1890

1890 in

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the DWU • vital statistics

1891 was a year.

Events

Dated

In April, Pierre Bruyère took off with his crew, attempting to travel to the North Pole in a hot-air balloon, never to be seen again. The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones met the man in June; Bruyère was caught in a time loop, reliving the same journey with different companions over and over again. (PROSE: The Frozen Wastes)

Between 1 and 3 June, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond met Vincent van Gogh, making sure he didn't come to harm from a monster seen in one of his paintings. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

After this, Vincent van Gogh painted The Pandorica Opens, which showed the Doctor's TARDIS exploding. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)

On 26 June, the Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the recently opened Savoy Hotel. He assured them there would be no complications, only to discover there was a Zygon ship under the Savoy, and half of the staff were imposters. (TV: The Power of Three)

Vincent van Gogh with the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

Undated

Ian Chesterton's paternal great-grandfather Major William "Will" Chesterton retired to his native England after many years in China and translated Mountains and Sunsets by Ho Lin Chung into English. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)

The Sioux were massacred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and the Great Houses' open door project ended. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Richard Francis Burton faked his death in this year. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

Births and deaths

On 27 July, Vincent van Gogh committed suicide. (PROSE: Vincent van Gogh)

Other

The Eleventh Doctor offered to take Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the Moulin Rouge in 1890. (TV: The Vampires of Venice)

New York City's total population was 1,515,301, 839,347 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering)