A timeline that centers in and around the Serene Republic of Venice and written by Franciscus Caesar.
Beginning in the year 1492, the Serene Republic - along with the Ottoman Empire - decides to offer the expelled populations from the Spanish Inquisition refuge from persecution. From this point onward, the decisions of the Venetian Doges and the machinations of the republic's citizens leads to the nation scrambling to gain control of its trade with the wider world, slowly diverging world history as we know it.
It can be read in the forum here.
Part 1, The Italian War: 1494-1498
Part 2, 1499, the Year of Two Wars
Part 5, The First Light of the Dawn
Part 7, Three Popes and a Stalemate
Part 8, An End to War, Ptolemy Lives Again
Part 9, Quick Work of the Empire.
Part 11, Goliaths fall, Davids Succeed.
map #1, map of Italy circa 1508 and the partition plan of the League of Cambrai
Part 12, The Republic is Secure, the Wealthy Celebrate
Part 13, The Great Handshake: St. Mark and Osman
Part 14, Mare Hadriaticum; Mare Nostrum
Part 15, As Italy Calms, the East Rages
Part 17, Desperate Measures, in the Name of San Marco
Part 18, The Lion and the Pearl
Part 20, In the Lands of Prester John
Part 22, African Army, African Drink
footnote 2#, Income Statement of the Serene Republic, year 1519
Part 28, In the Orient’s Reach
map 2#, Italy and the Indian Ocean, year 1521