1863

On 14 February 1863, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa — in the immediate wake of Adric's death and Tegan Jovanka's abandonment at Heathrow Airport — arrived in a London mourning for the dead Prince Albert. The duo began a multi-day adventure in which they tried to ascertain whether Queen Victoria's efforts to contact her beloved Albert had anything to do with the ghost of Adric that they had seen in the TARDIS control room, and the voice of Tremas channelled through the monarch's mystic. They continued this on the next consecutive two days. (PROSE: Empire of Death)

On 17 February, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa were in London, where they had a meeting with General George Doulton at King's Cross station. That morning was the first time that Nyssa had been introduced to porridge. As the day wore on, the duo began a long train ride up to Scotland, where they would meet Queen Victoria in the immediate wake of the death of Prince Albert. (PROSE: Empire of Death)

On 18 and 19 February, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa continued their investigation into whether Queen Victoria's efforts to contact her beloved Albert had anything to do with the ghost of Adric they'd seen in the TARDIS console room, and the voice of Tremas channelled through the monarch's mystic. (PROSE: Empire of Death)

On 20 February, he Fifth Doctor and Nyssa continued their investigation into whether Queen Victoria's efforts to contact her beloved Albert had anything to do with the ghost of Adric they'd seen in the TARDIS console room, and the voice of Tremas channelled through the monarch's mystic. The duo came ever closer to understanding the truth on this day, but not without considerable emotional pain to Nyssa, who, on the banks of the River Clyde, had an extended encounter with a being purporting to be her father. (PROSE: Empire of Death)

In November, the Nemesis statue passed Earth as the American Civil War entered its bloodiest phase. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

On 23 November, Victoria Waterfield's mother, Edith Waterfield, died (PROSE: Downtime) from pneumonia at the age of 37. (PROSE: The Age of Ambition)

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Future British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was born. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac)

Hawkswick Hall was built in the Yorkshire town of Hawkswick. (PROSE: Casualties of War)

The Third Doctor met Charlie Fisher and helped the Union Army win the Battle of Gettysburg. (COMIC: Backtime)

Following this, Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address on 19 November. The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister watched the speech on the Time-Space Visualiser. (TV: The Chase)

Two monks were possessed by an alien plasma in an underground cave in China. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)

In a timeline negated by the Eleventh Doctor, three people disappeared in Swallow Woods. (PROSE: The Way Through the Woods)

The Bear River Massacre took place. (TV: Dreamland)