1916

In December, 1916, the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Liz Shaw visited St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire and met Grigori Rasputin shortly before he was murdered by Prince Felix Yusupov and his co-conspirators Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich in the Moika Palace, Prince Felix's residence in St. Petersburg. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin)

The First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan Foreman were caught in a Zeppelin raid. (TV: Planet of Giants)

Church historian Owen Chadwick was born. While punting with Romana at Cambridge in 1980, the Fourth Doctor mentioned Chadwick as one of the university's great alumni. (HOMEVID: Shada, TV: The Five Doctors)

Dawon left the Karabya jungle in British India. (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger)

Richard Hadleman was killed in a poison gas attack during the Battle of the Somme. (PROSE: Human Nature)
 * 7 February - Actor John Baskcomb was born.
 * 13 February - Actor Joseph Fürst was born.
 * 17 February - Actor David Blake Kelly was born.
 * 5 April - Film cameraman Peter Sargent was born.
 * 10 April - Actor John Alderson was born.
 * 29 April - Actor William Squire was born.
 * 2 May - Actress Peggy Mount was born.
 * 19 June - Actor George Pravda was born.
 * 24 June - Actor Neil Wilson was born.
 * 3 August - Writer Anthony Steven was born.
 * 20 August - Actor Bernard Archard was born.
 * 5 October - Actor Ronald Leigh-Hunt was born.
 * 23 November - Actor Michael Gough was born.
 * 25 December - Actor Edward Burnham was born.
 * 27 December - Actor Noel Johnson was born.
 * 28 December - Actor Dennis Edwards was born.