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History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * The Nemesis statue passes Earth, its approach possibly influencing the French Revolution. About the same time, the Nemesis bow is stolen from Windsor Castle. ("Silver Nemesis").


 * Thomas Gainsborough dies.


 * George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born. The Doctor will meet Byron sometime prior to his fourth incarnation. At least two Reprises of Byron will exist in Europa, one of them a vampire ("Managra").