{"slug": "birmingham", "label": "Birmingham", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2256", "qid": "Q2256", "description": "city in the West Midlands, England", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1154, 2022], "span_label": ["1154 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "association-football", "label": "Association football", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liverpool", "label": "Liverpool", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "provisional-irish-republican-army", "label": "Provisional Irish Republican Army", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1154, "year_label": "1154 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Peter de Bermingham has a charter to hold a market in Birmingham, origin of the Bull Ring.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362164172#England", "title": "1154", "revid": 1362164172, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Upper Priory Cotton Mill is opened in Birmingham, England, as the world's first mechanised cotton mill by Lewis Paul and John Wyatt; although this is not a commercial success, other Paul-Wyatt cotton mills follow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#Date_unknown", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 14", "text": "July 14–17 – Priestley Riots against Dissenters in Birmingham, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365416177#July–September", "title": "1791", "revid": 1365416177, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1850, "year_label": "1850 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose-built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365770371#Date_unknown", "title": "1850", "revid": 1365770371, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1875, "year_label": "1875 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September", "text": "September – English Association football team Birmingham City F.C. is founded as Small Heath Alliance in Birmingham by a group of cricketers from Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley, playing its first match in November.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371928758#September", "title": "1875", "revid": 1371928758, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – Diane Leather becomes the first woman to run a sub-five minute mile, in Birmingham, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#May", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – Birmingham pub bombings: In Birmingham, England, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#November–December", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – 1981 Handsworth riots in Birmingham begin, followed by further 1981 England riots in several urban areas including Liverpool and Leeds.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#July", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28–August 8 – The 2022 Commonwealth Games is held in Birmingham, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#July", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › July"}}]}