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  1. Queen Margaret I?

    If for some reason Henry VIII dies before his daughter Mary is born (lets say a jousting accident or something), his sister Margaret, who was heir presumptive to the throne until 1516, will become Queen. How would that work given that she is married to the King of Scotland?

  2. The Withering Rose

    I've decided to write a TL based on the premise I set out in this thread - a French-backed Yorkist invasion of England in 1513! Comments, questions etc very welcome! The Withering Rose PART ONE The ascension of Henry VIII to the English throne after the death of his father Henry...

  3. The Yorkist Restoration

    This is an idea for a new TL. It may or may be viable so I'm looking for a bit of feedback/advice. I recently read that, in 1514, an invasion force of 12,000 German mercenaries was gathered in Brittany under Richard de la Pole for an invasion of England. De la Pole was at this point the Yorkist...

  4. Disraeli disgraced

    In The Lion and the Unicorn, Richard Aldous states that Benjamin Disraeli's political career almost came to an end in 1846. After a heated debate on the Corn Laws where Dizzy basically spent three hours telling the house what a disgrace his own party leader (Robert Peel) was, Peel responded by...

  5. Problems of the Peace

    My new TL examining the consequences of an Entente victory in 1916, brought about predominantly by a slightly altered Brusilov Offensive, an earlier entry of Romania into the war, and simultaneous attacks by the British on the Somme and Italians on the Isonzo. Not sure how viable the POD itself...

  6. The Panther and the Lion

    I decided to start this TL after being intrigued by some articles on the Time Magazine online archive (which I recommend as interesting historical reading on some often quite obscure topics :D). Here are the three quotes which basically sum up the premise, with the first providing the POD and...

  7. The Locomotive of History

    I've wanted to write a TL featuring an alternate Russian Civil War for a while now and, with my uni work for this term finishing, I've finally been able to start. All quotes are OTL. Comments very welcome! The Locomotive of History Section 1: From Tsaritsyn to the fall of Petrograd...

  8. Reichstag Fire

    What happens if, a couple of days after the arson attack on the Reichstag building, the German Socialist Party in exile publishes irrefutable evidence that the Nazi party was behind it?

  9. England in the 30 Years War

    What impact would active English involvement in the Thirty Years war have in the event of a Royalist victory in the English Civil War? Let's say that an Anglo-Scottish army of roughly 20,000 is raised in 1644 and sent to fight on the continent, does it have much of a long-term impact? The...

  10. ECW

    Are there any well-known alternate English Civil War timelines? I've had a search but can't seem to find any.

  11. Aftermath of a different Edgehill

    Prince Rupert and the Earl of Rochester manage to restrain the Royalist Horse and hit Essex in the rear, so to speak, utterly defeating the main Parliamentarian field army. Nightfall brings a close to the battle by which time Essex's force has lost upwards of seven thousand dead and wounded and...

  12. That Fair Dynasty

    A TL charting the fortunes of an extended Tudor dynasty, with a lot more motivation and effort than some of my other ones. I have a plan for at least the first hundred years with this, so hopefully it has some mileage. __________________________________ PART ONE: “My kingdom for a son” On...

  13. No smallpox

    What would European interaction with the new world have been like without smallpox? In OTL the disease killed the Inca leader on the eve of the Spanish invasion (and led to civil war) and generally decimated native opposition all over the continent (North, South, Central America.)

  14. Safavids

    What would have happened if the Safavids had defeated the Ottomans in 1514 (perhaps the Safavids somehow ge hold of some artillery or the Ottoman cannon aren't as effective)? Could they have eventually taken Constantinople and established themselves as the pre-eminent Muslim power? Presumably...

  15. El Fenix Español

    El Fenix Español Wikipedia: The Napoleonic invasion of Spain, and the Peninsular war that followed (1808-1814) completely destroyed the economic, social, and political texture of Spain. The war against the French invaders and the intensity of subsequent political strife bred an unusual violence...

  16. la Phoenix Española

    la Fenix Española El Fenix Español Wikipedia: The Napoleonic invasion of Spain, and the Peninsular war that followed (1808-1814) completely destroyed the economic, social, and political texture of Spain. The war against the French invaders and the intensity of subsequent political strife bred...

  17. Non-expansionist US

    Was continental expansion and the ideal of manifest destiny (if not the actual term itself) inherent to the US by 1783? I'm looking for circumstances after the revolution whereby the US would not seek to expand accross the continent. I'm thinking this will have to include no Louisiana...

  18. The Lettow-Vorbeck Conspiracy

    Here's my new timeline, charting the political career of everyone's favourite German general of the First World War - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck. Chapter One: Rise and Fall “The disastrous 1928 Reichstag election saw the DNVP lose 30 seats, with their share of the vote falling to...

  19. Spanish-American War 25 years earlier

    What would have happened if the Virginius Incident hadn't been resolved diplomatically and the USA had declared war on Spain in 1873? I can see this being a close run thing, indeed many American naval commanders seemed to have thought they would lose. In comparison to Spanish vessals like the...

  20. Span-Am

    Is there any chance of the Spanish forcing the US to a draw (outright Spanish victory appears a complete impossibility)? Perhaps this could happen through an action that turns the US population against the war, or were they too jingoistic for this to occur?
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