Alternate History: Explain the historical event

[Mitridates the Great]

A book by famed author Marcus Tween on religious reform and the rise of Unitarianism in the Confederate States of America.

The Yuan Restoration

It refers to the restoration of the Dynasty of the same name, in the person of His Imperial Majesty King Kublai II, as constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom of China, after the overthrow of the People's Republic of China between 1989 and 1990 after the riots of Tiananmen. Contrary to the expectations of CIA analysts, who had counted on the immediate reestablishment of the dominance of the ROC, the people of mainland China preferred instead to reestablish the monarchy, because they did not trust from Taipei-Washington, as they believed that the origin of all evil was the savage republicanism of the KMT and the CCP.

The Republic of the Five Nations.

 

[Mario]

The Republic of the Five Nations.

The Republic resulting after the Revolution of 1820 in the previous Commonwealth of England, Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, which shared the same King since 1390.

The Carolingian capture of Tunis.

 

[John Spangler]

The Carolingian capture of Tunis.

The first phase of the conquest of North Africa by the Carolingians. Although it stopped at the Nile, the conquest was a huge boost to Frankish morale, and strenghtened the empire's position in Europe.

The shot that shook the show

 

[Hannibal The Bannable]

The shot that shook the show

The assassination of President Franklin Johnson Polk of the United States of Amerique at the Gouden Theatre in New Amsterdam in November 1852 . This event was the main catalyst behind the Great Americain War which lasted from 1853 - 1862. The war was between the Predominantly English Slaveholding states of the Americain South against the diverse but majority French North along with the dutch Nieuw Nederland . The war ending in Union Victory and the reunification of the Amerique, nevertheless changed the face of Americain Politics. The North became more and more dand began to emphasize a Americain Identity , while the South began to emphasize their Southern Anglo Identity. This eventually culminated in the southern declaration of independence after world war I in exchange for not trying to reinstate slavery after Entente victory. Later a Referendum in Nieuw Nederland in 1967 resulted in 59% of the population voting for Independence with numerous states like Californie and Cascadie Following and forming the Pacific States of Amerique . Later on 1983 President Francis Brodeur being assasinated in 1983 in the middle of delivering a speech shocking the Nation and lead to the abolition of the position of President.

The crisis of the ninth century.

 

[Miguel Angel]

The crisis of the ninth century.

In archaeology, the crisis of the ninth century refers to the decline of the Classic Maya civilisation and the abandonment of Maya cities in the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica during the 9th century. Older texts may refer to this event as the Mayan collapse, but as it marked a shift in the geographical power center rather than the end of the Maya civilisation, the term crisis has become the standard terminology.

It is generally considered the second of three crises, the first occurring in the 2nd century while more controversially the Spanish conquest of the 1600's is termed the third crisis. The exact cause of the crisis is unknown though a mixture of invasion, drought and disease are commonly attributed. Evidence of the crisis can be found in the abandonment of numerous urban settlements and cessation of monumental inscriptions and the reduction of large-scale architectural construction.

Second inauguration of Richard Cromwell​

 

[Euphemios]

Second Inauguration of Richard Cromwell​

After the Inglorious Revolution wherein William the Usurper had James II and several of those who supported his own accession executed, he began seizing the lands of prominent landholders under the pain of death, to give them to his Dutch allies.
In dissent, parliament would flee to Winchester. Considering their options, they would decide that Mary would be helpless, if not subservient to William, and that Anne is too far away to reclaim the throne herself.
Out of options, parliament would establish the second Commonwealth and Richard Cromwell would be reinstated Lord Protector, joining France in the Nine Years' War.

Miracle of the House of Lancaster

 

[John Spangler]

Miracle of the House of Lancaster

The return of the House of Lancaster on the British throne in 1912, after more than a century of exile following the Black Revolution of 1807. Despite the meager forces at their disposal, the Lancasters reconquered their throne and won back the approval of the people with reforms that finally turned Britain into a modern country.

Manson's Folly

 

[Bronze Centurion]

Manson's Folly

Maj. General Mahlon D. Mason’s disastrous and unordered assault on Fort Sanders. Not only was the assault considered unnecessary as the Confederate position was already rapidly becoming untenable, but the gap it opened in the Union Lines allowed Longstreet to penetrate into Knoxville, resulting in nearly three days of street fighting between The Army of the Ohio and Longstreet’s First Corps, which saw large sections of Knoxville burnt.

The Red Niagara Incident.

 

[Ogrebear]

The Red Niagara Incident.

An infamous stunt for Jackass Live! that went horribly wrong, the Niagara stunt was supposed to be a record attempt at 20 people in a boat going over the falls at the same time, it went wrong and live on TV the falls where turned red as all 20 died in front of millions before the networks cut away. No Jackass was ever made afterwards and it’s originating studio and producers where sued into the ground.

Rescuing the Titanic: The SS Californian Story.

 

[Goats-&-Bolts]

Seems I was a little too slow, but here we go anyway:

The Red Niagara Incident.

A serious naval mishap in the 2000s and one of the catalysts for the outbreak of the Second Cold War. Prior to the incident, the West-East tensions were on the decline and a rebalancing of power occurred in Europe: Germany had reunified, the Baltic States had gained independence and Premier Gorbachev withdrew Soviet forces from Eastern Europe as he focused on turning the Soviet Union into the Union of Sovereign Soviet Republics via the New Union Treaty. Ex-communist nations of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria entered the NATO alliance in the 1990s. In neighbouring Romania however things were different as the Ceaușescu regime weathered the changes and remained in power despite having deteriorated relations with both the West and Soviets. A Romanian Civil War broke out in 1998 when the regime was weakened by a transfer of power from Nicolae Ceaușescu to his son Nicu Ceaușescu.

Since Romania shared a border with both the U.S.S.R. and N.A.T.O. states the global powers attempted to keep the violence and chaos from spilling over the border. U.N. resolutions, supported by both Washington and Moscow, established no-fly zones and naval exclusion areas to prevent areal or costal bombardments of cities. It was under these conditions that the April 25, 2000 Red-Niagara Incident took place. While patrolling Romania’s littoral waters the Canadian nuclear attack submarine HMCS Niagara (formerly known as the USS Glenard P. Lipscomb before she was sold by Washington to Ottawa) fired torpedoes at the Soviet missile cruiser Chervona Ukrayina (“Red Ukraine”) after incorrectly identifying the latter as a Romanian ship. While both East and West worked quickly to deescalate the situation the attack had profound and long-lasting impact. Previously many within the Kremlin were suspicious of detente with the West and critical of both Gorbachev’s withdrawal from Europe and N.A.T.O.’s expansion. The Red-Niagara Incident gave this faction a boost, spurring Gorbachev’s ouster and a return to a more confrontational stance towards the Western alliance and its expansion towards the Soviet heartland.

Following a series of secret meetings, an agreement between the Moscow and Washington was reached on ending the Romanian quagmire without new “friendly fire” incidents. Using humanitarian grounds as justification, a joint N.A.T.O.-Soviet invasion of Romania took place. Romania was split into 2 by Soviet and Western forces with a “demilitarized zone” between them to avoid shooting incidents. After the dismantling of the Ceaușescu regime a U.N. backed process was to determine the fate of the country but it stalled, leaving the nation split in two as a flashpoint in the Second Cold War.

Decades later the impact of the Red Niagara Incident is still felt around the world. In 2019 an ex-Soviet immigrant to Canada attempted to bomb the Canadian Parliament. Upon capture, the individual revealed that the their relative was killed while serving aboard Chervona Ukrayina during the incident and the attack on the parliament was motivated by feelings of revenge.

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Rescuing the Titanic: The SS Californian Story.

 

[Euphemios]

Rescuing the Titanic: The SS Californian Story.

A satiric parody film of similarly named classic The Titanic: An SS Californian Story.
Within, German time travelers rescue Hitler's fictional cousin who is an Ernestine descendant of the Hannovers from the Titanic, a ship that the captain has made an hobby of with crashing it into glaciers.
They kill the captain, take the ship to 1940, and land in the mouth of the Thames.
The film ends with the execution of the Victorian line and crowning of Ernest Augustus IV, with the old king of Hannover being shown in the sky.

The Jacobite-Jacobin Alliance

 

[John Spangler]

The Jacobite-Jacobin Alliance

The ill-fated alliance between the French revolutionaries and the Stuart restorationists. Although it started with good premises, the alliance quickly crumbled under the weight of the armed forces opposing them, one of the few times when the European nations banded together against a common enemy.

Hindenburg's hidden burger

 

[oboro]

The ill-fated alliance between the French revolutionaries and the Stuart restorationists. Although it started with good premises, the alliance quickly crumbled under the weight of the armed forces opposing them, one of the few times when the European nations banded together against a common enemy.

Hindenburg's hidden burger

Hindenburg’s “hidden burgers” were small-town Germans he thought would turn out to vote to keep Hitler from taking power. They didn’t

But one German who came to the US after the war started the “Hidden Burger” franchise. Their gimmick? Their restaurants were made to look like other buildings, fitting seamlessly into the existing urban tapestry. Franchises looked like banks, barns, schools, and churches. “You never know where you’ll find a Hidden Burger” they claimed, apparently not realizing the irony of advertising secret restaurants. In the 70s they were seen as cool and countercultural, but by the 80s the mystique was gone and they lost out to their gaudier rivals.

The Scottish Troubles

 

[GoshDiggityDangit]

The Scottish Troubles

The Scottish Troubles refers to a period of time from 1979-1982. Following the 1979 devolution referendum, and inspired by the conflicts in Ireland, Scottish nationalist paramilitaries such as the Scottish National Liberation Army with backing from pro-independence parties such as the Scottish National Party terrorized government buildings throughout Scotland. These attacks ranged from numerous bombings to arson and assassinations.

The Sinking of the HMS Thunderchild

 

[John Spangler]

The Sinking of the HMS Thunderchild

The event which started the Channel War (1911-1913) between England and France. The war ended in a British victory, and the French were forced to cede northern parts of the country as reparations.

Fieramosca's last stand

 

[davidsmith]

Fieramosca's last stand

The Fieramosca was a submarine of the Italian navy in ww2. In 1942 she dropped an Italian special forces team near Portsmouth who successfully shot and killed Winston Churchill who was carrying out a secret visit. Rather than surrender after being surrounded by british task force in the mid-atlantic she engaged them and was sunk with the loss of all hands


London's burning

 

[AncehAtsiome]

London's burning

The utter destruction of London in 1666 after the Great Fire destroyed the vast majority of the city, spreading out of the medieval quarter into Westminster and surrounding areas. Notable for its role in the death of King Charles II of England, who perished in the conflagration as the fire reached Whitehall, the Burning was responsible for the abandonment of the entire city (primarily due to the exorbitant cost of rebuilding the city, which had more or less been wiped out entirely, and the fears of the heavily Catholic James II of England that the Protestant urban poor would riot and overthrow him, which they eventually did within a few years of his ascension to the throne, ending the unity of England, Scotland, and Ireland in the process). After the Burning, the capital of the Kingdom of England shifted to the city of Bristol, which it remains to this day; London was resettled within fifty years after the Burning but is nowhere near as economically or politically important as it was in the past.

The Cathayan Crusades

 

[davidsmith]

The Cathayan Crusades

The name given to the aggressive charge by Cathay Pacific CEO Michael Wang to dominate the Asian airline industry, just prior to the Covid Pandemic of 2020 -2022 resulting in the most expensive bankruptcy in Chinese history.

The dark night of Daniel Day-Lewis

 

[saoralba]

The name given to the aggressive charge by Cathay Pacific CEO Michael Wang to dominate the Asian airline industry, just prior to the Covid Pandemic of 2020 -2022 resulting in the most expensive bankruptcy in Chinese history.

The dark night of Daniel Day-Lewis

Humorous term actor Daniel Day-Lewis uses to describe the night he sobered up to find himself in an ice-bath in Marrakesh with two prostitutes. Apparently he has no idea how he got there.

The Islamo-Buddhist Synthesis

 

[Neoteros]

Humorous term actor Daniel Day-Lewis uses to describe the night he sobered up to find himself in an ice-bath in Marrakesh with two prostitutes. Apparently he has no idea how he got there.

The Islamo-Buddhist Synthesis

Long story short, the Byzantines and the Sassanids remain strong enough to prevent Islamic expansion via military conquest, but Arabian traders make up for it by spreading Islam by sea even more thoroughly than they did in OTL, with the Vietnamese and several peoples of southern China adopting the faith, if only as a way to assert their independence from China itself.

In historically Buddhist areas, the Buddha himself becomes a honorary prophet of Islam, due to how he turned his back on Hindu idolatry, with Sufi scholars making inroads there due to the similarities between their interpretation of Islam and the various schools of Buddhism. Basically, Indonesia on crack, and not only are the Bamiyan Buddhas still standing, they are now flanked by two of the tallest minarets ever.

Cultural Restoration