{"slug": "dover", "label": "Dover", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179224", "qid": "Q179224", "description": "town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1051, 1959], "span_label": ["1051 CE", "1959 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "calais", "label": "Calais", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-confessor", "label": "Edward the Confessor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-of-boulogne", "label": "County of Boulogne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canterbury", "label": "Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-iv", "label": "George IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-i-of-russia", "label": "Alexander I of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boulogne-sur-mer", "label": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1051, "year_label": "1051 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eustace II, count of Boulogne, visits England and is received with honour at the court by King Edward the Confessor. In Dover a fight breaks out between the Norman visitors and the locals, resulting in the deaths of several people. Edward blames the people of Dover and orders Godwin, earl of Wessex, to deal with them. Godwin refuses to obey Edward's order, and in response Edward raises an army and forces the Godwin family into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260254#England", "title": "1051", "revid": 1365260254, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1066, "year_label": "1066 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – William the Conqueror moves along the south coast to Dover, and builds fortifications in the existing castle at the top of the cliffs. He moves to Canterbury and finally enters London. Archbishop Stigand and other English leaders submit to William's rule. On December 25, he is crowned as King William I of England in Westminster Abbey over Edward the Confessor's grave.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370249569#England_and_Scotland", "title": "1066", "revid": 1370249569, "section": "Events › Europe › England and Scotland"}}, {"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September", "text": "September – Geoffrey, illegitimate son of the late King Henry II and half-brother to Richard I and John, lands secretly at Dover. He has been consecrated as the new archbishop of York while in Tours, and on his return is arrested by William de Longchamp. Citing the Winchester treaty, John seeks a meeting with William. Geoffrey is freed, William flees and heads to Dover Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#England", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – King Charles II lands at Dover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986539#April–June", "title": "1660", "revid": 1365986539, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – James, Duke of York, marries Mary of Modena; they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992268#October–December", "title": "1673", "revid": 1365992268, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#January–March", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – William Wordsworth, leaving London for Dover and Calais with his sister Dorothy, witnesses the early morning scene which he captures in his sonnet \"Composed upon Westminster Bridge\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#July–September", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia sail from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Impregnable as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#April–June", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 30", "text": "June 30 – The first roll-on/roll-off ferry crossing of the English Channel, Dover–Boulogne, takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#June", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – The British SR.N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours, on the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot's first crossing by heavier-than-air craft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#July", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › July"}}]}