Dystopia 1900 :: A Collaborative Timeline

Some PODs for Asia, for a more brutal Russian-Japanese conflict in the Far East. Don't think this is too ASB, I doubt the Chinese could conceivably mobilise enough soldiers to stop the Russians in Manchuria in such a fast space of time, and what soldiers they do have aren't very good anyway.

February 26, 1902: A band of Manchurian raiders cross into Russia, burning Blagovescensk.

March 4, 1902: The Manchurian raiders are killed by a force of Russians who cross into Manchuria to deal with them. The Chinese Empire makes a formal complaint, which is ignored.

March 8, 1902: Russia declares war on the Empire of China. Russian forces seize Aigun.

March 12, 1902: Utilising the Chinese Eastern Railway, Russian forces rapidly capture Tsitsihar and Harbin, cutting off the remaining Chinese forces on the Chinese side of the Amur river.

March 20, 1902: The Chinese army in Manchuria is defeated by the Russians at the Battle of Laha.

April 12, 1902: The Chinese army is defeated by the Russians at the Battle of Kirin.

April 20, 1902: The Russian advance to Dalian is halted by the Chinese at Changchun.

April 22, 1902: The Russian army in Western Manchuria flanks the Chinese defenders at Changchun and captures Mukden, cutting off supply to the besieged city.

May 1, 1902: Changchun falls to the Russian Army.

May 8, 1902: Antung falls to the Russian Army. Dalian is besieged.

May 10, 1902: Tsientsin is bombarded by the Russian Navy.

May 11, 1902: Dalian surrenders to the Russians.

June 8, 1902: The Chinese Army is defeated by the Russians at Tsientsin, and the city is captured.

June 24, 1902: Peking falls to the Russian Army, and the Chinese Emperor Guangxu and the de facto ruler of China, Cixi, are captured.

June 26, 1902: The Chinese counterattack against Peking is easily crushed by the Russians.

June 29, 1902: Guangxu and Cixi are forced to sign the treaty of Tsientsin, which formally cedes all of Manchuria to the Russian Empire. Tsar Nicholas adds 'Emperor of the Manchu.' to his formal title.
 
Updating this, to see if we can get more interest. Don't let it die! :D

April 14th, 1902: A bomb goes off in the Australian House of Parliament in Melbourne, which is discovered to have been planted by an ardent republican anarchist.

April 18th, 1902: A copycat bombing goes off in Sydney, killing twelve people but missing its target, Prime Minister Edmund Barton, who was visiting the city at the time.

February 4th, 1903: The Premier of Western Australia, Sir Walter James, is shot by a Republican Nationalist who demands unification for all of Australia.

February 20th, 1903: An investigation by Western Australian police discovers the existence of a terrorist organisation known as the 'Sons of White Australia', who are dedicated to creating a united republic in the South Pacific of white anglophones dedicated to 'defending the white race against the insidious yellow peril.'

May 14th, 1904: Prime Minister of New Zealand, Richard Seddon, is shot by a man yelling 'Union or Death!'. He is later found to be a member of the Sons of White Australia.
 
April 2nd 1903: The Perth offices of the Bulletin magazine are raided and closed down by Western Australian police after allegations surrounding the republican magazines relationship with the 'Sons of White Australia'.

December 3rd 1904: On the 50th anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion, armed members of the Sons of White Australia begin to erect a recreation of the original stockade at Eureka Hill, Ballarat, Victoria, where a recreation of the Eureka Flag is raised and the independence of the 'Republic of Australasia' declared. Armed police are eventually bought in to end the protest.
 
July 14th 1902-A few days after Joseph Chainberlain's asumption of the premiership, prominant MP David Lloyd George is assasinated, following a speech, aposing Chainberlain's polecy towards Ireland.

February 6th 1903-Liberal Member Of Parliament Herbert Asquith is found dead at his home. His death is assumed to be as a result of heavy drinking.

July 27th 1904-Journalist Upton Sinclair is killed at a Socialist Ralley. Sinclair, who was caught in the crossfire, spent much of his time before his premature death working under cover at a Meetpacking factory.

February 15th 1904-It is a normal day in the Senate for American republican politician Mark Hannah. Hannah, a friend of Former President Mckinley, is thought of as a future republican presidencial candidate in either 1904 or 1908...
 
April 15, 1903-- Germany and Britain reassure each ohter of their profitable allieance.
April 16, 1903-- The Briitsh Government says that the British are Germanic, and always have been.
April 17, 1903-- The British Army Apdopts the Pickelhaube, now as symbol of Germanci Nationalism.
 
December 16th 1903: Magnus von Braun(Father of Wernher von Braun) is the first person to fly an airplane. The first flight is witnessed by several hundreds in Wirsitz, Germany.
 
1st January, 1908 - The Sons of White Australia launch the First Australian Revolt in Sydney, on the anniversary of Australian independence. Led by Billy Hughes, the seize parts of the city.

2nd January, 1908 - The Sons of White Australia are defeated by Australian army forces on the outskirts of Sydney. The Sons militiamen begin looting and committing multiple atrocities on the Chinese population of Sydney.

4th January, 1908 - The Australian Army retakes Sydney. Billy Hughes flees the city.

12th of May, 1910 - Billy Hughes resurfaces in Ballarat, Victoria, leading a large army of White Australian volunteers. They seize the goldfields from the unsuspecting Victorian police force.

15th of May, 1910 - Major General Sir John Hoad suggests to Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and Governor General William Humble Ward that he should abandon Melbourne, as the Sons of White Australia march on the city. Deakin refuses, citing the need to appear strong against the rebellion.

30th of May, 1910 - The Sons of White Australia reach the outskirts of Melbourne. The Australian Army is sabotaged by Sons sympathisers and is forced to retreat through the city.

1st of April, 1910 - The Sons of White Australia capture Parliament House in Melbourne, as well as most of the Australian Parliament, Alfred Deakin, and William Humble Ward. They force Deakin and Ward to sign the Articles of White Australia, which dissolves the Commonwealth. Instead, it creates the independent Union of White Australia, fully independent of Great Britain, and claiming all of the Australian continent and New Zealand, which has in its Articles the statement that 'the inferior non-white races will never be allowed to set foot in Australia.' Billy Hughes crowns himself as the first President of the Union of White Australia

Too ASB? I'm not entirely sure whether Britain would intervene to reestablish the Commonwealth or not. Either way, its pretty dystopian. :p
 
6 February 1905 David, Prince of Wales, rushes home to inform his father that his younger brother Albert, Duke of York, has tumbled from his horse and won't get up again. By early next morning, the King's second son is pronounced dead.
 
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