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  1. Alternate Ancient Toponyms brought back in the 19th/20th centuries?

    In the 19th/20th centuries some very old toponyms which where used only in a historical sense where brought into common use. The best example would be Belgium, which was a historical and scholarly term, and was used in Latin language texts for the whole of the current day BeNeLux countries, but...
  2. Napoleonic model state in Silesia. Who would run it?

    POD: Prussia is treated more harshly at Tilsit from a territorial POV Silesia is taken away from Prussia and constituted as model state like Berg or Westfalia "The Grand Dutchy of Silesia". French administration, laws, uniforms etc. would be directly copied. Silesia would be another member of...
  3. More foreign US First Ladies

    In real history only two first ladies where not from the US, Louisa Adams (born in London) and Melania Trump (born in Novo Mesto). Are there any other possible foreign First Ladies?
  4. WI: Napoleon picks the elephant as the Imperial Symbol

    Proclaimed Emperor of the French on 28 Floréal, An XII (18 May, 1804), Napoleon approached the problem of the emblems of sovereignty on 23 Prairial (12 juin) during a session of the Conseil d’Etat. The choice of the new symbols so as to make a clean break with the monarchy of the Ancien Régime...
  5. Italy with an imperial title?

    Is it even possible to have Italy "upgraded" from a kingdom to an empire. The only long shot possibilty I can think of is in the late 19th early 20th century, if BOTH the French and German Empires exist, and Italy wins big against Austria and Turkey in a war, taking ALL of Dalmatia and...
  6. Ribbentrop shot down by Soviet AA fire

    According Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin uniformed Soviet AA gunners near the German-Soviet border fired after the plane carrying Ribbentrop near. What if it was shot down and everyone in it was killed?
  7. Charles, Count of Artois dies in 1823 before Louis XVIII

    What happens next when the Duke of Angouleme comes to power
  8. List of alternate world cup winners

    List of alternate world cup winners Just for fun 1930 Argentina (Uruguay 2-4 Argentina) Continue from here
  9. List of alternate world cup winners

    Just for fun 1930 Argentina (Uruguay 2-4 Argentina) Continue from here SORRY should have been posted in after 1900 DELETE THIS THREAD
  10. Landlocked vs Coastal Electoral Map

    Have the electoral map look like this? Ignore the colours.
  11. Good Gore wins TL?

    I've been searching for good Gore wins timelines and haven't really found one, its either just discussion or the TL is very short. Does anyone know of a Gore TL of decent lenght and quality
  12. AH Challange: Three german states based on dialectal boundaries

    Have 3 states with approximately the borders shown in the map.
  13. Did Britain unify Germany?

    http://economics.ucdavis.edu/events/papers/1020Huning.pdf This research paper proposes that without Britains opposition to the annexation of Saxony, Prussia would not have succeded due to unfavorable geography, its trade network being confined to the east. As seen in counter-factual section the...
  14. AHC: Destroy the democrats on the presidential level

    From 1860 to 1884 no democrat was elected to the presidency. Make it so that until the present day no democrat is elected.
  15. WW2 WI:Romanian troops stop at the Dniester?

    One of the great what if's? of Romanian history, is what would happen if Antonescu orders the troops to advance only up the former borders? That would mean no siege of Odessa, no Romanian administration of the territory between the Dniester and the Bug, no Romanian troops at Stalingrad, etc...
  16. More Catholics in Vietnam

    Catholics represented the bedrock of support for South Vietnam, especially in the Diem era however they were only about 10% of the population, and many of them where refugees from the North. What if instead of 10% we double or even triple the amount, would having 25-30% of the population back...
  17. US politics WI: former presidents as senators-for-life

    Many countries especially in Latin America, had such provisions, what if the US constition had one? An important change which would happen is that the number of senators could become uneven, makng tie votes impossible.
  18. Idaho Panhandle part of Washington State?

    What if president Cleaveland doesn't veto the act, and the Panhandle joins Washington States? Washington would have 317,751 more inhabitants by 2010, but what about the political effects, the panhandle is a solid Republican area, would it tilt Washington in any election?
  19. New Zealand not settled by polynesians

    New Zealand was settled by Polynesians relatively late in the 13th century AD, what if Polynesia migration never reached the island. In 1642 Abel Tasman finds a completely uninhabited territory
  20. Minnesota, the American Siberia

    [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/01/magazine/minneapolis-no-more-mr-nice-guy.html?pagewanted=all"] AHC Challenge: Make Minnesota be well known as a place of mass deporations, labor colonies, prisons etc. similar to Siberias, sometimes unjust, reputation.
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