{"slug": "gloucestershire", "label": "Gloucestershire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23165", "qid": "Q23165", "description": "ceremonial county in England (use Q21694733 for administrative non-metropolitan county)", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [628, 1817], "span_label": ["628 CE", "1817 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "penda-of-mercia", "label": "Penda of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-west-england", "label": "South West England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-ii", "label": "Edward II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bristol", "label": "Bristol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-charter", "label": "Royal charter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "somerset", "label": "Somerset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "indian-ocean", "label": "Indian Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "devon", "label": "Devon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 628, "year_label": "628 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Cirencester: King Penda of Mercia defeats the West Saxons at Cirencester (South West England) in what later will be Gloucestershire. After reaching an agreement, he takes control of the Severn Valley and the minor kingdom of the Hwicce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803502#Britain", "title": "628", "revid": 1340803502, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1119, "year_label": "1119 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – A severe earthquake hits Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361127585#England", "title": "1119", "revid": 1361127585, "section": "Events › England"}}, {"year": 1155, "year_label": "1155 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Henry II grants the city of Bristol ('Brycgstow') a Royal charter, and is divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset (until 1373).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359485841#England", "title": "1155", "revid": 1359485841, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1327, "year_label": "1327 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Edward II is moved to Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. He is kept under the custody of Roger Mortimer's son-in-law, Thomas Berkeley and John Maltravers, who are given £5 a day to look after him. Despite records showing luxury goods being bought for him, Edward is possibly mistreated by his captors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367267747#April_–_June", "title": "1327", "revid": 1367267747, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1327, "year_label": "1327 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Less than a year after his arrest, the former King of England, Edward II, is brutally murdered in Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367267747#July_–_September", "title": "1327", "revid": 1367267747, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1327, "year_label": "1327 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – The late King Edward II of England is buried in the Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucestershire, three months after his death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367267747#October_–_December", "title": "1327", "revid": 1367267747, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1384, "year_label": "1384 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is founded in Gloucestershire, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369176313#Unknown_Date", "title": "1384", "revid": 1369176313, "section": "Events › Unknown Date"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – \"Princess Caraboo\" appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire in England, and convinces the local residents that she had come to their town from a far-off island kingdom of \"Javasu\" in the Indian Ocean. A Portuguese sailor named Manuel Enes soon arrives and says that he speaks her mysterious language, and translates her story of an escape from pirates. After publicity, Princess Caraboo is discovered to be a servant girl from the village of Witheridge in Devon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#April–June", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}