Have You Heard About The Hapsburgs?

The Hapsburgs were a ruling family of Europe that started during the Middle Ages. Although they started great at first, they began to decline and fall. In this Althistory, it explains about what would happened if the Hapsburgs still live and how their strong existence will change the face of the world forever along with other changes in European nations as well

1273

 * Rudolph I of Germany becomes the Holy Roman Empire's next emperor.
 * He chooses his son Hartmann to become his "Prince of the Holy Roman Empire".
 * Rudolph announced all imperial rights in Rome, Sicily, and the Papal States.
 * Instead of a new crusade in the Holy Land, Rudolph I calls for a crusade in Prussia, an enemy region east of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * The crusade in Prussia becomes launched.
 * The Teutonic Knights conquered and eastern portion of Prussia and still have a long way to go.
 * Rudolph plans an invasion of the city-state Venice.

1274

 * The conquest of Prussia completes. All Prussian are forced to become Christians. Poland also becomes the Teutonic Knights' next victim of invasion.
 * The invasion of Venice completes. When Marco Polo came back, he told Rudolph is discoveries there. As a result, he became happy about gunpowder, believing it could be a new weapon. Soon, the invention of the cannon was created, helping the German on their invasion of Poland.
 * Otakar agrees to appear or to restore the provinces of Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carinola.
 * Holy Roman Empire allies with France to drive the English out of the region, including Brittany.
 * Due to the threat of the Mongols from Asia that created fears of the invasion of his empire, Rudolph allies with the Russians to drive them out of Russia's lands. thus starting the Russo-Mongol Wars, which took at least 3 years of finishing.

1275

 * A good alliance, clever military tactics and the best strategy helped the Germans and the Russians drive off the Mongols, who were loosing.
 * Due to Mongol invasions of Hungary, Rudolph decides to add it to his alliance to drive the Mongols off.
 * Russia and Hungary reclaim their former territory that was lost to the Mongols. Russia, however, wanted to continue fighting so they could push them off fearing for another Mongol invasion
 * Arpads, ruler of Hungary, was killed in battle. However, his wife needed a new husband, so Rudolph agrees to marry her, causing a result in the annexation of Hungary into the Holy Roman Empire, though the area is still Hungarian culture and its language type of speaking
 * France and the Holy Roman Empire drive the English out of France, thus avoiding the Hundred Years War. As a present, the Holy Roman Empire cedes its lands to the modern-day borders of France.
 * Russia gains all territory up to the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. Meanwhile, Mongolia faces a problem, due to a revolt in China, because of taking away most of the people to fight in the Russo-Mongol Wars. As a result, the revolt was successful, and China gained all lands to the borders of the modern day countries of China and Mongolia, along to Korea and Taiwan.
 * The Mongols were forced to give tribute to the Russians, the Chinese, and the Germans.
 * As a revenge for loosing the Crusades, the Holy Roman Empire allies with the Spanish to drive the Muslims out of Spain. It took at least just at least a year for finishing

1276

 * The Bohemians and the Germans go to war because of a German invasion of it. It took just a month for finishing
 * Russians gain land in all of Siberia while in war with the Mongols. Even the Russian islands at the north, the Kuril Islands, and the island of Sakhalin were taken.
 * China begins a sea trade route to Europe, due to the Mongols blocking the path of the Silk Road that leads to Europe.
 * At least all of central and the rest of the northern part of Spain was returned to the Spanish
 * After its defeat, Bohemia becomes a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * England begins the unification of the kingdoms of the British Isles, causing the British Was, lasting just a year.
 * The Welsh had been defeated in the British War, causing a massive chain of events that the Scottish and Irish will fight as well.
 * Edward I of England decided to place castles in each kingdom they occupy.
 * Russia takes away from the Mongol Empire the Mongol-controlled Persia, land around the Caspian Sea, and the Northern Steppes.
 * The Muslims are driven out of Spain. Due to a death of Alfonso X, the Holy Roman Empire's ruler Rudolph I begins a marriage of his wife, due to the death of his old one.
 * The Scottish and Irish form an alliance to defend themselves against the English

1277

 * Russia finally wins the Russo-Mongol War thanks to the Holy Roman Empire's help. All of Central Asia becomes a part of the nation. As for the Holy Roman Empire's help, they decided to give a northeast portion of Prussia and the conquered Poland, though the Holy Roman Empire has a western portion of it. The Silk Road is once again open, though most of the portion is controlled by Russia. However, the Mongols still remain in India, where the Mogul Empire began much earlier though much more prosperous as well.
 * The Scottish had been pushed off their border ever since William Wallace had been killed in battle. After the capture of Glasgow, at least 100,000 Scottish had taken refuge in Ireland.
 * With the control of the kingdoms of Spain, Italy, and Hungary, Rudolph began renaming this empire, the Hapsburg Empire, named after the castle he lives in. it included the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Italy, and Spain. Despite the unification, these countries still have their culture and language speaking type.
 * The influence of gunpowder spreads around Europe, causing the creation of artillery as a replacement for battering rams and catapults. The invention of artillery meant that castles are no longer going to hold up on siege.
 * The unification of the British Isles completes. The people under the English rule- the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish, are not happy about this rule.
 * The Hapsburgs claimed the northern tip of Morocco from the Muslims. It was the start of the Hapsburg's control on the Strait of Gibraltar.
 * Rudolph I of Germany gathered the Italian artists of Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca to create an art organization of the The Hapsburg Science and Art. Its centers were at the capitals of The Hapsburg controlled areas of Lisbon, Seville, Rome, Vienna, Geneva, and Berlin.

1278

 * Due to the influence of The Hapsburg Science and Art, the Renaissance accorded much earlier. Money from the Hapsburg Empire and Russia helped created this. The figures of the Renaissance and other people are born much earlier before the Rennaisance, along with many explorers, which in the future will discover new lands.
 * The spread of Roman influence of the arts spread much faster than its OTL one. Most public works started to have Roman architecture in it. Roman style baths, villas, gardens, and aqueducts had been built throughout Europe. The old aqueducts in Spain are once again used.
 * Art becomes more humanism, as paintings and statues start to look more lifelike.
 * Feudalism ceases to exist.
 * Pope Nicholas III wanted the create a new version of the St.Paul Cathedral, due to its poor condition. He hires the artists of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Gabriel, and Titian to help plan the new St. Peter Cathedral and the Vatican City. Unlike OTL's, the project took a century in rebuilding instead of a century and 20 years, along with no stop on the project.
 * European nations become wealthier over time as trade increased. Towns and cities begin improving their looks and become cleaner and grander. In some markets, food and drink had become outlawed.
 * Most ruins of Roman buildings in Rome had become incorporated into new structures.
 * The influence of Roman architecture takes over Europe.
 * Russia wants to be like Europe, so Czar Daniel ordered improvements in their culture to be more like the Europeans. They invited more merchants into their ports, and the art of icons had been banned.
 * The spread of gunpowder also lead to another invention, the gun. As it became a new warfare technology, it replaced swords, arrows, bows, and spears as the main weapon.
 * Rudolph I wanted to expand his empire into the Southeast territory. Armies were sent to penetrate territory to the border to the Kingdom of Serbia and Bulgaria. The war was known as the Balkan Wars, which lasted just a few months for completing.

1279

 * An area that covers the modern-day Bosnia and Southwest Crotia falls into the Holy Roman Empire's control. The Serbians and the Bulgarians were soon pushed back.
 * Rudolph sent Manuel Pessanha to discover new lands west of Europe.
 * After a conquest in North and Central Serbia and northern Bulgaria, due to a fear of invasion, the Serbians and Bulgarians quickly asked the Holy Roman Empire a truce, which Rudolph agreed promised not to invade their lands again.
 * Manuel was pushed off by a storm and lands at the Cape of Good Hope, knowing that he has discovered South Africa. He soon went on, discovering a sea route to India.
 * After Manuel came back and told his discoveries, Rudolph became impressed. He did send 3 more explorers to explore uncharted territory. They were Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Magellan Ferdinand. Ever since the news spread throughout Western Europe, France and England began to send theirs into the New World.
 * A huge amount of stone and money was needed for the project for Vatican City an St. Peter's Basilica. This was an early start for the Reformation, which Martin Luther fought against the church and started Protestantism. Soon, the religion spread, but the pope was going to fight back against it.
 * The 3 explorers soon found new territory. Christopher Columbus and Amerigo had discover the New World, known as the Americas. Magellan discovered that the Earth is round. He also discover Cape Horn, the East Indies, and the Philippines. Unlike OTL, he wasn't kill and was able to go back to Europe. All 3 explorers bump intro the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Maderia Islands.
 * England becomes the United Kingdom, or Britain.
 * Britain sends John Cabot to explore the northern part of the Americas. France sends Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier to the same are as well.
 * Due to the spread of Protestantism, Rudolph I creates and organization called the Inquistition and orders a mass masssacre of jews and some are banished from the empire. The purpose of the Inquistition was to kill Protestants and Jews who appose the Catholic religion.
 * Hapsburg colonization of the Americas begin. Meanwhile Rudolph sends Herman Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro to discover the otherside of the New World, or the Americas.

1280

 * All Jews had been moved out of The Hapsubrg Empire and France. they moved to Russia for protection.
 * Russia orders and invasion in order to control the Black Sea coast. All of Eastern Bulgaria was their target.
 * The explorers from France and Britain came back. Colonization on North America began.
 * Daniel sends a Russian explorer named Vitus Bering to explore the Americas as well. He started out in Siberia first, thinking that North America was next to Russia.
 * Like OTL, the Aztec and the Inca Empires were conquered. This was the start of the colonization of the New World.
 * Colonization became fast and was increasing.
 * Vitus Bering discovers Alaska, and naming the sea next to Russia and America, the Bering Sea, and the strait, the Bering Strait. Colonization on Alaska begins, but not that well due to the cold and harsh conditions Russian settlers never expected.
 * Czar Daniel of Russia wants to protect the Jews, so he make sure no one, not even on the higher status, can threaten them. Most Jews were given homes, houses of worship, food, property, and money.
 * Vitus Bering wants to find a new place, knowing Alaska is not doing goo for the people. So he went into the Atlantic and into South America to see what he would find there.
 * Russia was finished in their invasion on the Eastern Coast of Bulgaria. They are looking on the invasion of the Swedish and the Danish Empires.
 * The Byzantine Empire gains help from Russia to defend it against the Turks. Soon, The Byzantine Empire got more land, mostly on the coast of the Aegan Sea and the Northwest Coast of the Black Sea.
 * Vitus Bering discovers Suriname. Because of its valuable resources, it bought the Russians into the colony. Russia made sure the Hapsburgs do not try to invade it so troops were stationed there, despite the tropical disease.
 * Medicine becomes more advanced, as simple recipes became a good source for cures.
 * As new learning, technology, and medicine influenced Europeans, Europe became the world's most influential continent of the world.
 * The French, Hapsburg, and British East India Companies were set up, mostly in Eastern India. The companies were controlled by the government.

1281

 * Anglicanism was set up due to Edward I's cut from taxes because of the church. Edward believed if that he would break from the church, Britain will become for wealthy, and that was what he did.
 * Europeans soon occupied all of the Americas. In South America, Guyana was Britain's along with the South Georgia and the Shetland Islands, the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, and the Ascension Islands, French Guiana was France's, Suriname was Russia's and the rest of the continent were the Hapsburgs. In north America, Alaska was Russia's (though the Southeastern portion was Britain's), all of Canada was Britain's including the 13 colonies and the disputed area from OTL 1714 along with the Oregon Country, Northern California, Utah, Nevada (except the southern tip), Jamaica, the Bahamas, Belize, the Mosquito cost, and Barbados Islands, France got control of the area of the Louisiana Purchase, the rest of Louisiana state territory including Haiti, and the territory next to Britain's, while the rest was the Hapsburg's claim.
 * Discovery of gold in the Californian Central California caused the Hapsburg Empire to prosper.
 * The Native Americans began opposing the Europeans, due to the harshness of disease, punishment torture, and the cruel, hard work on slavery. Many Indians dies and Europeans began to get slaves from Africa.
 * Hapsburg occupation in the Philippines, the East Indies, and New Guinea Island began to rise.
 * Europeans created their first African colonies, mostly by France and the Hapsburg Empire.
 * The economy of all the European nations begin to grow, as plantations, trade and commerce, and resources began to fill coffers and the GDP of the nations.
 * Due to the whole occupation of the Americas, Europeans tried to find new places for their empires. James Cook, who was born much earlier, was sent to discover the Pacific.


 * The early discovery of coal, petroleum, oil, and other natural resources, inventions, new scientific discoveries, and mass industry began the early Industrial Revolution.
 * Poverty was again existed in the cities, due to the dirty smoke from factories and the poor, overcrowding conditions. Some cities weren't able to fill everybody needs, and only the very rich lived in their best lives in wealth and luxury.
 * James Cook discovered Australia, New Zeeland, and many Pacific Islands. Unlike OTL, he wasn't killed by the Hawaiians natives when he got there. This started European colonization on the islands. French territory there was like OTL's, including Britain's except that the Southern New Guinea Islands was occupied.

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