1890

In April 1890, Pierre Bruyère took off with his crew, never to be seen again. The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones met the man in June; Bruyère was caught in a time loop, reliving the same journey with different companions over and over again. (PROSE: The Frozen Wastes)

On 26 June, the Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the recently opened Savoy Hotel. He assured them there would be no complications, only to discover there was a Zygon ship under the Savoy, and half of the staff were imposters. (TV: The Power of Three)

Between 1 and 3 June, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond met Vincent van Gogh, making sure he didn't come to harm from a monster seen in one of his paintings. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

After this, Vincent van Gogh painted The Pandorica Opens, which showed the Doctor's TARDIS exploding. (TV: The Pandorica Opens)

Ian Chesterton's paternal great-grandfather Major William "Will" Chesterton retired to his native England after many years in China and translated Mountains and Sunsets by Ho Lin Chung into English. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)

The Sioux were massacred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and the Great Houses' open door project ended. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

New York City's total population was 1,515,301, 839,347 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering)

Richard Francis Burton faked his death in this year. (PROSE: The Book of the War)