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  1. American Revolution without one or more leaders

    History can often turn on single events. - A young Lieutenant George Washington almost got himself killed during the French and Indian War. - Benjamin Franklin sailed many times to Paris to gain and maintain royal French support. The British were looking for him at sea. What if he were killed...

  2. Lenin assassinated in Switzerland

    What would be the effects if a Russian Socialist Revolutionary made it into Switzerland and assassinated Lenin before the Germans allowed him to return to Russia? Would the Bolsheviks be as successful in disrupting the Empire under Trotsky as they were under Lenin? Would Trotsky strike a deal...

  3. 1812 La Palma Event

    The volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canaries erupts causing a massive landslide into the ocean as almost all of the island collapses. A megatsunami is created that races primarily north, east and south with a wall of water several hundred feet high and several miles wide. It reaches...

  4. Minimax methods for creating ATLs

    In Asimov's End of Eternity time technicians use methods to create alternate time lines to fit the grand plan of Eternity. They are trained to create the most minimal change to cause the greatest possible effect in creating an ATL. In the ATLs on this site which would be some of the most...

  5. Queen Victoria assassinated

    I was reading through the Wikipedia entry on Queen Victoria and found this: The Queen married Prince Albert on 10 February 1840 at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace; four days before, Victoria granted her husband the style His Royal Highness. Prince Albert was commonly known as the...

  6. Turks convert to Greek Orthodoxy before entering Asia Minor

    What would be some of the consequences if Greek Orthodox missionaries had reached the Turkic groups before they made contact with Islam? Would the newly Christianized Turks eventually amalgamate with the Greeks, infusing Rome in the East with new vigor and go on a crusade into the Holy Land and...

  7. Native American AH source

    Hello, I was browsing in Borders and came upon a book that would be useful for those researching AH Native American timelines. It is titled "The Americas That Might Have Been" by Julian Granberry, published in 2005 by the University of Alabama Press for $29.95. The author discusses aspects...

  8. Great personages versus great events

    Which version of historical reality do you believe holds sway? Either a great person will arise to be at the right time and place to do great deeds, for good or ill; or, if one particular person had not been at that time and place, another person would have taken his/her place as dictated by the...

  9. Thera explodes later in history

    In 1650 BC the island of Thera exploded, devastating the eastern Mediterranean and changing the course of history. Considering that a period of thousands of years is but an eyeblink in geologic time, what would be the consequences of an explosion at a much later date? I would like to find out...

  10. Alternate history sub genre

    In my reading of alternate histories, I don't think I have seen any based on minor or major differences in geography. One example of a major difference would be the British Isles remaining a penninsula of Europe with the Rhein and Thames flowing together before flowing into the North Sea, as...

  11. Britain returns Canada to France 1760

    I believe in 1769 Britain defeated the French in Quebec, thereby acquiring Lower Canada (Quebec province and the Maritimes). In the following negotiations with France, Lord Bedford in our timeline and his French counterpart were advocating the return of Canada to France in the hopes of holding...

  12. Tunguska Comet strikes near Saint Petersburg in 1908

    Hello, this is my first post. I have always been facinated by alternate histories and have created several basic timelines. In 1908 eastern Siberia was blasted by a multimegaton explosion caused by a comet, according to later research. What course would history have taken if the comet...
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