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What if there was no Kamikaze that saved Japan from Mongol invasion in 1281?

What if one of the sons or greatsons of Queen Elizabeth II had met one one the unmarried female members of the Imperial House of Japan and fallen in love with her? And what if this happened to Prince Charles or Prince William? Will a union between them be allowed?

Imagine the Roman Empire conquering most of the Eurasian continent. What if the Romans did conquer all of the realms that once were part of the Empire of Alexander the Great? What if Indus and Khyber Pass were no problem for them and the Indian realms did also become part of the Roman Empire...

What if the coalition of Germanic tribes that destroyed the 17th, 18th and 19th legion in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD became the foundation of a Germanic Empire from the Rhine to the Ural and from the Danube to Scandinavia? And what if Arminius (who's Germanic name was perhaps...

What if Hawai'i stayed independent and a monarchy? How will that affect our history?

What if Philippe V did not become King of France after his nephew Jean Ier le Posthume died four days after his birth and Jean's four year old sister Jeanne was made ruling queen of both Navarra and France? Thus Phillippe is not able to introduce Salic Law in France (which he did in OTL to...

What if the Zhengtong Emperor did not end the Chinese age of naval exploration and kept the treasure ships sailing? And what if the chinese explorers met portugese explorers at the coast of southern Africa? Will that change history?

What if either Muhammad was killed before the Hijra or the forces of the Jihad were completely defeated before the Caliphate controls all of the Arabian peninsula? How will this change history?

Here are some PoD of mine. Some may be very implausible or impossible. Others are too common. Feel free to use them to start your own TL. The Ottoman Empire conqueres Vienna. Muhammad was a Christian missionary -> Arab Church Fatima, Muhammad's favoured daughter, is the founder of the Islam ->...

Create a timeline in which a political/social movement which does not exist in OTL plays a major role. It would be great if you manage to include one of these: - Neo-Naturism: a new naturist movement with its roots in the christian conservatives of the USA - Islamic Naturism: Naturism in the...

Let's assume that Lenin's train never arrived in Petrograd. What will change? One thing is sure: No October Revolution and no Civil War. And there will be no revolution in Germany, because there are no Soviets who send German soldiers home in order to spread communist propaganda.

Create a timeline in which only women were allowed to become christian priests (and bishops and even patriarchs). When and why did it happen? What is the theologocal explanation? And who is responsible?

Find a way that turns Indonesia into a christian country. How would that change history?

What if Japan had been christianized?

I know that this is a really weird idea (and perhaps some of you see this a ASB), but what if both George W. Bush and his wife are gay and had a forced coming out either during his election campaign or shortly after his election?

What if after the death of Pope Leo X the Papal conclave elected Martin Luther as his successor?

What if World War I was the first and last (real) World War? What had to happen that World War II will never happen? To make it real hard, some developments of OTL have to happen. The western society (North America and Europe including Germany!) in TTL should be similiar to its counterpart in...

What if the Reformation was much more successfull than in OTL? How far could it spread? And what would be the fate of the Roman-Catholic Church and the Pope?

After reading "Now Blooms the Tudor Rose." and old idea of mine resurfaced. What if Queen Elisabeth did meet Mary Stuart in 1568 (or earlier) and they fall in love with each other? Will that change history?

This is just a short idea. What if TSR, the creator of D&D, never went bankrupt and was never purchased by Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro in 1997? 1999 Dungeons & Dragons 6th Edition is published; this edition is some sort of test-bed for the next edition of AD&D 2000 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons...