Worst 19th Century Alternate History Cliches

[SavoyTruffle]

That's an over-simplification; there are examples of Hapsburg monarchs being anti-Protestant, and examples of them being not-anti-Protestant (Austria itself was majority-Protestant at one point, for example, and the Hapsburgs were able to rule over it without alienating everyone).

ETA: Plus, it was Ferdinand II personally whose anti-Protestantism caused the Thirty Years' War, not the Hapsburgs' in general; the Emperors before him were quite tolerant, and managed to largely keep the peace in difficult circumstances. Plus plus, the policies of the Hapsburgs in the seventeenth century aren't necessarily a good guide to what their policies in the nineteenth century would be like. A lot can change in two hundred years; for example, the US in the nineteenth century had a "pretty extreme" history of being pro-slavery, but the same certainly can't be said for the US today.

Not to mention you could have tolerance change even between two rulers. You had Maria Theresa who was very devout and then Joseph II whose attitude towards religion was certainly more pragmatic.

Although I guess Austria's reputation during the 19th century is mostly due to Franz Joseph being around for very long, and even then he was only ruler for half of said century (he did have Franz I as a grandfather, who certainly was more Maria Theresa than Joseph II).

 

[Romanos_the_Fourth]

Nothing can stop the rise of the Bull Moose.

Many have tried. All have failed.

 

[JackLumber]

Many have tried. All have failed.

If a bullet can't stop him, what can?

 

[HammerofWar]

If a bullet can't stop him, what can?

Death, if it catches him sleeping.

 

[Lalli]

Death, if it catches him sleeping.

Death had take him while sleeping because it wold had been impossible or very difficult if TR would had been awake.

 

[Hydraphantom]

Not to mention you could have tolerance change even between two rulers. You had Maria Theresa who was very devout and then Joseph II whose attitude towards religion was certainly more pragmatic.

Although I guess Austria's reputation during the 19th century is mostly due to Franz Joseph being around for very long, and even then he was only ruler for half of said century (he did have Franz I as a grandfather, who certainly was more Maria Theresa than Joseph II).

I think FJI was a rather good emperor relatively, too bad he's just too conservative, and fears any reform.
Oh, and he's a total idiot in war, he directly caused the defeat of several important war that could have won.

 

[Sarthak]

For some reason, The Nepalese and Bhutanese must always sit down during British colonization of India and meekly agree to become protectorates. Does anyone even know that Britain was repulsed two times by the Nepalese defenders? jeez the amount of ignorance is staggering......

For some reason, By 1900 America must be this super zenith empire from Alaska to Panama compassing the entire North American continent without any other countries and probably the entire world forming a massive coalition against them.

Napoleon wins and 19th century Europe is a paradise of epic proportions.

Napoleon could have invaded Britain after Trafalgar. Seriously people? There was a very small window before Trafalgar and that small window was thrown out after Trafalgar.

Sweden must always loose Finland to Russia and seek Norway as compensation. They never win against the Russians and never lose against the Norwegians.

Winter must always be the saving grace of the Russians in any large war.

Austria must always be kicked away by the Prussians in the Austro-Prussian war.

The Ottoman Empire must always be divided up into colonies by the Western Powers.

Russia getting constantinople (This would have pissed off the entirety of Europe at once yet authors seem ignorant of this for some reason?)

Brazil remaining an empire and grows to becoming a rival to the US in the Western Hemisphere.

The Ethiopians and Sokota Caliphate always kicking the Europeans apart with magically brought modern amenities and weapons and industrial bases and seemingly infinite manpower that really on China and Russia can plausibly have.

China cannot ever pull a Meiji and Japan must always be the rising star in Asia.

On that note, Japan must always be a militant country with imperialistic ambitions all over Asia and the Pacific.

Australia and New Zealand do literally nothing.