Events
Woodrow Wilson suffers a heart attack. Teddy Roosevelt is subsequently elected in the 1912 presidential election.The Nicaraguan Occupation increases in sizeAssassination of archduke Franz FerdinandThe Great War BeginsThe Maritz Rebellion in South Africa beginsVictoriano Huerta resigns from the Presidency of Mexico, beginning the second half of the Mexican Civil War.Venustiano Carranza declares himself the 37th President of Mexico.Treaty of London is signed between Italy and the EntenteItaly Declares War on the Central PowersThe Boers in South Africa win several minor victories against South Africa.Guerilla fighting the Maritz Rebellion ends, unofficially becoming regarded as the ‘Third Boer War’.Easter Rising in Ireland beginsElefterios Venizelos proclaims the Greek Republic, briefly after the proclamation they join the WarMexico uncovers a forged document sent by the British claiming that Germany wished for Mexico to join in the Great War. Carranza considers it.Venustiano Carranza declares Mexican defense against American belligerence and calls to Central American countries to join the fight with him.Pancho Villa is executed by firing squad.Venustiano Carranza ends democracy and establishes the first Mexican intelligence agency as well as a paramilitary wing, Los Fanaticos.The Zimmerman telegram results in USA joining the Great War and invading MexicoSpanish economy sees large boom thanks to Great War-related exportsVenustiano Carranza capitulates Mexico to invading American forces. He abdicates and flees into Central America.Karl I Von Habsburg-Lorraine proclaims the Empire of Cislethanian Austria.Leaders of the Easter Rising are freed after a successful raid on their prison by the IRB.Denmark joins the Entente in the closing weeks of the warGermany surrenders after the decisive Amiens OffensiveThe Italian Economy Collapses.Soviets Invade newly formed Kingdom of PolandThe Treaty of Annecy is ratified in Hungary.With the end of the war, the Spanish economy stagnatesAdam Dressler joins the controversial Thule Society where he begins to develop his ideology, ValkismTsar Nicholas II abdicates the Russian ThroneLenin's Bolsheviks take power in Russia starting the Russian Civil WarWorkers in Italy start go on a massive strike and occupy local factoriesTheodore Roosevelt dies. Hiram Johnson becomes the President of the United States. One of the most important pieces of his terms legislation regards establishing a Mexican client state.The Treaty of Sevres is ratified in the Ottoman Empire and comes into effect.Mexican refugees begin to dominate Guatemalan politicsNicaraguan Leftists attempt a revolt against the Americans, flee to Honduras in the aftermathRif war. The disaster of Annual occurs, over 10,000 Spanish troops die. Spanish politics are thrown into disarray, allowing extremist underground parties to rise.After it was clear that the Italian government had no intention to intervene against the mainly socialist strikers, right wing squads form to "deal" with the workersPoland repels the Soviet invasion and signs the Treaty of Riga, ending the warItaly is in an undeclared Civil War. Workers have occupy acres of land while Legionary Far Right Squads murder suspected of SocialistsTurkish Rebels rise up in all of Anatolia denouncing the Treaty of SevresPost-war economic boom begins, it is centered in London.General Primo de Rivera, upset by the situation of the Spanish democracy, gathers a clique of 8 generals and forces King Alfonso XIII to dissolve parliament in order to install a military regime over the country.Inspired by D'Annunzio, Dressler and his followers attempt to overthrow the Weimar regime. The Putsch is short lived and Dressler is arrestedItalian Police intervene against and break up strikers but the Right Wing Legionnaires remain unsatisfied at the state of Italian politicsItalian Poet D’Annunzio leads a coup against the Italian government. Despite strong support, Italian military overcome and defeat the coup. Thousands are arrested for treasonFrench intervention in the Rif: Lack of communications and inefficient leadership cause friendly fire from the French to the Spanish troops. Franco-Spanish relations sour.Primo de Rivera commences various ambitious infrastructure and industrial projects in SpainDressler begins to put his ideology into writing with his autobiography while in prisonAn Emergency Unity Government is called in Italy to fix the economic problems that caused the near civil war, Ivano Bonoe is elected Prime MinisterThe United Fruit Company expands into Central America through child companies. The US government labels them a "Bad trust" soon afterwardsThe Rif War ends after Primo’s reorganization of the Spanish colonial forces and French intervention.Former Italian Legionnaires are given amnesty from the new governmentGabriele D’Annunzio escapes prison and flies to Brazil. It is rumored that Italian General Italo Balbo may have assisted him.Spanish General Primo de Rivera ends his 3 year dictatorship. King Alfonso XIII calls for constitutional elections. The Unión Conservadora-Liberal is elected.Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III abdicates in favor of his son Umberto, feeling that the wait of the recent chaos in Italy was on his shoulders.The Spanish government slows down Primo de Rivera’s projects, fearing that the incurred debt would cripple the state in the long run.Herbert Hoover wins the Republican Ticket.General Rodolfo Graziani is sent to Italian Cameroon to put down a guerilla movement. His actions a criticised by the international community for violating the human rights of the nativesGilded Tuesday obliterates the American economy.The Republic of the Philippines declares independence.Thousands of deposed Leftist Socialist Revolutionaries recently deposed from the Soviet Union arrive in America.The Mexican Republic is declared.The Battle of Guadalajara, a stunning victory for the new Mexican Republic.Preliminary London Naval Treaty is signed between the British Empire, Portugal and Greece, with Japan observingItalian General Italo Balbo is sent to Libya to pacify the decade long Guerilla MovementSpanish Elections of 1930. The Unión Conservadora-Liberal is elected once againA cease-fire is agreed upon by the American and Mexican forces.The Statute of Westminster fails to pass in British House of Commons.Mexican Centrists and Leftist revolutionaries flee to Guatemala amidst political tensions in the new Republic.Charles Curtis is reelected.Bolivia attacks Paraguay over Chaco disputeHuey Long is elected Governor of Louisiana.Dressler seizes power in Germany. Valkist party struggles with power disputes for the next 3 yearsSalvador Abscal of the National Synarchist Union is elected Prime Governor of MexicoRhine declared an independent state under the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.The Peru-Colombian War beginsArgentina intervenes against Bolivia in the Chaco warBolivia surrenders. Brazil forces the victors to accept lenient termsAlianza Republicana and the PSOE form a coalition government to govern SpainValkist and National Populist alliance, "Falange Española", rapidly gain popularity in Spain.Pro-Republican coup in Romania dethrones Michael I.Indian rebels seize several Government buildings from British forces, beginning the 1935 RebellionThe Second Five Years Plan begins in the Soviet Union.Unsanctioned formation of the Communist Vanguard to assist in 5 Years PlanLemko and Komancha are integrated into Czechoslovakia, it is reformed into Zapadnislavia later that year.Beginning of the first Soviet Five Years Plan.Military needs elsewhere bring the Finnish-Soviet war to a stalemateRed coalition is defeated in the Finnish Civil warRed Army crushes the remnants of the White Army in the Battle of ChitaFar Eastern Republic declares its independence from the Soviets.The Constituent Assembly finds out about the illegal activities of the Communist Vanguard, all of its members, except Sergei Kirov, are jailed.Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet oppositionary, gets 34 percent of the votes in chairman elections.Abundant Natural Gas is discovered in Turner Valley, Canada. Resource exploitation is rapidly planned.Treaty of Versailles is signedGreeks decisively defeat Turkish rebels at Battle of SakaryaHerbert Hoover is elected President of the United States of America on the Progressive ticket.Herbert Hoover is assassinated by anarchist group The People. Charles Curtis becomes acting President.The Republican Party merges with the Progressive Party.As British companies begin to expand production of synthetic fertilizers, Chile’s economy falls into a long period of decline.The Peru-Colombian War ends, with Perú taking the amazonian territories and imposing reparation payments.After the Conservative victory in the 1930 Colombian Election, the Liberal Party splinters into its internal factions.After a wave of nationalist sentiment and discontent against the government, Gaitan coups Colombia, declaring himself presidentWith only small support, Gabriel Terra self-coups in Uruguay, intending to modify the constitutionLead by Basilio Muñoz, the opposition to Terra's dictatorship depose him in UruguayThe Revolutionary Opposition lead by Román Delgado Chalbaud invades Venezuela, and in a wave of insurrection, depose Gomez and take the chaotic countryLeguia dies, and General Sanchez Cerro is elected in PerúPiłsudski steps down from the Prime Minister's position and retires from politics.
Walery Sławek becomes the new prime minister.Piłsudski is appointed as the Marshal of Poland and the prime minister by the king due to the warDue to impossibility of reaching any agreements in the Sejm between the ruling party and the opposition,
the polish king uses his powers to dissolve the Walery Sławek's government and organises new elections.Gabriel Narutowicz from the Social Liberal party becomes the new prime ministerAfter almost 6 months in the office, Gabriel Narutowicz is assasinated by a polish nationalist
(supposedly from the "Stronnictwo Narodowe" party) in an art gallery in Warsaw.
The assasinator is sentenced to death.Soviet Army invades FinlandStart of the new polish economic plan. Rebuilding the infrastracture and
an introduction of the new polish currency "Złoty"Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to death by the British Raj for treason and various political crimesGandhi is finally executed, leading to enromous unrest within the RajAfter months of disagreements in the Sejm, Piłsudski returns from his retirement
and starts stabilising the polish political scene.Small fights erupt
in the polish Sejm.
Several parties
split due to
disagreements.Piłsudski falls ill, the political scene
in poland is slowly getting destabilized once againStart of the polish railroad plan.
Aim: Connecting the railroad system of the polish baltics with the most important industrial regions
to ease the imports and exports done through the baltic ports.End of the polish railroad planLimburg and southern zeeland are given to Belgium in Treaty of VersaillesPrince Bernhard marries Princess JulianaThe Burgenland Republic is proclaimed in Eisenstadt.Hungarian troops occupy Eisenstadt and annex the Burgenland RepublicThe Hungarian Parliament declares unilateral independence from Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Cislethanian Austria surrenders to the Entente after the 2nd Battle of Vittorio Veneto ends in the collapse of the Austrian army.Mihály Károlyi is elected 1st President of Hungary and immedietly surrenders to the EntenteWith the help of the Soviets, Béla Kun overthrows the Hungarian government and proclaims the Hungarian Soviet Republic.Mihály Károlyi is reinstated as Hungarian president by Franco-Serbian soldiers.Transylvania is declared an independent Republic in an attempt to prevent a war from breaking out between Hungary and Romania over the disputed lands.The Hungarian population becomes increasingly dissatisfied with Mihály Károlyi's pro-Entente policy.The 1927 Budapest riots force Mihály Károlyi to cut ties with the Entente.Béla Kun returns to Hungary from exile and forms the "Red Militia" in an attempt to regain power.Miklós Horthy, dissatisfied with how Hungary is being governed, forms the Blackshirt Militia in an attempt to seize control.Mihály Károlyi suspends Hungarian democracy due to extreme political and civil unrest,political stabilisation in Poland, from this point on
till the Piłsudski's illness the governments were
consisting of his "inside men"Ukrainian nationalists assassinate several polish officials, in a response to mistreatment of ukrainian minorites
by the polish police in the region.In a response to the assasinations, Polish king
orders the formation of ukrainian and belarussian police forces.
However the assasinators are caught and sentenced to prison.Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł is officialy coronated
as the King of PolandBeginning of the polish 4 year plan, mainly focused
on increasing the extraction of natural resourcesFights erupt in the Sejm again,
forcing the king to disband the Sejm
and soon also the split government.
A group of king's advisors form a government
in order to stabilise the situation.End of the new
Sejm electionsThe Ecuadorian Civil War begins, between Neftalí Bonifaz, backed mainlyby the CON, and the Senate's forces.Bonifaz wins the Civil War and is properly recognized as president, however, under pressure by the CON he grants them greater powers in his government, and breaks ties with the PCEBonifaz is assassinated in the streets of Quito by radical socialists. In the turbulence, his Vice-President, Carlos Freile Larrea begins to rule, and he is forced to fully implement the CON's desires as he rules a coalition between the UPN and the CONThe Constitutionalists win the Paraguayan Civil War, thus the Army remains loyal to the corrupt Liberal government.
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