{"slug": "great-famine-ireland", "label": "Great Famine (Ireland)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_%28Ireland%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188371", "qid": "Q188371", "description": "1845–1852 famine in Ireland", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1845, 1851], "span_label": ["1845 CE", "1851 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-lords", "label": "House of Lords", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "House of Commons of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-peel", "label": "Robert Peel", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – Potato blight breaks out in Ireland, beginning the Great Famine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#July–September", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The Great Famine continues in Ireland. The first deaths from hunger take place early in the year and Phytophthora infestans almost totally destroys the summer potato crop.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342482#Date_unknown", "title": "1846", "revid": 1368342482, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes to repeal the Corn Laws by passing an Importation Bill, replacing the old colonial mercantile trade system with free trade in response to the Great Famine (Ireland). On June 25 the Duke of Wellington persuades the House of Lords to pass the Act, which will take full effect from February 1849. Peel, however, is forced to resign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342482#April–June", "title": "1846", "revid": 1368342482, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The Great Famine continues in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#Date_unknown", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Great Famine (Ireland) (1845–52).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370038858#Ongoing_events", "title": "1848", "revid": 1370038858, "section": "Events › Ongoing events"}}, {"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Great Famine (Ireland): 96 inmates of the overcrowded Ballinrobe Union Workhouse died over the course of the preceding week from illness and other famine-related conditions, a record high.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362576929#April–June", "title": "1849", "revid": 1362576929, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1850, "year_label": "1850 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Ongoing – Great Famine (Ireland) subsides.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365770371#Date_unknown", "title": "1850", "revid": 1365770371, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Great Famine (Ireland), 1845–52.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#Ongoing", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › Ongoing"}}]}