1861

1861 was a year.

Events

Dated

In April, the Fourth Doctor, Leela, Professor Cedric Scrivener and Abasi visited the Congo. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead)

In December, the Third Doctor took Sarah Jane Smith to see a typical Victorian era show in Drury Lane Theatre in London. (PROSE: The Lampblack Wars)

On 23 December, the Fifth Doctor and Turlough assisted Mrs Elkins in defending her Virginia farmhouse from a group of American Civil War deserters led by Lucius Casler. (PROSE: Comforts of Home)

Undated

The Confederate States of America came into existence with Jefferson Davis as its first and ultimately only President. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)

The Malicious Damage Act, which covered lighthouses, was passed. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock)

The Cemar came to Earth to try to discover some minerals. (PROSE: The Good, The Bad and The Alien)

Principles of Human Anatomy by Sir Charles Westbrooke was published in four volumes. (PROSE: The Age of Ambition)

Colonel Oliver Crackenthorpe's wife was committed to an asylum. (AUDIO: Fortitude)

Births and deaths

In December, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the husband of Queen Victoria, died. (PROSE: The Lampblack Wars)