{"slug": "frederick-prince-of-wales", "label": "Frederick, Prince of Wales", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%2C_Prince_of_Wales", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165349", "qid": "Q165349", "description": "heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1707, 1751], "span_label": ["1707 CE", "1751 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "george-iii", "label": "George III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prince-of-wales", "label": "Prince of Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanover", "label": "Hanover", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Frederick, Prince of Wales (d. 1751)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#January–March", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover. For 23 years, Frederick is heir apparent to the British throne, but dies of a lung injury in 1751.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#January–March", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559528#April–June", "title": "1736", "revid": 1360559528, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – The song Rule, Britannia! is first performed at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#July–September", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – The first recorded game of baseball is played, by Frederick, Prince of Wales, at Kingston upon Thames in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#July–September", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. 1707)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#Deaths", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, heir-apparent to the British throne, dies of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 44 after a game of cricket. His 12-year-old son, Prince George, becomes the heir-apparent and will later become King George III. Frederick's widow Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#January–March", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}