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Points of Divergence : Austria
Points of divergence concerning alternate historical developments within the modern day territory of Austria.
Prehistory
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Antiquity
Marcus Aurelius loses against the Germanics in 172 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia” - Dr. Reinhard Pohanka)
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The Middle Ages
WI: Habsburg Polish-German Union
Ogedei Khan survives in 1241, the Mongols invade Central Europe (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia” - Dr. Reinhard Pohanka)
Rudolf von Habsburg loses against Ottokar Przemysl in 1278 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
Rudolf IV dies in a snowstorm in 1363, Bavaria gets Tyrol (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
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Early Modern history
Challenge: An Austria-dominated Germany
Challenge: Lutheran Austrian Habsburgs
WI Gabriel Bethlen succeeds at conquering Vienna in 1619
Sulayman takes Vienna in 1529 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia” - Dr. Reinhard Pohanka)
The Protestants in Bohemia win in 1620 - no Thirty-Year War (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
Kara Mustafa takes Vienna in 1683 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
Maria Theresia dies in 1738 from a complicated birth (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
Austria makes its own revolution in 1795 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
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18th and 19th century
Challenge: An Austria-dominated Germany
1703: A Franco-Bavarian army takes Vienna
WI Russia and Austria attack Berlin after Kunersdorf (1759) ?
France/Austria/Russia win the Seven Years War
WI: Austrian participation in the Second Partition of Poland
WI Austrians took Bosnia in 1830s or 1840s?
If Austria lost Hungary in 1848, would it have been balkanized ?
WI: Franz Joseph I. dead in 1853 ?
WI: An Austrian Queen for Umberto I
WI the League of Three Emperors lasts longer than until 1890 (as in OTL) ?
The revolution of 1848 is successful (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia” - Dr. Reinhard Pohanka)
Emperor Franz Joseph is assassinated in 1853 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
General Benedek wins the battle of Königgrätz in 1866 (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
Crown prince Rudolf shoots Franz Joseph in 1888 during a hunt (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia”)
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20th century
Franz Ferdinand isn't killed in Sarajevo (“Kein Denkmal für Maria Theresia” - Dr. Reinhard Pohanka)
Challenge: Austria allowed to join Germany at Versailles
Switzerland acquires the Austrian bundesland of Voralberg in 1919
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21st century
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Miscellaneous
Having black and white as flag for the Habsburg empire
Alternate Austrian coat of arms
Alternate Austrian coat of arms and flags
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ASB / ISOT / Geological
Landlocked Nations, Navies, and Islands ISOT to Waterworld
WI: 2015 Austria ISOT to the Anschluss
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