{"slug": "anglo-ashanti-wars", "label": "Anglo-Ashanti wars", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_wars", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722051", "qid": "Q722051", "description": "series of wars", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1823, 1900], "span_label": ["1823 CE", "1900 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["First Anglo-Ashanti War", "Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War"], "related": [{"slug": "british-army", "label": "British Army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gold-coast-british-colony", "label": "Gold Coast (British colony)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1823, "year_label": "1823 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The first Anglo-Ashanti War begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#Undated", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – First Anglo-Ashanti War: Battle of Nsamankow – forces of the Ashanti Empire crush British forces in the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), killing the British governor Sir Charles MacCarthy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#January–March", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The First Anglo-Ashanti War ends when forces of the Ashanti Empire flee the field.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#July–September", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1831, "year_label": "1831 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Ending of the First Anglo-Ashanti War (1823–1831).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360358594#April–June", "title": "1831", "revid": 1360358594, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "The Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364324653#December", "title": "1895", "revid": 1364324653, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#January", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Britain establishes a Protectorate over the Ashanti people concluding the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#August", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – The final Anglo-Ashanti War, \"War of the Golden Stool\", is declared over. Most of the British troops and Governor James Willcocks depart the city of Kumasi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#December", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Events › December"}}]}