spanish empire

Hello everybody. Well, this is my first time posting on Alternatehistory.com since I've heard of this site since I was on the AltHistory Wiki in Wikia/FANDOM. But I am currently here because I need advice on a timeline I am writing on the Alternate History Wiki on Miraheze called Mexica Victory...

The Treaty of El Pardo, concluded between Spain and Portugal in 1778, was a treaty which conceded favorable border adjustments for Spain's colonial empire. Among the provisions, apparently, was the confirmation of Spain's claim to the West African lands between the Niger and Ogoue Rivers. It...

IOTL, Spanish attempts to expand their colony of Florida further into North America were mostly thwarted by the English and French, flanking Florida through the foundation of the colonies of Carolina (in the mid-17th century), Georgia (early 18th), and Louisiana (also early 18th). Still, Spain...

Like the Portuguese court, what if and how, the crown were expell from Spain, by Napoleon and maybe the wars go on longer or a liberal revolution keeps them from returning and forces them to set their Empire in America? Were would make more sense to set their capital, Lima or Mexico city? Both...

What if the Carlist won the First war, and Charles V becomes the New King of the Spanish Empire. What are some of the consequences if the Carlists won the war?

Challenge: Have the Spanish empire remain religiously conservative, with Church having great influence and power, and have the Spanish Inquisition still exist.

Challenge: With a POD after 1830s and to 1914, have a Spanish Empire have a comeback as a powerful empire. They can conquer more of Africa or Asia, or have them pass various reforms.

As it says on the tin, we all know the Spanish empire was too big to colonize with much of northern Mexico uninhabited along so what is the impact of a Spanish empire that stays small putting most of there effort into dominating the Carribean and its adjacent areas. What becomes of the Inca if...

The reign of the Catholic Monarchs (Ferdinand and Isabella) saw the unification of Spain and the dawn of the Spanish Empire, but also a major centralization of power which came at the expense of the independent political influence of the nobility and bourgeoisie (which, prior to their reign, had...

I was searching through some threads, and I stumbled upon this fascinating scenario... Here's the map @Magnum posted, as it's not showing up in the quote: Now, let's say this scenario, or something very close to it, does come to pass, and the resultant empire remains a cohesive entity for...

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but heck, I may as well try to post one of the ideas I've so dearly wanted to write for so long. Also, IDK what the timeframe of a proper revolution would be, especially in a region so far from Spain. So, the first part of the prologue, the...

What if the Spanish tercios had managed to defeat the French at the Battle of Rocroi, in the Spanish Netherlands, as part of the last stages of the Thirty Years' War? Does this force the French to focus their efforts in the northeast, with less supplies being shipped to the Portuguese and...

What if the spanish royalist army of Peru had managed to defeat Simon Bolivar at the Battle of Ayacucho (1824), during the last stages of the Latin American Independence Wars? Could Peru have become an autonomous "dominion" of Spain? How could its culture, politics, and relations with...

What kind of effect did the Revolutionary Period (1806-21) have on race relations in the Western Hemisphere (outside of Canada and the US)? AIUI, they played a crucial role in the abolition of slavery across Latin America; is this right? If so, how would this change without the Napoleonic Wars...

So, what if Spanish Formosa with its original borders stayed Spanish until 1899, when it gained independence as Republic of Hermosa as a consequence of Spanish-American War? Would the area of roughly 3,000 sq km still have a population of 9 million as it has OTL? Would its population be in...

So, what if in 1595 doña Isabel Barreto gets the situation under control and consolidates the Spanish colony in Santa Cruz Islands (OTL part of the Solomon Islands, and they remain a Spanish colony until 1899? Would the islands population (21,364) be bigger because of Spanish and other European...

IOTL the 18th century saw the visible decline of the Spanish Empire (though one could argue it started the moment Philip II drew his last breath), even though it saw some successes as well, culminating in a brief renaissance under Charles III. It was all downhill for Spain from that point on...

After King Ferdinand VII overthrew his father, Charles IV of Spain, Napoleon summoned Ferdinand VII to Bayonne. Napoleon promised Ferdinand recognition as the Spanish monarch, but it was a trap. Napoleon forced Ferdinand VII to abdicate, and gave the Spanish throne to his own brother, Joseph...

In 1646, Balthazar Charles, Prince of Asturias and heir to the Spanish throne died at the age of 16 of smallpox. As he had no surviving siblings and his mother had died his father Phillip IV remarried and had children with his niece Maria Anna, with the only child to outlive their father being...

What if the Dutch Republic's navy had managed to defeat the outnumbered forces of its spanish-filipino enemies at the battles of La Naval De Manila (1646)? Could the dutch take hold of Manila and, thus, the Philippines? If so, then what are the effects on the dutch and spanish colonial empires...