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* The first British [[submarine]] is launched ([[DW]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | * The first British [[submarine]] is launched ([[DW]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'') | ||
===January=== | ===[[January]]=== | ||
* [[1st January]] | *[[1st January|1]] - begining of the [[20th Century]]. | ||
* [[22nd January|22]] | *[[22nd January|22]] | ||
* [[22nd January|22]] | **[[Queen]] [[Victoria of the United Kingdom |Victoria]] dies on the [[Isle of Wight]]. A comment by the [[Fourth Doctor]] leads [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to believe that the queen was one of his [[List of companions |companions]], though he was more probably referring to [[Victoria Waterfield]]. The Doctor, however, was present at Victoria's coronation. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|A later incarnation]] also shared an adventure with the Queen involving [[The Host]], which resulted in both he and [[Rose Tyler]] being knighted and banished from Great Britain, leading to Queen Victoria establishing the [[Torchwood Institute]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'') Victoria's death marks the end of the iconic Victorian Era of Earth history. | ||
** [[22nd January|22]] - [[Edward VII]] ascends the throne of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. Sometime during his reign (1901-[[1910]]), a [[Rutan Host|Rutan]] invasion of [[Earth]] is averted by [[the Doctor]] at the [[Fang Rock]] [[lighthouse]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'') | |||
===December=== | ===[[December]]=== | ||
* [[12th December|12]] | * [[12th December|12]] - While on an expedition to the ruins of Babylon, [[psychic|time-sensitive]] linguist [[John Lafayette]] stumbles across a [[time path]] to Babylon, circa [[Early_human_history#6th_century_bc|570 B.C.]] ([[BNA]]: ''[[Walking to Babylon]]'') | ||
