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== 1830 ==
* Duncan MacLeod explores the jungles of Peru, accompanied by Paco, a local guide. They come across a native tribe led by the immortal Gavriel Larca. The entire tribe ends up dying from a disease caught off Paco; Larca seeks vengeance on MacLeod. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* In Germany, Professor Professor Victor von Gerdenheim manages to create an [[Frankenstein's Monster|artificial person]]. His excitement results in his death from a heart attack shortly after. His creation takes the name Victor [[Dead Guy, Junior|von Gerdenheim]] and proceeds to go on a quest to win the approval of his father, having no idea what death was and thinking his father was silently brooding. (''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman ride the Tom Thumb, the first locomotive in America, as it races against a horse and carriage. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
 
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== 1851 ==
* Early December - The Cybermen fall through time and space into Victorian London from the Void. <ref>Jackson Lake finds an infostamp and takes on the identity of the Doctor</ref> (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* December 24 - The Tenth Doctor meets "The Next Doctor" and encounters an evil plot from the Cybermen. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* December 25 - The Tenth Doctor and another Doctor <ref>actually a human with memories of the Doctor</ref> defeat an attack by time- and dimension-travelling Cybermen. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* In Madrid, Duncan MacLeod studies swordsmanship under immortal Otavio Consone. The two compete for the attentions of local heiress Theresa del Gloria and end up duelling. Otavio wins, but Theresa agrees to marry him in exchange for sparing Duncan's life. She later commits suicide to escape her unhappy marriage. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
 
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== 1869 ==
* December 24 - The Ninth Doctor and Rose meet [[Charles Dickens (Creator)|Charles Dickens]] and the medium Gwyneth and prevent an invasion by the Gelth. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Captain Jack gets stranded in Cardiff and remains stationed at the Cardiff Rift and later [[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]] Three waiting for the Doctor. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman help Talbot Heffelfinger find a model for the first Indian head nickel. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman help solve the very first case of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
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* November 5 - December 4:
** The ''Mary Celeste'' is found mysteriously abandoned ([[Real Life]])
** The ''Marie Celeste'' is abandoned by its crew after time-traveling Daleks arrive hunting for the First Doctor. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
** Benjamin Spooner Briggs, Captain of the Mary Celeste, finds himself in Limbo where he has to aid Destiny in a war against Fate.(''[[Limbo of the Lost]]'')
* December 12 - Birth of Henry Walton Jones in Scotland. He would grow up to become a professor of medieval literature. (''[[Indiana Jones]]: The Ultimate Guide'' -2008)
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== 1879 ==
* The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler save Queen Victoria from a werewolf. The Queen forms [[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]] in the wake of this incident, and declares the Doctor a threat. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman recruit the initial Texas Rangers. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Bill and Ted travel to a small town in New Mexico with their time machine and pick up Billy the Kid after getting into a bar room brawl, bringing him to the year 1988 for their history report. (''[[Bill and Ted (Film)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
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** Nine gunslingers fight the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Vendettas ensue. ([[Real Life]])
** Lawmen Morgan and Virgil Earp insist on confronting the illegally-armed cowboys, leading to a complex tragedy. (''[[Tombstone]]'')
** The First Doctor and companions become involved in the gunfight at the OK Corral. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Sherlock Holmes meets John Watson. (''[[Sherlock Holmes|A Study in Scarlet]]'')
* The Confederate States purchases the Mexican provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua. The United States invades, beginning the Second Mexican War. (''[[Timeline-191]]'')
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== 1883 ==
* The Seventh Doctor and Ace confront a bizarre plot to assassinate Queen Victoria and an attempt to halt Earth's evolution. A sketch of the Ninth Doctor at Krakatoa is discovered in Sumatra. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* A piece of the Xylok, later dubbed Mr. Smith emerges from the Krakatoa eruption. (''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'')
* The Geth revolt against their Quarian creators, forcing the evacuation of the Quarian homeworld and its colony planets over the following two decades. ([[Mass Effect]])
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* December- The Mousekewitz's, a Jewish family of mice from Shostka, Russia, flee to the United States after a pogrom. (''[[An American Tail]]'')
* The Great Hakurei border is formed, sealing off Gensokyo from the rest of the world ([[Touhou]])
* H. G. Wells meets the Sixth Doctor, and is inspired. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Turtles go from pirate ship in the Age of <s>Shell</s> Sail to iron horse in the Old West, hopping from flatbed to flatbed while menaced by Foot Soldiers. They eventually face off against Leatherhead, after which they're sent to 2020. (''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] IV: Turtles In Time'')
* Scrooge McDuck meets Howard Rockerduck and his son, John. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')
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** Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale fathers an illegitimate daughter. The Jack the Ripper murders are an attempt to eliminate any witnesses to his indiscretion. (''[[From Hell]]'')
** Elizabeth, the current Slayer, forms an uneasy alliance with the vampires Darla, Angelus, Spike, and Drusilla to hunt down Jack the Ripper, a notorious vampire. They fail. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* After November 9 - After eating [[Jack the Ripper]], the Silurian Madame Vastra, along with her human accomplice Jenny, are called to the asteroid Demons Run to repay a debt to the Eleventh Doctor. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* November 22: John Clayton, 8th Duke of Greystoke, is born on the Gabonese coast under extraordinary circumstances. (''[[Tarzan]]'')
* December - Elizabeth is killed by Jack the Ripper. Jack himself is subsequently staked by James Whitcomb, secretly a vampire himself, to prevent vampires from becoming public knowledge. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
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== 1890 ==
* June 1-2: Struggling artist [[Vincent Van Gogh]] meets the Doctor and Amy. They battle a hostile alien prowling around only Vincent can see. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Before July 29: [[Vincent Van Gogh]] paints ''The Pandorica Opens'' in his madness <ref>an enigmatic painting of an exploding TARDIS.</ref> (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* 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 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'')
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== 1892 ==
* After a fight in Ellis Island, Captain Jack Harkness discovers he cannot die. (''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'')
* Michigan J. Frog is burried in the cornerstone of a sky scraper to be found in 1955 when the building is demolished. (''[[Looney Tunes]]'')
* Twins August Lupa (a.k.a. Nero Wolfe) and Marko Vukčić are born to Irene Adler in Montenegro. ([[Nero Wolfe]])