Teenage Kaiser: An Imperial Germany Timeline

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    "Every once in a while, we must ask ourselves the question of what life would be like if decades or centuries prior, something different would've occurred. What if the dinosaurs had not gone extinct, if the confederates had been victorious in the civil war, if Napoleon successfully invaded England, if the Romans had not fallen, or Christ not been crucified? These questions birth fantastical worlds in which one can fantasize about strange new realities. They are only accessible for the dreamer, he who dares to realize and understand that this order we struggle and thrive under very well almost never happened, unlike the unimaginative man numbly content with his life and unwilling to think of heights unreachable." - Congressman Robert A. Heinlein (R-California's 8th congressional district), 1941


    Deidrich Weiland was ready to make his mark in the world, to have his photographed plastered on the front page of every newspaper in Eurasia. Wilhelm II, the German Emperor, was set to arrive in Bremen on the sixth of March, and he would met an unexpected situation there should God will it. Weiland was prepared to throw a fishplate at the Kaiser's face... but no he realized... that would only harm the monarch. If the man desired to be truly remembered centuries from now, mere injury would not suffice. Fortunately, with enough luck an old acquaintance might aid in him gaining a firearm. "Poor friend," Weiland mused to himself, "he won't know what I'll use it for. Hopefully, we won't met death from this like I will."


    "WILHELM II SHOT IN FACE, IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT HOSPITAL" -Berlin Times, March 6, 1901


    "My family... let Augusta and my children know... that I shall not leave them..." - Final words of Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, Emperor of Germany.


    "You shall be strong Friedrich, though the whole world bares upon your young shoulders... " -Prince Albert William Henry in private conservation to his nephew after he is sworn in.

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    Hello everyone. This is my new project, that will hopefully be novel-length like my other German-centric timeline was. Get ready for a great many surprises as we explore a very different world than that which we live in, diving into the boundless and odd reality accidentally created by one Deidrich Weiland on a cold March day.
     
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    “Victoria, Empress of Germany dead of cancer, reunited with her son in the heavens above” – August 5, 1901

    "Theodore Roosevelt had dreams of the presidency, but he didn't think that he'd ever reach them to quickly and under such violent circumstances. Shot in the heart at the now infamous Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition, President William McKinley died instantly." - Excerpt from Bull Moose: The Roosevelt Dynasty

    "Thirty years ago today, this great city of Buffalo was the stage for the loss of one of our greatest presidents. We continue to honor his legacy with each and every day, working for a glorious empire that which he envisioned." - President Kermit Roosevelt (R-NY), at a public speech in 1931.

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    Propaganda such as this inspired Goldman's mysterious slayer

    "In the aftermath of the McKinley assassination, great anger was targeted at the anarchist movement and broader xenophobia towards immigrants in general rose sharply. In the weeks afterwards several published transgressions occurred against the leaders of the movement; the most legendary of these being the unsolved murder of Emma Goldman who was killed by an unknown assassin on September 9th, 1901. No doubt this crime was committed in the purpose of punishing her for her perceived role in the President's untimely death. Great criticism stirred over the fact that the police investigation was short, with no leads, leading to allegations of law enforcement not taking the crime seriously. " - Excerpt from Black Flag!: The Secret History of American Anarchism.

    "Habibullah Khan becomes new Amir of Afghanistan following father’s death" -October 1, 1901

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    "Serbian Coup a Bust; Obrenović Dynasty Shall Continue to Reign" - June 12, 1903

    "Girolamo Maria Gotti Named Pope Alexander The Ninth" - August 4, 1903

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    "Albert I's early years as monarch where gripped in tragedy. Not only had he risen to the throne under the sad circumstances following his father's assassination at the hands of the Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino, but his beloved wife was fated to leave him as well. When Elisabeth died in childbirth in October of 1903, all of Belgium was said to have shed a tear for her and her unsaved second son. Albert thus grew greatly attached and protected of his sole child Leopold III, famously refusing to remarry. Leopold III once stated that his father, forever silently mourning the loss of his only love, was so attentive to him as a child that 'it was strangely like having two parents all along.'" - Excerpt from The Monarchs of Belgium

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    "Man often thinks that he is the author of his own stories, but the world of our species is affected in immense ways by countless other, supposedly lower, beings that compose the boundless biological diversity of Earth. It is disease, not men, that dictate and pen our very history. - Sir Ronald Ross

    "Trotsky's time in London was an overwhelming positive one, the young man meeting up with fellow Russians who shared his political views. The alliances formed at Iskra, greatly boosted his position in the greater Russian Marxist community. The death of Vladimir Lenin in 1902 by erysipelas caused a brief shattering in the newspaper's organization. Most of the "young guard" within the movement came to see the maverick Trotsky as a perfect replacement for their former idol, engaged by his fiery writings on the need for revolution at once." - Excerpt from Trotsky: Flawed Rebel

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    "Liberal Don Jamieson Elected As Newfoundland's Prime Minister; Canadian PM Sends Warm Regards" - February 11, 1979
     
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    "It was not a bad time to be a czar, though that is perhaps by chance more than anything else. Things very well could've gone wrong for Nicholas II, but the birth of his boy Alexei, a child of perfect health, seemed to be an omen, a signal that the next few years would avoid potential calamity. The Russo-Japanese War, lasting from February to May of 1904, was an expected success for the Russians, helped along by some blunders made early on by the Japanese navy. Not only did the rather quick victory increase the anxious popularity of the royal family, but it forever changed the political maps of the Far East. The Treaty of Vancouver, signed in the summer of 1904 in British Columbia, ensured that the Guandong Leased Territory and South Sakhalin would remain under Russian power. More importantly, the Russian military got its way further through the northern regions of the Korean Empire serving as an buffer that separated Japanese land from the borders of China and Russia. It was the greatest increase in the country's power on the world stage in quite some time.

    "At the same time the navy was claiming victory over Meiji, revolutionaries, largely composed of industrial workers and peasants, voiced their displeasure with major problems in the fields of agrarianism and labor. Their protests were largely peaceful, and to the large fortune of all involved, the military's actions against them were mostly slight or otherwise uncovered by the press. Democracy would not come to Russia yet, still waiting patiently like a man in line to see a show.

    "Rather, a strange and temporary stability was forthcoming. And while not all of the Czar's ambitions would be met, mayhap that would be for the best, both for the people and his own career."

    - Excerpt from Regal: The Uncensored Guide to the Monarchs of the 20th Century

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    "It was not a bad time to be a czar, though that is perhaps by chance more than anything else. Things very well could've gone wrong for Nicholas II, but the birth of his boy Alexei, a child of perfect health, seemed to be an omen, a signal that the next few years would avoid potential calamity. The Russo-Japanese War, lasting from February to May of 1904, was an expected success for the Russians, helped along by some blunders made early on by the Japanese navy. Not only did the rather quick victory increase the anxious popularity of the royal family, but it forever changed the political maps of the Far East. The Treaty of Vancouver, signed in the summer of 1904 in British Columbia, ensured that the Guandong Leased Territory and South Sakhalin would remain under Russian power. More importantly, the Russian military got its way further through the northern regions of the Korean Empire serving as an buffer that separated Japanese land from the borders of China and Russia. It was the greatest increase in the country's power on the world stage in quite some time.

    "At the same time the navy was claiming victory over Meiji, revolutionaries, largely composed of industrial workers and peasants, voiced their displeasure with major problems in the fields of agrarianism and labor. Their protests were largely peaceful, and to the large fortune of all involved, the military's actions against them were mostly slight or otherwise uncovered by the press. Democracy would not come to Russia yet, still waiting patiently like a man in line to see a show.

    "Rather, a strange and temporary stability was forthcoming. And while not all of the Czar's ambitions would be met, mayhap that would be for the best, both for the people and his own career."

    - Excerpt from Regal: The Uncensored Guide to the Monarchs of the 20th Century

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    Wait...Hearst was a democrat?

    *looks up*

    Holy crap. I seriously didn't know that.

    And also, Nicolas II somehow does something good - well, depending on what you believe good is.
     
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