1898

January

 * 12 - Florence Sundvik died. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

March

 * 3 - Mary Eliza Millington was born, but died four days later. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

May

 * 12 - Actor, Edmund Trevithick was born. (NA: Nightshade)

September

 * 13 - Alice Guppy signed her Torchwood contract. (WEB: Torchwood website)
 * 14 - Emily Holroyd collected Alice Guppy at the women's prison where she was being held as a thief. (WEB: Torchwood website)

Unknown dates

 * Richard Harries conducted experiments into telepathy and was killed. His sister, Catherine Harries, began killing the witnesses. (EDA: The Banquo Legacy)
 * H. G. Wells published his novel The War of the Worlds, which would later be adapted by actor Orson Welles as a panic-inducing radio play (BFA: Invaders from Mars)

July

 * 18 - John Stuart, who had an uncredited role as a Didonian in DW: The Rescue, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.