{"slug": "benedict-arnold", "label": "Benedict Arnold", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298237", "qid": "Q298237", "description": "army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)", "entries": 12, "years": 9, "span": [1741, 1801], "span_label": ["1741 CE", "1801 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richmond-virginia", "label": "Richmond, Virginia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "quebec", "label": "Quebec", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "continental-army", "label": "Continental Army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-revolution", "label": "American Revolution", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Benedict Arnold, American Revolutionary War general, traitor (d. 1801)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#Births", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – American Revolution: Battle of Quebec – British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery is killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#July–December", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, leading the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, capture Fort Ticonderoga.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#January–June", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats, commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. 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