{"slug": "eli-whitney", "label": "Eli Whitney", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280930", "qid": "Q280930", "description": "American inventor (1765-1825)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1765, 1825], "span_label": ["1765 CE", "1825 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1765, "year_label": "1765 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373039097#Births", "title": "1765", "revid": 1373039097, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Eli Whitney invents a cotton gin. This causes a resurgence of slavery in the South.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#Undated", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – Eli Whitney is granted a United States patent for the cotton gin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#January–March", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January", "text": "January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366050846#January–June", "title": "1798", "revid": 1366050846, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Eli Whitney, holding a 1798 United States government contract for the manufacture of muskets, is introduced by Oliver Wolcott Jr. to the concept of interchangeable parts, an origin of the American system of manufacturing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370057226#Date_unknown", "title": "1799", "revid": 1370057226, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#January–June", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}