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== 1801 C.E. - 1820 C.E. ==
== Early 19th Century ==
* Will and Jake Grimm save the town of Marbaden from the Mirror Queen. (''[[The Brothers Grimm (Filmfilm)|The Brothers Grimm]]'')
 
== 1801 ==
* Yuki Makimura's Watcher commits [[seppukku]]. Three months later, Yuki herself is turned into a vampire by The Master. Her existence is stricken from the records of the Watchers' Council. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Lieutenant Jack Aubrey first encounters Dr. Stephen Maturin. ([[Aubrey -Maturin]])
 
== 1803 ==
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* October 21- Battle of Trafalgar on the waters close to Cape Trafalgar, Spain ([[Real Life]]). Among the combatants are a [[Identical Grandson|look-alike ancestor]] of Jean-Luc Picard on the French side (''[[Star Trek Generations]]''), and Colin MacLeod (''[[Highlander the Search For Vengeance]]'') and Richard Sharpe (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'') on the British.
* In England, the second son of the Lattimore family steals the family treasure. He is killed soon after by the immortal criminals Lyman Kurlow and Peter Matlin, who frame the mortal Johnny Sondringham. Johnny's life is saved by Duncan MacLeod 'dying' in his place. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* While demonstrating his time traveling phone booth, Rufus takes Bill and Ted to this year, landing them in Austria during the Napoleonic Wars. As they're leaving, Napoleon Bonaparte himself accidentally ends up being sucked into the circuits of time with them when they return to 1988. (''[[Bill and Ted (Filmfilm)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
 
== 1806 ==
* Atrus is deceived by his sons and imprisoned in K'veer. In December he is rescued by a person whose identity remains unknown. (''[[Myst]]'')
* Birth of Wu on planet Omega IV. He would grow up to become the leader of the Kohm tribal group of his planet, descendants of communists. Due to the advanced immune system of his tribe, Wu would still be alive in the 23rd century. (''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'')
* Taking advantage of a conflict between Britain and France, Morgan d'Estaing and Xavier St. Cloud poison the St. Cloud family, leaving Morgan as the sole heir and allowing him to claim the fortune. The British forces soon arrive, headed by Lieutenant Duncan MacLeod. The D'Estaings are [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much|proclaimed to have committed suicide]]. Duncan is suspicious of his two fellow immortals but doesn't have the time to deal with them. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman trick Zebulon Pike into climbing Pike's Peak. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')Richard Sharpe and Grace Hale buy a house together in Shorncliffe, but tragedy strikes. (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'')
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* Duncan MacLeod travels across Switzerland with Brian Cullen, a fellow immortal and the greatest swordsman in Europe. Their journey is interrupted by Alan Kelly, a mortal swordsman and the latest in a long line [[The Gunfighter Wannabe|eager to beat the best and get a reputation]]. Cullen wonders why they keep coming after so many have died by his sword. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman find Napoleon's lost Imperial Suspenders, but decide to keep them instead of giving them back to him. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Bill and Ted abduct Ludwig von Beethoven for their history report. (''[[Bill and Ted (Filmfilm)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
 
== 1811 ==
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* April 10: Richard Sharpe takes part in the Battle of Toulouse. (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'')
* Luke Skywalker begins his hero's journey after the death of his aunt and uncle. He starts Jedi training under Obi-wan Kenobi. Kenobi is killed in battle by Darth Vader. Luke destroys the Death Star in the Battle of Yavin. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* The Duke of Wellington, upon his return to England to deliver his report on the Napoleonic wars<ref>"We Won." He was of course referring to the 6-year long Peninsular War ("in Spain, fighting the French"), and was unaware that Napoleon would later escape from Elba for the Hundred Days and require a further trouncing at Waterloo.</ref>, challenges the Prince Regent to a duel with cannon. This ends amicably when Prince George <ref>who is really Edmund Blackadder, having swapped places with George</ref> is saved by the cigarillo case in his [[Pocket Protector|breast pocket]] which absorbed the blow from the cannon ball. The Prince's butler, Edmund Blackadder, was sadly killed though when he idiotically upsets the Duke. Well known London pie and coffee-shop owner Mrs Miggins runs away to Scotland with Mad Jock MacAdder. (''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] the Third'')
 
== 1815 ==
* June 18 - Battle of Waterloo, the [[Final Battle]] of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. France is defeated. (''[[Sharpe]]'' and real life)
** Edmund Blackadder from 1999 travels through time accidentally landing on the Duke of Wellington before declaring his plan, allowing a French victory. Blackadder later repairs this. (''[[Black AdderBlackadder]]: Back and Forth'')
** Duncan MacLeod participates in the battle while serving in a Scottish regiment. Darius, an immortal healer, takes him on as an apprentice and shows him the true nature of war. (''[[Highlander the Series|Shadow of Obsession]]'')
** Peabody and Sherman track down the Duke of Wellington in the hot springs of Waterloo, Denmark. They return him to Waterloo, Belgium, so he can order the British army to attack. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
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* The Battle of Hoth. Luke begins training under Yoda on Dagobah. Darth Vader reveals himself as Luke's father after defeating him in combat. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* Immortals Duncan MacLeod and John Durgan independently arrive at Fort Wolfe, Montana. Durgan kills the local schoolteacher and priest, and makes off with all their money and precious items. Duncan swears vengeance. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Birth of Allan Quatermain. (''[[King SolomonsSolomon's Mines (Literature)|King Solomons Mines]]'', ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'')
 
== 1818 ==
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* Dawn of the Golden Age of Muttonchops. (''[[Futurama]]'')
* 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]]'')
* The corpses of Harman Deltahead and Kun Lan, who had apparently been in the middle of a chess game, are found in Coburn Elementary School. (''[[Killer 7]]'')
* Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper are pulled out of retirement to track down Don Blas Vivar. (''[[Literature/Sharpe|Sharpe]]'')
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* Emperor Palpatine revived a second time in another clone body. The cloning facility is destroyed and his spirit incapacitated. Coruscant retaken by New Republic. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* Establishment of Jedi Praexium on Yavin IV. Destruction of the spirit of ancient Sith Lord Exar Kun. (''[[Star Wars]]'')
* David Keogh, a young immortal of working-class origins, proposes to Julia Renquist, his upper-class girlfriend, but she refuses to marry a man of lower class. David ends up with [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|issues]]. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman help James Bowie acquire a knife sharp enough to cut his steaks, so he can serve a steak-eaters' convention in his restaurant. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
 
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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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== 1838 ==
* Following an economic depression in Innsmouth, Obed Marsh founds the Esoteric Order of Dagon. ([[Cthulhu Mythos]])
* William A. Zeppeli is born. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
 
== 1839 ==
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* Immortals Grace Chandel and Carlo Sendaro leave for Sandaro's rubber plantation in South America. Their relationship is rather rocky. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* In Paris, a group of businessmen who were all partners in the same company are murdered one by one, apparently by a vampire. <ref>The culprit is actually immortal Nicholas Ward, the company lawyer, who exploits the victims' own fears. He escapes, but not before having a stake driven through his heart, courtesy of Mr. Baines.</ref> (''[[Highlander the Series]]''){{smallcaps| 1830s}}
* Great Britain abolishes slavery throughout the British Empire, including the North American Union. Despite the fact that slave-owners are given compensation, this creates long-lasting tension within certain quarters of the country for generations to come. (''[[The Two Georges (Literature)|The Two Georges]]'')
 
== 1841 C.E. - 1860 C.E. ==
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== 1845 ==
* ''Unaussprechlichen Kulten'' translated into English as ''Nameless Cults''. (''[[Cthulhu Mythos]]'')
* Dr. Mirakle conducts strange experiments in Paris, which leaves a trail of dead women behind him. (''[[Murders in The Rue Morgue (Film)|Murders in Thethe Rue Morgue]]'')
* The current Slayer ends a series of grisly murders in Boston. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Jonathan LaFey, with his wife Miriam Nathias, arrive at the mansion he has inherited. On their way there they are greeted by the Black Horsemen, who warn them of "18 becoming 9". ([[King Diamond (Music)|King Diamond]] album ''Abigail'')
 
== 1846 ==
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== 1850 ==
* Zepheniah Mann dies. In his will, he gives his land bought in America to his constantly fighting sons, Redmond and Blutarch, as a way to provoke war. (''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'')
* By this year, the homeworld of the Suliban race becomes uninhabitable. The Suliban migrate to space. They would still be a nomadic race in the 22nd century. (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
 
== 1851 ==
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== 1860 ==
* April 22 - Mabel Simpson and her family's former slave Virgil escape along the Underground Railway to Canada. They later give birth to Abraham Simpson, great-grandfather of the World War II veteran of the same name. (''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'')
* Louis and Claudia try and fail to kill Lestat, and flee to Paris. There, they meet the Theater of the Vampires and Armand. <ref>Claudia is slain, the Theater burns down, and Louis and Armand leave Paris.</ref> (''[[Interview Withwith the Vampire]]'')
* Angelus drives Drusilla crazy, then turns her into a vampire. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Birth of Oro in Japan. He would migrate to Brazil in his 50s and spend most of his life as a hermit, using that time to master Senjutsu. (''[[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Street Fighter III]]'')
* On [[The DCU|Earth-C]], Abraham Linkidd is elected President of the United Species of America. (''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman are present at the founding of the Pony Express, and carry 1/51 of a message from Missouri to Sacramento. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
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== 1861 C.E. - 1880 C.E. ==
== 1861 ==
* April 12 - [[The American Civil War]] begins. Following the secession of the Confederate States of America, there were a number of Union-held forts within the Confederacy. The War begins with the Conferates bombing Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. (''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'' and real life)
 
== 1862 ==
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* Duncan MacLeod becomes an abolitionist and joined the Underground Railroad. He meets Sean Zale, a lad who became immortal at a young age, and entrusts him to a mortal woman. Sean is soon killed by another immortal. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Death of Agatha Primrose. Pauline Francis Bernard becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Col. Rhett Butler of Charleston, S.C. becomes a highly successful and famous blockade runner. (''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'')
 
== 1863 ==
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* 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]]'')
* Robert E.O. Speedwagon is born, and the hamon master Tonpetty takes William A. Zeppeli in as his apprentice. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* 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 (Filmfilm)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
 
== 1864 ==
* June- Battle of Pine Mountain in Georgia. Colonel Thaddius Riker, nicknamed "Old Iron Boots", serves as leader of the 102nd New York Infantry. Riker is wounded during the battle but saved by a member of the Q Continuum as Riker's descendant, William Thomas Riker, had been deemed significant for the Continuum. (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
* August 10 - Peabody and Sherman foil a Confederate spy, allowing General William Tecumsah Sherman (no relation?) to get across a bridge on his march through Georgia. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Duncan MacLeod is arrested while smuggling slaves out of Georgia. He and his latest charge Jeffrey are transported to Camp Sumter, a Confederate Prisoner-of-war camp located at Andersonville. When Jeffrey contracts gangrene, Duncan has to mercy kill him; he then vows vengeance on the prison's commander, William Everett Culbraith. Who happens to be a fellow immortal. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
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* July 14: Peabody and Sherman help Lord Douglas climb the Matterhorn. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* October - The Baltimore Gun Club launches a capsule towards the Moon. (''[[Jules Verne|From The Earth To The Moon]]'')
* Union victorious in the American Civil War. (''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'' and real life)
* Alice visits Wonderland. (''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'')
* A former member of Glaaki's cult leaks the ''Revelations of Glaaki''. ([[Cthulhu Mythos]])
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* 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]])
* Dio Brando is born. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* 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]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman help the Marquess of Queensbury come up with his famous set of rules for boxing. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* Zombie outbreak in the ''RMS Rona'' brings zombies to Australia. (''[[The Zombie Survival Guide]]'')
* U.S. Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon are assigned to covert activity in the Western territories. (''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'')
 
== 1868 ==
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* 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]]'')
* Jonathan Joestar and Erina Pendleton are born. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
 
== 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]]'')
* 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]]'')
* 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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== 1870 ==
* At about this date, Vulcans had recovered from the disastrous civil wars of the 4th century. They discover or rediscover space flight. "...it took my people nearly 1,500 years to rebuild our world and travel to the stars." (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
* Peabody plays in the world's first golf match. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
* A band of Texas Rangers is massacred by bandits in the New Mexico territory. The lone survivor, one John Reid, is never heard from again. (''[[The Lone Ranger]]'')
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* March - Connor MacLeod finds Duncan still mourning over the corpses. He helps prepare the funeral pyres and tries to comfort Duncan.(''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* Autumn: Duncan goes on a rampage against Kern, the Cavalry, and white people in general. He ends up in a cell with Jim Coltec, a Lakota hayoka who absorbs Duncan's hate and rage into himself. With permission of the Lakota tribal elders, Duncan builds a cabin for himself on an island considered sacred to them to avoid having to fight any more immortals. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* October 2 - Phileas Fogg begins a trip around the world (''[[Around the World Inin Eighty Days]]'')
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** The ''Mary Celeste'' is found mysteriously abandoned ([[Real Life]])
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== 1873 ==
* 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 (TV)|Kung Fu]]'')
* Jonathan Joestar's dog, Danny, saves him from drowning, and they become best friends. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* 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]]'')
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* Birth of Marcus Brody in the United Kingdom. He would grow up to become a historian, archaeologist and museum curator. (''[[Indiana Jones]]: The Ultimate Guide'' -2008)
* Kamiya Kaoru, head of the Kamiya Kasshin kendo school, meets former assassin Himura Kenshin, who is atoning for his past killings with pacifism. Shortly after, more of Kenshin's previous enemies come to kill him. (''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'')
* Alice Kingsley is brought back to Wonderland to help revolt against the regime of the Red Queen. (''[[Alice in Wonderland (Filmfilm)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' [2010 film])
 
== 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]]'')
* 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 (Filmfilm)|Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
 
== 1880 ==
* Drusilla turns William into a vampire. He takes the name Spike. (''[[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 (Film)|Mr. Sardonicus]]'')
* Dario Brando is on his deathbed, and sends his son, Dio, to live with the Joestar family, of whom the patriarch, George Joestar I, believes he is deeply indebted to Dario. Jonathan Joestar meets and falls in love with Erina Pendleton, but Dio steals her from him, and kills his pet dog, Danny. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* 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]]'')
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== 1885 ==
* September 2 - Marty McFly arrives in Hill Valley, California to rescue Doc Brown from his future death. (''[[Back to The Future]] III'')
* November 11 - Birth of Elise McKenna in Salt Lake City, Utah. She would grow up to become a famous stage actress. (''[[Somewhere in Time (Film)|Somewhere in Time]]'')
* 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]])
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* Mycroft Holmes of Yorkshire is appointed head of the British Secret Service, and receives the code name "M" (future Secret Service heads will retain this appellation). ([[Sherlock Holmes]], [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], [[James Bond]])
* Eight-year-old Robin Weaver of Burkittsville, Md. is reported missing. Weaver returns home, but one of the search parties is later found tied together at the arms and legs and disembowelled. (''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'')
* "The Autumn of Death" occurs in London, named so for the sightings of undead walking on the streets. Whole debacle is chalked up to be mass hallucinations caused by diseases by authorities. (''[[Medi EvilMediEvil 2 (Video Game)|Medi Evil 2]]'')
 
== 1887 ==
* End of the Golden Age of Muttonchops. (''[[Futurama]]'')
* George Joestar I's health deteriorates, and he eventually passes away. <ref>He was slowly poisoned by his adopted son, Dio Brando, who had then used an ancient stone mask to become a vampire.</ref> (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* Death of Mollie Prater. Belle Malone becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
 
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* Summer: Belle Malone ends a series of murders in Dodge City, but dies soon after. Elizabeth becomes the new Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* August 31 - November 9: The [[Jack the Ripper]] murders take place in London.
** The Redjac, a parasitic lifeform that feeds on pain and fear, arrives on Earth and takes Jack the Ripper as its host. It would continue to change identities and feeding grounds until the 23rd century. (''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'')
** A serial killer named Jack the Ripper roams London's streets. He is eventually abducted by the Vorlons. (''[[Babylon 5]]'')
** 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]]'')
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* The next night, Duncan MacLeod meets Alec Hill again, and finds his friend has sunk into depression and insanity in grief over Genevieve. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
* 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 (Animation)|Gargoyles]])
* Jonathan Joestar fights and defeats his vampiric stepbrother, Dio Brando. <ref>Dio cuts off his own head, which is later found by his underling, Wang Chen.</ref> During this year, Lisa Lisa is also born. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* 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]]'')
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== 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]]'')
* Jonathan Joestar and Erina Pendleton marry, boarding a ship to America for their honeymoon. <ref>Wang Chen managed to sneak Dio's severed head onto the ship, where the latter confronts Jonathan once again. Jonathan is not successful in defeating Dio this time and loses his life, but Dio falls into a deep slumber for 100 years.</ref> (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
* Birth of Lord Raptor/Zabel Zarock in Australia. Through unknown means, the man would still appear youthful until the late 20th century. (''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'')
* Scrooge McDuck returns to America to search for gold. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')
* Peabody and Sherman settle a dispute between Sitting Bull and a hotel manager. (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')
 
== 1890 ==
* June 1-2: Struggling artist [[Vincent Vanvan Gogh]] meets the Doctor and Amy. They battle a hostile alien prowling around only Vincent can see. (''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* Before July 29: [[Vincent Vanvan Gogh]] paints ''The Pandorica Opens'' in his madness <ref>an enigmatic painting of an exploding TARDIS.</ref> (''[[Doctor Who]]'')
* July 29: [[Vincent Vanvan 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]]'')
* George Joestar II, named after his paternal grandfather, is born. (''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'')
 
== 1891 ==
* Publication date of the Thomas Common English translation of Nietzsche's ''Also sprach Zarathustra'', which would eventually inspire the creation of the Nietzscheans. (6811 CY) (''Thus Spake Zarathustra'', ''[[Andromeda]]'').
* Sherlock Holmes thwarts the plans of Lord Henry Blackwood. (''[[Sherlock Holmes (Filmfilm)|Sherlock Holmes]]'')
* Sherlock Holmes confronts Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls; both are believed dead. (''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Final Problem]]'')
* Immortals Thomas "Sully" Sullivan and Duncan MacLeod manage to share a $1,000 prize from an illegal bare-knuckle boxing match. (''[[Highlander the Series]]'')
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== 1893 ==
* August - The crew of the ''Enterprise-D'' arrives in San Francisco from the future. They encounter a younger version of Guinan, reportedly hiding from her father. Data's head gets buried. (''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'')
* Jack the Ripper uses H.G. Wells's [[Time Travel|time machine]] to escape into the future; Wells follows in pursuit. (''Time After Time'')
* Having failed to find gold in America, Scrooge McDuck decides to try his luck in Australia. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')
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== 1894 ==
* July 17 - Radigan Conagher finishes construction of a life extender machine for Blutarch Mann so he can outlive his brother Redmond. (''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'')
* August 3 - Radigan Conagher finishes construction of a life extender machine for Redmond Mann so he can outlive his brother Blutarch. (''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'')
* Sherlock Holmes returns from three years of travels (the "Great Hiatus"). (''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Adventure of the Empty House]]'')
* Outlaw Catherine "Cat" Ballou is sentenced to death by hanging for murder in Wolf City, Wyoming. (''[[Cat Ballou]]'')
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== 1895 ==
* ''The King in Yellow'' is published and promptly denounced across Europe. (''[[The King in Yellow]]'')
* Birth of Mason E. "Mace" Malone. He would grow up to become a leading gangster and a member of [[The Illuminati]]. (''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'')
* The current Slayer is killed by Lothos. Angelique Hawthorne becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* James Moriarty III co-founds a criminal league/terrorist cult called the "Circle of Life." This organization will later be renamed Krafthaus, and still later, THRUSH. (''[[The Man Fromfrom UNCLEU.N.C.L.E.]]'')
 
== 1896 ==
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== 1897 ==
* June 20: In London, the father of young Olivia Flaversham is abducted. She manages to convince detective Basil of Baker Street to take the case. They are soon facing Professor Ratigan and his plot to depose Queen Mousetoria. Meanwhile the Diamond Jubilee is taking place. (''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]'')
* Death of Angelique Hawthorne. Florence Gilbert becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Florence Gilbert ends a series of vampiric murders, but she herself dies soon after. Grace becomes the Slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
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== 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 (Literaturenovel)|Invisible Man]]) formed by British Intelligence to retrieve stolen cavorite from the "[[Fu Manchu|Devil Doctor]]". (''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' Vol. I)
* Martians invade, and are killed by germs (''[[The War of the Worlds]]''). The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen play key role in Martian defeat. (''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' Vol. II)
* 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 (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'')
* Birth of the gargoyle Kai in the Ishimura Clan of Japan. (''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'')
 
== 1899 ==
* July 1 - Birth of Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr to Henry and Anna Jones. He would grow up to become an [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]. (''[[Young Indiana Jones (TV)|Young Indiana Jones]]'')
* July? - Birth of Indiana, an Alaskan Malamute. He becomes the Jones family dog. Henry, Jr is raised alongside the dog. He would eventually name himself after his "best friend". (''[[Young Indiana Jones (TV)|Young Indiana Jones]]'')
* July: Newsboys Strike in New York City, New York. (''[[Newsies]]'' and real life)
* Richard Wilkins founds Sunnydale, California. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* Alexander Hartdegen's sweetheart Emma is killed by a robber. He becomes obsessed with [[Time Travel|traveling back in time]] and averting her death.<ref>He does travel back to save her, [[You Can't Fight Fate|but only succeeds in changing ''how'' she dies]].</ref> (''[[The Time Machine]]'' [2002 film])
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thwarts the Fantom's plans for world war. (''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Filmfilm)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' [film])
* Elise McKenna starts her acting career. She is only 14-years-old. (''[[Somewhere in Time (Film)|Somewhere in Time]]'')
* In Paris, earnest young poet Christian visits Moulin Rouge, the hottest nightclub-slash-brothel. He meets and falls in love with Satine, the leading performer.(''[[Moulin Rouge]]'')
* Scrooge McDuck becomes a millionaire and enters the banking sector. (''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'')
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== 1900 ==
* February 14 - In Australia, three students and a teacher disappear during a field trip to a rock formation (''[[Picnic Atat Hanging Rock]]")
* June 18 - Amidst the chaos of the Boxer Rebellion, current Slayer Xin Rong is killed by Spike. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
* July and August - Leo Colston stays with the Maudsley family at Brandham Hall, Norfolk (''[[The Go Between]]'')
* Dorothy Gale visits Oz. (''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|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]]'')
* In China, Spike kills his first slayer. (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
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== Mid to late 19th Century ==
* A ship travelling to San Francisco catches fire and is evacuated. Three survivors - eight-year-old cousins Richard and Emmeline Lestrange, and galley cook Paddy Button - are stranded on a South Pacific island. Dick and Emmy live there until early adulthood, eventually [[Kissing Cousins|falling in love with each other and mating]]. (''[[The Blue Lagoon]]'' (1908) and its adaptations<ref> The novel explicitly states that the Northumberland "was in the days before double topsail yards had reduced ships' crews", a development which took place in the second half of the 19th century. </ref>)
* Between 1886-1890: Fievel Mousekewitz's other adventures take place; one where he helped discover a tribe of Lenape Indian mice living beneath New York, another where he helped solve the mystery of a "night monster" attacking New York mice. And a third adventure in which he moved out west, [[Canon Dis Continuity|though that may or may not have been a dream]]. (''[[An American Tail (Animation)|An American Tail]]'' series)
 
== 19th Century ==
* Formation of the Cardassian Union on planet Cardassia Prime. The Union was formed under a treaty that established a power-sharing agreement between the Cardassian Central Command and the Obsidian Order. The civilian Detapa Council was established to serve as the chief governing body between the two branches, however, in practice, the Council was virtually powerless. (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'')
* Latest possible date for the development of the Satsui no Hadou ("Surge of Murderous Intent"), a martial arts technique/mystical force which enhances the user to superhuman levels at the cost of whatever makes them human. Its most famous practitioner would be Akuma. (''[[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Street Fighter Alpha]]'')
* Latest possible date for the "birth" of the demon Garuda, a combination of all the souls driven mad by the Satsui no Hadou.(''[[Street Fighter EX (Video Game)|Street Fighter EX]]''<ref>He wears samurai armor. The samurai class and its armor were abolished in the late 19th century. He is arguably older than the 20th century.</ref>)
 
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