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  1. WI: No Philip II of Spain

    As we know, HRE Charles V (Carlos I of Spain) had only one legitimate surviving son, Philip that became Philip II after he abdicated in 1556. But what if Philip died before his father or even fathering Charles of Asturias (so around the 1540s)? In this case the heir of Spain would be Charles'...

  2. WI: Franz Joseph dies shortly before the 1848 revolutions.

    Pretty straightforward, around 1847 and 1848 the young Archduke Franzl catches a nasty cold and never recovers, dying just before the mass demonstrations engulf Vienna in March. So instead of him, Ferdinand either remains Emperor or is succeed by the 16 year old Maximilian (OTL Emperor of...

  3. WI: Dominican Republic in a Confederacy wins scenario

    During the American Civil War the Dominican president Pedro Santana, allegedly fearing Haitian aggression, asked Spain for annexation. Said move was deeply unpopular and rebellion soon followed, the restoration war was a huge quagmire for Spain and devastated the country, in the end the USA...

  4. WI: Decisive Roman defeat at Dara (530)

    The Battle of Dara was a quite important battle during the Roman-Persian Iberian War, the Roman forces successfully repelled the Persian offensive, gave rise to Belisarius and eventually lead to a stalemate of the war, where Rome agreed on an "Eternal Peace" (that lasted 8 years) with Persia and...

  5. AHC: Dabuyid Persia

    Some dumb idea I've been thinking in the last few days. The scenario in particular takes an Abbasid Revolution that is suppressed by the ruling Umayyad Caliphate but the revolt cause enough noise that the Caliphate eastern provinces in great unrest as the multiple anti-Umayyad partisans are now...

  6. WI: No Islam, what happens to the Visigoths?

    No Islam threads often tends to focus entirely on the fate of Rome and Persia, but in the case of Islam either never taking off or being defeated by Heraclius and the Sassanians what could be the development of the Visigothic Kingdom in Spain?

  7. WI: The Burmese capture Chittagong in 1824

    After doing some random readings about Southeast Asia I found a curious fact about the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826): It says that the Burmese general Maha Bandula decided to not attack the British in Chittagong, in a cautious tactic as he didn't want to risk overstretching the supply...

  8. PC/WI: An apostle... in China!

    Juat a crazy though I had while on the bathroom (where else?). Simply put, how feasible is for one of Jesus' 12 disciples (except Peter), from 34 AD onwards, to travel all the way to China, arriving around 50 AD? What would be the consequences of an earlier Christian presence during the Later...

  9. WI: Empress Cixi dies in 1881 instead of Ci'an.

    An idea I drew from a previous thread of mine. So in 1881, right after installing her nephew as Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi got ill, what prevented her from participating in the earlier regency. However, what if she died there, instead of Empress Ci'an, the main wifr of Emperor...

  10. WI/AHC: China wins the Battle of the Yalu River

    I'll admit I'm venturing in an area bit outside my field, but I'm diving in anyway. So, the First Sino-Japanese War, the conflict showed the world that the big dog of the east was no longer China, but Japan. One of the impressive Japanese victories was the naval one at the Yalu River (or Yellow...

  11. WI: Better luck for the earlier Habsburgs

    Yeah, during the 13th century the Habsburgs had a "meteoric" rising, from irrelevant Swabian counts to German kings and Dukes of Austria and Styria. Let's upgrade it to "stellar". What if King Albert I's son Rudolf had survived and defeat Henry of Carinthia's partisans and becoming sole King of...

  12. WI: Charles, Prince of Viana survives

    In my Iberian thoughs I came out with this guy, so my question is: What if he did die (either not getting tuberculosis or being poisoned by his stepmother) and marries Isabella of Castille? To make things interesting, Juana Henriquez and Ferdinand can't be conveniently killed off ;). EDIT...

  13. WI: Albertinian Habsburgs survives

    The Albertinian line of the House of Habsburgs refers to the descendants of Duke Albert III of Austria when the Austrian Archduchy was divided in 1379, Austria Proper being ruled by Albert and the rest (Carinthia, Carniola, Tirol and Further Austria) being ruled by Leopold of Habsburg (the...

  14. AHC: Prevent the Dutch decline.

    The Dutch Republic was one of the foremost powers in Europe during the 17th century, but during the 18th century most of this power was gone and the Republic died during the Flanders Campaign in 1795. So, the challenge is: with a PoD no earlier than 1635 make the Dutch a great power in Europe...
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