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1920[]

League of Nations

Inside the League of Nations

Geopolitics[]

  • The League of Nations is established as an international organisation to maintain world peace. President Woodrow Wilson successfully petitions to have the USA join the organisation.
  • A referendum in Greece is favorable to the reinstatement of the monarchy.
President Wilson

President Wilson won his third term

  • Women can vote for the first time in America. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson becomes the first president in history to win a third term against Republican Calvin Coolidge.

Culture[]

  • The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead. It would be the last global pandemic until the 2009 swine flu pandemic almost 90 Years Later.
  • The 1920 Summer Olympics are held in Antwerp, Belgium. The United States takes home the most medals.
  • Edward, Prince of Wales marries Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox in a lavish ceremony.

1921[]

League of Nations

Inside the League of Nations

Geopolitics[]

  • The death penalty is abolished in Sweden.
  • Vice President Franklin Roosevelt dies whilst on vacation in Italy.
  • Paris declaration: Representatives of the three states of Transcaucasia and the North Caucasus (the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Socialist Soviet Republics) proclaim their independence, establishing a customs union and military alliance, not internationally recognized.
  • The Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the Irish Free State, an independent nation incorporating 26 of Ireland's 32 counties, is signed in London.

Culture[]

  • A daughter is born to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Seraphina.
  • Russian famine of 1921–22 begins; roughly 5,000,000 die.
  • Luxury goods brand Gucci is founded in Florence, Italy.


1936[]

League of Nations

Inside the League of Nations

Culture[]

  • King-Emperor George V dies at the age of 70. His granddaughter, Queen-Empress Seraphina ascends to the throne aged 15.

1941[]

Seraphina Poster

Queen-Emperess Seraphina on a propaganda poster

Geopolitics[]

  • Germany invades Czechoslovakia, bringing in Britain and France to it’s defence. Queen-Empress Seraphina addresses the empire and assures victory against tyranny and socialism.

1957[]

British Republic Flag

Flag of the Republic of Great Britain

Geopolitics[]

  • The United Kingdom votes to abolish the monarchy. Rab Butler is elected the first President of the Republic of Great Britain.

1967[]

Seraphina Film

Poster for The Final Empress

British Airways Poster

Poster for British Airways

Culture[]

  • The Final Empress, a film based on the reign of the last monarch of Britain, Queen-Empress Seraphina breaks box office record.
  • President Roy Jenkins announces the creation of British Airways, an nationalised airline that is the only one to travel to America, Germany and Russia.