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Prime: Centuries Ago (Page 4)

1800

• 12 January
  The treaty of Kanassarum is signed on Romulus, the warring factions having exhausted themselves and their meager resources by this time. The war produces no real winners.
  [FASA]
• Wu is born on Omega IV.
  [TOS-54]
• August
  On Romulus, at a meeting of the elder statesmen of all the city-states, the great scientist/statesman L’Deus of Portora proposes that the city-states band together to reach Remus. He shows without a doubt that limited resources would prevent any one city-state from accomplishing the goal on its own. He uses the old legends and combines it with the example of the past and the realities of the present to make his appeal. After seven months of effort, he gives up in disgust. The meeting breaks up without the unification needed.
  [FASA]
• The Andorians first develop spaceflight.
  [LUG]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1802

• 26 February
  Victor Hugo, a French novelist and poet, is born on Earth. He will write the novel “Les Miserables” which will be one of Michael Eddington‘s favorites in the 24th Century. His equally famous work “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” will be familiar to Dr. McCoy.
  [DS9-511]
• 21 April
  On Romulus, Dinalla attempts a launch to establish a semi-permanent space station. The vessel, using inferior fuel, explodes on the pad.
  [FASA]
• October
  The Second Conference of Portora is held, with representatives from all city-states. L’Deus refuses to lead the conference or to even participate except for answering questions. The conference lasts four months. Seeing that alone their city-states could not reach the stars, the representatives agree to join together.
  [FASA]

1803

• 10 February
  The D’Vatta (“Great Paper”) is signed, unifying all city-states on Romulus into one organization, the Bresasam Rom’lnz (“Romulan Confederation”). The debates over the form the government will take will last less than four months.
  [FASA]
• 20 June
  L’Deus is chosen the first Praetor of the Romulan Confederation by the Imperial Senate after the Senators convince him that the position is part of his destiny.
  [FASA]
• 29 December
  Because of its location central to needed resources, Kanassarum, on Romulus, is chosen as the site of the new united space effort.
  [FASA]

1804

• 03 February
  Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr. commands the U.S.S. Enterprise sea-going schooner. This ship’s figurehead will end up displayed on the rec deck of the starship Enterprise more than four centuries later. The retired Captain Kirk, in 2292, will build a model of this ship in his San Francisco residence.
  [TOS #013, TOS #074]
• 10 May
  The first Romulan Confederation manned flight is launched.
  [FASA]
• June
  The construction of a large, Romulan orbital station begins during this period of many manned flights.
  [FASA]

1805

• On Earth, one of Jean-Luc Picard‘s ancestors participates in the Battle of Trafalgar. One of the most celebrated naval engagements in European history, Picard will refer to it on several occassions. This ancestor will claim to have once beat Napoleon at chess—or so Picard will later claim.
  [TNG-144, TNG-158, ST-07, TNG #057]

1809

• Abraham Lincoln is born on Earth, the future 16th president of the United States of America. In the 23rd Century, Lincoln will be one of James Kirk‘s heroes. The Excalbians will re-create a duplicate of Lincoln in 2263 for their study of Human concepts.
  [TOS-77, TOS-10]
• The American writer Edgar Allan Poe is born on Earth. He will write the popular Terran poem ‘The Raven’—which Charlie Evans will force Spock to partially quote in 2265. In 2369, Captain Picard will intrigue the Enterprise-D officers with this writer and inspire several to read his works. Lieutenant Worf will consider using Poe’s literature as bedtime story reading for his son, Alexander. Tom Paris will be familiar with Poe’s writing.
  [TOS-07, TNG #035, VOY #16]
• The English evolutionist Charles Darwin is born on Earth. The genetic research station on Gagarin IV will be named after him.
  [TNG-133]

1811

• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1812

• Charles Dickens, a novelist, is born on Earth. He will write the novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” a much later edition of which will be presented to Admiral Kirk by Captain Spock as a birthday present in the 23rd Century. He will also write “A Christmas Carol” which, in 2367, will be acted out by Lieutenant Commander Data on the Enterprise-D‘s holodeck.
  [ST-02, ST-187]
• June
  A large orbital space station is established to be used as a platform for the Remus effort.
  [FASA]
• 20 October
  The first unmanned Romulan probe lands on Remus.
  [FASA]

1813

• Lieutenant William Burrows commands the seagoing vessel U.S.S. Enterprise, the United States schooner.
  [TOS #006]

1816

• Captain Janeway‘s hardcopy novel read in 2374 is set during this year during the British Regency. A comedy of manners period piece, it will be written a century later.
  [VOY #15]

1818

• 13 November
  The first manned mission lands on Remus, with only one astronaut aboard the vessel. S’Tanet, who has since become not only famous for her adventure intertwined with legend, reports that the surface has a breathable atmosphere and life. The native Reman population becomes the first culture to be absorbed into the Confederation.
  [FASA, ST-10]

1819

• 03 April
  A temporary research facility is established at Levitasz, the site of S’Tanet’s historic landing; it will be abandoned one year later.
  [FASA]
• John Keats writes “Ode to Psyche” on Earth. In 2368, Riker will receive a copy of this famous work from Troi.
  [TNG-214]
• Herman Melville is born. He will write “Moby Dick”—a novel in Khan Noonien Singh‘s future book collection, which will also be quoted by Khan shortly before his death in the 23rd Century. Dr. McCoy will mistake a quote from Masefield’s “Sea Fever” for Melville.
  [ST-02, ST-04, ST-05]

1820

• In 2371, Captain Picard will visualize a sextant from this era in the Nexus.
  [ST-07]
• A large, manned station is constructed orbiting Remus. This base is continually enlarged over succeeding years, serving as the launch facility for further expeditions to Remus.
  [FASA]

1821

• Seven manned and 36 unmanned landings are made on Remus over the next 8 years. None of the manned bases, used primarily as centers for mapping, testing, and research expeditions, lasts for more than one year.
  [FASA]

1822

• The Bajoran wormhole again undergoes subspace inversion.
  [DS9-476]
• Ulysses S. Grant is born on Earth. In 2263, the Excalbian simulacrum of Abraham Lincoln will note the similarity between Captain James Kirk and General Grant.
  [TOS-77]
• Gregor Mendel, geneticist, is born on Earth. In 2263, Spock will note that “mutations” such as Lokai of Cheron are impossible to account for.
  [TOS-70]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1824

• The Nexus temporal energy ribbon again passes through our galaxy.
  [ST-07]

1828

• 08 February
  Jules Verne, novelist, is born on Earth. Lieutenant Paris will be familiar with his novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea,” as will Fleet Captain Pike. Verne might meet Pike in The Captain’s Table bar in mid-1861.
  [VOY-177, CT #6]

1829

• 18 February
  The first permanent colony, called Adrennan, is established on Remus. Thirty-seven settlers arrive aboard three shuttles from the orbiting station.
  [FASA]
• 10 August
  The Remus colony of Biscae is established near large mineral deposits.
  [FASA]
• 17 December
  The port of Rinum is established on Remus, destined to become the major planetside port, used to export resources both to the orbiting station and to Romulus.
  [FASA]

1831

• 01 March
  Levitasz, the site of the first manned landing on Remus, is established as a permanent settlement.
  [FASA]
• Victor Hugo writes “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Jadzia Dax will confess to having tried getting through it, but not caring for Hugo’s style.
  [DS9-511]
• The next two decades see the first four colonies on Remus grow into city-states, recognized alongside those on Romulus. Population and trade grow geometrically, and the Remus government at Biscae is forced to allow other colonies to be established. The other eight city-states on Remus were established to provide homes for the rapid influx of settlers.
  [FASA]
• In the Gamma Quadrant, the planet Meridian dimensionally shifts back into normal space for a brief period of time.
  [DS9-454]
• 10 June
  Shanerea colony is established on Remus.
  [FASA]

1832

• Lewis Carol (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), an English writer, is born on Earth. He will become famous for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” These works will be popular with the Enterprise officers in the 23rd Century, as well as Amanda Grayson; it will also be acknowledged by Chief O’Brien in the 24th Century—and his Mirror universe duplicate. Chakotay will also quote from it, and Ensign Harry Kim will know it from childhood. It will be one of Robin Lefler‘s favorite books and earn her the nickname of Cheshire by her mother.
  [TOS-17, TAS-14, DS9-466, DS9 #007, VOY #09, VOY #14, NF #06]

1833

• 27 October
  Hetharri and Yenallan settlements on Remus file papers establishing permanent colonies the same day, beginning the tradition of friendly rivalry between them.
  [FASA]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1834

• 15 January
  The first expedition to the planet S’Latas departs from D’Raxna station in orbit about Remus. The expedition consists of 9 scientists, 2 astronaut/pilots, and 5 military/security specialists.
  [FASA]
• 21 February
  The S’Latas expedition arrives in orbit about the third planet and finds it lifeless and uninhabitable. One of the planet’s two moons, however, has a very thin atmosphere and mollusk-like primitive life. The moon is named S’Tanet.
  [FASA]
• 03 March
  A small shuttle with 2 military/security specialists, 1 pilot, and 2 scientists lands on S’Tanet, discovering it to be rich enough in resources to make domed facilities worthwhile.
  [FASA]

1835

• Samuel Langhorne “Mark Twain” Clemens, American author, is born on Earth. He will encounter members of the Starship Enterprise-D crew in 1893 and even tour the ship in 2369. His works will be a favorite of Benjamin Sisko and Jean-Luc Picard.
  [TNG-227, DS9 #007, GN-15]

1836

• March
  The Battle of the Alamo is fought in San Antonio, Texas on Earth. Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir will enjoy a holosuite simulation of this historic conflict in 2375. Obsessed with the battle, they will build a detailed model of the Alamo by late 2375.
  [DS9-557, DS9-561, DS9-575, DS9-576]

1838

• The British steamer Great Western crosses the Atlantic from Bristol to New York in fifteen days, the first fully steam-powered vessel to make the crossing. Another ship arriving the same day from London took nineteen days. The American newspapers print: ‘The commercial, moral, and political effects of this increased intercourse, to Europe and this country, must be immense.’ This same year, the Boers slaughter three thousand Zulus in Natal, and British forces invade Afghanistan. Micah Brack, aka Flint the Immortal, will explain these historical events to Zefram Cochrane in 2061.
  [GN-18]

1839

• Ottoman forces invade Syria. Britain and China start the Opium War. Micah Brack (aka Flint the Immortal) will explain these historical events to Zefram Cochrane in 2061.
  [GN-18]
• According to Lieutenant Commander Data‘s research (circa 2370), the origin of the word ‘okay’ stems from its use this year.
  [TNG #060]
• George Armstrong Custer, United States Army general, is born. Captain Picard will compare his first officer William Riker to Custer.
  [TNG-158]

1840

• January
  The moons of the planets D’Lanam and Ulunam are found to be relatively rich in mineral resources, starting immense mining efforts there by the Romulans.
  [FASA]
• On Earth, the Treaty of London unites Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia against Egypt. Micah Brack, aka Flint the Immortal, will explain this historical event to Zefram Cochrane in 2061.
  [GN-18]

1841

• 28 January
  The first manned starfaring expedition is launched to the nearest star, Perhonies, from Romulus.
  [FASA]
• 03 February
  Patarrasz settlement is established on Remus.
  [FASA]
• Edgar Allan Poe creates the character of C. Auguste Dupin, the first fictional detective. According to Lieutenant Commander Data, it can be argued that all fictional detective characters can trace their lineage to Dupin, including the character of Dixon Hill.
  [TNG #035]

1843

• October
  The settlements of Destallasz and Valassa are established on Remus.
  [FASA]

1844

• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1849

• The Paieu settlement is opened on Remus.
  [FASA]
• 17 March
  A habitable planet is found in the Perhonies system. The planet is in an earlier stage of development than Romulus and has no intelligent life forms.
  [FASA]
• Crazy Horse, a Lakota Sioux Indian chief, is born. At least one starship will carry his name in the 24th Century.
  [TNG-252]

1851

• The Nabatha colony is established on Remus.
  [FASA]
• Several expeditions are launched simultaneously from the Romulus system to neighboring star systems in a search for usable planets and valuable resources. All are launched coreward, in keeping with the “Road to the Stars” philosophy.
  [FASA]
• The novel “Moby Dick” is published. It will be a favorite of Khan Noonien Singh by the 1990s. A tourist in 1986 at the Maritime Cetacean Institute will ask if whales attack people as depicted in the novel. In 2063, Lily Sloane will compare Picard to Ahab in his obsession to extinguish the Borg. Picard will then quote from the novel. Christopher Pike will read the book in school (assigned alongside “Fear of Flying” and “The Shining”).
  [ST-02, ST-06, CT #6]

1854

• Alfred Tennyson, a Terran poet, writes the poem “The Charge Of The Light Brigade” relating to the Crimean War. In 2374, Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir will recite it.
  [DS9-530]

1855

• The oldest city on Devernia is constructed.
  [CT #6]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1856

• Sigmund Freud, psychologist, is born on Earth. In 2270, Lieutenant Commander Data will re-create him on the holodeck of the Enterprise-D for consultation following his unusual dreams.
  [TNG-258]
• Aaron Stemple, a sawmill owner, purchases a town lot in Seattle, Washington on Earth.
  [TOS #023]

1859

• The novelist Arthur Conan Doyle is born on Earth, a possible ancestor of Spock. He will become famous for his Sherlock Holmes stories which will appeal to Lieutenant Commander Data and La Forge in the 2360s. They will recreate Holmesian adventures in the holodecks of the Enterprise-D and the simulacrum of Professor James Moriarty, Holmes’ adversary, will achieve consciousness and threaten the ship in 2365 and 2369. Data will give Dr. Pulaski a first edition of Sherlock Holmes stories as a farewell present in early 2366.
  [ST-06, TNG-108, TNG-129, TNG-238, TNG #052]
• A.E. Housman, poet, is born on Earth. In 2263, Marta will claim to have written a poem by this man in the Elba II asylum.
  [TOS-71]
• ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is written by Charles Dickens. In 2287, Captain Spock will give Admiral Kirk a copy of this book as a birthday present. Chief O’Brien‘s mother’s favorite book, Dr. Bashir will read it in 2375 on Deep Space Nine.
  [ST-02, DS9-573]

1860

• 12 February
  Biscae is made the capital city-state of Remus. Its mineral deposits have made it the fastest-growing colony on Remus for forty years or more, as well as the planet’s commercial center.
  [FASA]
• On planet UFC 892-IV (Magna Roma) the Rome-like civilization experiences its last war.
  [TOS-43]
• A Chronicle is started by a village on Boral II, logging the evolution of their society.
  [TNG-265]
• James Matthew Barrie, the Scottish author of ‘Peter Pan,’ is born on Earth. Captain Kirk will give Peter Pan’s directions to Never-Never Land in 2291 for one of the Enterprise-A‘s final headings.
  [ST-06]
• On Vulcan, Grand Master Siryk develops the Siryk Variations approach to 3-D chess.
  [GN-07]
• Aaron Stemple purchases another town lot in Seattle, Washington on Earth.
  [TOS #023]

1861

• 29 February
  The expedition to Gorwah lands on a planet dominated by a humanoid life form having a civilization not as advanced as the Romulans. The people are conquered easily, making Gorwah the second culture to be absorbed into the Confederation.
  [FASA]
• 12 August
  Jules Verne enters The Captain’s Table bar.
  [CT #6]
• The American Civil War begins on Earth. In 2373, Q will model the Q Continuum upon this period of Terran history for Captain Janeway to perceive. This is also the period of Colonel Thadeus Riker, one of William T. Riker‘s ancestors.
  [VOY-153, VOY-130]
• Abraham Lincoln enters office as the 16th president of the United States of America, on Earth. The Talosians will download this data from the Enterprise‘s computer in 2248, among a considerable amount of other information.
  [TOS-00, TOS-15, TOS-16]

1862

• Victor Hugo writes his most popular novel “Les Miserables.” By 2373 it will be one of Michael Eddington‘s favorites.
  [DS9-511]

1863

• The Nexus temporal energy ribbon again passes through our galaxy.
  [ST-07]

1864

• Colonel Thadeus “Old Iron Boots” Riker, in command of the 102nd New York during General Sherman’s March on Atlanta poses for a photo with the philosopher Q, Quinn. Quinn carried Riker back from the front line, saving his life.
  [VOY-130]
• 30 July
  One of Geordi La Forge‘s ancestors, in the 28th United States Colored Troops out of Indiana, carries the regimental flag and loses his arm at the Battle of the Crater.
  [TNG #057]

1865

• President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth will be treated by Dr. Mudd, of whom Harry Mudd will later claim to be a descendant (“The Mudd family has been the target of slander for nearly four hundred years”). Lincoln’s death while in office is stored in the Enterprise‘s library computer in 2248, and the Talosians will take notice of it.
  [TOS #081, TOS-00, TOS-15, TOS-16]
• The Zeator encounter the Slaughtered Worlds and their ships begin to vanish. They temporarily retreat from space long enough to build up their weapons technology and establish a defense around their homeworld.
  [TOS #032]

1866

• Aaron Stemple purchases another town lot in Seattle, Washington on Earth.
  [TOS #023]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1867

• The Klingon Empire (based in 2264) attempts to alter Earth‘s history by assassinating Aaron Stemple, a minor government official. The attempt fails due to Commander Spock‘s intervention.
  [TOS #023]
• Hundreds of criminals from the Ux-Mal system are separated from their physical bodies and sent into exile on the moon of Mab-Bu VI.
  [TNG-215]
• The inhabitants of the planet Alaj develop spaceflight.
  [TNG #014]
• On Tellar (61 Cygni V) Ranx designs his own rocketship. He dies when landing on a neighboring planet.
  [LUG]
• The moons of Peliar Zel are colonized.
  [TNG-197]
• 07 November
  The French physicist Marie Curie is born on Earth. She is one of the historical figures which the Voyager‘s holographic doctor will re-create on the holodeck in 2373.
  [VOY-161]

1868

• Kruger’s future house in the Old Quarter on Kronos is built.
  [GN-13]

1869

• Aaron Stemple becomes a member of the first school board of the town Seattle, Washington on Earth, and is elected mayor.
  [TOS #023]
• Hatheby’s of Earth and Cis-Lunar is formed during this era on Earth.
  [TNG #033]
• 02 October
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a nationalist leader, is born in India on Earth. He is just one of many famous historical figures which Voyager‘s holographic doctor will re-create on the starship’s holodeck in 2373.
  [VOY-161]

1870

• Jules Verne writes “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.” In 2374, Lieutenant Paris will appropriately compare Captain Annorax to Captain Nemo of this novel, a book Paris had read countless times in his youth. He will have been greatly influenced by the book, and nearly goes into a Terran naval service rather than follow his family into Starfleet.
  [VOY-177, VOY-203]

1871

• The Alpha Centaurians develop an anti-viral agent and vaccine ending the Plague Years.
  [LUG]
• The planet Krantin begins to emerge from a long agricultural stage. Another Krantin, located in an alternate reality, develops matter transmission and unknowingly disposes of its garbage by transposing it to its counterpart world. The Plague, an energy field effect, begins to pollute Krantin’s atmosphere in this continuum.
  [TNG #036]

1872

• The Bajoran wormhole again undergoes subspace inversion.
  [DS9-476]
• Aaron Stemple runs for territorial representative—a post which he will succeed in attaining.
  [TOS #023]

1873

• (Karsid Imperial Year 1056.3)
  The Karsid Empire attempts to infiltrate Earth. Increased resistance delays, and later cancels, Karsid takeover. Revolts in the Orion systems complicate matters.
  [TOS #023]
• On Earth, Colt Firearms invents the .45 caliber double-action cavalry pistol.
  [TNG-226]
• On Urrytha in the Delta Quadrant, the last one to pass into the “Long Sleep” during this period does so quicker than any successor.
  [VOY #12]
• 04 October
  On the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the Order of Little Mothers is founded in Spain on Earth. Originally given the name Mothers of the Hopeless, the organization will survive through the 24th Century.
  [TNG #027]
• On war-torn Zondar, the great prophet Ontear predicts the coming of a savior who will bring peace between the Unglza and Eenza. (“Look to the stars for from there will come the Messiah! The bird of flame will signal His coming! He will bear a scar, and He will be a great leader! And He will unite our planet!”) Ontear’s acolyte Suti and his descendants will see to its fulfillment. Ontear is no fraud, for he is using technology from the Prometheans to project himself into the future.
  [NF #05, NF #06]

1875

• The planet Myrmidon is declared the Bolians‘ spiritual home after the ancient artifact, the Crown of the First Mother, is discovered there. The Crown bears a striking resemblance to the royal jewelry depicted in the Orezes Codices, the Bolians’ most sacred text. After numerous archeological expeditions, the Bolians find that they have much in common with a long-dead race who used to inhabit the planet, the Bolastre, and there are intriguing indications of a common ancestor.
  [GN-41]
• By this time, the Romulan Confederation has established colonies on 27 planets coreward.
  [FASA]
• This is also approximately the time when the Romulans encounter the planet Andor. By luck, the Romulans‘ defensive shields collapse and they are picked off by the primitive Andorian weapons. The only survivor is the Romulan Emperor Vitellius. The Devil’s Heart falls into the hands of Telev, an Andorian healer, who uses its power to cure the victims of the Scourge. The stone will become known as Telev’s Bane up until the first Andorian/Ferengi contact. The Ferengi will threaten the Andorian people with whole-sale slaughter if not provided with trade merchandise. The Devil’s Heart is among the items of tribute which will be traded with the technologically primitive world Kronos.
  [GN-13]

1876

• Jack London, another American writer, is born on Earth. While working as a bellboy in 1893, he will aid Lieutenant Commander Data in a San Francisco hotel.
  [TNG-227]

1877

• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1878

• John Masefield is born on Earth. An English poet, he will write “Sea Fever,” a favorite poem of James Kirk‘s in the 23rd Century and Picard‘s in the 24th. Quark will misquote it in 2372.
  [TOS-10, TOS-53, ST-05, ST-07, DS9-479]
• “H.M.S. Pinafore,” a comic savoy opera, is written by Gilbert and Sullivan on Earth. In 2375, Captain Picard will use a song from this work to ensnare the malfunctioning Lieutenant Commander Data.
  [ST-09]

1879

• Albert Einstein is born on Earth. One of the greatest physicists of Humanity, responsible for Relativity, James Kirk will rank him with Dr. Richard Daystrom in the 2260s. In the 2370s, aboard the Galaxy-class Enterprise-D, Einstein will be generated in holodeck programs by Lieutenant Barclay and Lieutenant Commander Data.
  [TOS-53, TNG-194, TNG-252]
• Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” operetta is published on Earth. In 2368, Dr. Crusher will stage a production of the play aboard the Enterprise-D.
  [TNG-205]

1881

• 26 October
  In Tombstone, Arizona on Earth at 5 P.M. the gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Clantons and Earps takes place. Nearly four centuries later in 2268 this famous gunfight will serve as a template for the execution of an Enterprise landing party making first contact with the Melkots.
  [TOS-56]
• Note that this is also the era during which Alexander Rozhenko‘s and Reginald Barclay‘s holodeck program of stardate 46271 is set, though the locale is Deadwood, South Dakota.
  [TNG-234]

1883

• The Orient Express, Europe’s first transcontinental express begins transit from Paris, France to Constantinople, Turkey. In 2370, Dr. Beverly Crusher will re-create the Orient Express on an Enterprise-D holodeck.
  [TNG-275]

1885

• D.H. Lawrence is born. He will write “Whales Weep Not” later quoted by Admiral Kirk and acknowledged by Dr. Taylor.
  [ST-04]

1887

• Harry S. Truman, U.S. president, is born on Earth. In 1947 he will be informed of Quark‘s arrival in Roswell, New Mexico.
  [DS9-479]
• According to Dr. McCoy, Admiral Kirk‘s eyeglasses date from this era. By 2285, few of them have the lenses intact.
  [ST-02]

1888

• The Redjac entity kills six women in London, England on old Earth.
  [TOS-36]
• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]

1889

• Adolf Hitler, dictator, is born on Earth. In an various alternate timelines he will conquer most or all of Earth. In our timeline, Garth of Izar will cite him. Captain Kirk will later quote Hitler.
  [TOS-28, ENT-77, ENT-78, TOS-71, ST-06]
• 30 November
  Mark Twain’s watch is engraved.
  [TNG-226]

1890

• December
  The Lakota Indians massacre some 200 unarmed men, women, and children. The event inspires the Ghost Dance.
  [VOY #20]

1891

• In the Gamma Quadrant, the planet Meridian dimensionally shifts back into normal space for a brief period of time.
  [DS9-454]

1893

• 13 August
  Lieutenant Commander Data, transported by a temporal disturbance on Devidia II (Marrab sector) from 2368, finds himself in San Francisco, Earth where he meets Samuel “Mark Twain” Clemens and Madame Guinan.
  [TNG-226]
• An away team, originating from the same future era, rescues Data and ends an invasion of shape-shifter beings. Samuel Clemens is briefly transported aboard the Enterprise-D in the future and then returned to this time.
  [TNG-227]
• Note that this is chronologically the first meeting between Guinan and Picard. However, from Picard‘s perspective, it will not occur until 2333 when Picard is commanding the U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-2893.
  [SGZ #4]
• Big Eva Cunningham is born on Earth (as per Captain Sisko‘s visions of 2374).
  [DS9-538]

1896

• June
  A riot erupts at the Paris Opera house. In 2367, it will be re-created in an Enterprise-D holodeck for the enjoyment of the crew.
  [GN-15]

1897

• Johannes Brahms (aka Flint the Immortal) “dies.”
  [TOS-76]

1898

• Amelia Earhart, Terran aviator, is born on Earth. In 1937 she will be abducted by the Briori.
  [VOY-120]
• Bertolt Brecht, German expressionist dramatist, is born on Earth. Chief Miles O’Brien will quote him in 2269.
  [GN-19]

1899

• On Omega IV it is the Year of the Red Bird (plus or minus 5 years).
  [TOS-54]