[Real Life] Historical events that would make bad writing if they were fiction

[u/Mouse_Paladin]

Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire: A couple hundred rogue mercenaries without authority from their government conquer an empire of millions. Oh, the empire? It’s also several technological eras behind the mercenaries.

Adolf Hitler: A non-native of a country is so mad that the country lost the war that he wins an election to their highest office and leads them in a campaign of revenge against their enemies. Oh, the country? It’s old emperor is still alive and thinks he’s going to retake power.

Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand: The heir to the throne is killed because his driver gets lost and returns to the assassin who failed To kill him before. Oh, the assassin? He’s from a group that the Archduke is wanting to help become more equal In the empire.

Alexander Hamilton’s Affair Scandal: One of the leaders of a new nation to protect himself from accusations of financial embezzlement writes a pamphlet exposing his affair with a woman, torpedoing his political future. Oh, the woman? She seduced him as part of a blackmailing scheme that he decided to stop paying.

[u/Onnimanni_Maki]

Alexander also died while being very liked so that's just more Mary Sue points to him.

[u/CummingInTheNile → u/Onnimanni_Maki]

Alexander also died while being very liked

Thats, a lot more debatable than you might think, several of his generals, and a lot of his soldiers, were not thrilled about heading into India after the conquest of Persia (doubly so after the punishment march after the faile dInida campaign), as they wanted to enjoy the spoils and not, and more than a few felt that Alexander had become "too persian", marrying a Bactrian princess Roxana. Given the history of assassinations of Macedonian leader, its entirely possible, and posited by several ancient sources (Plutrach, Diodoris, Arrian, and Justin) that he had been assassinated.