1852

1852 was a year.

Events

In England, Walter Simeon met the Great Intelligence. (TV: The Snowmen, PROSE: The Forgotten Son)

Elsewhere in England, the Tenth Doctor discovered lucidian crystal in the brickwork of an orphanage, which had been causing havoc by magnifying and reflecting the emotions of the orphans. (PROSE: The Shape on the Chair)

In France, Napoleon III declared himself Emperor of the Second French Empire, after serving as President since 1848. (PROSE: World Game)

An incarnation of The Doctor won the Kansas Rodeo for the third time. (PROSE: The Shape on the Chair)

Births and deaths

John Henry Holliday was born. (PROSE: The Universal Databank ^[+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"])

Dockery was born. (TV: A Town Called Mercy)

Victoria Waterfield, the daughter of Edward and Edith Waterfield and a companion to the Second Doctor, was born. (HOMEVID: Downtime)