{"slug": "crown-colony", "label": "Crown colony", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_colony", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351282", "qid": "Q1351282", "description": "colonies controlled by the British Empire", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1751, 1955], "span_label": ["1751 CE", "1955 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "new-south-wales", "label": "New South Wales", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-australia", "label": "South Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "victoria-australia", "label": "Victoria (Australia)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "western-australia", "label": "Western Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tasmania", "label": "Tasmania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brisbane", "label": "Brisbane", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "singapore", "label": "Singapore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calcutta", "label": "Calcutta", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – As the Province of Georgia undergoes the transition from a trustee-operated territory to a Crown colony, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America. At the time, the Black population of Georgia is approximately 400 people, who had been kept in slavery in violation of the law. By 1790, the enslaved population of Georgia increases to over 29,000 and to 462,000 by 1860.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#January–March", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1838, "year_label": "1838 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Pitcairn Islands become a Crown colony of the United Kingdom, and women there are the first in the world to be granted and maintain women's suffrage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360381946#Date_unknown", "title": "1838", "revid": 1360381946, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – Natal becomes a British Crown colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#July–September", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – The British Crown colony of Queensland in Australia is created, by devolving part of the territory of New South Wales (Queensland Day). Brisbane is declared the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – The Strait Settlement of Singapore, formerly ruled from Calcutta, becomes a Crown colony, under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Office in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#April", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – William Swainson, second, and last, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364372487#July–December", "title": "1884", "revid": 1364372487, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#January", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – The Malayan Union is formed on dissolution of the British Military Administration and Singapore becomes a Crown colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#April", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – EOKA starts a resistance campaign against British rule in the Crown colony of Cyprus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#April", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › April"}}]}