1837

1837 was the year that Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom.

Events

 * The Doctor gave Hans Christian Andersen the idea for the story of The Emperor's New Clothes. (TV: The Romans)
 * 20 June - Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom upon the death of her uncle William IV. One of the first three incarnations of the Doctor attended her coronation the following year. (TV: The Curse of Peladon)