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== Events ==
'''1665''' was a [[year]].


===History of the ''Doctor Who'' Universe===
The first cases of what would become known as the [[Bubonic plague|Great Plague of London]] appeared on [[London|the city]]'s outskirts. The disease became more widespread and fatal [[1666|the following year]], after a deadlier strain of the [[bacteria|bacterium]] ''[[Yersinia pestis]]'' was engineered by a group of escaped [[Terileptil]] criminals. It killed an estimated 100,000 people.


* The first cases of what will be known as the [[Great Plague of London]] appear in the city's outskirts. The disease will become more widespread and fatal the following year, after the plague [[bacteria]] are genetically augmented  by a group of escaped [[Terileptil]] criminals. As a precaution against spreading the plague, King [[Charles II]] orders the theaters closed, an act which puts actor [[Richard Mace]] out of work, forcing him to become a highwayman. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'')
As a precaution against the spreading plague, [[King]] [[Charles II]] ordered the [[theatre]]s closed. This put actor [[Richard Mace]] out of work, causing him to become a [[highwayman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'')


* [[Cambridge University]] closes as a precaution against [[plague]], and one of its students, [[Isaac Newton]], returns to his home at  [[Wikipedia: Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth |Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth]]. Sometime after this he is sitting under an apple tree from which [[the Doctor]] begins lobbing apples onto Isaac's head, hoping to help Isaac discover [[gravity]]. Isaac instead tells the Doctor to clear off out of his tree, and the Doctor must instead explain the whole thing to him over dinner. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'')
[[Erasmus Darkening]] was employed as an [[alchemy|alchemist]] by [[James Marchwood|Lord James Marchwood]]. He made Marchwood and his children vanish. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')
 
The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] visited [[Suffolk]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Demons of Red Lodge (audio story)|The Demons of Red Lodge]]'')
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Timeline for 1665
17th century

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1665 was a year.

The first cases of what would become known as the Great Plague of London appeared on the city's outskirts. The disease became more widespread and fatal the following year, after a deadlier strain of the bacterium Yersinia pestis was engineered by a group of escaped Terileptil criminals. It killed an estimated 100,000 people.

As a precaution against the spreading plague, King Charles II ordered the theatres closed. This put actor Richard Mace out of work, causing him to become a highwayman. (TV: The Visitation)

Erasmus Darkening was employed as an alchemist by Lord James Marchwood. He made Marchwood and his children vanish. (TV: The Eternity Trap)

The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa visited Suffolk. (AUDIO: The Demons of Red Lodge)