{"slug": "fife", "label": "Fife", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201149", "qid": "Q201149", "description": "council area of Scotland, UK", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [596, 1679], "span_label": ["596 CE", "1679 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dal-riata", "label": "Dál Riata", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "angles-tribe", "label": "Angles (tribe)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aedan-mac-gabrain", "label": "Áedán mac Gabráin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaels", "label": "Gaels", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oswiu", "label": "Oswiu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alba", "label": "Alba", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 596, "year_label": "596 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Raith: An invading force of Angles lands on the Fife coast near Raith (Kirkcaldy) and defeats an alliance of Scots, Britons and Picts, under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata (Scotland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739187#Britain", "title": "596", "revid": 1364739187, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 663, "year_label": "663 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Oswiu of Northumbria invades Pictland (modern Scotland). He establishes overlordship of, at least, the Southern Pictish sub-kingdoms of Fortriu and Fib (and possibly Circinn).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635360#Britain", "title": "663", "revid": 1367635360, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 877, "year_label": "877 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Constantin I is killed fighting Viking raiders, at the \"Black Cave\" in Fife. He is succeeded by his brother Áed mac Cináeda as ruler of Alba (Scotland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071400#Britain", "title": "877", "revid": 1267071400, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1286, "year_label": "1286 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – King Alexander III dies in a fall from his horse at Kinghorn in Fife, leaving Queen Yolande of Dreux's unborn child and the 3-year-old Margaret (Maid of Norway) as heirs to the throne. After Alexander's death, Scotland is governed by the nobility and clergy, known collectively as the Guardians of Scotland. This sets the stage for the First War of Scottish Independence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363071337#England_&_Scotland", "title": "1286", "revid": 1363071337, "section": "Events › By place › England & Scotland"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – A fleet of 21 French galleys, commanded by Leone Strozzi, arrives at Fife in Scotland and begins the siege of St Andrews Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#April–June", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – James Sharp, the Church of Scotland's Archbishop of St Andrews, is assassinated at Magus Muir in Fife, when his coach is ambushed by a group of nine of the Scottish Covenanters. Only two of the assassins, David Hackston and Andrew Guillan, are captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366669253#April–June", "title": "1679", "revid": 1366669253, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}