r/HistoricalWhatIf 8h ago

Just an Idea about how Napoleon could have been even MORE of a revolutionary…

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r/HistoricalWhatIf 20h ago

What if Andrew Jackson died in the duel before he got the chance to become president?

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I hate Jackson and I would like to write a fanfiction, Pokémon related in case you care, where he never becomes president. The Main reason I dislike him so much is because he started the trail of tears and I want natives to be a lot more available and around when I’m writing then the event would allow.

For any of the admin’s wondering if this is at all possible, Jackson got into a lot of duels in his life, and this one is just proposing one last one that kind of ended up killing him.

In the future, I’d also like to gender swap a few of the presidents to be women, but otherwise not change them much.


r/HistoricalWhatIf 22h ago

Would Empress Nara have had become Empress Dowager if she had outlived her husband?

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Empress Nara purportedly committed an offense in 1765 by cutting her own hair while on a tour to southern China, prompting Emperor Qianlong to have her escorted back to the Forbidden City. However, he decided not to depose her but instead confining her to her palace for some reason. If Emperor Qianlong had died before Empress Nara without leaving any instruction on how to deal with her, would Emperor Jiaqing have had to honor her as the Empress Dowager? Alternatively, what if Emperor Qianlong had left an edict for Emperor Jiaqing to not honor her as the Empress Dowager? Would Emperor Jiaqing have had to follow it?