Timeline (What If?)

= 1600s =

1690s
1693- The first International Conference is held, in Geneva, Switzerland.

= 1800s =

1860s
1861- Following the inauguration of American President Abraham Lincoln, the southern states secede to create the Confederate States of America. The Confederate Independence War begins.

1862- Confederate General Robert E. Lee leads many soldiers into Washington, taking it, and ordering a treaty be signed to grant the nation independence.

1880s
1889- The Alliance is formed. It becomes the international government, and successor to the International Conferences. Austro-Hungarian Friedrich Muller becomes International President.

1890s
1892- The Confederate States illegalizes slavery, the last nation to do so.

1895- International Prime Minister Peter Calvin decides not to run again for the office of Prime Minister, but rather, run for International President.

1897- Cuba and Sonora are bought by the Confederate States. Both becomes states.

= 1900s =

1900s
1900- Peter Calvin becomes International President.

1910s
1910- Francois Passy becomes International President.

1914- Austro-Hungarian Archduke Francis Ferdinand I is assassinated. To prevent war, the Alliance sends the International Police to arrest members of the Black Hand. War is avoided.

1920s
1920- James Eric Drummond, a British earl, becomes International President.

1921- Benito Mussolini is inaugurated as Italian Prime Minister.

1930s
1933- American President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is assassinated in Miami. John Nance Garner is inaugurated as American President. Cordell Hull becomes his vice president.

1933- The German Nazi Party wins majority in German Parliament. This leads to Adolf Hitler becoming German Chancellor, replacing Paul Von Hindenburg.

1934- Hitler issues a plebiscite to make him head of state and Fuhrer of Germany. It passes with 90% of the majority in parliament, and 85% majority in population. Kaiser Frederick I had no choice but to sign it. Hitler becomes the 1st German Fuhrer.

1935- Hitler introduces a Four-Year Plan, to reduce unemployment.

1936- The Spanish Revolution begins. Fuhrer Hitler and Prime Minister Mussolini meet to form the Axis. They send troops to help the revolutionists.

1937- Japan joins the Axis. Germany begins Jewish and racial segregation into ghettos. President Garner is reelected in United States.

1938- Fuhrer Hitler meets with Austro-Hungarian Emperor Otto I, about unifying the nations. Emperor Otto holds a plebiscite, which barely passes. Austria-Hungary unifies with Germany to create the Great German Reich. The Ottoman Empire joins the Axis.

1939- Italy War: Italy invades Albania and Ethiopia. Albania is quickly conquered. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I meets with the Alliance, telling them "It is us today, it will be you tomorrow."