Very soon, a new version of The Fork in Time will emerge because some things surrounding it, especially regarding the now-obsoleted Common European Draca, got a bit... complex. What's being transferred: Some of the events from TTL What's not being transferred: A LOT of the events from TTL, because some of them would probably fit more into a fantasy world than an alternate Earth. You are very much welcome to comment on the talk page to make any necessary comments, questions, and/or suggestions, and please be sure to stay tuned and ready to find out what will happen both before and after the transfer finishes!
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This sub-article explores what happened across 1800 and nearly the entire 19th century in The Fork in Time.
January 3: Jean-Jacques Dessalines believed to have seen visions of the lwa, inspiring him to spread the Haitian Revolution even further than IOTL.
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June 16: The French multinational technology company named IBM(French: SIM), formally known as the International Business Machines Corporation (French: Société internationale des machines de bureau), was founded. It will later be nicknamed "Big Blue" due to its numerous then-future logos.[1]
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A then-future photograph of Charles Babbage in 1850
Unknown date: Charles Babbage accidentally stumbles across electromagnetic unification and decides to develop his Babbage Machine further, giving birth to the modern computer as we know it.
Unknown date: The world population passed 2 billion.
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September 23: Sucker Punch Productions' Sly Cooper made its official debut with the animated short film "[TBD animated short]", introducing its titular character to Canada and eventually the world. This unexpected event established its temporary dominance over the animation industry for a few decades.
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A colorized photo of Americans playing Tennis for Two upon its release in 1858
October 18: A very earlyvideo game, namely Tennis for Two, was released in the United States. It combined analog technology with its digital successor, which had mainly been unheard of previously.
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June 10: Russian (later Soviet Russian) media conglomerate Soyuzmultfilm (then known as Rossiya Films) was founded.
December 9: [TBD franchise 2], which will later become one of the longtime rivals of Sly Cooper hailing from the Tsardom of Russia (now known as the Soviet Russian Tsardom) even during the Animation Age Globalization (1887-1901), made its debut with the animated short film "[TBD animated short]".
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"Over the top" – close-up of a Unionist American doughboy in full combat dress during the American Civil War
March 5: Just a month and a few days before the American Civil War, Tepoztli Pictures[2] was founded in the Aztec Empire (1325-1917). It will later produce several famous franchises rivaling Sucker Punch's.
April 12: The American Civil War still began but on a much smaller scale than IOTL due to the lack of a 'Manifest destiny'. Propaganda films during it get made anyway, though most surviving examples are Unionist.
May 20: [TBD franchise 3] debuted to compete with other popular animated franchises of the time, but will end just ten years later due to the animation industry's preference for anti-racist cartoon characters - a far cry from OTL's animation industry strongly preferring racist ones until the early 1970s. [TBD franchise 3] will then be replaced by [TBD franchise 4] in 1872.
Unknown date on November: The Great Flood of 1862, one of the most traumatic natural disasters in the histories of Anahuac, Siouxland, the United States, the short-lived Confederate States, the Blackfoot Confederacy, Canada, and many other North American nations, began. It will eventually conclude by January 1862 with massive damage left behind, including to the renowned Sucker Punch Productions. Nowadays, said flood is considered the defining event of 1862 in its affected regions despite its relative brevity.
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February 1: Following damage from the Great Flood of 1862, Sucker Punch Productions began slowly recovering but nearly considered ending their biggest franchise, Sly Cooper, which was eventually restarted in mid-1863 following the end of the American Civil War with the animated short Washed Up. Some tapes and recordings of the franchise's earlier shorts were either lost or destroyed in the flood, thus either partially or wholly rendering them lost media. Back in the day, Washed Up was praised almost unanimously for its patriotism, drama, and clean animation, but has very mixed-to-negative and controversial reviews nowadays due to its racist depictions of the Confederate States of America in addition to insensitive jokes. However, other American Civil War shorts featuring Sly Cooper and company receive slightly better reviews (sans the many racist depictions of various Confederate soldiers and generals) nowadays, albeit still controversial.
December 26: Unlike IOTL, 38 Dakota people were never hanged in Mankato, Minnesota.
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American heavyartillery at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
July 1-3: The Battle of Gettysburg began and concluded on these dates, resulting in the subsequent Fort McNair Trials and eventual Great Migration of 6 million white ex-Confederates to other parts of the Americas - the last recorded human sacrifice in all Anahuac was in fact part of the mass migration. (Credit goes to YNot1989 for the idea!)
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NOTE: This section of this very article needs some revising due to a series of major updates to the years 1500 through 1699 and beforehand ITTL.
The current flag of Norway as of 1821.
June 7: Due to cultural and linguistic differences, Denmark and Norway decided to go their separate ways as independent monarchies, but are allies nowadays despite this.
August 19: Emperor/Kaiser Productions (German: Kaiserproduktionen) was founded in Berlin-Vienna, the capital and largest city of the German Confederation. Unlike your typical media conglomerate, its logo changes with the reigning Kaiser rather than stylistic choices, with a few exceptions occurring later in its growth and history.
The flag of a certain socialist nation formed in 1867. As of 1920, it's still used today.
October 3: The world's first internationally recognized socialist country, namely the Socialist Republic of Djibouti or just Djibouti for short, was peacefully established and still exists today.
December 15: [TBD famous animator] was born in [TBD city], New Humanity.
December 28: [TBD famous novel] was written in Poland-Lithuania.
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1868 was a very big year for North American and German history.
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The year is 1013, a time England never knew would change themselves forever. What if they had collapsed?
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–[TBD writer], The World Without England (1868)
An illustration of Edmund II of England/Wessex at the Battle of Assandun in The World Without England. Outside the novel, he was succeeded by Cnut the Great as King of England(he even ruled Denmark and Norway during his lifetime; he died around age 45) in 1016 instead of witnessing the future great power's total collapse into Danish-run Anglia and Saxon-run Wessex. (Credit goes to Yan Hoek for this image!)
January 6: The famous Aztec/Coatlaca/Anahuacan cartoon character [TBD cartoon character] debuts in "[TBD animated short]" and will soon become the defining rival of Sly Cooper, especially during the Cold War (1945-1991). Its company, namely Tepoztli Pictures, will also become the defining rival of the then-dominant Sucker Punch Productions in turn.
April 19: The German epistolary alternate history novel "Die Welt ohne England" (not to be confused with the alternate timeline named A World Without England) was published, but not out of anti-English sentiment. Rather, it showcases what would happen if the long-lived Kingdom of England (927-1603) had collapsed during the High Middle Ages similar to how it did in 'a far away land' instead of going on to become France and Scotland's friendly rival throughout history. In this novel, the Kingdom of Great Britain, which was formed in 1603 by the then-independent Kingdoms of England and Scotland following the Union of the Crowns, was never formed, so Jamestown was never founded in 1607. More changes in this novel occur like the Jacobite risings never occurring due to England's absence, World War I (1770-1774) never happening, France becoming a great power, and so on.
Furthermore, the famous novel serves as TTL's rough equivalent to OTL's alternate timeline The Kalmar Union, which can be shortened as 'the KU,' but with England being the main PoD instead of Norway, which remains a mostly unified kingdom that never divided in a half-brotherly 'Battle of the Norwegian Succession' that occurred earlier in the novel's first chapter, namely England Falls Apart. The technological lag is also much less severe than in the KU, with TTL's 1800 (ITTL, the 1800s have OTL's 1850s technology) resembling OTL's 1830 for example due to this novel being published in the 19th century. Independent kingdoms Hordaland and Viken also do not exist in the novel due to a mostly united Kingdom of Norway, so Gothenland and Svealand unite as a single kingdom by at least the late 10th century. Here are some of the key differences between the novel and the KU:
Norway was a short-lived kingdom subject to looming wars in the KU, but remains mostly united in the novel.
Most of the OTL European states do not exist in the KU, but the novel retains some of them with a touch of TTL, meaning that the continent has somewhat, but not mostly, coalesced into large nation-states.
The KU is significantly less advanced than OTL technologically, but the novel only lags behind by about 20 years - media still goes digital like IOTL and ITTL.
Digital electronics are considered futuristic and sci-fi elements in the KU, but are more common in the novel's sequel from 1918 due to TTL's 1910s featuring OTL's 1970s analog technology and 2010s electronic technology in a way inspired by Stuff That Memes Are Made Of.
Modern aeroplanes did not fly until 2013 in the KU, but in the novel and ITTL date back to the early 1600s and late 1590s respectively - they had to be thought up at some point in history even in the former case.
In the novel, Indigenous Americans recover from diseases much earlier than IOTL as they experience them in the early 11th century, so the 17th century Harmony for Africa is hugely impacted. Similar situations happen in the KU except Africa's European influence is much smaller than IOTL and ITTL.
Nordiclanguages are very widely spoken in the KU, whereas French is absolutely HUGE in the novel.
Gutnish is extinct in the KU, but is still spoken in the novel with about 30,000 speakers as of its sequel.
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The earliest forms of Volk and Zayats, the two main characters of Nu, Pogodi! (1869-present)
October 20: The also well-known German(ic) cartoon character Heinrich debuts in "[TBD animated short from 1869]", which was produced by the then-fledgling Emperor/Kaiser Productions.
December 12: Soyuzmultfilm's/Rossiya Films' Nu, Pogodi! debuted with an animated short named "Jolly Jinks", but looked very different from its more recent incarnations.
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November 6: [TBD franchise 3] officially comes to an end with the animated short "[TBD animated short]" due to the animation industry's preference for anti-racist and non-racist storylines, furthering Sucker Punch Productions' then-dominance.
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February 19: The replacement for [TBD franchise 3], namely [TBD franchise 4], debuts with the animated short "[TBD animated short]". It was made to challenge the dominance of Sucker Punch Productions that had been prevalent since the mid-1850s.
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Volk from Nu, Pogodi! pictured in [TBD comical animated short from Russia/Soviet Russia, 1874]
March 5: [TBD famous person] was born in [TBD place in TBD country].
July 7: [TBD franchise 1] goes colorful for the first time with [TBD comical animated short from Canada].
October 16: One of [TBD franchise 4]'s most iconic shorts, namely [TBD comical animated short from Italy] was released.
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The original Microsoft logo (1875-1883)
April 4: Then-future tech conglomerateMicrosoft was founded in southwest Canada.
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July 4: The United States of America celebrated its semiquincentennial.
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Zayats from Nu, Pogodi! pictured in [TBD comical animated short from Russia/Soviet Russia, 1877]. This was the last Nu, Pogodi! cartoon to be entirely produced and released in black and white.
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A typical setup of the Aztec Army approaching the United States of America in 1881 for diplomacy and discussion.
August 12: MS-DOS was released in France as PC DOS 1.0.
November 20: The famous alternate history novel Raise the Flag of Dixieland was written in the Aztec Empire.
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Nu, Pogodi!'s Volk and Zayats in 1884
October 24: [TBD Canadian animated feature-length movie based on Sly Cooper] was released in theaters.
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An early screenshot taken of Windows 1.0 (1885)
January 6: [TBD constitution] began being written.
November 20: The first version of Microsoft Windows, namely Windows 1.0, was released.
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May 19: [TBD constitution] was signed.
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Another early screenshot, this time taken of Windows 2.0 (1887)
December 9: Windows 2.0 was released.
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Windows 3.0 (1890)
May 22: Windows 3.0 was released. Unlike IOTL, it was the first Windows version to release in the British Isles.
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Windows 3.1 (1892)
April 6: Windows 3.1 was released.
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April 30: The internet officially goes public, paving the way for many famous websites like Facebook and YouTube to develop.
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Windows 95 (1895)
July 14: Windows 95 was released.
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July 31: Windows NT 4.0 was released.
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The original Xbox console from 1898 (Credit goes to Differently and Rightwing2006 for this image!)
January 30: Microsoft began development on the original Xbox amidst popular rumors. Critics will soon hail the Xbox as the “gadget of the year,” and it will afterwards win numerous awards for innovation in gaming technology. Copies of it will soon enter antique shops nearly 100 years later.
Unknown date: The world population passed 3 billion.
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Windows 98 (1898)
May 15: Windows 98 and the original Xbox were simultaneously released, marking the beginning of Microsoft's involvement in the Console Wars. Windows 98 was also released with a special bundle package that included a demo version of the Xbox with several PC-compatible games.
Furthermore, the first Xbox-exclusive game, “Adventures in the Binary World,” became an instant hit, showcasing the console’s advanced graphics and processing power.
Also, the original Xbox was a cutting-edge gaming console designed to work seamlessly with PCs running Windows 98.
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The 1899-made original production logo for 1626.
July 4: The first version of 1626, a famous musical that chronicles the birth of the United States of America in the early 17th century, premiered.
October 6 (estimated): Windows Century XP, which is set to release by April 1900, entered development.
Military Units Þē Bolsheviks • ÞēTercios • Þē Polish-Lithuanian-Galindian-Samogitian Ƿinged Hussars • Þē Yaotls Notable Rulers Tsar Alexei II & I of Russland • CyningÆlfred þē Great/Galiquodi of Ænglaland • Kaiser Arminius I of Germany/Germania/Þedeland/Þeodiscland • uCeorl/uCharles I of Zululand • Donald Trump of Canada/Onakƿah • Cyning Friduric þē Great/Galiquodi of East Prussia • Genghis Khan • Duke Ludovico Sforza of Italland • Mansa Musa • Maurice Bokaryov of Grenada and Russland(OTL: Maurice Bishop) • Tsar Nicholas II of Russland • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey • Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany/Germania/Þedeland/Þeodiscland Ōþer Þēod Þē 27 Club • Alastair McDonald • Þē Caþars • Charles Babbage • Diana Gabaldon • Friduric Trump • Garrett Morgan • George Meegan • Harald Foss • James Puckle • Þē Mladorossi • Nina Paley • Þē Rēade Beorn • Willelm Rēadefeather
Media
"1876, 1765, 1654" (first written and/or sung c. 1890 AD) • Braveheart(1995 AD) • Copyright • Folklandballs • Þē Last Emperor(1987 AD) • ÞēLord JohnLineup(1977 AD - present) • ÞēNu, Pogodi! Franchise(1869 AD - present) • ÞēOutlander Books and Far-Seer Lineup(1976/2008 AD - present) • Þē Patriot(2000 AD) • Þē Public Domain • Þē Rebel's Folly(1920 AD) • "Regele, Bretonland!" (first sung c. 1620 AD) • "Rise! Rise!" (first sung c. betƿeen þē years 1296 and 1297 AD) • ÞēSly Cooper Franchise(September 23, 1856 AD - present) • "Sumor cymþ in/Sumer is icumen in" (first sung c. betƿeen þē years 1250 and 1260 AD) • "Tlacuilolli in tlachinolli" (first sung c. 1920 AD) • "The Wee German(ic)/Theedish/Theodisclander Lairdie" (first sung c. betƿeen þē years 600 and 700 AD, albeit under a very different incarnation written in Old Irish) • "Þē Weorold Wīġa 1/One Scream" (first sung c. [TBD year AD], depending on ƿhen TTL's Weorold Wīġa 1/One takes place)
Subdivisions of Folklands
American Stāþas • Canadian Tūnlands • Egyptian Tūnlands • Eþiopian Rīce • Italian Rīce since 1503 AD • Liberian Tūnhāþs • Neƿ Human Stāþas • Zululander Tūnhāþs
↑I found out that Tepoztli means "a workable metal; copper, iron (see Molina); devices made from metal (see Karttunen); e.g. used as a noun meaning metal bell(s), metal tool(s), armor; can also refer to steel". Credit goes to the online Nahuatl Dictionary for this!
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