Timeline

* **663:** The Tang dynasty invades the Indian subcontinent, and establishes control over the eastern part.
* 697: The Byzantine Empire fails to conquer Carthage - it remains under control of the Muslims.
* **1453:** The Ottomans fail to conquer the Byzantine Empire, and so it lives.
* **1461:** Constantine XI dies, and Thomas takes over.
* **1463:** The Kingdom of Georgia never goes into civil war.
* **1465:** Thomas dies, and Andreas takes over.
* **1493:** The Kingdom of Croatia manages to defeat the Ottomans.
* **1502:** The Palaiologos dynasty comes to an end with the death of Andreas, and the Tocco dynasty takes over Byzantium.
* **1517:** The Mamluk Sultanate manages to fight off the Ottoman threat, and survives.
* **1519:** The Ming dynasty, with a better navy, colonises the Philippines.
* **1520:** The Aztec Empire manages to defeat the Spanish.
* **1583:** Sir Humphrey Gilbert doesn't drown.
* **1590:** The island of Roanoke never gets abandoned.

### 17th-19th century

* **1605:** James I dies in the Gunpowder Plot. His son, Henry, becomes Henry IX with Anne of Denmark being regent until 1614.
* **1627:** Henry IX dies of a heart attack - Charles I takes over.
* **1642:** The continent of Zealandia is discovered by the Netherlands.
* **1643:** The island of Hanyu is discovered.
* **1646:** Charles I and the Royalists win the English Civil War.
* **1649:** Colonization of Zealandia and Australia by the Dutch begins - the Colony of New Hague is established in .
* **1655:** Jamaica remains under Spanish rule.
* **1657:** The Ottoman Empire invades Egypt again, and places it under military occupation.
* **1663:** Charles I dies, and Charles II takes over - he turns England back to a constitutional monarchy.
* **1749:** The Qing dynasty goes to war with Portugal to take back Macau. After the Qing success in the war, Portugal is forced to give Macau to the Qing.
* **1762:**
* **1768:** France refuses to annex Corsica.
* **1769:** James Cook stops by. Napoleon Bonaparte is born Corsican, although he still gets a French education.
* **1779:** James Cook survives.
* **1783:** Britain keeps Florida.
* **1791:** Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart doesn’t die yet. The British-Ottoman War breaks out.
* **1794:** The British-Ottoman War comes to an end, and Egypt is independent.
* **1798:** The Irish Rebellion, supported by France, succeeds, officially securing the Irish Republic's independence.

### 19th century

* **1801:** A new constitution in Ireland is made, which invites William Frederick Phillip of Wurttemberg to become King.
* **1803:** Napoleon declares himself Emperor.
* **1806:** James Cook dies. Britain manages to invade Argentina, and the Holy Roman Empire collapses.
* **1812:** The First Anglo-American War takes place.
* **1814:** The US wins the War, and takes the Canadas.
* **1824:** The Mexican Empire never falls.
* **1830:** The railway accident involved William Huskisson never happens.
* **1836:** Texas declares independence.
* **1842:** Hong Kong, Hanyu and the Philippines are given to the British.
* **1843:** The Second Anglo-American War takes place.
* **1845:** William Huskisson dies of illness.
* **1846:** The UK and Hawaii win the War. Texas gets re-annexed into Mexico.
* **1847:** The Kazakh Khanate manages to fight off Russia.
* **1848:** The revolution in France doesn't overthrow the Orlean monarchy.
* **1856:** Russia wins the Crimean War, and gains some territory from the Ottoman Empire.
* **1857:** The Indian Revolt is successful, and the colonies of India gain independence.
* **1858:** The Indian Federation is formed.
* **1861:** Prince Albert doesn’t die. Italy fails to unify.
* **1862:** The Taiping Rebellion is successful, and the Taiping dynasty takes over.
* **1864:** The American Civil War has come to an end. Abraham Lincoln is voted off.
* **1865:** Because Abraham Lincoln isn’t President anymore, he isn’t assassinated.
* **1867:** Russia sells the Aleutian islands to Liechtenstein, and the Alaskan mainland to the North German Confederation.
* **1868:** Japan is divided between Tokugawa and the Empire of Japan.
* **1872:** The Colony of Roanoke gains independence.
* **1881:** Alexander II survives, and installs a Russian parliament.
* **1888:** Lincoln dies peacefully.
* **1889:** Brazil doesn't became a republic.
* **1890s:** The Great Alaskan Gold Rush takes place.
* **1890:** Otto von Bismarck isn't dismissed.
* **1891:** Poland is made an autonomous state of the Russian Empire.
* **1898:** Not only does Cuba gain independence, but Jamaica and Puerto Rico also gain independence.

### 20th century

* **1904:** Prince Albert Victor dies of old age.
* **1905:** The Russians win the Russo-Japanese War.
* **1910:** Japan doesn’t invade Korea. Also Portugal remains a monarch.
* **1911:** A revolution in China fails.
* **1912:** Theodore Roosevelt wins the election. HMS Titanic never sinks. Tibet declares independence.
* **1923:** The Glorious War of Independence takes place.
* **1926:** Benito Mussolini takes power in the Two Sicilies.
* **1924:** Texas, California and Baja California are recognized as independent.
* **1950:** George Orwell and Al Jolson live on, and the Korean War begins between communists and the Korean government.
* **1952:** Because Jerome Howard never has a stroke, he doesn’t die.
* **1953:** The BBC releases a new television series titled ‘*The Railway Series*’, based on the children’s book series of the same name. Also Korea remains united.
* **1960s:** The Hippie movement never rises to prominence, therefore culture is much slower.
* **1960:** Richard Nixon is elected as President.
* **1963:** Because Kennedy isn’t elected President, he is never assassinated. Also thanks to Texas not being part of the U.S.
* **1964:** Ian Fleming doesn’t die, and continues writing novels.
* **1966:** Walt Disney, due to being more healthy, doesn’t die this year.
* **1968:** Ted Healy dies.
* **1971:** *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory* becomes a financial success, with Roald Dahl’s approval. Also *Diamonds are Forever* is released with George Lazenby returning to play James Bond.
* **1972:** Wilbert Awdry never stops writing RWS books.
* **1975:** *Willy Wonka and the Great Glass Wonkavator* is released, coming to financial success.
* **1977:** Al Jolson passes away.
* **1979:** Iran falls into Civil War, but is eventually divided into East and West Iran.
* **1980:** John Lennon isn’t assassinated, and Ian Fleming dies.
* **1981:** Ronald Reagan is successfully assassinated, and Jerome Howard passes away.
* **1983:** George Orwell dies of old age.
* **1984:** Margaret Thatcher is successfully killed in the Brighton bomb incident by the Welsh Republican Army. More military is pushed into Wales as a campaign to destroy the terrorist group.
* **1985:** Walt Disney dies of old age.
* **1986:** Chernobyl never happens.
* **1988:** Flight 243, thanks to better maintenance securities, never has its roof flown off.
* **1992:** After a successful referendum, Switzerland agrees to join the EEC. The Balkan Union is formed by Serbia.
* **1997:** Hong Kong gains independence as a Dominion, while Macau gains independence as well. John Major wins the 1997 election, while Diana survives her car accident. Also British Railways never starts the process of privatization.
* **1998:** The article that linked vaccines to autism is never published, therefore not so many anti-vaxxers exist.