1759

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 1759 - The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones arrive in Edinburgh. (TDA: The Many Hands)
 * 1968 - Poet Robert Burns is born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. The Second Doctor will quote one of Burns's poems to his companion Jamie McCrimmon, before remembering that Burns was a bit after Jamie's native year of 1746 (DW: The Underwater Menace)