Disturbing look at the elusive serial killer Walter Mitty and his alter-ego 'Mr Focused' whose horrific crimes only ended when the townspeople of Springfield caught wind of his deeds. His death at the hands of local vigilante Frederick R. Kruger caused a sensational trial with the latter saying he'd never concieved of such evil even in his wildest dreams.
Originally Joseph Smith wanted young Mormons to proselytize for their faith. However, examining this idea, he realized it might also be good to bring young people to Salt Lake City. And so, starting in the 1890s he made the Capitol of Utah a magnet for young people. Over the years, this original idea mutated somewhat, and now it is the spring break Capitol of the US, with all the salt and none of the sea
A French-born, English Saint who helped the forces of England against the resurgent Kingdom of France. Is said to have received the divine word of God after her home village was pillaged and burned by French Knights and Men-at-Arms, telling her to aid the English in their war. Travelling to Rouen, one of the last English strongholds in Northern France after the resurgent French had retaken Paris and pushed the English out from Alencon, she would meet with the Kingdom of England's top commander in direct command of the English forces in the mainland, Lord John Bedford, and would persuade him of giving her command of a battalion of men to aid the English in their efforts, though it is reported Lord Bedford assented to this more as a jest and joke than any actual hope of young Jean's success. Jean and her small battalion of men would later then perform seemingly miraculous acts of bravery on the battlefield, defeating enemy armies even though they were outnumbered and retaking many important castles, fortresses, and cities that had fallen to the French. Most notable of which is Paris and Reims. Jean would later be captured by the French during the battle of Chinon, where she and her battalion, which now numbered somewhere around a small army, would be slain in personal combat by the French commander after he led a cavalry charge against her position. Her death would later inspire the English and give them a seemingly fanatical vigour to defeat and push back the French, culminating in the battle of Orleans where the English, outnumbered and encircled, would pull one of the most stunning victories in the Hundred year-long war, which not only shattered the French Moral (already crumbling after repeated news of defeat), but also allow them to entrench their position in France itself, and after the peace that followed, ensured the continued English dominance in France. Jean of Arc, called Jean d'Arc in French (or Jean le traitre by most French society), would later be canonized as a saint at first in Church of England, but later, after the reconciliation, a saint of the Catholic church as well.
An allegedly planned war by King Henry VIII Tudor somewhere in the 1540s against Catholic Habsburg Spain for all the trouble they caused against him, although no actual records have been proven.
Inspired by the revolution of the 13 colonies, settlers in Rupert's Land and Quebec revolted against the British Empire, with support from the newly formed United States. Though the revolutions failed, the later nation of Canada would be given full independence from Britain in the 1810s. As a show of appreciation for US support, Canada gave the US the land of Nouveau-Brunswick. Quebec would be granted independence from Canada in the early 1900s. To this day, Canada, Quebec, and the US form the North American League, a strong economic alliance that supports equal rights and opportunities for all people around the world.
A Mexico that avoided the Mexican Revolution enters the war on the side of the Central Powers after accepting the Zimmerman Telegram, to regain territories lost during the 1st Mexican-American War. The initial attack occurs in May of 1917, where Mexico managed to deal a surprise attack on the Allies, making advances on British Honduras with the help of Guatemala and occupying large areas of the US. At the end, the US managed to drive Mexico out of the American Southwest and occupy northern Baja California, while Britain occupied Northern Guatemala and parts of Yucatán. Mexico would eventually sue for peace on May 5, 1920 after multiple victories, followed after Germany's surrender days later.
Famous for its many trans-Atlantic voyages, the Titanic was most infamous for how she sank. Hit by a two torpedoes while being used as a troopship in WW II, she wouldn’t go down, her captain bringing her right into New York Harbor, at which point, listing severely, her steering failed, and she plowed into Ellis Island, and sank. Everyone on board survived, some literally just hopping to land, and after the war, NYC raised her from the shallow water and built a museum for her, along with other artifacts from the progress of trans-Atlantic travel, such as the gondola from the Hindenburg
The Statist and Orangkst forces fell into civil war in the Dutch republic, leading to a 30 year breakdown of society in the tiny nation before the Orangists were able to take power and secure all the low countries from Luxembourg north, and much of westphalia as well.
Originally founded in Amsterdam in 1613, the BWTC was initially a colossal failure until the Dutch Union used it as a proxy to open trade with China. The immense profits of the "Cathay Trade" funded expansion of the Union navy which came to dominate the North Sea and northern Atlantic. Through adept alliances and marriages (guided for many years by the House of Flanders) the incredible wealth of trade was parlayed into dynastic intermarriage with the thrones of Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, and France-bringing their nascent colonial possessions into the Union...which were all administered through the various Overseas Departments of the BWTC. There was even a plan to marry into the English royal house before the destruction of England as a naval power in the Wars of the Northern Seas in 1709-11.
In the aftermath of ww1 germany experienced the year of 3 republics an event in which hitler took advantages off and created the nazi to take control.
In the year 2000, following multiple nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan and increased production of warheads, India launched a preemptive nuclear strike against Pakistan. In retaliation, Pakistan launched its own missiles against India. In total, 10 nuclear warheads were used by India, and 13 were used by Pakistan. ~30 Million people were killed on both sides. This fresh example of the horrors of nuclear war, with the onset of the internet spreading images and videos of the carnage, swayed public opinion across the globe from apathy to disgust towards such weapons of mass destruction.
Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III revealed himself as exceptionally lenient on alcohol use and certain other probates of Islam upon ascending to the throne, leading to the Ahmediyyah school of thought today. It was not the alcohol but what it made people do when taken to excess - and this philosophy was spread among his descendants as well for over sixteen decades. Ottoman engineers together with refugees from across Europe began revitalizIing the Empire and developing new technologies from the Lion of Izmir 4-4-0 railroad engine to the first synthetic chemical dyes to artificial silk and even a crude form of sulfa antibiotics. Only when Ismail II took a wife rumored to be a Jewish refugee from Rumelia, and thus open up the possibility for his son to ascend the throne as such, did the Pax Ottomonia begin to end.
A period before the collapse of the United States, and the end of the Cold War, President John B. Anderson was ousted as president and the Senate and House tried to the reform the government and amend the constitutions on three separate occasions from January 2nd to December 24th.
In the year 1560, in an attempt to cash in on this new trade route, a fleet of explorers was sent out by the Byzantine empire towards the new world. A small settlement was built on the island of Barbados, and over time various other settlements were developed on other small islands of the Lesser Antilles. Unfortunately, in the year 1600, the Ottomans breached the walls of Constantinople, finally crushing the Roman presence in Europe.
On May 31st - June 2nd of 1950, strange lights were continuously spotted over the city of Luxembourg. While no military action was taken, tensions rose across Western Europe under the assumption that the lights were unidentifiable Soviet aircraft.
For more information; see Post-Reich European Civil Wars (1941 - 1953) and Rise of Eurasian Bolshevism (1920 - 1960)
These were two of a series of treasure expeditions made by Ming China with the objective of expanding its territory in Asia. With this, China becomes the dominant power in the Asian continent for many years afterwards.
