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With a PoD between 1789 and 1815, is it possible for Spain to fall to a French-style republican revolution (deposing the monarchy and nobility, instituting a new national identity, commitment to spreading the rebellion, etc.), mostly through internal instability, a republican French invasion, or...

What if the Dutch, at that time under the Union of Brussels that spanned both the southern and northern Netherlands, had managed to defeat the Spanish forces hassling them at the Battle of Gembloux, in 1578? IOTL, the battle had significant consequences for the history of the Low Countries --...

I currently have a scenario in the works where, following the Spanish-American War, the United States aims to create a union of all Spanish-speaking Caribbean territories (those being Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico) under US protection. What would be the hypothetical capital of...

Pagan Dawn The dawn of the pagans On early 18th century the pagans and hindus in old Saludong not touched by the Spanish and resisting against the Spanish who occupied the coastal areas, were able to thrive despite of the famine that happened in the 18th century, the pagans were zealous, and...

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...

Spain invaded Cambodia during the 1600s and tried to spread their faith through Cambodia and probably in the future that Buddhism would decrease while Christianity would increase in Cambodia (and Indochina) like the Philippines? Would a huge Cambodian Rebellion occur after annexation of...

CASTILLA PROTESTANTE 1369: After years of intense stalemate a treaty was reached where Enrique de Trastamara would become King Enrique de Léon, Galicsua, i Extrematuaré and Pedro el Justo would Become King Pedro de Castilla, Murcia, y La Mancha. With this treaty the Kingdom of Castilla y Léon...

You can use any POD you want, but the way I see it there's really only a couple options for it; Have Spain set up a colony on the continent that then gets taken over by Britain (or someone else) later. Have much larger numbers of Spanish speaking people (Spaniards themselves or people from a...

Which European colonial power has the best chance to conquer the Ryukyu Islands before Japan? And how does this affect Asian history?

The Pearl and Tobacco Verse 1 The coordinated efforts of the Moros in Mindanao (led by Sultan Kudarat), Northern Luzon(Saludong) pagans/hindus, Christian rebels in Luzon and the chinese in the philippines(chinese revolts are supperted by koxinga and tungning) to expel the Spanish would...

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...

Portuguese Iberian Union Portugal dominates spain instead of spain dominate portugal In what period can Portugal get the crown of Spain and the Spanish empire? Maybe pedro do brasil survives and conquers the crown of spain, founded the united kingdom of iberia, brazil and latin america? How...

Reino Renegado – A Philippines TL I On June 3, 1571, the survivors of the battle of bangkusay including the leader and general and hid in the domains of Pansonum or Malang Balagtas, due to the desertion and unwillingness of Rajah Sulayman to further the war with the Spanish. In late 1573...

From a thread about Spanish Hawaii: So if something like this were to happen, how would it affect history? (As for the POD, 17th century is fine, but 16th century would work too if it's at all plausible.) Would Hawaii retain Spanish as a spoken language, a Spanish-Hawaiian Creole, or perhaps...

Effects of a Spanish canada? What would be the effect of an Argentine-Chile part of the Spanish empire? After the independence of the rest of Spanish America what would this region be like? Would this affect South America as SPECIALLY IN BRAZIL? Would Brazil have rivaled this region or would...

A subject that appears to be one that is not often discussed here on AH.com is the Ajacán mission. As a matter of fact, I have only found one thread with any mention of it. After speaking to some individuals who work at Jamestown and people who were somewhat familiar with the subject, I decided...

So I had this spontaneous thought recently. From the Mid 17th century (as the Dutch established Cape Colony on 1652), what if the Dutch decided to exchange Cape Colony for the Philippines and the Spanish end getting Cape Colony? If it did occur, how would Spain manage Cape Colony and and how...

What if in the 16th (or maybe 17th) century Spanish ships, on their way between New Spain and the Philippines, were blown off course and landed on the Hawaiian islands? Let's say the people on board end up stranded on the islands, completely cut off from New Spain. How might they adapt to life...

I tried looking into this but I couldn't find anything. When the Spanish came and started conquering, were there any calls to reunite the League of Mayapan to fight back against the Spanish invaders? If so, how would it work? Could it do anything?

What if the Visigothic Empire and Byzantine Empire had reversed fates from the 700s on? The Visigoths repel the Umayyad invasion, surviving for centuries, sometimes expanding and sometimes declining until an ultimate fall. Afterward an Ottoman-like empire (but Berber) takes over and rules...