Even if he's not chancellor if Bismarck can position himself as Willie's trusted advisor he'll have a lot of influence on events.
AHC: Most Impactful Centennarian
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The former was aiming for a return to the presidency at the time he passed away (1919) so there's a potentially big difference there.
A few interesting political figures and monarchs:
Robert F Kennedy (1925-) I don’t see JFK lasting any longer than the 80s but it would interesting to see what Bobby has to say about the times we live in
Ian Smith (1919-2019) would live to see the fall of Mugabe, I’m sure he’d be quite chuffed about that.
Edward VII (1841-1941) Queen Victoria’s son ruling the UK into World War 2 is strange to ponder. And for that matter...
Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1919) perhaps this is the POD that lets Vicky live to 100 as well?
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1959)
Francisco Franco (1892-1992) Spain’s in for another rough 17 years.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1994) lives to see the Soviet collapse
George VI (1895-1995) definitely strange to think about
Also plenty of musicians to think about here, while they likely wouldn’t change the world it would be interesting to see what they do with the extra time and how they’d interact with eachother now (thinking mainly of the Beatles here)
Freddie Mercury (1946-)
Ian Curtis (1956-)
Kurt Cobain (1967-)
John Lennon (1940-)
George Harrison (1943-)
Frank Sinatra (1915-2015)
Robert F Kennedy (1925-) I don’t see JFK lasting any longer than the 80s but it would interesting to see what Bobby has to say about the times we live in
Ian Smith (1919-2019) would live to see the fall of Mugabe, I’m sure he’d be quite chuffed about that.
Edward VII (1841-1941) Queen Victoria’s son ruling the UK into World War 2 is strange to ponder. And for that matter...
Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1919) perhaps this is the POD that lets Vicky live to 100 as well?
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1959)
Francisco Franco (1892-1992) Spain’s in for another rough 17 years.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1994) lives to see the Soviet collapse
George VI (1895-1995) definitely strange to think about
Also plenty of musicians to think about here, while they likely wouldn’t change the world it would be interesting to see what they do with the extra time and how they’d interact with eachother now (thinking mainly of the Beatles here)
Freddie Mercury (1946-)
Ian Curtis (1956-)
Kurt Cobain (1967-)
John Lennon (1940-)
George Harrison (1943-)
Frank Sinatra (1915-2015)
That has real possibilities as Victoria was never the same after he died and the Prime Minister took control of a lot of the crown's real power while she was more or less insane for 10 years.
Napoleon works only if he wins his wars. Otherwise only bonus thing on longer living Napoleon is that we would have photograph about him and we would get his reaction on Napoleon III.
It'd be more interesting to see his reaction to the advancement of warfare. Napolean commenting on the American Civil War would be fascinating.
Maybe I can see Him writing a book on Military stretegy. As a textbook for Military Academy?
He'd likely be known as Pope John Paul, since John Paul II and Benedict XVI would be butterflied away. I doubt that we'll have a Pope Francis, or a more progressive Vatican.
Unlikely but still intresting. We would avoid his two successors and perhaps there would be bit more reformed Catholic Church. And it will be intresting to see his reaction to pedophile scandal.
Richard russell living from 1897 tlo 1997 might be quite influential for both Georgia and Federal politics.
"I'm really sorry Grandma, but my generals told me to declare war against cousin Nicky because some Bosnian shot an Archduke in Saravejo. I know that I haven't visited in a while, but could you please not declare war on my armies? Also, send cousin George my regards."
-Love, Willie
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World War One with Victoria as Queen of the United Kingdom would likely result in an alliance system like this (Hanoverian Monarchs):
UK, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Romania
VS
France, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Albania
Or this (Triple Alliance/Entente):
United Kingdom, France, Russia, Serbia, Romania
VS
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Ottoman Empire
How about the Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) particularly if he can manage to weather the scandal that killed his career or avoid being named in Kitty O'Shea's divorce.