There needs to be enough available airwave space to accommodate the TV stations*, plus radio stations, plus everything else that needs to use radio bands (e.g. radar, military etc.)
There also needs to be enough space between the radio channels to avoid interference
It's why TV eventually...
I mean, he can't be a Charlemagne figure if he doesn't conquer eastwards as well
Though...IDK what the Pope is going to think of all this when the Plantagenet empire surrounds the Papal States on both sides. :p
Maybe Malaysia as an extension of the wars in Indochina, if it goes Communist?
Would Finland count for the Crimean War? It was in personal union with Russia at the time
IMO, probably not
Canada was unified partially as a reaction to the United States. Maybe if there's some kind of superpower Mexico that poses a significant threat, but otherwise, I doubt they'd have more than an economic union
He, unlike his father, spent a boatload of money on wars, and needed more cash. The dissolution of the monasteries benefited his purse (and also helped his control over the Church of England)
The POD might be either (A) Jehoiakim [18th king of Judeah and second son of Josiah] continuing to pay tribute to Nebuchadnezar II, (B) Pharaoh Necho II's army defeating the Babylonians at Carchemish, leading to prolonged Egyptian hegemony over the region, or (C) preventing the rise of the...