August 10, 1888: Holmes examined the two severed ears [CARD]
On August 9th…
August 9, 1860: Lucy Ferrier and Enoch Drebber were married. [STUD]
August 9, 1888: Susan Cushing received a packet containing two severed ears. [CARD]
On August 7th…
August 7, 1888: Jim Browner mailed two severed ears to S. Cushing. [CARD]
August 7, 1903: Professor Presbury took Lowenstein’s elixir of life for the fifth time. [CREE]
On August 6th…
August 6, 1888: Jim Browner murdered Alec Fairbairn and Mary Cushing [CARD]
On August 5th…
August 5, 1909: Holmes killed the Cyanea capillata [LION]
On August 4th…
August 4, 1860: John Ferrier was murdered [STUD]
August 4, 1909: MacPherson’s Airedale was killed by the Cyanea capillata [LION]
On August 3rd…
August 3, 1898: The sixth Dancing Men (Message: “Never”) appeared. [DANC]
On August 2nd…
August 2, 1898: The fifth Dancing Men (Message: “Come Elsie”) appeared. [DANC]
August 2, 1914: Baron Von Herling congratulated Von Bork on his successful espionage. [LAST]
August 2, 1914: “Altamont” (AKA Sherlock Holmes) handed over the book disclosing British naval signals (AKA Practical Handbook of Bee Culture) to Von Bork. [LAST]
August 2, 1914: Holmes and Watson captured Von Bork. [LAST]
On August 1st…
August 1, 1914: Steiner’s store was raided and Steiner sent to Portsmouth jail. [LAST]
On July 31st…
July 31, 1889: At 2 a.m., Holmes captured Joseph Harrison and retrieved the Naval Treaty. [NAVA]
On July 30th…
July 30, 1889: At 2 a.m., Joseph Harrison attempted to break into Phelps’s bedroom. [NAVA]
July 30, 1889: —Watson and Percy Phelps returned to London. [NAVA]
July 30, 1898: The third Dancing Men (Message: “Come Elsie”) appeared. [DANC]
On July 29th…
July 29, 1909: Fitzroy McPherson was killed by the Cyanea capillata. [LION]
July 29, 1889: Holmes and Watson visited Percy Phelps at Briarbrae. [NAVA]
On July 28th…
July 28, 1898: The third Dancing Men (Message: “At Elrige’s”) appeared. [DANC]
On July 27th…
July 27, 1880: The battle of Maiwand occurred [STUD]
July 27, 1898: Hilton Cubitt first visited Holmes [DANC]
On July 26th…
July 26, 1889: Percy Phelps recovered from Brain Fever. [NAVA]
July 26, 1898: The second Dancing Men (Message: “Am Here, Abe Slaney”) appeared. [DANC]
On July 20th…
July 20, 1903: Prof. Presbury was attacked a third time by his wolf hound, Roy. [CREE]
On July 19th…
July 19, 1889: Holmes returned the missing letter to Trelawney Hope’s dispatch box. [SECO]
July 19, 1898: The first Dancing Men appeared. [DANC]
On July 18th…
July 18, 1889: Lady Hilda retrieved the missing letter from beneath Eduardo Lucas’s floor. [SECO]
On July 17th…
July 17, 1888: Holmes told Colonel Ross that Silver Blaze had killed John Straker. [SILV]
July 17, 1888: Silver Blaze won the Wessex Cup. [SILV]
July 17, 1889: An inquest into the death of Eduardo Lucas was held. [SECO]
On July 16th…
July 16, 1889: Trelawney Hope and Lord Bellinger asked Holmes for help. [SECO]