Martian invasion of Earth

The Martian invasion of Earth was a war between Martian invasion forces and a human resistance during the late 19th century.

It began on a Thursday in June 1894. Iris Wildthyme, Panda, Simon, and Kelly watched from Montmartre as Martian ships landed in Earth's most notable cities. Anthony Marvelle, who had followed Iris to 1894, gave two Martian Time Agents front-row tickets to a Vince Cosmos concert in 1973 with instructions to assassinate Cosmos. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

After the invasion, during the reign of King Edward VII, the Martians established an uneasy peace with Great Britain. Many in the British Empire were uneasy with allying with such recent would-be invaders, but it was generally thought slightly preferable to an alliance with the Germans. Mars' great scientists inspired a 1905 reorganisation of Russia's government into a paragon of rationality and enlightenment. Sherlock Holmes and Tom visited the Martian Embassy in Stepney.

However, the invasion and its aftermath was erased from history, along with Martian civilisation, by the action of The Book of the Enemy during the War in Heaven. After erasure from the timeline, its events were captured in the novel The War of the Worlds. (PROSE: The Book of the Enemy)