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  1. Was it possible for Portugal's monarchy to be restored in 1968 if Salazar died then itself?

    Extremely unlikely. It's important to understand that, unlike Spain, which was a "kingdom without a king," Portugal under the Estado Novo was explicitly a republic. The orchestrators of the 1926 coup, to began the process of building the regime, were all convinced republicans. There were...

  2. Successful Luso-Sundanese alliance

    Vassalization would be likely in a scenario where the Portuguese retain influence over the island in the long term (there is even the possibility of eventual annexation a la Kingdom of Kotte), but it wouldn't happen immediately in my opinion. Sunda would have to go through one or two succession...

  3. Successful Luso-Sundanese alliance

    Interestingly enough, despite this being an event of fairly well-known allohistorical potential that is frequently discussed as part of broader AH scenarios, we seem to never have made a dedicated thread about it. The Kingdom of Sunda was the last major Hindu-Buddhist power in Java, comprising...

  4. WI: Christian Japan

    The (relative) success of Catholic missionaries in Japan during the late 15th century was a temporary and localized phenomenon. Minor lords in Southern Kyushu during the Sengoku Jidai had much to gain from converting because it attracted Portuguese trade, which brought firearms and Chinese goods...

  5. No Iberian Union; Effects on Spanish and Portuguese Empires?

    Not going to war in Morocco would require a significant change in Sebastian's personality and outlook, so in that case I guess that it begs the question of what does he do? Messianic crusading vs trade-oriented development were the main political divides in 15th and 16th century Portugal, and...

  6. João I, Duke of Bragança accepts the proposal of Felipe II in 1580

    An hereditary title over the entire colony would be unthinkable imo. Not only it's too big a prize for any noble house (let alone one with a claim on the crown), it would be extremely unpopular in Portugal as well (João I of Braganza wasn't very well liked by the way, that was one of the reasons...

  7. João I, Duke of Bragança accepts the proposal of Felipe II in 1580

    I assume that this "viceroy" position would be akin to the viceroy of India, meaning that it would not be hereditary and João would be unlikely to even hold it for more than a few years. IOTL Brazil never had a viceroy, only a governor-general, but in the Portuguese empire the distinction...

  8. WI: Portugal funds Christopher Columbus?

    Columbus is a tough sell for Portugal imo. Castile funded him because only because they needed some way to get around Alcaçovas. If you want a Portuguese discovery of the New World, you either need an explorer who mostly pays for the expedition himself (e.g. Ferdinand van Olmen who almost did...

  9. Was the Emperor of Japan truly powerless prior to the Meiji Restoration?

    I personally never liked the "cultural and spiritual" authority framing or comparisons to the Catholic Pope. The Japanese Emperor was figurehead monarch. We have plenty of examples of that, both historically and in the present. I don't understand the need to go for such strange comparisons...

  10. WI: Portuguese King assassinated in 1759?

    Maria hated Pombal at least since the Távoras affair, so she'd presubly treat him exactly as IOTL, dismissing him and reversing all his reforms. The depression thing is anyone's guess, I suppose

  11. Could the Ashikaga shoguns unite Japan?

    I don't think they could, for the same reason as they fell in the first place. They had very little territory and very few men under their direct control. Their authority rested entirely on the prestige of the shogunal position. This made them very useful as puppets for powerful lords, but gave...

  12. AHC/WI: A surviving Majapahit Rump-state

    I can't find anything too specific about Majapathit overtures to the Portuguese in Malacca. I don't know when the embassies took place or if they received any response... I suppose the problem is that the Majapathit remnant was located in Daha (modern day Kediri), an interior city in Eastern...

  13. Portuguese North America from the Pacific

    It's surely a lengthy voyage, but doesn't Spanish the Spanish of the Philippines prove that trans-pacific colonization is at least possible if you work with oceanic gyres? It took about four months for a ship to get from Manila to Acapulco. It would presumably be similar from Macau to the main...

  14. Portuguese North America from the Pacific

    Hardly. By the time our POD takes places Russia doesn't even exist

  15. Portuguese North America from the Pacific

    Yeah, low Spanish presence is definitely a must here. It's not that they can't know about it. In fact, this colony would be intended partly as a diplomatic provocation, a payback for Spanish activities in Southeast Asia. But they definitely need to find it difficult to immediately expel the...

  16. Portuguese North America from the Pacific

    From the Pacific

  17. Portuguese North America from the Pacific

    I have recently become obsessed with exploring the possibility of some kind of Portuguese retaliation to Spanish claims on Southeast Asia following the Magellan expedition of 1519-1522. For most of the 1520s, Spain claimed the right to colonise the east indies because they had been able to...

  18. Reza Shah Pahlavi dies in 1931

    Oh, damn. Wrong forum. Can I get it moved?

  19. Reza Shah Pahlavi dies in 1931

    Reza Shah Pahlavi, the second to last monarch of Iran, was an interesting and colorful figure. His historical legacy is decidedly more positive than that of his son, and he is seem by some as an Ataturk-like figure for Iran, a great modernizer. However, in terms of practical long-term results...

  20. WI: João VI refuses to return in 1821?

    Can you define what is exactly meant by "recolonize" here? The term was not really used by anyone in Portugal because technically speaking "colonies" did not exist. They were Portuguese territories that just happened to be located overseas. What the word is really used to mean here is two...
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