Wiser Kaiser - 1936

This Timeline takes place in the year 1936.

Points of Divergence: Timeline:
 * 1831: United Kingdom annexes the Galapagos Islands.
 * 1859: The future Wilhelm II is born in Berlin without complications.
 * 1864: Hannibal Hamlin is kept as the US Vice President.

1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated, Hannibal Hamlin elected President.

1866 - The United Kingdom purchases Alaska from the Russian Empire. Combined with some OTL Canadian territories it becomes the Borealia Colony.

1871 - After being defeated by the new German Empire, the French Parliament elects the Count of Paris as King Louis Philippe II.

1873 - Following several protests by government ministers, Kaiser Franz Josef of Austria reluctantly agrees to elevate Bohemia to the status of Hungary and the flag reverts back to the Black and Gold Hapsburg Flag.

1886 - 1888 - Belgian Civil War.

1888-1896 - Germany's new Kaiser, Friedrich III attempts to issue reforms in Germany, his reforms are twice put down by Bismark but following his resignation due to ill health, Friedrich succeeds and slowly transforms Germany into a Constitutional Monarchy much to the disgust of many German generals. However, the alliance with Britain and prospects of French land appeases them for a time.

1892 - The Weak French Parliament cannot form a government and King Louis Philippe's Advisors urge him to temporarily suspend Parliament in favour of a Junta. He reluctantly agrees.

1895 - France and the Ottoman Empire sign an Alliance Concordat. This strengthens the position of both nations.

1898 - Following a humiliating defeat by the United States, Spain asks for French help in negotiations. Following the Treaty of Nantes, Spain keeps its colonies in exchange for US free trade access, ten year military access and £5 million in war reparations to the US. The Franco-Russian Alliance Concordat is extended to Spain.

1900-1901 - Boxer Rebellion in China, Rebellion is put down by the European powers. The Italians wished to gain a coastal region as a colony. This request was refused by all except France and Spain. Outraged, King Umberto's government aligns with France forming the Quadruple Entente of France, Spain, Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

1902 - 1905: France goes to war with Japan over the Island of Formosa. The Japanese win the war and humiliate the French.

1904 - Kaiser Friedrich I of Germany dies. his son Wilhelm becomes the new Kaiser.

1913 - 1915 - Franco-Malian War. France fights a vicious War in North Africa against a resurgent Malian Empire. The"Empire fights a brutal guerrilla campaign in the desert but France wins the war by May 1914.

March 1915 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is shot and wounded by the French Terrorist Group, Front National while making a state visit to Dijon.

April 1915 - Franz-Ferdinand manages to convince his cousin Rudolf not to go to war. The German generals are annoyed that there hasn't been a war yet and some of them consider a coup against the government.

May 1915 - Known Members of Front National are awarded Legion of Honour Medals for their service against the Malians. This causes severe diplomatic tensions between the Austrian Empire and France.

July 19, 1915 - King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated in Centje, Montenegro by Montenegran Nationalists afraid of the Italian claims on their land.

August 23, 1915 - May 5, 1918 - First World World. The (main) Allied powers of Germany, Austria, Sweden and the UK defeat the Quintuple Entente of France, Russia, Italy, Spain and the Ottomans.

1929 - Due to economic pressures caused by the Depression, Austria sells the Western Half of Galicia-Lodomeria is sold to Poland for K 3,000,000. The Eastern half remains Austrians and become the Province of Galicia.

1930 - Due to internal strife and pressures brought to a head by the depression, the Habsburg Empire becomes the new countries of Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia-Dalmatia, Galicia-Lodomeria. These countries are tied together in a mutual defense pact and an economic union as well as a Single Head of State in the Person of Kaiser Karl,they have a customs union and mostly similar systems of measurement and currency (Hungary being the only one to refuse single currency).