in 95 BCE...but that's just where it starts.
- The Third Rome
- Ivan the Terrible controls his temper, resulting in the birth of a grandchild, and the life and rule of his heir, Ivan V. Russian history is forever re-directed and The Third Rome rises in the East.
- The Victory
- France wins the Franco-Prussian war, thus stopping the rise of Prussia, therefore delayed German unity, no World War I, a stronger France, and a much different world! For the better?
- The World without Alexander
- Alexander is killed at the battle at the Granicus river, causing drastic changes in the course of history of all corners of the world over time.
- Timur the Zoroastrian
- When Timur the Lame converts to Zoroastrianism (for political reasons), the political and ideological make-up of the world is drastically changed.
- To Comrade Trotsky, The World
- Stalin dies of TB in 1919. Lenin is assassinated in 1921. Trotsky comes to power and sets about making a democratic/meritocratic socialist state, and exporting socialism to the rest of the world.
- Tooth and Claw
- This timeline speculates what might happen if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs c. 65,000,000 years ago failed to hit the Earth.
- Toyotomi Japan
- Japan did not become isolationist as it did here, and expanded to fill the Pacific Ocean, colonizing California.
- Transbellum
- 8 uchronies (alternate earths) learn of the existence of one another after the event known as the Grand Unveiling. They discover that the central empire of one timeline is little more then a backwater in another. Wanting to restore what they perceive as the natural place of their religious, ethnic or political groups but unable to have more then a limited presence elsewhere, they wage a transdimensional cold war.
- Transmundi
- A group of my Alternate Histories, similar to Transbellum and For I have seen many worlds
- Triple Alliance is Honoured
- Italy honours the terms of Triple Alliance and join World War I on Central Powers'side.
- Trotsky Succeeds Lenin
- Lenin's testament is published while he is still alive and Stalin is discredited. Trotsky leads the Soviet Union into the post-war era.
- Texas World
- When Texas secedes from Mexico, instead of joining the U.S. they manage to build a good form of government and get out of debt. Texas eventually becomes a superpower.
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- UBR and USSR
- The USA falls and Britain and the Soviet Union rules dominant.
- UKend
- Monday June 23 of 2008, 7 nuclear explosion blow up in the United Kingdom, only in the biggest cities of England. An empire without king whose brothers nation present herself to protected, the fall of the 5th economy and second military spender of the world. Suspicions of betrayal, suspicion of success and just facts of world reorganization.
- União de Sul África
- A Portuguese South Africa rebels against England and the US buys Canada and Cuba. Hilarity ensues. Now an open timeline.
- United Commonwealth
- Australia, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Tuvalu unite.
- United States of Australia
- The Eureka Stockade incident in 1854 becomes a full-scale anti-British rebellion, tearing the colony of Victoria and soon afterwards all of Australia away from the British imperialist yoke. Australia becomes a republic modelled on the United States - the United States of Australia...
- United States of New England
- The War of 1812 goes from being a war against Britain to a full-flung civil war.
- United Socialist States of America
- FDR dies of scarlet fever as a child. No one from the DFL party is able to step up and soon Revolution is in place...
- Unternehmen Seelöwe, 1941
- The annihilation of the BEF at Dunkirk, followed by a successful Battle of Britain enables Nazi Germany to invade the British Islands, just before the attack on the Soviet Union. This is an open timeline. There are several possible scenarios after the German conquest of Britain. You may contribute to the existing scenarios or add new ones.
- USA Kingdom
- In order to replace the faulty Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention chooses a king to head the government.
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- Valkyrie Rides
- The July 20 Plot against Adolf Hitler succeeds, and after a brief and bloody civil war, the Nazi regime falls in 1944. A peace is negotiated, but the shadow of the Nazis continues to plague Germany and hinder its post-war recovery.
- Vegetarian World
- India becomes a major world power. The Cathars survive the crusades against them and vegetarian Catharism becomes a major religion in Europe and later elsewhere. Many other non-vegetarian related events occur, and this leads to a world not completely unlike our own, but quite different in many ways, too. The Vegetarian World has over 90 pages (and counting, as of April 2007) and is fully fleshed out (or "veggied out", as the case may be) with demographics info, maps, flags, and even some photos!
- Vereenigde West-Indische Provinciën
- The Dutch win the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652) and keep their colony of New Netherlands (VWIP) and expand it by capturing New England. In 1772 the 9 Colonies of New Netherland declare indepencence and that is the start of the war of independence. New Netherlands succeeds, renaming itself to 'de Vereenigde West-Indische Provinciën' (United West-Indian Provinces).
- Via Latina
- Various points of divergence in OTL lead to a world of airship-utilizing Latin-named countries.
- Vietnam Victory
- What the world would be like if the United States had won the Vietnam War.
- Vinland
- Erik the Red refuses to adopt Christianity in 1000ce. Cut off from Europe, the Greenland colony relocates to Markland (Labrador) where they wipe out the Dorset peoples and befriend the Inuit. By 1450, the pagan colonies of Markland and Vinland are strong enough to send ships back to Iceland and re-open trade relations.
- Viva California
- The Mexican-American War was a bust. The California Gold Rush causes a rush of American population to the valleys of California. The Mormons are all Spanish speaking and the US's sentiment of Manifest Destiny is turned northward, at least at first.
- Vow Of Revolution
- A world where Korea threw off its monarchy and created a republic, The German Revolution of 1848 united Germany, America united North America and how these changes shook the world.
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- Washington Dynasty
- George Washington accepts the offer to become the first King of America. Unlike in Kingdom of America the throne passes to his stepgrandson, George Washington Custis.
- Washington Shot at Murdering Town!
- George Washington killed in his very first military mission. (An Open Time Line)
- Watergate? The hotel?!?
- Bernard Barker, Vergilio Gonzales, Eugenio Martínez, Frank Sturgis, and James McCord succeed in their third break-in attempt of the DNC Headquarters, and leave without being caught by security guard Frank Willis.
- The Western Empire
- Geoffrey, Count of Brittany was the younger brother of Richard the Lionhearted. In Our Time Line (OTL), he pre-deceased Richard by dying in 1186 from a fall from a horse. This left his young son, Arthur of Brittany, as Richard's legitimate successor, but Richard and Geoffrey's youngest brother, John Lackland, forced Arthur aside and eventually had him killed. In this timeline, Geoffrey survives, and he is succeeded by Arthur.
- What Might Have Been
- An "althist within an althist" at which Kennedy lost the 1960 U.S. Presidential election to Richard Nixon who subsequently drew the U.S. into a limited nuclear exchange with the Soviets over Cuba. The difference between this althist and others is that it is written from the perspective of someone in that timeline, in which our timeline is the real althist.
- Whims of Fortune
- Fates of nations, empires, religions and cultures are mere playthings to Fortune; some rise to greatness only to be brought low, and some fall, only to rise to breathtaking heights again. In this ATL, follow the successes of the Kushans, the Vandals, the Rus and the Turks, contemplate the lost glories of Carthage, Babylon and Khazar, and weep for Rome and Mecca, whose greatness was denied by Fortune's fickle hand.
- With All My Heart
- Hannibal succeeds in defeating the nascent republic. Thus ended the dream of Rome.
- World War I: Split Decision
- By 1918 the results of the war are split. Austria-Hungary and Germany have beaten the Russians on the Eastern Front and Austria has defeated the Italians and Serbians; the Germans, however, have been defeated by the French, British and Americans. What will happen?
- World War II: Reversed
- What if the Axis had been the good guys in World War II and the Allies had been the bad guys.
- World War III-1956
- Lester Pearson's UN solution fails and the Soviets aid Nasser repel the British, French, and Israeli forces. Escalation leads to World War-III.
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- Zera
- Some hominids reached the Americas before the modern Homo sapiens. This lead to a different fauna evolution in the Americas allowing later come Homo sapiens to domesticate suitable burden animals.
[edit] Alternate Histories hosted elsewhere
- Ill Bethisad
- The Tony Jones Alternate History Page Timelines include Clive-Less World, Gurkani Alam, Monarchy World and Puritan World
- Today in Alternate History, a daily-updated blog, featuring "Important Events In History That Never Occurred Today" in several recurring timelines. Imagine what would be, if history had occurred a bit differently. Who says it didn't, somewhere? These items explore that possibility.
- Changing The Times - The Alternate History eZine
- So Soon No More An alternate history/politics blog that does a lot of long-range historical outcomes