{"slug": "edmund-andros", "label": "Edmund Andros", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Andros", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659069", "qid": "Q659069", "description": "British governor of several North American colonies (1637–1714)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1637, 1714], "span_label": ["1637 CE", "1714 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "connecticut", "label": "Connecticut", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-jersey", "label": "New Jersey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhode-island", "label": "Rhode Island", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-hampshire", "label": "New Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maine", "label": "Maine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vermont", "label": "Vermont", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-england", "label": "Church of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-england", "label": "James II of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1637, "year_label": "1637 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Edmund Andros, English colonial administrator in North America (d. 1714)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339166592#October–December", "title": "1637", "revid": 1339166592, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Edmund Andros arrives in Boston to become the British Governor of the newly created Dominion of New England, which includes most of the what are now the U.S. states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and much of the eastern portion of New York. The unpopular Andros, who reigns as a dictator after being appointed by King James II, is driven out of office in 1689 after the overthrow of James, and the Dominion of New England is broken up into its constituent colonies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#October–December", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1687, "year_label": "1687 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – The legend of the Charter Oak begins as a successful attempt to hide the 1662 Royal Charter of the British colony (and now a U.S. state) of Connecticut after Edmund Andros, the Governor of the Dominion of New England, makes a mission of attempting to confiscate the founding documents for the seven colonies that make up the new administrative area. After Governor Andros arrives in Hartford and comes to the tavern of Zachariah Sanford to demand the Connecticut Colony charter, Captain Joseph Wadsworth spirits the parchment away from the and hides the Charter in a hollowed out portion of a white oak tree on Wyllys Hyll until Andros is recalled to London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363302904#October–December", "title": "1687", "revid": 1363302904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Boston revolt: Unpopular New England Governor Sir Edmund Andros and other officials are overthrown by a \"mob\" of Bostonians. Andros, an appointee of James II of England, is disliked for his support of the Church of England and revocation of various colonial charters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365638130#April–June", "title": "1689", "revid": 1365638130, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – Boston Revolt: Edmund Andros, former governor of the Dominion of New England, escapes from Boston to Connecticut, but is recaptured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365638130#July–September", "title": "1689", "revid": 1365638130, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Francis Nicholson becomes the new British colonial governor of Virginia, succeeding Sir Edmund Andros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#October–December", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1714, "year_label": "1714 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366497107#Deaths", "title": "1714", "revid": 1366497107, "section": "Deaths"}}]}