Timeline (Franz's World)

This is the timeline for Franz's World.

POD

 * June 28, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand survives an assassination attempt while visiting Sarajevo. Precipitates the July Crisis.

1916

 * March 8, 1916: Mexican revolutionary general Francisco "Pancho" Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico killing 17 people. Act starts the Second Mexican-American War.
 * July 22, 1916: A bombing during a parade in California is blamed on two Mexican immigrants who are quickly tried and executed. Act causes discrimination against Mexicans across the United States of America.
 * November 21, 1916: Franz Joseph I of Austria dies. Franz Ferdinand succeeds him as Emperor of Austria-Hungary.

1917

 * January 30, 1917: General John J. Pershing captured Mexico City.
 * February 5, 1917, the Mexican government surrenders unconditionally to the United States of America.
 * Hungarians declare independence from Austria after Emperor Franz Ferdinand refuses to back down from creating his planned "United States of Greater Austria, starting the Third Balkan War.
 * German military releases a report to the Kaiser and other government officials which states that Russia has advanced enough that it would be impossible for Germany to defeat them if it came to war. The report recommends better relations with Great Britain to offset the power of the Entente.

1918

 * April 25, 1918: Pancho Villa is shot by an American soldier.
 * December 14, 1918: President Wilson announces the creation of the Commonwealth of Mexico.
 * Hungarian communists under Bela Kun form the Soviet Republic of Hungary.

1919

 * Greece joins the Third Balkan War on the side of the United States of Greater Austria.
 * May 3, 1919: Budapest fell to Austrian forces.
 * November: Treaty of Sofia ends the Third Balkan War. Serbia cedes Macedonia to Greece.

1920

 * The last organized resistance the Commonwealth of Mexico is crushed by the United States of America.

1921

 * Occupation of Hungary ends, becomes a full member of the United States of Greater Austria.

1922

 * The Philippines and Puerto Rico are granted Commonwealth governments.

1923

 * Haiti becomes a Commonwealth of the United States of America.

1924

 * The Dominican Republic becomes a Commonwealth of the United States of America.
 * Emperor Franz Ferdinand of the United States of Greater Austria dies. Otto I succeeds him.

1925

 * Honduras becomes a Commonwealth of the United States of America.

1928

 * Nicaragua becomes a Commonwealth of the United States of America.

1930

 * Cuba becomes a Commonwealth of the United States of America.

1931

 * The Statute of Westminster establishes the Imperial Federation of Britain.

1932

 * Manchuria, with Japan's support, becomes the next nation to declare independence from China.

1948

 * A major revolt begins in the Philippines against the United States of America's Commonwealth government. Pan-Asianism ideologues from Japan are responsible for the revolt.

1949

 * The United States of Greater Austria explodes its own atomic bomb, becoming the next member of the nuclear club.

1958

 * The Imperial Parliament of Britain approves the creation of the Union of Palestine, fearing that to allow them to vote on their independence would lead to a religious civil war between Zionist Jews and fundamentalist Muslims.

1959

 * After more then a decade in fighting the United States of America allows an internationally sponsored referendum take place in the Philippines to decide the fate of the state. The people vote for independence.

1971

 * India becomes a dominion and a full member of Imperial Federation of Britain.

1972

 * Richard Nixon (Republican) is elected president of the United States of America. Immediately pushes through several reforms to the Commonwealth system in hopes of ending revolts in the Latin Commonwealths.

1976

 * President Nixon wins his second term as President of the United States of America.
 * Toyohiro Kodaira of Japan becomes the first human to reach space when he piloted his "space plane" into Earth orbit.  This accomplishment spurs the other powers to better fund their own space programs.

1980

 * President Nixon wins his third term as President of the United States of America.

1982

 * President Nixon resigns as President of the United States of America amid allegations of corruption.

1985

 * The controversial Second Statute of Westminster abolishes the special status granted to Great Britain in the Imperial Federation of Britain, making the country and equal member of the union.

1987

 * Singer and civil rights activist Michael Jackson is shot, touching off several riots in several American cities.

1988

 * The United States of America's Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1988.

1992

 * Al Gore (Socialist) is elected President of the United States of America.

2007

 * Otto I abdicates from the throne of the United States of Greater Austria, giving it to his son Karl.