User:ChrisL123/Sandbox

A sandbox for timeline ideas and other stuff. <!-- =Greater Kerguelens= Edit

Quick timeline

 * 600-700 AD - travel from Madagascar downward using the South Equatorial ocean current and through the Antarctic Circumpolar ocean current to get to the plateau.
 * February 1772 - discovers the northern Kerguelen plateau. Colonization quickly takes place as France's newest colony since the.
 * January 1773 - lands on southern Kerguelen after his, trying to discover Terra Australis.
 * 1775? - Dutch explorers land on the west coast of the plateau from the Dutch East India Company.
 * 1776 - Cook travels back to the islands on his third voyage.
 * 1779 - dies in a fight with Hawaiians instead (?).
 * 1780-1784 - ; Dutch Kerguelens cedes part of Dutch Kerguelens to Great Britain and agrees to free trade between the two nations.
 * 17?? - Russia sets out for the southern portion of the plateau.
 * 1795 - British Kerguelens occupy half of Dutch Kerguelens, when the Netherlands were occupied by, while the other portion was self-governed.
 * 1917 - Russian Empire collapses; the colonies are broken into several independent nations.
 * Yelizavetinia
 * Novgorod
 * Igoria
 * Flag of the New Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic (Greater Kerguelens).svg Romanovia SSR (Soviet republic)
 * Flag of Annexed Albosia (Greater Kerguelens).svg Albosia (annexed as a state of Cookland)

Nations and colonial influence

 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 
 * Flag of Cookland (Greater Kerguelens).svg Commonwealth of (also ColonialBritishKerguelens.svg)
 * Flag of Georgia (Greater Kerguelens).svg
 * Flag of New Albion (Greater Kerguelens).svg
 * Flag of Bransland.svg
 * Flag of Frisland (Greater Kerguelens).svg
 * Flag of New Batavia (Greater Kerguelens).svg
 * Flag of Tanuland (Greater Kerguelens).svg Tanuland
 * Flag of the Prince Rupert Islands (Greater Kerguelens).svg (UK)
 * Flag of the Netherlands.svg 
 * Flag of New Drenthe (Greater Kerguelens).svg Republic of (Nieuw-Drenthe) (also Flag of the Dutch South India Company (Greater Kerguelens).svg)
 * Flag of Frisland (Greater Kerguelens).svg Province of (Cookland)
 * Flag of France.svg 
 * Flag of Kerguelia (Greater Kerguelens).svg Republic of Kerguelia (also Flag of Colonial Kerguelens (Greater Kerguelens).svg and Flag of Nazi German Kerguelens (Greater Kerguelens).svg)
 * Flag of New Gaul (Greater Kerguelens).svg (Nouvelle-Gaule)
 * Flag of Urville (Greater Kerguelens).svg (Urville)
 * Flag of Albaté (Greater Kerguelens).svg Albaté
 * Crozet Islands
 * Flag of Russia.svg ?
 * Flag of Yugadia (Greater Kerguelens).svg United Governorates of Yugadia (югадия) (also Flag of the Russian Kerguelen Company (Greater Kerguelens).svg, the "RKK" (РКК))
 * Flag of Independent Yugadia (Greater Kerguelens).svg Ugadland
 * Flag of Yelizavetinia (Greater Kerguelens).svg (Елизаве́тинская)
 * Flag of New Novgorod (Greater Kerguelens).svg (новый Новгород)
 * Flag of Igoria (Greater Kerguelens).svg (Игорьия)
 * Flag of New Crimea (Greater Kerguelens).svg Republic of (новый Крым) (also Flag of the New Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic (Greater Kerguelens).svg)
 * Flag of Albosia (Greater Kerguelens).svg Albosian Republic (Альбусия?)
 * Flag of South Africa.svg 
 * Flag of the Prince Edward Islands (Greater Kerguelens).svg (South Africa)
 * Flag of Japan.svg 
 * Flag of Japan.svg Albati Island (Albatishima)
 * Flag_of_Nazi_Germany.svg '''
 * Flag of Nazi German Kerguelens (Greater Kerguelens).svg Nazi-occupied Kerguelia

Tanūti stuff

 * Tanuliba - land between the seas (lit. land between sea); "the mainland"
 * Teābora - Tanulibans (lit. the people)
 * Utis - explorers
 * Albati - united
 * Wangha - bay
 * Wangha Cook - Cook Bay

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General timeline

 * July 1928 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Austria. He begins to grow the Austrian air force and military. In TTL, Hitler has a lesser hatred of the Russians because of their void of communism. He feels it is in Austria's best interest to ally the Russians and Germany for the upcoming war Hitler had anticipated. An alliance is formed with the Russians and a non-aggression pact is signed with the Germans.
 * September 1936 - Austria and Russia invade Poland. Galicia is annexed to Austria and eastern Poland is annexed to Russia. Germany takes control of the western portion. Hitler requests that Germany remains neutral in the invasion.
 * October 1936 - Austria, Russia and Turkey sign the Tripartite Pact (which Bulgaria later signs).
 * November 1936 - Romania declares war on the Axis powers. The powers invade the Balkan peninsula. The Balkan Campaign begins.
 * 1937? - The Pacific War begins. The Russians put more effort into helping the Austrians than aiding the Chinese.
 * 1938 -, who remained in Germany since Hitler doesn't come to power, gives the Germans a tactical advantage after his investigations  of nuclear weapons. Nuclear testing is carried out for several subsequent years. Hitler, seeing the making of the nuclear weapons as a threat to the Austrians, announces that if the nuclear testing does not cease, war will be declared. After a few months, war is declared on the Germans.
 * 1939 - The Axis powers become their strongest this year. Poland is attacked by Russia and Austria to get through to Germany.
 * more to come
 * 1942 - Atomic bombs are dropped on Wels and Zadar? Hitler is finally captured and killed, ending the Great War.

"Bourbon Succession"
During the of the  in 1704, the two Allied military leaders, the  and, are wounded and soon killed from stray bullets in battle. The French and Bavarian armies invade Vienna, with help from Marshal Vendôme's army in northern Italy, and soon seize the city. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I surrenders to the armies and the Empire would exit the war. Overall, they support Philip as the successor to the throne.

With the collapse of the Grand Alliance and the deaths of the two best military leaders, England and the Dutch Republic were the two remaining opposing forces (since they were angered at Louis favoring ). The French and Spanish take advantage of the victory in continental Europe and prepare an invasion of the British isles to restore the Jacobite claim to the English throne. This could potentially lead Queen Anne to claim the Scottish throne, stopping the Act of Union between the two countries.

England is under the rule of a Catholic king and exits the war. The French and Spanish are victorious, and Philip V is given the right to the Spanish throne. The Treaty of Utrecht is signed that year, and France and Spain retain their territories. Philip V becomes the first Bourbon king of Spain, and after Louis' death, becomes the king of the Bourbon Monarchy.

Affected wars:
 * 1701-1704 (French-Spanish victory)
 * Franco-Spanish invasion of the British Isles?
 * 1702-1704 (Status quo ante bellum)
 * wouldn't exist
 * ''Bourbons+Prussians form an alliance
 * ''Bourbons+Prussians form an alliance
 * ''Bourbons+Prussians form an alliance

Bourbon Monarchy

 * Flag.png Bourbon Monarchy, 1716:
 * Royal Banner of the Crown of Castille (Habsbourg Style).svg Crown of Castile
 * Gibraltar, ''New Spain, Santo Domingo, Peru, Chile, New Granada,
 * Pavillon royal de la France.svg (Crown of) France
 * New France and Louisiana/Canada, West Indies, Acadia, Newfoundland
 * Royal Banner of Aragón.svg Crown of Aragon
 * Naples, Sicily, Milan
 * Flag of the Low Countries.svg

Official languages:, , , , -->

Caesar of Rome

 * Further reading: Caesar of Rome

General effects

 * The religious divide in England gets worse as I plan to have Queen Anne murdered in a bomb plot, which would ensue a battle between heirs with religious differences (i.e., perhaps Anne's son is Catholic with Anne's sister being Protestant, which are both technically able to have the throne).
 * As a result of the problems England and many other nations faced, Europe fosters the idea that small and successful colonies are the best way to extend control while being economically stable, and that an empire too big for its own good is destined to fall...


 * Meanwhile, defeated and suffering from a large military loss, the Ottomans stay quiet for a little while, conquering the Mamluks as OTL. Eventually, when the Sultan tries to invade Hungary, his attempts are a devastating failure, and the Hungarian king,, survives. Louis and his ATL son may claim Poland and Bohemia as being a Hungarian territory, since they are the only heirs to those countries in the Jagiellon dynasty and have legitimate claims to the nations. But I will have to research more if this is plausible to happen.
 * Later, during the religious war in Europe, the Ottomans get their chance to declare their power in Europe.
 * The Ottomans, as well as the Swedish and the Polish, prove to be somewhat of a pest to the Russians. This is especially problematic during the, which changes Russian outlook into Europe for the worse. The Russians eventually sway their interest of being the "protector of Slavs" and more towards eastern expansion into Asia. Ironically, the Russians would become the "protector" of the Turk(ic people)s of Asia.


 * The Sikh Empire and the Maratha Empire (?) survive in Asia (yay!)
 * The Empire of China is shrunk by the expansion of Russia.
 * Japan is not as isolationist throughout most of its history, and has some influence in Asia and gets some colonies in the Pacific.
 * Several nations will enjoy governable colonies in India and the East Indies, which last to this day.

[Many wars and centuries later... which will be determined...]


 * Obviously, Turkey will be ripped apart by European forces. Torn to shreds, really. The Balkan nations fight for their own borders with Hungarian supervision (likely), each with their own national Church. Greece will probably get land in Anatolia.
 * The nations in the Caucasus are especially affected. They would pop up here and there as an ally of either Russia, the Ottomans, or Persia, as buffer zones, but would face a lot of warfare.
 * Russia by the 1900s is a big ol' melting pot of various cultures, religions, and ethnic groups, but has problems brewing concerning economics, politics, and general differences between peoples. Eventually, without the idea of Communism being as widespread in TTL, a revolution brews. The war shakes the face of the Earth, and eventually ends in the broken pieces of the plate that was the Russian Empire. But for a brief period in time, Russia was the largest empire on the planet with the largest population on Earth...

New World plans

 * Spain will not miss out on colonization. A Spanish occurs a few years earlier, in 1516. The sailors hit Panama, and venture through the  and discovering minor Inca towns, through the Pacific, and unto Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, and back to Spain.
 * In OTL, a few things happen with Spanish colonization. There will still be conquistadors, especially after the hype of beating to Muslim countries. However, with the spread of a less fatal smallpox already within the population, the Spanish settlers do not harm them as much, and the Inca prove to be a larger threat than OTL. Instead of a large-scale conquest, the Sapa Inca converts to Christianity, and instead of being outright overthrown, is placed under the protection of the Spanish crown. Gold is sent to Spain, and the Spanish slowly bring their technology to the Inca.
 * Meanwhile, in Asia, the Spanish decide to establish a colony in the former Khmer (Cambodia), which is suffering with a "dark age." It would help to keep sovereignty in the Philippines and Formosa in case any rebellions or attacks occur.
 * In Japan,, a supporter of the establishment of the Christian Church in Japan, helped to unify Japan during a time of civil unrest, and had adapted several Western technologies in his aim. In OTL, he was forced to commit suicide during the . In TTL, he survives the ambush, and consolidates his power into one unified empire, still trying to conquer the remaining smaller states.

Seventy Years' War
Time for a war to devastate Europe! The following are wars during this era, with the addition of several other conflicts, that could be amalgamated in this timeline to create one huge "Great War" (could be considered a World War depending on how far reaching it gets). Note: wars in italics are OTL conflicts.


 * French Wars of Religion (1562–1598): The catalyst of this Great War. Catholics versus Protestants in France, a major factor being be the principle of Divine Right of Kings.
 * Eighty Years' War (1568–1648): political and religious revolt of the Netherlands versus Spain.
 * English Civil War: religious conflict within England. Calvinists versus the Catholic Church in England. If the king dies an a Protestant takes the throne, the Spanish Armada will be used to defeat him. If the king is a Catholic, the Armada will be used to defeat the Calvinists.
 * Borealian War: a series of conflicts among citizens.
 * House of Lords Attack: a group of Protestant radicals attack the House of Lords while it is in session . The King is assassinated, and his successor (who will be determined) formally converts to Protestantism and introduces the Church of England, at the dismay of many Catholics.
 * Dutch–Portuguese War (1588–1654): overseas war between the Dutch and the Portuguese (in a ), mostly for the Dutch to gain an overseas empire.
 * Livonian War (1558-1583)
 * Protestant Rebellions in England (a la Desmond Rebellions)
 * Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)
 * Long War (1591–1606)
 * Nine Years' War (Ireland)
 * Nine Years' War (Ireland)

Tudor Family Tree
To keep track. Bold indicates monarch, while Bold italicized indicates claimant to throne.

Maps and Links

 * Historical
 * 1464
 * France, ,
 * Burgundy
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Growth of Russia
 * Assortment of maps...in Russian
 * Pre-Columbian Native American lands and languages
 * Balkans after Fall of Constantinople


 * Inspiration
 * Federal Ottoman Flag?
 * Baltic Duchy
 * Brandenburg
 * Portugal
 * Finland
 * Rhine Federation?
 * British Mexico
 * Avignon Papacy flag
 * Portuguese Empire
 * Alternate East Europe


 * Other
 * Evolution of the Roman Empire
 * Large map of Europe, 1550s
 * and
 * Interesting maps
 * Westernized Empire?
 * British Mexico?
 * Massacre at Otranto
 * Old Russian Coats of Arms
 * Timeline of Europe video
 * Crusades
 * 30 Years' War in Germany
 * Always loved this map.
 * Collection of pictures from Africa
 * Settlements in India
 * Yugoslavian ethnic groups