Timeline (A Queen of the French?)

This is an abridged timeline of the A Queen of the French? for the most part only differences from OTL are noted, so for example things such as Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne of the UK would not be noted as it happened as in OTL. As such, lots of the events will be focused on France until the after effects ripple through world history.

1830's

• 1830: The July Revolution brings down the restored Bourbon monarchy.
• 1830: Adélaïde Du Orleans becomes regent of France for the Young Henri I.
• 1831: Bread riots break out in Paris and are dissolved by the National Guard.
• 1831: Although nearly twenty years her senior Lafayette marries Queen Regent Adélaïde, the wedding is seen to represent the permanent fusion of Lafayette's liberal nobles to the Queen Regents Constitutional Monarchy.
• 1831: A revised version of the Constitution of 1791 is adopted by the House of Peers and Commons.
• 1831: The French army announces victory in its conquest of Algeria.
• 1831: The first election under the new constitution are carried out, returning a large majority for the liberal constitutionalist Doctrinaires, Jacques Lafitte becomes Prime Minister.
• 1832: Jacques Lafitte's ministry imposes universal taxation, along the lines of the constitution, angering much of the Nobility. A strong Harvest takes the sting out of the new taxes however.
• 1832: Foreign Minister Tallyrand organises the partition of Belgium, angering the British but bringing the United Kingdom of the Netherlands into the French sphere of influence for the first time since the fall of the Batavian Republic.
• 1832: A bad winter ruins many crops in the countryside.
• 1833: The bad harvest drives up bread prices, causing another round of riots. Despite urging from the Queen Regent Jacques Lafitte refuses to impose price controls, claiming that they will ruin the economy.
• 1833: A group of disaffected Ultra royalists (Ultra's) agitate for price controls in local markets and secretly start arming peasant levies.
• 1833: Ultra's attempt to stage a coup, aiming to seize prince Henri and install a new reactionary council of state. The National Guard flood the streets, crushing the rebellion.
• 1833: At the prompting of Lafayette and conscious that the National Guard might not tolerate crushing another bread riot the Queen Regent dismisses Lafitte and calls for new elections.
• 1833: The new election return a mix of conservative ultra's and Lafayette's new Jacobins. As a condition of the compromise that allows them to form a government Adélaïde is officially crowned Queen. Tallyrand, old and mostly bedridden at this point becomes Prime Minister. Price controls on bread are imposed, paid for by increased taxes on the increasingly wealthy bourgeois classes.
• 1834: Lafayette dies, his funeral is attended by millions and his body interned with the Royal Family.
• 1834: A large body of women march on the Palais Royale, demanding equality for women before the law. Tallyrand calls out the National Guard but they refuse to act.
• 1835: Adélaïde writes a public editorial, expressing her support for the women of France. Tallyrand is privately furious but does not act.
• 1835: The Women of Paris walk out of work and their homes, declaring a national women's strike, supported by some of the very radical presses.
• 1835: Élie-Louis Decazes, minister of the Interior is forced to resign when it is revealed that he attempted to order the Royal Guard to disperse the Women's Strike
• 1836: After four months of the Women's Strike Queen Adélaïde decides to temporarily abandon her supposed non-partisan position to issue a proclamation ordering the courts to treat women equally to men, although they can not vote yet.
• 1837: In December Tallyrand tenders his resignation, noting that his old age prevents him from continuing to serve. Adélaïde convinces him to stay on to April 1838, noting that this is when the House of Peers and the General Assembly will be up for election again and that this would mark the first full term of office.
• 1838: It is discovered by Albertine Necker that the Jury rolls, that contain all eligible voters, do not include women.
• 1838: Women in Paris again engage in an informal strike, with the rallying cry The Queen can not speak for all Women. Tallyrand again attempts to use the National Guard to disperse the mob but again is rebuffed by the new commander of the National Guard, Citizen Prince Henri.
• 1838: Possibly acting out of genuine concern, or at the very least realising that many of Paris's most prominent salons and reading rooms, including several in the Palais Royale are run by women, Tallyrand caves and orders the immediate drafting of a new amendment to the constitution to grant the vote to women.
• 1838: The Constitutional committee announces that they will need to delay the election until 1839 if they are to allow women to vote. The Queen agrees but Tallyrand, who feels that he can no longer stand another year as prime minister, resigns. Adélaïde offers the Prime Ministership temporarily to her brother, Phillipe du Orleans.
• 1839: The constitution is amended to allow women to vote on the same grounds as men. Due to the restrictive property requirements as few as 5000 women are enfranchised but the symbolic victory ends the Women's Strikes that had been having such a bad effect on French society.
• 1839: Perhaps as a reaction to the Queens supposed radical reforms the Ultra's sweep the 1839 elections forcing Adélaïde to appoint the moderate Ultra Casimir-Louis-Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart (More casually Mortemart) as Prime Minister.

1840's

• 1840: Montemart announces the lifting of price controls and the establishment of a new national paper currency, linked to the value of gold.
• 1841: Student protesters, angry at the Queen's supposed betrayal of the republican cause rise up in Paris and attempt to overthrow the government. The National Guard again crushes the revolutionaries who have received very little public support.
• 1841: Despite the Queen's protests Montemart introduces new laws, inspired by the German Karlsbad decree to crack down on revolutionary support amongst students.
• 1841: The publication of the Decree of Reims (The French Karlsbad laws) is met with shock and outrage by the liberal members of the General Assembly who protest directly to the queen. The Queen reminds them that this was exactly what they wanted when they supported a constitutional monarchy. If the monarch is not an instrument of repression, they also can not be an instrument of Liberalism. Nonetheless she promises to intervene should Montemart violate the constitution.
• 1842: Citizen Prince Henri announces his engagement to Madame du Bari, one of the leaders of the 1835 Women's Strike.
• 1843: Disaffected Ultras attempt to storm the wedding of Citizen Prince Henri to prevent him marrying bellow bis station, they are rebuffed by members of the national guard.
• 1843: Furious Montemart introduces new legislation creating the association of public safety, a distinctly republican organisation designed to seek out and prevent dangers to the regime.
• 1843: New elections are held, although the Ultras remain a powerful force in the new assembly, they are diminished and the increasingly centre left doctrinaires and left wing Jacobins are able to put together a government. The Duc De Oreleans, by now a powerful figure in his own right and a key member on the right of the Doctrinaires is reappointed Prime Minister, as part of a compromise between the Ultra's and the Doctrinaires, who fear a new terror should the Jacobins take power.
• 1844: The Duc de Oreleans increases the power of the Association of Public Safety, claiming a need to secure the constitutional principals. Many suspect that he is building his own power base in contrast to his sister the Queen.
• 1844: An uprising in Sardinia results in a call for French aid, The Queen is in favour of intervention but the Assembly is not in favour of the intervention.
• 1845: The Duc de Oreleans is approached by army officers, who support a potential coup against the Queen. He shuts them down, refusing to act against the woman who's advice he so valued while in exile.
• 1845: The assembly passes new laws establishing a central grain stockpile for France. The Duc declares that The Preservation of the low price of bread is one of the key interests of France
• 1845: A grand diplomatic summit is held between Queen Victoria of England and Queen Adélaïde, while the Duc and Lord Russell do not get on the respective queens become firm allies, which creates a strong diplomatic back door between the two countries.
• 1846: The French government agrees to sell grain at a low rate to irish landowners, helping to alleviate some of the Irish Potato famine.
• 1846: A bad harvest forces France to open its grain stockpile, while the large stockpile and the increasing adoption of mechanised farming helps to alleviate some of the problems the price of bread does rice and causes unrest in Paris.
• 1846: Fearing a repeat of the events of 1789 the Duc de Orleans is able to convince the nobility and the middle classes to agree to grain rationing.
• 1847: Students in Paris call for an expansion of the franchise to all men over a certain age (Which, given the amendment to the constitution would also mean women). The Duc and the Queen refuse, fearing that the expansion of the franchise might lead to a resurgence of the Bonapartists. The Duc offers the words that will doom him in the upcoming revolutions of 1848, The People of Paris are under the misapprehension that there has been a revolution, there has merely been a change of Monarch.
• 1847: Bread riots break out in December 1847, despite the rationing.
• 1848: Bread riots, combined with existing student protests spark a major rebellion amongst the National Guard, inspired by a large banquet organised by the opposition Jacobins. The Duc de Oreleans tenders his resignation to the mob and new elections are announced.
• 1848: The rebellious mob is not tamed by the Duke's resignation, demanding increased franchise and cheaper bread. The Queen appoints a new government that announces the expansion of the franchise to all men who own any property. Overnight this effectively doubles the franchise, for the elections of 1848 almost 55% of Men over 18 and 20% of women over 21 are able to vote, a number unparalleled in the world.
• 1848: The government of Metternich in Austria falls to revolutionary forces, revolutions break out in Hungary, Italy and Germany
• 1848: The Election of 1848 returns a large number of Bonapartist and Jacobin candidates, the new government agrees on little but it does agree to support revolutionary forces in Italy.
• 1848: French troops cross the Sardinian border in support of King Charles in his war against Austria, driving the Austrians out of Venice and creating a uniformed northern Italian state.
• 1848: German revolutionaries offer the crown of Germany to Kaiser Wilhelm. A young Prussian infantry officer called Otto Von Bismark urges him to reject the offer but fearing popular revolution the Kaiser accepts.
• 1848: Fearing a unified Germany the new Government of France under Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers orders intervention on the Rhine to break up the new state. In the face of French opposition Prussia pulls back from the full German project, instead agreeing with France to form a new North German State instead.
• 1848: With both the Roman Republic and Sicilian Republic under threat from reactionary forces the Assembly engages in a major debate over intervention in Italy. In her last public appearance Queen Adélaïde , now in her 70's makes one last public appearance on the balcony of the Palais Royale, she calls for intervention in Italy to secure a strong constitutional monarchy for Frances Italian brothers.
• 1848: French and Sardinian forces secure Italy for the new Kingdom of Italy.
• 1849: Queen Adélaïde dies and her funeral is attended by millions. Public debate breaks out over the succession of the Throne.
• 1849: A new constitutional convention is called to settle the question of who will succeed the Queen. Although Adélaïde had public declared her intention to have Henri I succeed her the Duc de Oreleans is convinced to stand for the position by Doctrinaires who are concerned that Henri will slip into Bourbon absolutism. At the last minute the Duc is convinced to stand down by his son, who in the absence of Henri having a son will become King after him.
• 1849: Henri I is crowned by the assembled delegates of the convention, cementing the first peaceful transition of power since that of his Great Uncle Louis the 18th to Charles the 10th.

1850's

• 1850: Prussia, now under the auspices of the North German Federation decides that the asccension of the new French King is a good time to secure the German position on the east bank of the Rhine.
• 1850: Prussian forces meet and defeat the French army at Mainz.
• 1851: The Prussian army advances into France and captures the city of Strasburg, in Paris riots break out over the conduct of the war. War minster François Guizot is forced to resign and his replaced by the revolutionary war veteran Charles Reille, who while in his 70's is still well regarded.
• 1851: The French army is again defeated at Sedan, Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers swallows his pride and asks the United Kingdom for aid.
• 1852: The French are able to defeat the Prussian army outside Lille, securing the first major French victory of the war.
• 1852: The British navy assists the French in staging an invasion of North Germany with the French army seizing Kiel
• 1853: In January the French and Prussians are convinced to come to the table for peace talks, Prussia is able to secure the east bank of the Rhine but no more.
• 1853: New elections are held and return an anti-war asemmbly, as a result of war weariness and tiredness. The Jacobins are able to secure a majority in the assembly Jules Armand Dufaure is appointed Prime Minister.
• 1854: The new Jacobin ministry establishes a new committee of national defence to reform the French army.
• 1854: France is convinced to join the Anti-Russian coalition over the Crimea
• 1855: French troops suffer a major blow in Crimea due to plague and dysentry. French War Reporters call for increased funding for the French medical services.
• 1856: The Crimean War comes to an end.
• 1856: The Jacobin's split into two groups, one led by Dufaure which renames itself the party of livery and one led by Barrot, which while still named the Jacobins is now focused on order and control.
• 1857: New elections are held, The Doctrinaires still led by Thiers return to power, although they are forced to rely on Dufaure's liberals to maintain power.
• 1857: The worlds first Ironclad warship, La Gloire is launched by the French.
• 1858: Thiers announces the establishment of a new National Bank and Stockpile for France, with the aim of providing the French economy with a stable bedrock in the future.
• 1859: It is discovered by a French paper that King Henri I's wife is sterile, causing a massive public debate.

1860's

• 1860: King Henri I is urged by the Assembly to set aside his wife and marry again, in order to produce an Heir.
• 1860: King Henri decides to make a public address in the same manner as his predecessor he argues that The principal of the constitution is that all men are free to make the decisions that they wish to make, I love my wife and we are very happy with each other and I will not divorce her under any circumstances
• 1861: The American Civil war breaks out over the election of Abraham Lincoln
• 1861: The French decide to intervene in Mexico to secure French power in North America.
• 1862: Following the collapse of the government in Vietnam the French decide to intervene to secure a foothold in Asia
• 1862: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on Austria to secure the last elements of Italian territory, Prussia follows to secure hegemony over Germany.
• 1862: France joins the war against Austria, within a few months the Austrian resistance is crushed and Italy regains control over Venetia and several islands in the Agean.
• 1862: Thiers Doctrinaires secure a majority in the elections.
• 1863: France annexes Cambodia
• 1863: Polish nationalists rise up against the Russian Empire, There is an intense debate in the French Assembly over intervention. Prussia comes to an arrangement with France to support intervention in favour of the Polish nationalists.
• 1863: Prussia and France present a deal to the Russian government, allow Poland to form a new nationalist government or Prussia and France will invade. Russia reluctantly agrees.
• 1864: France begins construction of the Suez Canal.
• 1865: French troops agree to intervene in Japan in support of the Meji emperor.
• 1865: The American Civil war ends.
• 1866: The Doctrinaires again secure a majority in the elections.
• 1866: French troops withdraw from Mexico after the United States threatens war.
• 1867: France and Prussia face off over the status of Luxembourg, a negotiated settlement is eventually agreed with the disarming of the Duchies fortresses.
• 1868: The King of Spain dies, sparking a crisis over the succession. France advocates for the appointment of Prince Louis, King Henri's cousin, Prussia advocates for the appointment of a German prince.
• 1869: Prussia declares war on France.
• 1869: The Suez canal opens in Egypt.

1870's

• 1870: Prussian troops cross the Rhine and win a major victory at Strasburg
• 1870: French troops fail to hold the fortress at Sedan, sparking a crisis in Paris.
• 1870: The King declares a suspension of Elections for the duration of the Crisis, the French government withdraws from Paris.
• 1870: Paris rises up in rebellion, prompted by left wing radicals.
• 1871: The British Government lends its support to the French, landing troops in Caen to support the regime.
• 1871: French troops regroup in Normandy and win a victory against the Germans at Cherbourg.
• 1871: The Prussian government offers a peace treaty to the French government but the French refuse and launch a new offensive, recapturing Lille and Brussels.
• 1872: The French army captures the fortress at Sedan and advances across the Rhine.
• 1872: French troops recapture Mainz, British troops capture Hamburg.
• 1872: Prussia sues for peace, France accepts, taking control of the east bank of the Rhine.
• 1873: The North German Federation is merged into the German Empire under Prussia.
• 1873: French troops violently crush the Paris commune.
• 1874: New elections are held, Thiers decides not to remain leader of the Doctrinaires and the Jacobins under Gaëtan de Rochebouët take control of the assembly.
• 1875: The French economy tanks in the face of high inflation, The Central Stockpile helps to aleviate some of the worse effects of the crash.
• 1877: The Russo-Turkish war breaks out, France sends aid to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1878: In the 78 elections the Jacobins retain control of the assembly.
• 1879: A crisis breaks out over the position of the Catholic Church in French Society.

1880's

• 1880: Rochebouët makes arrangements for the Association of Public Safety to be converted into a more formal body of the French state.
• 1881: Pogroms in eastern europe spark a political crisis in France when Rochebouët refuses to allow the Jewish refugees into France. Walthère Frère-Orban, leader of the Party of Liberation leads a faction of the Jacobins in opposing Rochebouët and allowing Russian refugees into France.
• 1882: Frère-Orban becomes Prime Minister, becoming the first Prime Minister of the Party of Liberation.
• 1883: In response to British expansionism in Africa the Vienna conference is called to settle competing claims in Africa
• 1883: King Henri I dies childless, a new succession crisis breaks out.
• 1884: The French fight a war in Vietnam to gain control over the remainder of South East Asia.
• 1884: Orban calls a new constitutional convention to settle the question of who will become King of the French. The candidates at the Oreleanist Prince Phillipe, nephew of Queen Adélaïde and the closest to the throne by blood and Prince Leopold, the Prince of Brabant.
• 1884: The few remaining Ultra's attempt to stage a coup and appoint Leopold as King, suspecting he is more friendly to a return to absolutism. The coup fails and Phillipe becomes king.
• 1885: France formally agrees the construction of the Channel rail link with the UK.
• 1886: Karl Benz establishes his first car factory in France having fled Germany during one the countries crack downs on dissent,
• 1886: Orban and the Party of Liberation win the election of 1886
• 1886: Louis Pasteur creates the first Rabies vaccine, Orban calls for the eradication of Rabbies in France.
• 1887: After a short illness Walthère Frère-Orban dies, in his absence the Party of Liberation falls apart, the Doctrinaires take control of the assembly.
• 1887: Construction starts on the Channel rail tunnel.
• 1888: The French economy starts to recover.
• 1889: Marchers in Paris call for the further expansion of the Franchise.

1890's

• 1890: New elections are called and Charles de Freycinet of the Doctrinaires takes the position of Prime Minister.
• 1890: Women and students form a protest movement that calls for the removal of the property requirement on voting, Freycinet while still wary of the Bonapartists is confident that France is now stable enough to take the risk.
• 1891: France joins the UK and other more liberal powers in supporting Pope Leo XIII's attempt to reform the catholic church.
• 1891: In response to Dutch pressure the French government passes an act garunteeing equal representation for the French and Dutch languages in the provinces that were annexed from the Netherlands.
• 1892: The British formally sign the treaty of Antwerp with the French, securing the Anglo-French alliance.
• 1892: The Chanel tunnel rail link opens.
• 1893: A letter is discovered, written by the head of the national guard outlining a potential jewish plot to undermine the French government.
• 1893: The first Sino-Japanese war begins.
• 1894: Prussia and Austria sign a formal treaty of alliance.
• 1894: In response to the public debate around the supposed Jewish conspiracy King Louis Phillipe, determined not to leave the country in a worse state then when he took the Throne calls for a massive general convention to be held in Paris at the Palais Royale.
• 1894: King Louis Phillipe, presents his son Phillipe to the convention at the Palais Royale, after being grilled on his principals by the convention is officially appointed the Dauphin and chosen heir to the Monarchy.
• 1894: The debate at the Palais Royale draws up a new constitution for France, Guaranteeing freedom of religion and officially exonerating the supposed Jewish plot. Homosexuality is officially decriminalised (Although it will not become legal for another fifty years) and stringent working laws and introduced. Tired and by now in his 80's King Louis Phillipe I dies and his son Phillipe I takes the throne, thus finally cementing the Oreleans dynasty that his Aunt had first created.
• 1895: Prussia and the Russian Empire sign a formal treaty of alliance.
• 1896: The Ottoman Empire, supported by French style reforms becomes a constitutional monarchy and signs an alliance with France.
• 1897: War almost breaks out between Ottoman Turkey and Greece but French intervention prevents the war breaking out.
• 1898: Aristide Briand of the Republican Socialist party becomes Prime Minister with the support of his own party and the Doctrinaires
• 1898: Empress Cixi returns to powers in China, and an Alliance of Prussia, Russia, Japan, Britain, France and Italy, later joined by the United States intervene in China to prevent the radical boxers taking power
• 1899: The Boer War between British and Dutch settlers in South Africa begins.

1900's

• 1900: Prussia and the Russian Empire sign a military Alliance with Greece
• 1900: Skirmishing between Greek and Turkish sailors starts a full blown war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire, The French and British indicate there support for the Ottoman Empire and send military aid. Russia and the Austrian Empire send troops Greece.
• 1900: Running on a rushed timeline the British Launch the first two ships of there new Dreadnought Class battleships, France launches its own advanced warship the Super Heavy Cruiser (Similar to OTL Battlecruisers) Duc De Oreleans, the first of its new model navy class program.
• 1900: After a British officer assisting the Turkish navy is killed by Russian soldiers the UK declares war on the Russian Empire, France soon follow suit and Prussia, seeing an opportunity to once more retake the east bank of the Rhine declares war on France. Thus beginning the First Great War.
• 1901: Prussian troops sieze the east bank of the Rhine but the river prevents further advances and the French and British armies engage in artillery duels with there Prussian counterpart.
• 1901: Seeing a chance to support there French benefactors the Polish Duchy declares war on Prussia and Russia, Initially the Polish make major gains against the Russians but the Russian army is able to halt further advances outside St Petersberg before the Prussians can recall troops to the Eastern Front.
• 1902: French troops cross the Rhine and advance intro Germany but are bogged down in trench warfare.
• 1903: Ottoman Troops drive the Greeks out of Thrace
• 1904: Italy joins the British and French coalition and cross the alps into Austria
• 1904: The Wright Brothers make the first powered flight in the United States
• 1905: Prussian submarines sink an American freighter making a supply run to the United Kingdom and the United States, reluctantly agrees to joint the war.
• 1906: Italian Troops reach the outskirts of Vienna.
• 1907: Polish troops are driven out of Russia and Prussia captures Warsaw, the Polish government surrenders and is partitioned by the three powers.
• 1907: Seeing an opportunity the Japanese declare war on Russia, hopping to seize control of the Russian far east.
• 1908: French troops capture Hanover
• 1909: Italian Troops capture Vienna
• 1910: Prussia and Austria sign a peace treaty at Austerlitz.
• 1910: A reformed polish army takes St Petersberg and the Russian Military stages a coup, establishing a military dictatorship.

1910's

• 1911: Vladamir Lenin arrives in Russia and takes control of a rebel movement in Moscow, beginning the Russian Revolution.
• 1912: France holds new elections, now that the war is over and peace has returned, while the republican socialists have been genuinely popular over the years the war there is a feeling that a strong French government is needed to restore France after the war and the Jacobins under Charles de Broqueville take power in the new government.
• 1912: Lenin's communist movement takes control of the former Russian empire.
• 1912: The newly formed Soviet Union declares war on the Duchy of Poland to retake lost Soviet territories.
• 1913: The Polish successfully drive Russian troops out of Poland and march on Moscow.
• 1913: Polish troops take Moscow
• 1914: French intervention convinces the Polish to withdraw from Russia and to sign a peace treaty with the new Soviet Union.
• 1914: The Jacobins convince the UK and other members of the victorious allies to form a new international body, the second congress system to prevent the outbreak of another global war.
• 1915: The Stock Market in Amsterdamn crashes, leading to a global depression that severely harms the world economy, in particular the Austrian Empire which was dependent on French loans.
• 1916: Charles de Broqueville and the Jacobins are re-elected in the elections of 1916.
• 1916: The House of Peers blocks Charles de Broqueville's emergency budget which would have massively increased taxation to pay for the French Army, Navy and Air Force as well as expanding the National Stockpile to cover health services as well as food.
• 1917: King Phillipe I and Charles de Broqueville work out a compromise that floods the House of Peers with loyal Jacobins who pass an amendment to the constitution that prevents the House of Peers from blocking legislation passed by the General Assembly
• 1918: Disaffected Arab provinces in the Ottoman Empire rebel from the empires control.
• 1919: The new National Health Stockpile is opened in Paris

1920's

• 1920: The Doctrinaries win a shock election to the National Assembly
• 1921: Austria and Prussia are admitted to the new European Congress and a new global congress is set up that includes Japan and the United States
• 1921: The global powers sign the treaty of Reims, limiting naval competition between the worlds most powerful states.
• 1921: Ireland declares independence from the United Kingdom, France indicates its support for the new Irish Republic
• 1922: Adolf Hitler becomes Prime Minister of Austria, promising a return to Austria's former glory.
• 1923: Vladamir Lenin dies and a power struggle breaks out in the Soviet Union that results in Leon Trotsky taking power
• 1923: The Arabian revolts are mostly defeated, although an independent Palestinian state is established and the Kurdish rebellion will not be subdued for another twenty years.
• 1924: The Jacobins return to power in France
• 1925: King Phillipe I becomes ill
• 1926: King Phillipe I dies and his son King Louis becomes King of the French.
• 1927: The United States formally re-signs its alliance with the Kingdom of France
• 1928: France suffers a serious economic downturn.
• 1929: The elections of 1929 result in a major shock, The communards (As the French Socialist Workers Party) are able to take the position of second largest party. The Three other Parties (The Doctrinaires, Jacobins and Party of Liberation) reluctantly agree to appoint Pierre Laval to head a government of national unity.

1930's

• 1930: The Communards, in anger at there failure to take control through democratic means begin planning a military insurection.
• 1930: Édouard Daladier leader of the National Guard is approached by the Communards to take control of the state, reluctantly Daladier, a committed republican agrees to lead the revolution.
• 1930: Fighting breaks out in Paris between the National Guard and the French army
• 1930: The French Army successfully defeats the rebelling National Guard
• 1931: Pierre Laval disbands the French Socialist Workers Party and orders the National Guard rolled into the French Army.
• 1932: The Japanese Military attempts to stage a coup but is defeated by the Japanese National Guard.
• 1933: Eric Raeder takes power in a military coup in Prussia, increasing the already considerable power of the Junker aristocracy.
• 1934: China invades Japanese Korea, beginning the Sino-Japanese War.
• 1935: Austria and Prussia sign a new military alliance, many of the Junkers are dismissive of Adolf Hitler who they call the Little Corporal but they nonetheless concede that the ex Austrian army solider is the price of doing business in the New Hapsburg empire.
• 1936: Republicans in Spain rise up in opposition to the Orleans constitutional monarchy
• 1936: Edward VIII abdicates from the throne of the UK.
• 1937: The Soviet Union signs a treaty of Alliance with Prussia with the eventual aim of one more ending the Duchy of Poland
• 1938: A nationalist revolution breaks out in the Galician region of the Austrian empire.
• 1939: Polish troops cross into Galicia to support the Polish nationalists there.

1940's

• 1940: Austria declares war on Poland, Prussia and the Soviet Union decide to hold off, cautious of prompting another continent wide war.
• 1940: Polish troops win a major victory at Lemberg, driving the Austrian army back to Hungary.
• 1941: Prussia declares war on France and Poland, The USSR follows suit.
• 1941: Prussian armoured troops cross the Rhine and blast through French defensive lines.
• 1941: French Troops fall back to Southern France where they are reinforced by what troops the Orleanist regime in Spain can spare from putting down its communist insurrection.
• 1941: Prussian troops attempt to march through the Channel Tunnel as part of a lightning strike at Northern France aimed at securing a beach head in the UK. British Submarines are redeployed to flood the tunnel, killing nearly a thousand troops who were crossing.
• 1941: Italian and Polish troops launch a coordinated attack on Austria, Poland repels a Soviet attack on the Dutchy's eastern border.
• 1942: The King of the French surrenders and leaves to lead a government in Exile in the UK. General De Gaulle is allowed to lead a reformed National Guard by the victorious Prussians. Spain also leaves the Allied Coalition, although Italy remains committed to the cause, establishing a major defensive line in the Alps.
• 1942: Italian Troops capture Vienna, Austria withdraws from the Eastern Bloc
• 1943: The UK begins reopening the Channel Tunnel in preparation for an invasion of Europe to ease pressure on Italy and Poland.
• 1943: A coordinated Prussian and Soviet attack pushes the borders of Poland back by 100 miles, An Italian attack on Southern Germany and the Ukraine relieves enough pressure for the Polish to survive.
• 1943: Soviet troops drive the Italians out of the Balkans, causing them to fall back on defensive Lines along the Alps and the Slovenian border.
• 1944: De Gaule stages a rebellion in France, the National Guard are able to seize control over Northern France, reopening the Channel Tunnel and Ports, allowing British forces to flood across the France.
• 1944: A reinvigorated Polish and Italian army launch a major offensive against Prussia and its German Allies, alleviating pressure on the French. King Louis I travels to Europe to lead a legion of French Emigres.
• 1945: French forces retake Paris, Prussia, conscious of the heavy peace terms that had been imposed at Austerlitz decides to sign a separate peace with the Allies.
• 1945: Polish troops capture St Petersberg and use airfields based in western Russia to allow British and American troops to drop an atomic bomb on the city of Rostov.
• 1945: The Soviet Military stages a coup and signs a peace with the Allies after Japanese troops capture Vladivostok.
• 1945: The French government of National Resistance under De Gaule refuses to allow the King to return to France and declares the 2nd French Republic.
• 1946: Charles de Gaule receives over 70& of the vote in the first presidential elections for the new republic.
• 1946: The UK seals the Channel Tunnel rail link in fear of French revolutionary terror.
• 1947: The UK, United States, Japan, The United Provinces, Italy and the Duchy of Poland sign the Treaty of Warsaw, establishing the Eurasian Cooperation Sphere.
• 1947: The 2nd Republic officially lifts the Decree of Riems which had limited the freedom of students and empowered the secret police.
• 1948: Communards in France stage an insurrection in the south of the country that will last for the next five years.
• 1948: The Soviet Union and the 2nd French Republic sign a treaty of Alliance based on shared revolutionary principals.
• 1949: A group of French generals approach De Gaule, concerned that the 2nd Republic is too vulnerable to foreign forces, De Gaule agrees and establishes the 2nd Directory.