The Falling Rain: A Graphics Timeline

[Veranius]

Aircraft Carriers of the United States:
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• AC-01 USS Ranger (Ranger-class) [1920] {sunk 1949, Tinderbox Test}
• AC-02 USS Wasp (Wasp-class) [1928] {Treaty Carrier, sunk 1953}
• AC-03 USS Hornet (Wasp-class) [1931] {Treaty Carrier, sunk 1953}
• AC-03 USS Enterprise (Enterprise-class) [1938] {museum ship in NYC}
• AC-04 USS Intrepid (Enterprise-class) [1939] {sunk 1953}
• AC-05 USS Kearsarge (Enterprise-class) [1942] {sunk 1956}
• AC-06 USS Merrimack (Enterprise-class) [1943] {sunk 1955}
• AC-07 USS Independence (Independence-class) [1950] {sunk 1957}
• AC-08 USS Valley Forge (Independence-class) [1951] {museum ship in Philadelphia}
• AC-09 USS Bunker Hill (Independence-class) [1953] {sunk 1956}
• AC-10 USS Ticonderoga (Independence-class) [1954] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-11 USS Yorktown (Independence-class) [1955] {sunk 1956}
• AC-12 USS Lexington (Independence-class) [1955] {sunk 1958}
• AC-13 USS Bennington (Independence-class) [1955] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-14 USS Princeton (Independence-class) [1956] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-15 USS Cowpens (Independence-class) [1956] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-16 USS Oriskany (Independence-class) [1956] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-17 USS Concord (Independence-class) [1957] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-18 USS Monmouth (Independence-class) [1957] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-19 USS Lake Champlain (Independence-class) [1957] {scrapped 1963}
• AC-20 USS Franklin (Franklin-class) [1957] {scrapped 1974}
• AC-21 USS Randolph (Franklin-class) [1957] {scrapped 1974}
• AC-22 USS Hancock (Franklin-class) [1958] {sunk 1959}
• AC-23 USS Artemas Ward (Franklin-class) [1958] {museum ship in Boston}
• AC-24 USS Samuel Adams (Franklin-class) [1958] {scrapped 1978}
• AC-25 USS Paul Revere (Franklin-class) [1958] {scrapped 1971}
• AC-26 USS Horatio Gates (Franklin-class) [1958] {sunk 1967}
• AC-29 USS John Jay (Franklin-class) [1959] {scrapped 1969}
• AC-30 USS General Greene (Franklin-class) [1959] {scrapped 1978}
• AC-31 USS Roger Sherman (Franklin-class) [1959] {scrapped 1983}
• AC-32 USS Lightfoot Lee (Franklin-class) [1960] {scrapped 1989}
• AC-33 USS Henry Knox (Franklin-class) [1960] {scrapped 1993}
• AC-34 USS George Washington (George Washington-class) [1963] {museum ship in Norfolk}
• AC-35 USS John Adams (George Washington-class) [1965] {sunk 1998}
• AC-36 USS Thomas Jefferson (George Washington-class) [1967] {scrapped 2012}
• AC-37 USS James Madison (George Washington-class) [1968] {scrapped 2002}
• AC-38 USS James Monroe (George Washington-class) [1968] {scrapped 2018}
• AC-39 USS John Quincy Adams (George Washington-class) [1969] {scrapped 2019}
• AC-40 USS Andrew Jackson (George Washington-class) [1974] {scrapped 2024}
• AC-41 USS Martin Van Buren (George Washington-class) [1976] {scrapped 2026}
• AC-42 USS William Henry Harrison (George Washington-class) [1979] {scrapped 2037}
• AC-43 USS Millard Fillmore (George Washington-class) [1980] {scrapped 2037}
• AC-44 USS Charles Francis Adams (George Washington-class) [1982] {scrapped 2037}
• AC-45 USS Henry Wilson (George Washington-class) [1984] {scrapped 2037}
• AC-46 USS United States (United States-class) [1989]
• AC-47 USS Constitution (United States-class) [1990]
• AC-48 USS President (United States-class) [1992]
• AC-49 USS Constellation (United States-class) [1995]
• AC-50 USS Chesapeake (United States-class) [2000]
• AC-51 USS Congress (United States-class) [2001]
• AC-52 USS Joshua Chamberlain (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2007]
• AC-53 USS Ely S Parker (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2008]
• AC-54 USS Benjamin Harrison (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2012]
• AC-55 USS Robert Todd Lincoln (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2013]
• AC-56 USS Albert Beveridge (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2017]
• AC-57 USS Theodore Roosevelt (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2018]
• AC-58 USS Alfred Warren (Joshua Chamberlain-class) [2022]
• AC-59 USS John Paul Jones (John Paul Jones-class) [2023]
• AC-60 USS Bonhomme Richard (John Paul Jones-class) [2033]
• AC-61 USS Abraham Whipple (John Paul Jones-class) [2037]
• AC-62 USS Matthew Perry (John Paul Jones-class) [2038]
• AC-63 USS Stephen Decatur (John Paul Jones-class) [2040]
• AC-64 USS James Lawrence (John Paul Jones-class) [2041]
• AC-65 USS David Farragut (David Farragut-class) [2046] {under construction}
• AC-66 USS Andrew Foote (David Farragut-class) [2047] {under construction}
• AC-67 USS John Rodgers (David Farragut-class) [2050] {planned}
• AC-68 USS David Porter (David Farragut-class) [2052] {planned}
• AC-69 USS Stephen Rowan (David Farragut-class) [2056] {planned}
• AC-70 USS George Read (David Farragut-class) [2058] {planned}

 

[Veranius]

"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
- Abraham Lincoln, 1838 Lyceum Address​

 

[Veranius]

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Here's another of this world's villains, and the second of the five major ongoing conflicts in the world! Still not quite sold on the flag design for West Sudan, have to think about it some more.

 

[TheBeanieBaron]

Are the Third Napoleonic Wars the same as the Second European Civil War?

And when did the Second Napoleonic Wars happen?

 

[Veranius]

Are the Third Napoleonic Wars the same as the Second European Civil War?

And when did the Second Napoleonic Wars happen?

The Second Napoleonic Wars are a series of wars that Napoleon III wages in Europe and around the world that generally last from 1859 until 1873, and include the Austro-Sardinian War, the Polish Independence War/Crimean War, the Franco-Mexican War, the Sicilian War, the First Franco-Prussian War, and the French Civil War of 1871-1873, among other conflicts.

The Third Napoleonic Wars, by contrast, are waged from 1967-1978, and involve the return of the "Free France" government, run by Napoleon VI, from Africa back to Europe, and the wars mainly see France lose all of its colonial possessions in exchange for recovering the mainland, all except for Wehran.

France has a rough time in this world - there are seven republics, four empires, the Orleanists come back for a moment, and then there's the dictatorships of Sorelian France and Gallicist France during the European Civil Wars. France is a major power in the world, but not a Great Power.

 

[Veranius]

[As a note - I have reduced the population of the Indian Confederacy down three hundred million, so that the Indian Subcontinent has a total of 1.55 billion people rather than 1.85 (1.4 from India and the EIC, and 150 million combined from Great Assam, Travancore, Ceylon, Goa, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan). Interestingly, the Chinese Subcontinent as well has 1.55 billion people - Taiwan, Shanghai, Hainan, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macao have around 80 million people combined.]​

 

[Veranius]

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[from "The Great Feud: The WH Harrison and Tyler Administrations" by JP Nevins]

"... one of the defining features of the post-Jacksonian order was the so-called "Great Feud" between William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. They had started off on the same presidential ticket for the 1840 election, and by all rights they should have managed to get along much like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson did. But over the twin crises of Texas and Oregon, they split, and Tyler did the unthinkable - he resigned as Vice President. Was it unconstitutional? Likely. Did that matter? Certainly not to Tyler, as his relationship with Harrison had reached poisonous levels. The resignation sparked a duel between the two (prompting the adoption of the Anti-Dueling 13th Amendment), and though there were no injuries, the wound festered. Harrison elected not to run in 1844 to allow for the Whigs to choose a more compromising candidate, but Tyler swept regardless. In any event, Harrison would have the last laugh: Tyler was unable to annex Texas thanks to furious opposition by Henry Clay, and when the Reaper came knocking, he came to Tyler first."

 

[sarahz]

I am interested how the East India Company survived to this day and how it runs things.

one assumes no mutiny and a lot less corruption

 

[TheBeanieBaron]

How did independent Hainan and Taiwan come into being?

 

[Veranius]

How did independent Hainan and Taiwan come into being?

Hainan acts as the "French Hong Kong" after the mainland territory of Guangzhouwan became absorbed into China during the late 1940s, and is resistant to being reabsorbed as well due to long standing distrust stemming from the Fractured States Period. Taiwan is more closely affiliated with Japan and Ryukyu and sees itself as a more Pacific based nation, and is also distrustful thanks to the Fractured States intrigue. Though the "best" faction won out amongst the Five Chinas, it still could be a lot better.

 

[Veranius]

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[farmerted555]

So, Fillmore gets TWO terms of utter irrelevancy rather than one.

 

[Veranius]

So, Fillmore gets TWO terms of utter irrelevancy rather than one.

I gave every president post-divergence a nickname (I'll post that one day) and Fillmore is the Do-Nothing President. No states are admitted, no territory is gained (Tyler gets the credit for getting most of the Oregon Country), no earth-shattering legislation is passed, just a slow burn until the inferno that is Bayard.

 

[Veranius]

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[TheBeanieBaron]

Which President lived the longest?

 

[Veranius]

Which President lived the longest?

I've only done infoboxes for historical figures (all presidents up to TR), so I can only reliably answer this about them, and for that it's William Henry Harrison at 95. I may have one of the more recent ones (candidates being Kistler, Tenorio, or Ross) break 100, as I think that'd be nice.

 

[Veranius]

For some fun additional trivia (because I've fallen into the depths of the Internet investigating presidential lifespans), the youngest historical figures to become president in this timeline are Breckinridge at 41 and two months and Albert Beveridge at 42 and five months, with the eldest being Crittenden at 76 and eight months. For reference, TR in OTL became president at 42 and eleven months, JFK at 43 and eight months, and Biden at 78 and two months.

 

[Veranius]

 

[Veranius]

Welcome, one and all, to SpecHist.com's....

IX ANNUAL MORRISON PRIZE: Best US Timeline

In the running this year for Best US Timeline, we have a crowded field of nine contenders, and what better way to get going than to introduce them all at once:

Mr. Tyler's Triumph / Mr. Seward's Triumph (by Romanos V)
[point of division - 1843]
"John Tyler may win in Texas, but it's William Seward who wins in the end."

The Serpent Resplendent: A CSA Survives TL (by spreadsheet)
[point of division - 1865]
"How dysfunctional was the CSA? Yes."

The Wrong Parker: A Joel Parker Presidency (by FillmoreFanatic)
[point of division - 1880]
"Joel Parker becomes Chamberlain's vice after Ely Parker is disqualified, then finds himself in power following the assassination."

The Porcelain Crown (by Rex 88)
[point of division - 1890]
"A tragic tale of the lives of the citizens of Occupied Hawaii struggling under the bootheel of a Korean Empire that embraced the Dark Ocean Society wholeheartedly and claimed the entire Pacific."

Roosevelt's Return: From 1920 To Beyond (by RightHandRule)
[point of division - 1920]
"Roosevelt returns from Europe in time to primary Warren, and the world is forever changed."

The Kingfisher's Long Shadow (by Porcupine)
[point of division - 1934]
"Longmile is assassinated eight years early, and the US plunges into a Depression-fueled civil war."

Ever Marching On (by LionofRockCreek)
[point of division - 1934]
"A counter to TKLS, but with the victory of the Reds instead of the Blues."

The Grey Tide (by Art3misia)
[point of division - 1934]
"Another counter to TKLS, but with the Greys emerging victorious."

Behold the Night, Embrace the Day (by Lorengel)
[point of division - 2036]
"Teller invokes the nuclear option in the Third Civil War."

Remember, voting will be open for two weeks, and the one with the highest vote wins! If you have any questions, please contact me, Aulus, or any of the site moderators. And no, we will not consider changing to any voting system to anything other than winner-takes-all, as the website architecture cannot handle anything else. Best of luck to the authors!​

 

[Veranius]

The bidding process to host the 1998 Olympiad received four bids for host cities by their respective Olympic National Committees (ONC), with the Neo-Byzantine bid for Athens/Olympus being selected at the 90th IOC Session in Cork.

The bidding process for the Olympiad begins with a convocation by each individual ONC about six months before the bid deadline, wherein a decision is made as to propose a bid for the Olympiad. Each bid is comprised of two cities, one for the Summer Olympics and one for the Winter Olympics, though joint efforts between two collaborating nations is not uncommon. The bid are then presented to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in time before the bid deadline, wherein the list is refined over the subsequent year and a half before a decision is reached an announced at the Closing Ceremonies of that year's Summer Olympics, thus giving host cities eight years to prepare.

The awarding of the 1998 Olympiad to Neo-Byzantium marks the one hundredth anniversary of the modern Olympic Games, as the 1898 Olympiad had been held at Athens. The Hellenic Olympic National Committee had made numerous bids over the intervening years, but due to poor financing opportunities and ongoing ethnic violence in the region (especially during Leonidan rule) made the nation unsuitable for hosting. The dramatic revitalization of the nation following the Declaration of Imperial Restoration, which saw the Greek monarchs reassume the title of Roman Emperor, gave new hope to the HONC as to a chance to reclaim the Olympics as well.

With the enthusiastic support of the Greek people, it was assumed from the start that Neo-Byzantium would win the Olympiad for 1998. As such, few others made bids, aside from the US's customary bid (made with little fanfare due to the successful US bid for the 1994 Olympiad). Portugal made a bid for a possible first time hosting, and the East India Company, in a bold display of confidence, sought to highlight the vast investments they had made in the Bengal Presidency with a bid centered there, in conjunction with the small nation of Sikkim.

The bidding process for this Olympiad is notorious for the obscene amounts of corruption that have since been unearthed (most notably from the 2019 IOC corruption investigation following the disastrous 2018 Olympiad in the Indian Confederacy). The EIC and Neo-Byzantium both spent close to half a million US dollars in bribes for each IOC member involved in voting, and the games itself saw cost overruns of close to 5,000%. This, along with the ongoing War in Anatolia and the Millennium Depression, contributed to the Neo-Byzantine bankruptcy crisis of 1999 and the exacerbation of the Millennium Crisis to near cataclysmic levels.