Grand Unified Timeline/The Nineteenth Century: Difference between revisions

[[Grand Unified Timeline]] events from 1801 C.E. to 1900 C.E.

 

* January 29: Duncan MacLeod decides to leave Europe, where hatreds run deep, for America, hoping for a fresh start on life. (''[[Highlander the Series|Shadow of Obsession]]'')

* Birth of Yeesha (''[[Myst]]'')

 

 

* Peabody and Sherman help Hans Christian Oersted discover the connection between electricity and magnetism by throwing a picnic. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

* Onaya, a muse/[[psychic Vampire]], bonds to John Keats and drives him to create great poetry in order to feed on his psionic energy. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')

* Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper are pulled out of retirement to track down Don Blas Vivar. (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'')

 

== 1838 ==

* Following an economic depression in Innsmouth, Obed Marsh founds the Esoteric Order of Dagon. ([[Cthulhu Mythos]])

 

== 1839 ==

 

== 1863 ==

* July 11 - In the preceding months Amsterdam Vallon resurrected the Dead Rabbits to challenge Bill the Butcher and The Natives for control over The Five Points once again. Their battle, however, is [[Rock Falls Everyone Dies|violently interrupted]] by the outbreak of the New York Draft Riots, leaving no real victor. (''[[Gangs of New York]]'')

* Confederate general Robert E. Lee is given a vast arsenal of AK-47s by time-traveling South Africans from 2013 who want a future ally in support of Apartheid. (''[[The Guns of the South]]'')

* Skagarans abduct a number of humans as slaves on their home planet, but the humans, led by Cooper Smith, rebel and turn the Skagarans into the slaves. The colony world continued resembling the Old West at least to the 22nd century. (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')

* Duncan MacLeod is arrested while smuggling slaves out of Tennessee. He is hanged and buried, but rescued by the honourable Lucas Desiree, an immortal captain in the Confederate army. The two part on friendly terms. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')

* Peabody and Sherman stop Alfred Nobel from blowing up himself, or the engineers who come to inspect his work. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

* Bill and Ted abduct Abraham Lincoln with the help of Genghis Khan, bringing him to the year 1988 for their history report. (''[[Bill and Ted (film)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')

* The immortal Kronos, under the name Melvin Koren, leads a small group of Comancheros in a brutal campaign across Texas Duncan MacLeod leads a group of rangers in pursuit. The two immortals find a secluded spot to duel, and Kronos almost kills Duncan, but it shot by a group of rangers. He is buried in a shallow grave, but soon revives and escapes.(''[[Highlander the Series]]'')

* The Black Rock crashes on the island. <ref>A man by the name of Ricardo survives.</ref> ([[Lost]])

* Birth of Scrooge McDuck in Glasgow. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')

* Peabody and Sherman find out how Buffalo Bill Cody got his name. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

* At about this time, Duncan MacLeod meets fellow immortal Carl the Hermit. Carl teaches Duncan tracking skills and his knowledge of the fauna and flaura of the North American forests in exchange for swordsmanship. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')

* Duncan MacLeod saves the life of Chaske, a Native American slave boy, but he is shot the next day by untrusting townsfolk. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')

 

== 1869 ==

* March 1 - Apprentice pirate Frederick completes his term of indenture. (''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'')

* Martial artist Kwai Chang Caine begins his adventures in the American West. (''[[Kung Fu]]'')

* Peabody and Sherman prod Alexander Graham Bell into inventing the telephone. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

* Death of Angela Martignetti. Catherine Callan becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')

* Infamous gunfighter and bounty hunter Will Munny comes back from retirement for one last job. (''[[Unforgiven]]'')

* Baron Sardonicus' wife Maude contacts Sir Robert Cargrave in London in hopes that he could come to [[Ruritania|Gorslava]] and cure Baron's [[Frozen Face|permanent]] [[Slasher Smile|rictus grin]]. (''[[Mr. Sardonicus]]'')

* Scrooge McDuck emigrates to America and meets the Beagle Boys. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')

* Peabody and Sherman help Scotland Yard recover the stolen Crown Jewels (and the Tower of London, which was apparently stolen along with them) by noticing that they were never stolen in the first place. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

== 1887 ==

* End of the Golden Age of Muttonchops. (''[[Futurama]]'')

* Death of Mollie Prater. Belle Malone becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')

 

* Later that year, Amanda's casino burns down. She blames Kit O'Brady; Kit, meanwhile, was innocent, and at that time was on a cruise ship. The ship sinks, and Kit is lost at sea.(''[[Highlander the Series]]'')

* Birth of the twins Fiona and Jackson Canmore. They would both grow up to become Hunters. ([[Gargoyles]])

* Peabody and Sherman help Louis Pasteur convince his cow Fifi that she's not a rooster, thereby allowing him to invent pasteurization. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

* Zombie outbreak in Hayward, Washington, put down by the efforts of Elija Black. (''[[The Zombie Survival Guide]]'')

== 1889 ==

* Sarah Jane Smith is sent back through time to search for the rare metal chronostene, and discovers a house with timelines collapsing on one another. (''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'')

* Birth of Lord Raptor/Zabel Zarock in Australia. Through unknown means, the man would still appear youthful until the late 20th century. (''[[Darkstalkers]]'')

* Scrooge McDuck returns to America to search for gold. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')

* July 29: [[Vincent van Gogh]] commits suicide out of depression.

* Blutarch Mann asks Radigan Conagher to create a life extender machine so he can outlive his brother Redmond and take his land. Later, he is bribed to do the same for Redmond. (''[[Team Fortress 2]]'')

 

== 1891 ==

== 1898 ==

* League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ([[Dracula|Mina Harker]], [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Captain Nemo]], Allan Quatermain, [[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]], the [[The Invisible Man (novel)|Invisible Man]]) formed by British Intelligence to retrieve stolen cavorite from the "[[Fu Manchu|Devil Doctor]]". (''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' Vol. I)

* A Gypsy witch curses Angeles by giving him a soul. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')

* Birth of the gargoyles Una, Leo and Griff in the London Clan. (''[[Gargoyles]]'')

* February 14 - In Australia, three students and a teacher disappear during a field trip to a rock formation (''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock]]")

* June 18 - Amidst the chaos of the Boxer Rebellion, current Slayer Xin Rong is killed by Spike. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')

* Dorothy Gale visits Oz. (''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'')

* Dorothy Gale returns to Kansas and is locked in a psychiatric clinic. She manages to return to Oz, but finds it much darker than she remembers. (''[[Return to Oz]]'')

 

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